diff --git "a/DeCRED_small_predictions/predictions_tedlium3_test.csv" "b/DeCRED_small_predictions/predictions_tedlium3_test.csv" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/DeCRED_small_predictions/predictions_tedlium3_test.csv" @@ -0,0 +1,1156 @@ +label,prediction +what is become this unimaginable problem for our chefs,what is become this unimaginable problem for our chefs +so what reality do we want to call into existence a person who is limited or a person who is empowered,so what reality do we want to call into existence a person who is limited or a person who is empowered +put it down and not have those same complexities and it just sits there and burns for the 60 years and and then it is done,put it down and not have those same complexities and it just sits there and burns for the 60 years and then it is done +i did these expeditions because i had to at a certain point say what am i doing out here why am i doing this what do i get out of it,i did these expeditions because i had to 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secretly what i wanted to do was i wanted to dive to the real wreck of titanic and that is why i made the move +not by chainsaws but by forests and not by fishing boats and nets but by fish in the sea want to feed the world,not by chain saws but by forests and not by fishing boats and nets but by fishing the sea want to see the world +and they gave up after about 40 and there were many more,and they gave up after about 40 and there were many more +and perhaps if we see adversity as natural consistent and useful we are less burdened by the presence of it,and perhaps if we see adversity as natural consistent and useful we are less burdened by the presence of it +so let us think how should we measure ourselves what should our report card look like well let us go out to where we really need to get and and then look at the intermediate for 2050 you have heard many people talk about,so let us think how should we measure ourselves what should our report card look like well let us go out to 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my grandparents pushed that number to 70 my parents are closing in on 80 so i +we are using games to escape real world suffering we are using games to get away from everything that is broken in the real environment everything that is not satisfying about real life,we are using games to escape real world suffering we are using games to get away from everything that is broken in the real environment everything that is not satisfying about real life +so it is not about devaluing or negating these more trying times as something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug but instead to find those opportunities,so it is not about devaluing or negating these more trying times is something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug but instead to find those opportunities +you know i did not mention the skin of my beloved fish,i did not mention the skin of my beloved fish +will significantly improve the team is performance specialized skills and facilitation skills are the combination leads to to 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jump right into a specific issue,it is all here it is all on the web you can go back to your rooms and try this after my talk with pivot you can drill into a decade you can drill into a particular year you can jump right into a specific issue +i really do believe that and no it aint wishful thinking but here is the thing that keeps me up at night one of the things that keeps me up at night,i really do believe that and no it aint wishful thinking but here is the thing that keeps me up at night one of the things that keeps me up at night +there is a huge wave of interest in happiness among researchers there is a lot of happiness coaching everybody would like to make people happier,there is a huge wave of interest in happiness among researchers there is a lot of happiness coaching everybody would like to make people happier +bill gross has several companies including one called esolar that has some great solar thermal technologies vinod khosla is investing in dozens of companies that are doing great things and have interesting possibilities and i am i am trying to help back that nathan myhrvold and i actually are backing a company,bill gross has several companies in cleveland called e solar that has some great solar thermal technology venode cols does investing in dozens of companies that are doing great things and have interesting possibilities and i am trying to help back that a nathan myrml and i actually are backing a company +which is wishing for a lot could easily meet that and there are fortunately now dozens of companies we need it to be 100s,which is wishing for a lot could easily meet that and there are fortunately now dozens of companies we need to be 100s +and this is a bit hard to justify i think i mean i,and this is a bit how to justify i think i mean +they would ignore the fact that they had no food to eat and then on the next day they would play games and on the next day they would eat and according to herodotus,they would ignore the fact that they had 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right here +playing bigger and better games right now we spend 3000000000 hours a week playing online games some of you might be thinking,playing bigger and better games right now we spend 3000000000 hours a week playing online games some of you might be thinking +well their experiencing self is not going to get happier we know that,well their experiencing self is not going to get happier we know that +now what we are looking at is an entire generation of young people who are virtuoso gamers so the big question is,now what we are looking at is an entire generation of young people who are virtuoso gamers so the big question is +and leaves the water is cleaner than when it entered,and leaves the water it is cleaner than when it enter +that are experts in flavor too,there are experts in flavor too +but now because the reflective self is in charge,but now because the reflective self is in charge +where we do not have the same relationship to progress that we used to we talk about it 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the obstacles of the next century the face of someone,this is a gamer on the verge of an epic win and this is the face that we need to see on 1000000s of problem solvers all over the world as we try to tackle the obstacles of the next