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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.20,0:00:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fresh out of college,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.57,0:00:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to work for a consulting firm.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.15,0:00:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During orientation,\Nthe leaders dished out advice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.29,0:00:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst them was one pithy counsel\NI will never forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.37,0:00:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told us, "Be easy to manage."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.70,0:00:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Considering how naïve\NI really was at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.51,0:00:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took his advice to heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.30,0:00:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.82,0:00:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, I will be the ultimate team player.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.70,0:00:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will do everything I'm told.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.66,0:00:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will be easy to manage."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.66,0:00:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I arrived\Nin graduate school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.04,0:00:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and witnessed firsthand the criminal\Nactions of scientists and engineers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.98,0:00:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.73,0:00:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I realized how dangerous\Nand yet surprisingly common
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.32,0:00:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this line of thinking really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.70,0:00:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make no mistake:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.89,0:00:54.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Flint water crisis is one of the most\Negregious environmental injustices
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.56,0:00:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.73,0:00:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For over 18 months,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.31,0:01:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,100,000 residents,\Nincluding thousands of young children,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.42,0:01:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were exposed to contaminated\Ndrinking water with high levels of lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.04,0:01:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lead is a potent neurotoxin
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.94,0:01:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which causes cognitive\Nand developmental disabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.70,0:01:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is especially harmful\Nto growing fetuses and young children.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.46,0:01:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've known about its dangers\Nsince the Roman Empire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.80,0:01:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst a whole host of health issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.29,0:01:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,12 people died by contracting\NLegionnaires' disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.54,0:01:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flint's water infrastructure --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.37,0:01:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the complex network\Nof underground pipes --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.47,0:01:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been severely damaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.12,0:01:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while the water quality\Nis slowly improving
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.30,0:01:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pipes are being replaced now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.38,0:01:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than two years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.10,0:01:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water is still not safe to drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.28,0:01:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, people are still in shock.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.18,0:01:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ask themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.52,0:01:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How could this have happened?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.08,0:01:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The short answer is: the crisis began\Nwhen an emergency manager,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.89,0:02:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appointed by Michigan's governor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.34,0:02:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided to switch their water source\Nto a local river to save money.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.33,0:02:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it continued for so long
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.25,0:02:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because scientists and engineers\Nat government agencies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.91,0:02:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the state of Michigan\Nand in the federal government
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.99,0:02:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not follow federal regulations\Nfor treating the water right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.92,0:02:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was more,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.14,0:02:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actively cheated on the law\Nand orchestrated cover-ups.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.04,0:02:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ridiculed residents asking for help,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.00,0:02:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while publicly insisting that the brown,\Nsmelly water coming out of the tap
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.48,0:02:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was safe to drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.75,0:02:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The system at the local, state\Nand federal levels completely failed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.44,0:02:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect our most vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.45,0:02:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an entire population\Nwas left to fend for itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.20,0:02:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, amidst this injustice,\NFlint residents were rallying together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.98,0:02:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst them were some\Namazing women of Flint --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.14,0:02:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mothers concerned about their kids --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.16,0:03:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came together forming\Nmany grassroots coalitions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.08,0:03:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these groups started protesting\Nand demanding change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.49,0:03:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The group also reached out\Nto outside scientists for help,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.25,0:03:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few responded.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.47,0:03:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst them was a guy\Nnamed Miguel Del Toral,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.98,0:03:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a water expert at the US EPA --\Nthe Environmental Protection Agency --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.68,0:03:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who actually wrote this scientific memo
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.27,0:03:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sent it to the state of Michigan\Nand the federal government
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.44,0:03:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring their attention to this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.28,0:03:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was characterized a "rogue employee,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.87,0:03:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and silenced.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.72,0:03:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In collaboration with Flint residents,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.54,0:03:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our research team here at Tech,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.90,0:03:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of students and scientists\Nled by professor Marc Edwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.18,0:03:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conducted citywide testing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.34,0:03:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prove that Flint's water\Nwas indeed contaminated,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.38,0:03:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even toxic in some homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.54,0:03:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We substantiated what Flint\Nhad been screaming for months,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.70,0:03:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it on the Internet\Nfor the world to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.87,0:03:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when I was getting involved,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.87,0:04:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I said yes to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.29,0:04:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea what I was getting into.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.46,0:04:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But every second of this journey\Nhas been totally worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.18,0:04:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was science\Nin service to the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.97,0:04:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I came\Nto graduate school for,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.52,0:04:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is how I would rather\Nspend my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.88,0:04:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this coalition --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.92,0:04:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this unlikely coalition of citizens,\Npastors, journalists and scientists --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.84,0:04:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came together to uncover the truth\Nusing science, advocacy and activism.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.68,0:04:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A local pediatrician figured out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.84,0:04:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the instances of childhood\Nlead poisoning had indeed doubled
