Who am I really I am that believes that every single small
that believes that every single small
that believes that every single small action that we take is a lot more
action that we take is a lot more
action that we take is a lot more important than who we are who yars in
important than who we are who yars in
important than who we are who yars in how old we are our gender the color of
how old we are our gender the color of
how old we are our gender the color of our skin how much money we make doesn’t
our skin how much money we make doesn’t
our skin how much money we make doesn’t really matter to me and I’d like to
really matter to me and I’d like to
really matter to me and I’d like to share with you a story and how I came to
share with you a story and how I came to
share with you a story and how I came to learn about who I really am I’m 17
learn about who I really am I’m 17
learn about who I really am I’m 17 holding the hand of my girlfriend we are
holding the hand of my girlfriend we are
holding the hand of my girlfriend we are in the underground in the Train in Paris
in the underground in the Train in Paris
in the underground in the Train in Paris and we are waiting on the platform and
and we are waiting on the platform and
and we are waiting on the platform and we just got our graduation we just
we just got our graduation we just
we just got our graduation we just graduated from high school we’re very
graduated from high school we’re very
graduated from high school we’re very happy and I’m looking down into the
happy and I’m looking down into the
happy and I’m looking down into the tunnel and I can see that the train is
tunnel and I can see that the train is
tunnel and I can see that the train is coming but at the same time as I’m
coming but at the same time as I’m
coming but at the same time as I’m looking there’s a man that runs from
looking there’s a man that runs from
looking there’s a man that runs from behind of us and jumps headfirst and
behind of us and jumps headfirst and
behind of us and jumps headfirst and smashes his head on the on the rail on
smashes his head on the on the rail on
smashes his head on the on the rail on the ground and he’s had his shaking and
the ground and he’s had his shaking and
the ground and he’s had his shaking and bleeding on the electric rail and
bleeding on the electric rail and
bleeding on the electric rail and without thinking I jump on the rail and
without thinking I jump on the rail and
without thinking I jump on the rail and I kick his face out of the electric rail
I kick his face out of the electric rail
I kick his face out of the electric rail I grab his body I throw him off the rail
I grab his body I throw him off the rail
I grab his body I throw him off the rail and as the train is coming I jump to the
and as the train is coming I jump to the
and as the train is coming I jump to the other side and as I look backwards to
other side and as I look backwards to
other side and as I look backwards to see how my girlfriend is going I see
see how my girlfriend is going I see
see how my girlfriend is going I see that she’s fainting and she’s falling
that she’s fainting and she’s falling
that she’s fainting and she’s falling towards the Train the train track in
towards the Train the train track in
towards the Train the train track in this moment I do not know if my
this moment I do not know if my
this moment I do not know if my girlfriend has been hit by the train but
girlfriend has been hit by the train but
girlfriend has been hit by the train but I collect the guy’s body and I try to
I collect the guy’s body and I try to
I collect the guy’s body and I try to drag him up and some people on the
drag him up and some people on the
drag him up and some people on the platform help us to bring in to safety
platform help us to bring in to safety
platform help us to bring in to safety and he comes back to his senses very
and he comes back to his senses very
and he comes back to his senses very quickly and actually is trying to run
quickly and actually is trying to run
quickly and actually is trying to run away he doesn’t want to be taken care of
away he doesn’t want to be taken care of
away he doesn’t want to be taken care of and the train departs and I see that my
and the train departs and I see that my
and the train departs and I see that my girlfriend is there and she is fine she
girlfriend is there and she is fine she
girlfriend is there and she is fine she she was not her head was not hit by the
she was not her head was not hit by the
she was not her head was not hit by the train she’s surrounded by a stranger was
train she’s surrounded by a stranger was
train she’s surrounded by a stranger was trying to help her so in a blink of an
trying to help her so in a blink of an
trying to help her so in a blink of an eye I
eye I
eye I I saved this guy who was trying to kill
I saved this guy who was trying to kill
I saved this guy who was trying to kill himself here obviously and I almost
himself here obviously and I almost
himself here obviously and I almost killed myself and I almost killed the
killed myself and I almost killed the
killed myself and I almost killed the woman that I loved
woman that I loved
woman that I loved and so it was a pretty shocking moment
and so it was a pretty shocking moment
and so it was a pretty shocking moment but it kind of worked well in terms of
but it kind of worked well in terms of
but it kind of worked well in terms of how I was educated and my father’s
how I was educated and my father’s
