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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.17,0:00:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My golly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.90,0:00:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to congratulate everyone here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.97,0:00:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know why?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.92,0:00:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a member of the most magnificent\Nspecies: homo sapiens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.76,0:00:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does that mean? Wise human.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.29,0:00:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go on, look at each other.\NTake a bow. Isn't it marvelous?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.94,0:00:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.96,0:00:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the greatest,\Nthe wisest, the most powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.75,0:00:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most dangerous species on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.11,0:00:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And possibly, the cosmos; we don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.52,0:00:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, we're such a recent invention\Nin evolutionary terms;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.90,0:00:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we haven't been around very long.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.25,0:00:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, in an incredibly short space of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.16,0:00:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've gone from a primitive,\Naxe-bearing ape
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.58,0:01:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to - sorry about this -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.57,0:01:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sophisticated human, just like you,\Nall wielding a mobile phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.30,0:01:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aren't we smart?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.39,0:01:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is great. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.59,0:01:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how did we do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.64,0:01:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how did we do it so quickly?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.56,0:01:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very simple: we did it\Non the back of education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.13,0:01:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education, handing down of ideas\Nfrom person to person, building them up,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.37,0:01:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what gave us\Nour great advantage in civilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.28,0:01:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education has served us\Nincredibly well in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.97,0:01:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but - and this is a big but -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.67,0:01:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it serving us well now\Nand into the future?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.92,0:01:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think, not really,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.99,0:01:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's some important\Ningredient missing: wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.50,0:01:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "sapiens" behind homo sapiens.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.06,0:01:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's begin on a journey\Nand just expand that idea a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.05,0:01:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us think:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.50,0:02:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually evolved on this planet\Nabout 200,000 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.36,0:02:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is not very long\Nin evolutionary terms.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.13,0:02:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were very weak, little, naked apes;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.01,0:02:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally at the mercy of the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.56,0:02:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We almost died out 70,000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.66,0:02:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't, we were lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.66,0:02:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had very bright little minds,\Nwe were very clever.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.07,0:02:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of that, we gradually\Ngot control of our environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.17,0:02:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10,000 years ago, we invented agriculture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.52,0:02:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, we had\Na food surplus, food security.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.42,0:02:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of that,\Nwe could suddenly start to breed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.03,0:02:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Build our numbers up,\Nlike you people here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.94,0:02:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could stratify our community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.28,0:02:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And think about that,\Nour early communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.10,0:02:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- maybe this lot over here\Nin the audience -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.30,0:02:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you became stratified into the serfs,\Nthe workers, the laborers, the slaves;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.38,0:03:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you made all the profits, you made\Nall the--sorry, you made all the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.47,0:03:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This little group over here\N- the middle class, if you like -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.85,0:03:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you became the teachers,\Nthe merchants, the thinkers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.48,0:03:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you four people over there,\Nyou know who you were?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.20,0:03:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, right, I mean you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.67,0:03:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were the elite, you were\Nthe princes, you were the high priests,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.05,0:03:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were the Chief Executive Officers,\Nliving off the fat of the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.75,0:03:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, stratification was a great thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.25,0:03:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the inequality, it meant\Nwe could build civilizations; and we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.15,0:03:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marvelous civilizations, and we all\Nstarted to live longer, happier lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.36,0:03:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And gradually, gradually, gradually\Nwe built great monuments, great cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.32,0:03:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at that city. Carefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.62,0:03:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's full of little\Nnaked apes just like you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.98,0:03:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just like you, now wearing clothes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.13,0:03:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's all we are, little naked apes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.49,0:03:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I put the stone down?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.81,0:03:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.32,0:04:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this did come at a cost,\Na very high price.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.85,0:04:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as everyone here probably realizes,\Nwe are living beyond our means.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.86,0:04:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Earth cannot support us, we know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.64,0:04:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to change\Nour lifestyles, we know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.30,0:04:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're not doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.23,0:04:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that wise?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.27,0:04:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let me go further.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.98,0:04:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two incredible idiocies that we've done.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.44,0:04:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70 years ago, we harnessed\Nthe atom, and what did we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.58,0:04:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We made two big bombs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.72,0:04:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did we do with those bombs?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.56,0:04:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We dropped them on ourselves, in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.41,0:04:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did. We killed\N150,000 people, just like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.06,0:04:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Horrified, appalled, disgusted.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.78,0:04:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what did we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.68,0:04:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We built another\N20,000 bigger bombs; incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.70,0:04:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we still have 8,000 of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.46,0:04:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what we call them?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.01,0:04:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A balance of terror."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.63,0:04:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mutually assured destruction."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.34,0:05:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acronym: MAD.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.50,0:05:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you call us homo sapiens.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.50,0:05:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that we're mining\Nour fossil fuels,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.37,0:05:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throwing them up in the air,\Nchanging our climate; we know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.83,0:05:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know we could do something\Nabout it, but are we? No.