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Like many of you, I am excited 
about new technologies.

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Take Facebook for example.

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And my presentation, thank you.

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Take Facebook for example.

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You can use it to keep in touch 
with each other

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all over the world.

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But you can also use it 
for cyberbullying,

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for breaking up relationships,

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for making people lose their jobs,

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and even can be responsible 
for cases of teen suicide.

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So is Facebook good, or is it bad?

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I say, it depends 
on the discussion of the users.

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Now I am passionate 
about future technologies.

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I have been researching it
in the university for years.

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I'm writing blogposts, 
I'm writing papers,

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I'm even publishing a book right now

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about emerging technologies

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I talked with earlier adopters, 
with analysers,

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with developers, with entrepreneurs,

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and I try to identify and analyse

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emerging technologies 
that we can and should embrace

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But I always remember 
that we must consider them

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very very carefully.

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Because if we don't,

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technology can backfire on us.

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Let me show you an example.

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Meet my son, Omer Tzezana.

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Gorgeous, isn't he?

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Absolutely. In 2 weeks,

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he will celebrate his first birthday.

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Let us follow three possible scenarios

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into the future and see how technology

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can be used to shape his life

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in the 3 decades to come.

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Ten years from now, 
Omer is 11 years old.

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I watch him sleep, and I smile.

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Why am I smiling?

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Because he's not schizophrenic.

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You see, in the next 5 years,

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genetic sequencing is going to cost

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less than a thousand dollars.

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That means, you can sequence,

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you can read the entire genetic code

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of a human being for 
a measly sum of money.

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Omer is going to have 
his entire genetic code sequenced,

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meaning doctors are going to read

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every gene in his genome

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and analyse its implications.

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And it turns out, O'Neil 
is prone to schizophrenia.

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But he hasn't had an episode yet.

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And even that is something for me

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to smile about.

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I drive Omer to school,

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to his private school.

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It wasn't easy to get in.

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Unlike public schools,

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private schools require

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a genetic certificate.

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And when the school board 
read Omer's genetic certificate,

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they almost disqualified him on the spot.

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Luckily, his grades were high enough

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to grant him entry anyway.

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But his friend David wasn't as lucky.

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His gene map shows the potential

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for uncontrolable fits of rage.

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They never happened even once,

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but he still got rejected.

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Because in 10 years from now,

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we will be entering the era
of genomic fashion.

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Where friends share their genetic data

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over Facebook.

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Oh sorry, over genebook.

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And Omer shares his genetic data

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with all of his friends.

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Now we really regret it,

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because everyone in his class knows.

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This is not science fiction.

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The technology for sequencing 
your entire genome

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already exists.

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They will get much, much cheaper

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in the next few years.

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20 years from now

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Omer is 21 years old.

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Please stop with the whistling.

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(Laughter)

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I watch him sleep, and I smile.

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Why am I smiling?

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Because he is still not schizophrenic.

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Also, I think of his beautiful eyes.

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I paid for one of them.

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How did that happen?

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Well, you know about 3D printers, right?

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This amazing technology that can be used

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to print items and tools in your house.

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It's amazing technology, it's exciting.

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It's full of potential and benefits.

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But it also depends, unless we use

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tough regulations and strict discretion,

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these printers are going to hurt

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some people like Omer.

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Because when he is a teenager,

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he is curious

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and they leave him all alone.

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He goes to the Internet

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and he downloads the schematic 
for an actual gun.

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And he prints this gun on the internet

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in his printer with a bullet

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immediately printed in the gun,

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ready to be fired.

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And again, not science-fiction, guys!

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This weapon has been printed,

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3D printed, in 2013, this year.

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The magazine, and the body of the rifle.

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The rifle has been used to shoot

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6 bullets before it malfunctioned

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When Omer is a teenager,

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he will download the gun

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he will print it

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he will take the gun out

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Well, he aims it at the window,

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he pulls the trigger,

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and the gun doesn't fire.

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The bullet must be stuck.

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So he aims it at the computer screen,

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right in front of him.

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He pulls the trigger

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the gun still doesn't fire.

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The bullet must be really stuck.

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Then he decides to find out

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exactly where the bullet is stuck.

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It's a good thing we have insurance.

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Because even in the future

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3D printers that print new eyes

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are not cheap at all.

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In 30 years from now,

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Omer is 31 years old.

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I watch him sleep and I smile.

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Why am I smiling?

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Because he is 31 years old,

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and he is still not schizophrenic.

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In 30 years, it is 
the era of brain technology.

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It is the time when technology

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starts to influence 
and affect your brain

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Think of your brain as a car engine.

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If you want to switch gears,

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if you want to take it to the next level,

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and beyond, well you can't.

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You don't have a wheel 
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You don't have the levers.

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You can't reach inside, or can you?

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Because even today, 2013, we have

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technologies that can be used

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to boost the brain's performance,

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to enhance memo-recreation,

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to make you think faster.

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These technologies are based on creating

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electromagnetic fields inside your brain.

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There are some neurology 
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who even use these technologies 
on themselves,

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by attaching generators to their heads,

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so that the electromagnetic field

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is created in certain spots

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and it should help them study better.

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And they say it does.

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That's great, right?

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I mean who wouldn't want that?

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I would want to use this technology!

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But once you start pulling levers

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and pushing buttons in the brain,

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it's got to start being 
a mess at some point,

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because the brain is not a simple organ.

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You can't just play around with it.

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And in 30 years, when this technology

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is as commonplace as cellphones today,

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some people will exhibit adverse effects.

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And Omer might be one of those.

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He will use it for a long time

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because he needs 
to keep up ahead in his job.

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He has no choice, 
everybody else is using it!

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And at some point, something,

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some pulses get burned.

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30 years from now, 
he finds it more difficult

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to accomplish his daily tasks,

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that's why he still lives at home.

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Why did I take you 
on this journey with me?

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There is a message for all of us here:

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technology is here to serve us,

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to improve our lives

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but only if we use it carefully 
and with discretion.

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I believe we should use more regulations

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on emerging technologies, some of which

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I have shown you right now.

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And this is not science fiction.

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All of these technologies exist today.

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I believe we should teach our children

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to be more responsible

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in their use of emerging technologies

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I believe we should start today.

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I call up on you, 
each and everyone of you.

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When you finish this conference,

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when you rise from your computer screen,

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go to your children and talk with them

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about the amazing 
and exciting technologies

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they are using.

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40 years from now,

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Omer is 41 years old.

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I watch him sleep

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and I thank you for listening to me

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(Applause)