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In my life, I've met
a lot of psychologists.

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Now, times have changed.

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I changed too, you could say.

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Now, psychologists come to see me.

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(Laughter)

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They ask for my advice.

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They tell me all about their booboos.

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"Josef, help us,
my boyfriend / girlfriend left.

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What can I do?"

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Sometimes, those who used to 
want me under guardianship,

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now come ask me to lend them money,

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because their bank
cancelled their credit card.

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And I tell them how lucky
they are that I am autistic,

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because I could charge them for this.
(Langhter)

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I would charge a lot.

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(Applause)

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Lacan would have been a clown next to me,

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and everything should be paid in cash,

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because I also have administrative phobia.

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(Laughter)

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(Applause)

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Anyway, I think,
there are more efficient ways

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to heal small and big societal neuroses

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than talking on a couch.

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So I suggest traveling.

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Ah! Traveling!

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It didn't start right for me.

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I wasn't born to travel.

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For example, some years ago,

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the big journey for me
was doing three bus stations.

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It would stress me
and traumatize me for weeks.

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And I'm not even telling you
about the sedative periods.

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You should not travel in France

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when you have disabilities.

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You should stay within your four walls.

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But I did leave.

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I applied parts
of the Golda Meir doctrine.

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Golda Meir pointed out that for her,

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the chance of her lifetime was to be ugly.

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And she was ugly.

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(Laughter)

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It's really helpful, by the way,

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to know you're not
the only one in that case.

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(Laughter)

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But still, let me tell you,

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between just being ugly,

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and being ugly and autistic,

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as the French comic Coluche would say,

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it's really difficult to up the ante.
(Laughter)

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Not only mandates from abroad.

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Please imagine, autistic,

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it's an insult,

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we call our politicians that.

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So, how does it work in concrete terms,

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therapy by traveling?

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Well, it's pretty simple.

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Forget all you've been told.

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Forget those stories
about all the pleasure cities.

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Forget about trendy cities,

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the places to be,

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to be just another sardine
among other sardines.

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No, no, no.

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Traveling is worthy only
if it's risky at heart.

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Traveling is a long apprenticeship.

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You need to feel uncomfortable
before the trip.

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That's how you make progress.

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I'm going to give you
a very convenient example.

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Suppose you have time ahead of you,

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and you can only choose
between two places.

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Let's say you must choose
between Barcelona and Isfahan.

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Apparently, Barcelona has everything.

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Barcelona has bars, drinking places.

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Barcelona has a beach,
sunlight, you name it,

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and it's not so far away.

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Maybe we've been there before,
maybe we know the place.

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Isfahan... well no, it's not like that.
(Laughter)

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First, you have to find it on the map.

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Then, oh god, you'll notice it's in Iran.

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(Laughter)

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Should we get a life insurance?

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Or maybe ask for the last rites?

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I don't know, to each his own.

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But you know, all the tiring weeks,

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the worry you feel before going.

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Well, it's worth it.

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Let's say your colleague
went to Barcelona.

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How will he feel when he comes back?

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He won't get anything
out of his trip to Barcelona.

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And don't get me started on the hangover!
(Laughter)

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But, you, who have been
to Isfahan, for example,

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you'll never forget Isfahan's palaces,

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its roses, its gardens, its limitless.

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And when the gray and low sky of winter
will come where you live,

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well, in front of your eyes,

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you'll constantly see
the poets lines dancing.

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(Speaking Iranian)

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But for me, you know, restless soul,

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I'm not very West but East.

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I ran away again, further East.

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I went several times
in the tribal zones in Balochistan.

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This place may be one of the most lost

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among the lost corners of the world.

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It's there, with nomads,
in zones called "terrorists,"

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that I've been the most accepted.

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It's there, where I wasn't, if I may,
an autistic guy anymore.

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Those nomads,

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I think, I stole a secret from them.

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I believe the human being

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is, in fact, not made for sedentary life.

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Human being is not
born to stay inside walls -

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walls which can only become our tomb.

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Human being is not born
to settle for one language.

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Monolingualism is a modern invention,

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and it's not the best, far from it.

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So, while traveling,
leave your illusions behind,

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but most of all, remove the barriers -

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the barriers of, let's say,
your confort zone,

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restricting your movements
to your known universe.

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Illusions barriers for the immediate
satisfaction of all your desires

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and your passing needs.

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Travels are not there
to satisfy your passing needs.

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Travels are there to change them,
to change us.

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Travels, as would say the tireless
deserts traveller, Theodore Monod,

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travels are a quiet teacher,

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and this quiet teacher,
what does he have to say?

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Well, when these barriers will be removed,

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only what we have in common will be left,

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whether we're nomads,
Balochis from the desert ends,

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whether we're city-dwellers
from the far west,

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it is, I believe, I'm sure of it,

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our shared humanity.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)