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These are sounds.
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Sounds are our way
of communication.
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Our way of understanding.
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Have you ever thought
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that your voice
sounds much better in the bath?
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What is the extent of teachers' rights?
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What if you could become something like
an animal? Is that possible?
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What separates those who primarily
have an idea
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and those who want to bring it to life
is simple.
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A society assumes that that is the story
of every black man walking the Earth.
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It is assumed that that is my story,
before I even begin to tell it.
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Because everything I've just told you
so far is a lie and I just made it all up.
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My talk is actually about the art of lying
and convincing people
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that what you're saying is true.
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We've developed technologies to give
ourselves more and more pleasure.
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We're turning into a world like
the "Brave New World" of Aldous Huxley .
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This is Ted-ED and this is what we do.
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