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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.01,0:00:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think about dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like many of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.90,0:00:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about this picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.84,0:00:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was eight when I watched Neil Armstrong
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.90,0:00:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,step off the Lunar Module\Nonto the surface of the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.45,0:00:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had never seen anything like it before,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.71,0:00:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've never seen\Nanything like it since.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.32,0:00:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got to the Moon for one simple reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.64,0:00:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Kennedy committed us to a deadline.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.98,0:00:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the absence of that deadline,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.49,0:00:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would still be dreaming about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.21,0:00:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leonard Bernstein said two things\Nare necessary for great achievement:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.90,0:00:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a plan and not quite enough time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.39,0:00:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.85,0:00:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deadlines and commitments
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.37,0:01:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the great and fading\Nlessons of Apollo.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.51,0:01:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are what give the word\N"moonshot" its meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.50,0:01:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our world is in desperate need\Nof political leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.24,0:01:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,willing to set bold deadlines
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.05,0:01:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the achievement of daring dreams\Non the scale of Apollo again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.37,0:01:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think about dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about the drag queens\Nof LA and Stonewall
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.96,0:01:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and millions of other people\Nrisking everything
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.33,0:01:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come out when that\Nwas really dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.67,0:01:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of this picture of the White House\Nlit up in rainbow colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.41,0:01:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.59,0:01:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.40,0:01:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,celebrating America's gay and lesbian\Ncitizens' right to marry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.91,0:01:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a picture that in my wildest dreams\NI could never have imagined
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.18,0:01:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was 18
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.93,0:01:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figuring out that I was gay
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.96,0:02:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling estranged from my country
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.65,0:02:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my dreams because of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.96,0:02:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about this picture of my family
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.23,0:02:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I never dreamed I could ever have --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.28,0:02:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.14,0:02:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of our children holding this headline
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.09,0:02:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never dreamed could ever be printed\Nabout the Supreme Court ruling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need more of the courage\Nof drag queens and astronauts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.32,0:02:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.67,0:02:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.37,0:02:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to talk\Nabout the need for us to dream
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.73,0:02:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in more than one dimension,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.84,0:02:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there was something about Apollo\Nthat I didn't know when I was 8,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.27,0:02:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something about organizing\Nthat the rainbow colors over.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.70,0:03:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of the 30 astronauts in the original\NMercury, Gemini and Apollo programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.80,0:03:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only seven marriages survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.70,0:03:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those iconic images of the astronauts\Nbouncing on the Moon
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.50,0:03:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obscure the alcoholism\Nand depression on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.91,0:03:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.54,0:03:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked during the time of Apollo,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.98,0:03:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What can we gain by sailing to the moon
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.92,0:03:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are not able to cross the abyss\Nthat separates us from ourselves?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.56,0:03:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what can we gain by the right to marry
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.40,0:03:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are not able to cross the acrimony
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.56,0:03:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and emotional distance\Nthat so often separates us from our love?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.60,0:03:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not just in marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.12,0:03:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen the most hurtful, destructive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.23,0:03:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tragic infighting in LGBT and AIDS
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.45,0:03:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and breast cancer and non-profit activism,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.87,0:04:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all in the name of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.90,0:04:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thomas Merton also wrote\Nabout wars among saints
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.64,0:04:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that "there is a pervasive form\Nof contemporary violence
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.69,0:04:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to which the idealist\Nmost easily succumbs:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.06,0:04:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activism and overwork.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.41,0:04:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The frenzy of our activism\Nneutralizes our work for peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.22,0:04:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It destroys our own\Ninner capacity for peace."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.04,0:04:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too often our dreams become\Nthese compartmentalized fixations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.53,0:04:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on some future
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.38,0:04:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that destroy our ability to be present\Nfor our lives right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.93,0:04:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our dreams of a better life\Nfor some future humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.66,0:04:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some other humanity in another country
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.95,0:04:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alienate us from the beautiful\Nhuman beings sitting next to us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.100,0:04:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at this very moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.48,0:05:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's just the price\Nof progress, we say.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.66,0:05:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go to the Moon
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.10,0:05:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you can have stability\Nin your family life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.68,0:05:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can't conceive of dreaming\Nin both dimensions at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.01,0:05:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don't set the bar\Nmuch higher than stability
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.80,0:05:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to our emotional life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.58,0:05:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why our technology\Nfor talking to one another
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.94,0:05:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has gone vertical,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.33,0:05:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ability to listen\Nand understand one another
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.06,0:05:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has gone nowhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.24,0:05:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our access to information\Nis through the roof,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.66,0:05:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our access to joy, grounded.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.44,0:05:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this idea, that our present\Nand our future are mutually exclusive,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.34,0:05:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to fulfill our potential for doing\Nwe have to surrender
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.36,0:05:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our profound potential for being,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.54,0:05:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the number of transistors\Non a circuit can be doubled and doubled,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.48,0:06:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but our capacity for compassion\Nand humanity and serenity and love
