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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.12,0:00:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a chip, a poet and a boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.52,0:00:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just about 20 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.48,0:00:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,June 1994, when Intel announced
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.99,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was a flaw
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the core of their Pentium chip.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.82,0:00:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deep in the code of the SRT algorithm
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.20,0:00:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to calculate intermediate quotients necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.45,0:00:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for iterative floating points of divisions --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.28,0:00:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what that means, but \Nit's what it says on Wikipedia —
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.38,0:00:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a flaw and an error
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.26,0:00:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that meant that there was a certain probability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.48,0:00:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the result of the calculation would be an error,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.49,0:00:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the probability was one out of every
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.08,0:00:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,360 billion calculations.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.62,0:00:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Intel said your average spreadsheet
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.61,0:00:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be flawed once every 27,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.12,0:00:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't think it was significant,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.41,0:00:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was an outrage in the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.64,0:00:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The community, the techies, said, this flaw
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.99,0:00:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be addressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.07,0:00:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were not going to stand by quietly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.07,0:00:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Intel gave them these chips.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.02,0:01:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was a revolution across the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.06,0:01:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People marched to demand --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.09,0:01:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, not really exactly like that —
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.20,0:01:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they rose up and they demanded
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.94,0:01:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Intel fix the flaw.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Intel set aside 475 million dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.79,0:01:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fund the replacement of millions of chips
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.03,0:01:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fix the flaw.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.12,0:01:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So billions of dollars in our society
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.33,0:01:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was spent to address a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.52,0:01:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would come once out of every 360 billion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.61,0:01:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calculations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.69,0:01:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two, a poet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.30,0:01:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Martin Niemöller.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.58,0:01:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're familiar with his poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.11,0:01:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around the height of the Nazi period,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.89,0:01:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he started repeating the verse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.16,0:01:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"First they came for the communists,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.89,0:01:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.42,0:01:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not speak out because I was not a communist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.67,0:01:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they came for the socialists.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.73,0:01:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they came for the trade unions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.69,0:01:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they came for the Jews.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.94,0:01:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they came for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.84,0:01:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was no one left to speak for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.51,0:02:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Niemöller is offering a certain kind of insight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.64,0:02:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an insight at the core of intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.97,0:02:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could call it cluefulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.68,0:02:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a certain kind of test:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.24,0:02:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.04,0:02:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an underlying threat and respond?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you save yourself or save your kind?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.03,0:02:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turns out ants are pretty good at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.77,0:02:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cows, not so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.85,0:02:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So can you see the pattern?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.28,0:02:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you see a pattern and then recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.63,0:02:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do something about it? Number two.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.68,0:02:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number three, a boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.61,0:02:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my friend Aaron Swartz.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.91,0:02:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's Tim's friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.34,0:02:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's friends of many of you in this audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.37,0:02:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seven years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.80,0:02:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aaron came to me with a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.78,0:02:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just before I was going\Nto give my first TED Talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.37,0:02:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so proud. I was telling him about my talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.79,0:02:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Laws that choke creativity."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.30,0:02:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Aaron looked at me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.91,0:02:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was a little impatient, and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.86,0:02:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So how are you ever
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.95,0:03:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to solve the problems you're talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.99,0:03:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Copyright policy, Internet policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.79,0:03:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how are you ever going to address those problems
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.98,0:03:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so long as there's this fundamental corruption
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.22,0:03:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way our government works?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.06,0:03:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was a little put off by this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.66,0:03:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't sharing in my celebration.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.65,0:03:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said to him, "You know, Aaron,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.82,0:03:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not my field, not my field."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.91,0:03:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "You mean as an\Nacademic, it's not your field?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.47,0:03:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Yeah, as an academic, it's not my field."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.06,0:03:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "What about as a citizen?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.39,0:03:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a citizen."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.82,0:03:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is the way Aaron was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.42,0:03:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't tell. He asked questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.48,0:03:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But his questions spoke as clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.23,0:03:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as my four-year-old's hug.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.91,0:03:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was saying to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.33,0:03:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've got to get a clue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.26,0:03:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have got to get a clue, because there is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.94,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a flaw at the core of the operating system
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.51,0:03:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not a flaw every one out of 360 billion times
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.80,0:03:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our democracy tries to make a decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.60,0:04:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is every time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.42,0:04:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single important issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.81,0:04:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to end the bovinity of this political society.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.35,0:04:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to adopt, it turns out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.99,0:04:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word is fourmi-formatic attitude --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.76,0:04:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what the Internet tells me the word is --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.53,0:04:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ant's appreciative attitude