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.35,0:05:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just wrangling,\Njust discussing, we're just thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.41,0:05:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that wise?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.62,0:05:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, have I made the point?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.76,0:05:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homo sapiens, are we wise?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.36,0:05:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, no, we're not.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.88,0:05:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're very clever, genetically endowed,\Nwe have great minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.27,0:05:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but do we have wisdom?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.88,0:05:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.87,0:05:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wisdom is not within our minds,\Nwisdom is not genetically endowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.72,0:05:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never had the wisdom\Nto cope with things like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.73,0:05:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wisdom has to be nurtured.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.80,0:05:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get nurture through education.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.80,0:05:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education is what we must have\Nif we're going to cope with the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.84,0:05:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's move on to education then.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.90,0:06:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amazing. Education, particularly\Nover the last 300 years, has boomed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.60,0:06:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone here has been dragooned\Nthrough schools and probably universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.64,0:06:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've been stuck in these institutes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.68,0:06:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like little academic sausages\Ncoming out the other end.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.48,0:06:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.99,0:06:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hopefully, you've learned something.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.05,0:06:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I challenge you:\Nhave you learnt wisdom?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.08,0:06:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask you a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.100,0:06:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all of your years and years
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.88,0:06:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sitting in those schools,\Nin those university halls,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.06,0:06:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did anyone ever ask you,\Nor encourage you to think:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.54,0:06:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What will the world be like\Nin 50 years' time?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What sort of a world\Nwould you like to have in 50 years' time?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.68,0:06:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And what could you do\Nto make that happen?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.20,0:06:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did anyone get that sort of information?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.24,0:06:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, there must be someone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.36,0:06:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah yes! Great!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.28,0:06:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that's interesting.\NYou're one of the youngest members here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.41,0:06:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think you're right.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.90,0:07:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I think it's quite possible
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.13,0:07:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our primary schools and our teachers\Nare beginning to inculcate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.43,0:07:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these ideas into education.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.19,0:07:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm so grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.66,0:07:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.02,0:07:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just that we want it\Nto happen faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.02,0:07:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we get on to universities,\Nit's happening ever so slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.34,0:07:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.38,0:07:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Easiest way to describe this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.73,0:07:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world has problems;\Nuniversities have disciplines.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.67,0:07:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not meshing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.34,0:07:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to go beyond disciplines.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.56,0:07:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I and a number of colleagues,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.18,0:07:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- over 10 years ago now - felt\Nthat we've got to make a change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.10,0:07:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to educate in a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.66,0:07:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to bring wisdom back\Ninto our halls of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.36,0:07:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we decided two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.33,0:07:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firstly, that we'd work very,\Nvery hard to create curricula,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.03,0:07:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- like you might be getting\Nin primary schools -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.33,0:08:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,curricula specifically trying to enhance\Nand enable wisdom to flourish.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.47,0:08:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second thing\Nwe felt was terribly important
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.08,0:08:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we must learn to link up\Nwith each other, all around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.86,0:08:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with similar groups like us,\Nworking with primary school teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.46,0:08:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with secondary school teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.71,0:08:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Collectively - although\Nwe don't have much power yet -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.87,0:08:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just might be able to make a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.58,0:08:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get wisdom back where it belongs;\Nin our halls of learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.08,0:08:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let us move on and think about\Nwhat we actually did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.66,0:08:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us think, how do you create curricula
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.81,0:08:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where wisdom is not taught,\N- you cannot teach wisdom -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.19,0:08:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can nourish it,\Nyou can allow it to flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.43,0:08:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does so naturally,\Nin such a beautiful lot of students.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.92,0:08:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we had to define wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.62,0:08:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, when I wandered\Naround my university,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.40,0:08:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Look what's wisdom?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.74,0:08:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and remember, my university's\Nmotto is "Seek wisdom" -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.33,0:08:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I wander around my students
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.30,0:09:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and a lot of you went\Nthrough my university, I suspect -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.64,0:09:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of you don't even know\Nwhat the motto was, and even if you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.13,0:09:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I ask you,\N"Marvelous, you got the motto!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.77,0:09:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, tell me please,\Nwhat is wisdom?" then I get silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.36,0:09:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is wisdom? Think.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.05,0:09:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I don't know, but I think\Nwe can try to get a working definition.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.32,0:09:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it does imply knowledge and know-how,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.37,0:09:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it also implies values, human values.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.22,0:09:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it also must imply action.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.46,0:09:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowledge and values\Nwithout action is not wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.19,0:09:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so we started to get a bit\Nof a working definition of wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.29,0:09:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.37,0:09:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Right, now let's create a curriculum\Nwhere that wisdom can flourish."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.09,0:09:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what are we going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.64,0:09:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surely the most important thing\Nis human well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.19,0:10:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that marvelous?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.19,0:10:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, of course, we'd all agree with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.67,0:10:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homo sapiens would be rapt\Nif we brought in curricula
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.35,0:10:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were looking after\Nhuman well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.47,0:10:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also realized\N- and you all do here too -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.18,0:10:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that human well-being is impossible
