[Applause] I’m here to talk about competition
I’m here to talk about competition
I’m here to talk about competition through diversity but before I do that I
through diversity but before I do that I
through diversity but before I do that I want to talk about little me and I
want to talk about little me and I
want to talk about little me and I wanted to be the best
wanted to be the best
wanted to be the best so in all entry school we had the same
so in all entry school we had the same
so in all entry school we had the same 30 kids in every year we had the same 30
30 kids in every year we had the same 30
30 kids in every year we had the same 30 kids some left some state but we had to
kids some left some state but we had to
kids some left some state but we had to teach her a year and that was fantastic
teach her a year and that was fantastic
teach her a year and that was fantastic when it came to keeping the two friends
when it came to keeping the two friends
when it came to keeping the two friends I had but it wasn’t very good when it
I had but it wasn’t very good when it
I had but it wasn’t very good when it came to my effort as long as I kept days
came to my effort as long as I kept days
came to my effort as long as I kept days I didn’t really try because well I’ll
I didn’t really try because well I’ll
I didn’t really try because well I’ll renew I was worse than some people at
renew I was worse than some people at
renew I was worse than some people at some things better than some people are
some things better than some people are
some things better than some people are some things the best at Foursquare the
some things the best at Foursquare the
some things the best at Foursquare the world has seen but other than that I
world has seen but other than that I
world has seen but other than that I didn’t need to try that much but that
didn’t need to try that much but that
didn’t need to try that much but that all changed in middle school when I go
all changed in middle school when I go
all changed in middle school when I go to multimethods a radical culture change
to multimethods a radical culture change
to multimethods a radical culture change because there are 200 different students
because there are 200 different students
because there are 200 different students a day because of the six periods it’s
a day because of the six periods it’s
a day because of the six periods it’s six different teachers a day and some of
six different teachers a day and some of
six different teachers a day and some of those teachers and some of those
those teachers and some of those
those teachers and some of those students would swap out every trimester
students would swap out every trimester
students would swap out every trimester and instead of dealing with the same 25
and instead of dealing with the same 25
and instead of dealing with the same 25 30 kids year in year out I had to work
30 kids year in year out I had to work
30 kids year in year out I had to work with and I got a bunch of different set
with and I got a bunch of different set
with and I got a bunch of different set of perspective from my peers and coming
of perspective from my peers and coming
of perspective from my peers and coming here in high school it was fantastic
here in high school it was fantastic
here in high school it was fantastic because there are 2,000 some odd kids
because there are 2,000 some odd kids
because there are 2,000 some odd kids here and I have to work with so many
here and I have to work with so many
here and I have to work with so many people of different ages different
people of different ages different
people of different ages different backgrounds different walks of life and
backgrounds different walks of life and
backgrounds different walks of life and just the other day I was working on the
just the other day I was working on the
just the other day I was working on the science project and we had to trace
science project and we had to trace
science project and we had to trace evolution between humans and monkeys and
evolution between humans and monkeys and
evolution between humans and monkeys and I didn’t get it for my life I hate
I didn’t get it for my life I hate
I didn’t get it for my life I hate science
science
science um I sorry guys I shouldn’t say that um
um I sorry guys I shouldn’t say that um
um I sorry guys I shouldn’t say that um and I had my lab partner come over and
and I had my lab partner come over and
and I had my lab partner come over and help me and he helped me trace the time
help me and he helped me trace the time
help me and he helped me trace the time of it all which isn’t that interesting
of it all which isn’t that interesting
of it all which isn’t that interesting in and of itself but my lab partner was
in and of itself but my lab partner was
in and of itself but my lab partner was a junior I hadn’t been put in that
a junior I hadn’t been put in that
a junior I hadn’t been put in that position where someone 2 years older
position where someone 2 years older
position where someone 2 years older than me could come over and help me out