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.81,0:06:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is somehow limited
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.91,0:06:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a false and suffocating choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.24,0:06:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not suggesting
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.07,0:06:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply the uninspiring idea\Nof more work-life balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.54,0:06:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What good is it for me to spend\Nmore time with my kids at home
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.48,0:06:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if my mind is always somewhere else\Nwhile I'm doing it?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.60,0:06:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not even talking about mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.59,0:06:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is all of a sudden becoming\Na tool for improving productivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.97,0:06:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.31,0:06:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.49,0:06:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about dreaming
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.46,0:06:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as boldly in the dimension of our being
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.24,0:06:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we do about industry and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.75,0:06:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about\Nan audacious authenticity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.54,0:06:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows us to cry with one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.30,0:07:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a heroic humility that allows us\Nto remove our masks and be real.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.85,0:07:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is our inability\Nto be with one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.40,0:07:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our fear of crying with one another,\Nthat gives rise to so many
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.76,0:07:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the problems we are frantically\Ntrying to solve in the first place,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.08,0:07:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Congressional gridlock\Nto economic inhumanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.10,0:07:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.39,0:07:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about what Jonas Salk\Ncalled an Epoch B,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.46,0:07:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new epoch in which we become\Nas excited about and curious about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.09,0:07:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and scientific about\Nthe development of our humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.13,0:07:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we are about the development\Nof our technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.34,0:07:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not shrink from this opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.83,0:07:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply because\Nwe don't really understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.36,0:07:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time\Nwhen we didn't understand space.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.72,0:07:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or because we're more used\Nto technology and activism.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.17,0:07:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the very definition\Nof being stuck in a comfort zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.47,0:07:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are now very comfortable imagining\Nunimaginable technological achievement.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.84,0:08:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2016, it is the dimension\Nof our being itself
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.02,0:08:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cries out for its fair share\Nof our imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.78,0:08:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we're all here to dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.13,0:08:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe if we're honest about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.82,0:08:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of us chasing our own dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.54,0:08:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, looking at the name tags\Nto see who can help me with my dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.33,0:08:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes looking right through\None another's humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.45,0:08:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't be bothered with you right now.\NI have an idea for saving the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.51,0:08:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.69,0:08:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.83,0:08:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years ago, once upon a time,\NI had this beautiful company
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.33,0:08:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that created these long journeys\Nfor heroic civic engagement.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.65,0:08:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we had this mantra:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.72,0:08:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Human. Kind. Be Both."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.14,0:08:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we encouraged people to experiment\Noutrageously with kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.60,0:08:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, "Go help everybody\Nset up their tents."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.40,0:09:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were a lot of tents.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.100,0:09:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.04,0:09:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go buy everybody Popsicles."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.79,0:09:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go help people fix their flat tires
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.70,0:09:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though you know\Nthe dinner line is going to get longer."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.64,0:09:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people really took us up on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.04,0:09:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much so that if you got\Na flat tire on the AIDS ride,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.69,0:09:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had trouble fixing it, because there\Nwere so many people there asking you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.34,0:09:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you needed help.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.34,0:09:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a few days,\Nfor tens of thousands of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.38,0:09:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we created these worlds
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.32,0:09:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everybody said were the way\Nthey wish the world could always be.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.32,0:09:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we experimented\Nwith creating that kind of world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.85,0:09:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these next few days?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.16,0:09:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instead of going up to someone\Nand asking them, "What do you do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.20,0:09:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask them, "So what are your dreams?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.32,0:09:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "What are your broken dreams?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.35,0:09:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, "TED."\NTend to Each other's Dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.83,0:10:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.62,0:10:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's "I want to stay sober"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.20,0:10:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "I want to build\Na tree house with my kid."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.51,0:10:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, instead of going up\Nto the person everybody wants to meet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.73,0:10:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go up to the person who is all alone
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.51,0:10:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask them if they want\Nto grab a cup of coffee.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.54,0:10:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what we fear most
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.04,0:10:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we will be denied the opportunity\Nto fulfill our true potential,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.42,0:10:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are born to dream
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.06,0:10:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we might die\Nwithout ever having the chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.63,0:10:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine living in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.28,0:10:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we simply recognize\Nthat deep, existential fear in one another
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.50,0:10:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love one another boldly\Nbecause we know
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.66,0:10:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to be human\Nis to live with that fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.79,0:10:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time for us to dream\Nin multiple dimensions simultaneously,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.26,0:11:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somewhere that transcends\Nall of the wondrous things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.25,0:11:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can and will and must do
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.88,0:11:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lies the domain of all\Nthe unbelievable things we could be.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.75,0:11:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time we set foot into that dimension
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.23,0:11:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came out about the fact\Nthat we have dreams there, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.21,0:11:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the Moon could dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.04,0:11:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that would be its dream for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.54,0:11:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an honor to be with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.20,0:11:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.14,0:11:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)