WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Do you remember these glow-in-the-dark little stars 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which you had on the ceiling when you were a boy or a girl? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It is light. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It is pure light. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think I've been staring at them way too long 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when I was a five-year-old, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you know? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's so beautiful. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No energy bill, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 no maintenance; 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it is there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So two years ago, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we went back to the lab, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 making it more durable, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 more light emitting, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with the experts. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And at the same time, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we got a request from this guy -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Van Gogh. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The famous Van Gogh Foundation, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who wanted to celebrate his 125th anniversary in the Netherlands. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And they came to me and asked, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Can you make a place 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 where he feels more alive again in the Netherlands?" 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I liked that question a lot, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so in way, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we sort of started to connect these two different worlds. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is how my brain works, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 by the way. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Oh, I would love to keep on doing this for an hour. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And this is the result that we made: 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a bicycle path which charges at daytime via the sun, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and glows at night, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 up to eight hours. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thank you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hinting towards a future which should be energy friendly, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and linking up the local grounds 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as Van Gogh literally walked and lived there in 1883. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you can go there every night for free, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 no ticket needed. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 People experience the beauty of cycling through the starry night, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 thinking about green energy, safety -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want to create places where people feel connected again. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And it was somehow great to make these projects happen 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with the industry, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with the infrastructure companies, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you know? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So when the [.... ....] start to call -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 how much for 10 kilometers? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yeah, really, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that's a weird call you're going to get, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but it's fascinating 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that this is not just some sort of one-off, nice-to-have special, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think this kind of creative thinking, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 these kinds of connections, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 if the new economy -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 World Economic Forum, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the think tank in Geneva, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 made an interview with a lot of smart people all around the world, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 asking what are the top 10 skills you and I need to become successful. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And what is interesting [about] what you see here -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's not about money, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or being really good in C++, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 although these are great skills to have, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I have to admit. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But look at number three: 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 creativity. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Number two: 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 critical thinking. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Number one: 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 problem-solving -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 complex problem-solving. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 All the things that robots or a computer is really bad at. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And this makes me very optimistic, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 very hopeful for the new world, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that as we will live in this hyper-technological world, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 are human skills -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 our desire for empathy, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 our desire for curiosity, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 our desire for beauty -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 will be more appreciated again, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we will live in a world where creativity is our true capital. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And a process like that -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a creative process like that, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't know how it works for you, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but in my brain it always starts with a question: 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 why? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why does a jellyfish emit light? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Or a firefly? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Or why do be accept pollution? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is from my room in Beijing three years ago. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Left image is a good day -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Saturday. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I can see the cars, the people, the birds, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 life is OK in a dense urban city. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And on the right image -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 holy moly. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Pollution. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Complete layers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I couldn't even see the other side of the city. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And this image made me really sad. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is not the bright future we envision here at TED, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 this is the horror. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We live five to six years shorter, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 children have lung cancer when they're six years old. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so in a weird, beautiful way, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I at that moment became inspired by [raging] smog. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the governments all around the world are fighting their war on smog, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but I wanted to make something within the now, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and so we decided to build the largest smog vacuum cleaner 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in the world. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So it sucks up polluted air, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 cleans it, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and then releases it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And we built the first one. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So it sucks up 30,000 cubic meters per hour, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 cleans it on the nano level, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 2.5 [... ...] particles, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 using very litle electricity, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and then releasing the clean air 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so we have parks, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 playgrounds which 55 to 75 percent more clean than the rest of the city. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And every month of so, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it opens like a spaceship -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 like a Marilyn Monroe with the -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 well, you know what, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 anyway. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So this ... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 this is the stuff we are capturing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is Beijing smog. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is in our lungs right now. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If you live next to a highway, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's the same at 17 cigarettes per day. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Are we insane? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When did we say yes to that? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And we had buckets of this disgusting material 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in our studio, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and on a Monday morning we were discussing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We were like, "Shit, what should we do with it? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Should we throw it away?" 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Like, like, help! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And then we realized -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 no, no, no, no, no, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 waste should not exist. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Waste for one should be food for the other. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So here, maybe show it around. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Do not put this in your coffee. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And we realized that 42 percent is made out of carbon, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and carbon of course, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 under high pressure, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you get ... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 diamonds, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So inspired by that, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we compress it for 30 minutes -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Compression sound) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and making smog-free rings. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so by sharing a ring, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you donate 1,000 cubic meters of clean air 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to the city where the tower is in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I have one here -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A little floating cube. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I will give one to you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm not going to propose, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 don't worry. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Are we good? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yeah, we're good. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You can show it around. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And we put this online -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Kickstarter campaign, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 crowdfunding. