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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.10,0:00:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning. How are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.70,0:00:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.13,0:00:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been great, hasn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.41,0:00:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been blown away by the whole thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.75,0:00:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I'm leaving.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.27,0:00:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.10,0:00:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been three themes\Nrunning through the conference,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.69,0:00:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are relevant\Nto what I want to talk about.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.100,0:00:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is the extraordinary\Nevidence of human creativity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.49,0:00:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of the presentations that we've had
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.93,0:00:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in all of the people here;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.90,0:00:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just the variety of it\Nand the range of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.16,0:00:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second is that it's put us in a place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.32,0:00:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we have no idea\Nwhat's going to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.85,0:00:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.26,0:00:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No idea how this may play out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.27,0:00:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have an interest in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.92,0:00:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, what I find is,\Neverybody has an interest in education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.35,0:00:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.69,0:00:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find this very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.12,0:00:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're at a dinner party,\Nand you say you work in education --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.10,0:01:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, you're not often\Nat dinner parties, frankly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.87,0:01:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.69,0:01:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you work in education,\Nyou're not asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.14,0:01:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.34,0:01:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're never asked back, curiously.\NThat's strange to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.33,0:01:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you are, and you say to somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.57,0:01:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, they say, "What do you do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.37,0:01:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you say you work in education,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.08,0:01:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see the blood run from their face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.16,0:01:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're like, "Oh my God. Why me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.86,0:01:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.16,0:01:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My one night out all week."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.71,0:01:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.35,0:01:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you ask about their education,\Nthey pin you to the wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.61,0:01:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's one of those things\Nthat goes deep with people, am I right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.04,0:01:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like religion and money and other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.56,0:01:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have a big interest in education,\Nand I think we all do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.02,0:01:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a huge vested interest in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.85,0:01:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partly because it's education\Nthat's meant to take us into this future
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.20,0:01:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can't grasp.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.87,0:01:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.06,0:01:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children starting school this year\Nwill be retiring in 2065.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.27,0:02:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody has a clue,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.87,0:02:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite all the expertise that's been\Non parade for the past four days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.45,0:02:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the world will look like\Nin five years' time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.00,0:02:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, we're meant\Nto be educating them for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.32,0:02:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the unpredictability,\NI think, is extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.89,0:02:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third part of this\Nis that we've all agreed, nonetheless,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.34,0:02:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the really extraordinary\Ncapacities that children have --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.67,0:02:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their capacities for innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.03,0:02:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, Sirena last night\Nwas a marvel, wasn't she?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just seeing what she could do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.54,0:02:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she's exceptional, but I think\Nshe's not, so to speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.11,0:02:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exceptional in the whole of childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.04,0:02:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you have there is a person\Nof extraordinary dedication
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.90,0:02:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who found a talent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.09,0:02:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my contention is,\Nall kids have tremendous talents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.70,0:02:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we squander them, pretty ruthlessly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.12,0:02:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to talk about education,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.00,0:02:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to talk about creativity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.90,0:02:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My contention is that creativity now\Nis as important in education as literacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.02,0:02:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we should treat it\Nwith the same status.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.83,0:02:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.96,0:03:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.18,0:03:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.48,0:03:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was it, by the way.\NThank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.80,0:03:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.93,0:03:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, 15 minutes left.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.64,0:03:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.82,0:03:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I was born ... "
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.51,0:03:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.01,0:03:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard a great story recently --\NI love telling it --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.68,0:03:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a little girl\Nwho was in a drawing lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.08,0:03:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was six, and she was\Nat the back, drawing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.27,0:03:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the teacher said this girl\Nhardly ever paid attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.06,0:03:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this drawing lesson, she did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.87,0:03:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher was fascinated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.23,0:03:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She went over to her,\Nand she said, "What are you drawing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.04,0:03:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the girl said,\N"I'm drawing a picture of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.64,0:03:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the teacher said, "But nobody\Nknows what God looks like."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.98,0:03:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the girl said,\N"They will in a minute."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.10,0:03:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.66,0:03:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my son was four in England --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.41,0:04:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, he was four\Neverywhere, to be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.63,0:04:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.40,0:04:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're being strict about it,\Nwherever he went, he was four that year.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.82,0:04:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in the Nativity play.\NDo you remember the story?