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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.58,0:00:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey guys! I've got some really good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.04,0:00:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just received the letter from the Singularity University
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.15,0:00:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that I got accepted with a scholarship
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.15,0:00:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their Graduate Studies Program.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.11,0:00:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Then what I wanted talk you about is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.33,0:00:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not if you are gonna change the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.88,0:00:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how you are gonna do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.57,0:00:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You ask people: Are they working on something...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.10,0:00:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can really change the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.59,0:00:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how many people can answer yes?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.92,0:00:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know you look for people who are really trying to make things a lot better
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.97,0:00:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just a little better but a lot better.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.88,0:00:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really excited for all of you who are studying this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.94,0:00:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I was a student this is where I would want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.72,0:00:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why are we here?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.35,0:00:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly there are incredible universities around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.72,0:00:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not to duplicate the efforts.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.60,0:00:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to provide something distinctly different.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.43,0:00:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have a conversation occur
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.54,0:01:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't happen in other places.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.04,0:01:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The tools of creativity, of innovation, of disruptive change
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.88,0:01:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in everybody's hands and they are not expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.62,0:01:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- One student that we had this year
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.87,0:01:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was named Fast Company's most influential women of 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.24,0:01:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One student has published eight papers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.63,0:01:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in neurocomputation and neuroprosthesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.14,0:01:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One student is a founding member and program director of two NGOs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.46,0:01:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The youngest one starting coding at the age of four.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.14,0:01:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,16% to 17% of the students have started companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.96,0:01:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It's time to dedicate your lifes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.77,0:01:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to solving one of the world biggest challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.53,0:01:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you are not doing that is time to reorient yourself towards that goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.69,0:01:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take this admonition to affect one billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.31,0:01:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you add to it to affect one billion people positively
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.21,0:01:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and answer the grand challenges of our times.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.48,0:01:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Singularity University is an awesome place
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.09,0:01:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was founded in 2008 by Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.99,0:01:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a bunch of other cool people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.10,0:01:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is to take 80 among the smartest and the best
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.95,0:02:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scientists, enterpreneurs and thinkers from around the globe
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.34,0:02:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring them together at the NASA Ames Research Center
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.64,0:02:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Silicon Valley for ten weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.94,0:02:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are gonna have a crash course of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.05,0:02:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nanotechnology, biotechnology, molecular engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.79,0:02:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the fields that kind of are connected with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.41,0:02:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exponentially expanding technologies and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.04,0:02:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,utilize these technologies to bring about a better world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.33,0:02:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whatever is you wanna do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.19,0:02:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make sure it affects al least one billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.60,0:02:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,positively, within the next ten years. That's the challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.45,0:02:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll be spending my whole summer there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.94,0:02:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll be meeting of kinds of cool and interesting people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.26,0:02:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start projects with them and really try to kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.86,0:02:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do something about what I've talking about for years
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.99,0:02:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I couldn't really do because I didn't have the resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.66,0:02:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now maybe I will!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.33,0:02:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have any ideas or suggestions post a comment or a video response.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.19,0:03:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make sure you click the subscribe button that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.32,0:03:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i think is around here maybe I'm holding it right now like here...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.90,0:03:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get updates on what I'll be doing, the book that I'm writing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.73,0:03:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all in there just check the video... the web, down below there
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.75,0:03:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all sorts of other cool stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.51,0:03:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much for watching this video, let me know what you think.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.55,0:03:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Links in the video description.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.43,0:03:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really excited about this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.94,0:03:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can't wait to hear your responses and your ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.20,0:03:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me about that and I'll see you guys soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.89,0:03:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Please if you don't speak english email at volunteer@name.here we'll translate your message for you]