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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.40,0:00:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want to do today is spend\Nsome time talking about some stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.07,0:00:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's giving me a little bit\Nof existential angst,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.68,0:00:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for lack of a better word,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the past couple of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.11,0:00:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And basically, these three quotes\Ntell what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.36,0:00:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When God made the color purple,\NGod was just showing off,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.65,0:00:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alice Walker wrote in "The Color Purple."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.19,0:00:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Zora Neale Hurston wrote\Nin "Dust Tracks On A Road,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Research is a formalized curiosity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.85,0:00:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's poking and prying with a purpose."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.94,0:00:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then finally,\Nwhen I think about the near future,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.46,0:00:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have this attitude, "Well,\Nwhatever happens, happens."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.77,0:00:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.95,0:00:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that goes along with\Nthe Cheshire Cat saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.51,0:00:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you don't care much\Nwhere you want to get to,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.90,0:00:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't much matter which way you go."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it does matter which way\Nwe go and what road we take,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.38,0:00:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when I think\Nabout design in the near future,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.25,0:00:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I think are the most\Nimportant issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.58,0:00:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's really crucial and vital,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.58,0:01:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we need to revitalize\Nthe arts and sciences right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.39,0:01:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2002.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.34,0:01:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.85,0:01:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we describe the near future\Nas 10, 20, 15 years from now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.24,0:01:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means that what we do today\Nis going to be critically important,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.08,0:01:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the year 2015,\Nin the year 2020, 2025,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.09,0:01:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world our society\Nis going to be building on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.78,0:01:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basic knowledge and abstract ideas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.28,0:01:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the discoveries\Nthat we came up with today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.40,0:01:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as all these wonderful things\Nwe're hearing about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.39,0:01:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here at the TED conference
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.67,0:01:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we take for granted\Nin the world right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.48,0:01:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were really knowledge\Nand ideas that came up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.07,0:01:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 50s, the 60s and the 70s.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.85,0:01:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the substrate\Nthat we're exploiting today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.25,0:01:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's the internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.60,0:01:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,genetic engineering, laser scanners,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.47,0:01:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guided missiles, fiber optics,\Nhigh-definition television,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.65,0:01:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remote sensing from space\Nand the wonderful remote-sensing photos
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.86,0:02:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we see in 3D weaving, TV programs\Nlike Tracker and Enterprise,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.69,0:02:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CD-rewrite drives, flat-screen,\NAlvin Ailey's "Suite Otis,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.11,0:02:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Sarah Jones's "Your Revolution Will\NNot [Happen] Between These Thighs,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.71,0:02:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, by the way, was banned by the FCC,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.71,0:02:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ska --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.88,0:02:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these things, without question,\Nalmost without exception,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.18,0:02:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really based on ideas\Nand abstract and creativity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.96,0:02:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from years before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.58,0:02:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to ask ourselves:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.07,0:02:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we contributing\Nto that legacy right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.10,0:02:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.68,0:02:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.86,0:02:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be quite frank, I'm concerned.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.01,0:02:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm skeptical that we're doing\Nvery much of anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.26,0:02:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're, in a sense,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.05,0:02:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failing to act in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.70,0:02:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're purposefully,\Nconsciously being laggards.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.88,0:02:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're lagging behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.77,0:02:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frantz Fanon, who was a psychiatrist\Nfrom Martinique, said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.75,0:02:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Each generation must,\Nout of relative obscurity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.70,0:02:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discover its mission
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.41,0:02:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fulfill or betray it."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.30,0:02:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is our mission?\NWhat do we have to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.36,0:03:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think our mission is\Nto reconcile, to reintegrate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.85,0:03:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science and the arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.23,0:03:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because right now, there's a schism\Nthat exists in popular culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.98,0:03:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have this idea that science\Nand the arts are really separate;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.25,0:03:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think of them as separate\Nand different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.62,0:03:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this idea was probably\Nintroduced centuries ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.83,0:03:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's really becoming critical now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.78,0:03:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're making decisions\Nabout our society every day