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.48,0:04:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.72,0:04:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it was big, it was a big story.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.57,0:04:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mel Gibson did the sequel,\Nyou may have seen it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.90,0:04:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.18,0:04:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nativity II."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.77,0:04:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But James got the part of Joseph,\Nwhich we were thrilled about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.68,0:04:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We considered this to be\None of the lead parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.61,0:04:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had the place crammed\Nfull of agents in T-shirts:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.12,0:04:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"James Robinson IS Joseph!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.56,0:04:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.61,0:04:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't have to speak, but you know\Nthe bit where the three kings come in?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.27,0:04:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come in bearing gifts,\Ngold, frankincense and myrrh.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.98,0:04:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This really happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.16,0:04:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were sitting there, and I think\Nthey just went out of sequence,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.30,0:04:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we talked to the little boy\Nafterward and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.90,0:04:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You OK with that?" They said,\N"Yeah, why? Was that wrong?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.72,0:04:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just switched.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.90,0:04:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The three boys came in, four-year-olds\Nwith tea towels on their heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.23,0:04:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put these boxes down, and the first\Nboy said, "I bring you gold."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.58,0:04:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second boy said,\N"I bring you myrrh."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.88,0:04:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third boy said, "Frank sent this."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.98,0:05:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.71,0:05:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What these things have in common\Nis that kids will take a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.82,0:05:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they don't know, they'll have a go.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.33,0:05:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I right? They're not\Nfrightened of being wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.92,0:05:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean to say that being wrong\Nis the same thing as being creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.89,0:05:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do know is,\Nif you're not prepared to be wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.00,0:05:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll never come up\Nwith anything original --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.39,0:05:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're not prepared to be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.100,0:05:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the time they get to be adults,\Nmost kids have lost that capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.46,0:05:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have become\Nfrightened of being wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.95,0:05:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we run our companies like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.66,0:05:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stigmatize mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.34,0:05:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're now running\Nnational education systems
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.67,0:05:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where mistakes are the worst\Nthing you can make.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.80,0:05:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the result is that\Nwe are educating people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.93,0:05:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of their creative capacities.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.30,0:05:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Picasso once said this, he said\Nthat all children are born artists.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.75,0:06:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is to remain\Nan artist as we grow up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.100,0:06:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe this passionately,\Nthat we don't grow into creativity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.25,0:06:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we grow out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.98,0:06:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or rather, we get educated out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.61,0:06:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.12,0:06:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived in Stratford-on-Avon\Nuntil about five years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.93,0:06:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we moved from Stratford\Nto Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.91,0:06:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can imagine\Nwhat a seamless transition this was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.56,0:06:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, we lived in a place\Ncalled Snitterfield,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.40,0:06:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just outside Stratford,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.68,0:06:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is where\NShakespeare's father was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.33,0:06:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you struck by a new thought? I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.48,0:06:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't think of Shakespeare\Nhaving a father, do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.10,0:06:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.50,0:06:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you don't think\Nof Shakespeare being a child, do you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.41,0:06:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shakespeare being seven?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.70,0:06:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never thought of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.90,0:06:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, he was seven at some point.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.62,0:06:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in somebody's\NEnglish class, wasn't he?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.91,0:06:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.72,0:06:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How annoying would that be?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.07,0:06:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.94,0:07:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Must try harder."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.30,0:07:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.56,0:07:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being sent to bed by his dad,\Nto Shakespeare, "Go to bed, now!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.56,0:07:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To William Shakespeare.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.75,0:07:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And put the pencil down!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.04,0:07:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.14,0:07:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And stop speaking like that."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.64,0:07:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.24,0:07:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's confusing everybody."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.59,0:07:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.89,0:07:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, we moved\Nfrom Stratford to Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.10,0:07:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just want to say a word\Nabout the transition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.60,0:07:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, my son didn't want to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.42,0:07:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got two kids;\Nhe's 21 now, my daughter's 16.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.84,0:07:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't want to come to Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.07,0:07:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loved it, but he had\Na girlfriend in England.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.88,0:07:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the love of his life, Sarah.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.76,0:07:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd known her for a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.16,0:07:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.53,0:07:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mind you, they'd had\Ntheir fourth anniversary,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.84,0:07:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a long time when you're 16.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.80,0:07:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was really upset on the plane.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.46,0:07:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I'll never find\Nanother girl like Sarah."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.89,0:07:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were rather pleased\Nabout that, frankly --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.23,0:08:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.43,0:08:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she was the main reason\Nwe were leaving the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.40,0:08:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.14,0:08:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But something strikes you\Nwhen you move to America
