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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.44,0:00:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I'll start out\Nand just talk a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.91,0:00:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what exactly autism is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.43,0:00:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Autism is a very big continuum
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.09,0:00:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes from very severe --\Nthe child remains nonverbal --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.29,0:00:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way up to brilliant\Nscientists and engineers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I actually feel at home here,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's a lot\Nof autism genetics here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.57,0:00:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.63,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wouldn't have any --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.81,0:00:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.80,0:00:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a continuum of traits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.86,0:00:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When does a nerd turn into Asperger,\Nwhich is just mild autism?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.54,0:00:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, Einstein and Mozart and Tesla\Nwould all be probably diagnosed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.72,0:00:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as autistic spectrum today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.64,0:00:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the things\Nthat is really going to concern me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.96,0:00:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is getting these kids to be the ones
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are going to invent\Nthe next energy things
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Bill Gates talked about this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.80,0:00:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, now, if you want\Nto understand autism: animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.74,0:00:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk to you now\Nabout different ways of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.65,0:00:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to get away from verbal language.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.52,0:01:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think in pictures.\NI don't think in language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.82,0:01:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the thing about the autistic mind\Nis it attends to details.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.12,0:01:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a test where you either\Nhave to pick out the big letters
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.20,0:01:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the little letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.44,0:01:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the autistic mind picks out\Nthe little letters more quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.69,0:01:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is, the normal brain\Nignores the details.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.46,0:01:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if you're building a bridge,\Ndetails are pretty important
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.50,0:01:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it'll fall down\Nif you ignore the details.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.92,0:01:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of my big concerns\Nwith a lot of policy things today
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.81,0:01:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is things are getting too abstract.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.51,0:01:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are getting away\Nfrom doing hands-on stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.76,0:01:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really concerned\Nthat a lot of the schools
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.95,0:01:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken out the hands-on classes,\Nbecause art, and classes like that --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.94,0:01:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are the classes where I excelled.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.28,0:01:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my work with cattle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.45,0:01:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I noticed a lot of little things\Nthat most people don't notice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would make the cattle balk.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.77,0:01:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, this flag waving\Nright in front of the veterinary facility.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.34,0:01:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This feed yard was going to tear down\Ntheir whole veterinary facility;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.69,0:01:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all they needed to do was move the flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.63,0:01:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rapid movement, contrast.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.72,0:02:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the early '70s when I started,\NI got right down in the chutes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.78,0:02:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see what cattle were seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.30,0:02:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People thought that was crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.79,0:02:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A coat on a fence would make them balk,\Nshadows would make them balk,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.09,0:02:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hose on the floor --\Npeople weren't noticing these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.18,0:02:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A chain hanging down ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.72,0:02:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's shown\Nvery, very nicely in the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I loved the movie,\Nhow they duplicated all my projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.48,0:02:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the geek side.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.84,0:02:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My drawings got to star in the movie, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.29,0:02:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, actually, it's called\N"Temple Grandin,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.42,0:02:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not "Thinking in Pictures."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.77,0:02:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is thinking in pictures?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.36,0:02:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's literally movies in your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.06,0:02:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mind works like Google for images.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.97,0:02:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a young kid,\NI didn't know my thinking was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.04,0:02:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought everybody thought in pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.98,0:02:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then when I did my book,\N"Thinking in Pictures,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.26,0:02:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started interviewing people\Nabout how they think.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.69,0:02:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was shocked to find out\Nthat my thinking was quite different.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.87,0:02:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like if I say, "Think\Nabout a church steeple,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.07,0:02:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most people get this sort\Nof generalized generic one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.61,0:02:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, maybe that's not true in this room,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.55,0:02:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's going to be true\Nin a lot of different places.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.84,0:02:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see only specific pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.36,0:03:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They flash up into my memory,\Njust like Google for pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.20,0:03:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the movie,\Nthey've got a great scene in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.76,0:03:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the word "shoe" is said,\Nand a whole bunch of '50s and '60s shoes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.59,0:03:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pop into my imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.65,0:03:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, there's my childhood church;\Nthat's specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.55,0:03:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's some more, Fort Collins.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.44,0:03:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, how about famous ones?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.51,0:03:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they just kind of come up,\Nkind of like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.21,0:03:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just really quickly,\Nlike Google for pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.15,0:03:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they come up one at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.73,0:03:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I think, "OK, well,\Nmaybe we can have it snow,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.70,0:03:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we can have a thunderstorm,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.35,0:03:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can hold it there\Nand turn them into videos.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.00,0:03:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, visual thinking\Nwas a tremendous asset
