WEBVTT 00:00:27.167 --> 00:00:31.001 I feel so special. I have my own mic here. 00:00:31.008 --> 00:00:34.007 I am so happy to be here with you today. 00:00:34.008 --> 00:00:37.374 I bring you wonderful greetings from Park City. 00:00:37.375 --> 00:00:39.376 We have our Sundance coming up. 00:00:39.377 --> 00:00:41.316 I'll be going back up to Park City 00:00:41.317 --> 00:00:45.096 to be on the radio station to talk about all of the cool people we've talked to 00:00:45.097 --> 00:00:49.056 the directors and filmmakers, and it's a very fun place to be. 00:00:49.057 --> 00:00:55.371 And, my role in that place up there is to bring that content to everyone 00:00:55.372 --> 00:01:00.857 through the wonderful new phenomenon which we've called social media. 00:01:02.147 --> 00:01:04.604 I'm going to throw out one really cool stat for you, 00:01:04.605 --> 00:01:10.401 and that is 80% of all Americans use an online social network 00:01:13.141 --> 00:01:18.031 and the most used website in all of America is Facebook. 00:01:20.541 --> 00:01:24.421 So being in social media and being in news and information, 00:01:25.096 --> 00:01:28.785 and having a very, very strong passion, and a love of the classics, 00:01:28.786 --> 00:01:30.566 I decided to combine the two. 00:01:30.584 --> 00:01:33.709 I created this beautiful website called ClassicCulture.org. 00:01:36.202 --> 00:01:42.157 At ClassicCulture.org, I bring about the best ideas. 00:01:43.077 --> 00:01:47.589 The most beautiful artwork and incredible stories 00:01:48.613 --> 00:01:54.062 that we are all part of, it's our heritage, it's our culture. 00:01:54.063 --> 00:01:56.309 The Greek culture; the Romans. 00:01:58.749 --> 00:02:01.807 And having that website, and using social social media, 00:02:01.808 --> 00:02:05.255 I combined the two, and now, you can get everything on your phone, 00:02:08.565 --> 00:02:10.783 and that's a big deal to me. 00:02:10.785 --> 00:02:15.326 Gutenberg in the 1400s created the printing press. 00:02:16.566 --> 00:02:18.436 Through the printing press, 00:02:18.437 --> 00:02:22.476 we're able to get all this information and pass it along to each other. 00:02:22.477 --> 00:02:25.230 It's old social media that they created. 00:02:25.231 --> 00:02:27.602 And today Facebook, I would say, 00:02:28.692 --> 00:02:32.282 is the most important invention since that press machine, 00:02:33.242 --> 00:02:35.102 that was invented in Germany, 00:02:36.492 --> 00:02:42.278 and it allows for information to pass on within the click of a button 00:02:42.279 --> 00:02:43.919 to anywhere in the world. 00:02:45.909 --> 00:02:50.038 Doing social media in Park City, we can take information, 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:51.796 the interviews that we have, 00:02:51.797 --> 00:02:55.209 and we can post them to the countries the people come from, 00:02:55.221 --> 00:02:57.940 Germany, Northern Europe. 00:02:57.941 --> 00:03:01.101 And we post that immediately, instantaneously, to where they are. 00:03:01.651 --> 00:03:03.516 So I'm just going to feature 00:03:03.517 --> 00:03:07.297 some of this cool stuff that is on our Facebook page for ClassicCulture. 00:03:08.617 --> 00:03:10.706 This is what Julius Caesar said: 00:03:10.707 --> 00:03:14.947 "As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see 00:03:16.257 --> 00:03:18.097 than about what they can." 00:03:25.457 --> 00:03:27.796 This is another really cool quote. 00:03:27.797 --> 00:03:32.851 It was featured on a lot on the graves in Greece and in Rome. 00:03:32.852 --> 00:03:39.614 It said: "I was not. I have been. I am not. I do not mind." 00:03:49.914 --> 00:03:55.017 And so, through your phone, you can access some of the best ideas. 00:03:55.018 --> 00:03:58.370 They're not going to conform exactly with the ideas that we have today, 00:03:58.371 --> 00:04:00.180 and that's why you want to use them. 00:04:00.181 --> 00:04:02.600 That's why you want to bring them into your life. 00:04:02.601 --> 00:04:05.505 It's because they give you a completely different perspective 00:04:05.506 --> 00:04:07.581 which will help you evaluate 00:04:07.582 --> 00:04:10.882 what you're doing today, and why you're doing it. 00:04:13.112 --> 00:04:15.591 This is one of my favorite ones from Plato: 00:04:15.592 --> 00:04:19.649 "If a man wants to know the origin of states and societies, 00:04:19.651 --> 00:04:23.100 he should behold them from the point of view of time. 00:04:24.330 --> 00:04:26.699 Thousands of cities have come into being 00:04:27.389 --> 00:04:32.119 and have passed away, again and again, in infinite ages." 00:04:34.219 --> 00:04:38.659 Being at this cultural hearth, 00:04:38.660 --> 00:04:42.019 they were able to see the Egyptians and the Romans 00:04:42.020 --> 00:04:44.427 all these incredible, diverse cultures, 00:04:44.428 --> 00:04:47.027 and they were there, right in the thick of it. 00:04:47.028 --> 00:04:48.670 They observed it all. 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:56.895 Greece is the founding civilization of our entire society: democracy, 00:04:59.255 --> 00:05:02.254 ethics, philosophy, mathematics. 00:05:02.255 --> 00:05:08.470 If I can ask by a show of hands, who studied Latin in K-12? 00:05:10.830 --> 00:05:12.959 OK, three people. 00:05:12.960 --> 00:05:15.042 Who studied Latin in college? 00:05:19.062 --> 00:05:21.591 OK, one person. 00:05:21.592 --> 00:05:23.369 So, for whatever reason, 00:05:24.779 --> 00:05:30.248 the founding principles of our society, and our civilization are gone. 00:05:34.508 --> 00:05:36.198 They're inaccessible. 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:38.888 They're in the back of university libraries 00:05:38.889 --> 00:05:42.399 that no one touches, or no on accesses. 00:05:43.489 --> 00:05:48.221 There was this Greek who founded Athens. His name was Theseus. 00:05:49.591 --> 00:05:52.319 He concurred the labyrinth in Crete. 00:05:53.809 --> 00:05:56.178 He found his way, and he found the minotaur. 00:05:56.179 --> 00:05:57.649 He slayed the minotaur. 00:05:58.659 --> 00:06:03.501 And, on his way back to Acropolis, he declared "Aphrodite Pandemos," 00:06:05.408 --> 00:06:09.078 and that is "beauty for the people." 00:06:11.306 --> 00:06:14.866 That's my mission and my idea that I bring to you today. 00:06:14.867 --> 00:06:16.066 Thank you.