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Seen with correct
measuring instruments,
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Planet Earth
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is not perfectly spherical.
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No.
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It rather looks
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like a potato.
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In fact, you could say that Earth
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doesn't look like Earth at all.
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It merely resembles it.
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But if you're hoping
for a voyage to the Moon
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or even the Red Planet Mars
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I'm sorry to disappoint.
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Everything here is set on Earth,
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in a very special
potato field of science:
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Berlin University.
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That belongs here,
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I nearly took it.
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Would that have been theft?
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- No one would have noticed.
- You would.
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True, I would.
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How are we to formalize beauty?
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Or, how can such a formalization
be rendered socially productive?
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AC: Aesthetic condition.
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The measure of aesthetic condition,
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or the character class
of the aesthetic condition
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is 3.1,
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2.2, 1.3.
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The measure of aesthetic condition
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depends on the relation
of the numeral O -
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all orientating ordering relations
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to the numeral C,
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the number of determinant
construction elements:
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complexity.
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If you wish to join the free class,
you're in the right place.
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Sorry, I'm looking for
the cafeteria, actually.
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I feel bad you had to leave
your students alone because of me.
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You gave me the perfect excuse.
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Let's go sit over there,
where I can't be seen.
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So what are your
plans this semester?
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I'm teaching the introduction
to simulation studies of Berger.
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With a teaching component?
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- Linked to a staff position?
- In theory.
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- And in practice...?
- The post is already canceled.
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- Where was it?
- At BIC. - Wow.
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- It's nice up there.
- Yes, very nice.
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- Julius.
- Phoebe.
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- Glad to know you.
- Me too.
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See?
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Mind what you wish for -
you might get it.
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This lighting is a sweetener
from ZEUS Electrical.
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They want to get in with us for
some kind of strategic partnership.
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Anyway, it's supposed to give
a constant glow of light
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at exactly the level of
a sunny day in springtime.
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They thought about our problems,
and this is the result.
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It's also said to be good
for skin, hair, mind, everything.
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So, how's your course going?
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Pretty good so far, thank you.
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Phoebe, say,
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"as regards university,
how you feel?"
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I... have...
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She was one of those
highly qualified young people,
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who make you wonder
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why they never changed
anything about their situation.
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Anyway their work was always solid.
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So?
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For the future, I don't know.
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Unfortunately neither do I.
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But I might have more for you
than just a teaching post.
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We don't need to
advertise it widely.
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A 28% position.
It's not particularly demanding.
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Some admin ahead of the
big evaluation at semester's end.
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Apart from that,
you'd have time to read up,
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find your direction, and...
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Time, Phoebe,
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is the most important
resource in the life of a scholar.
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While acquainting her students
with my standard primer
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"Introduction to Simulation Studies",
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it inspired Phoebe to
philosophical ruminations of her own.
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Can we argue, then,
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that the real catastrophe would be
uninterrupted business as usual?
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So that our own present
would be the actual catastrophe?
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Can any of you demonstrate this
with help of these graphs?
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For everything to stay as it is,
everything must be different.
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That's a somehow
unsatisfactory position -
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driving all this
effort for change...
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- Where did that tortoise come from?
- Please be careful.
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This is Batagur Baska, one of
the last surviving of its species.
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How do you communicate?
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I haven't figured that out yet.
We're still experimenting.
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How do you know each other?
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From vacation.
Vacation in the jungle.
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I spent last summer in the Amazon,
protesting mining projects.
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If tortoises are removed
from their original habitat,
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they lose their bearings and can
no longer survive in the wild.
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And now?
Have you found a place for her?
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Tricky. She's living with me in halls.
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- But that's no long term solution.
- Come on, it isn't for anyone.
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For her, the cold air flows
there could be fatal.
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She was subletting
from a certain Dakkar Prinz.
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Another typical representative
of her generation.
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A salon socialist,
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whose research project
on cybernetics in socialist Chile
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as a model for equitable
distribution run by computer
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I had only
recently evaluated myself.
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Negatively, I need hardly add.
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How did the evaluation go?
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The commission recommended
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not to fuel hopes
history long ago debunked.
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Who is "history" anyway?
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Could you ask her directly
how she sees things?
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"Cybernetics in Socialist Chile"
doesn't sound promising?
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Or do I have to formulate it
politically "neutrally"?
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So without referencing socialism?
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Could I find a way of saying
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that they didn't use all this
computer stuff to make a profit?
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I don't know.
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Me neither.
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This is the studio
for testing the simulations,
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set up at the start
of the funding period.
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Only signs of disintegration again?
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No wonder it's impossible to
recognize the artifact.
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So the idea is
to simulate climate change
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before it becomes a reality?
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Yes, but in practice...
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How do we get usable results
at this technical standard?
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Maybe you should come back later.
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I have some
technical glitches to solve.
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But then watch me ruin
everything at the touch of a button.
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I don't want to miss that.
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OK, so... in this simulation,
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we have around 4º of global warming.
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Um, that would bring us
to a tipping point,
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then the consequences of climate
change can no longer be predicted.
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So, yeah, because we're assuming
self-reinforcing chains of events
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with unforeseeable consequences.
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So, like jeopardizing life on earth.
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Yeah, right.
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Sorry.
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Thank you very much
for the great presentation.
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There you are!
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I already thought you weren't
coming to Alfons' lecture. - Sure I am.
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Von Krolock? Yes, we're just
on our way, no worries.
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Not long ago
we greeted the Queen here.
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We want to uphold
standards of excellency,
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and Alfons Abstract-Wege
is a guarantee of that.
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His publications are numerous,
so I'll just highlight two here.
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One is a compendium
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published in the USA
with Professor Krull, titled,
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"Who, How, What?
Decision-Making in the Digital Age",
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and the other is an essay
from last November,
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in the "Journal of the History of Ideas":
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"May I Trouble You? Discourses of
Politeness in the Hotel Trade".
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In which spirit,
it's a pleasure to say,
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"May I trouble you?"
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Alfons Abstract-Wege, I am
eagerly anticipating your lecture.
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Thank you, Julius Kelp,
for the friendly welcome.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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my lecture is headlined,
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"Focusing on the Essential:
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Nudging in Digitally Augmented Realities".
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Nudging is a social technology
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helping people
reward themselves.
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But how do we reward ourselves?
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Who says thank you?
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The answer is simple:
it's our own bodies.
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Let me start with a basic example:
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The Swiss Canteen Association
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cut sugar content
in goods sold last year
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by around 115 million
cubes of sugar.
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I repeat, 115 million.
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What, I hear you ask,
has this to do with us?
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Very simply,
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we launched a pilot
project in the main canteen here,
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to study
some of these issues further.
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Well, thank you
for the wonderful lecture.
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There's time for one or two questions
before we vacate the hall.
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Yes, please.
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We had the intro course
with Phoebe Phaidon.
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Adorno distinguishes
between two character types.
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The strong and the weak character.
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The weak character is the one
that, with fascism...
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so the followers,
and then there's the good...
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- er... strong character...
- Yes.
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And so my question is:
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is nudging for strong
or weak characters?
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Thank you for the question.
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Character...
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Well, nudging isn't about
ideological battles.
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It's just about what works.
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Thank you
for this beautiful lecture.