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.24,0:03:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my work designing\Ncattle-handling facilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.54,0:03:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've worked really hard\Non improving how cattle are treated
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.76,0:03:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the slaughter plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.94,0:03:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to go\Ninto any gucky slaughter slides.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.46,0:03:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got that stuff up on YouTube,\Nif you want to look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.37,0:03:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.44,0:03:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the things that I was able\Nto do in my design work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.35,0:03:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I could test-run a piece\Nof equipment in my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.00,0:03:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like a virtual reality\Ncomputer system.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.45,0:04:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is an aerial view\Nof a recreation of one of my projects
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.11,0:04:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was used in the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.50,0:04:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was like just so super cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.53,0:04:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were a lot of, kind of,\NAsperger types and autism types
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.04,0:04:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working out there on the movie set, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.01,0:04:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.21,0:04:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the things\Nthat really worries me is:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.02,0:04:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's the younger version\Nof those kids going today?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.56,0:04:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not ending up in Silicon Valley,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.04,0:04:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they belong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.30,0:04:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.15,0:04:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.08,0:04:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things I learned very early on\Nbecause I wasn't that social,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.68,0:04:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I had to sell my work, and not myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.45,0:04:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way I sold livestock jobs\Nis I showed off my drawings,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.43,0:04:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I showed off pictures of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.19,0:04:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing that helped me\Nas a little kid
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.45,0:04:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, boy, in the '50s,\Nyou were taught manners.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.70,0:04:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were taught you can't pull\Nthe merchandise off the shelves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.76,0:04:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the store and throw it around.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.42,0:04:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When kids get to be\Nin third or fourth grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.60,0:04:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might see that this kid's going\Nto be a visual thinker,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.45,0:04:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drawing in perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.74,0:04:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want to emphasize
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.96,0:05:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not every autistic kid\Nis going to be a visual thinker.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.45,0:05:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I had this brain scan\Ndone several years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.45,0:05:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I used to joke around about having\Na gigantic Internet trunk line
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.41,0:05:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going deep into my visual cortex.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.36,0:05:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is tensor imaging.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.26,0:05:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my great big Internet trunk line\Nis twice as big as the control's.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.14,0:05:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The red lines there are me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.76,0:05:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the blue lines are the sex\Nand age-matched control.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.59,0:05:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there I got a gigantic one,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.64,0:05:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the control over there, the blue one,\Nhas got a really small one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.84,0:05:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of the research now is showing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.00,0:05:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people on the spectrum actually\Nthink with the primary visual cortex.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.06,0:05:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the thing is, the visual thinker\Nis just one kind of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.12,0:05:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the autistic mind\Ntends to be a specialist mind --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.73,0:05:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good at one thing, bad at something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.84,0:05:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where I was bad was algebra.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.62,0:05:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was never allowed\Nto take geometry or trig.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.93,0:05:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gigantic mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.12,0:05:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm finding a lot of kids\Nwho need to skip algebra,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.58,0:05:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go right to geometry and trig.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.59,0:06:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, another kind of mind\Nis the pattern thinker.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.21,0:06:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More abstract.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.47,0:06:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are your engineers,\Nyour computer programmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.06,0:06:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is pattern thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.48,0:06:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That praying mantis is made\Nfrom a single sheet of paper --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.39,0:06:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no scotch tape, no cuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.83,0:06:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there in the background\Nis the pattern for folding it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.39,0:06:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are the types of thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.47,0:06:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photo-realistic visual thinkers, like me;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.60,0:06:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pattern thinkers, music and math minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these oftentimes\Nhave problems with reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.61,0:06:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also will see these kind of problems\Nwith kids that are dyslexic.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.12,0:06:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see these different kinds of minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.16,0:06:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's a verbal mind,\Nthey know every fact about everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.76,0:06:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, another thing is the sensory issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.75,0:06:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really concerned about having\Nto wear this gadget on my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.43,0:06:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I came in half an hour beforehand
