 Are you Dax Allen? Nice to meet you man. I saw your simulation. Oh sweet. Do you want to do this? Oh nice, yeah let's try it. You did a little dive? Cool. I gotta get a dive into Dax now. Enjoy you guys here at Improv Workshop time? Awesome. Alright, it'll be super fun. Good stuff. Alright, alright, let's come closer for the Improv Workshop. Can you guys come to this table? So thanks for coming to the Improv Workshop, everyone. I really appreciate it. My name is Allen Saakyan. Yeah, yeah. So I host and produce a bunch of different things, science comedy shows, future festivals, fireside chats, all this kind of cool stuff. And I love meeting epic people like you who come to cool things like dense. So I'm excited to get to know you guys better. This is a improv session so we're going to be doing a little bit of a quick explanation kind of of some of the improv and like the neuroscience by an improv very quick. And we're just going to get right in activities. So we're going to get the juices flowing or the blood going. We're going to be interacting with each other and actually putting these things to practice. So if you're not ready to put things to practice, the door's over there. Alright, so neuroscience behind improv. A lot of people have said that improv has the root of creativity. Improv is takes all of the self-referential thinking that we have when we're sitting there and we're thinking about ourselves and how we look in front of other people. When you do that, you're not actually able to maximize your improvisational ability. So you get in a state of flow and Mikhali Siksem Mikhali is the guy that wrote the book about flow and it's really accurate. How many of us get lost doing our activity and we just wake up like an hour and a half later and you're just like, whoa, I forgot to call mom, I forgot to eat, I forgot to do all these things, but boom, I executed so much stuff. It feels amazing, yeah? Chat? Yeah, I love it. There we go, there we go, there we go. Yes, yes, yes, awesome. So I want us to get, let's all stand up. Let's all stand up. Alright, and now let's do a little bouncing, a little bit of bouncing. Yeah? Yeah, bounce. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, just a little bouncing like that is good. Alright, now I want us to say dent. Okay, but I'm going to go 1, 2, 3 and then we're all going to go dent. Okay, ready? 1, 2, 3. Dent! 1, 2, 3. Dent! 1, 2, 3. Dent! Dent! The universe, baby. Alright, so now pick a partner. Pick a partner. Okay, who doesn't have a partner? Pick. Good. Alright, everyone's paired up. Okay, cool. So now give yourselves a little bit of room so you guys in the front come out a little bit. Come out a little bit in the front. Uh-huh, perfect. Keep calm. Maybe some people take that middle alley area. You guys can stay back there. Perfect. So now, alright, now this activity, we're going to start very easy, very easy. This is called the mirror game. I'm sure many of you have probably played this before. Come on, come on. What's your name? Joey. Joey, Alan. Come over here, come over here. Alright, so the mirror game is, I'm going to just stand and just, you're going to mirror every single one of my actions, okay? So if I lift my hand, you're going to try and lift my hand. You're only looking at their eyes. You're only looking at their eyes. So I might lift the foot. I might maybe like turn sideways or something. I might try and like wiggle around my fingers or like do something crazy and see if the person can follow. But you're trying to just watch their eyes and so just pick one person, do it for about 60 seconds and then we'll switch, okay? Have fun with it, okay? Alright, alright, alright. So you can go back to the partner. Look at those guys. Okay, yeah, let's do it together. Javier. Javier, Alan. Nice to meet you, man. Alright, so you go. I'll mirror you. I'll mirror you. Alright. Whoa, that was fast. You're doing so hard. Wait, am I supposed to make it a lot of phase there? Yeah, yeah, I'm going backwards. It's all good. Alright, you can go if you want, you want to try it. Let's see, let's see, maybe we can, oh, that's good. That's good. I like that one. Alright, let me, alright, let's switch. Switch, other person. Alright, if you've already, keep going, go. If you've already switched, keep going, keep going. I have a whole, like, I have a whole note. Oh, perfect. Then you can be Javier's partner. Hi, Sarah. I'm Alan. Nice to meet you. Yay. Alright, so Improv Workshop, we're talking just a little bit about the neuroscience of Improv, but then we just jump right into activity. So this is a mirror activity. So let her, let her reveal. And look at just the eyes. Yeah, yeah. Awesome. You guys are great. Give yourselves a round of applause. This is really good stuff, really good stuff. Alright, now come on in in a one big circle. Now it's time for one big circle. They're