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The Butterfly Theory | Gazlan Lamlum | TEDxYouth@TheNile


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[Applause] okay so before I start my talk I just

okay so before I start my talk I just

okay so before I start my talk I just want to make something clear I’m that

want to make something clear I’m that

want to make something clear I’m that girl that you know that dark cloud

girl that you know that dark cloud

girl that you know that dark cloud follows the one that everything ends up

follows the one that everything ends up

follows the one that everything ends up going badly like one week ago I got a

going badly like one week ago I got a

going badly like one week ago I got a sebaceous cyst in my eye as you can hear

sebaceous cyst in my eye as you can hear

sebaceous cyst in my eye as you can hear I sound like a whale in mating season

I sound like a whale in mating season

I sound like a whale in mating season I’m like I got sick two days before the

I’m like I got sick two days before the

I’m like I got sick two days before the event I’m sorry I don’t usually sound

event I’m sorry I don’t usually sound

event I’m sorry I don’t usually sound like this and anyway it’s moving on so

like this and anyway it’s moving on so

like this and anyway it’s moving on so you know on your weak heart and

you know on your weak heart and

you know on your weak heart and sometimes especially the girls and

sometimes especially the girls and

sometimes especially the girls and you’re like today I want to look good or

you’re like today I want to look good or

you’re like today I want to look good or I just want to feel good about myself in

I just want to feel good about myself in

I just want to feel good about myself in general so you put in that extra effort

general so you put in that extra effort

general so you put in that extra effort you do your makeup up and that’s exactly

you do your makeup up and that’s exactly

you do your makeup up and that’s exactly what I did last week and I decided to do

what I did last week and I decided to do

what I did last week and I decided to do my makeup for eyeliner on and then when

my makeup for eyeliner on and then when

my makeup for eyeliner on and then when I got home I didn’t clean it off

I got home I didn’t clean it off

I got home I didn’t clean it off properly so the problem in that is a few

properly so the problem in that is a few

properly so the problem in that is a few days later my eyes started going a bit

days later my eyes started going a bit

days later my eyes started going a bit foggy few days after that every time I

foggy few days after that every time I

foggy few days after that every time I blinked my eyes there was a bit of pain

blinked my eyes there was a bit of pain

blinked my eyes there was a bit of pain so I went to a doctor and he was like

so I went to a doctor and he was like

so I went to a doctor and he was like you have a sebaceous cyst and if you had

you have a sebaceous cyst and if you had

you have a sebaceous cyst and if you had waited any longer you would have had to

waited any longer you would have had to

waited any longer you would have had to do surgery my point in all this

do surgery my point in all this

do surgery my point in all this something so small the fact that I just

something so small the fact that I just

something so small the fact that I just woke up one day and I wanted to feel

woke up one day and I wanted to feel

woke up one day and I wanted to feel good about myself

good about myself

good about myself something so horrific happened so how

something so horrific happened so how

something so horrific happened so how many times do you look in the mirror

many times do you look in the mirror

many times do you look in the mirror before you leave your house or how many

before you leave your house or how many

before you leave your house or how many times have you pushed your jeans aside

times have you pushed your jeans aside

times have you pushed your jeans aside how many people are you friends with

how many people are you friends with

how many people are you friends with that you don’t even like these are all

that you don’t even like these are all

that you don’t even like these are all insecurities but I want to focus on one

insecurities but I want to focus on one

insecurities but I want to focus on one how many times have you questioned your

how many times have you questioned your

how many times have you questioned your own existence how many times have you

own existence how many times have you

own existence how many times have you thought that you’re not going to be able

thought that you’re not going to be able

thought that you’re not going to be able to make a difference and now you’re

to make a difference and now you’re

to make a difference and now you’re going to end up just like everyone else

going to end up just like everyone else

going to end up just like everyone else well what if I told you that a butterfly

well what if I told you that a butterfly

well what if I told you that a butterfly flapping wings could lead to a hurricane

flapping wings could lead to a hurricane

flapping wings could lead to a hurricane what if I told you the bacteria that you