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.60,0:04:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gets us to recognize this flaw,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.24,0:04:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,save our kind and save our demos.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.06,0:04:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if you know Aaron Swartz,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.53,0:04:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that we lost him
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.17,0:04:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just over a year ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.50,0:04:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about six weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.04,0:04:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I gave my TED Talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.92,0:04:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was so grateful to Chris
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.81,0:04:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he asked me to give this TED Talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.24,0:04:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because I had the chance to talk to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.44,0:04:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although that was great,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.73,0:04:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because it pulled me out\Nof an extraordinary depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.16,0:04:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't begin to describe the sadness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.67,0:04:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I had to focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.95,0:04:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to focus on, what was I going to say to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.27,0:04:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It saved me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.47,0:05:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after the buzz, the excitement,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.42,0:05:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power that comes from this community,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.89,0:05:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to yearn for a less sterile,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.44,0:05:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less academic way to address these issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.96,0:05:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the issues that I was talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.75,0:05:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd begun to focus on New Hampshire
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.60,0:05:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a target for this political movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.27,0:05:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the primary in New Hampshire
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.81,0:05:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so incredibly important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.60,0:05:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a group called the New Hampshire Rebellion
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.20,0:05:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was beginning to talk about, how would we make
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.52,0:05:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this issue of this corruption central in 2016?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.77,0:05:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was another soul that caught my imagination,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.21,0:05:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a woman named Doris Haddock, aka Granny D.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.55,0:05:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On January 1, 1999, 15 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.91,0:05:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the age of 88, Granny D started a walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.74,0:05:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She started in Los Angeles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.01,0:05:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to walk to Washington, D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.97,0:05:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a single sign on her chest that said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.70,0:06:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"campaign finance reform."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.28,0:06:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eighteen months later,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.01,0:06:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the age of 90,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.82,0:06:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she arrived in Washington\Nwith hundreds following her,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.35,0:06:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including many congressmen\Nwho had gotten in a car
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.66,0:06:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and driven out about a mile outside of the city
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.57,0:06:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk in with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.46,0:06:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.60,0:06:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't have 13 months
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.89,0:06:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.53,0:06:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got three kids who hate to walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.18,0:06:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a wife who, it turns out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.58,0:06:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still hates when I'm not there
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.48,0:06:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for mysterious reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.64,0:06:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this was not an option,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.95,0:06:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the question I asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.11,0:06:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could we remix Granny D a bit?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.66,0:06:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about a walk not of 3,200 miles
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.79,0:06:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but of 185 miles across New Hampshire
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.71,0:06:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in January?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.31,0:06:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on January 11,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.54,0:06:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the anniversary of Aaron's death,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.43,0:06:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we began a walk that ended on January 24th,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.17,0:06:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the day that Granny D was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.52,0:07:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A total of 200 people joined us across this walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.10,0:07:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we went from the very top to the\Nvery bottom of New Hampshire
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.87,0:07:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.26,0:07:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was astonishing to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.86,0:07:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I completely did not expect to find,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.43,0:07:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the passion and anger
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.02,0:07:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was among everyone\Nthat we talked to about this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.50,0:07:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had found in a poll that 96 percent of Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.60,0:07:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe it important to reduce the influence
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.44,0:07:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of money in politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.69,0:07:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now politicians and pundits tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.70,0:07:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's nothing we can do about this issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.52,0:07:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Americans don't care about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.86,0:07:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the reason for that is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.16,0:07:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 91 percent of Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.01,0:07:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think there's nothing that can\Nbe done about this issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.53,0:07:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's this gap between 96 and 91
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.35,0:07:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that explains our politics of resignation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.83,0:07:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, after all, at least 96 percent of us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.91,0:07:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wish we could fly like Superman,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.78,0:07:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because at least 91 percent\Nof us believe we can't,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.94,0:07:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't leap off of tall buildings every time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.60,0:07:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have that urge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.92,0:08:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because we accept our limits,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.92,0:08:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so too with this reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.68,0:08:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you give people the sense of hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.97,0:08:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to thaw that\Nabsolute sense of impossibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.69,0:08:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Harvey Milk said, if you give 'em hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.30,0:08:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you give 'em a chance, a way to think
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.02,0:08:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how this change is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.11,0:08:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.96,0:08:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hope is the one thing that we, Aaron's friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.53,0:08:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failed him with, because we let him
