
I’m accused all the time of being a futurist and I spend a lot of my energy
futurist and I spend a lot of my energy
futurist and I spend a lot of my energy at talks sort of like this not being a
at talks sort of like this not being a
at talks sort of like this not being a futurist I don’t actually think you can
futurist I don’t actually think you can
futurist I don’t actually think you can predict the future
predict the future
predict the future that’s part of what we do at X is try to
that’s part of what we do at X is try to
that’s part of what we do at X is try to make the future as a group rather than
make the future as a group rather than
make the future as a group rather than know ahead of time what the right answer
know ahead of time what the right answer
know ahead of time what the right answer is but I’m going to make an exception
is but I’m going to make an exception
is but I’m going to make an exception today because of your theme so the
today because of your theme so the
today because of your theme so the future ten little ideas for you that I’m
future ten little ideas for you that I’m
future ten little ideas for you that I’m fairly confident or true the first is
fairly confident or true the first is
fairly confident or true the first is that the future is coming at you faster
that the future is coming at you faster
that the future is coming at you faster than you think and I don’t mean by that
than you think and I don’t mean by that
than you think and I don’t mean by that that you’re gonna wake up tomorrow
that you’re gonna wake up tomorrow
that you’re gonna wake up tomorrow literally the theme of your conference
literally the theme of your conference
literally the theme of your conference and discover that it’s the future flying
and discover that it’s the future flying
and discover that it’s the future flying cars and things like that I don’t think
cars and things like that I don’t think
cars and things like that I don’t think we’re ever gonna get flying cars at this
we’re ever gonna get flying cars at this
we’re ever gonna get flying cars at this point cuz they were promising that to
point cuz they were promising that to
point cuz they were promising that to our grandparents but the future is going
our grandparents but the future is going
our grandparents but the future is going to find you over the next 10 years
to find you over the next 10 years
to find you over the next 10 years faster than you think so 10 years ago
faster than you think so 10 years ago
faster than you think so 10 years ago there were no smartphones that doesn’t
there were no smartphones that doesn’t
there were no smartphones that doesn’t seem possible now because there were
seem possible now because there were
seem possible now because there were billions of people who have smartphones
billions of people who have smartphones
billions of people who have smartphones but 10 years ago there were zero
but 10 years ago there were zero
but 10 years ago there were zero smartphones in the entire world that’s
smartphones in the entire world that’s
smartphones in the entire world that’s what the future used to be like it used
what the future used to be like it used
what the future used to be like it used to take 10 years for the future to come
to take 10 years for the future to come
to take 10 years for the future to come find you but that’s not how it’s going
find you but that’s not how it’s going
find you but that’s not how it’s going to be because the future is speeding up
to be because the future is speeding up
to be because the future is speeding up and what I mean by that is that the
and what I mean by that is that the
and what I mean by that is that the future has the opportunity to stand on
future has the opportunity to stand on
future has the opportunity to stand on the shoulders of the present every
the shoulders of the present every
the shoulders of the present every technology that we build creates an
technology that we build creates an
technology that we build creates an opportunity for us to build more faster
opportunity for us to build more faster
opportunity for us to build more faster because of the new tools that we have it
because of the new tools that we have it
because of the new tools that we have it used to be the case that your
used to be the case that your
used to be the case that your grandparents had maybe two careers in
grandparents had maybe two careers in
grandparents had maybe two careers in their whole lives
their whole lives
their whole lives your parents had maybe three
your parents had maybe three
your parents had maybe three three-and-a-half careers sort of
three-and-a-half careers sort of
three-and-a-half careers sort of depending you’re going to go to college
depending you’re going to go to college
depending you’re going to go to college and there will be jobs waiting for you
and there will be jobs waiting for you
and there will be jobs waiting for you by the time you’re done with college
by the time you’re done with college
by the time you’re done with college that don’t have names for those careers
that don’t have names for those careers
that don’t have names for those careers the day you start college that’s how
the day you start college that’s how
the day you start college that’s how fast things are changing and so when I
fast things are changing and so when I
fast things are changing and so when I say change
say change
say change the new norm I mean it used to be the
the new norm I mean it used to be the
the new norm I mean it used to be the case that you would get into your life
case that you would get into your life
case that you would get into your life and it felt a little bit like an