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.34,0:10:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you couple it\Nwith the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.33,0:10:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bring those two things together,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.32,0:10:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're really starting\Nto get somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.56,0:10:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here we are:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.95,0:10:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've developed curricula\Nabout well-being and sustainability,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.74,0:10:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on top of that, we promoted them\Nto think about human and world futures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.51,0:10:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to get them thinking\Nabout, and engaging with the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.51,0:10:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they were the prime things\Nwe were doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.09,0:10:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was great, but I tell you what.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.59,0:10:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of my rather hard-nosed\Nacademic colleagues felt,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.31,0:10:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.67,0:10:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All you're really doing is\Ncoming up with motherhood statements,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.83,0:11:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't do that at universities."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.97,0:11:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our reply is, "Well, yes,\Nyou're right, in the first instance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.33,0:11:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Motherhood: mothers\Ngive life, they give birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.62,0:11:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mothers love their children,\Nthey nurture them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.81,0:11:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their whole essence\Nis well-being of their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.58,0:11:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if you want to call us motherhood,\Nwe're proud to be associated with it."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.68,0:11:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.65,0:11:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about the academic challenge?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.16,0:11:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We maintain these ideas are not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.05,0:11:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're very, very difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.40,0:11:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human well-being demands\Nthat you understand
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.84,0:11:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology,\NScience, Economics.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.94,0:11:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must bring all those together,\Nweave them together
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.59,0:11:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really understand human well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.19,0:11:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not an easy task; a very challenging task,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.49,0:11:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a very rewarding task.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.49,0:12:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, and over all of this we must realize\Nwhen we're giving these sort of courses
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.23,0:12:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we must offer hope and enthusiasm.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.79,0:12:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too often we look at the problems\Nof the world and get defeated.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.78,0:12:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must go beyond that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.02,0:12:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have developed courses;\Nand they're working well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.99,0:12:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to show you\Nnot our courses, but someone's here,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.34,0:12:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Michael Graffen, who spoke\Nvery briefly last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.38,0:12:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His job is to get people working together,\Nprimary school teachers working together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.41,0:12:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the internet around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.63,0:12:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's absolutely laudable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.03,0:12:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as he puts it, "We are not here\Nto learn about each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.68,0:12:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're here to learn with each other."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.89,0:12:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what it's all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.19,0:12:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On that panel on the bottom left,\Nthis is one of my colleagues, Angela Janz.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.20,0:12:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is teaching postgraduate courses,\Nif you like, in wisdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.38,0:12:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people all around the world\Non the internet, totally online.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.16,0:13:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That panel on the right, these are\Nmy first year students that I work with.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.36,0:13:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are doing a subject called,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.01,0:13:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Humanity in the 21st century\Nand human action for world futures."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.65,0:13:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're a marvelous group to work with;\Nthey understand what we're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.15,0:13:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they posed for me like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.04,0:13:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Look, please, please.\NLook as if you're enjoying the course."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.34,0:13:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They kind of managed that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.91,0:13:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I asked them\Na much harder question:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.15,0:13:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look as if you're wise."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.57,0:13:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.60,0:13:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go home tonight, look in the mirror\Nand see if you can do it, it's not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.52,0:13:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, we know these courses work.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.49,0:13:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know they're appropriate,\Nwe know the students love them,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.70,0:13:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think we're accruing wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.39,0:13:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.93,0:13:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like everyone else working\Nin these areas around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.97,0:13:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're on the periphery.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.63,0:13:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're sort of tolerated,\Nbut not much more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.47,0:13:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to think\Nthat wisdom is mainstream
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.31,0:14:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our universities and schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.03,0:14:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need your help.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.92,0:14:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need you students to talk\Nto your lecturers and demand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.44,0:14:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need everyone here,\Nand everyone watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.70,0:14:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just look at this slide:\Nthat is a group of people marching.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.80,0:14:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had it a month ago. Marvelous.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.71,0:14:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A whole lot of very wise people\Nworking for the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.31,0:14:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine if we could harness you,\Nand everyone else like you,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.56,0:14:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to placard yourselves with,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.41,0:14:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We want wisdom and we want it now!"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.11,0:14:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to your universities, picket.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.95,0:14:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to your politicians, ask them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.82,0:14:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get wisdom back into our halls\Nof education, please help us there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.65,0:14:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, just imagine\Nyou're doing all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.76,0:14:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to really\Nstretch your imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.28,0:14:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the blank screen:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.76,0:14:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put on that blank screen all your favored\Nand least favored politicians;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.12,0:15:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all your favored and least favored\Nreligious leaders;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.32,0:15:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all your favored and least favored CEOs;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.78,0:15:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your bosses and yourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.56,0:15:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now just think:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.28,0:15:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you'd all had the advantages\Nof an education for world futures,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.80,0:15:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could then truly\Ncall ourselves homo sapiens.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.10,0:15:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with our wisdom and our action,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.63,0:15:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a wonderful world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.95,0:15:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.15,0:15:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)