century the face of someone +this is how many people we now have in the world who spend at least an hour a day playing online games these are our virtuoso gamers 500000000 people who are who are extraordinarily good at something,this is how many people we had all have in the world who spend at least an hour a day playing online games these are our virtuoso gamers 500000000 people who are extraordinarily good at something +and here here he sees a grouping pattern that reminds him of the tanzanian giraffe,and here he sees a grouping pattern that reminds him of the tanzanian giraffe +remembering self and the experiencing self and they are really quite distinct the biggest difference between them is in the handling of time,remembering self and the experiencing self and they are really quite distinct the biggest difference between them is in the handling of time +if you are queasy if you if you faint easily i was doing this for some friends in the hotel room last night and some people that i did not know and one woman almost passed out so i suggest if you if you get queasy easy that you look away for about the next 30 in fact you know what i will do the 1st bad part behind it you will get to see you can look away too if you would like to,if you are queasy if you faint easily i was doing this for some friends in the hotel room last night and some people that i did not know and one woman almost passed out so i suggest if you get queasy easy look away for about the next 30 in fact you know what i will do the 1st bad part behind it you will get to see you can look away too if you would like to +and when you suggest these are the things that will insure,and when you suggest these are the things that will insure +([hesitation]) really 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this +as we start to have cyborg bodies for exploration or for other means in in many sort of post human futures that i that i can imagine as a science fiction fan so having done these these,as we start to have cyborg bodies for exploration or for other means in in many sort of post human futures that i can imagine as a science fiction fan so having done these these +i would already finished editing the piece and i realized that i had never once in my life looked up the word disabled to see what i would find let me read you the entry,i had already finished editing the piece and i realized that i had never once in my life looked up the word disabled to see what i would find let me read you the entry +think about that it is an incredible fact and why is it true,think about that it is an incredible fact and why is it true +on these innovative approaches we do need the market incentives co 2 tax cap and trade something that gets that price signal out there,on these innovative approaches we do need the market incentives co 2 tax captured something that gets that price signal out there +this number on average is going to go up and so over all that will more than double the services delivered per person,this number on average is going to go up and so overall that will more than double the services delivered per person +someone who did not have a childhood is out there,someone who did not have a childhood is out there +and in a miracle he lifted his own violin and he started playing by ear certain snippets of violin concertos which he then asked me to complete mendelssohn tchaikovsky sibelius,and in a miracle he lifted his own violin and he started playing by ear certain snippets of violent concertos which he then asked me to complete mentalson shakovsky sibelios +does not happen very much does not happen in this country at all but it happened a 160000 times in the world last year that is a lot of death of measles 20 an hour,does not happen very much it does not happen in this country at all but it happened 160000 times in the world last year that is a lot of death of measles 20 an hour +no if you burn natural gas no almost every way we make electricity today except for the emerging renewables and nuclear puts out co 2 and so what we are going to have to do at a global scale,no if you burn natural gascon almost every way we make electricity today except for the emerging renewables and nuclear puts out co 2 and so we are going to have to do at a global scale +like we clear cut forests,like we clear cut forests +i mean from this entry it would seem that i was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them when in fact today,laughter i mean from this entry it would seem that i was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them when in fact today +he is making the r and d and and so there is a a a thread of something that i i think is appropriate the r 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was reading this list out loud to a friend and at 1st was laughing it was so ludicrous but i had just gotten past mangled +response to this was to paint to draw alien creatures alien worlds robots spaceships all that stuff i was endlessly getting busted in math class you know doodling behind the behind the textbook and,response to this was to paint to draw alien creatures alien worlds robots spaceships all that stuff i was endlessly getting busted in math class doodling behind the behind the textbook and +that the environment models environmental models have have have shown us that we have to meet and you know terrapower if things go well,that the environment models environmental models have have shown us that we have to meet and you know terror power if things go well +herodotus says that games particularly dice games were invented in the kingdom of lydia during a time of famine apparently there was such a severe famine,herodotus says that games particularly dice games were invented 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smaller pill and color it blue and stamp a letter into it it is actually measurably more effective +my pure animal magnetism will hold the knife in fact it is held so tightly in place that i can shake it,my pure animal magnetism will hold the knife in fact it is held so tightly in place that i can shake it +dark urine dark,dark urine dark +medical school and hershey medical school and he called this part of the course the x factor the potential of the human will,medical school and hershey medical school and he called this part of the course the x factor and it was the potential of the human will +and i have to wonder today to what extent his vision and his declaration of me,and i have to wonder today