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Pero alam naman tayo mga kameta, parati tayo naniwala in being at least as well rounded as possible.
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I won't say renaissance man but at least have the so-called Da Vinci method which is try to be really good in one thing at least.
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And then have a degree of competence in a number of other things so that you can combine them.
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It's kind of like mixed martial arts. That's what I love about mixed martial arts especially for those who transition from specializing in one martial arts and then moving into mixed martial arts.
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So let's say ikaw ay isang judo champion before, let's say ikaw ay isang karate champion, GSP for instance or isang judo champion.
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Let's say people like Benildarius or wrestling champions or very competitive in the wrestling world.
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Let's say people like Jon Jones. Some people even playing rugby or football like Volkanovski.
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So on and so forth. I can give you a lot of examples of people who transition from being really good in one sport and then going to the MMA and learning about a number of other sports and then combining them together into mixed martial arts.
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My sense is that's a very very useful framework for also being what I believe is kind of a well-rounded person in the 21st century.
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And if you want to be a leader, if you want to be a source of inspiration, if you want to be someone who's bringing ideas to the world, good ideas to the world, good vibes to the world,
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it's important that you're not confined literally to just one corner of the world as much as possible.
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Learn to push your boundaries, to get out of your comfort zone, to move around the world, see the beauty of the world.
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And for me, when it comes to nature, well, the thing with nature is that there are two things about it.
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But I would actually say three things about nature because of the special circumstances we find ourselves in at the dawn of the 21st century.
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Now, the thing is this. Well, actually we're past the dawn. We're moving into the mid 21st century.
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No, I mean, the thing is, first of all, what I always appreciated with nature is that it grounds you.
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It reminds us of the enormous grandeur that lies out there, outside these silos that we build, which we call cities, for instance.
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So all those urban centers when our dreams and our passions and our ambitions, all of those things are confined to.
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It's very important to go out there, to go out into nature, some sort of wilderness even, no?
04:43.0
To put things in perspective and realize that many things that you obsess over, as important as they may seem,
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in the greater scheme of things, perhaps they're not the most important thing in life.
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The second thing I like about getting in touch with nature, especially this kind of nature,
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kind of a wilderness kind of nature, is that it also reminds you, I mean, I wouldn't be able to get here to Greenland, for instance,
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if not for all the infrastructure built here, if not for all the technology that you can see I'm wearing right now.
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Not only the technology to record this, but the technology also to be able to keep warm enough to conduct this conversation with the thing.
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Thankfully there's this beautiful sun, but still, I mean, it's pretty cold here.
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Negative 10, negative 12, negative 15 degrees at some point. Thankfully not now, but things can get very cold here.
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So these technologies allow us to do this.
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But let's not forget, there wouldn't have been a Greenland if not for, you know, Inuit people,
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if not for, you know, all of these different countries who came over here and built the basic infrastructure,
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the very roads that they used, you know, to walk towards here.
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So it tells you something about our ancestors, the degree of ambition, the degree of resilience,
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the degree of actually greediness and audacity that they had.
06:08.0
Just think of the first settlers who come here, right?
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Imagine you come here, there was nothing here before.
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And then probably there were more predators, more animals, more, you know, threatening creatures around.
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As much as I would say, of course, we are also a very destructive species.
06:27.0
But that's another story, we can go to that later on.
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But this is what I'm saying.
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Like the thing also with nature, especially when you go to the outer margins of the world,
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when you go to the frontiers, you begin to appreciate how audacious, how gritty.
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I don't like using the word resilient.
06:45.0
It's like the word resilient in the context of the Philippines.
06:48.0
That's what Trappo is using in order to say,
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Ah, bahala na kayo dyan, diba?
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Bahala na kayo, survive na lang kayo dyan, diba?
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So I'll just use grittiness.
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Yung grit and audacity of human beings is amazing.
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Think of the first people who came here, the first people who built the infrastructure and the roads here
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with very rudimentary technology, if any at all, right?
07:12.0
Look at the distances that people from Siberia and Asia covered to go to Canada and all the way to reach here, right?
07:20.0
Actually, if you look at people here, for instance, they come from all over the world, right?
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All over the world.
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Now, I'm not gonna get into the internal debates between Greenland and Denmark and all of that.
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Mahabang usapan yan.
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I'm just thankful to have made it here because actually, and this is a travel advisory,
07:40.0
if you plan to go to Greenland and you happen to have a Schengen visa,
07:43.0
make sure it's a Schengen visa from Denmark, right?