than me could come over and help me out
than me could come over and help me out and age changes a lot Matt rotten cheese
and age changes a lot Matt rotten cheese
and age changes a lot Matt rotten cheese you might have left in the fridge a
you might have left in the fridge a
you might have left in the fridge a couple weeks ago wait a little longer
couple weeks ago wait a little longer
couple weeks ago wait a little longer than it might become vintage so time and
than it might become vintage so time and
than it might become vintage so time and age really matters and I mean I’m
age really matters and I mean I’m
age really matters and I mean I’m special and fantastic and all that but
special and fantastic and all that but
special and fantastic and all that but what does this have to do with the
what does this have to do with the
what does this have to do with the bigger theme of diversity well there
bigger theme of diversity well there
bigger theme of diversity well there have been studies done on diversity and
have been studies done on diversity and
have been studies done on diversity and affirmative action things like that in
affirmative action things like that in
affirmative action things like that in Forbes and Yale I want to talk about
Forbes and Yale I want to talk about
Forbes and Yale I want to talk about this
this
this by Harvard Business Review where they
by Harvard Business Review where they
by Harvard Business Review where they took educated people and they put them
took educated people and they put them
took educated people and they put them in simulated markets and they had
in simulated markets and they had
in simulated markets and they had divided the participants up into groups
divided the participants up into groups
divided the participants up into groups ethnically diverse in ethnically
ethnically diverse in ethnically
ethnically diverse in ethnically homogeneous and they told them to try
homogeneous and they told them to try
homogeneous and they told them to try and figure out the price of the stocks 1
and figure out the price of the stocks 1
and figure out the price of the stocks 1 year 2 year 3 years down the line and
year 2 year 3 years down the line and
year 2 year 3 years down the line and what they found was that the ethnically
what they found was that the ethnically
what they found was that the ethnically diverse groups were 58 percent more
diverse groups were 58 percent more
diverse groups were 58 percent more likely to price the stocks accurately
likely to price the stocks accurately
likely to price the stocks accurately than that in the ethnically homogeneous
than that in the ethnically homogeneous
than that in the ethnically homogeneous groups now what the study authors
groups now what the study authors
groups now what the study authors hypothesize was that the ethnically
hypothesize was that the ethnically
hypothesize was that the ethnically homogeneous groups they had the same
homogeneous groups they had the same
homogeneous groups they had the same methods of doing things they had the
methods of doing things they had the
methods of doing things they had the same ideas so the ghazal solution faster
same ideas so the ghazal solution faster
same ideas so the ghazal solution faster they didn’t have to fight as much to get
they didn’t have to fight as much to get
they didn’t have to fight as much to get their way that was fantastic
their way that was fantastic
their way that was fantastic but they also had the same problems with
but they also had the same problems with
but they also had the same problems with their logic same flaws and no one was
their logic same flaws and no one was
their logic same flaws and no one was there to help point that out ethnically
there to help point that out ethnically
there to help point that out ethnically diverse groups they had conflicting
diverse groups they had conflicting
diverse groups they had conflicting ideas conflicting methods and that
ideas conflicting methods and that
ideas conflicting methods and that helped them overcome each other’s flaws
helped them overcome each other’s flaws
helped them overcome each other’s flaws and biases and they could improve upon
and biases and they could improve upon
and biases and they could improve upon their ideas and that is an outright
their ideas and that is an outright
their ideas and that is an outright competition in which everyone’s trying
competition in which everyone’s trying
competition in which everyone’s trying to gouge each other’s eyes out it was
to gouge each other’s eyes out it was
to gouge each other’s eyes out it was more implicit that people trying to be
more implicit that people trying to be
more implicit that people trying to be better they were trying to compete with
better they were trying to compete with
better they were trying to compete with themselves to be better and we don’t
themselves to be better and we don’t
themselves to be better and we don’t only see diversity helping people be
only see diversity helping people be
only see diversity helping people be better in studies we also see in the
better in studies we also see in the