doing this whole hand thing where they put their, what do you do? You put your middle fingers in and you go like this or something. Here's the church and here's the people. Open your hands and there's the people. There are the people, yeah. That is, yeah. So what do we, let's close the circle off, close the circle off. That's good. Okay, I'll stand right here. Okay, so now the, the first sort of, they're still doing it. They're loving this activity. How do I teach others how to do that? So, alright, so this activity is called, what is it? What is it called? Oh, move like this is the name of it. Okay. Move like this. So we're going to go around in a circle. I'll start and then we'll go to my right and we'll just each take turns doing this. But so the activity goes something like this. My name is Alan and I move like this and you just pick whatever action you want. And then the whole group goes, his name is Alan and he moves like this. And then we keep going around the circle. Okay. So let's practice together. My name is Alan and I move like, but you guys do it after I do it. Okay. Because you won't know what I'm doing, right? You know. Okay. Now you know what I'm doing. Now I'll, I'll change it up. My name is Alan and I move like this. His name is Alan and he moves like this. Perfect. Alright. And go ahead. Keep it up. My name is Zach and I move like this. His name is Zach and he moves like this. Her name is Kate and she moves like this. My name is Ray. His name is Ray and he moves like this. His name is Rob and he moves like this. His name is Win and he moves like this. His name is Josh and he moves like this. His name is Doug and he moves like this. My name is Joey and I move like this. His name is Joey and he moves like this. His name is Dax and he moves like this. His name is Greg and he moves like this. His name is Greg and he moves like this. His name is Dave and he moves like this. Her name is Alice and she moves like this. like this. His name is Bruce and he moves like this. Her name is Chris and she moves like this. My name is Javier and I move like this. His name is Javier and he moves like this. His name is Sarah and she moves like this. Nice. Round of applause for everyone. What did you guys think of that activity? Let's get some feedback. There is a whole another one like that and then usually it gets like seven or eight people before. It fails, but it's fun. It does fall apart, but it's a fun one too. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, exactly. You got names. You're signing an action. There's like group harmony. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. All right. So this one again, we're going to be in a circle. This is one word at a time storytelling. Yes. One word at a time storytelling. So you're only going to say one word and we're going to go, let's go to the left now. We'll go to the left and you're just going to say one word and you're going to try and make a sensible story. Okay. Let's try and make a fun story about how to dent the universe or even make one silly, whatever it may be. But don't take more than a second or two to come up with your word. Don't think too much. Go with that instinct of what you want to say. Okay. All right. Once over very hot face. Okay. Story restart. Okay. Story restart. You listen to this. Always instructions. Use when eight. What? This is no longer a sentence. It's great. Okay. Start one more. Start one more. Answers are good job. Awesome. That we actually made it took three tries, but we made a full comprehensive, fairly comprehensive sentence. Very good. Okay. Let's do okay. This one's this one's really fun. So I'll go I'll go actually I need to send someone else in the center first. So okay, volunteer Zach. Yeah. Yes. Come into this. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. That's it. Well, I could done. So we'll spend maybe like 30 or 60 seconds each in the middle. And so what's going to happen in the middle is you're just going to receive rapid fire questions from people on the outside that are either silly or serious. Like I could tell you something like how many diapers do you wear per week and see how quick he answered. Right. He's just like six. You didn't even think about it. Yeah. He's that's the actual amount I wear. And then I could I could also ask somebody else could be like what's the definition of time you'd be like something that flows backwards something that flows backwards. So and don't necessarily wait for him to even finish his answer to the previous question. So just keep keep throwing him questions. Alright, let's go for a minute. Go. How many colors are in a rainbow? 