what if I told you the bacteria that you

what if I told you the bacteria that you are releasing and not the ad that you

are releasing and not the ad that you

are releasing and not the ad that you are breathing are already starting a

are breathing are already starting a

are breathing are already starting a manic chain of events would you believe

manic chain of events would you believe

manic chain of events would you believe me would you call me mad well this is

me would you call me mad well this is

me would you call me mad well this is all based on the butterfly effect

all based on the butterfly effect

all based on the butterfly effect butter ethnic fact is a theory it’s a

butter ethnic fact is a theory it’s a

butter ethnic fact is a theory it’s a theory that something so small something

theory that something so small something

theory that something so small something that may seem so neglectful or can have

that may seem so neglectful or can have

that may seem so neglectful or can have a really huge impact later on or

a really huge impact later on or

a really huge impact later on or actually it could be different when I

actually it could be different when I

actually it could be different when I was young I used to really think I was

was young I used to really think I was

was young I used to really think I was gonna make a difference I thought I was

gonna make a difference I thought I was

gonna make a difference I thought I was gonna be on TV I thought everyone would

gonna be on TV I thought everyone would

gonna be on TV I thought everyone would know my name my name is Suzanne it’s

know my name my name is Suzanne it’s

know my name my name is Suzanne it’s already wait I was like I have the name

already wait I was like I have the name

already wait I was like I have the name for it I’m gonna be famous everyone’s

for it I’m gonna be famous everyone’s

for it I’m gonna be famous everyone’s gonna know my name I’m gonna be in books

gonna know my name I’m gonna be in books

gonna know my name I’m gonna be in books I I thought I could be mayor for life if

I I thought I could be mayor for life if

I I thought I could be mayor for life if I wanted to but people told me that I

I wanted to but people told me that I

I wanted to but people told me that I couldn’t and they told me that

couldn’t and they told me that

couldn’t and they told me that realistically I wouldn’t but I read a

realistically I wouldn’t but I read a

realistically I wouldn’t but I read a story during high school and it was

story during high school and it was

story during high school and it was about a bunch of men and they went back

about a bunch of men and they went back

about a bunch of men and they went back in time and they wanted to dine-saw

in time and they wanted to dine-saw

in time and they wanted to dine-saw when they came back they noticed that

when they came back they noticed that

when they came back they noticed that the language that was spoken suddenly

the language that was spoken suddenly

the language that was spoken suddenly changed and that the elections that

changed and that the elections that

changed and that the elections that happened had a different winner and then

happened had a different winner and then

happened had a different winner and then one of the travelers from one of the

one of the travelers from one of the

one of the travelers from one of the hunters he looked under his shoe and he

hunters he looked under his shoe and he

hunters he looked under his shoe and he saw a dead butterfly so what I’m saying

saw a dead butterfly so what I’m saying

saw a dead butterfly so what I’m saying is if I would go back in time right now

is if I would go back in time right now

is if I would go back in time right now and I would kill a male butterfly maybe

and I would kill a male butterfly maybe

and I would kill a male butterfly maybe would be Hillary Clinton in charge right

would be Hillary Clinton in charge right

would be Hillary Clinton in charge right now and not Donald Trump let me give you

now and not Donald Trump let me give you

now and not Donald Trump let me give you an example that maybe you can relate

an example that maybe you can relate

an example that maybe you can relate more to we all know out of Hitler right

more to we all know out of Hitler right

more to we all know out of Hitler right so don’t you all know though that he

so don’t you all know though that he

so don’t you all know though that he wasn’t even meant to be born his mother

wasn’t even meant to be born his mother

wasn’t even meant to be born his mother wanted to abort him but her doctor

wanted to abort him but her doctor

wanted to abort him but her doctor convinced her to keep the child thought

convinced her to keep the child thought

convinced her to keep the child thought for that was the first step in the chain

for that was the first step in the chain

for that was the first step in the chain number two Hitler applied to the Academy

