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In short, I think
the message here is...
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that we should never simply
write ourselves off...
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and see ourselves as the victim
of various forces.
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It's always our decision
who we are.
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Creation seems
to come out of imperfection.
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I t seems to come out of
a striving and a frustration.
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And this is where I think
language came from.
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I mean, it came from our desire
to transcend our isolation...
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and have some sort of
connection with one another.
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And it had to be easy
when it was just simple survival.
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Like, you know, "water."
We came up with a sound for that.
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Or, "Saber-toothed tiger right behind
you." We came up with a sound for that.
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But when it gets
really interesting, I think,
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is when we use that same system
of symbols to communicate...
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all the abstract and intangible things
that we're experiencing.
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What is, like, frustration?
Or what is anger or love?
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When I say "love,"
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the sound comes
out of my mouth...
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and it hits
the other person's ear,
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travels through this
Byzantine conduit in their brain,
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you know, through their memories
of love or lack of love,
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and they register what I'm saying
and say yes, they understand.
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But how do I know they understand?
Because words are inert.
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They're just symbols.
They're dead, you know?
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And so much of our experience
is intangible.
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So much of what we perceive cannot
be expressed. It's unspeakable.
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And yet, you know,
when we communicate with one another,
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and we--
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we feel that we
have connected,