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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.08,0:00:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have Stage IV lung cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.65,0:00:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I know, "poor me."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.12,0:00:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't feel that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.24,0:00:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so OK with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.73,0:00:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And granted, I have certain advantages.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.90,0:00:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not everybody can take\Nso cavalier and attitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.58,0:00:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have young children.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.78,0:00:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a grown daughter who's\Nbrilliant and happy and wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have huge financial stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.18,0:00:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My cancer isn't that aggressive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.22,0:00:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of like\Nthe Democratic leadership --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.89,0:00:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.05,0:00:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not concinved it can win.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.94,0:00:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically just sitting there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.61,0:00:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for Goldman Sachs\Nto give it some money.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.97,0:00:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.97,0:00:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.88,0:00:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.88,0:00:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the best thing of all --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.78,0:00:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a major accomplishment\Nunder my belt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.20,0:00:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.20,0:00:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't even know it until someone\Ntweeted me a year ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.55,0:00:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what they said:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.74,0:01:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.80,0:01:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the pussification\Nof the American male."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.51,0:01:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.25,0:01:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.06,0:01:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that I can take\Nall the credit, but ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.71,0:01:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.26,0:01:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if you don't have my advantages?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.21,0:01:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only advice I can give you\Nis to do what I did:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.86,0:01:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make friends with reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.99,0:01:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You couldn't have a worse relationship\Nwith reality than I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.28,0:01:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the get-go,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.87,0:01:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't even attracted to reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.97,0:01:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they'd had Tinder when I met reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.51,0:01:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have swiped left
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.73,0:01:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole thing would have been over.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.73,0:01:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.38,0:01:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And reality and I --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.40,0:01:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't share the same values,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.51,0:01:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same goals --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.81,0:01:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.81,0:01:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.04,0:01:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have goals;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.57,0:01:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have fantasies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.74,0:02:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're exactly like goals\Nbut without the hard work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.46,0:02:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.93,0:02:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.88,0:02:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a big fan of hard work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.15,0:02:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know reality --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.08,0:02:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's either push, push, push, push, push
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.24,0:02:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through its agent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.75,0:02:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the executive brain function --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.57,0:02:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the [yoys] of dying:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.14,0:02:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my executive brain function\Nwon't have me to kick around anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.96,0:02:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.74,0:02:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But something happened
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.02,0:02:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made me realize
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.25,0:02:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reality may not be reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.92,0:02:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though it happened [was]\Nbecause I basically wanted reality
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.11,0:02:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to leave me alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.02,0:02:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I wanted to be left alone\Nin a nice house
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.97,0:02:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a Wolf range
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.25,0:02:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Sub-Zero refrigerator ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.76,0:02:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private yoga lessons --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.13,0:02:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up with a development\Ndeal at Disney,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.02,0:03:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one day I found myself\Nin my new office
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.36,0:03:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Two Dopey Drive --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.07,0:03:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.61,0:03:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which reality thought\NI should be proud of ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.03,0:03:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.03,0:03:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm staring at the present\Nthey sent me to celebrate my arrival --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.42,0:03:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the [Lillith] vase or the grand piano\NI've heard of other people getting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.51,0:03:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a three-foot-tall,\Nstuffed Mickey Mouse
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.81,0:03:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a catalogue in case I wanted\Nto order some more stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.94,0:03:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that didn't jive with my aesthetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.23,0:03:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.20,0:03:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I looked up in the catalogue
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.44,0:03:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see how much\Nthis three-foot-high mouse cost,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.21,0:03:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's how it was described:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.15,0:03:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Life-sized."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.82,0:03:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.32,0:03:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's when I knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.42,0:03:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reality wasn't "reality,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.73,0:03:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reality was an imposter.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.47,0:03:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I dived into quantum physics\Nand chaos theory
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.100,0:04:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to find actual reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.16,0:04:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've just finished a movie --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.66,0:04:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, finally finished --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.01,0:04:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.72,0:04:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I won't go into it here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.100,0:04:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anyway it wasn't until after\Nwe shot the movie
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.41,0:04:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I broke my leg,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.67,0:04:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it didn't heal,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.77,0:04:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they had to do\Nanother surgery a year later,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.15,0:04:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then that took a year --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.08,0:04:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two years in a wheelchair.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.52,0:04:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's when I came into contact\Nwith actual reality:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.36,0:04:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.14,0:04:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those very limits I'd spent\Nmy whole life denying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.07,0:04:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pushing past
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.29,0:04:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ignoring