and it felt a little bit like an
and it felt a little bit like an airplane you could feel the pressure in
airplane you could feel the pressure in
airplane you could feel the pressure in the back of your seat as you took off
the back of your seat as you took off
the back of your seat as you took off but once you were flying you were just
but once you were flying you were just
but once you were flying you were just going
going
going it was mostly smooth and then there were
it was mostly smooth and then there were
it was mostly smooth and then there were occasional bumps it’s not gonna feel
occasional bumps it’s not gonna feel
occasional bumps it’s not gonna feel like that for you guys for your entire
like that for you guys for your entire
like that for you guys for your entire lives you’re gonna feel that pressure in
lives you’re gonna feel that pressure in
lives you’re gonna feel that pressure in the back of your seat you’re just gonna
the back of your seat you’re just gonna
the back of your seat you’re just gonna keep speeding up and the thing that’s
keep speeding up and the thing that’s
keep speeding up and the thing that’s gonna cause you to be successful and the
gonna cause you to be successful and the
gonna cause you to be successful and the thing that’s gonna cause you to be happy
thing that’s gonna cause you to be happy
thing that’s gonna cause you to be happy is getting okay with change being the
is getting okay with change being the
is getting okay with change being the thing that is normal in your life rather
thing that is normal in your life rather
thing that is normal in your life rather than hoping for some kind of stability
than hoping for some kind of stability
than hoping for some kind of stability it’s like riding a bicycle if you stay
it’s like riding a bicycle if you stay
it’s like riding a bicycle if you stay still on the bicycle it’s incredibly
still on the bicycle it’s incredibly
still on the bicycle it’s incredibly hard to stay up but if you keep moving
hard to stay up but if you keep moving
hard to stay up but if you keep moving it’s actually pretty easy to balance on
it’s actually pretty easy to balance on
it’s actually pretty easy to balance on a bicycle I think that’s how you’re
a bicycle I think that’s how you’re
a bicycle I think that’s how you’re gonna find the future I’m gonna try not
gonna find the future I’m gonna try not
gonna find the future I’m gonna try not to predict technology too much but this
to predict technology too much but this
to predict technology too much but this one I’m pretty sure of we’re used today
one I’m pretty sure of we’re used today
one I’m pretty sure of we’re used today to thinking of these electronic things
to thinking of these electronic things
to thinking of these electronic things that we have as having more and more
that we have as having more and more
that we have as having more and more intelligence solving more and more of
intelligence solving more and more of
intelligence solving more and more of our problems for us but there’s two
our problems for us but there’s two
our problems for us but there’s two worlds there’s the physical world and
worlds there’s the physical world and
worlds there’s the physical world and there’s the digital world and you have
there’s the digital world and you have
there’s the digital world and you have to pick between them and that way of
to pick between them and that way of
to pick between them and that way of thinking that dichotomy is about to
thinking that dichotomy is about to
thinking that dichotomy is about to disappear so I’m confident that you’re
disappear so I’m confident that you’re
disappear so I’m confident that you’re going to find in the near future that
going to find in the near future that
going to find in the near future that the physical world will start to take on
the physical world will start to take on
the physical world will start to take on intelligence we will embed intelligence
intelligence we will embed intelligence
intelligence we will embed intelligence that is the ability to think to sense
that is the ability to think to sense
that is the ability to think to sense and to act in various ways into the
and to act in various ways into the
and to act in various ways into the physical things in our lives so it
physical things in our lives so it
physical things in our lives so it doesn’t make any sense maybe for us
doesn’t make any sense maybe for us
doesn’t make any sense maybe for us today to think about it this way but
today to think about it this way but
today to think about it this way but when you walk up to a coffee maker 10
when you walk up to a coffee maker 10
when you walk up to a coffee maker 10 years from now why would you press a
years from now why would you press a
years from now why would you press a button to say how much coffee you want
button to say how much coffee you want
button to say how much coffee you want what a weird thing to do
what a weird thing to do
what a weird thing to do we’ll think 10 years from now the coffee
we’ll think 10 years from now the coffee
we’ll think 10 years from now the coffee maker should just know how much coffee
maker should just know how much coffee
maker should just know how much coffee you’ve already had and how your body is
you’ve already had and how your body is
you’ve already had and how your body is feeling and how much coffee you actually
feeling and how much coffee you actually
feeling and how much coffee you actually need to make yourself just the right
need to make yourself just the right
need to make yourself just the right amount perky with
amount perky with
amount perky with kind of nervous about it that’s what the
