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I was doing my taxes the other day, and I got to the point where I was listing all of the donations I gave, and I had an epiphany

I think it's quite apt

And I think that that is very troubling, and in a sense, I've been reflecting on turning that part of us off.

let me talk about something really quick

Right now, as Bill McDonough has pointed out, the objects that we buy and use have hidden consequences

To date, many studies have reported...

Let's talk about film now. Film, it's an incredible medium, but essentially, it's the same now as it was then.

So, I'm going to show you a demo of a virtual reality film: a full-screen version of all the information that we capture when we shoot virtual reality

And that's where I think we just start to scratch the surface of the true power of virtual reality.

Just a note on the colors in these images

Imagine being able to shoot video in almost total darkness and not wind up with a noisy, undifferentiated mess?

And I know there's some of you who say, "Well, wouldn't it be better, wouldn't the world be a better place if we all just spoke one language?

So at this point in the talk, this is a nice time to ...

And you'll suddenly discover what it would be like to be unable to speak your own language.

Now, if you begin to look at the idea that these cultures could create different realities, you could begin to understand some of their extraordinary discoveries

So, what we're trying to do at the National Geographic, finally, is, we believe that politicians will never accomplish anything

A fact came out of MIT, couple of years ago

That hit me so hard, telling these people that had been through this experience.

The other thing: I wanted to give indigenous people a voice

So what I'd like to show you now, in the couple of minutes I have left, is a film that a student made in Guatemala

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