07:46.0
Because some of us have Schengen visas multi-year from different countries for different events.
07:51.0
Like in my case, because I was invited to Munich Security Conference the other year,
07:55.0
so my Schengen visa is from Germany.
07:58.0
But Germany does not cover Greenland, right?
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So if you're gonna come to Greenland, make sure you get your Schengen visa in Denmark itself
08:08.0
and make sure that in your Schengen visa, it says that you're allowed to go to Greenland
08:15.0
because they're very strict about it, right?
08:17.0
They have to also, people of Greenland also have to protect what they have here.
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Now, the third thing, of course, with nature.
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That's why, you know, I come from the Philippines.
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I come from the tropics, but I was born in Baguio.
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So that gave me a little bit of appreciation for cold and all of that.
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And for mountains.
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Well, the thing is this, actually not far away from here.
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Probably, what, 10 to 15 kilometers from here, there are glaciers.
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And a little bit above that, let's say 30 to 40 kilometers,
08:52.0
it's just the beginning of this infinity of icebergs, right?
08:59.0
That extend us, you know, millions of hectares, you know?
09:04.0
Comparatively, it covers from southern tip of Spain,
09:08.0
so southern most tip of Europe,
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essentially blending into Morocco and North Africa all the way to Denmark.
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That's how large the icebergs in this area are.
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I mean, the amazing, amazing natural features that you see here.
09:28.0
At the same time, let's be honest, we don't know how long these things are going to last.
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I mean, with climate change, actually, to be honest,
09:36.0
it's not as cold as I expected at this point.
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I mean, we're almost heading to Christmas, right?
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I expected things to be much colder here.
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Of course, as a human being, I appreciate the fact that it's not super cold.
09:52.0
It's not negative 20 or 30 degrees.
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Because there's just so much that technology can do.
09:58.0
At some point, things can get really unbearable unless you have acclimated fully.
10:03.0
Now, the thing is, with climate change, I'm not sure how long all of these icebergs,
10:08.0
all of these glaciers, all of these things are going to last.
10:14.0
The other thing I have here is a sense of gratitude.
10:17.0
And hopefully, hopefully, we get our act together, right?
10:21.0
We get our act together, get rid of all these flat-earther conspiracy theories,
10:26.0
pro-carbon emission, pro-oligarch kind of climate change denial nonsense, right?
10:33.0
And really work on sets of solutions that also go beyond all of this,
10:37.0
Elon Musk self-congratulatory,
10:40.0
let's go with battery and everything would be fine kind of nonsense, right?
10:44.0
Yes, of course, electric cars could be helpful, but let's not forget,
10:47.0
extracting lithium and all of that, it could be extremely environmentally destructive.
10:51.0
We have to transition away.
10:54.0
But of course, just before coming here, I was in Scandinavia, Stockholm,
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and then back in Copenhagen.
10:59.0
If you look at countries like Denmark,
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and increasingly across Scandinavia,
11:04.0
these people are going almost 100% renewable energy, right?
11:07.0
Windmills, solar, so on and so forth.
11:10.0
And they have the storage capacity and the transmission capacity
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to make sure that whatever they gather in terms of energy,
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in their high seas,
11:21.0
in those special time when the solar energy is at its height,
11:27.0
in terms of its absorption by their solar panels or the windmills
11:30.0
in terms of how strong the wind is,
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they make sure that they can store that
11:35.0
and then they can transmit that across the country.
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there are three things that make nature very, very special.
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they help you to get out of your silo,
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all of those petty things you fight over,
11:53.0
or not so petty things,
11:55.0
but the world is more than just our silos, our urban silos.
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The second thing is,
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especially when you go to the frontiers of the world,
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you realize how ambitious,
12:07.0
and how amazing our ancestors were.
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this is what I really appreciate is,
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we don't know how long
12:17.0
the most amazing things in this world
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are gonna last given climate change and all of that.
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I'm hoping my best that we can get our act together
12:26.0
to avoid the worst,
12:28.0
but the reality is that many beautiful things
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that have been taken for granted
12:31.0
may not be around in 30, 40, 50 years or so.
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climate change may happen much faster
12:38.0
in terms of its negative implications.
12:40.0
Again, I'm not here to do all the Vulcans,
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stuff like that to make you feel guilty.
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if you get a chance,
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go and explore nature.
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It could be a forest near you.
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It could be a beautiful river near you.
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It could be the beautiful animals,
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running out of their habitat
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gonna go extinct.
13:08.0
a lot of animals that are on the verge of extinction,
13:09.0
you can only see them if you're like,
13:15.0
but you see them in some zoo,
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So these are the things that
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you have to keep in mind.