to what extent his vision and his declaration of me +typical fashion i arrived late for my birthday by 2 weeks an so my mother is prenatal physician had gone on vacation so the man who delivered me was a complete stranger to my parents,typical fashion i arrived late for my birthday by 2 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from being the very worst to being among the very best they produced the tallest structures in the least amount of time so there is deep lessons for us about the nature of incentives and success,so the same team went from being the very worst to being among the very best they produced the tallest structures in the least amount of time so there is deep lessons for us about the nature of incentives and success +miguel do they fly 150 miles to the farm,miguel do they fly 150 miles to the farm +material is approach this looks like it would work and because you are burning that 99% you have,materials approach this looks like it would work and because you are burning that 99% you have +this guy was a hero jonas salk he took one of the worst scourges of mankind away from us no fear no agony polio puff gone,this guy was a hero jonas saw he took one of the worst scourges of mankind away from us no fear no agony polio puff gone +she was not going to vaccinate her kid against polio no way 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at the at the the deep ocean vents where we had these,expeditions and you know really beginning to appreciate what was down there such as at the at the deep ocean vents where we had these +i would like to leave you with a poem by a 14th century persian poet named hafiz,i would like to leave you with a poem by a 14th century persian poet named hafis +is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experience unscathed or unmarked by the experience,is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experience unscabed or unmarked by the experience +chicanery my index finger being there and then when i close my finger same thing as i move back,chicanery my index finger being there and then when i close my finger same thing as i move back +and interestingly enough bono is also a ted prize winner,and interestingly enough bono was also ted prize winner +and they can do it because they do not link causation and correlation they do not understand that these things seem the same but they are almost never the same and it is something we need to learn and we need to learn it really soon,and they can do it because they do not link causation and correlation they do not understand that these things seem the same but they are almost never the same and it is something we need to learn and we need to learn it really soon +this motion kind of covers the moving back of my finger i take this hand away you give the knife out there is a trick you can do for your friends and neighbors thanks now,this motion covers the moving back of my finger i take this hand away you give the knife out there is a trick you can do for your friends and neighbors thanks now +we have never needed progress in science more than we need it right now never and we have also never been in a position to deploy it properly in the way that we can today we are on the verge of amazing amazing events in many fields,we have never needed progress in science more than we need it right now never and we have also never 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marshmallow does not it the challenge provides a shared experience a common language a common stance to build the right prototype and so this is the value of the experience of this so simple exercise and those of you who are interested may want to go to marshmallowchallenge dot com it is a blog that you can look at how to build the marshmallows there is step by step instructions on this there are,every project has its own marsh mellow does not it the challenge provides a shared experience a common language a common stance to build the right prototype and so this is the value of the experience of this so simple exercise and those of you who are interested may want to go to marshmallow challenge dot com it is a blog that you can look at how to build the marsh mellows or step by step instructions on this there are +and i turn around and it is this older man i have no idea who he is and i said i am sorry sir i do not,and i turn around and this is older man i have no idea who he is and i said i am sorry sir i do not +and that might seem a bit surprising because my full time work at the foundation is mostly about vaccines and seeds about the things that we need to invent and deliver to help the poorest 2000000000 live better lives,and that might seem a bit surprising because my full time work at the foundation is mostly about vaccines and seeds about the things that we need to invent and deliver to help the poorest 2000000000 live better lives +the day before the event i called the head of pr for the company,the day before the event i called the head of pr for the company +than we do now people wrap themselves in their beliefs and they do it so tightly that you can not set them free not even the truth will set them free and listen,than we do now people wrap themselves in their beliefs and they do it so tightly that you can not set them free not even the truth will set them free and listen +so not just a farm that does not feed its animals not just a farm that measures 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clinging there not by animal magnetism but by,so it goes like this from here right and as i move around my fingershifts so we can talk about why this is deceptive why you do not notice there are only 3 fingers down here because the mind and the way it processes information it does not count 123 groups them but that is not really what this is about right then i open my hand obviously it is clinging there not by animal magnetism but by +now we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year over 26000000000 tons for each american,now we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year over 26000000000 tons for each american +and i was standing over a bushel of tomatoes it was summer time i had shorts on i hear this guy his voice behind me say well if it is not aimee mullins,and i was standing over a bushel of tomatoes at the summertime i had shorts on i hear this guy his voice behind me say well if it is not aimed in mullens +why do we do that why do we do that well i think i understand we hate big 