David Eagleman

And that's because you only hear your own voice from inside your head. The resonance of the skull and the cavities in there is very different from how other people hear you.

And that's because you only hear your own voice from inside your head. The resonance of the skull and the cavities in there is very different from how other people hear you.

And that's because you only hear your own voice from inside your head. The resonance of the skull and the cavities in there is very different from how other people hear you.

Exactly. So that's why when you saw your face and stuff. The other weird part is that you're constantly changing, right? Your face morphs through time. And when you look at a picture of yourself from a decade ago, two decades ago, and so on, but it's hard somehow to keep track of that about ourselves.

Exactly. So that's why when you saw your face and stuff. The other weird part is that you're constantly changing, right? Your face morphs through time. And when you look at a picture of yourself from a decade ago, two decades ago, and so on, but it's hard somehow to keep track of that about ourselves.

Exactly. So that's why when you saw your face and stuff. The other weird part is that you're constantly changing, right? Your face morphs through time. And when you look at a picture of yourself from a decade ago, two decades ago, and so on, but it's hard somehow to keep track of that about ourselves.

Now, here's the thing. The reason the watermark is important is because all the rest of it is just super easy to scan digitally and reproduce. So all the rest we just assume will be right. The watermark is the part that has to be done by hand usually. And so that's why that really matters there.

Now, here's the thing. The reason the watermark is important is because all the rest of it is just super easy to scan digitally and reproduce. So all the rest we just assume will be right. The watermark is the part that has to be done by hand usually. And so that's why that really matters there.

Now, here's the thing. The reason the watermark is important is because all the rest of it is just super easy to scan digitally and reproduce. So all the rest we just assume will be right. The watermark is the part that has to be done by hand usually. And so that's why that really matters there.

What's interesting, I'll tell you one of the other recommendations I made to these guys is I said, look, what I've realized from a year of doing this is that a bill is full of distractions, right? The thing, the trees, the flowers, the banners, the eagles, the whatever. Like it's so full of stuff that you would not notice if that tree were missing or the eagle. Like it just doesn't matter.

What's interesting, I'll tell you one of the other recommendations I made to these guys is I said, look, what I've realized from a year of doing this is that a bill is full of distractions, right? The thing, the trees, the flowers, the banners, the eagles, the whatever. Like it's so full of stuff that you would not notice if that tree were missing or the eagle. Like it just doesn't matter.

What's interesting, I'll tell you one of the other recommendations I made to these guys is I said, look, what I've realized from a year of doing this is that a bill is full of distractions, right? The thing, the trees, the flowers, the banners, the eagles, the whatever. Like it's so full of stuff that you would not notice if that tree were missing or the eagle. Like it just doesn't matter.

And what that does is it distracts us from the security features. Therefore, the optimal thing to do would be to have a blank bill with a single hologram in the middle. Holograms are hard to counterfeit. That's it. You just want a single hologram that tells you the money, 20 or 50 or 100. And I made the argument to these guys and they all sat there and they said, you know what?

And what that does is it distracts us from the security features. Therefore, the optimal thing to do would be to have a blank bill with a single hologram in the middle. Holograms are hard to counterfeit. That's it. You just want a single hologram that tells you the money, 20 or 50 or 100. And I made the argument to these guys and they all sat there and they said, you know what?

And what that does is it distracts us from the security features. Therefore, the optimal thing to do would be to have a blank bill with a single hologram in the middle. Holograms are hard to counterfeit. That's it. You just want a single hologram that tells you the money, 20 or 50 or 100. And I made the argument to these guys and they all sat there and they said, you know what?

In theory, we agree with you. The logic of it is indisputable. But what they felt like is money has to be regal looking. And they felt like there's all this cultural momentum to money. And so in the end, they rejected that. They turned it down. But it's a real shame because that's how you stop counterfeiting or reduce it greatly.

In theory, we agree with you. The logic of it is indisputable. But what they felt like is money has to be regal looking. And they felt like there's all this cultural momentum to money. And so in the end, they rejected that. They turned it down. But it's a real shame because that's how you stop counterfeiting or reduce it greatly.

In theory, we agree with you. The logic of it is indisputable. But what they felt like is money has to be regal looking. And they felt like there's all this cultural momentum to money. And so in the end, they rejected that. They turned it down. But it's a real shame because that's how you stop counterfeiting or reduce it greatly.

That's it. That's the whole thing. That's the right way to do it.

That's it. That's the whole thing. That's the right way to do it.