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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.17,0:00:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all trapped
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.54,0:00:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside our own heads,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.67,0:00:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our beliefs and our understandings\Nabout the world are limited
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.67,0:00:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by that perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.42,0:00:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means we tell ourselves stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.58,0:00:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? So here we are\Nin this infinite data source.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.38,0:00:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an infinite number of things\Nthat we could think about,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.38,0:00:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we edit and delete.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.71,0:00:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We choose what to think about,\Nwhat to pay attention to.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.17,0:00:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make up a story ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.33,0:00:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sense of what's going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.12,0:00:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we all get it wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.21,0:00:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we're all trying to navigate\Nwith our own skewed compasses,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.46,0:00:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we all have our own baggage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.08,0:00:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the stories themselves\Nare utterly convincing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.29,0:00:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we all do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.62,0:00:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of the stories\Nthat we live by aren't even our own.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.54,0:00:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first ones we inherit\Nat a young age from our parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.29,0:00:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who of course have\Ntheir own skewed beliefs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.42,0:01:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own frustrations,\Ntheir own unlived lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.38,0:01:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for better or worse,\Nwe take all that onboard,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.72,0:01:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we go out into the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.34,0:01:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking maybe we have to\Nbe successful to be loved;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.67,0:01:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that we always have to put\Nother people's needs first;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.33,0:01:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that we have some big terrible secret\Nwe couldn't possible tell people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.42,0:01:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's just fiction, it's just stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.42,0:01:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd worry a lot less\Nabout what other people think of us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.33,0:01:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we realized how seldom they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.75,0:01:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.25,0:01:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I feel that magic is a great analogy\Nfor how we edit reality and form a story
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.42,0:01:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then mistake that story for the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.08,0:01:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've had a 20-year career in the UK
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.33,0:01:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staging big psychological\Nexperiments on TV,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.71,0:01:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now that's on Netflix.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.38,0:01:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also have a stage show.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.29,0:01:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got my first Broadway show actually\Ncoming up, called "Secret."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.08,0:01:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just throwing that out there. No pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.11,0:01:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.12,0:01:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That should be this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.33,0:02:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I try to do something new\Nwith mentalism, mentalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.21,0:02:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the dubious art\Nof getting inside your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.79,0:02:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was a heyday\Nfor this kind of stage mind-reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.08,0:02:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the 1930s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.75,0:02:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I'm dressed like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my most un-TED-like garb.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.29,0:02:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was an act,\Nan act known as the Oracle Act.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.62,0:02:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the Oracle Act,\Nmembers of the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.88,0:02:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I know you have done,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.50,0:02:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would write down secret questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.42,0:02:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sort of questions\Nyou might ask a psychic,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.08,0:02:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seal that question into an envelope,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.21,0:02:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the outside of the envelope\Nthey would write their initials
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.38,0:02:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then roughly\Nwhere they sat in the audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.42,0:02:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the Oracle, the mind reader,\Nwould take an envelope one at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.00,0:02:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wouldn't open it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.33,0:02:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he would attempt to divine\Nwhat question was sealed inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.29,0:02:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if he got that right,\Nhe would try and answer the question
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.42,0:02:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the person too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.88,0:02:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the act spread like wildfire.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.33,0:03:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a testament, I think,\Nto the seductive appeal
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.96,0:03:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some powerful figure\Noffering you easy, simple answers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.79,0:03:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to life's complex and subtle questions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.29,0:03:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anxieties.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.00,0:03:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thank you all of you\Nthat wrote questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.17,0:03:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't seen these.\NI know somebody's guarding them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.75,0:03:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.08,0:03:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will take those now.\NThank you all of you that did this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.83,0:03:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should say, probably,\Na couple of things before I start.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.75,0:03:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In absolute honesty,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.04,0:03:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all I can't see\Nthrough these envelopes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.38,0:03:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are sealed.\NThey are thick black envelopes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.67,0:03:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll know if you wrote one.\NI can't see through them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.29,0:03:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondly, importantly,\NI don't know any of you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.79,0:03:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody is playing along.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.83,0:03:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.54,0:03:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirdly ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.54,0:03:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe for a second that I have\Nany special psychological gifts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.33,0:03:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone any psychic ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.75,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.54,0:04:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nope.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.83,0:04:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.38,0:04:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, this --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.67,0:04:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.33,0:04:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, this one's interesting.\NThere's a couple here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.75,0:04:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will start with maybe this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.58,0:04:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one's interesting,\Nbecause the writing undulates.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.58,0:04:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sort of an up and down thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.50,0:04:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which normally -- not always --\Nnormally means