17. What time is it? 9. What do you plug in the coaster? The ceiling. What's my male name? Henry. What's in your fridge? Nothing. What's your favorite piece of fun? Because the black ones were 30. What's the highest bidder fish? Why are you standing in the middle? I was volunteer. What's the lowest you've been? Negative 108 feet. What seems strange? Things. How many moons does Saturn have? Nine. Why does Saturn have no 12? Because the cow's head is up. Where are you going tomorrow? To Dent. How many start into school? About 12. What color is your puppy? Black. Alright. Yeah. Good stuff. Yeah. Good stuff. Alright. Kate. Yes, Kate. Come on into the middle. Alright. So you're familiar with the activity now? Seems pretty. Okay. Cool. Cool. And we have is like I'll go to the other side of the circle. Alright. So let's start it up. What's your third favorite color? Orange. What are those? What's the capital of Montana? Georgia. How many white people live in Georgia? Why did Trump lose the memo? Why did Trump lose the memo? Why? Who's in a one-superbowl? I don't even know. How much wood can wood check check? Many pieces of wood. Will the Patriots cheat in a superbowl? Of course. Dolphins or whales? Dolphins. Yes. Lighter and visibility? Definitely white. Are you scared of elevators? Horrified. I've just been here last Christmas. I don't remember. How many kids do you have? Three. What's your favorite? Four. How many plantiers are there? North and South. How'd you get here? Paul. Alright, Kate. Yeah. Good job. Alright. Come on in. What's your name again? Raymond? Ray. Alright. Alright, Ray. Here we go. Why'd you pick that shirt today? It was hanging in the closet. How many years do you have? Four. What do you prefer in a woman? Redheads. Tall. What's your favorite beer? IPA. What's the car you prefer, Bob? Hugo. David Drake. Jim R. King. Red or white wine? Red. Bigger, first you met Jeff. Bigger, first you go. Favorite sport? What confuses you most? Oh, sorry. Favorite sport? Favorite sport? Sport. Quick. Is consciousness localized in the brain? Yes. What confuses you most? Confuses me most? Uh, uh, physics. Why didn't you choose any probable line-taker? Stayed in here. Good. Alright, Ray. Good job. Is your name again? Rob. Rob. Awesome. Alright, Rob. You ready to go? Average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. 600 barrel too. Why is your name Rob? My dad. What's your favorite kind of cloud? Humulus. How do you start a company? Cash. Confuses you. Most things confuse me. Open that. Must be the pigmentation in the skin. Who owns the centralized banks in every country? The man. Are you dizzy right now? No, not dizzy. If I gave you a pogo stick would you get dizzy? Yes. How many pogo sticks do you own? Zero. Why? Never tried it. Favorite ice cream flavor? Rocky Ruby. What's the fastest you've gone in a car? 107. Favorite weird ass song? Woo. Tops. I can't think of a weird ass song. Favorite Kanye song? Oh no! Favorite song? Yeah. My favorite song? Maybe YouTube? Something like YouTube. Why YouTube? My wife's a big YouTube fan. How about you? I became a YouTube fan because of my wife. All right. Good stuff. Good job Rob. Next up. Wayne? Yeah. All right. Go ahead Wayne. Where are you from? That man or Spider-Man? Neither. Do you know the Tuxedo? Yes but you don't want to see it. Why not? It's way too fun. How many mothers do you have? Three. Why are you here? I got lost. Where were you going? Somewhere I've been on it. Cat or dog? Both at the same time. I'm scared. Would you rather be mauled by one tiger or one million mouses? One million mouses. Why? It's the plural of mice. Pure strand or on a deserted island do what you take with you. Would you rather be really tall or really small? What's the most food you've eaten at one time? What's the last book you read? All right. Good stuff. Good job everyone. Good job. I'm Josh. Josh? All right. Because it's cute. Do you like babies? Only the ugly ones. How do you move? Like this? Are you truthful? No. If Rocky wasn't with Bullwinkle, who would he be with? The road. Can you do an imitation of Scooby-Doo? No. Do you think genetic engineering is something to worry about? Yes. Why? Because it would be fun for a lot of people to do genetic engineering themselves. And that's scary. Do you want a brain shift? Go ahead. What was the name of Maxwell's partner? I just remember. What's your favorite kind of bike and ride? A motorbike. What's your favorite sport? A lot. How would you take your pulse for eight years? Carefully. But I wouldn't take my pulse. What's 24 by 38? And there's a sum. What's your favorite position in the bedroom? Well, all of them. Early or late? Frankenstein? Early or late? I don't know. I'm not understanding. Woo! Good job. Everybody up, Joey? Yeah. All right, Joey. Why do you dress so good? Genetics. If you had your own Super Bowl, what sort of food would you put out? Nachos. If you were a superhero, what would you put out? Invisibility. What's a flower for you? Style. What's your favorite thing about boxing? Crack eggs. What's your favorite brand? I don't know. What's your least