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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.38,0:00:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[This is an improvised talk (and intro)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.28,0:00:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on a suggested topic\Nfrom the audience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.42,0:00:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The speaker doesn't know\Nthe content of the slides.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.17,0:00:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moderator: Our next speaker --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.79,0:00:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.04,0:00:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.62,0:00:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredibly --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.96,0:00:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.58,0:00:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is an incredibly experienced linguist
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.71,0:00:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working at a lab at MIT\Nwith a small group of researchers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.50,0:00:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through studying our language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.92,0:00:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way that we communicate\Nwith other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.33,0:00:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he has stumbled upon\Nthe secret of human intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.12,0:00:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here to give us his perspective,\Nplease welcome to the stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.04,0:00:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anthony Veneziale.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.38,0:00:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.38,0:00:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.92,0:01:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anthony Veneziale: You might think\NI know what you're going through.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.67,0:01:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might be looking at me\Nhere on the red dot,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.46,0:01:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you might be looking\Nat me on the screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.75,0:01:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a one sixth of a second delay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.54,0:01:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I catch myself? I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.58,0:01:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see myself before I turned,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that small delay\Ncreates a little bit of a divide.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.04,0:01:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.79,0:01:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a divide is exactly what happens\Nwith human language,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.46,0:01:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the processing of that language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.96,0:01:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I of course am working\Nout of a small lab at MIT.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.21,0:01:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.83,0:01:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are scraping\Nfor every insight that we can get.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.21,0:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.29,0:01:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not often associated\Nwith a computational challenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.38,0:01:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in this case,\Nwe found that persistence of vision
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.75,0:01:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and auditory intake
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.12,0:02:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually have more in common\Nthan we ever realized,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.00,0:02:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see it in this first slide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.54,0:02:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.71,0:02:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.88,0:02:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately your processing goes to,\N"Is that a hard-boiled egg?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.92,0:02:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.88,0:02:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is that perhaps the structural\Nintegrity of the egg
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.08,0:02:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to sustain\Nthe weight of what seems to be a rock?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.29,0:02:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aha, is it in fact a real rock?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.21,0:02:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go to questions\Nwhen we see visual information.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.88,0:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we hear information,\Nthis is what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.25,0:02:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.58,0:02:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The floodgates in our mind\Nopen much like the streets of Shanghai.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.12,0:02:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.58,0:02:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many pieces of information to process,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.21,0:02:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many ideas, concepts, feelings\Nand, of course, vulnerabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.00,0:03:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't often wish to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.38,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we hide,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we hide behind what we like to call\Nthe floodgate of intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.50,0:03:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.92,0:03:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what might that floodgate be holding?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.58,0:03:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the dike upon which it is built?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.92,0:03:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, first off --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.92,0:03:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.29,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found that it's different\Nfor six different genotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.50,0:03:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.96,0:03:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, we can start\Ncategorizing these genotypes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.83,0:03:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a neuronormative experience\Nand a neurodiverse experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.12,0:03:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the right-hand side of the screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're seeing spikes\Nfor the neurodiverse thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.33,0:03:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there are generally\Nonly two emotional states
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.75,0:04:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a neurodiverse brain can tabulate\Nand keep count of at any given time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.42,0:04:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thereby eliminating the possibility\Nfor them to be emotionally, sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.25,0:04:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attuned to the present situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.54,0:04:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on the left-hand side,\Nyou can see the neuronormative brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.08,0:04:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can often handle\Nabout five different pieces
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.33,0:04:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of emotional cognitive information\Nat any given time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.71,0:04:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the slight variances\Nthat you are seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.54,0:04:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 75, 90 and 60 percentile,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.00,0:04:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then of course\Nthat dramatic difference
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.08,0:04:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 25, 40 and 35 percentile.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.29,0:04:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.33,0:04:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course, what is the neural network
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.67,0:04:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is helping to bridge and build\Nthese different discrepancies?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.33,0:04:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.12,0:04:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.42,0:04:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.29,0:04:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.17,0:04:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we all know,\Nfear resides in the amygdala,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.04,0:05:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is a very natural response,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.33,0:05:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is very closely linked\Nwith visual perception.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.83,0:05:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not as closely linked\Nwith verbal perception,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.04,0:05:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so our fear receptors\Noften will be going off
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.04,0:05:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in advance of any of our cognitive usage\Naround verbal and words