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they were bright and at the end of this 3 month period +i am going to talk today about energy and climate,i am going to talk today about energy and climate +take those feelings from games and apply them to real world work so i looked at games like world of warcraft which is really the ideal collaborative problem solving environment and i started to notice a few things that make,take those feelings from games and apply them to real world work so i looked at games like world of warcraft which is really the ideal collaborative problem solving environment and i started to notice a few things that make +well we have not ([hesitation]) picked a particular place ([hesitation]) and there is all these interesting disclosure rules about anything that is called nuclear,well we have not picked a particular place but and there is all these interesting disclosure rules about anything that is called nuclear +he just developed a rotavirus vaccine with a bunch of other people it is save the lives of 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if they can do better than i expect so much the better but my key point here,can achieve the big numbers i have left out tide geothermal fusion molecules those may make some contribution and if they can do better than i expect so much the better but my key point here +50 years we are going to have to grow 70% more food than we do right now 70% this is investment in africa over the last 30 years disgraceful disgraceful they need it and we are not giving it to them and why,50 years we are going to have to grow 70% more food than we do right now 70% this is investment in africa over the last 30 years disgraceful disgraceful they need it and we are not giving it to them and why +to to actually do the software buy the supercomputer hire all the great scientists which we have done that is only 10s of 1000000s and even once we test our materials out,to actually do this software by the supercomputer hire all the great scientists which we have done that is only 10s of 1000000s and even once we 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then i realized when he says,and then i realize when he says +and all along agribusiness has simply asked,and all along agribusiness has simply asked +and that is the truth now the studio did not know that but i convinced them i said i said we are going to dive to the wreck we are going to film it for real we will be using it in the opening of the film it will be really important it will be a great marketing hook and i talked them into funding an expedition,that is the truth now the studio did not know that but i convinced them i said i said we are going to dive to the wreck we are going to film it for real we will be using it in the opening of the film it will be really important it will be a great marketing hook and i talked them into funding an expedition +because they are the ones,because they are the ones +we had 8000 people play that game for 8 weeks they came up with 500 insanely creative solutions that you can go online if you google superstruct and see,we had 8000 people play 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that time machine on anything we want we can move it where we want to move it,absolutely absolutely i do it is stuck in the present right now but we have an amazing opportunity we can set that time machine on anything we want we can move it where we want to move it +now efficiency e the energy for each service here finally we have some good news we have something that is not going up through various inventions and new ways of doing lighting,now efficiency e the energy for each service here finally we have some good news we have something that is not going up through various inventions and new ways of doing lighting +the u 238 it is kind of a crazy idea in fact people had talked about it for a long time,the u 238 it is kind of a crazy idea in fact people had talked about it for a long time +thank you thanks,thank you thanks +even better it was farm raised to the supposed highest standards of sustainability,even better it was farm raised to the supposed highest standards of 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same principle of leadership which is that you respect your team and you earn their respect in return and it really changed the dynamic so here i was again with a small team +if you have,a pure +at whatever that is if you do not know it already this is coming the game industry is developing consoles that are low energy and that work with the wireless phone networks instead of broadband internet so that gamers all over the world particularly in india,at whatever that is if you do not know it already this is coming the game industry is developing consoles that are low energy and that work with the wireless phone networks instead of broadband internet so that gamers all over the world particularly in india +but as we make it cheaper and let us say let us go for making it twice as cheap we need to meet a new constraint,but as we make it cheaper and let us say let us go for making it twice as cheap we need to mean a new constraint +on these breakthroughs these breakthroughs we need to move those at full speed and we can measure that in terms of companies pilot projects regulatory things that have been changed,on these breakthroughs these breakthroughs we need to move those at full speed and we can measure that in terms of companies pilot projects regulatory things that have been changed +have we met i i do not remember meeting you he said well you would not remember meeting me i mean when we met i was delivering you from your mother is womb,have we met i do not remember meeting you he said well you would not remember meeting me i mean when we met i was delivering you from your mother is womb +nathaniel dropped out of juilliard he suffered a complete breakdown and 30 years later he was living homeless on the streets of skid row in downtown los angeles i encourage all of you to read steve is book or to watch the movie to understand not only the beautiful bond,nathaniel dropped out of juilliard he suffered a complete breakdown and 30 years later he was living homeless on the streets of skid row in downtown los angeles i encourage all of you to read steve is book or to watch the movie to understand not only the beautiful bond +advance but it is like a fast reactor and a lot of countries have built them so anybody who is done a fast reactor is a candidate to