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.94,0:04:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were real,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.52,0:04:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to deal with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.89,0:04:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I took imagination, creativity\Nand my entire skillset.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.98,0:04:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turned out I was great\Nat actual reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.83,0:04:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't just come to terms with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.38,0:04:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fell in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.14,0:04:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I should've known,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.60,0:04:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given my equally shaky relationship\Nwith the zeitgeist --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.70,0:05:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just say if anyone's in the market\Nfor a [Beta Max] --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.64,0:05:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.30,0:05:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have known that the moment\NI fell in love with reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.12,0:05:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of the country would decide\Nto go in the opposite direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.51,0:05:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.89,0:05:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm not here to talk about Trump\Nor the alt-right or climate change deniers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.32,0:05:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even the makers of this thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.73,0:05:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I would have called a box,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.60,0:05:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except that right here it says,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.74,0:05:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is not a box."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.81,0:05:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.77,0:05:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're gaslighting me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.10,0:05:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laugther)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.01,0:05:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.19,0:05:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I do want to talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.100,0:05:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a personal challenge to reality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.03,0:05:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I take personally,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.71,0:05:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to preface it by saying\Nthat I absolutely love science.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.85,0:06:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have this --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.24,0:06:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a scientist myself --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.19,0:06:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but an uncanny ability to understand\Neverything about science,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.06,0:06:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except the actual science --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.96,0:06:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.88,0:06:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is math.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.18,0:06:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the most outlandish concepts\Nmake sense to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.64,0:06:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,String Theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.02,0:06:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that all of reality emanates\Nfrom the vibrations of these tiny --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.12,0:06:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call it "The Big Twang" --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.57,0:06:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.86,0:06:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wave particle reality;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.96,0:06:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea that one thing\Ncan manifest as two things,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.96,0:06:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.46,0:06:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That a photon can manifest\Nas a wave and a particle coincided
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.45,0:06:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my deepest intuitions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.08,0:06:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people are good and bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.70,0:06:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideas are right and wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.83,0:06:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was right about penis envy\Nand he was wrong about who has it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.63,0:06:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.12,0:06:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.89,0:06:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.93,0:07:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's this slight\Nvariation on that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.53,0:07:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is reality looks like two things,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.30,0:07:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it turns out to be the interaction\Nof those two things,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.43,0:07:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like space/time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.60,0:07:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mass/energy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.36,0:07:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and life and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.92,0:07:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't I understand --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.53,0:07:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I simply don't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.58,0:07:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mindset of people who are out\Nto "defeat death" and "overcome death."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.00,0:07:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.71,0:07:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you defeat death\Nwithout killing off life?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.41,0:07:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't make sense to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.34,0:07:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also have to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.20,0:07:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find it incredibly ungrateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.02,0:07:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you're given\Nthis extraordinary gift --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.74,0:07:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.16,0:07:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's as if you had asked Santa\Nfor a Rolls Royce [overshadow]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.77,0:07:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you had gotten\Na salad spinner instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.24,0:07:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's the beef --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.49,0:07:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beef with it is that it comes\Nwith an expiration date.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.50,0:07:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death is the dealbreaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.43,0:08:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't get that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.37,0:08:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me it's disrespectful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.53,0:08:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's disrespectful to nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.90,0:08:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that we're going\Nto dominate nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.70,0:08:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to master nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.58,0:08:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature is too weak\Nto withstand our intellect --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.39,0:08:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, I don't think so.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.62,0:08:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think if you've actually read\Nquantum physics as I have --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.97,0:08:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I read an email\Nfrom someone who'd read it --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.75,0:08:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.75,0:08:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.96,0:08:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't live in Newton's\Nclockwork universe anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.04,0:08:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a banana peel universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.07,0:08:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we won't ever be able\Nto know everything
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.78,0:08:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or control everything
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.50,0:08:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or predict everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.16,0:08:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature is like self-driving car.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.27,0:08:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best we can be is like\Nthe old woman in that joke --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you've heard it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.08,0:08:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An old woman is driving
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.10,0:08:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with her middle-aged daughter\Nin the passenger seat,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.26,0:09:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mother goes\Nright through a red light,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.80,0:09:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the daughter doesn't want to say\Nanything that sounds like,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.95,0:09:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're too old to drive,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.62,0:09:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she didn't say anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.47,0:09:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the mother goes through\Na second red light,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.24,0:09:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.94,0:09:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as tactfully as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.53,0:09:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says, "Mom, are you aware
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.71,0:09:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you just went through\Ntwo red lights?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.22,0:09:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the mother says,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.05,0:09:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, am I driving?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.50,0:09:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.48,0:09:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.59,0:09:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I'm going to take a mental leap,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.68,0:09:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is easy for me because\NI'm the Evel Knievel of mental leaps;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.61,0:09:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my license plate says,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.42,0:09:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,['Cogatow ergo zoom."]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.18,0:09:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you're willing\Nto go with me on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.98,0:09:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my real problem with the mindset\Nthat is so out to defeat death
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.60,0:09:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if you're anti-death,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.53,0:09:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which to me translates as anti-life,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.67,0:10:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which to me translates as anti-nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.55,0:10:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it also translates to me as anti-woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.91,0:10:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because women have long been\Nidentified with nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.13,0:10:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my source on this is [Hannah Aaron],