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Thank you, it was
really well conceived.
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Thank you for this daring impulse
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that fills us with hope.
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Thank you for this exciting work.
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Thank you, we're really impressed.
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Thank you for the brilliant input.
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More of this, please.
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Thank you
for the illuminating ideas...
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Can I invite you to dinner soon?
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If you're up for it?
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After the annual conference.
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Neither of you going? To Gdansk?
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Let me see which evenings I'm free.
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Good, I'll send a doodle
when I get a moment.
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May I introduce you? Wendela...
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- Hello.
- Phoebe. Julius.
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Both working here
at the institute.
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Wendela was assigned to our
institute by the board.
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She'll support you as coach
during the evaluation phase.
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Oh gosh! The president himself.
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Would you excuse me?
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I'm very glad to meet you both.
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To begin with,
I'll just be observing
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acquainting myself
with your work,
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maybe some informal feedback.
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The second part
will then be coaching
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in one-on-one sessions,
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though I must emphasize
these are not mandatory.
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It's about optimizing
workflow in the institute
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and ensuring a productive
work environment for all.
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And "Nudging" sets the right tone.
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You enjoyed the lecture?
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Well, for me as coach, it's...
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It's very interesting...
I have to respond to this, sorry.
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I can't believe
the university is being used
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so individuals hand
over their biodata to corporations.
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Isn't it clear to see
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all they're optimizing here
is companies' profits!
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Maybe people want
to know how they work.
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What does them good.
Because they don't know.
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But this desire only arises
from the technology itself,
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not before.
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Brenda just called me.
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In case we fall short in evaluations
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of our Excellence Projects
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and stop receiving
external research funding,
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the board decided
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to close down our institute.
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Probably down to a shortage of
tact on my part again.
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The money's being spent on refugees!
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No, not for refugees,
it's external money,
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that's being spent
on designer furniture.
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What kind of a challenge is that?
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This evaluation is
an opportunity to demonstrate
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the strength of our research.
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Is it? Really? Why?
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Since in Chinese "opportunity"
and "crisis" are the same?
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Will this constant
evaluation ever end?
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Always new applications.
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- Well, but...
- Better to reapply than not at all.
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Instead of panic or fatalism...
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We are making wonderful progress
in the nudging project.
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Firstly, there will be the tour
with the evaluators,
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it will revolve around
the nudging project.
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I think I'm being nudged
completely round the bend.
258
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One important component here
259
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is the report
for the commission.
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Viktoria and Phoebe,
I'd like you to do it.
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That would allow you
to present your research project.
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Can you tell us anything
about it yet?
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Well, it will be on
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whether climate scenarios
tend to stabilize systems...
265
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How will this report be bound,
when it's all finished?
266
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I recently had a folder
that was bound in bast fiber.
267
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Bast is special,
and it feels so nice.
268
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Bast would be great.
269
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What about my suggestion
that we make an image film?
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To draw attention to the
advantages of our research site.
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A guided tour,
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there's a crying baby.
273
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And the guide says,
"Shh, quiet" and then
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"We're an open workspace!
New blood - we start them young."
275
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Nice idea...
But we'd need a baby.
276
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The manipulative use of babies
is deeply repellent to me.
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What we'd need is
some kind of storyline
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linking all the
individual projects together.
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Maybe a robot
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or an animal could
guide through the installation.
281
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One of my students
has a tortoise.
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Sounds like a long image film.
283
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Though, as a Darwinist,
284
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I'm very pro-tortoise.
285
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Of course, one possibility would be
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to have simulations, or holograms,
287
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for simulated holograms to
do the guiding.
288
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Alfons, that's brilliant.
289
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Then presentation and product
of our research are identical.
290
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This is Ms Posati from Satellite,
291
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Ms Trojanow from PR.
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If you could explain how to
optimize student employability,
293
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and what Ernst-Reuter-Platz
has to do with Silicon Valley.
294
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Making Europe's Silicon Valley
will need commitment from business.
295
00:24:04,570 --> 00:24:07,570
I mean politicians.
Business can't do everything alone.
296
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I mean politicians...
297
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Business?
298
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Maybe you want to go
into a little more detail
299
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concerning the actual project,
300
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Mr Abstract-Wege.
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Nudging.
302
00:24:19,810 --> 00:24:22,810
Where else than in the belly
of the university - the canteen?
303
00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:26,010
We have just begun
a major field research project here.
304
00:24:26,490 --> 00:24:30,890
What would students pay
for ethically produced food,
305
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if they could use
their smartphones to find out
306
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what the food does for
their health and the environment?
307
00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:40,650
This might sound overly lofty, but
308
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we Quantified Self pioneers
see this experiment as a chance
309
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to kickstart consumers'
sense of individual responsibility
310
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for their own health and
the future of the planet as a whole.
311
00:24:56,530 --> 00:24:58,730
Wow, that's quite a challenge.
312
00:24:59,930 --> 00:25:01,810
That's complete nonsense.
313
00:25:03,050 --> 00:25:04,890
Don't big this up too much, OK?
314
00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:07,330
Don't make me some
starry-eyed idealist.
315
00:25:07,690 --> 00:25:10,730
I'm just taking
advantage of technology.
316
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Totally.
317
00:25:12,370 --> 00:25:14,290
Here are our canteen diners, live,
318
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each equipped with our sensor -
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a light, rather elegant wristband.
320
00:25:31,050 --> 00:25:32,410
Exchange these two with me?
321
00:25:32,770 --> 00:25:35,810
- Europe or emerging markets?
- Europe.
322
00:25:36,330 --> 00:25:39,170
Could I perhaps interest you
in some oil?
323
00:25:39,810 --> 00:25:42,650
- I represent the OPEC states.
- Play properly.
324
00:25:42,970 --> 00:25:45,530
- I'm interested in your bauxite.
- In return for what?
325
00:25:45,850 --> 00:25:48,050
- Oil?
- So what do I do now?
326
00:25:48,570 --> 00:25:52,370
Oil is 10 points, bauxite 4.
You do the math.
327
00:25:52,730 --> 00:25:54,610
I'm offering 2 oil, you give me...
328
00:25:54,930 --> 00:25:57,410
5 bauxite, I understand that, but...
329
00:25:58,130 --> 00:26:02,050
If you think you can afford
your anti-system skepticism,
330
00:26:02,410 --> 00:26:05,210
- there are also sanction points.
- How many do you have?
331
00:26:05,490 --> 00:26:08,410
You mustn't tell us
how many you have.
332
00:26:08,930 --> 00:26:10,890
How can my coercion be effective
333
00:26:11,210 --> 00:26:13,890
if no one knows how many
sanction points I have?
334
00:26:14,210 --> 00:26:15,930
How do you handle sanction points?
335
00:26:16,250 --> 00:26:18,290
- We've abolished them.
- Why?
336
00:26:18,650 --> 00:26:21,530
- Too warlike.
- But economics is warlike.
337
00:26:21,850 --> 00:26:24,810
That's simplistic.
This whole game is simplistic.
338
00:26:25,570 --> 00:26:27,810
I found it puzzling too.
But I was outvoted.
339
00:26:29,850 --> 00:26:32,250
I have a question
about the game's logic.
