Kelly Corrigan

Danini is asking us to move forward carefully.

I mean, we are in a tidal wave that is going to want to take us into this big future that is being designed for us by some tiny subset of humanity that may or may not be great at the most important pieces, like, for instance, human connection.

As these forces are rushing us into the future, we have to find a branch to reach out and grab so that we can pause and decide, are we going to go with the flow or are we going to step out of the rushing water and find our own dry ground?

Are we going to try to live a life that's a little different than the one that's being offered to us?

This is a moment for conscientious agency.

And that's, I think, what Danini was saying to us on stage at TED.

Thank you, Danini, for coming all the way from Tanzania and reminding us that there's stuff to hold on to, that we shouldn't be so quick to dive into modernity and leave it all behind.

And that's it for today.

Come back tomorrow.

We'll be with Andy Lotz, who is one of the best friends I have ever had.

He is a humble lifetime learner who has walked a hard road and has something important to tell us.

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