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.40,0:10:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the German philosopher who wrote\Na book called "The Human Condition."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.68,0:10:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in it she says that classically,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.16,0:10:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work is associated with men.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.100,0:10:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work is what comes out of the head;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.09,0:10:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's what we invent,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.28,0:10:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's what we create,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.93,0:10:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's how we leave our mark upon the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.91,0:10:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas labor is associated with the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.68,0:10:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's associated with the people\Nwho perform labor
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.26,0:10:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or undergo labor.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.42,0:10:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.13,0:10:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mindset that denies that --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.30,0:10:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that denies that we're in sync\Nwith the biorhythms,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.60,0:10:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cyclical rhythms of the universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.73,0:11:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not create a hospitable\Nenvironment for women
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.39,0:11:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for people associated with labor,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.81,0:11:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.30,0:11:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that we associate\Nas descendants of slaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.77,0:11:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people who perform manual labor.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.34,0:11:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's how it looks
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.46,0:11:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a banana peel universe point of view,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.10,0:11:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my mindset which I call,\N"Emily's universe."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.26,0:11:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.77,0:11:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am incredibly grateful for life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.12,0:11:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't want to be immortal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.62,0:11:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no interest in having\Nmy name live on after me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.86,0:11:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I don't want it to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.88,0:11:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's been my observation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.48,0:11:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no matter how nice\Nand how brilliant
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.89,0:11:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how talented you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.54,0:11:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 years after you die,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.42,0:11:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they turn on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.80,0:11:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.57,0:11:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have actualy proof of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.76,0:11:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A headline from the Los Angeles Times:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.84,0:11:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anne Frank; Not So Nice Afterall."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.28,0:12:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.25,0:12:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plus, I love being in sync
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.72,0:12:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the cyclical rhythms of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.18,0:12:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what's so extraordinary about life:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.55,0:12:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a cycle of generation,\Ndegeneration, regeneration.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.68,0:12:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I" am just a collection of particles\Nthat is arranged into this pattern,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.54,0:12:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then will decompose and be available,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.38,0:12:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of its constiuent parts to nature
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.96,0:12:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reorganize into another pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.32,0:12:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, that is so exciting,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.74,0:12:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it makes me even more grateful\Nto be part of that process.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.76,0:12:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.56,0:12:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at death now from the point of view\Nof a German biologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.03,0:12:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Andreas Waither],
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.07,0:12:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who looks at it as\Npart of the gift economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.41,0:12:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're given this enormous gift:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.62,0:12:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.54,0:12:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you enrich it as best you can,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.88,0:13:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you give it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.52,0:13:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, Auntie Mame\Nsaid, "Life is a banquet,"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.77,0:13:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I've eaten my fill.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.63,0:13:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have had enormous appetite for life,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.83,0:13:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've consumed life
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.12,0:13:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in death,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.30,0:13:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be consumed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.14,0:13:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going into the ground\Njust the way I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.42,0:13:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there I invited every microbe\Nand a [treetathur] and composer
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.48,0:13:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have their fill --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.74,0:13:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they'll find me delicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.84,0:13:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.09,0:13:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.98,0:13:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the best thing about my attitude\NI think is that it's real.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.14,0:13:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.64,0:13:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can observe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.70,0:13:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It actually happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.28,0:13:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.99,0:13:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, maybe no my enriching the gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.95,0:13:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know about that --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.59,0:13:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my life has certainly\Nbeen enriched by other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.45,0:13:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.49,0:13:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which introduced me to\Na whole network of people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.50,0:13:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have enriched my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.76,0:13:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Tricia McGuillis,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.02,0:13:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my website designer,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.56,0:14:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's working with my wonderful daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.91,0:14:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take my website\Nand turn it into something
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.45,0:14:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all I have to do is write a blog,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.21,0:14:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have to use the executive\Nbrain function --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.90,0:14:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ha, ha, ha, I win!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.74,0:14:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am so grateful to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.40,0:14:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to say, "the audience,"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.87,0:14:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't really see it\Nas we're two separate things.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.33,0:14:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of it in terms\Nof quantum physics again.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.50,0:14:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know, quantum physicists\Nare not exactly sure what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.78,0:14:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the wave becomes a particle.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.48,0:14:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are different theories --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.69,0:14:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the collapse of the wave,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.61,0:14:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[function decoherent] --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.04,0:14:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're all agreed one thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.01,0:14:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reality comes into being\Nthrough an interaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.54,0:14:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.13,0:14:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every audience I've ever had,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.54,0:14:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,past and present.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.96,0:15:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much\Nfor making my life real.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.57,0:15:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.90,0:15:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.12,0:15:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.12,0:15:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.57,0:15:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.18,0:15:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.