to be where the 1st one gets built,advanced but it is like a fast reactor and a lot of countries have built them so anybody who is done a fast reactor is a candidate to to be where the 1st one gets built +the waste from our fish gets distributed,the waste from our fish gets distributed +even though neither one of these things has any pharmaceutical they are sugar pills but a white pill is not as good as a blue pill what,even though neither one of these things has any pharmaceutical it is their sugar pills but a white pill is not as good as a blue pill they are going to go out what +we we go on vacations to a very large extent in the service of our remembering self,we we go on vacations to a very 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clear as bad because the economics the energy density are so different than nuclear as we know it +and vice versa you know just to give you a sense of the correlation the correlation is about.5 what that means is if you met somebody and you were told oh his father is 6 feet tall,and vice versa you know just to give you a sense of the correlation the correlation is about.5 what that means is if you met somebody and you were told oh his father is 6 feet tall +why do we put so much weight on memory relative to the weight that we put on experiences so i want you to think about a thought experiment,why do we put so much weight on memory relative to the weight that we put on experiences so i want you to think about a thought experiment +we need to get the message out we need to have this dialog be a more rational more understandable dialog including the steps that the government takes this is an important wish but it is one i think we can achieve thank you,we need to get the message out we need to have this dialog be a more rational more understandable dialog including the steps that the government takes this is an important wish but it is one i think we can achieve thank you +is a crushed spirit a spirit that has been crushed does not have hope it does not see beauty,is a crushed spirit a spirit that has been crushed does not have hope it does not see beauty +and told them they were d is and that is what happened at the end of that 3 month period those who were still around in school besides the people who had dropped out,and told them they were dees and that is what happened at the end of that 3 month period those who were still around in school besides the people had dropped out +you know i was already bargaining as a 5 year old child with doctor p to try to get out of doing these exercises unsuccessfully of course,you know i was already bargaining at the 5 year old child with doctor p to try to get out of doing these exercises unsuccessfully of course +that is not a business and it is not agriculture,that is not a business and it is agriculture +and so overall here if we are optimistic we may get a reduction of a a factor of 3 to even perhaps a factor of 6,and so overall here if we are optimistic we may get a reduction of a factor of 3 to even perhaps a factor of sex +([hesitation]) and and impact that the assault from these words unleashed,an impact that the assault from these words unleashed +why what is it about them and peter likes to say that none of this none of the kids spend any time trying to be ceo of spaghetti inc,why what is it about them and peter likes to say that none of the kids spend any time trying to be ceo spaghetti inc +of being trapped in data we might actually extract information and instead of dealing just with information we can tease out knowledge and if we get the knowledge then maybe even there is wisdom to be found so with that i thank you,of being trapped and data we might actually extract information and instead of dealing just with information we can tease out knowledge and if we get the knowledge that maybe these from there is wisdom and to be found so with that i thank you +he said no they do it because the food is better,he said no they do it because the food is better +we have been playing warcraft since 1994 that was the 1st real time strategy game from the world of warcraft series that was 16 years ago,we have been playing warcraft since 1994 that was the 1st real time strategy game from the world of warcraft series that was 16 years ago +is an option but fear is not thank,is an option but fear is not thank you +and the and the remembering self and getting confused between them is part of the mess of the notion of happiness,and the remembering self and getting confused between them is part of a mess about the notion of happiness +the oil shortage is fictional but we put enough online content out there for you to believe that it is real and to live your real life as if we have run out of oil so when you come to the game,the oil shortage is fictional but we put enough online content out there for you to believe that it is real and to live your real life as if we have run out of oil so when you come to the game +well they could not make it work not economically,well they could not make it work uneconomically +we want to imagine the best case scenario outcome and then we want to empower people to make that outcome a reality we want to imagine epic wins and then give people the means to achieve the epic win,we want to imagine the best case scenario outcome and then we want to empower people to make that outcome a reality we want to imagine epic wins and then give people the means to achieve the epic win +fear but intense concentration deep deep focus on tackling a really difficult problem if you are a gamer you will notice a few nuances here the crinkle of the eyes up and around the mouth is a sign of optimism and the eyebrows up is surprise this is a gamer who is on the verge of something called an epic win now,fear but intense concentration deep deep focus on tackling a really difficult problem if you are a gamer you will notice a few nuances here the crinkle of the eyes up and around the mouth is a sign of optimism and the eyebrows up is surprise this is a gamer who is on the verge of something called an epic win +but energy and climate are extremely important to these people in fact more important than to anyone else on the planet,but energy and climate are extremely important to these people in fact more important than to anyone else on the planet +this is a bigger deal than that a kid born in new delhi today can expect to live as long as the richest man in the world did 100 years ago,this is a bigger deal than that a kid born in