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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,author, philosopher, and self-proclaimed spiritual entertainer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.00,0:00:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alan Watts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.89,0:00:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the West,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.19,0:00:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we inherit the idea of law
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from those ancient conceptions of God
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.77,0:00:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is even passed down into science!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.36,0:00:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we discuss Laws of Nature
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.63,0:00:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one recognizes more and more in the sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.00,0:00:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what we call Laws of Nature
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.00,0:00:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are simply observed regularities\Nin the way things behave
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you,\Nin order to observe regularities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.00,0:00:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must look at things\Nthrough something regular
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.23,0:00:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is to say\Nyou must lay a ruler alongside them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.53,0:00:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or compare their behavior with the regular behavior of a clock
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.72,0:01:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But clocks and rulers\Nare human inventions!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.80,0:01:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are regular measures
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.84,0:01:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we use for comparing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.36,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rates of change,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.12,0:01:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say a clock\Nis a measure of a rate of change
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.42,0:01:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite arbitrary!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.60,0:01:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we very easily compare our
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.09,0:01:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulation measuring devices
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.87,0:01:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what makes things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.00,0:01:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if the sun rises\Nbecause it's 6 in the morning!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.65,0:01:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's being\Ncompletely backwards in one's thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.64,0:01:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we get into the same confusion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.60,0:01:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we imagine for example\Nthat money is wealth!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.92,0:01:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we have fantastic wealth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.70,0:01:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have the technological possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.38,0:01:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making everybody on Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.45,0:01:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the enjoyer of an independent income.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.19,0:01:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't do it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.70,0:02:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people say where is the money gonna come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they think money makes prosperity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.82,0:02:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the other way around!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.21,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's physical prosperity
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.00,0:02:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has money\Nas a way of measuring it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.84,0:02:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But people think\Nmoney has to come from somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.94,0:02:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like hydroelectric power\Nor lumber or iron
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.48,0:02:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't!\NMoney is something we invent!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.77,0:02:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like inches
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.70,0:02:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you remember\NThe Great Depression?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.00,0:02:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there was a slump
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.80,0:02:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what did we have a slump of?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.92,0:02:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Money
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.32,0:02:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no less wealth,\Nno less energy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.43,0:02:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no less raw materials\Nthan there were before
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.30,0:02:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's like you came to\Nwork on building a house one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.91,0:02:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they said "Sorry!\NYou can't build this house today,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.56,0:02:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"no inches."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.14,0:02:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you mean "no inches"?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.67,0:02:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ah just inches! We don't mean... We got inches of lumber, yes"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.50,0:02:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"we got inches of metal,\Nwe even got tape measures!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.71,0:02:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But there is a slump in inches!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.46,0:02:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people are that crazy!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.71,0:02:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can have a depression
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.52,0:03:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have no inches to go around
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.55,0:03:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or no dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.72,0:03:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all a load of nonsense
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.98,0:03:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see,\Nbecause we got thinking backwards
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.38,0:03:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And making the\Nmetaphysical tail wag the dog
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.53,0:03:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making the law rule things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.24,0:03:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it doesn't, it's merely a way of measuring what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.34,0:03:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, you see,\Nwhen you get into Buddhistic thought
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.43,0:03:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't get that confusion.