how I was educated and my father’s Japanese my mom is French and so I grew
Japanese my mom is French and so I grew
Japanese my mom is French and so I grew up with the unspoken rule of Japanese
up with the unspoken rule of Japanese
up with the unspoken rule of Japanese tradition of
tradition of
tradition of Shido and in the tradition we are told
Shido and in the tradition we are told
Shido and in the tradition we are told that we have to respect all the people
that we have to respect all the people
that we have to respect all the people and they have to look for us they have
and they have to look for us they have
and they have to look for us they have to protect us to the point that they
to protect us to the point that they
to protect us to the point that they have to be willing to sacrifice their
have to be willing to sacrifice their
have to be willing to sacrifice their life to protect us and so it also works
life to protect us and so it also works
life to protect us and so it also works very well with the definition I came
very well with the definition I came
very well with the definition I came across recently of what is courage the
across recently of what is courage the
across recently of what is courage the definition says that courage is the
definition says that courage is the
definition says that courage is the willingness to sacrifice one’s own
willingness to sacrifice one’s own
willingness to sacrifice one’s own comfort or one’s own life for something
comfort or one’s own life for something
comfort or one’s own life for something greater than oneself but then for weeks
greater than oneself but then for weeks
greater than oneself but then for weeks after this incident happened with my
after this incident happened with my
after this incident happened with my girlfriend I had a lot of chances to
girlfriend I had a lot of chances to
girlfriend I had a lot of chances to exchange about what happened and her
exchange about what happened and her
exchange about what happened and her conclusion was that I cared as much
conclusion was that I cared as much
conclusion was that I cared as much about the life of a stranger if not more
about the life of a stranger if not more
about the life of a stranger if not more than about her life or are the expenses
than about her life or are the expenses
than about her life or are the expenses of her life and so that for me she
of her life and so that for me she
of her life and so that for me she wasn’t nothing special that’s what she
wasn’t nothing special that’s what she
wasn’t nothing special that’s what she felt and so we separated shortly after
felt and so we separated shortly after
felt and so we separated shortly after that and that was a very painful
that and that was a very painful
that and that was a very painful realization but also it helped me to
realization but also it helped me to
realization but also it helped me to discover something about myself is that
discover something about myself is that
discover something about myself is that I have this unbounded a sense of empathy
I have this unbounded a sense of empathy
I have this unbounded a sense of empathy how far do you extend your empathy your
how far do you extend your empathy your
how far do you extend your empathy your is it just for your family or is it for
is it just for your family or is it for
is it just for your family or is it for your countrymen in Hong Kong or is it
your countrymen in Hong Kong or is it
your countrymen in Hong Kong or is it for China or is it for people who look
for China or is it for people who look
for China or is it for people who look like you or is it for the humankind or
like you or is it for the humankind or
like you or is it for the humankind or is it with the animals maybe you a
is it with the animals maybe you a
is it with the animals maybe you a vegetarian or is it for the trees maybe
vegetarian or is it for the trees maybe
vegetarian or is it for the trees maybe you are care for the environment or
you are care for the environment or
you are care for the environment or maybe you feel very deeply moved when
maybe you feel very deeply moved when
maybe you feel very deeply moved when you see the power of a mountain or when
you see the power of a mountain or when
you see the power of a mountain or when you see a sunset maybe you feel that
you see a sunset maybe you feel that
you see a sunset maybe you feel that those are you know powerful experiences
those are you know powerful experiences
those are you know powerful experiences for you but these are human impulses
for you but these are human impulses
for you but these are human impulses these are human desires but a human
these are human desires but a human
these are human desires but a human needs are different and those things can
needs are different and those things can
needs are different and those things can either be the things I described before
either be the things I described before
either be the things I described before we are either instinctual so these are
we are either instinctual so these are
we are either instinctual so these are things that we have in ours or things
things that we have in ours or things
things that we have in ours or things that we can learn we can learn empathy
that we can learn we can learn empathy
that we can learn we can learn empathy and so if you look at human needs when
and so if you look at human needs when
and so if you look at human needs when we are born we discover quickly we need
we are born we discover quickly we need