340
00:26:32,610 --> 00:26:35,610
I feel that the assumptions
underlying the rules of the game
341
00:26:36,050 --> 00:26:37,650
lack transparency.
342
00:26:37,970 --> 00:26:39,210
So what was your question?
343
00:26:39,610 --> 00:26:42,650
Why play off economics,
politics and the environment?
344
00:26:43,050 --> 00:26:46,850
Why are climate goals
set against economic interests?
345
00:26:47,210 --> 00:26:50,090
Ecology is about
not separating these things.
346
00:26:50,370 --> 00:26:51,970
Well, I'd agree with that.
347
00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:55,170
The whole game
is rather... schematic.
348
00:26:55,530 --> 00:26:58,690
We have to play this out,
like a model.
349
00:26:59,010 --> 00:27:00,410
In the board game?
350
00:27:00,770 --> 00:27:05,010
We have this major
research project on simulation.
351
00:27:05,530 --> 00:27:08,010
Everything is based on that.
We have to try it out.
352
00:27:08,530 --> 00:27:11,130
I doubt whether this is
of any relevance at all.
353
00:27:11,530 --> 00:27:13,610
We can gladly discuss
that in the next session.
354
00:27:13,930 --> 00:27:17,170
- If there is a next session.
- What do you mean by that?
355
00:27:17,730 --> 00:27:19,930
If the rules of the game
don't change.
356
00:27:20,250 --> 00:27:21,610
I'm doing a BSc.
357
00:27:21,930 --> 00:27:24,770
But since it's worthless,
I want to do a Master's.
358
00:27:25,090 --> 00:27:28,090
Then I'm 25 and working
as secretary to the secretary,
359
00:27:28,490 --> 00:27:29,650
who's the boss's niece.
360
00:27:29,970 --> 00:27:32,610
And someone says,
"To do well in business,
361
00:27:32,930 --> 00:27:35,530
take out a student loan and
do another Master's."
362
00:27:36,210 --> 00:27:38,130
Then someone offers you a doctorate
363
00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:39,970
and for that you need more time.
364
00:27:40,250 --> 00:27:43,650
And there are no jobs left at all,
but somehow you muddle along.
365
00:27:43,970 --> 00:27:45,530
Till you're 52 and saying,
366
00:27:45,850 --> 00:27:48,210
"They might all
be earning money,
367
00:27:48,570 --> 00:27:51,810
but I was clever. I spent my money
getting even cleverer."
368
00:27:52,210 --> 00:27:55,250
Exactly. And when I'm dying,
my diplomas will keep me warm.
369
00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:58,330
So they'll have been
worth the money.
370
00:28:20,170 --> 00:28:21,970
What are your plans
for the evaluation?
371
00:28:22,330 --> 00:28:23,530
Come on, pitch it to me.
372
00:28:23,970 --> 00:28:25,650
Like in a nutshell.
373
00:28:26,850 --> 00:28:29,210
It's about whether
positive scenarios
374
00:28:29,570 --> 00:28:31,810
have better consequences
than negative ones.
375
00:28:32,130 --> 00:28:34,770
So? Is the positive
scenario more expedient?
376
00:28:35,170 --> 00:28:37,330
I don't know until
I've researched it.
377
00:28:37,690 --> 00:28:40,370
Sorry, that's not a catchphrase.
378
00:28:41,490 --> 00:28:43,650
So we have to make
a scenario ourselves.
379
00:28:44,050 --> 00:28:46,850
Yes. And one formulated
as positively as possible.
380
00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:49,970
I should claim it's better
381
00:28:50,370 --> 00:28:52,530
to be positive
about the climate crisis?
382
00:28:52,850 --> 00:28:55,730
No, a positive prognosis
for the project.
383
00:28:56,050 --> 00:28:57,170
A successful outcome?
384
00:28:57,530 --> 00:29:00,730
That the results will be
exciting, show new things!
385
00:29:01,490 --> 00:29:03,810
But make it vivid,
turn it up a notch.
386
00:29:04,130 --> 00:29:06,170
Especially with all
the relevant data.
387
00:29:07,890 --> 00:29:10,130
And once everything's compiled...
388
00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:13,890
We need to feel a tad
more enthusiasm.
389
00:29:14,570 --> 00:29:18,730
- But I am enthusiastic.
- But we need to feel it.
390
00:29:32,930 --> 00:29:34,490
OK, Brenda.
391
00:29:36,970 --> 00:29:38,930
What we can say
with confidence is that
392
00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:42,330
human influence
is a decisive factor.
393
00:29:42,810 --> 00:29:45,010
And the boundaries
of the virtual world
394
00:29:45,330 --> 00:29:47,650
model the intensity
of our experiences.
395
00:29:48,810 --> 00:29:50,850
More than that,
we can't as yet prove.
396
00:29:51,730 --> 00:29:54,610
Everybody knows this.
I don't need funding for that.
397
00:29:55,490 --> 00:29:58,290
You can buy this junk
in any electronics store now
398
00:29:58,650 --> 00:29:59,930
for a tenth of the price.
399
00:30:00,690 --> 00:30:03,890
We're behind the curve...
400
00:30:08,250 --> 00:30:10,250
What happened?
401
00:30:11,690 --> 00:30:13,010
Proof...
402
00:30:14,090 --> 00:30:18,610
It used to verify
our scientific observations.
403
00:30:21,530 --> 00:30:25,770
But in the business
of proving we're the best,
404
00:30:26,930 --> 00:30:30,490
we no longer find
anything worth proving.
405
00:30:37,370 --> 00:30:41,090
So what's it you want to tell me,
that we have to meet here?
406
00:30:41,490 --> 00:30:44,050
We have reason to suspect
that our institute,
407
00:30:44,370 --> 00:30:47,730
under the guise of science,
is serving quite other purposes.
408
00:30:48,050 --> 00:30:50,930
With the aim
of turning the university
409
00:30:51,370 --> 00:30:54,850
into a private enterprise
fueled by public money.
410
00:30:55,570 --> 00:30:58,810
Allegedly it won't impact
research or teaching,
411
00:30:59,170 --> 00:31:01,650
but there are indications.
412
00:31:02,370 --> 00:31:03,730
Especially in this app lab.
413
00:31:04,050 --> 00:31:07,130
The constant refrain is that
it's a great opportunity for us
414
00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:09,890
to communicate with the free market.
415
00:31:10,930 --> 00:31:13,010
But to us,
it's a concept sweatshop.
416
00:31:13,370 --> 00:31:15,610
A mine of ideas,
to be exploited for free.
417
00:31:15,930 --> 00:31:19,210
- We're being bled dry here.
- It should be suspended.
418
00:31:19,770 --> 00:31:22,050
It'll soon be suspended anyway
419
00:31:22,370 --> 00:31:24,250
in case this evaluation fails.
420
00:31:24,610 --> 00:31:26,210
We don't care about that.
421
00:31:51,650 --> 00:31:55,090
Get me out, get me out!
422
00:31:55,410 --> 00:31:58,130
Look at you!
You're totally pixelated.
423
00:31:58,490 --> 00:31:59,490
Thanks.
424
00:32:00,650 --> 00:32:03,290
You're not here for my CV, are you?
425
00:32:03,690 --> 00:32:08,290
I'm way behind with the final report
because of the conference in Gdansk.
