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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.26,0:00:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.50,0:00:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you have had this experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.43,0:00:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's late at night
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.77,0:00:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you start browsing Netflix looking for something to watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.08,0:00:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You scroll through different titles,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.36,0:00:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you even read a few reviews,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.40,0:00:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you just can't commit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.20,0:00:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to watching any given movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.58,0:00:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, it's been 30 minutes and you're still stuck
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.28,0:00:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in infinite browsing mode,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.68,0:00:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you just give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.45,0:00:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're too tired to watch anything now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.28,0:00:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you cut your losses
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.17,0:00:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fall asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.63,0:00:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've come to believe that this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.98,0:00:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the defining characteristic of our generation. (LAUGHTER)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.32,0:00:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's call it keeping our options open. (LAUGHTER)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.39,0:00:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.59,0:00:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,philosopher, Zygmunt Bauman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.63,0:00:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He calls it "Liquid Modernity."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.91,0:00:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never want to commit to any one identity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.19,0:00:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or place or community,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.56,0:00:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we remain
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like liquid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.23,0:01:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a state that can adapt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.47,0:01:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fit any future shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.71,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liquid modernity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.35,0:01:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is infinite browsing mode,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.39,0:01:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for everything in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.27,0:01:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been thinking about this recently because
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.85,0:01:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving home and coming here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.93,0:01:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a lot like entering a long hallway.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.73,0:01:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You walk out of the room in which you grew up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.33,0:01:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into this place with thousands of different doors to infinitely browse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.94,0:01:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And throughout my time here, I've seen all the good that can come
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from having so many new options.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.28,0:01:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen the joy a person feels when they
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.92,0:01:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find a room more fitting for their authentic self.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.04,0:01:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen big decisions become less painful
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.25,0:01:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can always quit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.59,0:01:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can always move,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.96,0:01:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can always break up in the hallway.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.48,0:01:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll always be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.29,0:01:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mostly I've seen all the fun folks have had
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.26,0:01:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiencing more novelty
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.46,0:01:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any generation in history
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.50,0:01:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.03,0:02:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.80,0:02:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I've grown older here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.96,0:02:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also started
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.56,0:02:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing the downsides of having so many open doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.20,0:02:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody wants to be stuck behind a locked door,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.52,0:02:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nobody wants to live in a hallway either.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.84,0:02:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's great to have options when you lose interest in something,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.24,0:02:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.02,0:02:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned here that the more times I do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.59,0:02:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the less satisfied I am with any given option.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.37,0:02:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lately the experiences I crave
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.98,0:02:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are less the rushes of novelty
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.58,0:02:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more of those perfect Tuesday nights
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.81,0:02:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you eat dinner with the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.66,0:02:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friends who you have known for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.32,0:02:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who you've made a commitment to,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.95,0:02:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who won't quit you because they found someone better.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.96,0:02:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.20,0:02:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discovered in my time here that the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.34,0:02:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who inspire me the most
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.54,0:02:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are those who have left the hallway,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.58,0:02:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shut the door behind them and settled in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.62,0:03:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of Fred Rogers recording episode 895
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.77,0:03:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Mister
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.29,0:03:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rogers' Neighborhood because he was committed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.97,0:03:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to advancing a humane model of moral education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.00,0:03:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of Dorothy Day sitting with the same outcast folks night
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.15,0:03:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after night after night because it was important
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.23,0:03:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that someone is committed to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of Martin Luther King,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.29,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not just the Martin Luther King who confronted the fire hoses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.25,0:03:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1963,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.49,0:03:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Martin Luther King who hosted his 1000th tedious planning meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.65,0:03:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1967.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.33,0:03:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Hollywood tells tales of courage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.75,0:03:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they usually take the form of slaying the dragon.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.71,0:03:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about the big brave moments.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.83,0:03:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.38,0:03:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been learning from these heroes that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.78,0:03:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most menacing dragons that stand in the way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.06,0:03:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of reforming the system or repairing the breach
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.90,0:04:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the everyday boredom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.98,0:04:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and distraction and uncertainty
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.55,0:04:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can erode our ability
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.41,0:04:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to commit to anything for the long haul.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.11,0:04:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's why I love that the word "dedicate"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.89,0:04:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has two meanings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.85,0:04:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.13,0:04:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.13,0:04:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make something holy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.49,0:04:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.82,0:04:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.21,0:04:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stick at something for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.69,0:04:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think this is a coincidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.65,0:04:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do something holy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.73,0:04:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we choose to commit to something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.49,0:04:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the most dedicated people I have met,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.67,0:04:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have witnessed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.19,0:04:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how that pursuit of holiness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.63,0:04:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes with a side effect
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.87,0:04:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of immense joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.76,0:04:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.96,0:04:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may have come here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.76,0:04:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help keep our options open,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.16,0:04:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I leave believing that the most radical act we can take
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.32,0:04:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to make a commitment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.00,0:04:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a particular thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.37,0:04:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a place,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.08,0:04:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a profession,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.91,0:04:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a cause,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.75,0:05:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.80,0:05:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.12,0:05:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show our love for something by working at it for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.34,0:05:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to close doors
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.08,0:05:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and forgo options for its sake.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.42,0:05:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often assume that some
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.54,0:05:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acute
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.09,0:05:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looming threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.15,0:05:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be it a foreign invader
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.16,0:05:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a domestic demagogue
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.37,0:05:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be our downfall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.55,0:05:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we were to end,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.60,0:05:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that end is just as likely to come
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.40,0:05:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from something far less dramatic,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.33,0:05:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our failure
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.81,0:05:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sustain the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.15,0:05:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not only the bomb or the bully
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.38,0:05:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that should keep us up at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.50,0:05:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also the garden untilled
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.71,0:05:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the newcomer unwelcomed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.72,0:05:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The neighbor unhoused,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.16,0:05:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the prisoner unheard,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.64,0:05:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the voice of the public unheeded,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.76,0:06:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the long simmering calamity unhalted,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.56,0:06:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the dream
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.84,0:06:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of equal justice
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.40,0:06:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unrealized. (APPLAUSE)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.95,0:06:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.38,0:06:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need not be afraid,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.62,0:06:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for we have in our possession,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.66,0:06:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the antidote
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.86,0:06:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our dread.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.89,0:06:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.68,0:06:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free to be dedicated
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.76,0:06:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the slow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.24,0:06:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but necessary work
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.16,0:06:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of turning visions into projects,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.72,0:06:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,values into practices,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.84,0:06:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and strangers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.52,0:06:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.19,0:06:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.33,0:06:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this age of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.29,0:06:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liquid modernity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.09,0:06:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should rebel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.81,0:06:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join up with a counterculture of commitment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.13,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consisting
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.25,0:06:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of solid people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.27,0:07:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why in this age of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.15,0:07:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infinite browsing mode,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.43,0:07:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should pick a damn movie
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.32,0:07:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see it all the way through. (LAUGHTER & APPLAUSE)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.53,0:07:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we fall
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.24,0:07:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.27,0:07:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's get to work. (APPLAUSE)