kind of nervous about it that’s what the
kind of nervous about it that’s what the coffee maker is going to do ten years
coffee maker is going to do ten years
coffee maker is going to do ten years from now and we’re gonna have
from now and we’re gonna have
from now and we’re gonna have intelligence in chairs we’re gonna have
intelligence in chairs we’re gonna have
intelligence in chairs we’re gonna have intelligence in the cups that we drink
intelligence in the cups that we drink
intelligence in the cups that we drink from and that seems like the future but
from and that seems like the future but
from and that seems like the future but I promise you that in ten years that’s
I promise you that in ten years that’s
I promise you that in ten years that’s the way it’s going to be that we will
the way it’s going to be that we will
the way it’s going to be that we will have erased this distinction between the
have erased this distinction between the
have erased this distinction between the internet which we dive into in this
internet which we dive into in this
internet which we dive into in this ethereal disembodied way or being in a
ethereal disembodied way or being in a
ethereal disembodied way or being in a physical world that the intelligence and
physical world that the intelligence and
physical world that the intelligence and the connectivity of the Internet is
the connectivity of the Internet is
the connectivity of the Internet is going to come and be with us much more
going to come and be with us much more
going to come and be with us much more constantly in the physical world so
there’s a lot of talk as you’ve probably
there’s a lot of talk as you’ve probably heard about the fear of robots I suppose
heard about the fear of robots I suppose
heard about the fear of robots I suppose there’s at one level the fear of robots
there’s at one level the fear of robots
there’s at one level the fear of robots as sort of terminators coming to get you
as sort of terminators coming to get you
as sort of terminators coming to get you but even if you leave that fear aside
but even if you leave that fear aside
but even if you leave that fear aside there’s the fear of robots that they’re
there’s the fear of robots that they’re
there’s the fear of robots that they’re gonna take our jobs that that they’re
gonna take our jobs that that they’re
gonna take our jobs that that they’re somehow going to dehumanize us as they
somehow going to dehumanize us as they
somehow going to dehumanize us as they sort of take over the world or any way
sort of take over the world or any way
sort of take over the world or any way or more presence in the world and I
or more presence in the world and I
or more presence in the world and I totally don’t buy that I think you are
totally don’t buy that I think you are
totally don’t buy that I think you are all probably very comfortable at this
all probably very comfortable at this
all probably very comfortable at this point with the idea that computers are
point with the idea that computers are
point with the idea that computers are levers for our minds these things help
levers for our minds these things help
levers for our minds these things help us to think they take grunt work off of
us to think they take grunt work off of
us to think they take grunt work off of us so that we can think bigger thoughts
us so that we can think bigger thoughts
us so that we can think bigger thoughts we can think faster thoughts people used
we can think faster thoughts people used
we can think faster thoughts people used to have to go talk to a reference
to have to go talk to a reference
to have to go talk to a reference librarian to find something out instead
librarian to find something out instead
librarian to find something out instead of just going to Google and well I’m a
of just going to Google and well I’m a
of just going to Google and well I’m a little bit sorry for the reference
little bit sorry for the reference
little bit sorry for the reference librarians that they don’t get visited
librarians that they don’t get visited
librarians that they don’t get visited as much presumably for most of you
as much presumably for most of you
as much presumably for most of you that’s a good thing that you can find
that’s a good thing that you can find
that’s a good thing that you can find out an answer in five seconds instead of
out an answer in five seconds instead of
out an answer in five seconds instead of 50 minutes the physical world is going
50 minutes the physical world is going
50 minutes the physical world is going to give that to us too if we stop
to give that to us too if we stop
to give that to us too if we stop thinking about robots as mechanical
thinking about robots as mechanical
thinking about robots as mechanical people who are going to take jobs away
people who are going to take jobs away
people who are going to take jobs away from us but think instead about robots
from us but think instead about robots
from us but think instead about robots as being the physical equivalent of
as being the physical equivalent of
as being the physical equivalent of computers things that can be levers for
computers things that can be levers for
computers things that can be levers for our bodies the way computers are levers
our bodies the way computers are levers
our bodies the way computers are levers for our minds I think will be a lot more
for our minds I think will be a lot more
for our minds I think will be a lot more excited about the world the robots are
excited about the world the robots are
excited about the world the robots are going to be here and I don’t just mean
going to be here and I don’t just mean