426
00:32:08,770 --> 00:32:11,170
I thought I'd just check
how the dossiers are doing,
427
00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:13,170
- but I'll leave you to it.
- No, no, wait.
428
00:32:13,610 --> 00:32:15,890
In the meeting,
when I was so agitated.
429
00:32:16,210 --> 00:32:17,370
I saw your glance.
430
00:32:18,210 --> 00:32:19,970
They were all staring at me,
431
00:32:21,730 --> 00:32:23,170
but you understood me.
432
00:32:23,850 --> 00:32:25,250
What do you mean?
433
00:32:26,210 --> 00:32:27,490
My fear.
434
00:32:27,970 --> 00:32:30,010
Of not being able to keep up
435
00:32:31,130 --> 00:32:33,250
with this whole simulation.
436
00:32:34,290 --> 00:32:36,690
I think we all feel
a bit like imposters.
437
00:32:37,170 --> 00:32:39,650
We have to pretend
to know the results
438
00:32:39,930 --> 00:32:41,770
before we can start work.
439
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:44,530
That's the logic of how
these applications work.
440
00:32:46,370 --> 00:32:50,050
What if we all joined forces
amidst all this unpleasantness?
441
00:32:50,970 --> 00:32:53,090
That probably isn't
a virtue currently.
442
00:32:53,770 --> 00:32:56,850
But how to change it?
You don't know what people think,
443
00:32:57,170 --> 00:32:59,130
hope for,
how they see themselves.
444
00:32:59,490 --> 00:33:00,850
What they really want.
445
00:33:01,290 --> 00:33:03,730
I don't even know
what I want myself anymore.
446
00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:08,130
- But it's time for me to go home.
- Pity.
447
00:33:09,050 --> 00:33:10,650
And Gdansk?
448
00:33:11,210 --> 00:33:12,770
Gdansk...
449
00:33:14,690 --> 00:33:17,210
Come on! Gdansk!
450
00:33:18,010 --> 00:33:20,490
Sometimes I felt sorry for him,
poor Julius.
451
00:33:21,370 --> 00:33:23,890
He'd come here to marry,
452
00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:28,370
but now his contract was up
before he'd made it.
453
00:33:36,050 --> 00:33:37,810
Did you know
this used to be a cinema?
454
00:33:38,170 --> 00:33:39,410
The Palace Royale.
455
00:33:39,730 --> 00:33:41,690
One of the world's biggest screens.
456
00:33:43,490 --> 00:33:45,690
And today,
instead of two hours' escapism,
457
00:33:46,010 --> 00:33:47,810
people can shop for their own tools.
458
00:33:48,690 --> 00:33:49,930
Fully integrated,
459
00:33:50,490 --> 00:33:53,970
from production
to distribution to reception.
460
00:33:55,530 --> 00:33:58,650
Cameras, projectors, computers.
461
00:34:00,410 --> 00:34:03,570
So who needs a 300 sq.m. screen?
462
00:34:05,130 --> 00:34:07,250
Nobody seems to notice
463
00:34:08,410 --> 00:34:11,530
how ugly and dismal all of it is,
464
00:34:11,850 --> 00:34:14,090
this digital trash.
465
00:34:14,610 --> 00:34:15,890
On the other hand...
466
00:34:17,090 --> 00:34:19,330
Excuse me, where is
the VR department?
467
00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:22,290
- Just over there, straight ahead.
- I see, thank you.
468
00:34:27,090 --> 00:34:28,370
I've tried everything.
469
00:34:29,210 --> 00:34:33,130
I've... spared no effort
to get myself there.
470
00:34:34,010 --> 00:34:35,730
I have all the degrees,
471
00:34:35,970 --> 00:34:39,010
I've learned foreign languages,
made exchanges galore,
472
00:34:39,490 --> 00:34:41,330
I've published 20 papers.
473
00:34:42,690 --> 00:34:45,850
I've accepted literally
every assignment on offer.
474
00:34:47,130 --> 00:34:48,570
But it's not enough.
475
00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:50,930
Why not?
Why is it not enough?
476
00:35:00,170 --> 00:35:03,970
And now:
The Chilean Project Cybersyn,
477
00:35:04,290 --> 00:35:06,810
a radio feature by Dakkar Prinz.
478
00:35:15,810 --> 00:35:18,090
On September 11, 1973,
479
00:35:18,290 --> 00:35:20,330
a military coup
overthrew the government
480
00:35:20,650 --> 00:35:24,010
of the Unidad Popular
and President Allende in Chile.
481
00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:27,130
This put an end to
a remarkable chapter
482
00:35:27,530 --> 00:35:29,170
in the history of informatics.
483
00:35:44,690 --> 00:35:47,490
Two years before, in 1971,
484
00:35:47,810 --> 00:35:52,090
British consultant Stafford Beer
went to Santiago
485
00:35:52,410 --> 00:35:56,090
to devise a network
for nationalized industries,
486
00:35:56,570 --> 00:35:59,730
aiming to integrate
socialism in the computer age.
487
00:36:12,490 --> 00:36:15,490
At the heart of this network was
the operations room.
488
00:36:15,970 --> 00:36:19,530
Seven revolving fiberglass chairs
with orange upholstery,
489
00:36:19,850 --> 00:36:22,810
surrounded by an array
of futuristic screens.
490
00:36:33,170 --> 00:36:37,170
Together with an international group
of scientists and designers,
491
00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:39,970
Beer developed Project Cybersyn,
492
00:36:40,330 --> 00:36:44,490
which today looks like
a utopian precursor to the internet.
493
00:36:45,810 --> 00:36:48,250
Workers' participation.
494
00:36:50,890 --> 00:36:53,890
Production aligned
to the needs of society.
495
00:36:56,770 --> 00:36:59,970
Planning instead of prices
set by supply and demand.
496
00:37:08,050 --> 00:37:11,050
Yes, of course, but of course.
497
00:37:12,770 --> 00:37:15,410
Yes, just a moment,
I'll have to call back.
498
00:37:15,770 --> 00:37:18,890
Please stay on the line,
I just have to...
499
00:37:19,410 --> 00:37:24,010
- Hi, I need a key to 848, please.
- Ah, Miss Phoebe!
500
00:37:24,410 --> 00:37:25,690
Yes, of course.
501
00:37:25,930 --> 00:37:27,290
But of course.
502
00:37:27,890 --> 00:37:29,730
- How are you?
- Fine, thank you.
503
00:37:30,050 --> 00:37:32,250
Are you going on
vacation this year?
504
00:37:32,810 --> 00:37:34,050
No, unfortunately not.
505
00:37:35,130 --> 00:37:39,010
- Are you?
- I'm fine, I'm going to Asia.
506
00:37:39,330 --> 00:37:40,690
Oh, nice.
507
00:37:41,010 --> 00:37:45,010
I want to get away
from stupid Berlin.
508
00:37:45,970 --> 00:37:47,610
I understand.
509
00:37:48,490 --> 00:37:51,290
I can do without all the stress
510
00:37:51,810 --> 00:37:53,490
that we get in Berlin.
511
00:37:55,650 --> 00:37:57,170
Thank you so much.
512
00:38:02,170 --> 00:38:06,130
I'm trying to finalize the
list of course participants.
513
00:38:07,170 --> 00:38:09,090
Do I select them all individually?
