004 Weird, or just different 2009

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004Weird,orjustdifferent?2009So,imagineyou'restandingonastreetanywhereinAmericaandaJapanesemancomesuptoyouandsays,"Excuseme,whatisthenameofthisblock?"Andyousay,"I'msorry,well,thisisOakStreet,that'sElmStreet.Thisis26th,that's27th."Hesays,"OK,butwhatisthenameofthatblock?"Yousay,"Well,blocksdon'thavenames.Streetshavenames;blocksarejusttheunnamedspacesinbetweenstreets."Heleaves,alittleconfusedanddisappointed.So,nowimagineyou'restandingonastreet,anywhereinJapan,youturntoapersonnexttoyouandsay,"Excuseme,whatisthenameofthisstreet?"Theysay,"Oh,wellthat'sBlock17andthisisBlock16."Andyousay,"OK,butwhatisthenameofthisstreet?"Andtheysay,"Well,streetsdon'thavenames.Blockshavenames.JustlookatGoogleMapshere.There'sBlock14,15,16,17,18,19.Alloftheseblockshavenames,andthestreetsarejusttheunnamedspacesinbetweentheblocks.Andyousaythen,"OK,thenhowdoyouknowyourhomeaddress?"Hesaid,"Well,easy,thisisDistrictEight.There'sBlock17,housenumberone."Yousay,"OK,butwalkingaroundtheneighborhood,Inoticedthatthehousenumbersdon'tgoinorder."Hesays,"Ofcoursetheydo.Theygointheorderinwhichtheywerebuilt.Thefirsthouseeverbuiltonablockishousenumberone.Thesecondhouseeverbuiltishousenumbertwo.Thirdishousenumberthree.It'seasy.It'sobvious."So,Ilovethatsometimesweneedtogototheoppositesideoftheworldtorealizeassumptionswedidn'tevenknowwehad,andrealizethattheoppositeofthemmayalsobetrue.So,forexample,therearedoctorsinChinawhobelievethatit'stheirjobtokeepyouhealthy.So,anymonthyouarehealthyyoupaythem,andwhenyou'resickyoudon'thavetopaythembecausetheyfailedattheirjob.Theygetrichwhenyou'rehealthy,notsick.(ApplauseInmostmusic,wethinkofthe"one"asthedownbeat,thebeginningofthemusicalphrase:one,two,three,four.ButinWestAfricanmusic,the"one"isthoughtofastheendofthephrase,liketheperiodattheendofasentence.So,youcanhearitnotjustinthephrasing,butthewaytheycountofftheirmusic:two,three,four,one.Andthismapisalsoaccurate.(Laughter
There'sasayingthatwhatevertruethingyoucansayaboutIndia,theoppositeisalsotrue.So,let'sneverforget,whetheratTED,oranywhereelse,thatwhateverbrilliantideasyouhaveorhear,thattheoppositemayalsobetrue.Domoarigatogozaimashita.

004 Weird, or just different 2009

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