going to be here and I don’t just mean robots in
robots in
robots in the mechanical man sense I mean robots
the mechanical man sense I mean robots
the mechanical man sense I mean robots in the more general sense of things that
in the more general sense of things that
in the more general sense of things that have sensing and computation and
have sensing and computation and
have sensing and computation and actuation they’re gonna be everywhere
actuation they’re gonna be everywhere
actuation they’re gonna be everywhere and the more that we can learn how to
and the more that we can learn how to
and the more that we can learn how to use them as levers for our minds and for
use them as levers for our minds and for
use them as levers for our minds and for our bodies the happier you’ll end up
our bodies the happier you’ll end up
our bodies the happier you’ll end up being in your future
being in your future
being in your future so speed lures replace these structural
so speed lures replace these structural
so speed lures replace these structural advantages I mean this in both the sense
advantages I mean this in both the sense
advantages I mean this in both the sense of the physical world to imagine a car
of the physical world to imagine a car
of the physical world to imagine a car when you build a car you have to build
when you build a car you have to build
when you build a car you have to build it strong because the presumption is
it strong because the presumption is
it strong because the presumption is that it’s gonna smash into a brick wall
that it’s gonna smash into a brick wall
that it’s gonna smash into a brick wall at some point or a head-on collision
at some point or a head-on collision
at some point or a head-on collision with some other car and so it needs a
with some other car and so it needs a
with some other car and so it needs a lot of steel very carefully placed
lot of steel very carefully placed
lot of steel very carefully placed around the car so when it smashes into
around the car so when it smashes into
around the car so when it smashes into the wall the person inside is okay that
the wall the person inside is okay that
the wall the person inside is okay that is a structural advantage but if you
is a structural advantage but if you
is a structural advantage but if you could embed enough intelligence into the
could embed enough intelligence into the
could embed enough intelligence into the car if its reaction time could be faster
car if its reaction time could be faster
car if its reaction time could be faster relative to its stopping distance maybe
relative to its stopping distance maybe
relative to its stopping distance maybe we could just have it not hit the brick
we could just have it not hit the brick
we could just have it not hit the brick wall if we don’t need the the and if we
wall if we don’t need the the and if we
wall if we don’t need the the and if we don’t have the fear that it will hit the
don’t have the fear that it will hit the
don’t have the fear that it will hit the brick wall then we can take the steel
brick wall then we can take the steel
brick wall then we can take the steel out not all of it but much of it out of
out not all of it but much of it out of
out not all of it but much of it out of the car we can make it lighter and more
the car we can make it lighter and more
the car we can make it lighter and more fuel-efficient but I mean this also in
fuel-efficient but I mean this also in
fuel-efficient but I mean this also in the sense that there has been
the sense that there has been
the sense that there has been historically this presumption for
historically this presumption for
historically this presumption for organizations particularly for
organizations particularly for
organizations particularly for businesses that structural advantages
businesses that structural advantages
businesses that structural advantages are what make the opportunities continue
are what make the opportunities continue
are what make the opportunities continue for a company you have the regulatory
for a company you have the regulatory
for a company you have the regulatory approval for your product and I don’t so
approval for your product and I don’t so
approval for your product and I don’t so you’re gonna win and I’m gonna lose you
you’re gonna win and I’m gonna lose you
you’re gonna win and I’m gonna lose you have the patents on your product and I
have the patents on your product and I
have the patents on your product and I don’t so you’re gonna win and I’m gonna
don’t so you’re gonna win and I’m gonna
don’t so you’re gonna win and I’m gonna lose those kinds of things won’t be
lose those kinds of things won’t be
lose those kinds of things won’t be untrue ten years from now but they’re
untrue ten years from now but they’re
untrue ten years from now but they’re gonna be a lot less important speed is
gonna be a lot less important speed is
gonna be a lot less important speed is turning out to eat those things because
turning out to eat those things because
turning out to eat those things because if it takes five years to get a patent
if it takes five years to get a patent
if it takes five years to get a patent and you can go from an idea to a having
and you can go from an idea to a having
and you can go from an idea to a having a successful business possibly even
a successful business possibly even
a successful business possibly even cashing out of that successful business
cashing out of that successful business
cashing out of that successful business within five years the patent won’t even
within five years the patent won’t even
within five years the patent won’t even be issued yet the patent isn’t