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.71,0:04:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the person doesn't know\Nthe answer to the question themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.92,0:04:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's normally a question\Nabout the future, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.42,0:04:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sort of suggests uncertainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.08,0:04:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would say it's a lady,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.42,0:04:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,age-wise it's a little difficult to tell\Nfrom this minimal handwriting,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.83,0:04:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I would expect maybe 30s,\Nmaybe 40s, but let's find out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.62,0:04:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says -- and a question\Nabout the future --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.74,0:04:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says, "JN, center."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.21,0:04:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's going to be somebody\Nin this big central section here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.17,0:04:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think this is you,\Nif you wrote one,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.25,0:04:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could you make a fuss?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.54,0:04:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a bit difficult for me\Nto see in the center.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.88,0:04:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, give us a wave.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.17,0:04:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So J ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.50,0:04:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jane? Jessica?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.04,0:04:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.33,0:05:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Derren Brown: Which one?\NJessica: Jessica.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.32,0:05:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Thank you. Just a guess.\NLittle murmur of approval, thank you?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.46,0:05:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.08,0:05:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll take it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.58,0:05:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, so Jessica,\NI won't ask your age,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.58,0:05:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is it a question\Nessentially about the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.96,0:05:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: Mhm?\NDB: Yes?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.25,0:05:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: Yes.\NDB: Yes. OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.54,0:05:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright. So what did we ask?\NWhat did Jessica ask about the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.54,0:05:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So am I OK with late-30s, early-40s?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: I'll take it. I'm taking it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.83,0:05:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.71,0:05:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: OK, so it's important,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.04,0:05:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we ask different questions\Ndepending how old we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.92,0:05:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just say, "I'll take it" again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.96,0:05:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: I'll take it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.75,0:05:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Virginia? You're from Virginia?\NJessica: Yes, I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.83,0:05:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Yeah. So --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.54,0:05:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.83,0:05:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is a lady,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.58,0:05:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is a lady\Nwho wants to leave Virginia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.96,0:05:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you're looking at plans,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.54,0:05:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's whether or not things\Nare going to come together to get out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.62,0:05:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just show me your hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.04,0:06:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other sides so I can see fingernails?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.12,0:06:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, I think you have a farm
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.08,0:06:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's whether or not you're going\Nto sell your farm and get out of Virginia?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.83,0:06:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.12,0:06:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: Absolutely, that's the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.12,0:06:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Alright. Great. Thank you.\NIt's a great question!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.88,0:06:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was the actual question?\NWhat did you put?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.83,0:06:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: "Will I sell\Nthe farm in Virginia?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.96,0:06:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Will you sell the farm?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.29,0:06:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, so look, it's a great question\Nif you are pretending to be psychic,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.92,0:06:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's about the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.42,0:06:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means I can give you\Na yes or no on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.67,0:06:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means nothing.\NYou have no way of verifying it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.46,0:06:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a dangerous thing to do --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.96,0:06:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I say yes or no,\Nit'll just stick in the back of your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can't not start to affect\Ndecisions you make.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.54,0:06:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a dangerous thing to do. However --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.42,0:06:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.79,0:06:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I think you will sell the farm,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.50,0:06:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think you're the sort of person
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.50,0:06:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the nicest way\Nwill get what you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.71,0:06:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think when there are things you want,\Nyou tend to focus on them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.08,0:06:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the expense of other things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.58,0:07:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you know you probably\Nshould be focusing on more,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.17,0:07:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would you agree?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.71,0:07:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Educated, you spent a few years in --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.04,0:07:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say yes again, the word "yes" quickly?\NJessica: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.54,0:07:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: No?\NJessica: No.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.33,0:07:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: California? Berkeley?\NA bit of a guess, but ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.75,0:07:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: I went to Berkeley, yes.\NStop doing this!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.67,0:07:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: So it's a yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.33,0:07:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, and you've been\Nto India recently as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.54,0:07:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just a tiny, tiny little thing\Ngoing on there. Yes? No?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.88,0:07:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jessica: Yes, I just got back from India.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.88,0:07:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: It's a yes from me, I just don't want\Nto say it like it's written in the stars