favorite movie? Beauty and the Beast. Why? I had to choose. What's your favorite play? What's your favorite field of science? Biology. Why? It's great to figure out life and how things work together. And I'm a bad at chemistry. Yay! Good job. Good job. All right, Dax. We got Dax up. Why are you named Dax? My parents. Is that short or something? No. Do you get on McDonald's often? All the time. Is that ever weird? I say I would. Is Dax long or something? Yeah. Why are there only 90 things in the baseball world? That's all I have to say. Should Pluto be a state? Yeah. Should Pluto be a state? In this country, yes. What would the currency on Pluto be? Cold. What would that convert to in Bitcoin? What's your favorite technology? Apple. Your favorite vacation spot? Here. Don't you find it weird that we put things in our mouth and it comes out our butt? It is pretty strange. Where do you want to go? Somewhere... What happens to that food that goes into our... Good job. Good stuff. All right. What are they doing here? We asked a question. We asked a question. I'll launch it off. All right, Dax. What's your favorite color? Blue. What's your favorite color? None. What's your favorite time of day? Warning. What are you doing in the morning? Drake Latte. Why? Because I talked every morning with Albert Einstein while I was waiting for the bus to go to school. Is that actually true? Yes. What did you talk about? I don't remember. I was 13. Do you know what I would say? That's Albert Einstein, I tell you. Where were you in President Kennedy? Andering in the office. State University. President of the State University of Brockport, Brockport, New York. Try to close my first account. Do you have kids? Three. What do they do? They sell rep's computer parts. One runs the entrepreneurship program at the University of Hawaii. And the third is a social media strategist. Which one's best? Which one's the best one? They're equal. Good questions. Good answers. You're ready for that one. They're equal. They're equal. They're equal. That's good. Good session. Good job, Doug. Yeah, yeah. Good job, Doug. Good job. Name? Greg. All right, Greg's up. What's Greg backwards? Ernie. Where to next? What's that? Where to next? Super Bowl. Why are you here? What's your favorite mode of transportation? Car. Would you use a jet pack? Yes. Who'd you vote for in the last question? Are you a model? Yes, very. Have you ever met Warren Buffett? Yes. How many people did you stack in a document? What kind of cards did you get? Ask a question. Ask a question. What career do you wish you had? Film production. Have you been in a film? No, but I've made some. Did you know that you look a little bit like George Lucas? No, but I hear a lot of people tell him that he looks like me. All right, all right. Good stuff. Good answers. Good questions. David. All right, Dave. Here we go. Do you have this symbol? What is the least favorite letter in your mail? Hi. Why are you like I? What's wrong with long and pointy fingers? If you ever stand by an I. Yes. Should we call an Isomars? Yes. Why? Why not? Would you move there? Maybe. Do you like to be hot or cold? Was maybe a copout answer? Probably. What's your favorite lift? What would you give away? Amazing. Good job, girls. Fast. Your voice is gone. Okay. I have to know how. That's right. That's good. What's your favorite actor? I don't know. Where are you from? Kenya? Why did you decide on the hairstyle? What? Why did you decide on the hairstyle? Why did you leave Kenya? What do you like most about America? Are you worried about North Korea? Finish them. What do you want to learn? What food do you miss from home? What's your darling? Corn, mash. Do you like it here? Sometimes. I get the power. Spicy? No. Spicy, not spicy hot. Nice. Bruce? Bruce. There we go. Ask away. Bruce Banner or Bruce Wayne? Wayne. Batman or Spider-Man? Which one? Favorite superhero. If someone could pour liquid on your chest, what would you choose? Honey. And who would do it? Oh, anyone. Any class. What would it be a class in? The later. If you could drive any car. Oh. If you got 500. Would you drive it backwards? Oh, definitely. Where do you want that hat? Oh, because my neck is cold. What does that say? Zion. Good job. Good on the toes. Good stuff. What's your name? Chris. Arkansas. Why? Outfit. How'd you come up with the outfit? Outfit. It was what I didn't pack when I moved to Oakland yesterday. Have you worn a razor bag yet? Hell no. How'd you move from? I moved from San Francisco to Oakland. It was very exciting. Do you like the south? Hell no. Ocean. Ocean. Probably with mountains right next door. Favorite beach? Shotpark beach. What characteristics do you enjoy in a partner? What characteristics? Being very smart. Which one of Louis Vuitton's characters is your favorite? The California Congress that goes bun. What's your superpower on