be issued yet the patent isn’t
be issued yet the patent isn’t completely without purpose
completely without purpose
completely without purpose it’s somehow less important than it used
it’s somehow less important than it used
it’s somehow less important than it used to be by that point and I think you will
to be by that point and I think you will
to be by that point and I think you will find that in in your future speed is
find that in in your future speed is
find that in in your future speed is going to be so important that resisting
going to be so important that resisting
going to be so important that resisting that will put you on the wrong side of
that will put you on the wrong side of
that will put you on the wrong side of history and getting with the speed
history and getting with the speed
history and getting with the speed enjoying speeds seeing speed is sort of
enjoying speeds seeing speed is sort of
enjoying speeds seeing speed is sort of the ultimate weapon will I think make
the ultimate weapon will I think make
the ultimate weapon will I think make the future more fun for you if I was
the future more fun for you if I was
the future more fun for you if I was gonna start a company today one of the
gonna start a company today one of the
gonna start a company today one of the things I would look for is someone to
things I would look for is someone to
things I would look for is someone to say well that’s kind of a good idea in
say well that’s kind of a good idea in
say well that’s kind of a good idea in all other ways but you’d need like a
all other ways but you’d need like a
all other ways but you’d need like a hundred or a thousand times as much
hundred or a thousand times as much
hundred or a thousand times as much computation in order for that to work
computation in order for that to work
computation in order for that to work but otherwise it’s a good idea
but otherwise it’s a good idea
but otherwise it’s a good idea you should go start that business right
you should go start that business right
you should go start that business right now you should bet your careers and what
now you should bet your careers and what
now you should bet your careers and what you study in school on this being true
you study in school on this being true
you study in school on this being true that there’s going to be essentially
that there’s going to be essentially
that there’s going to be essentially infinite computation for free and it’s
infinite computation for free and it’s
infinite computation for free and it’s going to be embedded into the world it
going to be embedded into the world it
going to be embedded into the world it won’t literally be infinite and it won’t
won’t literally be infinite and it won’t
won’t literally be infinite and it won’t literally be free but it’s gonna be
literally be free but it’s gonna be
literally be free but it’s gonna be closer than you think a hundred times as
closer than you think a hundred times as
closer than you think a hundred times as much computation for a hundred as much
much computation for a hundred as much
much computation for a hundred as much money ten thousand times the computation
money ten thousand times the computation
money ten thousand times the computation per dollar that’ll be true or close to
per dollar that’ll be true or close to
per dollar that’ll be true or close to true within ten years so I think people
true within ten years so I think people
true within ten years so I think people are massively under estimating the
are massively under estimating the
are massively under estimating the extent to which this is true and to
extent to which this is true and to
extent to which this is true and to which the extent to which this is going
which the extent to which this is going
which the extent to which this is going to dominate what the future turns out to
to dominate what the future turns out to
to dominate what the future turns out to be if there’s infinite computation
be if there’s infinite computation
be if there’s infinite computation essentially for free then we’re going to
essentially for free then we’re going to
essentially for free then we’re going to have computers and robots starting to
have computers and robots starting to
have computers and robots starting to solve more of our problems for us more
solve more of our problems for us more
solve more of our problems for us more automatically you’ll stop saying I need
automatically you’ll stop saying I need
automatically you’ll stop saying I need to design this strut for a car you’ll
to design this strut for a car you’ll
to design this strut for a car you’ll just say to a computer I need a strut
just say to a computer I need a strut
just say to a computer I need a strut for the car that has these
for the car that has these
for the car that has these characteristics and the computer is
characteristics and the computer is
characteristics and the computer is going to design it for you that’s
going to design it for you that’s
going to design it for you that’s already starting to happen if that
already starting to happen if that
already starting to happen if that happens and it is happening if that’s
happens and it is happening if that’s
happens and it is happening if that’s the future then we’re going to move from
the future then we’re going to move from
the future then we’re going to move from a society where the value is produced by
a society where the value is produced by
a society where the value is produced by doing the design by making the thing it
doing the design by making the thing it
doing the design by making the thing it will become asking the right questions