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.61,0:06:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I could have it put on\Nand kind of get used to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.62,0:06:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they got it bent\Nso it's not hitting my chin.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.38,0:06:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sensory is an issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.56,0:06:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some kids are bothered\Nby fluorescent lights;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.73,0:06:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others have problems\Nwith sound sensitivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.24,0:06:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's going to be variable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.39,0:07:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, visual thinking gave me\Na whole lot of insight
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.84,0:07:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the animal mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.12,0:07:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because think about it:\Nan animal is a sensory-based thinker,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.58,0:07:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not verbal -- thinks in pictures,\Nthinks in sounds, thinks in smells.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.80,0:07:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about how much information\Nthere is on the local fire hydrant.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.17,0:07:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows who's been there --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.55,0:07:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.61,0:07:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.79,0:07:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they friend or foe?\NIs there anybody he can go mate with?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.71,0:07:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a ton of information\Non that fire hydrant.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.61,0:07:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all very detailed information.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.74,0:07:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And looking at these kind of details\Ngave me a lot of insight into animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.43,0:07:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the animal mind, and also my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,puts sensory-based information\Ninto categories.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.59,0:07:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man on a horse,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.32,0:07:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a man on the ground --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.90,0:07:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is viewed as two\Ntotally different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.71,0:07:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could have a horse\Nthat's been abused by a rider.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.23,0:07:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll be absolutely fine\Nwith the veterinarian
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.52,0:07:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the horseshoer,\Nbut you can't ride him.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.00,0:07:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have another horse,\Nwhere maybe the horseshoer beat him up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.20,0:08:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he'll be terrible for anything\Non the ground with the veterinarian,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.22,0:08:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a person can ride him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.26,0:08:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cattle are the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.59,0:08:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man on a horse, a man on foot --\Nthey're two different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.54,0:08:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it's a different picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.52,0:08:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I want you to think\Nabout just how specific this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.66,0:08:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this ability to put\Ninformation into categories,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.07,0:08:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find a lot of people\Nare not very good at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.45,0:08:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm out troubleshooting equipment
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.64,0:08:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or problems with something in a plant,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.49,0:08:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't seem to be able to figure out:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.52,0:08:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do I have a training-people issue?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.25,0:08:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do I have something wrong\Nwith the equipment?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.70,0:08:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, categorize\Nequipment problem from a people problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.42,0:08:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find a lot of people\Nhave difficulty doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.54,0:08:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's say I figure out\Nit's an equipment problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.13,0:08:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it a minor problem,\Nwith something simple I can fix?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.93,0:08:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is the whole design\Nof the system wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.27,0:08:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have a hard time figuring that out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.00,0:08:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just look at something\Nlike, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.12,0:08:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solving problems with making\Nairlines safer.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.39,0:08:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I'm a million-mile flier.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do lots and lots of flying,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.85,0:09:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I was at the FAA,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.11,0:09:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would I be doing a lot\Nof direct observation of?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.20,0:09:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be their airplane tails.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.52,0:09:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, five fatal wrecks\Nin the last 20 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.10,0:09:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tail either came off,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.90,0:09:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or steering stuff inside the tail\Nbroke in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.75,0:09:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's tails, pure and simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.82,0:09:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the pilots walk\Naround the plane, guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.38,0:09:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can't see that stuff inside the tail.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.46,0:09:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now as I think about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.92,0:09:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm pulling up all of that\Nspecific information.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.40,0:09:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.60,0:09:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, my thinking's bottom-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.12,0:09:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take all the little pieces and I put\Nthe pieces together like a puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.84,0:09:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here is a horse that was deathly\Nafraid of black cowboy hats.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.63,0:09:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd been abused by somebody\Nwith a black cowboy hat.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.21,0:09:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,White cowboy hats,\Nthat was absolutely fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.60,0:09:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the thing is,\Nthe world is going to need