514
00:38:09,410 --> 00:38:11,490
Yes, you have to click them
one by one.
515
00:38:12,170 --> 00:38:13,530
Hi.
516
00:38:14,210 --> 00:38:16,490
Lightbulb gone here somewhere.
517
00:38:19,090 --> 00:38:21,090
Don't let me disturb you.
518
00:38:23,290 --> 00:38:25,170
Must be this one.
519
00:38:30,010 --> 00:38:33,570
- Why's it so crazy cold in here?
- We were going to ask you that.
520
00:38:33,890 --> 00:38:36,850
I've tried everything,
but the radiator just won't get hot.
521
00:38:37,610 --> 00:38:40,650
The temperature
isn't set on the radiator,
522
00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:42,650
but on the thermostat at the door.
523
00:38:42,970 --> 00:38:44,810
Sorry, I haven't been here long.
524
00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:47,130
We don't just have
one radiator here.
525
00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:50,610
The system functions thus:
526
00:38:50,890 --> 00:38:53,130
Simply set the temperature you want.
527
00:38:53,410 --> 00:38:54,770
That's the target value.
528
00:38:55,370 --> 00:38:58,650
And then this little miracle machine
measures the temperature.
529
00:38:59,370 --> 00:39:00,530
The actual value.
530
00:39:01,210 --> 00:39:02,370
Exactly so.
531
00:39:04,210 --> 00:39:09,170
And the thermostat reconciles
the actual with the target.
532
00:39:10,290 --> 00:39:13,010
Meaning: you don't need
to fiddle with the radiator,
533
00:39:13,370 --> 00:39:16,050
you just tell
your heating system what to do,
534
00:39:16,850 --> 00:39:20,010
and it brings about
the desired conditions all by itself.
535
00:39:35,610 --> 00:39:37,970
It's incredible.
536
00:39:38,570 --> 00:39:42,890
They've put this
stupid wristband on me,
537
00:39:43,210 --> 00:39:45,050
I don't get it.
538
00:39:45,730 --> 00:39:49,010
I wanted nut ice cream,
my favorite one.
539
00:39:49,370 --> 00:39:51,970
And all I get is
this stupid diet yoghurt!
540
00:39:52,330 --> 00:39:54,570
Who's going to eat that?
541
00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:58,250
- Enjoy your meal anyway.
- Thanks.
542
00:39:59,970 --> 00:40:01,170
What do you mean?
543
00:40:01,570 --> 00:40:04,730
Am I mentally too set
and physically too loose?
544
00:40:05,490 --> 00:40:09,330
So it'd be better to be physically
robust and mentally flexible?
545
00:40:09,610 --> 00:40:12,770
Exactly. People who have easy,
successful lives
546
00:40:13,170 --> 00:40:14,810
are stable in body
547
00:40:15,210 --> 00:40:17,410
and agile and flexible in mind.
548
00:40:17,930 --> 00:40:19,930
Just nudge a smoothie for now.
549
00:40:21,130 --> 00:40:24,130
- Staff member. Let me pay for you.
- Thanks.
550
00:40:24,610 --> 00:40:27,090
Taking part in the
nudging project? - No, thanks.
551
00:40:27,410 --> 00:40:31,330
- That cost us 5 fitness points.
- But we are fit.
552
00:41:54,090 --> 00:41:57,130
Same stuff as on our website.
553
00:41:58,970 --> 00:42:01,290
Very interesting and creative,
this protest.
554
00:42:02,730 --> 00:42:05,850
How to avoid
getting leafleted again?
555
00:42:08,250 --> 00:42:09,930
We have those glass doors.
556
00:42:10,250 --> 00:42:13,130
Could we install a
card-based locking system?
557
00:42:14,090 --> 00:42:15,850
But how would we communicate that?
558
00:42:16,330 --> 00:42:17,970
Heightened security requirements?
559
00:42:18,490 --> 00:42:19,930
Fire safety.
560
00:42:23,210 --> 00:42:25,930
We assert that the university system
561
00:42:27,010 --> 00:42:30,890
is ignorant towards
the solution of social problems.
562
00:42:31,290 --> 00:42:36,250
The extreme inequality of wealth
within society around the globe
563
00:42:36,610 --> 00:42:38,570
is the best example.
564
00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:40,610
Climate change is no exception.
565
00:42:40,930 --> 00:42:44,730
On the other hand, we also quite
naturally focus on our own futures.
566
00:42:45,050 --> 00:42:47,810
And here, my fellow students,
567
00:42:48,130 --> 00:42:50,650
no one really believes
in the use of theory,
568
00:42:50,970 --> 00:42:54,810
abstraction or critique
to get their lives on track anymore.
569
00:42:55,890 --> 00:42:57,370
In our view,
570
00:42:57,930 --> 00:43:01,930
both experiences are two
aspects of the same problem.
571
00:43:02,650 --> 00:43:05,370
In the absence of welfare,
572
00:43:05,730 --> 00:43:08,050
each individual must
look out for themselves
573
00:43:08,370 --> 00:43:11,010
and will expect
an educational institution
574
00:43:11,330 --> 00:43:14,250
to focus on optimizing
their employability.
575
00:43:14,810 --> 00:43:18,330
But this is the exact opposite
of what we would expect
576
00:43:18,690 --> 00:43:21,930
of a university acting
with solidarity and responsibility.
577
00:43:22,490 --> 00:43:23,930
But what are our demands?
578
00:43:24,250 --> 00:43:27,850
First we need a framework
to discuss our demands,
579
00:43:28,170 --> 00:43:30,610
independent of hierarchies...
580
00:43:35,290 --> 00:43:37,490
Let's just wait and see, shall we?
581
00:43:37,890 --> 00:43:40,090
It's really not clear
what they want.
582
00:43:40,650 --> 00:43:42,370
We aren't so easily impressed.
583
00:43:42,730 --> 00:43:45,570
In my day,
we were always at protests.
584
00:43:45,890 --> 00:43:48,250
- You went to protests?
- I certainly was.
585
00:43:48,610 --> 00:43:49,850
I bet you not.
586
00:43:50,810 --> 00:43:52,810
Well, maybe not "always".
587
00:43:53,730 --> 00:43:56,810
So today they are doing this
on the internet?
588
00:43:57,170 --> 00:43:58,250
Absolutely.
589
00:43:58,850 --> 00:44:02,650
You mean "liking" something is
a political act? I don't think so.
590
00:44:03,130 --> 00:44:04,130
But yes! Yes!
591
00:44:05,370 --> 00:44:07,770
Well, at this institute they don't.
592
00:44:09,090 --> 00:44:13,410
As you're all aware, we have
an extraordinary agenda item.
593
00:44:13,890 --> 00:44:17,730
The students had the genius
idea of occupying our library.
594
00:44:19,050 --> 00:44:23,650
But provided the protest
doesn't jeopardize the evaluation,
595
00:44:24,090 --> 00:44:27,010
it may be a positive stimulus.
596
00:44:27,970 --> 00:44:31,690
It's a chance to show
how divergent needs are managed here.
597
00:44:32,010 --> 00:44:35,410
And that performance and liberality
are not mutually exclusive.
598
00:44:37,410 --> 00:44:40,010
If need be, the library can be
cleared very quickly.