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.26,0:03:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, if we keep thinking that the arts\Nare separate from the sciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.49,0:03:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we keep thinking it's cute to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.38,0:03:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't understand\Nanything about this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.47,0:03:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't understand anything\Nabout the other one,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.88,0:03:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we're going to have problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.55,0:03:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know no one\Nhere at TED thinks this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.62,0:03:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us, we already know\Nthat they're very connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.26,0:03:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm going to let you know\Nthat some folks in the outside world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.47,0:03:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe it or not,\Nthink it's neat when they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.84,0:03:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Scientists and science is not creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.14,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe scientists are ingenious,\Nbut they're not creative."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.47,0:03:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we have this tendency,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.99,0:03:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the career counselors\Nand various people say things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.54,0:04:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, "Artists are not analytical.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.18,0:04:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're ingenious, perhaps,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.78,0:04:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not analytical."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.07,0:04:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when these concepts\Nunderlie our teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.48,0:04:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what we think about the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.40,0:04:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we have a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.75,0:04:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we stymie support for everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.88,0:04:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By accepting this dichotomy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.52,0:04:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's tongue-in-cheek,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.66,0:04:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we attempt\Nto accommodate it in our world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.22,0:04:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we try to build\Nour foundation for the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.60,0:04:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're messing up the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.17,0:04:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because: Who wants to be uncreative?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.06,0:04:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who wants to be illogical?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.78,0:04:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talent would run\Nfrom either of these fields
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.87,0:04:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you said you had to choose either.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.66,0:04:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they'll go to something\Nwhere they think,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.90,0:04:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I can be creative\Nand logical at the same time."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.53,0:04:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I grew up in the '60s\Nand I'll admit it --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.22,0:04:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, my childhood spanned the '60s,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.29,0:04:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was a wannabe hippie,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.97,0:04:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I always resented the fact\Nthat I wasn't old enough to be a hippie.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.52,0:04:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know there are people here,\Nthe younger generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.41,0:04:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want to be hippies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.90,0:04:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People talk about the '60s all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.98,0:04:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they talk about the anarchy\Nthat was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.21,0:05:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I think about the '60s,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.83,0:05:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I took away from it was\Nthat there was hope for the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.59,0:05:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought everyone could participate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.66,0:05:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were wonderful, incredible ideas\Nthat were always percolating,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.71,0:05:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so much of what's cool or hot today
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.78,0:05:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really based on some of those concepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.85,0:05:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's people trying to use\Nthe Prime Directive from Star Trek,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.41,0:05:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being involved in things,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.28,0:05:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, again, that three-dimensional\Nweaving and fax machines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.37,0:05:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I read about in my weekly readers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.25,0:05:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the technology and engineering\Nwas just getting started.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.20,0:05:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the '60s left me with a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.98,0:05:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I always assumed\NI would go into space,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.65,0:05:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I followed all of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.34,0:05:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also loved the arts and sciences.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.17,0:05:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when I was growing up\Nas a little girl and as a teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.32,0:05:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved designing and making doll clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.79,0:05:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanting to be a fashion designer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.61,0:05:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took art and ceramics.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.93,0:05:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved dance: Lola Falana,\NAlvin Ailey, Jerome Robbins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.11,0:05:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I also avidly followed\Nthe Gemini and the Apollo programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.28,0:06:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had science projects\Nand tons of astronomy books.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.67,0:06:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took calculus and philosophy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.31,0:06:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wondered about infinity\Nand the Big Bang theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.07,0:06:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I was at Stanford,\NI found myself, my senior year,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.30,0:06:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chemical engineering major,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.63,0:06:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half the folks thought I was a political\Nscience and performing arts major,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.18,0:06:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was sort of true, because I was\NBlack Student Union President,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.45,0:06:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did major in some other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.25,0:06:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I found myself the last quarter
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.96,0:06:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,juggling chemical engineering\Nseparation processes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.38,0:06:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,logic classes, nuclear magnetic\Nresonance spectroscopy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.59,0:06:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also producing and choreographing\Na dance production.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.68,0:06:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had to do the lighting\Nand the design work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.28,0:06:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was trying to figure out:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.59,0:06:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I go to New York City\Nto try to become a professional dancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.85,0:06:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to go to medical school?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.53,0:06:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my mother helped\Nme figure that one out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.79,0:06:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.91,0:06:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I went into space,\NI carried a number of things up with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.59,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I carried a poster by Alvin Ailey --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.39,0:06:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can figure out now,\NI love the dance company --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.86,0:07:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an Alvin Ailey poster of Judith Jamison\Nperforming the dance "Cry,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.26,0:07:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dedicated to all black women everywhere;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.32,0:07:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Bundu statue, which was from\Nthe women's society in Sierra Leone;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.09,0:07:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a certificate for the Chicago\NPublic School students