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.20,0:04:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Flint during the crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.12,0:04:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the state of Michigan was forced\Nto acknowledge the problem
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.84,0:04:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take steps to correct it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.38,0:04:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This group and many others\Ngot Flint's kids protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.01,0:04:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few months later,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.20,0:04:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama came in\Nand declared a federal emergency,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.69,0:04:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now Flint is getting\Nmore than 600 million dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.22,0:04:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in healthcare, nutrition, education
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.65,0:05:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overhauling\Ntheir water infrastructure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.13,0:05:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the arrogance and the callous\Ndisregard for public health
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.91,0:05:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shown by scientists and engineers\Nat these government agencies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.36,0:05:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is beyond belief.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.72,0:05:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These unhealthy cultures\Nthat are festering in these groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.28,0:05:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the focus is on meeting\Nregulations and checking boxes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.25,0:05:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to protecting public health,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.43,0:05:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just appalling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.60,0:05:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just consider this email\Nthat an EPA employee wrote,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.92,0:05:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.17,0:05:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not so sure Flint is a community\Nwe want to go out on a limb for."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.99,0:05:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dehumanization of an entire population\Ncould not be more obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.85,0:05:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, contrast that to the first\Ncanon of engineering,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.78,0:05:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, in my opinion, should be\Nthe first law of humanity:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.07,0:05:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"To hold paramount the health,\Nsafety and welfare of the public,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.17,0:05:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above all else.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.86,0:06:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Hippocratic Oath\Nwe've rarely acknowledged,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.33,0:06:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone embraced.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.55,0:06:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when scientists and engineers,\Nvery much like medical doctors,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.80,0:06:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,screw up,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.07,0:06:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people can get hurt --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.94,0:06:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even die.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.33,0:06:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If our professionals and even\Nstudents fail to get that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.90,0:06:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,society pays a huge price.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.65,0:06:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buried deep in history lies\Na character I deeply admire --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.88,0:06:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an engineer named Peter Palchinsky.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.04,0:06:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lived in the time of the Soviet Union.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.37,0:06:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Palchinsky repeatedly got in trouble\Nfor his radical honesty
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.38,0:06:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and willingness to point out major flaws\Nin the Soviets' mindless pursuit
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.96,0:06:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of rapid industrialization.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.73,0:06:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone was expected to follow orders\Ncoming from the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.77,0:06:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone asking questions\Nor offering feedback was unwelcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.35,0:06:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Soviets had created the largest army\Nof engineers the world had ever seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.66,0:07:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet most of them were mere cogs\Nin a gigantic machine heading for doom.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.46,0:07:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Palchinsky, on the other hand,\Nimplored engineers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.53,0:07:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at the economic, political\Nand social consequences of their actions;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.89,0:07:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other words, be more public-focused.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.90,0:07:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His fearless voice of reason\Nwas seen as a threat
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.73,0:07:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the political establishment,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.57,0:07:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Joseph Stalin\Nhad him executed in 1929.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.69,0:07:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Palchinsky's view on technocrats\Nis very different
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.88,0:07:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from one that is still very popular,\Nstill very common --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.25,0:07:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that of a dispassionate researcher\Nworking in his ivory tower lab,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.98,0:07:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a nerdy engineer\Nworking in his cubicle.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.52,0:07:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brilliant, no doubt,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.83,0:07:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet somehow cut off from the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.79,0:07:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows little emotion --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.02,0:07:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like Spock\Nfrom "Star Trek," you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.95,0:07:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.21,0:07:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.83,0:08:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's try and do the Spock salute.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.28,0:08:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think I'll succeed ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.100,0:08:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I can't be Spock.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.66,0:08:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank goodness I can't be Spock.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.83,0:08:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.33,0:08:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was reminded of this distinction\Nbecause a recent article came out
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.11,0:08:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very reputed scientific journal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.36,0:08:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which kind of characterized our Flint work\Nas driven by "youthful idealism,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.71,0:08:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Hollywood's dramatic sensibilities."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.41,0:08:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It asks scientists to protect\Ntheir research funding and institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.93,0:08:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at all costs, no matter\Nhow just the cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.30,0:08:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you think you have to get\Ninvolved in something,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.65,0:08:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's an emergency,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.71,0:08:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try finding an activist group or an NGO,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.88,0:08:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and obtain the full support\Nof the academic community --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.90,0:08:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever that means --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.27,0:08:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you get involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.63,0:08:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not one mention of our moral\Nand professional obligation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.80,0:08:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of preventing harm to the public,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.88,0:09:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the fact that we have\Nall this expertise,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.28,0:09:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resources and, for some, even tenure
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.32,0:09:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to, you know, accomplish this task.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.78,0:09:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying every scientist\Nshould be an activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.53,0:09:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are real and sometimes very painful\Nconsequences of speaking up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.37,0:09:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to denounce this idea,\Nthis possibility so completely