it? Light. Light. Would you spy on people? Yes. Twinkies or Snowballs? Twinkies. Reese's Cups or Dolphins? Reese's with the whole cookie part in the middle and eat the peanut butter first. Monster. I wouldn't do the same to a dolphin, okay? How do you eat Oreos? I scrape the middle out and eat the cookie part and throw the shit away. Are there advanced civilizations smarter than us? Yes. Where? On Pluto and that's why we got rid of them as a planet. Alright, alright, alright. What's your name? Javier, right? Yeah, that's right. Can I just go back? J.D., I guess. If you were invisible, what would you do? I would run to a wife. What would you do? See what's actually going on. What do you think it would look like? What musical instrument would you like? The trombone. What do you think is going on at the White House? Shit's going down. Can invisible people still use Twitter? No. Do you think you're invisible? Capacitance. Do you think you're invisible? No. Where do the names Twitter come from? From Bulgaria. Do you think those pants make your butt look good? Yes. Your glasses are indestructible. Thankfully. Where'd you go to college? Stanford. Where'd you study? Smartass. Smartass? Ah, everything's okay. Yes, my friend. Are you a modern scientist? Yes, my friend. You haven't passed out? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm so sad. But I'll take you to the White House. I love you. I'll give you back. No, they're not in the bank. They're on the check. Oh, wait, no, they're in my pocket. Okay. Alright, cool. I'm sorry. I'm fine. I'll go and manage for the next few hours. I'll just text you. Right. Leave the door. I'll move that back. I'll move it back too. Exactly. Can you leave it a lot? Yeah, leave the door locked. Yeah. I'll move that back and put it on the desk and then close that down. Okay, okay. Get some soup. Alright, there you go. Good job. Alright, last but not least. Who's your favorite person in the circle? Everybody. Do you like prison food? Definitely. Did you know what Dent was before you got here? A little bit. What have you done in your life that you're super embarrassed about that you don't know and never finds out? I really don't know much actually. I'm afraid of the rest. Who's your worst friend? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Who's your worst relationship you've been with? David. Definitely. What would you do if you moved in next door? I don't know. I'm bringing it back. This, David? Oh, no, it's not me. No, she's new to sort of that. I have a question for you. Yeah. Oh, I'm different though. Did you make your skirt? No. Would you be passive-aggressive-friendly or like friendly-friendly? Avoidance-friendly. Were you nervous about cutting your hair short? No. Do you think Donald Trump has any good characteristics? Very good. What's his best characteristic? Your favorite? Relatable. Who'd you vote for? Not him. Airplane or train? Train. Will it train or body train? Not body train. Are we in a computer simulation? I would like that to be the case. Why? That's stressful. Everything is meaningless. Woo! Thoughts, feedback, what did you guys think? Do you have to go? Sure. I'll go. All right. Bring it on. Bring it on. What is the meaning of your life? To propel world peace and colonized stars systems. Can you work just to try to reach a lot of doing this yourself? No, because I want to see you guys in the middle, but I love doing this stuff. Do you enjoy watching people struggle in your circle? No, because we try and help them. Because I started a science comedy show two years ago. If you're in the middle, stop beating your dog. I don't own a dog, and I do not recommend beating anything, except maybe yourself occasionally. If you're in the middle, do you ever stop? No one will find that. I'm not concerned about that. This is, yes, could potentially be an infinite loop, yes. Black holes could potentially go into big bangs, et cetera, yes. The orange shoes reflect insecurity. Orange shoes reflect eccentricity. What's your favorite science? I do really like astrophysics. Would you ever jump on a moving train? Yes, probably up until about 20 miles an hour. What if you only had one leg? Probably closer to 10 miles an hour. What's your favorite fundamental property of the universe? I do think, depending on the caliber of maybe amounts of neurons in that being, yes, it does. What's your favorite shirt? My favorite shirt is probably... I have a shirt of Neil deGrasse Tyson going like this. Do you have any handguns? No, and if you do, then be careful. Love affair. Love affair? Lover or fighter? Lover or fighter. Lover and only fighting when it comes to helping people, I guess. What's the stupidest thing you did last week? The stupidest thing I did last week was... This is where I fail. What was my stupidest thing I did last week? There we go. Good question, good question. Good question, good