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.17,0:09:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the different kinds of minds\Nto work together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.28,0:09:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to work on developing\Nall these different kinds of minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.50,0:09:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the things\Nthat is driving me really crazy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.06,0:09:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I travel around\Nand I do autism meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.44,0:10:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I'm seeing a lot of smart,\Ngeeky, nerdy kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.60,0:10:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they just aren't very social,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.80,0:10:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody's working\Non developing their interest
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.91,0:10:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in something like science.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.67,0:10:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this brings up the whole thing\Nof my science teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.38,0:10:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My science teacher is shown\Nabsolutely beautifully in the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.51,0:10:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a goofball student\Nwhen I was in high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.02,0:10:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just didn't care at all about studying,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.07,0:10:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I had Mr. Carlock's science class.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.32,0:10:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was now Dr. Carlock in the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.10,0:10:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he got me challenged\Nto figure out an optical illusion room.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.00,0:10:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This brings up the whole thing\Nof you've got to show kids
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.74,0:10:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.31,0:10:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, one of the things\Nthat I think maybe TED ought to do
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.65,0:10:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is tell all the schools about all\Nthe great lectures that are on TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.99,0:10:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's all kinds\Nof great stuff on the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.50,0:10:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get these kids turned on.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.90,0:10:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm seeing a lot\Nof these geeky, nerdy kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.41,0:10:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the teachers out in the Midwest\Nand other parts of the country
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.62,0:10:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you get away from these tech areas,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.58,0:10:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't know what to do\Nwith these kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.61,0:10:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're not going down the right path.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.66,0:10:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is, you can make a mind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.46,0:11:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be more of a thinking\Nand cognitive mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.21,0:11:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or your mind can be wired\Nto be more social.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.71,0:11:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what some of the research\Nnow has shown in autism
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.37,0:11:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there may by extra wiring back here\Nin the really brilliant mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.86,0:11:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we lose a few social circuits here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.80,0:11:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of a trade-off\Nbetween thinking and social.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.77,0:11:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you can get to the point\Nwhere it's so severe,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.39,0:11:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to have a person\Nthat's going to be non-verbal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.27,0:11:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the normal human mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.00,0:11:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language covers up the visual thinking\Nwe share with animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.65,0:11:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the work of Dr. Bruce Miller.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.50,0:11:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He studied Alzheimer's patients\Nthat had frontal temporal lobe dementia.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.25,0:11:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the dementia ate out\Nthe language parts of the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.30,0:11:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then this artwork came out of somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.59,0:11:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who used to install stereos in cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.57,0:11:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Van Gogh doesn't know\Nanything about physics,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.26,0:11:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it's very interesting\Nthat there was some work done
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.60,0:11:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show that this eddy pattern\Nin this painting
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.35,0:11:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,followed a statistical model\Nof turbulence,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.52,0:11:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which brings up the whole interesting idea
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.56,0:12:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of maybe some of this mathematical\Npatterns is in our own head.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.33,0:12:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Wolfram stuff --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.90,0:12:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was taking notes and writing down\Nall the search words I could use,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.49,0:12:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think that's going to go on\Nin my autism lectures.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.84,0:12:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to show\Nthese kids interesting stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.30,0:12:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they've taken out the auto-shop class
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.59,0:12:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the drafting class and the art class.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.71,0:12:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, art was my best subject in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.00,0:12:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to think about all\Nthese different kinds of minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.88,0:12:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've got to absolutely\Nwork with these kind of minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.69,0:12:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we absolutely are going to need
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.100,0:12:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these kinds of people in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.00,0:12:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's talk about jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.26,0:12:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, my science teacher got me studying,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.48,0:12:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was a goofball\Nthat didn't want to study.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.92,0:12:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?\NI was getting work experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.29,0:12:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm seeing too many of these smart kids\Nwho haven't learned basic things,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.78,0:12:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like how to be on time -- I was taught\Nthat when I was eight years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.25,0:12:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to have table manners\Nat granny's Sunday party.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.83,0:12:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was taught that\Nwhen I was very, very young.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.49,0:12:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I was 13, I had a job\Nat a dressmaker's shop sewing clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.49,0:12:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did internships in college,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.10,0:13:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was building things,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.33,0:13:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I also had to learn\Nhow to do assignments.