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.75,0:07:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work to improve their science and math.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.59,0:07:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And folks asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.49,0:07:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why did you take up what you took up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.38,0:07:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.56,0:07:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because it represents human creativity;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.13,0:07:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the creativity that allowed us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.60,0:07:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were required to have\Nto conceive and build and launch
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.56,0:07:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the space shuttle,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.74,0:07:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which springs from the same source\Nas the imagination and analysis
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.88,0:07:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it took to carve a Bundu statue,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.100,0:07:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the ingenuity it took to design,\Nchoreograph and stage "Cry."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.79,0:07:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each one of them are different\Nmanifestations, incarnations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.54,0:07:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of creativity --\Navatars of human creativity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.78,0:07:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we have to\Nreconcile in our minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.16,0:07:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how these things fit together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.64,0:07:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference between arts and sciences\Nis not analytical versus intuitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.04,0:07:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.21,0:08:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,E = mc2 required an intuitive leap,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.03,0:08:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you had to do\Nthe analysis afterwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.18,0:08:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Einstein said, in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.53,0:08:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The most beautiful thing\Nwe can experience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.71,0:08:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the mysterious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.04,0:08:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the source\Nof all true art and science."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.34,0:08:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dance requires us to express\Nand want to express
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.31,0:08:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the jubilation in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.50,0:08:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then you have to figure out:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.11,0:08:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly what movement do I do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.55,0:08:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure it comes across correctly?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.69,0:08:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference between arts and sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.65,0:08:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also not constructive\Nversus deconstructive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.19,0:08:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people think of the sciences\Nas deconstructive,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.88,0:08:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to pull things apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.50,0:08:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah, subatomic physics\Nis deconstructive --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.59,0:08:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you literally try to tear atoms apart
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.22,0:08:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand what's inside of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.28,0:08:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sculpture, from what I understand\Nfrom great sculptors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.85,0:08:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is deconstructive,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.06,0:08:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you see a piece and you remove\Nwhat doesn't need to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.40,0:08:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biotechnology is constructive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.68,0:08:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orchestral arranging is constructive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.15,0:08:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in fact, we use constructive\Nand deconstructive techniques
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.29,0:08:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.79,0:08:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference\Nbetween science and the arts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.43,0:09:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not that they are different sides\Nof the same coin, even,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.89,0:09:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even different parts\Nof the same continuum,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.21,0:09:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather, they're manifestations\Nof the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.17,0:09:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different quantum states of an atom?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.99,0:09:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe if I want to be\Nmore 21st century,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.06,0:09:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could say that they're different\Nharmonic resonances of a superstring.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.49,0:09:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we'll leave that alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.86,0:09:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They spring from the same source.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.05,0:09:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The arts and sciences are avatars\Nof human creativity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.30,0:09:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's our attempt as humans
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.80,0:09:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build an understanding\Nof the universe, the world around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.30,0:09:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's our attempt to influence things,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.83,0:09:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the universe internal to ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.98,0:09:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and external to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.50,0:09:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sciences, to me, are manifestations\Nof our attempt to express or share
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.13,0:09:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our understanding, our experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.84,0:09:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to influence the universe\Nexternal to ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.08,0:09:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't rely on us as individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.84,0:09:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the universe,\Nas experienced by everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.25,0:09:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The arts manifest our desire,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.60,0:09:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our attempt to share or influence others
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.93,0:10:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through experiences\Nthat are peculiar to us as individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.39,0:10:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me say it again another way:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.96,0:10:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science provides an understanding\Nof a universal experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.41,0:10:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arts provide a universal understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.65,0:10:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a personal experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.50,0:10:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have to think about,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.56,0:10:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're all part of us,\Nthey're all part of a continuum.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.50,0:10:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just the tools,\Nit's not just the sciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.72,0:10:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mathematics and the numerical stuff\Nand the statistics,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.72,0:10:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we heard, very much on this stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.79,0:10:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people talked about music\Nbeing mathematical.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.59,0:10:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arts don't just use clay,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.24,0:10:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't the only ones that use clay,\Nlight and sound and movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.45,0:10:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They use analysis as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.64,0:10:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people might say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.83,0:10:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I still like that intuitive\Nversus analytical thing,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.74,0:10:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody wants to do\Nthe right brain, left brain thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.79,0:10:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've all been accused of being\Nright-brained or left-brained