job, good job. Director said he's supposed to answer quicker. Exactly, I got bailed out at the last second. I should have made something up in that case, exactly. I was trying to be honest through all those answers, but if you use some of you guys chose to be just random and that's good too, if I would have been random there, that would have been perfect. I might have said something funny, all this kind of stuff. Okay, great, what are we at? Okay, so this last activity, very last one, now this is probably the one that if we took away something from this activity tonight, I'd want us to take this activity away. So let's start as a group and then we'll break off into slightly more intimate partners. But this is kind of the thing that's kind of propelled me to be who I am today and it's because of knowing how to ask people deep thought-provoking questions. You probably heard me say like a couple of times like something about consciousness or something about being in a simulation or genetic engineering, how it's going to impact the world and stuff like that. So I care about these societal driving questions but I also really care about the intimate questions about where are you from, how many kids do you have, what do you care about, what impact do you want to make in the world. Do you guys have any questions like that that you want to share with the group that you love asking people when you first meet with them? What makes you you? That's a good one, yeah. When I ask what's your superpower, you give a, you know, everyone has to like, what are you really good at? What's that thing that makes you... What do you care about more than anything? Yeah, yep. I'm a fan of why are you here. Why are you here? It was the greatest lesson you learned in childhood. That's a good one, yes. Good stuff. What problems are you trying to solve? Yes, yes. You guys, this is amazing. These questions that float up to the top of your head right now in the circle, these are the questions that I would challenge you to start conversations with people about. It's totally okay to talk about the weather and the Super Bowl and stuff like that. It's totally cool. But if you really want to figure out someone, you ask them why they are them. Like, why are you you? And like, what do you care about? What's the thing that's most important to you? What problems are you trying to solve, et cetera? And by asking these questions, at the toughest level, immediately down deep and we start actually having the deep conversations with people. So, let's break up into groups of two and let's ask group pairs into pairs and then let's go right away, look them in the eyes and let's have one of the two people just ask a very deep question. And then remember, you're trying to follow up so when somebody says, this is a really important part. Pay attention. I know you guys probably know this, but when they say what do you care about and they say maybe education, you don't just say, okay, we're cool, but you ask, again, why? Why education? What do you want to do in education? What impact do you want to make? That makes sense, right? So you're continuing to deep, dig deeper and deeper. Are we on the same page? Yeah, let's find a new partner and then we'll switch off after a little bit. Okay. Okay, pair up, pair up. Okay, running across. Good, good. Awesome. Awesome. This is good. Yeah, let's do it. Let's do it. No one else, right? Good. Okay. Yeah. Ray, that's right. All right, come, come. Let's take a seat. Let's do a minute. Let's do a minute and then a minute to two minutes. Yeah, exactly. A minute to two minutes, then we'll switch. So what do you care about? My family. What impact do you want to make in the world? First try I was going to ask you. Good. Good, good. What do I want to make on the world? I like, I run a number of companies and I have my own law firm. I started one in 1994 and I sold that to my partners in 05, started another one. I've helped a lot of startup companies. I'm an IPHR. Okay. I helped a lot of startup companies start up, raise money and things and I think going forward as I get older I'd like to do more than consulting work and just really let them have others around them rather than me actually doing the work. Is there a specific area of company that you really like financial or biotechnology or like is there some sort of... For technology wise my background is in communication systems and cell phones and things like that. Okay. But I have a client that makes condoms, vibrators and sex loops. Awesome. And they're just a blast to hang out. It's like a different type of person that gravitates through the code. Exactly. Exactly. It's just really fun. Cool. So you have kids? I have three. Three kids. Cool. And you're happy? They're all happy? They're all happy and mostly helping. Good. I have a 25 year old here in San Francisco. That's a biologist at