we are born we discover quickly we need to be warm we need to eat we need to
to be warm we need to eat we need to
to be warm we need to eat we need to have a shelter and as we grow up we
have a shelter and as we grow up we
have a shelter and as we grow up we discover all these new needs that we
discover all these new needs that we
discover all these new needs that we that we have that we want to have money
that we have that we want to have money
that we have that we want to have money we want to have a nice house we want to
we want to have a nice house we want to
we want to have a nice house we want to belong to a family
belong to a family
belong to a family want to love as well we want to have
want to love as well we want to have
want to love as well we want to have recognition from our peers we want to
recognition from our peers we want to
recognition from our peers we want to achieve great things and we want maybe
achieve great things and we want maybe
achieve great things and we want maybe to aspire to some spirituality we want
to aspire to some spirituality we want
to aspire to some spirituality we want to understand why in our lives and what
to understand why in our lives and what
to understand why in our lives and what really fascinates me is that we have
really fascinates me is that we have
really fascinates me is that we have designed the whole world around our
designed the whole world around our
designed the whole world around our needs if you look at a society that’s
needs if you look at a society that’s
needs if you look at a society that’s based on agriculture it is there to
based on agriculture it is there to
based on agriculture it is there to supply our need for food and
supply our need for food and
supply our need for food and industrialization has allowed us to make
industrialization has allowed us to make
industrialization has allowed us to make our mental self building shelters and
our mental self building shelters and
our mental self building shelters and clothes to be easier and service helped
clothes to be easier and service helped
clothes to be easier and service helped us to get people closer and now we live
us to get people closer and now we live
us to get people closer and now we live in this kind of intermediary adolescent
in this kind of intermediary adolescent
in this kind of intermediary adolescent since what so many people call the age
since what so many people call the age
since what so many people call the age of data we have focused a lot about data
of data we have focused a lot about data
of data we have focused a lot about data and numbers but I believe that the
and numbers but I believe that the
and numbers but I believe that the future of our society is going to be a
future of our society is going to be a
future of our society is going to be a society of knowledge a creativity and
society of knowledge a creativity and
society of knowledge a creativity and eventually a society of wisdom but the
eventually a society of wisdom but the
eventually a society of wisdom but the question is how are we going to get
question is how are we going to get
question is how are we going to get there it seems that we are very still
there it seems that we are very still
there it seems that we are very still very far from a society of wisdom and a
very far from a society of wisdom and a
very far from a society of wisdom and a society that’s truly sustainable so Hong
society that’s truly sustainable so Hong
society that’s truly sustainable so Hong Kong is a very special place to be right
Kong is a very special place to be right
Kong is a very special place to be right now for many reasons but I’ll mention
now for many reasons but I’ll mention
now for many reasons but I’ll mention this is that Hong Kong is also at the at
this is that Hong Kong is also at the at
this is that Hong Kong is also at the at the heart of one what is going to become
the heart of one what is going to become
the heart of one what is going to become one of the world largest city it’s
one of the world largest city it’s
one of the world largest city it’s extremely rich but it’s extremely
extremely rich but it’s extremely
extremely rich but it’s extremely unequal as well it means that you have
unequal as well it means that you have
unequal as well it means that you have very rich people and very poor people I
very rich people and very poor people I
very rich people and very poor people I mean just look at a three young you see
mean just look at a three young you see
mean just look at a three young you see like all people that have been abandoned
like all people that have been abandoned
like all people that have been abandoned by the family scavenging the street to
by the family scavenging the street to
by the family scavenging the street to collect garbage between tesla’s and if
collect garbage between tesla’s and if
collect garbage between tesla’s and if you look at the states of development
you look at the states of development
you look at the states of development like we have the most materialistic
like we have the most materialistic
like we have the most materialistic society we have everything we need the
society we have everything we need the
society we have everything we need the logistics everything that is necessary
logistics everything that is necessary
logistics everything that is necessary but still one of the most wasteful and
but still one of the most wasteful and
but still one of the most wasteful and the least recycle one of the city that
the least recycle one of the city that