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.37,0:13:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, all I wanted to do was draw\Npictures of horses when I was little.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.98,0:13:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother said, "Well let's do\Na picture of something else."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.83,0:13:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've got to learn\Nhow to do something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.02,0:13:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say the kid is fixated on Legos.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.89,0:13:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's get him working\Non building different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.61,0:13:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about the autistic mind\Nis it tends to be fixated.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.23,0:13:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like if the kid loves race cars,\Nlet's use race cars for math.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.13,0:13:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's figure out how long it takes\Na race car to go a certain distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.60,0:13:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, use that fixation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.73,0:13:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to motivate that kid,\Nthat's one of the things we need to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.61,0:13:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really get fed up when the teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.72,0:13:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when you get away\Nfrom this part of the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.55,0:13:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't know what to do\Nwith these smart kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.96,0:13:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just drives me crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.14,0:13:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can visual thinkers\Ndo when they grow up?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.41,0:13:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can do graphic design,\Nall kinds of stuff with computers,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.38,0:13:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photography, industrial design.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.38,0:14:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pattern thinkers -- they're the ones\Nthat are going to be your mathematicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.34,0:14:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your software engineers,\Nyour computer programmers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.87,0:14:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of those kinds of jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.86,0:14:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you've got the word minds;\Nthey make great journalists,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.45,0:14:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they also make really,\Nreally good stage actors.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.00,0:14:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the thing about being autistic is,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.42,0:14:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to learn social skills\Nlike being in a play.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.27,0:14:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just kind of ...\Nyou just have to learn it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.00,0:14:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to be working\Nwith these students.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.00,0:14:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this brings up mentors.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.13,0:14:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, my science teacher\Nwas not an accredited teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.26,0:14:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a NASA space scientist.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.00,0:14:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some states now are getting it to where,\Nif you have a degree in biology
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.43,0:14:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in chemistry,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.72,0:14:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can come into the school\Nand teach biology or chemistry.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.58,0:14:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.54,0:14:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what I'm observing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.35,0:14:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the good teachers,\Nfor a lot of these kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.43,0:14:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are out in the community colleges.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.10,0:14:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we need to be getting\Nsome of these good teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.66,0:14:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the high schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.83,0:14:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing that can be very,\Nvery, very successful is:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.41,0:14:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of people\Nthat may have retired
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.55,0:14:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from working in the software industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.39,0:14:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can teach your kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.80,0:14:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it doesn't matter\Nif what they teach them is old,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.64,0:15:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what you're doing\Nis you're lighting the spark.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.39,0:15:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're getting that kid turned on.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.88,0:15:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get him turned on,\Nthen you'll learn all the new stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.32,0:15:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mentors are just essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.60,0:15:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot emphasize enough\Nwhat my science teacher did for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.94,0:15:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've got to mentor them, hire them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.00,0:15:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you bring them in\Nfor internships in your companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.83,0:15:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the thing about the autism,\NAsperger-y kind of mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.33,0:15:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got to give them a specific task.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.32,0:15:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't just say, "Design new software."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.19,0:15:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to tell them\Nsomething more specific:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.48,0:15:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're designing software for a phone
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.40,0:15:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has to do some specific thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.22,0:15:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can only use so much memory."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.00,0:15:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the kind of specificity you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.45,0:15:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's the end of my talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.33,0:15:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just want to thank\Neverybody for coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.60,0:15:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was great to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.00,0:15:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.53,0:15:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.74,0:15:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh -- you have a question for me? OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.59,0:16:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.01,0:16:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson:\NThank you so much for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.06,0:16:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you once wrote --\NI like this quote:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.41,0:16:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If by some magic, autism had been\Neradicated from the face of the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.100,0:16:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then men would still be socializing\Nin front of a wood fire