13:21.0
You have to have a broader,
13:26.0
wiser perspective in life.
13:28.0
And wisdom doesn't come easily.
13:30.0
Wisdom doesn't come just with information.
13:32.0
Wisdom also doesn't come with just
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sheer experience.
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Because there are many people who have
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lived decades and decades on earth,
13:38.0
but it seems to have not learned anything.
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So the other thing I want to talk about here
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is power of reflection,
13:44.0
power of reflection,
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being visionary and being wise,
13:53.0
it's not only about being smart
13:55.0
and having a lot of information in your mind.
13:59.0
countless geeks in this world,
14:02.0
a lot of information in their mind.
14:05.0
like sometimes you go to a supermarket,
14:07.0
there's this foreigner guy who says,
14:09.0
how is this spelled out?
14:10.0
And then suddenly there's someone
14:12.0
some geek out there,
14:19.0
goes on and on and on.
14:21.0
there are many smart people out there.
14:23.0
And if you run out of smart people,
14:24.0
there's always Wikipedia there,
14:27.0
Not that I recommend it
14:29.0
for scholarly research and all of that.
14:33.0
going back to this,
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the great German chancellor,
14:46.0
probably one of the greatest statesmen
14:47.0
of the modern era
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and a great inspiration for leaders
14:50.0
all across the world,
14:52.0
Li Kuan Yew and Deng Xiaoping
14:54.0
and probably even
14:59.0
he said something like,
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only fools learn from
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their own experience.
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So it's extremely important
15:06.0
to not only make the most
15:08.0
out of your experiences
15:10.0
picking the best lessons out of it,
15:14.0
making sure you don't
15:15.0
make mistakes again,
15:17.0
when you make mistakes,
15:18.0
when you go wrong,
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there are three ways
15:22.0
of approaching it,
15:28.0
you're gonna say,
15:31.0
tapos na, it's done.
15:32.0
Let's not, you know,
15:33.0
let's not cry over
15:36.0
something that is already over.
15:37.0
There's nothing we can do.
15:38.0
It's a spilled milk, right?
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So there's that perspective,
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that kind of fatalistic
15:44.0
let's just move on,
15:45.0
let's not dwell on it.
15:47.0
And then there's a second way
15:48.0
of approaching it,
15:52.0
So one is positive toxicity,
15:56.0
toxic positivity,
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But the other one is
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toxic negativity.
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Like, oh my goodness,
16:05.0
it's the end of the world,
16:06.0
I'm the most horrible person.
16:09.0
That's also not helpful.
16:10.0
So there's always a third way.
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You know, as Buddha said,
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there's always a middle way,
16:14.0
there's always the third way.
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So the third way,
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in a dialectical sense,
16:25.0
you really try to grow
16:28.0
through your experiences
16:29.0
and throughout the years.
16:30.0
And you try to always get better
16:32.0
than what you were
16:36.0
or even an hour ago.
16:38.0
And if you're really a deep person,
16:39.0
you're gonna be better
16:44.0
you extract the best lessons,
16:46.0
you tap yourself on the back
16:47.0
for things you got right
16:48.0
so that you're encouraged positively.
16:50.0
But you also remind yourself
16:51.0
if you got something wrong,
16:53.0
okay, it's not the end of the world,
16:54.0
but I shouldn't repeat it.
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those mistakes again anymore.
16:59.0
It's very important
17:00.0
to have that sense.
17:03.0
That's wisdom for me.
17:07.0
being a wise person
17:08.0
is, well, good for you.
17:10.0
But there are also
17:11.0
a lot of wise people out there
17:12.0
who are just good for themselves.
17:14.0
There's a reason why Buddha,
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achieving nirvana,
17:19.0
that kind of enlightenment,
17:24.0
from all the nonsense
17:28.0
takes grip of the human mind.
17:30.0
if you look at Buddha,
17:33.0
attaining nirvana,
17:34.0
he actually came back
17:35.0
to serve the world
17:36.0
and to share the message,
17:40.0
a possible roadmap
17:47.0
the billions of people
17:49.0
throughout the centuries
17:51.0
from the wisdom of Buddha.
17:56.0
was one of psychological,
17:57.0
profound psychological analysis,
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into the nature of the mind.
18:05.0
not to digress too much,
18:07.0
going back to this,
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wisdom is one thing,
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can be even greater.
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You can be greater
18:17.0
You can be someone
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who actually contributes
18:19.0
to the betterment
18:22.0
And that's what Buddha did.