new delhi today can expect to live as long as the richest man in the world did 100 years ago +here was a company trying to solve,here is a company trying to solve +and so i i really got bitten by the bug of deep ocean 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modern materials and do so many things,the industrial revolution and even in the 1900s we have seen a very rapid decline in the price of electricity that is why we have refrigerators air conditioning we can make modern materials and do so many things +there is no feed,there is no feed +of visual effects of cg effects beyond with realistic human emotive characters generated in cg and the main characters would all be in cg and the world would be in cg and,of visual effects of c g effects beyond with realistic human emotive characters generated in cg and the main characters would all be in c g and the world would be in c g and +and even if given a modicum of support if left to their own devices a child will achieve,and even if given a modicum of support it is left to their own devices a child will achieve +and so if you can deal with the negatives which are essentially the radiation the footprint and cost the potential in terms of effect on land and various things is almost in a class of 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this stranger,and because i was born without the cebula bones and had feet turned in and a few toes and this foot and a few toes and that he had to be the bearer the stranger +it is that acrid tar like flavor,is that acrid tar like flavor +rundown worn out weakened impotent castrated paralyzed handicapped,run down worn out weakened impotent castrated paralyzed handicapped +and here is a surprise,and here is a surprise +oh you have heard of that okay good so we have some gamers among us so an epic win is an outcome that is so extraordinarily positive you had no idea it was even possible until you achieved it it was almost beyond the threshold of imagination,oh you have heard of that ok good so we have some gavers among us so an epic win is an outcome that is so extraordinarily positive you had no idea it was even possible until you achieved it it was almost beyond the threshold of imagination +it is a it is a nuclear power plant that is its own waste disposal solution,it is a nuclear 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live just because,to post videos to post photos we piloted this game with 1700 players in 2007 and we have tracked them for the 3 years since and i can tell you that this is a transformative experience nobody wants to change how they live just because +response of our memory it starts immediately we do not only tell stories when we set out to tell stories our memory tells us stories that is what we get to keep from our experiences is a story,response of our memory it starts immediately we do not only tell stories when we set out to tell stories our memory tells our stories that is what we get to keep from our experiences is a story +more than 250 different species it is become today the largest,more than 250 different species it is become today the largest +there is a genuine question,there is a genuine question +a factor of a 100 better than the approaches we have now it is not it is not impossible but it is not a very easy thing now this shows up when you try to get the the 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with the community anthropologists tell us that the one thing we as humans have always required of our community members is to be of use to be able to contribute,they are rare and valuable abilities with the community anthropologists tell us that the one thing we as humans have always required of our community members is to be of use to be able to contribute +but since it did not happen here we can put it out of our minds and people like jenny mccarthy,but since it did not happen here we can put it out of our minds and people like jenny mccarthy +it is a different kind of love story,it is a different kind of love story +by age say 40 years or less we see that accidents are actually the greatest cause that people have to be worried about,by age say 40 years or less we see that accidents are actually the greatest cause that people have to be worried about +it it really got them involved in the idea of you know there are people who live with mosquitos so with energy all i could come up 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experience is all that it takes to turn us from an ([hesitation]) oh moment to a ta da moment and that can make a big difference thank you very much,and the fundamental lesson i believe is that design truly is a contact sport it demands that we bring all of our senses to the task and that we apply the very best of our thinking our feeling and our doing to the challenge that we have at hand and sometimes a little prototype of this experience is all that it takes to turn us from an o moment to a tada moment and that can make a big difference thank you very much +and perhaps this shift in me has happened because i have been exposed to more people who have opened doors for me than those who have put lids and cast shadows on me,and perhaps this shift in me has happened because i have been exposed to more people who have opened doors for me than those who have put lids and cash shadows on me +look at their bellies pink they are feasting,look at their valleys pink their feasting +certified by 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social networking platforms allow people to self identify to claim their own descriptions of themselves so they can go align with global groups of their own choosing,not to mention social networking platforms it allows people to self identify to claim their own descriptions of themselves so they can go align with global groups of their own choosing +and neither of these stories is very inspiring or great but but one of them is distinct but one of them is distinctly worse than the other and the one that is worse is the one where pain was at its peak at the very end,and neither of these stories is very inspiring or great but one of them is distinct but one of them is distinctly worse than the other and the one that is worse is the one where pain or that it speak at the very end +thinking you know 2%,thinking you know 2% +it is a process and sometimes it works and sometimes it does not but the idea that we should not allow science to do its job because we are afraid,it is a process and sometimes