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.53,0:08:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and travel around the world:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.92,0:08:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every education system on earth\Nhas the same hierarchy of subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.59,0:08:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one. Doesn't matter where you go.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.52,0:08:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd think it would be\Notherwise, but it isn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.81,0:08:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the top are mathematics and languages,\Nthen the humanities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.82,0:08:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the bottom are the arts.\NEverywhere on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.13,0:08:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in pretty much every system, too,\Nthere's a hierarchy within the arts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.52,0:08:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Art and music are normally given\Na higher status in schools
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.40,0:08:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than drama and dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.85,0:08:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There isn't an education\Nsystem on the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.98,0:08:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that teaches dance every day to children
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.93,0:08:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way we teach them mathematics.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.60,0:08:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.78,0:08:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.97,0:08:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is rather important.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.59,0:08:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think math is very important,\Nbut so is dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.88,0:08:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children dance all the time\Nif they're allowed to, we all do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.78,0:08:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have bodies, don't we?\NDid I miss a meeting?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.26,0:09:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.64,0:09:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Truthfully, what happens is,\Nas children grow up,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.99,0:09:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we start to educate them progressively\Nfrom the waist up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.73,0:09:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we focus on their heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.38,0:09:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And slightly to one side.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.04,0:09:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were to visit education as an alien
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.14,0:09:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say "What's it for, public education?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.14,0:09:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you'd have to conclude,\Nif you look at the output,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.90,0:09:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who really succeeds by this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.28,0:09:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who does everything they should,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.00,0:09:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who gets all the brownie points,\Nwho are the winners --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.76,0:09:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you'd have to conclude\Nthe whole purpose of public education
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.02,0:09:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.24,0:09:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to produce university professors.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.72,0:09:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.91,0:09:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the people who come out the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.92,0:09:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I used to be one, so there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.76,0:09:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.48,0:09:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I like university professors,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.11,0:09:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, you know, we shouldn't hold them up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.04,0:09:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the high-water mark\Nof all human achievement.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.00,0:09:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just a form of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.14,0:09:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another form of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.58,0:09:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're rather curious.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.00,0:09:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say this out of affection for them:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.99,0:09:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's something curious\Nabout professors.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.09,0:10:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my experience -- not all of them,\Nbut typically -- they live in their heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.86,0:10:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live up there\Nand slightly to one side.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.50,0:10:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're disembodied, you know,\Nin a kind of literal way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.96,0:10:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They look upon their body as a form\Nof transport for their heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.13,0:10:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.20,0:10:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't they?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.60,0:10:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a way of getting\Ntheir head to meetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.77,0:10:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.02,0:10:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want real evidence\Nof out-of-body experiences, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.97,0:10:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get yourself along to a residential\Nconference of senior academics
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.47,0:10:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pop into the discotheque\Non the final night.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.84,0:10:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.48,0:10:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, you will see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.86,0:10:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grown men and women\Nwrithing uncontrollably, off the beat.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.38,0:10:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.89,0:10:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Waiting until it ends, so they can\Ngo home and write a paper about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.24,0:10:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.24,0:10:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our education system is predicated\Non the idea of academic ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.13,0:10:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.32,0:10:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around the world, there were\Nno public systems of education,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.98,0:11:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really, before the 19th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.11,0:11:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all came into being\Nto meet the needs of industrialism.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.38,0:11:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the hierarchy is rooted on two ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.46,0:11:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one, that the most useful\Nsubjects for work are at the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.04,0:11:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you were probably steered benignly away\Nfrom things at school
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.10,0:11:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you were a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.28,0:11:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things you liked,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.45,0:11:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the grounds you would never\Nget a job doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.92,0:11:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that right?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.09,0:11:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't do music, you're not\Ngoing to be a musician;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.53,0:11:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't do art, you won't be an artist."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.40,0:11:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Benign advice -- now, profoundly mistaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.17,0:11:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole world\Nis engulfed in a revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.34,0:11:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second is academic ability,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.46,0:11:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has really come to dominate\Nour view of intelligence,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.31,0:11:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the universities design\Nthe system in their image.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.07,0:11:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.24,0:11:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole system of public education\Naround the world is a protracted process
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.93,0:11:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of university entrance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.11,0:11:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the consequence is\Nthat many highly talented,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.42,0:11:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brilliant, creative people\Nthink they're not,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.97,0:11:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the thing\Nthey were good at at school