the least recycle one of the city that recycles the less so there’s this
recycles the less so there’s this
recycles the less so there’s this incredible capacity but the same time
incredible capacity but the same time
incredible capacity but the same time this incredible lack of love and empathy
this incredible lack of love and empathy
this incredible lack of love and empathy that exist in the city and so what I see
that exist in the city and so what I see
that exist in the city and so what I see is that it really exemplify a modern
is that it really exemplify a modern
is that it really exemplify a modern society and Hong Kong is at the
society and Hong Kong is at the
society and Hong Kong is at the forefront of that being a very mature
forefront of that being a very mature
forefront of that being a very mature society and it can pave the way and lead
society and it can pave the way and lead
society and it can pave the way and lead by example
by example
by example if it makes us the right choices the
if it makes us the right choices the
if it makes us the right choices the West society is that with
West society is that with
West society is that with it’s healthy environments if you don’t
it’s healthy environments if you don’t
it’s healthy environments if you don’t have clean air clean water to drink you
have clean air clean water to drink you
have clean air clean water to drink you can’t have healthy families you can’t
can’t have healthy families you can’t
can’t have healthy families you can’t have healthy companies if you don’t have
have healthy companies if you don’t have
have healthy companies if you don’t have healthy company you can’t build and
healthy company you can’t build and
healthy company you can’t build and maintain advanced technology and people
maintain advanced technology and people
maintain advanced technology and people think about money as the main point of
think about money as the main point of
think about money as the main point of focus but technology money is just a
focus but technology money is just a
focus but technology money is just a form of technology but a problem in our
form of technology but a problem in our
form of technology but a problem in our society is that money has become the
society is that money has become the
society is that money has become the center of the reason the motivation for
center of the reason the motivation for
center of the reason the motivation for making all our decisions and we are
making all our decisions and we are
making all our decisions and we are willing to sacrifice environment and
willing to sacrifice environment and
willing to sacrifice environment and sacrifi the left of many people for
sacrifi the left of many people for
sacrifi the left of many people for money but why I was talking about
money but why I was talking about
money but why I was talking about courage is I feel the courage is
courage is I feel the courage is
courage is I feel the courage is embedded in this arrow is the courage to
embedded in this arrow is the courage to
embedded in this arrow is the courage to admit that the only way we’re going to
admit that the only way we’re going to
admit that the only way we’re going to build a sustainable society is to change
build a sustainable society is to change
build a sustainable society is to change the order of priority if we want to have
the order of priority if we want to have
the order of priority if we want to have a society sustainable we need to invest
a society sustainable we need to invest
a society sustainable we need to invest in the foundation of our wealth in the
in the foundation of our wealth in the
in the foundation of our wealth in the foundation of our sustainability if we
foundation of our sustainability if we
foundation of our sustainability if we destroy the environment in people’s life
destroy the environment in people’s life
destroy the environment in people’s life we can do that for some time but
we can do that for some time but
we can do that for some time but eventually it will not it will not last
eventually it will not it will not last
eventually it will not it will not last you will break eventually so we’ve come
you will break eventually so we’ve come
you will break eventually so we’ve come to a point where I feel that you know we
to a point where I feel that you know we
to a point where I feel that you know we have all this way that people treat each
have all this way that people treat each
have all this way that people treat each other like men to women men to animals
other like men to women men to animals
other like men to women men to animals mentally environment in general but we
mentally environment in general but we
mentally environment in general but we have to realize that actually without
have to realize that actually without
have to realize that actually without this kind of systemic understanding that
this kind of systemic understanding that
this kind of systemic understanding that we are just part of nature will it would
we are just part of nature will it would
we are just part of nature will it would just not work and I want to be in a
just not work and I want to be in a
just not work and I want to be in a world where weights weights like this so
world where weights weights like this so
world where weights weights like this so this is a sentence that my father told
this is a sentence that my father told
this is a sentence that my father told me when I was a kid and I didn’t
me when I was a kid and I didn’t
me when I was a kid and I didn’t understand that really at the beginning
