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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember these\Nglow-in-the-dark little stars
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which you had on the ceiling\Nwhen you were a boy or a girl?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is light.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is pure light.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I've been staring\Nat them way too long
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was a five-year-old,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No energy bill,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no maintenance;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So two years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went back to the lab,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making it more durable,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more light emitting,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the experts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got a request from this guy --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Van Gogh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The famous Van Gogh Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wanted to celebrate\Nhis 125th anniversary in the Netherlands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they came to me and asked,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can you make a place
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he feels more alive again\Nin the Netherlands?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I liked that question a lot,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so in way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we sort of started to connect\Nthese two different worlds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how my brain works,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I would love to keep on\Ndoing this for an hour.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the result that we made:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bicycle path which charges\Nat daytime via the sun,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and glows at night,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to eight hours.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hinting towards a future\Nwhich should be energy friendly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and linking up the local grounds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Van Gogh literally walked\Nand lived there in 1883.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can go there every night for free,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no ticket needed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People experience the beauty\Nof cycling through the starry night,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about green energy, safety --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to create places\Nwhere people feel connected again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was somehow great to make\Nthese projects happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the industry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the infrastructure companies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the [.... ....] start to call --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much for 10 kilometers?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, really,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a weird call you're going to get,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's fascinating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is not just some sort of one-off,\Nnice-to-have special,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this kind of creative thinking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these kinds of connections,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the new economy --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,World Economic Forum,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the think tank in Geneva,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made an interview with a lot\Nof smart people all around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking what are the top 10 skills\Nyou and I need to become successful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is interesting\N[about] what you see here --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not about money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or being really good in C++,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although these are great skills to have,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to admit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look at number three:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creativity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,critical thinking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,problem-solving --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complex problem-solving.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the things that robots\Nor a computer is really bad at.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this makes me very optimistic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very hopeful for the new world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as we will live\Nin this hyper-technological world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are human skills --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our desire for empathy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our desire for curiosity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our desire for beauty --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be more appreciated again,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will live in a world\Nwhere creativity is our true capital.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a process like that --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a creative process like that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how it works for you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in my brain it always\Nstarts with a question:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does a jellyfish emit light?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a firefly?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or why do be accept pollution?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is from my room\Nin Beijing three years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Left image is a good day --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saturday.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see the cars, the people, the birds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life is OK in a dense urban city.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on the right image --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holy moly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pollution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Complete layers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't even see\Nthe other side of the city.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this image made me really sad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not the bright future\Nwe envision here at TED,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the horror.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live five to six years shorter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children have lung cancer\Nwhen they're six years old.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in a weird, beautiful way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I at that moment became\Ninspired by [raging] smog.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the governments all around the world\Nare fighting their war on smog,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wanted to make something\Nwithin the now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we decided to build\Nthe largest smog vacuum cleaner
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it sucks up polluted air,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleans it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then releases it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we built the first one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it sucks up 30,000\Ncubic meters per hour,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleans it on the nano level,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2.5 [... ...] particles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using very litle electricity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then releasing the clean air
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we have parks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playgrounds which 55 to 75 percent\Nmore clean than the rest of the city.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every month of so,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it opens like a spaceship --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a Marilyn Monroe with the --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, you know what,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyway.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the stuff we are capturing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Beijing smog.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is in our lungs right now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you live next to a highway,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the same at 17 cigarettes per day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we insane?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When did we say yes to that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we had buckets\Nof this disgusting material
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our studio,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on a Monday morning\Nwe were discussing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were like, "Shit,\Nwhat should we do with it?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we throw it away?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, like, help!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we realized --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, no, no, no, no,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waste should not exist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Waste for one should be\Nfood for the other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here, maybe show it around.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not put this in your coffee.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we realized that 42 percent\Nis made out of carbon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and carbon of course,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under high pressure,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diamonds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So inspired by that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we compress it for 30 minutes --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Compression sound)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making smog-free rings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so by sharing a ring,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you donate 1,000 cubic meters of clean air
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the city where the tower is in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have one here --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little floating cube.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will give one to you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to propose,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't worry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we good?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, we're good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can show it around.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we put this online --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kickstarter campaign,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crowdfunding.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people started to preorder it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they started to prepay it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the finance we made\Nwith the jewellery