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.12,0:11:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't valued,\Nor was actually stigmatized.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.45,0:11:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think we can't afford\Nto go on that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.70,0:11:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the next 30 years, according to UNESCO,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.01,0:12:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more people worldwide will be\Ngraduating through education
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.44,0:12:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than since the beginning of history.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.66,0:12:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.84,0:12:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the combination\Nof all the things we've talked about:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.79,0:12:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology and its\Ntransformational effect on work,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.21,0:12:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and demography and the huge\Nexplosion in population.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.71,0:12:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, degrees aren't worth anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.17,0:12:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that true?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.87,0:12:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a student,\Nif you had a degree, you had a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.88,0:12:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you didn't have a job,\Nit's because you didn't want one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.70,0:12:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't want one, frankly.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.06,0:12:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.67,0:12:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now kids with degrees\Nare often heading home
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.50,0:12:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to carry on playing video games,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.32,0:12:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you need an MA\Nwhere the previous job required a BA,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.39,0:12:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you need a PhD for the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.20,0:12:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a process of academic inflation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.00,0:12:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it indicates the whole structure\Nof education is shifting beneath our feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.78,0:12:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to radically rethink\Nour view of intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.35,0:12:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know three things about intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.29,0:12:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, it's diverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.47,0:12:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think about the world in all the ways\Nthat we experience it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.47,0:12:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think visually, we think in sound,\Nwe think kinesthetically.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.48,0:12:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think in abstract terms,\Nwe think in movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.82,0:12:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondly, intelligence is dynamic.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.67,0:13:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the interactions\Nof a human brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.00,0:13:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we heard yesterday\Nfrom a number of presentations,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.05,0:13:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intelligence is wonderfully interactive.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.23,0:13:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brain isn't divided into compartments.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.87,0:13:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, creativity --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.47,0:13:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I define as the process of having\Noriginal ideas that have value --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.51,0:13:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more often than not comes about
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.47,0:13:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the interaction of different\Ndisciplinary ways of seeing things.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.47,0:13:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, there's a shaft of nerves\Nthat joins the two halves of the brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.13,0:13:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the corpus callosum.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.45,0:13:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's thicker in women.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.47,0:13:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following off from Helen yesterday,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.22,0:13:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is probably why women\Nare better at multitasking.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.25,0:13:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you are, aren't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.10,0:13:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a raft of research,\Nbut I know it from my personal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.86,0:13:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If my wife is cooking a meal\Nat home, which is not often ...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.22,0:13:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thankfully.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.41,0:13:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.13,0:13:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, she's good at some things.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.60,0:13:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if she's cooking,\Nshe's dealing with people on the phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.52,0:13:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's talking to the kids,\Nshe's painting the ceiling --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.19,0:13:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.23,0:13:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's doing open-heart surgery over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.28,0:14:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I'm cooking, the door\Nis shut, the kids are out,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.30,0:14:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the phone's on the hook,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.57,0:14:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if she comes in, I get annoyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.28,0:14:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, "Terry, please,\NI'm trying to fry an egg in here."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.10,0:14:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.25,0:14:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Give me a break."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.48,0:14:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.22,0:14:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, do you know\Nthat old philosophical thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.74,0:14:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If a tree falls in a forest,\Nand nobody hears it, did it happen?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.25,0:14:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that old chestnut?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.60,0:14:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw a great T-shirt\Nrecently, which said,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.54,0:14:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If a man speaks his mind in a forest,\Nand no woman hears him,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.00,0:14:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is he still wrong?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.42,0:14:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.09,0:14:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third thing about intelligence is,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.15,0:14:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's distinct.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.11,0:14:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm doing a new book at the moment\Ncalled "Epiphany,"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.64,0:14:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is based on a series\Nof interviews with people
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.11,0:14:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how they discovered their talent.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.100,0:14:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fascinated by\Nhow people got to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.14,0:14:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really prompted by a conversation\NI had with a wonderful woman