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.70,0:10:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point in time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.89,0:10:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on who we disagreed with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.73,0:10:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.08,0:10:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, people say "intuitive" --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.100,0:10:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's like you're in touch with nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.96,0:11:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in touch with yourself and relationships;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.97,0:11:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,analytical, you put your mind to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.22,0:11:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you a little secret.\NYou all know this, though.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.32,0:11:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes people use\Nthis analysis idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.44,0:11:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that things are outside of ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.30,0:11:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say, this is what\Nwe're going to elevate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.77,0:11:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the true, most important\Nsciences, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.85,0:11:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you have artists -- and you all know\Nthis is true as well --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.34,0:11:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,artists will say things about scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.67,0:11:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they say they're too concrete,\Nthey're disconnected from the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.73,0:11:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we've even had that here on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.33,0:11:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so don't act like you don't know\Nwhat I'm talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.10,0:11:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.32,0:11:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had folks talking\Nabout the Flat Earth Society
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.68,0:11:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and flower arrangers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.88,0:11:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's this whole dichotomy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.82,0:11:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we continue to carry along,\Neven when we know better.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.51,0:11:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And folks say we need to choose either-or.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.16,0:11:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it would really be foolish\Nto choose either one,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.09,0:11:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intuitive versus analytical.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.13,0:11:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a foolish choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.34,0:11:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's foolish just like trying to choose\Nbetween being realistic or idealistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.87,0:12:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need both in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.84,0:12:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do people do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.02,0:12:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to quote\Na molecular biologist, Sydney Brenner,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.75,0:12:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's 70 years old, so he can say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.65,0:12:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "It's always important\Nto distinguish between chastity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.89,0:12:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and impotence."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.50,0:12:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.71,0:12:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.84,0:12:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share with you\Na little equation, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.67,0:12:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does understanding science\Nand the arts fit into our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.89,0:12:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's going on
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.07,0:12:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the things we're talking about\Nhere at the design conference?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.20,0:12:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a little thing I came up with:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.30,0:12:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.49,0:12:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our resources and our will
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.84,0:12:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cause us to have outcomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.18,0:12:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our understanding is our science,\Nour arts, our religion;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.29,0:12:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we see the universe around us;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.65,0:12:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our resources, our money,\Nour labor, our minerals --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.37,0:12:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those things that are out there\Nin the world we have to work with.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.56,0:12:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more importantly, there's our will.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.20,0:12:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.40,0:12:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our aspirations of the future,\Nour hopes, our dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.01,0:12:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our struggles and our fears.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.41,0:13:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our successes and our failures influence\Nwhat we do with all of those.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.14,0:13:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to me, design and engineering,\Ncraftsmanship and skilled labor,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.28,0:13:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all the things that work\Non this to have our outcome,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.48,0:13:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is our human quality of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.07,0:13:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do we want the world to be?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.45,0:13:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.64,0:13:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless of how we look at this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.31,0:13:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether we look at arts and sciences\Nas separate or different,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.29,0:13:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're both being influenced now\Nand they're both having problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.54,0:13:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did a project called\NS.E.E.ing the Future:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.65,0:13:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Science, Engineering and Education.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.37,0:13:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was looking at how to shed light
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.10,0:13:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the most effective use\Nof government funding.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.40,0:13:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got a bunch of scientists\Nin all stages of their careers.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.29,0:13:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They came to Dartmouth College,\Nwhere I was teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.81,0:13:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they talked about,\Nwith theologians and financiers:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.47,0:13:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some of the issues\Nof public funding
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.62,0:13:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for science and engineering research?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.46,0:13:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's most important about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.74,0:13:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some ideas that emerged
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.37,0:13:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I think have really\Npowerful parallels to the arts.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.04,0:13:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing they said\Nwas that the circumstances