599
00:44:40,330 --> 00:44:42,210
I have to go.
600
00:44:46,130 --> 00:44:47,930
I also have another meeting.
601
00:44:51,410 --> 00:44:54,570
It really looks like
your students mean it.
602
00:44:55,250 --> 00:44:56,890
They're totally committed.
603
00:44:57,290 --> 00:44:59,170
They can't have
gotten that from me.
604
00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:00,930
I wouldn't be sure about that.
605
00:45:10,570 --> 00:45:11,770
Nope.
606
00:45:20,650 --> 00:45:23,890
This neon light is cold...
Just a moment.
607
00:45:27,610 --> 00:45:30,330
Do you have difficulties
identifying with your employer?
608
00:45:32,010 --> 00:45:35,090
Is this an interrogation?
You're sitting in the pitch dark.
609
00:45:42,730 --> 00:45:45,330
Ok, let's continue.
How...
610
00:45:47,370 --> 00:45:49,090
What animal would you like to be?
611
00:45:55,290 --> 00:45:56,530
Message 1.
612
00:45:56,890 --> 00:46:01,650
Phoebe, I think it would be good
if you went to Gdansk with Julius.
613
00:46:02,530 --> 00:46:04,810
It'll be a great conference.
614
00:46:05,210 --> 00:46:07,530
The city is great too.
The religious art...
615
00:46:07,970 --> 00:46:11,490
It might be interesting for
your scenario research.
616
00:46:12,210 --> 00:46:13,530
Could be of use to you.
617
00:46:47,250 --> 00:46:50,250
AC: 24h aesthetic condition
618
00:48:08,130 --> 00:48:09,690
- Can I get a ride?
- Sure.
619
00:48:20,090 --> 00:48:22,690
Is the university
an enterprise to you?
620
00:48:23,290 --> 00:48:27,890
It's about aligning with the best.
The competition is extreme.
621
00:48:28,250 --> 00:48:29,850
But who says who's best?
622
00:48:30,130 --> 00:48:34,010
Evaluations, fundraising,
rankings, for example.
623
00:48:34,850 --> 00:48:37,010
In whose interest is all this done?
624
00:48:38,050 --> 00:48:41,330
Sounds like student conspiracy theories.
625
00:48:41,690 --> 00:48:43,010
"Interests" and so on.
626
00:48:43,690 --> 00:48:48,650
It just makes sense.
If you treat it like a business,
627
00:48:48,970 --> 00:48:52,730
you obtain objective benchmarks,
to know what you do all day.
628
00:48:53,130 --> 00:48:55,050
We teach and we do research.
629
00:48:55,890 --> 00:48:57,890
But in whose interest?
630
00:48:58,370 --> 00:49:01,250
In the interest of truth. Or truths.
631
00:49:01,850 --> 00:49:04,530
Let me rephrase the question.
What use is it to anyone?
632
00:49:07,770 --> 00:49:12,010
Why not find the niche where
the truths you find have value,
633
00:49:12,290 --> 00:49:14,410
where you can
use them strategically?
634
00:49:14,850 --> 00:49:18,210
There's so much money to be
earned in greentech right now.
635
00:49:19,370 --> 00:49:21,690
Or go into political consultancy.
636
00:49:24,610 --> 00:49:28,410
Wouldn't we love our lives more
under different circumstances?
637
00:49:29,370 --> 00:49:30,650
All this?
638
00:49:31,570 --> 00:49:34,650
If we knew, bottom line,
there's enough for all.
639
00:49:35,010 --> 00:49:37,370
Time, space, money.
640
00:49:38,690 --> 00:49:40,210
Dreams are good.
641
00:49:40,690 --> 00:49:43,090
It's not a dream,
it has been real.
642
00:49:44,250 --> 00:49:46,010
Then answer the "W's":
643
00:49:46,490 --> 00:49:50,250
- Where, when, what...
- Why.
644
00:49:50,610 --> 00:49:52,810
Yes. And who.
645
00:53:23,850 --> 00:53:26,130
- You made it!
- Hi!
646
00:53:27,610 --> 00:53:29,730
- Good luck!
- Thank you.
647
00:54:41,570 --> 00:54:44,890
What's the status
of the presentation?
648
00:54:45,210 --> 00:54:47,250
Phoebe, I have
studied your proposal.
649
00:54:48,010 --> 00:54:49,690
I find room for improvement.
650
00:54:50,010 --> 00:54:54,090
The data could be
more graphically vivid.
651
00:54:54,530 --> 00:54:58,250
I'm sorry, I wasn't finished
with the admin for the lectures.
652
00:54:58,570 --> 00:54:59,650
I'll work on it.
653
00:54:59,970 --> 00:55:02,370
We moved away from the tortoise.
654
00:55:03,090 --> 00:55:07,650
Someone could guide through the
presentation, like an audio guide.
655
00:55:08,090 --> 00:55:10,250
What about the library?
656
00:55:10,690 --> 00:55:13,690
Our strategy of
subverting the protestors
657
00:55:14,010 --> 00:55:18,250
by politely ignoring them
should slowly bear fruit.
658
00:55:18,610 --> 00:55:23,210
Do you know what the ancient Greeks
did to unreliable advisors?
659
00:55:23,570 --> 00:55:26,530
Have them ridiculed
in an Aristophanes comedy?
660
00:55:26,850 --> 00:55:29,650
They banished them.
To Rhodes, if they felt kind.
661
00:55:29,970 --> 00:55:32,010
I could live with that.
662
00:55:34,570 --> 00:55:36,850
Has anyone been there lately?
663
00:55:37,970 --> 00:55:39,770
To Rhodes?
664
00:55:45,090 --> 00:55:49,410
My roommate Dakkar is working
on the biography of Stafford Beer.
665
00:55:49,770 --> 00:55:52,410
- Ever heard of him?
- No.
666
00:55:52,770 --> 00:55:54,890
- He was a business consultant too.
- Was he?
667
00:55:55,410 --> 00:55:58,650
Working for the Allende
government in Chile.
668
00:55:59,490 --> 00:56:01,370
Now you want to tell
the students about him?
669
00:56:03,570 --> 00:56:05,530
How can we get them
out of the library?
670
00:56:06,170 --> 00:56:07,250
We can't.
671
00:56:08,370 --> 00:56:10,730
Brenda isn't going to like that.
672
00:56:40,610 --> 00:56:42,330
- Phoebe...
- Julius?
673
00:56:44,610 --> 00:56:48,570
What's the meaning of science?
There is none.
674
00:56:49,290 --> 00:56:52,770
It offers no answers
to the questions that matter to us.
675
00:56:54,130 --> 00:56:55,570
How should we live?
676
00:56:56,050 --> 00:56:57,570
What should we do?
677
00:56:59,730 --> 00:57:01,050
Get home safe.
678
00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:23,570
I wanted to talk
about cybernetic socialism.
679
00:57:23,850 --> 00:57:26,410
Equitable distribution
controlled by computer,
680
00:57:27,050 --> 00:57:29,890
and how this attempt
in Santiago de Chile
681
00:57:30,410 --> 00:57:34,810
was stopped by the military
and economists from Chicago.