will become asking the right questions
will become asking the right questions I think people are worried that we’re
I think people are worried that we’re
I think people are worried that we’re all going to not have jobs because
all going to not have jobs because
all going to not have jobs because computers are gonna solve all the
computers are gonna solve all the
computers are gonna solve all the problems we have I actually think that
problems we have I actually think that
problems we have I actually think that that’s to some extent true but the world
that’s to some extent true but the world
that’s to some extent true but the world is not going to run out of problems the
is not going to run out of problems the
is not going to run out of problems the world is not going to run out of
world is not going to run out of
world is not going to run out of interesting questions and that people
interesting questions and that people
interesting questions and that people who are adding value and the people who
who are adding value and the people who
who are adding value and the people who are having fun are mostly going to be
are having fun are mostly going to be
are having fun are mostly going to be the people who have great questions who
the people who have great questions who
the people who have great questions who can come up with interesting new ways to
can come up with interesting new ways to
can come up with interesting new ways to see the world and new problems for us to
see the world and new problems for us to
see the world and new problems for us to think about so this one’s a little bit
think about so this one’s a little bit
think about so this one’s a little bit more political but I believe that this
more political but I believe that this
more political but I believe that this one’s true right now people are talking
one’s true right now people are talking
one’s true right now people are talking as though we live in a post post truth
as though we live in a post post truth
as though we live in a post post truth world and I don’t believe that that’s
world and I don’t believe that that’s
world and I don’t believe that that’s true
true
true if you think I’m wrong take a drunken
if you think I’m wrong take a drunken
if you think I’m wrong take a drunken party pic and put it online somewhere
party pic and put it online somewhere
party pic and put it online somewhere and wait about four years and in the
and wait about four years and in the
and wait about four years and in the middle of applying to your first job you
middle of applying to your first job you
middle of applying to your first job you will discover that the world has a very
will discover that the world has a very
will discover that the world has a very long memory and can be very unforgiving
long memory and can be very unforgiving
long memory and can be very unforgiving about those things I would like to think
about those things I would like to think
about those things I would like to think that even though very temporarily we
that even though very temporarily we
that even though very temporarily we seem to have lost our minds about truth
seem to have lost our minds about truth
seem to have lost our minds about truth and reputation as a society that we’re
and reputation as a society that we’re
and reputation as a society that we’re going to recover our minds and that you
going to recover our minds and that you
going to recover our minds and that you know the flipside of some of the
know the flipside of some of the
know the flipside of some of the paranoia around the internet remembering
paranoia around the internet remembering
paranoia around the internet remembering everything is that the Internet can
everything is that the Internet can
everything is that the Internet can remember everything and I I’m hopeful
remember everything and I I’m hopeful
remember everything and I I’m hopeful that in the future I’m confident than in
that in the future I’m confident than in
that in the future I’m confident than in the future we’re going to have better
the future we’re going to have better
the future we’re going to have better and better mechanisms for tracking what
and better mechanisms for tracking what
and better mechanisms for tracking what you said and what I said over time so
you said and what I said over time so
you said and what I said over time so that our reputations and how that
that our reputations and how that
that our reputations and how that relates to our truthiness
relates to our truthiness
relates to our truthiness actually can be part of our personal
actually can be part of our personal
actually can be part of our personal brands I think that’s going to be good
brands I think that’s going to be good
brands I think that’s going to be good for the world and I think people are
for the world and I think people are
for the world and I think people are gonna find ways to do that partly
gonna find ways to do that partly
gonna find ways to do that partly because they’re upset about the way
because they’re upset about the way
because they’re upset about the way things are going right now sort of on
things are going right now sort of on
things are going right now sort of on the same topic if the world is speeding
the same topic if the world is speeding
the same topic if the world is speeding up its going faster and faster and
up its going faster and faster and
up its going faster and faster and faster there’s going to be a lot of
faster there’s going to be a lot of
faster there’s going to be a lot of different in the
different in the
different in the world if it’s not about the solutions
world if it’s not about the solutions