Genentech. Awesome. I have a son that's at Georgia Tech studying Computer Science. Amazing. And my daughter, which is the reason why I'm here Jason invited me. Awesome. We both sit on the Hydrocephalus Association Board. Okay. So my daughter has Hydrocephalus in his son. And remind me about that again. Hydrocephalus. It's a fluid drainage problem for your cerebral spinal fluid. And if you have a blockage anywhere in the path, it comes from the center of your spine around your skull or around your brain. If any of that pathway is blocked, then you end up with a backup and then your brain starts getting squeezed from the inside and you die. Do you prevent the blockages? So you don't. My daughter had a hemorrhagic stroke when she was born. So her right temporal lobe doesn't work. But her left side took over. Straight A student, great SAT scores, wants to go to Brown. But what they do is they drill a hole in your head and they put a tube inside and then you put a valve on the back of your head. Oh my gosh. So your pressure goes too high, it dumps your skin into your abdomen. Is this about 1,000 people or 10,000 people in the world? In the US. In the US? Okay. That is insane. The great gratitude we have for what we have. Yeah. Alright, alright, alright. Hello, hello. Attention, attention. Alright. Did you guys already switch between each other? No? Yes? You have? Okay. If you haven't switched between each other switch, but if you have already find a new partner. Okay. Alright, alright. So what impact do you want to make? So I think in order, this is something that I'm not completely sure about this yet, but in about 10 years when I'm of age I want to run for presidency. I don't know if the democratic election process is going to be the same as it is today, but I want to run on a couple things. The first thing is world peace, but without impeding innovation, I still want to have peace. And then the second thing is I want to focus on steam, so science, technology, engineering, art, math. I want to focus on that in the world. The third thing is I want to eradicate all suffering from the planet as much eradication of suffering as possible. Examples like your daughter are frequent in the conversations that I have with people. My child died early, my child, and this is just crazy. So there's so many things to help us analyze our bodies and prevent pathology from developing. And so that's what I care about that. And then another thing is meditation and spirituality, being able to connect to thyself. And the last thing would be to colonize other planets and stars. And so on the world peace part, there's like pressure points around the world that everybody hate each other and start shooting and killing each other. How would you solve some of those particular pressure I was hearing? That's a really good question and I don't immediately have an answer. I'm willing to talk to other intelligent people around the world to try and figure out how to solve some of those pressure points, especially since there are so many dozens of these pressure points there are experts in those areas that know them much better. But the overall idea of awakening people to find a more meditative or peaceful state within themselves should at least help the general population gain a better understanding and desire for peace. But that's a very generalization. The pressure points are very difficult, very complex. That's a great follow up question. And you link spirituality with world peace and one of the issues of the world is that we have religions that like to kill each other Exactly Yeah Getting to that world peace part you have to solve there's a bunch of other issues your energies want to supply Exactly If you want to read a really good book, check out Clean Meat Oh yeah, by Paul Shapiro, he's a friend Oh, isn't he? I just finished Exactly Exactly Exactly Of course you have to get people to actually want to eat meat factory even though they eat all the other food from factories Well, when it's absolutely indistinguishable Yeah Exactly I'm glad you read that Good, off to let them know Sam, that's someone I've done who read your book Yeah, I saw it And you recommended it straight up You related it to world peace which is amazing, you love that Yeah Which is part of what the book is about Exactly I did like his spin or discussion about GMO There's a lot of issues with GMO on the food side being in the food chain But then you look at GMO in this case and you're modifying yeasts and other things to make the food And so then there's a question Well, is that okay or not okay? Correct, correct It's a very interesting thing If you make 60 edits to corn or wheat, is it still longitudinally safe for humans to eat? Yeah Alright, everyone Come back in, come back in Come back in, good stuff, good stuff Come back in In circle, circle Back in the circle we go Guys, looking