682
00:57:35,610 --> 00:57:37,370
Also to say a few words on the ties
683
00:57:37,930 --> 00:57:40,650
between neoliberalism
and digitalization,
684
00:57:41,090 --> 00:57:44,250
on how media corporations
since the 1970s
685
00:57:44,610 --> 00:57:47,690
have been creating
a wide education market.
686
00:57:48,010 --> 00:57:51,210
Since then, corporate consultants
have come here
687
00:57:51,570 --> 00:57:55,490
to impose
economic irrationalization.
688
00:57:56,130 --> 00:57:57,650
Well now,
689
00:57:58,770 --> 00:58:00,250
be that as it may,
690
00:58:00,770 --> 00:58:04,490
Phoebe was hired,
if I may put it crudely,
691
00:58:04,970 --> 00:58:07,250
to keep things ticking over.
692
00:58:17,130 --> 00:58:18,250
Hello?
693
00:58:22,490 --> 00:58:24,570
Can nobody hear me?
694
00:58:26,730 --> 00:58:27,850
You had...
695
00:58:29,010 --> 00:58:30,650
Is it because of the dossier?
696
00:58:31,610 --> 00:58:35,410
Hurry, elite!
Existence depends on excellence!
697
00:58:38,290 --> 00:58:40,250
Or maybe I should come back later?
698
00:58:41,130 --> 00:58:42,130
Listen,
699
00:58:42,250 --> 00:58:47,130
I hear that you're inciting
the students in the library.
700
00:58:47,490 --> 00:58:51,090
I just wanted to hold my course,
to keep it going, somehow.
701
00:58:51,490 --> 00:58:54,530
We need them to get out!
They'd nearly given up!
702
00:58:55,610 --> 00:58:56,810
I just thought...
703
00:58:57,130 --> 00:59:00,130
how to proceed?
Let me make a suggestion!
704
00:59:01,090 --> 00:59:02,370
Either what you say is true,
705
00:59:02,810 --> 00:59:05,290
in which case,
forget this conversation took place.
706
00:59:05,650 --> 00:59:06,850
Otherwise...
707
00:59:08,570 --> 00:59:11,010
tomorrow they're still there.
708
00:59:11,810 --> 00:59:15,330
Then you will personally
drag them out.
709
00:59:18,330 --> 00:59:21,690
Why can't everything be lovely here?
710
00:59:22,170 --> 00:59:25,050
And why can't we achieve bliss?
711
00:59:26,570 --> 00:59:29,770
Why does the sun never shine bright?
712
00:59:30,410 --> 00:59:33,330
And why must the food
taste like this?
713
00:59:34,290 --> 00:59:37,570
Of barrenness and loneliness,
714
00:59:38,370 --> 00:59:41,250
of betrayal and lost time,
715
00:59:41,930 --> 00:59:45,210
of destitution, scarcity and nothing
716
00:59:45,970 --> 00:59:48,250
that will do us good.
717
00:59:49,970 --> 00:59:52,690
An emptiness creeps in on us,
718
00:59:53,690 --> 00:59:56,730
the moment we stand in line.
719
00:59:57,490 --> 01:00:01,090
We make our choice,
and the refectory staff
720
01:00:01,530 --> 01:00:03,810
looks as if it were ashamed.
721
01:00:04,930 --> 01:00:08,490
For the system of gastronomy
722
01:00:08,930 --> 01:00:12,010
in the cold light of
the profit-economy,
723
01:00:12,610 --> 01:00:16,210
because they know:
people save on food
724
01:00:16,690 --> 01:00:19,210
when the wages paid are low.
725
01:00:20,090 --> 01:00:23,530
With a feeling of midday malaise,
726
01:00:24,170 --> 01:00:27,370
we stare the truth in the face.
727
01:00:28,010 --> 01:00:31,370
Will the good life
ever be a reality?
728
01:00:32,170 --> 01:00:34,770
Probably not in this place.
729
01:00:36,210 --> 01:00:39,650
Why can't everything be lovely here?
730
01:00:40,050 --> 01:00:43,490
And why can't we achieve bliss?
731
01:00:44,170 --> 01:00:47,650
Why does the sun never shine bright?
732
01:00:48,050 --> 01:00:51,050
And why must the food
taste like this?
733
01:01:40,010 --> 01:01:42,850
So, morning everyone.
734
01:01:44,650 --> 01:01:46,330
You'll clear the library
by tonight.
735
01:01:46,690 --> 01:01:48,650
Otherwise, charges will be filed.
736
01:02:07,650 --> 01:02:09,370
That goes on the wall over there.
737
01:02:12,010 --> 01:02:13,690
Enough fiddling around.
738
01:02:14,210 --> 01:02:16,290
Time for a proper salon-style hang.
739
01:02:17,690 --> 01:02:19,610
Salon-style hang!
740
01:02:51,930 --> 01:02:53,810
I'm still totally hyped.
741
01:02:54,890 --> 01:02:58,130
Go home if you want.
I'll be done soon too.
742
01:02:58,650 --> 01:03:01,250
- Are you sure?
- Totally. No hard feelings.
743
01:05:15,730 --> 01:05:17,410
Everything was ordained.
744
01:05:18,290 --> 01:05:20,570
Dress rehearsal done.
745
01:05:21,210 --> 01:05:24,610
Judgment Day dawned.
746
01:05:26,850 --> 01:05:28,290
This will be a good day.
747
01:05:28,810 --> 01:05:30,810
The protestors have withdrawn.
748
01:05:31,250 --> 01:05:33,290
I bet we'll be celebrating tonight.
749
01:05:33,650 --> 01:05:35,330
Have you reserved a table?
750
01:05:59,050 --> 01:06:00,290
Mr Francini!
751
01:06:10,730 --> 01:06:12,090
That works wonderfully.
752
01:06:14,890 --> 01:06:18,970
Such a stylish vehicle
you've chosen, Monsieur Francini.
753
01:06:19,250 --> 01:06:21,810
It has a fabulous carbon footprint!
754
01:06:23,650 --> 01:06:25,010
Great binding.
755
01:06:25,410 --> 01:06:26,970
- Is that bast?
- It is.
756
01:06:28,370 --> 01:06:30,690
As you have seen,
757
01:06:31,290 --> 01:06:34,050
we are interested in
simulation and game theory
758
01:06:34,370 --> 01:06:37,570
in digitally augmented realities.
759
01:06:38,650 --> 01:06:41,770
We will show you
holograms of ourselves,
760
01:06:42,090 --> 01:06:46,010
which you'll see
in the simulation environment.
761
01:06:46,850 --> 01:06:50,050
The tour itself is thus
a product of our research.
762
01:06:50,610 --> 01:06:55,010
The application of our work
is revealed in its demonstration.
763
01:06:57,810 --> 01:07:02,050
My name is Julius Kelp
and I'll be your guide today.
764
01:07:02,410 --> 01:07:05,530
Now prepare yourself
for our virtual climate change.
765
01:07:05,850 --> 01:07:07,010
Snow?
766
01:07:08,370 --> 01:07:10,730
They're long,
these Berlin winters.
767
01:07:24,610 --> 01:07:26,890
I can't see anything.
Do they?
768
01:07:27,210 --> 01:07:29,610
They're walking,
so they must see something.
769
01:07:30,010 --> 01:07:34,170
Can't we see what they see?