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.100,0:16:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the entrance to a cave."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.36,0:16:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.42,0:16:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Temple Grandin: Because who do you think\Nmade the first stone spear?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.68,0:16:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the Asperger guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.86,0:16:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you were to get rid\Nof all the autism genetics,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.44,0:16:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there'd be no more Silicon Valley,\Nand the energy crisis would not be solved.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.12,0:16:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.49,0:16:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: I want to ask you\Na couple other questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.74,0:16:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if any of these feel inappropriate,\Nit's OK just to say, "Next question."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.53,0:16:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if there is someone here\Nwho has an autistic child,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.17,0:16:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or knows an autistic child and feels\Nkind of cut off from them,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.53,0:16:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what advice would you give them?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.40,0:16:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TG: Well, first of all,\Nwe've got to look at age.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.76,0:16:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have a two, three or four-year-old,\Nno speech, no social interaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.73,0:16:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't emphasize enough: Don't wait.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.04,0:16:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need at least 20 hours a week\Nof one-to-one teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.35,0:16:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is, autism comes\Nin different degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.87,0:17:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About half of the people on the spectrum\Nare not going to learn to talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.40,0:17:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they won't be working\Nin Silicon Valley.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.52,0:17:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would not be a reasonable\Nthing for them to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.100,0:17:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then you get these smart,\Ngeeky kids with a touch of autism,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.10,0:17:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's where you've got\Nto get them turned on
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.60,0:17:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with doing interesting things.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.12,0:17:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got social interaction\Nthrough shared interests --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.16,0:17:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I rode horses with other kids,\NI made model rockets with other kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.14,0:17:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did electronics lab with other kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.14,0:17:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the '60s, it was gluing mirrors\Nonto a rubber membrane on a speaker
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.41,0:17:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a light show.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.62,0:17:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was, like,\Nwe considered that super cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.86,0:17:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.90,0:17:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Is it unrealistic for them
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.42,0:17:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hope or think that that child\Nloves them, as some might, as most, wish?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.18,0:17:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TG: Well, I tell you,\Nthat child will be loyal,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.44,0:17:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if your house is burning down,\Nthey're going to get you out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.84,0:17:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Wow. So most people, if you ask them\Nwhat they're most passionate about,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.52,0:17:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'd say things like,\N"My kids" or "My lover."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.01,0:17:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you most passionate about?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.79,0:17:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TG: I'm passionate\Nabout that the things I do
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.84,0:17:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to make\Nthe world a better place.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.90,0:18:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I have a mother\Nof an autistic child say,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.15,0:18:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My kid went to college\Nbecause of your book
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.23,0:18:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or one of your lectures,"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.46,0:18:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes me happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.63,0:18:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the slaughter plants\NI worked with in the '80s;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.37,0:18:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were absolutely awful.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.71,0:18:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I developed a really simple\Nscoring system for slaughter plants,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.01,0:18:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you just measure outcomes:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.59,0:18:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many cattle fell down?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.85,0:18:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many got poked with the prodder?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.62,0:18:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many cattle\Nare mooing their heads off?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.02,0:18:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's very, very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.38,0:18:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You directly observe a few simple things.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.38,0:18:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's worked really well.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.56,0:18:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.93,0:18:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes real change in the real world.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.67,0:18:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a lot more of that,\Nand a lot less abstract stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.44,0:18:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Totally.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.62,0:18:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.73,0:18:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: When we were talking on the phone,\None of the things you said
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.85,0:18:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really astonished me
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.08,0:18:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that one thing you were passionate\Nabout was server farms.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.84,0:18:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.02,0:18:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TG: Well, the reason why I got really\Nexcited when I read about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.42,0:18:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it contains knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.10,0:18:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's libraries.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.78,0:18:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to me, knowledge is something\Nthat is extremely valuable.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.32,0:19:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, maybe over 10 years ago\Nnow, our library got flooded.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.46,0:19:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is before the Internet\Ngot really big.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.54,0:19:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was really upset\Nabout all the books being wrecked,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.24,0:19:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was knowledge being destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.24,0:19:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And server farms, or data centers,\Nare great libraries of knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.68,0:19:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Temple, can I just say,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.100,0:19:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an absolute delight\Nto have you at TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.11,0:19:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.28,0:19:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TG: Well, thank you so much. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.20,0:19:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)