better in studies we also see in the real world for example the double here
real world for example the double here
real world for example the double here the double helix the twisted ladder
the double helix the twisted ladder
the double helix the twisted ladder shampooed DNA I’ve learned in biology
shampooed DNA I’ve learned in biology
shampooed DNA I’ve learned in biology that that was Watson and Crick figuring
that that was Watson and Crick figuring
that that was Watson and Crick figuring that out one of the two of the most
that out one of the two of the most
that out one of the two of the most famous scientists we’ve seen but it
famous scientists we’ve seen but it
famous scientists we’ve seen but it wasn’t Watson and Crick is one of their
wasn’t Watson and Crick is one of their
wasn’t Watson and Crick is one of their colleagues rosalind Franklin a Jewish
colleagues rosalind Franklin a Jewish
colleagues rosalind Franklin a Jewish woman working at London in the 1950s
woman working at London in the 1950s
woman working at London in the 1950s because she was a woman people didn’t
because she was a woman people didn’t
because she was a woman people didn’t believe her when she said she had x-ray
believe her when she said she had x-ray
believe her when she said she had x-ray DNA and found a twisted ladder shape it
DNA and found a twisted ladder shape it
DNA and found a twisted ladder shape it was only when her students took her work
was only when her students took her work
was only when her students took her work without her permission took him to
without her permission took him to
without her permission took him to Watson and Crick that Watson Crick
Watson and Crick that Watson Crick
Watson and Crick that Watson Crick somehow miraculously discovered the
somehow miraculously discovered the
somehow miraculously discovered the twisted ladder shape and without this
twisted ladder shape and without this
twisted ladder shape and without this understanding of DNA science all around
understanding of DNA science all around
understanding of DNA science all around the world one can’t function but in
the world one can’t function but in
the world one can’t function but in today’s world Bartek for example we edit
today’s world Bartek for example we edit
today’s world Bartek for example we edit the demon genome using bio tech and
the demon genome using bio tech and
the demon genome using bio tech and biotech is a hundred and thirty three
biotech is a hundred and thirty three
biotech is a hundred and thirty three billion dollar industry and the only way
billion dollar industry and the only way
billion dollar industry and the only way that could get up and running because of
that could get up and running because of
that could get up and running because of a Jewish woman where he had a sexy
a Jewish woman where he had a sexy
a Jewish woman where he had a sexy university 60 years ago
university 60 years ago
university 60 years ago things like paper those were invented by
things like paper those were invented by
things like paper those were invented by the Chinese and the car
the Chinese and the car
the Chinese and the car they weren’t invented by Henry Ford they
they weren’t invented by Henry Ford they
they weren’t invented by Henry Ford they were invented by called Ben’s 20 years
were invented by called Ben’s 20 years
were invented by called Ben’s 20 years before and but the thing was inventions
before and but the thing was inventions
before and but the thing was inventions are easy to do not that easy but they’re
are easy to do not that easy but they’re
are easy to do not that easy but they’re easier than what comes after which is
easier than what comes after which is
easier than what comes after which is perfecting it called Ben’s might have
perfecting it called Ben’s might have
perfecting it called Ben’s might have made the car but it was Henry Ford who
made the car but it was Henry Ford who
made the car but it was Henry Ford who revolutionized how we do industry today
revolutionized how we do industry today
revolutionized how we do industry today he created mass production he
he created mass production he
he created mass production he popularized the car and paper the
popularized the car and paper the
popularized the car and paper the Chinese may have invented it but the
Chinese may have invented it but the
Chinese may have invented it but the Islamic empire took it diffused it and
Islamic empire took it diffused it and
Islamic empire took it diffused it and the European they made it better and
the European they made it better and
the European they made it better and this is what democracy is about using a
this is what democracy is about using a
this is what democracy is about using a new set of ideas and then new new
new set of ideas and then new new
new set of ideas and then new new perspectives in order to make the world
perspectives in order to make the world
perspectives in order to make the world a better place
a better place
a better place thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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