Why You Should Make Useless Things Pt. 2 @TED #ted #shorts

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I often get asked if I think I'm  ever going to build something useful,  
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and maybe someday I will.
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But the way I see it,
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I already have because I've built myself this job.
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It's something that I could never have planned for,
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Instead it happened just because I was  enthusiastic about what I was doing,
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and I was sharing that enthusiasm with other people.
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To me that's the true beauty of making useless things,
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because it's this acknowledgment that you don't always know what the best answer is.
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And it turns off that voice in your head
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that tells you that you know exactly how the world works.
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And maybe a toothbrush helmet isn't the answer,
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but at least you're asking the question.
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