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He was not there only
18:27.0
He was not only there
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to come back to earth
18:32.0
and share the message
18:34.0
entailed a lot of risk,
18:36.0
a lot of watering down
18:37.0
of possibly his ideas,
18:39.0
the possible adulteration
18:40.0
of his absolutely
18:47.0
But he took that risk
18:49.0
people of the world
18:50.0
deserve to hear the message,
18:51.0
to have a glimpse
18:53.0
into the enlightenment
18:54.0
that he stumbled upon
19:03.0
that's what Buddha did
19:04.0
after attaining nirvana.
19:08.0
He became a visionary.
19:09.0
He became a great
19:10.0
world historical figure.
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an intellectual thing.
19:17.0
It's not only about
19:19.0
But it's also about
19:20.0
emotional strength.
19:23.0
who are visionaries?
19:24.0
Visionaries are people
19:26.0
what is wrong with the world
19:27.0
but they don't allow that
19:28.0
to overwhelm them
19:30.0
And at the same time,
19:32.0
significant degree
19:36.0
strength of character
19:40.0
to push the boundaries
19:41.0
of growth and success.
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Now, in the case of the Philippines,
19:45.0
I would say easily
19:47.0
and his generation,
19:51.0
They were absolute visionaries.
19:53.0
You know, they were not only
19:54.0
wise for their age.
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I mean, Rizal was
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Rizal had already
20:03.0
produced so much.
20:08.0
laid down the foundation
20:12.0
the idea of the great
20:14.0
nationalist hero.
20:16.0
I mean, Rizal was
20:25.0
to Tagore's followers.
20:26.0
I mean, all around Asia,
20:38.0
and his martyrdom.
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So that's how great
20:42.0
these people were.
20:43.0
I mean, their 20s
20:48.0
achieved so much.
20:51.0
But they were also
20:58.0
the novels of Rizal,
21:05.0
of the Philippine society.
21:19.0
of class politics,
21:28.0
and human greatness
21:29.0
and human resilience.
21:30.0
He captured all of that.
21:31.0
He captured all of that
21:35.0
So this was a man
21:44.0
a genius is someone
21:47.0
contradictory ideas
21:51.0
and this is the important caveat,
21:54.0
In the case of Rizal,
21:55.0
he didn't only stay sane,
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for the Philippine people.
22:04.0
And the same can be said
22:05.0
for a lot of other
22:08.0
Isabela de las Reyes
22:09.0
who's my favorite
22:11.0
the least appreciated
22:13.0
intellectual prowess
22:18.0
managed to actually
22:26.0
during the American
22:32.0
as an intellectual
22:38.0
progressive politics.
22:42.0
progressive socialist
22:45.0
or among the first
22:49.0
forefront of pushing
22:52.0
so social democratic
22:56.0
and then I can go on
22:58.0
with a lot of other
23:01.0
the Luna Brothers,
23:04.0
pretty complicated characters,
23:05.0
but just look at the
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what I'm saying here
23:16.0
is that we have had
23:17.0
all of these amazing
23:18.0
people in our history.
23:21.0
we also had very good
23:23.0
in the 20th century,
23:25.0
and more recently,
23:27.0
we had Franklin Hussein.
23:35.0
I think one of the
23:50.0
there are a lot of
23:51.0
these trashy people
23:55.0
not only trappers
24:02.0
or they're kind of
24:03.0
a blip on the radar,
24:05.0
nonsense out there.
24:07.0
one of the important
24:08.0
things we need is
24:09.0
to have a road map
24:10.0
for understanding
24:12.0
great inspiration.
24:16.0
inspirational figures
24:19.0
illustrators of our era?
24:25.0
speaking of being
24:28.0
marami tayong problema
24:31.0
sources of frustration,
24:35.0
of other countries.
24:44.0
and those countries
24:45.0
have gone compared to us,
24:46.0
or even Indonesia
24:49.0
when you look at it
24:51.0
of course it's easy
24:52.0
to feel depressed
25:00.0
saying walang pagkasam
25:05.0
study in a university
25:11.0
go and study abroad
25:16.0
these privileges.
25:17.0
For heaven's sake,
25:18.0
give back something
25:22.0
positive and push
25:29.0
whiny and et cetera
25:35.0
sa ating mga kababayan
25:38.0
yung mga oportunidad
25:45.0
state institutions
25:51.0
things that I talk
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For heaven's sake,
26:15.0
community that raised
26:17.0
don't think about
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it's better there
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is not compromised
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