it works and sometimes it does not but the idea that we should not allow science to do its job because we are afraid +now there is all sorts gimmicky solutions like that one but they do not really add up too much we need solutions either one or several that have,now there is all sorts of gimme key solutions like that one but they do not really add up to much we need solutions either one or several that have +for this number to go up in the rich world perhaps the top 1000000000 we probably could cut back and use less but every year,for this number to go up in the rich world perhaps the top 1000000000 we probably could cut back and use less but every year +there is an economist named edward castronova his work is brilliant he looks at why people are investing so much time and energy and money in online worlds,there is an economist named ever castrunova whose work is brilliant he looks at why people are investing so much time in energy and money in online worlds +the fact that whenever i was not in school i was i was out in the woods hiking and taking,the fact that whenever i was not in school i was out in the woods hiking and taking +that way you can see that at no time can anything travel as long as i am squeezing there nothing can go up or down my sleeve and the object of this is quite simple,that way you can see that at no time can anything travel as long as i am squeezing there nothing can go up or down my sleeve and the object of this is quite simple +per unit of energy so let us look at each one of these and see how we can get this down to 0 ([hesitation]) probably one of these numbers is going to have to get pretty near to 0 now,per unit of energy so let us look at each one of these and see how we can get this down to 0 probably one of these numbers is going to have to get pretty near to 0 +and the ocean is the most challenging environment there is for the thrill of discovery and for that strange bond that happens,and the ocean is the most challenging environment there is for the thrill of discovery and for that strange bond that happens +so for better or for worse aquaculture fish farming is going to be a part of our future,so for better for worse aquaculture fish farming to be part of our future +they do that because they are able to follow the broken white line of highway a 92,they do that because they are able to follow the broken white line of highway a 92 +why do we pick them the vacations we do is a problem that confronts us you know with a choice between the 2 selves,why do we pick the the vacations we do is a problem that confronts us with the choice between the 2 cells +to feed itself,to feed itself +so i decided i was going to become a scuba diver at the age of 15 and the only problem with that was that i lived in a little village in canada 600 miles from the nearest ocean,so i decided i was going to become a scuba diver at the age of 15 and the only problem with that was that i lived in a little village in canada 600 miles from the nearest ocean +when paul speaks in a public hearing he can not testify without armed guards he gets called at home because people like to tell him that they remember where his kids go to school,when paul speaks in a public hearing he can not testify without armed guards he gets called at home because people like to tell them that they remember where his kids go to school +sort of,a sort of +have significant challenges let us look 1st at the burning fossil fuels either burning coal or burning natural gas what you need to do there,have significant challenges let us look 1st at the burning fossil fuels either burning coal or burning natural gas what you need to do there +with coffee enemas when you start down the road where belief and magic replace evidence and science you end up in a place you do not want to be,with coffee animals when you start down the road where belief in magic replace evidence and science you end up in a place you do not want to be +so i am going to wrap up now i want to ask a question what do you think happens next we have got all these amazing gamers we have got these games that are kind of pilots of what we might do but none of them have saved the real world yet,so i am going to wrap up now i want to ask a question what do you think happens next we have got all these amazing gamers we have got these games that are kind of pilots of what we might do but none of them have saved the real world yet +and the reason that i can say that is because we are now in an epidemic of fear like one i have never seen and hope never to see again about 12 years ago there was a story published a horrible story,and the reason that i can say that is because we are now in an epidemic of fear like one that i have never seen and hope never to see again about 12 years ago there was a story published a horrible story +i am jane mcgonigal i am a game designer i have been making games online now for 10 years and my goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games,i am a game radical i am a game designer i have been making games online now for 10 years and my goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games +the chef had overcooked it like twice over ok amazingly it was still delicious,the chef had over cooked it like twice over ok amazingly it was still delicious +that you can not explain to someone else when you come back to the shore and you say you know we had to do this and the fiber optic and the attentuation and the this and the that all the all the technology of it and the difficulty the human performance aspects of working at sea,that you can not explain to someone else when you come back to the shore and you say we had to do this and the fiber optic and the attenuation and that all the all the technology of it and the difficulty the human performance aspects of working at sea +it has been constantly going up it is only various economic changes that have even flattened it at all so we have to go from rapidly rising to falling and falling all the way to 0 this equation has 4 factors,it has been constantly going up it is only various economic changes that have even flattened it at all so we have to go from rapidly rising to falling and falling all the way to 0 this equation has 4 factors +when we when we face failure when we confront obstacles we often do not feel that way we feel overcome we feel overwhelmed we feel anxious maybe depressed frustrated or cynical,when we face failure when we confront obstacles we often do not feel that way we