like great conversations happening Back we go Back we go, come on Come on, come on, back we go Good conversations, come on, come on Back we go, back we go Alright Alright, alright, alright Focus, focus, focus Focus, focus, focus Come on, tight, tight, tight Tighter, tighter, tighter, tighter Tighter, tighter Even tighter, even tighter, this is good Perfect, okay, yes Get comfy, get comfy, okay So this is the end of the session I'm happy that we were able to pass this time together I love every single one of you So much, I'm trying to make eye contact with every single person So Wait Yeah, but Here's the thing, I want you guys to be able to have fun and do other things Oh, you just got someplace to go No, no, no I actually don't Are you getting paid for two hours? I'm not getting paid for anything Yeah, yeah Nothing, nothing, nothing I'm in the middle of the circle Yeah, I'm in the center Who's for you to stay in the 330? Seriously, if you guys say that you want me until 330 I will seriously stay until 330 You're fine Well, I was just trying to You guys actually want to show of hands You're not going to offend me if you want to leave That's why I was wanting to You're just mirroring me now What was my plan? Pretty much additional activities and going diving deeper into conversation and intimacy and then flow and stuff like that and yeah, but Yeah, but I Skits? We can do skits? I love skits I'm an open person We don't have to follow anything I'm going to do whatever you suggest No, but skits is amazing Can I ask a question? Why I signed up for this is I actually hate public speaking and I've been told that improv is the way to do that It's a good way to get over that You were right here I don't like questions I hate public speaking I'm just curious What is it regarding public speaking What is it regarding public speaking that you don't Why does it feel like it's talking at people Because they're not asking any questions Okay, but why can't it feel more like teaching Like sharing Sharing wisdom The reason why you're giving a talk is because you're sharing something that other people might not know and they might want to care about Once we take that perspective when we shift it from fear to beauty and to sharing and caring then that energy in itself that change in your physiology will change the way that you feel about speaking I'm really happy to stick around and talk more about that That's a good question It's probably not the problem for me It's the launch point for me Once I get into what I'm doing it's like you hit that rhythm and it's like you're off before Exactly Have you guys experienced this You know when you've signed up to go do something and then like it's like maybe 15 or 30 minutes before you're scheduled to leave to go do that thing and you're like God I just want to stay at home I don't want to go You guys know what I'm feeling and then you get there and you start hanging out and you're like oh this is fun I'm happy I left my house I'm happy I'm doing this thing Board games Exactly That kind of feeling happens just about everyone Sometimes it is better to stay at home and do some work or whatever you want to do but it's also good to get out and do your thing I'm serious I'm totally down to stick around another 45 minutes or an hour however long is left I don't even know What time is it Yes hour So I host and produce science comedy shows so I have a guest scientist that comes in and gives a talk about a specific subject and asks the audience questions, comedians will crack jokes through the whole thing and then I produce these future festivals called World's Fair so a bunch of people come in and play with AR, VR, drones, electric cable, 3D printers and then there's a thousand seat speaker stage that goes on talking about the future of AI, future of gene editing etc and then I have a fireside chat and it's called Simulation Does anyone know who Jordan Peterson is Does anyone know who Jordan Peterson is He's a culture critic He's an interesting guy You do? I'm hosting a fireside chat with him in San Francisco in a 600 seat theater so it's like stuff like that is what I do The reason I asked is that as a follow up to your question my question is how does improve pop music My biggest challenge is not even getting started is showing that but once I show up it's okay but how does what you just done help me be a better public speaker better connect with people etc Great question, yeah I can add one thing, I've done some progress part of innovation training things where it's all about building on others ideas ideas yes and knowledge what this person has just said and you build on it you just take it and go with it and it's a very that type of attitude in a group dynamic you get to very interesting places yep that's huge so all these exercises help you like taking something and running yeah and it's also more kind