Michelle Obama
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And this is what's real, you know, what you feel in the room when you're with people.
You know, you were showing us the videos of the juke joint gatherings and the, you know, the cornfield.
The cornfields, you know, people of all races and ages and with different cultural proclivities all dancing to the same beat and smiling and moving together.
It's like that's the power of gathering.
You know, the power of gathering is that we are reminded of our similarities and we forget the minor little stupid differences that is tearing this country and this world apart.
And I want more young people to fight for the gathering, you know.
Fight for coming off of your phones, finding community, being reminded.
of who we are as people and do not let the algorithm separate us from one another.
That's the danger of AI.
But that's in our control.
That's something we built.
And I think the point that you, the decisions that you made to live in a way that allowed you to be courageous, you know, another way of saying that is to, you know, start out living small, you know.
We're a culture where everybody is promoting, you start out big, you know, even watching HGTV, everybody wants to,
Big tray ceilings.
They want the man cave.
They want everything now.
It's like it's your starter home.
You know?
Why does everybody think they deserve a granite countertop?
We've just lost the script.