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.79,0:07:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it isn't, and you need\Nto take responsibility for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.83,0:07:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Have a seat.\NThank you. Let's do another one.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.17,0:07:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.62,0:07:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AH, also in the center? AH.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.96,0:07:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be a man, a little older,\Nmaybe late 40s, I would say from this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.62,0:07:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AH, center, stand up for me\Nif you think this is you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.38,0:07:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AH. Hi, let's get\Na microphone to this guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.58,0:07:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quick as we can,\Non camera would be amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.12,0:07:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, look at that! Freeze.\NDon't move. Don't move.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.71,0:08:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep absolutely still.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.42,0:08:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you standing? Where are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: I am standing. I'm not that short.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.92,0:08:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.38,0:08:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, now you changed that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.71,0:08:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was just something\Nyou did as you got up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.96,0:08:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes or no, have you\Nput something on here --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.00,0:08:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not doing it now,\Nbut you did it as you stood up --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.75,0:08:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do with your left or your left leg\Nor your left foot, yes or no?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.29,0:08:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.58,0:08:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Alright. He was giving us\Na nice clear signal as he stood up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.79,0:08:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put your weight on your\Nleft-hand side and say "yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.33,0:08:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.62,0:08:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Take your hand out of that pocket,\Nput your weight on the other side,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.12,0:08:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change hands with the mic\Nand say "yes" again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.32,0:08:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.50,0:08:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: You have a dislocation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.71,0:08:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the big toe on your left-hand side?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.38,0:08:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.67,0:08:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Thank you so much. Great.\NGood one! Take a seat. Take a seat.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.79,0:08:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I get the microphone?\NI'm going to change microphone for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.96,0:08:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I grab a mic up? Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.62,0:08:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.\NThat would be great there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.79,0:09:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to change mic because,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.21,0:09:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully you can now still hear me?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.21,0:09:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to blindfold myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.62,0:09:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm doing this now so I don't\Nhave the clues as you stand up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.54,0:09:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't see where you put your hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.38,0:09:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't see how you respond\Nto what I'm saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.62,0:09:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't see what the people\Nnext to you are doing either.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.33,0:09:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they know the answers to the question,\Nthat's always very helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.62,0:09:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't have those advantages,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.12,0:09:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but strangely,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.29,0:09:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this frees me up,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.33,0:09:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want this to free you up as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.25,0:09:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you didn't write a question
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.88,0:09:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you wish that you had done,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.67,0:09:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can still take part.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.96,0:09:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point of writing the question\Nis only that it just kind of gets
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.17,0:09:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a nice, clear, succinct\Nwording in your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.92,0:09:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you can just find\Na question in your head,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.62,0:09:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make it clear and succinct,\Njust send it to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.85,0:09:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll try and do this now\Nwithout anything written down.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.67,0:09:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just start to form questions\Nbut send me your name as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.62,0:09:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My name is," whatever that last guy was,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.71,0:10:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "what's strange about my feet,"\Nor whatever the question was.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.54,0:10:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So name and question.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.79,0:10:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is somebody already,\NI'm guessing you're quite near the front,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.04,0:10:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because your name is quite clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.00,0:10:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feels like you're\Nin the center at the front.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.17,0:10:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, let me just ... Allan?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.83,0:10:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feels like there's an Allan.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.25,0:10:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're going to be quite near\Nthe front, vaguely central, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.58,0:10:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feels like it's coming from right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.54,0:10:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's like a man, maybe early 60s,\Nsomething like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.29,0:10:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.58,0:10:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: You've got a mic? Great, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.50,0:10:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan, just say "stop" when I get to you\Nso that I know where you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.54,0:10:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.42,0:10:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.29,0:10:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: You a Capricorn?\NAllan: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.46,0:10:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: So Allan has something in his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.00,0:10:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, did you hear it,\Nhear the reserve in his voice?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.50,0:10:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to be something really tricky.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.50,0:10:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think with you ...\NJust say "yes" again for me?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.83,0:10:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.04,0:10:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: It's going to be either --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.50,0:10:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.79,0:11:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's access, it's a password\Nor access to something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.29,0:11:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you got something, just yes or no,\Nwith a password in your head?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.58,0:11:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.88,0:11:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: A computer password,\Nthat sort of thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.00,0:11:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.29,0:11:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Excellent!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.58,0:11:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.29,0:11:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that case, I'm going\Nto finish on this one. Let me ---