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.23,0:09:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can protect research funding,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.65,0:09:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply screams of self-serving cowardice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.30,0:09:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are not the ideals\Nwe would want to pass to our students.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.57,0:09:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you may think,\N"OK, all this sounds great,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.96,0:09:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you'll never completely change\Norganizational cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.60,0:09:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or imbibe mindsets in students\Nand professionals
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.67,0:09:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at their work as a public good --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.34,0:09:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science in service to the public."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.07,0:09:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe so.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.55,0:09:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But could a big reason for that be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.82,0:09:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are not training\Nour students right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.02,0:09:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you look closely,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.35,0:10:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our education system today\Nis focused more on creating
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.28,0:10:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what ex-Yale professor Bill Deresiewicz\Ncalls "excellent sheep" --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.36,0:10:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people who are smart and ambitious,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.24,0:10:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet somehow risk-averse,\Ntimid, directionless
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.17,0:10:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, sometimes, full of themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.100,0:10:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, kids ... you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.94,0:10:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we fell in love with science\Nwhen we were kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.58,0:10:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet we somehow spend most of our time\Nduring high school and college
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.90,0:10:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just jumping through hoops
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.42,0:10:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing things\Nso that we can polish our résumé
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.92,0:10:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of sitting down
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.61,0:10:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reflecting on what we want to do\Nand who we want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.13,0:10:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.62,0:10:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the markers of empathy\Nin our college graduates
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.28,0:10:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been dropping dramatically\Nin the past two decades,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.45,0:10:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while those of narcissism are on the rise.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.20,0:10:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is also a growing culture\Nof disengagement
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.90,0:10:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between engineering students\Nand the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.61,0:11:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are trained to build bridges\Nand solve complex problems
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.91,0:11:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not how to think or live\Nor be a citizen of this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.95,0:11:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My undergraduate years\Nwere explicit job preparation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.36,0:11:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I cannot tell you how suffocating\Nand painful it was at times.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.93,0:11:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.56,0:11:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some people think the solution\Nto great engineers, to great scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.16,0:11:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more technical training.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.99,0:11:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe so.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.25,0:11:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where are the discussions\Non ethical decision-making,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.77,0:11:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or building character,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.62,0:11:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or discerning right from wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.62,0:11:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider this project\Nthat I deeply love and admire.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.01,0:11:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called, "Heroic Imagination Project."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.81,0:11:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A brainchild of Dr. Phil Zimbardo,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.46,0:11:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,famous for the Stanford Prison Experiment,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.26,0:11:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this program seeks to train\Nschool-going children around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.53,0:11:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at themselves\Nas heroes-in-waiting,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.100,0:12:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or heroes-in-training.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.94,0:12:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these young minds work over time\Nto develop skills and virtues
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.31,0:12:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that when the opportunity comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.50,0:12:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what that opportunity be,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.09,0:12:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stand up and do the right thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.36,0:12:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.67,0:12:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone can be a hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.41,0:12:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that idea for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.13,0:12:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we teach science\Nand engineering like that --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.26,0:12:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where heroism and public service\Nare seen as key values,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.66,0:12:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because indeed, it's often heroism
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.31,0:12:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not only the antidote\Nto public indifference,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.08,0:12:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to systemic evil\Nlike we saw in Flint.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.14,0:12:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, dream with me
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.60,0:12:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a 21st-century scientist\Nslash engineer could look like:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.78,0:12:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individuals who are driven\Nto master the sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.35,0:12:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can serve society,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.35,0:12:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are also aware
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.57,0:12:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the tremendous power\Ntheir knowledge and decisions have;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.54,0:13:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks who are developing\Ntheir moral courage at all times,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.31,0:13:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who realize that conflict\Nand controversy
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.12,0:13:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not necessarily bad things
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.24,0:13:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if our ultimate loyalty\Nis to the public and the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.82,0:13:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the people who will\Nstand up like we did in Flint --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.89,0:13:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to be saviors or heroes in the media,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.65,0:13:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but altruistic and fundamentally good\Nactors that you and I can trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.72,0:13:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine fostering\Nsuch a public-focused mindset
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.53,0:13:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in classes, on service trips\Nand during activities
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.01,0:13:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during college or even high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.38,0:13:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that these young minds\Nwill hold onto those ideals
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.22,0:13:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they actually enter the real world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.71,0:13:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether that be consulting,\Nacademia, policy making --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.86,0:13:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even becoming\Nthe president of a country.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.54,0:13:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of mankind's greatest\Nchallenges lie ahead of us;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.11,0:14:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contaminated drinking water\Nis just one example.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.59,0:14:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could definitely use more --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.68,0:14:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nay, we desperately need more --\Ncompassionate upstanders
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.70,0:14:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and public-focused\Nscientists and engineers
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.85,0:14:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will strive to the do right thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.89,0:14:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be easy to manage.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.92,0:14:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.12,0:14:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)