This is exactly what I wanted to avoid!
770
01:07:34,650 --> 01:07:35,890
Should we abort?
771
01:07:36,170 --> 01:07:37,810
Over my dead body.
772
01:07:48,650 --> 01:07:49,970
Nudging.
773
01:08:02,610 --> 01:08:04,930
Get a move on,
faster, faster, faster.
774
01:08:27,850 --> 01:08:30,290
What's going on?
Are the students back?
775
01:08:30,650 --> 01:08:32,850
The smart house system
is breaking down.
776
01:08:33,170 --> 01:08:34,570
And you've done nothing about it?
777
01:08:34,890 --> 01:08:36,890
You told us to do nothing.
778
01:08:37,530 --> 01:08:40,730
- Evacuation!
- Get out immediately!
779
01:08:59,210 --> 01:09:00,810
My pleasure.
780
01:09:01,850 --> 01:09:03,290
May I trouble you?
781
01:09:46,970 --> 01:09:48,410
Nudging, nudging.
782
01:09:53,370 --> 01:09:54,530
Quiet!
783
01:10:02,610 --> 01:10:03,610
Stop!
784
01:10:32,770 --> 01:10:33,930
Nudging, nudging.
785
01:10:34,850 --> 01:10:38,610
Why can't everything be lovely here?
786
01:10:38,890 --> 01:10:42,130
And why can't we achieve bliss?
787
01:10:54,210 --> 01:10:57,250
An emptiness creeps in on us,
788
01:10:57,890 --> 01:11:01,250
the moment we stand in line.
789
01:11:01,810 --> 01:11:05,690
We make our choice,
and the refectory staff
790
01:11:05,970 --> 01:11:08,890
looks as if it were ashamed.
791
01:11:12,210 --> 01:11:15,930
With a feeling of midday malaise,
792
01:11:16,290 --> 01:11:19,370
we stare the truth in the face.
793
01:11:19,970 --> 01:11:23,490
Will the good life
ever be a reality?
794
01:11:23,970 --> 01:11:27,290
Probably not in this place.
795
01:11:28,650 --> 01:11:31,970
Why can't everything be lovely here?
796
01:11:32,570 --> 01:11:35,930
And why can't we achieve bliss?
797
01:12:10,890 --> 01:12:13,970
Reactions are mixed
798
01:12:14,650 --> 01:12:17,650
to the Abstract-Wege project.
799
01:12:19,050 --> 01:12:20,970
The principle of economization
800
01:12:21,370 --> 01:12:22,610
was adressed
801
01:12:23,410 --> 01:12:24,770
with determined effort.
802
01:12:25,130 --> 01:12:28,610
But this was executed in a way
803
01:12:28,970 --> 01:12:33,210
that we find highly questionable.
804
01:12:33,970 --> 01:12:37,570
Nudging has certainly
not made us feel freer.
805
01:12:39,730 --> 01:12:40,850
Now,
806
01:12:41,570 --> 01:12:43,530
my next remarks concern
807
01:12:44,370 --> 01:12:47,730
the project of...
just a moment... Berger.
808
01:12:48,050 --> 01:12:51,370
If you paint the devil on the wall -
he'll show up.
809
01:12:51,650 --> 01:12:54,130
Phoebe's hypothesis was vindicated.
810
01:12:54,610 --> 01:12:57,210
Climate scenarios
indeed seemed to exhibit
811
01:12:57,570 --> 01:13:00,530
stabilizing effects on systems.
812
01:13:01,010 --> 01:13:04,610
At least, this was the case
in this particular potato field.
813
01:13:04,970 --> 01:13:07,010
It is an outstanding novelty.
814
01:13:07,490 --> 01:13:09,730
- Bravo, well done.
- What?
815
01:13:10,210 --> 01:13:11,610
Other than so many projects...
816
01:13:12,090 --> 01:13:13,610
He must be joking.
817
01:13:17,210 --> 01:13:19,250
It is absolutely outstanding.
818
01:13:19,810 --> 01:13:21,330
We would like to congratulate you
819
01:13:21,970 --> 01:13:25,290
on the successful evaluation.
820
01:13:42,330 --> 01:13:45,330
Maybe I should do it like Stafford Beer.
Grow a long beard,
821
01:13:46,530 --> 01:13:49,250
sublet my room
and live in the communal roof garden
822
01:13:49,610 --> 01:13:51,970
as an ornamental hermit
in a flower bed.
823
01:13:52,370 --> 01:13:55,330
Listen. A long article
about insect population collapse.
824
01:13:55,890 --> 01:13:56,890
It says,
825
01:13:57,210 --> 01:13:59,650
"insects provide an
enormous economic benefit.
826
01:14:00,490 --> 01:14:02,330
The Beekeepers Association estimates
827
01:14:02,690 --> 01:14:05,490
bees alone account for
two billion euros a year."
828
01:14:05,850 --> 01:14:08,130
Too bad we aren't insects.
829
01:14:28,290 --> 01:14:30,010
So, how are things?
830
01:14:31,690 --> 01:14:35,570
Strange, isn't it? After working
so long to gain autonomy,
831
01:14:36,330 --> 01:14:39,930
you're at the mercy of
decisions beyond your control.
832
01:14:40,490 --> 01:14:42,290
I'd like to keep you here.
833
01:14:43,090 --> 01:14:45,010
Your commitment really helped us.
834
01:14:45,210 --> 01:14:47,890
I had nothing to do with
how the evaluation went.
835
01:14:49,050 --> 01:14:52,570
I'd like you to coordinate
future funding applications.
836
01:14:53,210 --> 01:14:56,850
It's going to be a tough job.
We can't expect such goodwill again.
837
01:14:57,410 --> 01:14:58,850
I have to think about it.
838
01:15:13,970 --> 01:15:15,370
- Hey!
- How's it going?
839
01:15:15,850 --> 01:15:18,330
- Good, thanks, you?
- Good. I heard it went well?
840
01:15:18,930 --> 01:15:19,930
Well...
841
01:15:20,330 --> 01:15:21,930
Didn't she know everything?
842
01:15:22,570 --> 01:15:24,530
What would she be afraid of?
843
01:15:25,090 --> 01:15:30,290
Every decision she'd make on
the basis of a rational calculation.
844
01:15:31,370 --> 01:15:34,130
And how could I blame her for that?
845
01:15:37,730 --> 01:15:39,610
Her heartbeat was steady,
846
01:15:40,090 --> 01:15:41,530
pulse calm.
847
01:15:44,050 --> 01:15:46,970
My research sabbatical
came to an end.
848
01:15:47,690 --> 01:15:49,330
Spring sprang anew.
849
01:15:49,770 --> 01:15:51,770
Couldn't you just feel it?
850
01:15:52,850 --> 01:15:55,410
The Earth must have moved on.
851
01:15:56,170 --> 01:15:57,690
Maybe...
852
01:15:59,050 --> 01:16:02,170
its orbit round the Sun
wasn't an ellipse at all,
853
01:16:03,090 --> 01:16:05,650
but an obstacle course.
854
01:16:07,490 --> 01:16:12,570
Maybe I would seriously
start something anew.
855
01:16:14,090 --> 01:16:16,050
Think a thought.
856
01:16:17,850 --> 01:16:19,850
Discover.
61793
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