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.56,0:13:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we find ourselves in today\Nin the sciences and engineering
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.98,0:13:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made us world leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.59,0:14:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are very different than the '40s,\Nthe '50s, and the '60s and the '70s,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.87,0:14:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we emerged as world leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.50,0:14:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're no longer\Nin competition with fascism,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.98,0:14:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Soviet-style communism.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.40,0:14:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, that competition\Nwasn't just military;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.80,0:14:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it included social competition\Nand political competition as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.25,0:14:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed us to look at space\Nas one of those platforms
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.88,0:14:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prove that our social\Nsystem was better.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.25,0:14:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing they talked\Nabout was that the infrastructure
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.59,0:14:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that supports the sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.96,0:14:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is becoming obsolete.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.28,0:14:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look at universities and colleges --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.80,0:14:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small, mid-sized community colleges\Nacross the country --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.98,0:14:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their laboratories are becoming obsolete.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.42,0:14:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is where we train\Nmost of our science workers
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.10,0:14:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our researchers --\Nand our teachers, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.35,0:14:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a media that doesn't support\Nthe dissemination of any more than
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.13,0:14:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most mundane and inane of information.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.04,0:14:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's pseudoscience, crop circles,\Nalien autopsy, haunted houses,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.48,0:14:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or disasters.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.73,0:14:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what we see.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.12,0:14:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't really the information you need\Nto operate in everyday life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.47,0:14:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figure out how to participate\Nin this democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.89,0:15:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and determine what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.61,0:15:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also said there's a change\Nin the corporate mentality.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.40,0:15:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas government money\Nhad always been there
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.59,0:15:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for basic science\Nand engineering research,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.70,0:15:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also counted on some companies\Nto do some basic research.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.49,0:15:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's happened now\Nis companies put more energy
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.34,0:15:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into short-term product development
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.64,0:15:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they do in basic engineering\Nand science research.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.41,0:15:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And education is not keeping up.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.11,0:15:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In K through 12, people\Nare taking out wet labs.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.79,0:15:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think if we put\Na computer in the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.89,0:15:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to take the place\Nof actually mixing the acids
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.19,0:15:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or growing the potatoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.71,0:15:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And government funding\Nis decreasing in spending,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.04,0:15:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they're saying,\Nlet's have corporations take over,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.86,0:15:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.04,0:15:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Government funding\Nshould at least do things
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.25,0:15:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like recognize cost benefits\Nof basic science and engineering research.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.20,0:15:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to know that we have\Na responsibility as global citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.32,0:15:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.50,0:15:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to look at\Nthe education of humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.57,0:15:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to build our resources today\Nto make sure that they're trained
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.93,0:16:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they understand\Nthe importance of these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.33,0:16:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to support\Nthe vitality of science.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.58,0:16:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean that everything has\Nto have one thing that's going to go on,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.53,0:16:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that we know exactly what's going\Nto be the outcome of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.42,0:16:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that we support the vitality\Nand the intellectual curiosity
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.51,0:16:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes along [with it].
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.78,0:16:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you think about\Nthose parallels to the arts --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.33,0:16:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the competition\Nwith the Bolshoi Ballet spurred
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.42,0:16:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Joffrey and the New York\NCity Ballet to become better.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.69,0:16:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Infrastructure, museums, theaters,\Nmovie houses across the country
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.92,0:16:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are disappearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.10,0:16:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have more television stations\Nwith less to watch,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.56,0:16:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have more money spent on rewrites
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.34,0:16:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get old television programs
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.25,0:16:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.40,0:16:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have corporate funding now that,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.80,0:16:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it goes to support the arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.18,0:16:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it almost requires that the product\Nbe part of the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.38,0:16:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the artist draws.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.71,0:16:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have stadiums that are named\Nover and over again by corporations.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.64,0:17:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Houston, we're trying to figure out\Nwhat to do with that Enron Stadium thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.44,0:17:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.48,0:17:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fine arts and education\Nin the schools is disappearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.39,0:17:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have a government\Nthat seems like it's gutting the NEA