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And people started to preorder it, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but more importantly, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they started to prepay it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So the finance we made with the jewellery 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 helped us to realize, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to build the first tower. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And that's powerful -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so the ways [....], 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 was the enabler. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Also the feedback from community -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 this is a wedding couple from India, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when he proposed to her with the smog-free ring 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as a sign of true beauty, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as a sign of hope. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And she said yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I love this image so much for a lot of different reasons. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And right now the project is touring through China. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Actually, we have the support of China's [central] government. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So the first goal is to create local, clean-air parks, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and that works already quite well -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 55, 75 percent more clean. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And at the same time, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we team up with the NGO's, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with the governors, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with the students, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with the tech people, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to say, "Hey, what do we need to do 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to make a whole city smog-free?" 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's about the dream of clean air. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We do workshops; 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 new ideas pop up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 These are smog-free bicycles, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm Dutch, yes? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I have this bicycle DNA inside of me somewhere. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so it sucks up polluted air, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it cleans it and releases it 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in the fight against the car, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in the celebration of the bicycle. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so right now we're working on a sort of "package deal" so to speak, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 where we say, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "smog-free towers, smof-free rings," 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we go to the mayors or the governors of this world, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and say, "we can guarantee a short-term reduction of pollution 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 between 20 to 40 percent, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 please sign here right now." 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So it's all about connecting new technology with creative thinking. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And if you start thinking about that, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 there is so much you can imagine, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so much more you can do. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We worked on dance floors 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which produce electricity when you dance on it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We did a design for that -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 2008. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So it moves eight or nine millimeters, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 produces 25 watts. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The electricity that we generated, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it is used for the lighting or the DJ booth. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So some of the sustainability is about doing more, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 not about doing less, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but also on a larger scale, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the Netherlands -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 where I'm from -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we live below sea level. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So because of these beauties, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the [off... .... ], 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 32 kilometer, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 built by hand in 1932, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we live with the water, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we fight with the water, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we try to find harmony, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but sometimes we forget. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And therefore we made [... ....], 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a combination of leads and lenses, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which show how high the water would be, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 global change, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 if we stop. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If today we all go home and say, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Oh, whatever, someone else will do it for us," 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or we wait or government or whatever, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you know, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we're not going to do that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It goes wrong. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And we place this in public spaces all around the world. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thousands of people showed up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thank you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You're too nice, you're too nice. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's not good for [design]. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So thousands of people showed up, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and some actually were scared. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They left, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they experienced the flood in 1953. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And others were mesmorized. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Can we make floating cities? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Can we generate electricity from the change in tide? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So I find it so important to make experiences -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 collective experiences where people feel connected with vision, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with the future, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and triggering what is possible. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 At the same time, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you know these kinds of things, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they're not easy, yes? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's a struggle. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And what I experienced in my life 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is that a lot of people say they want innovation, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and they want the next and the new, the future, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but the moment you present a new idea, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 there's this weird tendency to reply to every new idea with two words, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which is ... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No, not "how much?" 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's more annoying. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What is it, guys? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Or you're really blessed people -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that's really good. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Yes, but," 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 very good. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Yes, but it's too expensive, it's too cheap, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's too fast, it's too slow, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's too beautiful, it's too ugly, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it cannot be done, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it already exists." 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I have heard everything about the same project in the same week. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I got really, really annoyed. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I got a [bit] gray hair, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 started to dress in black like a true architect -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and one morning I woke up and I said, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Daan, stop. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is dragging you down. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You have to do something with this. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You have to use it as an ingredient, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as a component." 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so we decided to build, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to realize the famous "Yes, but" chair. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And this is an existing chair by [... ... ], 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a Dutch design, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but we gave it a little "update," 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a little "hack" so to speak, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so we placed a little voice recognition element right here, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and so the moment you sit on that chair, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and you say those two horrible, creative- destructive, annoying little words, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you get a short, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but pretty intense 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 little shock on the backside of your bottom. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And that works -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 yeah, that works. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So some clients have left us, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they got really mad. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fortunately, the good ones have stayed. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And of course we also apply it to ourselves. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But ladies and gentelmen, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 let's not be afraid. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let's be curious, yes? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you know, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 walking through TED in these days 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and hearing the other speakers, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and feeling the energy of the crowds, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I was remembering this quote of the Canadian author, [Arthur Mcluen], 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who once famously said, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "On spacecraft earth, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 there are no passengers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We are all crew." 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I think this so beautiful. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is so beautiful. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're not just consumers, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we're makers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We make decisions, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we make new inventions, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we make new dreams. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I think if we start implementing that kind of thinking even more 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 within today, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 there's still a whole new world to be explored. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 All right, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 thank you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Applause) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thank you.