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.53,0:08:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lose that sense of hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.13,0:08:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved that boy like I love my son.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.23,0:08:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we failed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.20,0:08:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love my country,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.79,0:08:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not going to fail that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.14,0:08:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to fail that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.32,0:09:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sense of hope, we're going to hold,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.01,0:09:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're going to fight for,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.48,0:09:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however impossible this battle looks.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.18,0:09:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's next?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.47,0:09:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we started with this march with 200 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.63,0:09:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and next year, there will be 1,000
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.03,0:09:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on different routes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.67,0:09:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that march in the month of January
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.18,0:09:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meet in Concord to celebrate this cause,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.01,0:09:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then in 2016, before the primary,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.57,0:09:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be 10,000 who march across that state,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.53,0:09:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting in Concord to celebrate this cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.59,0:09:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we have marched, people around the country
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.36,0:09:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have begun to say, "Can we do the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.22,0:09:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our state?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.34,0:09:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've started a platform called G.D. Walkers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.72,0:09:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is, Granny D walkers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.71,0:09:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Granny D walkers across the country
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.84,0:09:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be marching for this reform. Number one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.94,0:09:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two, on this march,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.22,0:09:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the founders of Thunderclap, David Cascino,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.01,0:09:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was with us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.63,0:09:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "Well what can we do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.49,0:09:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they developed a platform,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.82,0:09:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we are announcing today,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.74,0:10:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows us to pull together voters
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.20,0:10:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are committed to this idea of reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.88,0:10:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless of where you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.03,0:10:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in New Hampshire or outside of New Hampshire,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.68,0:10:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can sign up and directly be informed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.59,0:10:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the candidates are on this issue
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.58,0:10:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can decide who to vote for
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.22,0:10:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a function of which is going
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.14,0:10:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make this possibility real.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.60,0:10:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then finally number three, the hardest.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.68,0:10:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in the age of the Super PAC.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.50,0:10:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed yesterday, Merriam announced
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.61,0:10:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Merriam-Webster will have Super PAC as a word.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.86,0:10:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is now an official word in the dictionary.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.50,0:10:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on May 1, aka May Day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.89,0:10:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to try an experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.68,0:10:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to try a launching
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.50,0:10:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we can think of as a Super PAC
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.80,0:10:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end all Super PACs.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.06,0:10:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the basic way this works is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.86,0:10:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last year, we have been working
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.63,0:11:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with analysts and political experts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.35,0:11:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to calculate, how much would it cost
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.68,0:11:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to win enough votes in the United States Congress
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.11,0:11:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make fundamental reform possible?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.93,0:11:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that number? Half a billion? A billion?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.73,0:11:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that number?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.57,0:11:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then whatever that number is,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.33,0:11:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to kickstart, sort of,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.44,0:11:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can't use KickStarter for political work,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.37,0:11:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but anyway, kickstart, sort of,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.14,0:11:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first a bottom-up campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.50,0:11:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people will make small dollar commitments
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.48,0:11:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contingent on reaching very ambitious goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.44,0:11:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when those goals have been reached,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.44,0:11:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will turn to the large dollar contributors,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.58,0:11:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get them to contribute to make it possible
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.96,0:11:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to run the kind of Super PAC necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.48,0:11:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to win this issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.82,0:11:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the way money influences politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.72,0:11:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that on November 8,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.49,0:11:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I discovered yesterday is the day
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.82,0:11:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Aaron would have been 30 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.51,0:12:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on November 8,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.20,0:12:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will celebrate 218 representatives
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.74,0:12:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the House and 60 Senators
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.83,0:12:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States Senate
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.85,0:12:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have committed to this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.14,0:12:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fundamental reform.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.01,0:12:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So last night, we heard about wishes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.77,0:12:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's my wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.86,0:12:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.10,0:12:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May the ideals of one boy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.48,0:12:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unite one nation behind one critical idea
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.96,0:12:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are one people,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.42,0:12:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the people who were promised a government,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.90,0:12:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a government that was promised to be
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.03,0:12:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dependent upon the people alone, the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.75,0:12:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who, as Madison told us,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.60,0:12:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant not the rich more than the poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.18,0:12:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.32,0:12:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then may you, may you join this movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.50,0:12:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because you're a politician,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.51,0:12:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because you're an expert,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.13,0:13:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because this is your field,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.42,0:13:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because if you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.10,0:13:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a citizen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.77,0:13:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aaron asked me that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.81,0:13:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I've asked you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.66,0:13:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.34,0:13:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)