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According to the standard model, the textbook model, scientists develop hypotheses, they deduce the
consequences
of those hypotheses, and then they go out into the world and they say, "Okay, well are those
consequences
true?" Can we observe them taking place in the natural world?
When Einstein developed the theory of general relativity, one of the
consequences
of his theory was that space-time wasn't just an empty void but that it actually had a fabric.
Theirs was a short voyage with massive
consequences.
I want to try to convince you that prejudice and bias are natural, they're often rational, and they're often even moral, and I think that once we understand this, we're in a better position to make sense of them when they go wrong, when they have horrible consequences, and we're in a better position to know what to do when this happens.
So often they're rational and useful, but sometimes they're irrational, they give the wrong answers, and other times they lead to plainly immoral
consequences.
These stereotypes and biases have real-world consequences, both subtle and very important.
This view, I think, the panpsychist view, has the potential to transfigure our relationship to nature, and it may have some pretty serious social and ethical
consequences.
We worry about the situation, the consequences, what others will think of us.
Every day, all around us, we see the
consequences
of silence manifest themselves in the form of discrimination, violence, genocide and war.
Small changes give rise to big
consequences.
But in the brain, the
consequences
of falling behind may be much greater than the embarrassment of dirty countertops, because when it comes to cleaning the brain, it is the very health and function of the mind and the body that's at stake, which is why understanding these very basic housekeeping functions of the brain today may be critical for preventing and treating diseases of the mind tomorrow.
I represent Matt, and after dealing with the government, I was able to get legal acknowledgment that in fact he was illegally exiled, and that freedom of the press does exist in Afghanistan, and there's
consequences
if that's not followed.
And where I have seen this survivor identity have the most
consequences
is in the cancer community.
But even worse, it also generated massive negative unintended
consequences.
I also fear that the culture of rapid failure could be minimizing the devastating
consequences
of the failure of a business.
We must remember that businesses are made of people, businesses are not entities that appear and disappear magically without
consequences.
It means being aware of the impact, of the
consequences
of the failure of that business.
But the sickness of fear has taken over, and patients suffer the
consequences.
It is deeper, it is a process, it is acute awareness that we are all utterly inter-bended, and one action by one being in one tiny town has
consequences
everywhere.
And while I was surprised that so many people just like me waste so much energy trying to hide themselves, I was scared when I discovered that my silence has life-or-death
consequences
and long-term social repercussions.
I'd always told myself there's no reason to share that I was gay, but the idea that my silence has social
consequences
was really driven home this year when I missed an opportunity to change the atmosphere of discrimination in my own home state of Kansas.
This is not the African thing to do, pointing at your mother, but hey, I was ready for any
consequences.
We gave them some real
consequences.
Well, I think there are three things that business can borrow from Project '87: real problems, real numbers, real
consequences.
That brings me to my third point: real
consequences.
Consequences
are what happen when you don't do what you're accountable for.
And here's what the boys have been taught to tell them: "We know that you can do that, but please do not do that while we're in the car because the
consequences
for you are significantly different than the
consequences
for us."
And my response to that is this: "I don't have the luxury of being angry, and I also know the
consequences
of being enraged."
So that's the common thread that connects these examples, the unintended
consequences
of the tools and the technologies that we make.
So, I just encourage you, as you are all thinking about the next big thing, as entrepreneurs, as CEOs, as engineers, as makers, that you think about the unintended
consequences
of the things that you're building, because the real innovation is in finding ways to include everyone.
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