number two Hitler applied to the Academy

number two Hitler applied to the Academy of Fine Arts so for all we know he no

of Fine Arts so for all we know he no

of Fine Arts so for all we know he no should have been drawing sketches for

should have been drawing sketches for

should have been drawing sketches for the rest of his life but because he was

the rest of his life but because he was

the rest of his life but because he was denied something that seems so small

denied something that seems so small

denied something that seems so small something that seems so stupid

something that seems so stupid

something that seems so stupid led to a tyrant being born led to the

led to a tyrant being born led to the

led to a tyrant being born led to the Holocaust and that’s a thousands of

Holocaust and that’s a thousands of

Holocaust and that’s a thousands of people deaths so something so small led

people deaths so something so small led

people deaths so something so small led to such a long chain not something else

to such a long chain not something else

to such a long chain not something else there was a man called Christensen and

there was a man called Christensen and

there was a man called Christensen and he had a carpentry shop okay and then he

he had a carpentry shop okay and then he

he had a carpentry shop okay and then he got burnt down but by the time he built

got burnt down but by the time he built

got burnt down but by the time he built it up again the Depression had hit so

it up again the Depression had hit so

it up again the Depression had hit so people couldn’t afford to buy houses

people couldn’t afford to buy houses

people couldn’t afford to buy houses anymore but what they could afford to

anymore but what they could afford to

anymore but what they could afford to buy was the little houses that he made

buy was the little houses that he made

buy was the little houses that he made and they used them as toys these toys

and they used them as toys these toys

and they used them as toys these toys soon back at assume began to be his job

soon back at assume began to be his job

soon back at assume began to be his job he were going to become a toymaker when

he were going to become a toymaker when

he were going to become a toymaker when plastic was made he started to make

plastic was made he started to make

plastic was made he started to make bricks and now these bricks are called

bricks and now these bricks are called

bricks and now these bricks are called Lego and that’s what we know to be Legos

Lego and that’s what we know to be Legos

Lego and that’s what we know to be Legos so from something that was completely

so from something that was completely

so from something that was completely different from a man that was a

different from a man that was a

different from a man that was a carpenter to a toy that everyone uses

carpenter to a toy that everyone uses

carpenter to a toy that everyone uses and everyone has stepped on and every

and everyone has stepped on and every

and everyone has stepped on and every child had sayed with now something that

child had sayed with now something that

child had sayed with now something that happens to us all the time if you were

happens to us all the time if you were

happens to us all the time if you were to tell me everything when it’s found on

to tell me everything when it’s found on

to tell me everything when it’s found on your way here I wouldn’t believe you

your way here I wouldn’t believe you

your way here I wouldn’t believe you let’s say the night before you’re up too

let’s say the night before you’re up too

let’s say the night before you’re up too late

late

late or you’re watching that TV series that

or you’re watching that TV series that

or you’re watching that TV series that you know you really shouldn’t watch more

you know you really shouldn’t watch more

you know you really shouldn’t watch more one more episode of and then you end up

one more episode of and then you end up

one more episode of and then you end up waking up too late or you sleep through

waking up too late or you sleep through

waking up too late or you sleep through those three extra alarms that you had

those three extra alarms that you had

those three extra alarms that you had planned then you look for the genes that

planned then you look for the genes that

planned then you look for the genes that you want to wear but they’re in the wash

you want to wear but they’re in the wash

you want to wear but they’re in the wash and so you have to go beg your sister to

and so you have to go beg your sister to

and so you have to go beg your sister to borrow hers and then you have to order a

borrow hers and then you have to order a

borrow hers and then you have to order a new barber like the rate is one point

new barber like the rate is one point

new barber like the rate is one point seven so it’s like okay I’m last wait a

seven so it’s like okay I’m last wait a

seven so it’s like okay I’m last wait a bit and then you’re late – whatever –

bit and then you’re late – whatever –

bit and then you’re late – whatever – you wanted to be there for but then you

you wanted to be there for but then you

you wanted to be there for but then you notice always works I’ve got to feed the

notice always works I’ve got to feed the

notice always works I’ve got to feed the cat and now my friends are eating and

cat and now my friends are eating and

cat and now my friends are eating and now I miss the cinema it’s just just

now I miss the cinema it’s just just

now I miss the cinema it’s just just little things that is neglectful as they

little things that is neglectful as they

little things that is neglectful as they sound the scenarios are infinite and

sound the scenarios are infinite and

sound the scenarios are infinite and these are things that happened during

these are things that happened during

these are things that happened during our lives and that we don’t notice but

our lives and that we don’t notice but

our lives and that we don’t notice but so many little things lead to so many

so many little things lead to so many

so many little things lead to so many different cases or scenarios that we

different cases or scenarios that we

different cases or scenarios that we don’t even notice in our daily lives so

don’t even notice in our daily lives so

don’t even notice in our daily lives so I want you to sit and think you are

I want you to sit and think you are

I want you to sit and think you are constantly making a chain so every time

constantly making a chain so every time

constantly making a chain so every time you think your mineus are cool I want

you think your mineus are cool I want

you think your mineus are cool I want you to remember that we

you to remember that we

you to remember that we all the frosting on the cupcake we’re

all the frosting on the cupcake we’re

all the frosting on the cupcake we’re already making a difference by simply

already making a difference by simply

already making a difference by simply living a cliche as it sounds our very

living a cliche as it sounds our very

living a cliche as it sounds our very presence is making a difference so we

presence is making a difference so we

presence is making a difference so we need to start acting by car bacteria is

need to start acting by car bacteria is

need to start acting by car bacteria is making a difference in this world and

making a difference in this world and

making a difference in this world and it’s changing the future so you don’t

it’s changing the future so you don’t

it’s changing the future so you don’t have to be famous you don’t have to be

have to be famous you don’t have to be

have to be famous you don’t have to be on TV to send out a message you don’t

on TV to send out a message you don’t

on TV to send out a message you don’t have to have millions of pounds to be

have to have millions of pounds to be

have to have millions of pounds to be able to do good or to help someone so

able to do good or to help someone so

able to do good or to help someone so the fact that you are simply present the

the fact that you are simply present the

the fact that you are simply present the fact you are here and not there you’ve

fact you are here and not there you’ve

fact you are here and not there you’ve already started the chain thank you

already started the chain thank you

already started the chain thank you [Music]

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