world if it’s not about the solutions anymore but it’s about asking great
anymore but it’s about asking great
anymore but it’s about asking great questions the world’s gonna be about
questions the world’s gonna be about
questions the world’s gonna be about different and I know that we live in a
different and I know that we live in a
different and I know that we live in a world right now where it seems like
world right now where it seems like
world right now where it seems like xenophobia is winning fear of the other
xenophobia is winning fear of the other
xenophobia is winning fear of the other fear of the unknown
fear of the unknown
fear of the unknown but that’s kryptonite to be afraid of
but that’s kryptonite to be afraid of
but that’s kryptonite to be afraid of different different is going to be the
different different is going to be the
different different is going to be the superpower of the future seeing the
superpower of the future seeing the
superpower of the future seeing the world differently asking new questions
world differently asking new questions
world differently asking new questions if you’re afraid of different
if you’re afraid of different
if you’re afraid of different you’re not gonna embrace speed you want
you’re not gonna embrace speed you want
you’re not gonna embrace speed you want to slow down not speed up and you’ll be
to slow down not speed up and you’ll be
to slow down not speed up and you’ll be left behind
left behind
left behind the people who embrace different are the
the people who embrace different are the
the people who embrace different are the same people who will embrace speed are
same people who will embrace speed are
same people who will embrace speed are the same people who are going to be
the same people who are going to be
the same people who are going to be comfortable with changes the new normal
comfortable with changes the new normal
comfortable with changes the new normal so I would recommend I’m sure you guys
so I would recommend I’m sure you guys
so I would recommend I’m sure you guys are already there but I think future is
are already there but I think future is
are already there but I think future is gonna be more fun if you embrace the
gonna be more fun if you embrace the
gonna be more fun if you embrace the different and then the one I want to
different and then the one I want to
different and then the one I want to leave you with is I think that there’s
leave you with is I think that there’s
leave you with is I think that there’s some talk as though the future just
some talk as though the future just
some talk as though the future just somehow got decided that there was this
somehow got decided that there was this
somehow got decided that there was this tension between xenophobia and fear of
tension between xenophobia and fear of
tension between xenophobia and fear of the different that there was a tension
the different that there was a tension
the different that there was a tension between those kinds of things that
between those kinds of things that
between those kinds of things that zero-sum game kind of thinking and being
zero-sum game kind of thinking and being
zero-sum game kind of thinking and being open-minded and being positive and being
open-minded and being positive and being
open-minded and being positive and being open to the idea that abundance could be
open to the idea that abundance could be
open to the idea that abundance could be the rule of the future rather than
the rule of the future rather than
the rule of the future rather than negativity or some kind of I win you
negativity or some kind of I win you
negativity or some kind of I win you lose kind of thinking it’s possible that
lose kind of thinking it’s possible that
lose kind of thinking it’s possible that that first way of thinking will win but
that first way of thinking will win but
that first way of thinking will win but it’s not definite and I think the thing
it’s not definite and I think the thing
it’s not definite and I think the thing that’s going to determine whether or not
that’s going to determine whether or not
that’s going to determine whether or not open-mindedness or closed mindedness
open-mindedness or closed mindedness
open-mindedness or closed mindedness wins is what you do it’s not what you
wins is what you do it’s not what you
wins is what you do it’s not what you want it’s what you do that will matter
want it’s what you do that will matter
want it’s what you do that will matter not just any one of you but all of you
not just any one of you but all of you
not just any one of you but all of you all of us taken together if you embrace
all of us taken together if you embrace
all of us taken together if you embrace speed if you embrace change if you
speed if you embrace change if you
speed if you embrace change if you embrace different I actually do believe
embrace different I actually do believe
embrace different I actually do believe that the future can be an ink
that the future can be an ink
that the future can be an ink abundant and positive place and I hope
abundant and positive place and I hope
abundant and positive place and I hope that the future is going to be a wild
that the future is going to be a wild
that the future is going to be a wild ride whether you enjoy it or not but I
ride whether you enjoy it or not but I
ride whether you enjoy it or not but I think if you do those things you can
think if you do those things you can
think if you do those things you can have a great time on the ride thank you
have a great time on the ride thank you
have a great time on the ride thank you very much
very much
very much [Applause]
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