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.12,0:11:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I get this right,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.00,0:11:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're all going to know what it is,\Nand millions of people potentially.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.46,0:11:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will change it, won't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.96,0:11:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.29,0:11:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.96,0:11:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Just say "of course" again?\NAllan: Of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.46,0:11:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Alright. If it's a word --\NI imagine it's a word, right --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.58,0:11:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just see the password\Nwritten in front of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.79,0:11:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,big clear block capital letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.71,0:11:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you look at it, think for me\Nof a letter somewhere in the middle,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.83,0:11:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't say it out loud,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.38,0:11:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just get a letter in your head\Nthat's in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.88,0:11:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you got one?\NAllan: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.33,0:11:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: OK, stick with that for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.88,0:11:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, you changed it, OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.29,0:11:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You changed your mind there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.71,0:11:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you settled on a --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.83,0:11:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's a "B", yes?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.12,0:12:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: No.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.62,0:12:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.92,0:12:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Then it's an "I"?\NAllan: Correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.62,0:12:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: But you had a B.\NAllan: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.33,0:12:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Yeah, he changed his mind.\NHe changed his mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.79,0:12:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.12,0:12:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So see it written there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.08,0:12:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just keep saying it\Nto yourself in your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.92,0:12:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, you play drums, don't you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.17,0:12:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.46,0:12:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Just get that out of your head,\Nget that out of your head,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.42,0:12:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just focus on this one thing for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.21,0:12:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.42,0:12:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is to sell you a story, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.25,0:12:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try and do this to all of you,\Nto get you to pay attention
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.12,0:12:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to one thing that I want you\Nto find important,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.12,0:12:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ignore other things\Nthat I want you to ignore,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.33,0:12:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then join up those narrative dots
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.17,0:12:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell yourself a certain story\Nabout what I'm doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.75,0:12:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this only works because\Nwe are story-forming creatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.71,0:12:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means we do this every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.33,0:12:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go out into this complex\Nand subtle world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.12,0:12:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of a complex and subtle people\Nlike you and me, Allan,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.96,0:12:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we reduce them\Nto these neat characters
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.08,0:12:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that fit whatever story\Nwe're telling ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.38,0:13:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we say, "She's insecure,"\N"He's arrogant," "They can't be trusted."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.96,0:13:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these are just stories like the story\Nthat I can somehow read your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.50,0:13:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thinking of selling your company\Nas well, aren't you, at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.08,0:13:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.38,0:13:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Which is something to do with skin?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.04,0:13:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.33,0:13:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Skin care or something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.17,0:13:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Uh, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.46,0:13:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: And I think the reason\Nwhy I love doing this
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.75,0:13:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it reminds me at least\Nto try and be more alive and alert
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.83,0:13:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the complexity\Nand the subtlety of what's real,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.21,0:13:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's always other stuff\Ngoing on that we don't know about,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.38,0:13:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it means we can get less stuck,\Nwe can be kinder to people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.33,0:13:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we can recognize\Nthere's always fear behind their stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.46,0:13:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we don't need\Nto meet it as defensively,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.54,0:13:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can start to see the stories\Nfor what they are
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.08,0:13:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognize that life\Nisn't all about us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.54,0:13:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.71,0:13:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your password, where are you?\NWhere are you? Where is he?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.17,0:13:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allan: Right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.50,0:13:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Stand up for me.\NYour password is "ariboy."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.38,0:14:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A-r-i-b-o-y? Is that right?\NAllan: That's correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.54,0:14:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DB: Then thank you so much.\NThank you very much indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.17,0:14:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.50,0:14:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)