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped us to realize,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build the first tower.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's powerful --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the ways [....],
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the enabler.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also the feedback from community --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a wedding couple from India,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he proposed to her\Nwith the smog-free ring
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a sign of true beauty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a sign of hope.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said yes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this image so much\Nfor a lot of different reasons.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right now the project\Nis touring through China.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, we have the support\Nof China's [central] government.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first goal is to create\Nlocal, clean-air parks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that works already quite well --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,55, 75 percent more clean.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we team up with the NGO's,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the governors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the students,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the tech people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say, "Hey, what do we need to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a whole city smog-free?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about the dream of clean air.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do workshops;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new ideas pop up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are smog-free bicycles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Dutch, yes?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have this bicycle DNA\Ninside of me somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it sucks up polluted air,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it cleans it and releases it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the fight against the car,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the celebration of the bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so right now we're working\Non a sort of "package deal" so to speak,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"smog-free towers, smof-free rings,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we go to the mayors\Nor the governors of this world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "we can guarantee\Na short-term reduction of pollution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between 20 to 40 percent,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please sign here right now."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's all about connecting\Nnew technology with creative thinking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you start thinking about that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is so much you can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much more you can do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worked on dance floors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which produce electricity\Nwhen you dance on it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did a design for that --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2008.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it moves eight or nine millimeters,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produces 25 watts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The electricity that we generated,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is used for the lighting\Nor the DJ booth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So some of the sustainability\Nis about doing more,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not about doing less,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also on a larger scale,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Netherlands --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm from --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we live below sea level.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So because of these beauties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the [off... .... ],
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,32 kilometer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built by hand in 1932,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we live with the water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we fight with the water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we try to find harmony,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes we forget.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And therefore we made [... ....],
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a combination of leads and lenses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which show how high the water would be,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,global change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we stop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If today we all go home and say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, whatever, someone else\Nwill do it for us,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we wait or government or whatever,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not going to do that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes wrong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we place this in public spaces\Nall around the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thousands of people showed up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're too nice, you're too nice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not good for [design].
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thousands of people showed up,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some actually were scared.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They left,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they experienced the flood in 1953.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And others were mesmorized.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we make floating cities?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we generate electricity\Nfrom the change in tide?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I find it so important\Nto make experiences --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collective experiences where people\Nfeel connected with vision,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the future,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and triggering what is possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know these kinds of things,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not easy, yes?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a struggle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I experienced in my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that a lot of people say\Nthey want innovation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want the next\Nand the new, the future,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the moment you present a new idea,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this weird tendency to reply\Nto every new idea with two words,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, not "how much?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more annoying.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it, guys?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you're really blessed people --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's really good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, but,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, but it's too expensive,\Nit's too cheap,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's too fast, it's too slow,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's too beautiful, it's too ugly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it cannot be done,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it already exists."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have heard everything about the same\Nproject in the same week.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got really, really annoyed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a [bit] gray hair,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to dress in black\Nlike a true architect --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one morning I woke up and I said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Daan, stop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is dragging you down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to do something with this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to use it as an ingredient,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a component."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we decided to build,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to realize the famous "Yes, but" chair.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is an existing chair\Nby [... ... ],
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Dutch design,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we gave it a little "update,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little "hack" so to speak,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we placed a little voice\Nrecognition element right here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so the moment you sit on that chair,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you say those two horrible,\Ncreative- destructive, annoying little words,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get a short,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pretty intense
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little shock on the backside\Nof your bottom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that works --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, that works.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So some clients have left us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they got really mad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, the good ones have stayed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course we also\Napply it to ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ladies and gentelmen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's not be afraid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's be curious, yes?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking through TED in these days
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hearing the other speakers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling the energy of the crowds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was remembering this quote\Nof the Canadian author, [Arthur Mcluen],
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who once famously said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"On spacecraft earth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no passengers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all crew."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think this so beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is so beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not just consumers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're makers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make decisions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we make new inventions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we make new dreams.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think if we start implementing\Nthat kind of thinking even more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within today,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's still a whole new world\Nto be explored.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.