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.14,0:17:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.33,0:17:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to really stop and think:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.45,0:17:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we trying to do\Nwith the sciences and the arts?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.51,0:17:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a need to revitalize them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.41,0:17:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to pay attention to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.00,0:17:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to tell you quickly\Nwhat I'm doing --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.09,0:17:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.04,0:17:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you what I've been doing\Na little bit since ...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.99,0:17:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel this need to sort of\Nintegrate some of the ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.45,0:17:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've had and run across over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.88,0:17:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that I found out\Nis that there's a need to repair
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.25,0:17:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dichotomy between the mind\Nand body as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.84,0:17:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother always told me,\Nyou have to be observant,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.51,0:17:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know what's going on\Nin your mind and your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.78,0:17:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a dancer, I had this tremendous\Nfaith in my ability to know my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.47,0:17:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as I knew how to sense colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.96,0:17:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I went to medical school,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.30,0:18:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was supposed to just go on\Nwhat the machine said about bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.51,0:18:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you would ask patients questions\Nand some people would tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.08,0:18:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't listen to what the patient said."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.02,0:18:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that patients know\Nand understand their bodies better,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.98,0:18:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these days we're trying\Nto divorce them from that idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.52,0:18:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to reconcile\Nthe patient's knowledge of their body
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.43,0:18:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with physicians' measurements.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.33,0:18:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had someone talk about\Nmeasuring emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.27,0:18:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting machines to figure out\Nwhat to keep us from acting crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.03,0:18:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, we shouldn't measure.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.44,0:18:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shouldn't use machines\Nto measure road rage
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.77,0:18:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then do something to keep\Nus from engaging in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.30,0:18:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we can have machines help us\Nto recognize that we have road rage,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.30,0:18:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we need to know\Nhow to control that without the machines.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.50,0:18:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even need to be able to recognize that\Nwithout the machines.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.79,0:18:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm very concerned about is:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.31,0:18:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we bolster our self-awareness\Nas humans, as biological organisms?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.99,0:18:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Michael Moschen spoke of having to teach
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.82,0:19:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn how to feel with my eyes,\Nto see with my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.42,0:19:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have all kinds of possibilities\Nto use our senses by,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.43,0:19:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we have to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.60,0:19:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I want to do --
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.46,0:19:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to use bioinstrumentation,\Nthose kind of things,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.86,0:19:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help our senses in what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.97,0:19:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the work I've been doing now,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.71,0:19:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a company called\NBioSentient Corporation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.80,0:19:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I figured I'd have to do that ad,\Nbecause I'm an entrepreneur,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.74,0:19:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "entrepreneur" says "somebody\Nwho does what they want to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.92,0:19:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're not broke enough\Nthat they have to get a real job."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.12,0:19:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.15,0:19:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's the work I'm doing,\NBioSentient Corporation,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.76,0:19:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to figure out:\NHow do we integrate these things?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.38,0:19:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me finish by saying that\Nmy personal design issue for the future
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.08,0:19:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really about integrating;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.07,0:19:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about that intuitive\Nand that analytical.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.91,0:19:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The arts and sciences are not separate.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.09,0:19:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,High school physics\Nlesson before you leave:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.55,0:19:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high school physics teacher\Nused to hold up a ball.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.97,0:19:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would say, "This ball\Nhas potential energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.71,0:19:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nothing will happen to it,\Nit can't do any work,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.24,0:20:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I drop it and it changes states."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.08,0:20:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to think of ideas\Nas potential energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.76,0:20:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're really wonderful,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.62,0:20:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nothing will happen\Nuntil we risk putting them into action.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.92,0:20:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This conference is filled\Nwith wonderful ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.12,0:20:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to share\Nlots of things with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.65,0:20:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nothing's going to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.39,0:20:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we risk putting\Nthose ideas into action.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.53,0:20:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to revitalize\Nthe arts and sciences today.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.28,0:20:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to take responsibility\Nfor the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.80,0:20:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't hide behind saying\Nit's just for company profits,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.45,0:20:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it's just a business,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.70,0:20:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I'm an artist or an academician.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.71,0:20:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's how you judge what you're doing:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.76,0:20:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked about that balance\Nbetween intuitive, analytical.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.27,0:20:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fran Lebowitz, my favorite cynic,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.08,0:20:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said, "The three questions\Nof greatest concern ..." --
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.69,0:20:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now I'm going to add on to design --
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.58,0:20:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"... are: Is it attractive?"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.97,0:20:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the intuitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.69,0:20:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it amusing?" -- the analytical,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.30,0:20:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, "Does it know\Nits place?" -- the balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.01,0:21:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.21,0:21:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)