understand that really at the beginning
understand that really at the beginning he told me that everything is equal it
he told me that everything is equal it
he told me that everything is equal it means that my life is no more important
means that my life is no more important
means that my life is no more important than your life is not more important
than your life is not more important
than your life is not more important than your life it’s not more important
than your life it’s not more important
than your life it’s not more important than the life of the fish I just ate
than the life of the fish I just ate
than the life of the fish I just ate it’s not more important than life of
it’s not more important than life of
it’s not more important than life of trees that that you know that can heat
trees that that you know that can heat
trees that that you know that can heat us from the algae that give us the air
us from the algae that give us the air
us from the algae that give us the air that we can breathe that everything is
that we can breathe that everything is
that we can breathe that everything is alive so it’s another thing that my
alive so it’s another thing that my
alive so it’s another thing that my father told me from the Shinto tradition
father told me from the Shinto tradition
father told me from the Shinto tradition is that everything on the grand scale of
is that everything on the grand scale of
is that everything on the grand scale of the universe everything is constantly
the universe everything is constantly
the universe everything is constantly moving and at the small scale the
moving and at the small scale the
moving and at the small scale the universe also everything is moving at
universe also everything is moving at
universe also everything is moving at the atomic scale
the atomic scale
the atomic scale there’s only movement nothing stays in
there’s only movement nothing stays in
there’s only movement nothing stays in the same place so on the pure scientific
the same place so on the pure scientific
the same place so on the pure scientific definition of life this is not true
definition of life this is not true
definition of life this is not true everything is not alive in the strict
everything is not alive in the strict
everything is not alive in the strict definition of science but what is true
definition of science but what is true
definition of science but what is true in it
in it
in it in the in the spirit of science is that
in the in the spirit of science is that
in the in the spirit of science is that nature changes all the time we keep as a
nature changes all the time we keep as a
nature changes all the time we keep as a designer as a scientist we we keep
designer as a scientist we we keep
designer as a scientist we we keep pursuing trying to describe how the
pursuing trying to describe how the
pursuing trying to describe how the world functions and when we use the word
world functions and when we use the word
world functions and when we use the word natural order it reflects more about
natural order it reflects more about
natural order it reflects more about human hubris than how the world actually
human hubris than how the world actually
human hubris than how the world actually is beautiful and complicated and keeps
is beautiful and complicated and keeps
is beautiful and complicated and keeps changing and the discovery made
changing and the discovery made
changing and the discovery made centuries ago keeps being questioned and
centuries ago keeps being questioned and
centuries ago keeps being questioned and the truth that we hold today is going to
the truth that we hold today is going to
the truth that we hold today is going to be questioned in the future so to me is
be questioned in the future so to me is
be questioned in the future so to me is to understand who I really am
to understand who I really am
to understand who I really am comes down to this question to to to to
comes down to this question to to to to
comes down to this question to to to to those ideas sorry is I am somebody who
those ideas sorry is I am somebody who
those ideas sorry is I am somebody who believes that our instinct is to protect
believes that our instinct is to protect
believes that our instinct is to protect life and to love and to try to extend
life and to love and to try to extend
life and to love and to try to extend our sense of empathy as far as possible
our sense of empathy as far as possible
our sense of empathy as far as possible and that for me that’s the exercise our
and that for me that’s the exercise our
and that for me that’s the exercise our being a human and if the definition of
being a human and if the definition of
being a human and if the definition of courage is to be willing to sacrifice
courage is to be willing to sacrifice
courage is to be willing to sacrifice one’s own comfort and one’s owns life
one’s own comfort and one’s owns life
one’s own comfort and one’s owns life for something that is greater then I
for something that is greater then I
for something that is greater then I want to spend my life to understand and
want to spend my life to understand and
want to spend my life to understand and to learn how to be courageous and I want
to learn how to be courageous and I want
to learn how to be courageous and I want to help other people find their courage
to help other people find their courage
to help other people find their courage thank you very much
you
you [Applause]
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