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.21,0:05:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cues of language.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.42,0:05:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as we see these fear moments,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.25,0:05:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we of course are taken aback.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.04,0:05:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stumble in a certain direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.29,0:05:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generally away from the intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.21,0:05:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.17,0:05:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now of course, there's a difference\Nbetween the male perception
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.54,0:05:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the female perception
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.04,0:05:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of trans and those who are in between,\Nall of those as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.00,0:05:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and outside of the gender spectrum.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.17,0:05:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.54,0:05:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But fear is the central\Nunderlying underpinning
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.29,0:05:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all of our response systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.75,0:05:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fight-or-flight is one of the earliest,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.25,0:06:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some say reptilian,\Nresponse to our environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.25,0:06:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we disengage or unhook ourselves\Nfrom the horns of the amygdala?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.58,0:06:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.71,0:06:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'd like to tell you\Nthe secret right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.67,0:06:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.58,0:06:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is all making\Nmuch, much too much sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.08,0:06:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.17,0:06:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secret lies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.38,0:06:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in turning our backs to one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.62,0:06:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that that sounds\Nabsolutely like the opposite
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.33,0:06:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what you were expecting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.33,0:06:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when in a relationship\Nyou turn your back to your partner
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.67,0:06:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and place your back upon their back --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.42,0:06:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.00,0:06:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you eliminate visual cues.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.12,0:06:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.33,0:06:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.29,0:07:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are more readily available
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.33,0:07:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to failing first,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.17,0:07:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and failing first --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.71,0:07:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.83,0:07:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far outweighs the lengths we go to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.42,0:07:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to appeal to others,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.83,0:07:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our partners and to ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.08,0:07:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spend billions and billions of dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.08,0:07:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on clothing, on makeup,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.38,0:07:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the latest trend of glasses,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.67,0:07:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what we don't spend money and time on
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.54,0:07:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is connecting with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.46,0:07:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that is truthful
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.71,0:07:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and honest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stripped of those visual receptors.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.92,0:07:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.54,0:07:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.96,0:07:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds hard, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.71,0:07:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.92,0:08:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we want to be aggressive about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.38,0:08:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to just sit on the couch.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.79,0:08:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a historian said earlier today,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.71,0:08:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's important to get up\Nand circumvent sometimes that couch.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.00,0:08:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how can we do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.62,0:08:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well yes, ice is a big part of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.79,0:08:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Insights, compassion and empathy:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.62,0:08:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, C, E.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.96,0:08:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.50,0:08:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we start using this ice method,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.46,0:08:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, the possibilities become\Nmuch bigger than us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they become smaller than you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.58,0:08:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a molecular level,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.96,0:08:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that that insight
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the unifying theme
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.83,0:09:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every talk you have seen so far at TED
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.96,0:09:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will continue as we of course embark
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.25,0:09:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this journey here on this tiny planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.50,0:09:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the ledge, on the precipice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.62,0:09:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we are seeing, yes,\Ndeath is inevitable.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.08,0:09:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.71,0:09:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will it meet all of us at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.29,0:09:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, is the variable we are inquiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.75,0:09:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.38,0:09:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that timeline gets a bit longer
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.17,0:09:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we use ice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.67,0:09:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we rest our backs\Nupon one another
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.46,0:09:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and build together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.08,0:09:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving behind the fear
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.12,0:09:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and working towards --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.50,0:09:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.12,0:10:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll edit this part out --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.75,0:10:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.50,0:10:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ripened experience of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.67,0:10:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.17,0:10:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intimacy based on a truth
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.50,0:10:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are sharing from your mind's eye
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.21,0:10:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the heart that we all can touch,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.50,0:10:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tactilely feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.25,0:10:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have maybe potentially a mushy experience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.71,0:10:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't just throw out\Nbecause it is browned,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.33,0:10:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let us slice in half\Nthe experience we have gathered,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.50,0:10:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let us seed what the heart, the core,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.38,0:10:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed of that idea in each of us is,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.12,0:10:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let us share it back to back.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.25,0:10:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.67,0:10:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)