feel overcome we feel overwhelmed we feel anxious maybe depressed frustrated or cynical +every day that number is rising and it is rising really rapidly and it is disgraceful and not only that we have used our imagination,every day that number is rising and it is rising really rapidly and it is disgraceful and not only that we have used our imagination +you know jerry bruckheimer movies you form a dream team you have got the astronaut the scientist the ex convict and they all have something to do to save the world,you know jerry brookheimer movies you form a dream team you have got the ashrnaut the scientists the ex convict and they all have something to do to save the world +through different types of cars different ways of building buildings there are a lot of services where you can bring the energy for that service down quite substantially,through different types of cars different ways of building buildings there are a lot of services where you can bring the energy for that service down quite substantially +and through our artistic lens through our creativity we are able to shape those emotions into reality,and through our artistic lens through our creativity we are able to shape those emotions into reality +you can not explain it to people it is that thing that that maybe cops have or people in in combat that have gone through something together and they know they can never explain it creates a bond creates a bond of respect so when i came back to make my next movie which was avatar,you can not explain it to people it is that thing that that maybe cops have or people in in combat that have gone through something together and they know they can never explain it creates a bond creates a bond of respect so when i came back to make my next movie which was abatar +because if that is the future of good food it is going to be delicious thank you,because if that is the future of good food it is going to be delicious thank you +but what he effectively did for me was reshape an awful daily occurrence into a new and promising experience for me,but what he effectively did for me was reshape an awful daily occurrence into a new and promising experience for me +it is about 20 tons ([hesitation]) for people in poor countries it is less than one ton it is an average of about 5 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in life have come about from an ability to sidestep or circumnavigate the presumed pitfalls of a life with prosthetics or what other people perceive as my disability,as if my successes in life have come about from an ability to sidestep or circumnavigate to presume pitfalls of a life with prosthetics or what other people perceive as my disability +see doctor kean made that shift in thinking he understood that there is a difference between the medical condition and what someone might do with it,see doctor keene made that shift in thinking he understood that there is a difference between the medical condition and what someone might do with it +several years ago here at ted peter skillman introduced a design challenge called the marshmallow challenge and the idea is pretty simple teams of 4 have to build the tallest free standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti one yard of tape one yard of string and a marshmallow the marshmallow has to be on top and though it seems really simple it is actually pretty hard because it forces people to collaborate very quickly,several years ago here at ted peter skillman introduced a design challenge called the marshmallow challenge and the idea is pretty simple teams of 4 have to build the tallest freestanding structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti one yard of tape one yard of string and a marshmallow the marshmallow has to be on top and though it seems really simple it is actually pretty hard because it forces people to collaborate very quickly +my legs hum you know laser surgery for vision impairment ([hesitation]) titanium knee and hip replacements for aging bodies that are allowing people to more fully engage with their abilities and move beyond the limits that nature has imposed on them,my legs laser surgery for vision impairment titanium knees and hip replacements for aging bodies that are allowing people to more fully engage with their abilities and move beyond the limits that nature is imposed on them +and so we are in a wonderful situation with ([hesitation]) electricity in the rich world,and so we are in a wonderful situation with electricity in the rich world +so let me give you a little peek,so let me give you a little peak +time magazine person of the year bringing up all of them so looking at these people i can see that the majority come from government,time magazine person of the year bringing up all of them so looking at these people i can see that the majority come from government +music changes us and for nathaniel music is sanity because music allows him to take his thoughts and delusions and shape them through his imagination and his creativity into reality,music changes us and for nathaniel music is sanity because music allows him to take his thoughts and delusions and shape them through his imagination and his creativity into reality +every morning they fly 150 miles into the farm,every morning they fly 150 miles into the farm +i believe that if we want to survive the next century on this planet we need to increase that total dramatically i have calculated the total we need at 21000000000 hours of game play every week,i believe that if we want to survive the next century on this planet we need to increase that total dramatically i have calculated the total we need at 21000000000 hours of gameplay every week +and he says we are witnessing what amounts to no less than a mass exodus to virtual worlds and online game environments and he is an economist so he is rational and he says,and he says we are witnessing what amounts to know less than a mass exodus to virtual worlds and online game environments and he is an economist so he is rational and he says +reported a story and that was the story he said he had been listening to the symphony,reported a story and that was the story he said he had been listening to a symphony +architects and engineers thankfully and,architects and engineers thankfully +our bread basket is threatened today not because of diminishing supply but because of diminishing resources,our bread basket is threatened today not because of diminishing supply but because of diminishing resources