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.36,0:14:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who maybe most people\Nhave never heard of, Gillian Lynne.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.06,0:15:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you heard of her? Some have.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.68,0:15:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a choreographer,\Nand everybody knows her work.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.15,0:15:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did "Cats" and "Phantom of the Opera."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.19,0:15:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.37,0:15:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to be on the board\Nof The Royal Ballet, as you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.34,0:15:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.29,0:15:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gillian and I had lunch one day.\NI said, "How did you get to be a dancer?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.84,0:15:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.02,0:15:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she was at school,\Nshe was really hopeless.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.29,0:15:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the school, in the '30s,\Nwrote to her parents and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.10,0:15:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We think Gillian\Nhas a learning disorder."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.16,0:15:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She couldn't concentrate;\Nshe was fidgeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.28,0:15:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think now they'd say she had ADHD.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.18,0:15:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.50,0:15:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this was the 1930s, and ADHD\Nhadn't been invented at this point.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.70,0:15:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't an available condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.77,0:15:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.01,0:15:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People weren't aware they could have that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.07,0:15:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.52,0:15:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, she went to see this specialist.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.72,0:15:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this oak-paneled room,\Nand she was there with her mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.45,0:15:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was led and sat\Non this chair at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.80,0:15:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she sat on her hands for 20 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.77,0:15:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while this man talked to her mother
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.48,0:15:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all the problems\NGillian was having at school,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.97,0:16:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she was disturbing people,\Nher homework was always late, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.54,0:16:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little kid of eight.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.72,0:16:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, the doctor went\Nand sat next to Gillian and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.65,0:16:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've listened to all these\Nthings your mother's told me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.39,0:16:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to speak to her privately.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.00,0:16:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait here. We'll be back.\NWe won't be very long,"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.34,0:16:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they went and left her.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.02,0:16:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as they went out of the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.68,0:16:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he turned on the radio\Nthat was sitting on his desk.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.56,0:16:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they got out of the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.22,0:16:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said to her mother,\N"Just stand and watch her."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.63,0:16:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the minute they left the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.16,0:16:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was on her feet, moving to the music.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.78,0:16:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they watched for a few minutes,\Nand he turned to her mother and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.31,0:16:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mrs. Lynne, Gillian isn't sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.31,0:16:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a dancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.34,0:16:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take her to a dance school."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.75,0:16:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "What happened?"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.00,0:16:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "She did. I can't tell you\Nhow wonderful it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.00,0:16:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked in this room,\Nand it was full of people like me --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.85,0:16:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who couldn't sit still,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.10,0:16:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who had to move to think."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.03,0:16:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who had to move to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.89,0:16:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did ballet, they did tap, jazz;\Nthey did modern; they did contemporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.52,0:17:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was eventually auditioned\Nfor the Royal Ballet School.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.29,0:17:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She became a soloist; she had\Na wonderful career at the Royal Ballet.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.57,0:17:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She eventually graduated\Nfrom the Royal Ballet School,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.15,0:17:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,founded the Gillian Lynne Dance Company,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.10,0:17:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,met Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.36,0:17:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's been responsible for
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.68,0:17:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the most successful\Nmusical theater productions in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.85,0:17:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's given pleasure to millions,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.47,0:17:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's a multimillionaire.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.90,0:17:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody else might have put her\Non medication and told her to calm down.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.64,0:17:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.60,0:17:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I think it comes to is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.20,0:17:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Al Gore spoke the other night
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.00,0:17:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about ecology and the revolution\Nthat was triggered by Rachel Carson.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.26,0:17:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe our only hope for the future
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.39,0:17:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to adopt a new conception\Nof human ecology,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.29,0:17:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one in which we start\Nto reconstitute our conception
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.84,0:17:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the richness of human capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.13,0:17:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our education system has mined our minds
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.52,0:17:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way that we strip-mine the earth\Nfor a particular commodity.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.38,0:17:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the future, it won't serve us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.82,0:17:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to rethink\Nthe fundamental principles
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.00,0:18:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on which we're educating our children.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.09,0:18:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a wonderful quote\Nby Jonas Salk, who said,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.78,0:18:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If all the insects\Nwere to disappear from the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.91,0:18:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within 50 years,\Nall life on Earth would end.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.77,0:18:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If all human beings\Ndisappeared from the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.83,0:18:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within 50 years,\Nall forms of life would flourish."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.38,0:18:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.39,0:18:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What TED celebrates is the gift\Nof the human imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.53,0:18:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be careful now\Nthat we use this gift wisely,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.79,0:18:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we avert some of the scenarios\Nthat we've talked about.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.04,0:18:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only way we'll do it\Nis by seeing our creative capacities
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.82,0:18:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the richness they are
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.63,0:18:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seeing our children\Nfor the hope that they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.84,0:18:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our task is to educate\Ntheir whole being,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.26,0:18:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can face this future.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.70,0:18:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way -- we may not see this future,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.23,0:18:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they will.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.82,0:18:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our job is to help them\Nmake something of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.56,0:18:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.77,0:19:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)