WEBVTT - Disney+ Doc Shows Kids Can Build the Future

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<v Speaker 1>This is Bloomberg Business Week with Carol Messer and Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>Quick Takes Tim Stinovic on Bloomberg Radio. The new documentary

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<v Speaker 1>and it's called More Than Robots. It follows four teams

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<v Speaker 1>of teenagers from around the world as they get ready

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<v Speaker 1>for the Robotics competition. The documentary will premiere at south

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<v Speaker 1>By Southwest this coming week and one week from today

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<v Speaker 1>it will stream exclusively on Disney Plus. Check it out.

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<v Speaker 1>When we started this odd teams, now we have thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of thousands all around the world. First has given me

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to become better and better and too never

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<v Speaker 1>stop training. It is way more than a club teaching

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<v Speaker 1>the skills of life. It's technology, respect and more. It

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<v Speaker 1>is more than robots, and that is the name of

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<v Speaker 1>the new documentary, More than Robots on the first Robotics Competitions.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the brainchild of trepreneur, an innovator, holder of

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<v Speaker 1>so many patents. Dean came in. We always remind everybody

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<v Speaker 1>he invented the segue. He's been on a mission for

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<v Speaker 1>years to spark stem interest in achievement among our young

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<v Speaker 1>and is so great to have back with us. Dean

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<v Speaker 1>came and found her first and he joins us en

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<v Speaker 1>route to south By Southwest. Right now, he's in Memphis, Tennessee. Deans,

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<v Speaker 1>so good to have you here with Tim and myself.

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<v Speaker 1>This documentary tell us about this process and why you

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to put down and show what you have been

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<v Speaker 1>doing really for years and really sparking interest when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to stem among kids. Well, first of all, thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, Thank you. You are you are articulated, and

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<v Speaker 1>you have had so much great data about person what

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<v Speaker 1>you just did, and you are one of the crowning

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<v Speaker 1>examples of why first works so well. I've got thirty

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred corporate sponsors committed to helping FIRST become a

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<v Speaker 1>reality in every school in the in the country. I

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<v Speaker 1>have two hundred thousand volunteer technology people now as mentors

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<v Speaker 1>working with these teams. We have, you know, tens of

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of teams, and it's almost exclusively a volunteer organization.

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<v Speaker 1>It's driven mostly by passion by smart parents, smart teachers,

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<v Speaker 1>smart industry leaders, smart government leaders that recognize, unless you

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<v Speaker 1>give kids a shot at understanding what really will be

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<v Speaker 1>their future if they embrace technology and and and developed

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<v Speaker 1>that muscle hanging between their ears um, this world is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a great place. But if anything, I

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<v Speaker 1>think first is now becoming more accepted because thirty years

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<v Speaker 1>ago I told everybody, you can all try to solve

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<v Speaker 1>the problem we don't have claiming that our educational systems

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<v Speaker 1>are lacking, and instead, why don't you go after the

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<v Speaker 1>real problem in a free society where you get the

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<v Speaker 1>best of what you celebrate. Thirty years ago and even

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<v Speaker 1>still to this day, all the heroes, particularly to young women,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly to minority kids, all their role models and heroes

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<v Speaker 1>come from the NBA, the NFL, Hollywood Motown. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>see young adults successfully pushing ahead in careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, inventing.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not that those things really are not every

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<v Speaker 1>bit as fun as accessible as as bouncing a ball.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just we have a culture that that made sports

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<v Speaker 1>superstars crowd out everything else. But the sports works. All

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<v Speaker 1>I did was very simple, you steal a good idea

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<v Speaker 1>that works. I said, let's turn science, technology, and engineering

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<v Speaker 1>into a sport, and then we'll attract all the kids

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<v Speaker 1>that already loved sports. They love the competition, they love

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<v Speaker 1>the excitement, but let's let them develop that muscle hanging

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<v Speaker 1>between their ears. It will be the only sport where

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<v Speaker 1>every kid on every team can turn pro. There are

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<v Speaker 1>millions and millions of jobs out there in the technical fields. Dean,

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<v Speaker 1>take us back to your childhood, though, and talk to

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<v Speaker 1>us about how you were inspired at an early age

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<v Speaker 1>and how you see that not happening today. I mean, what,

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<v Speaker 1>what did you have access to in your childhood that

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<v Speaker 1>you want to recreate for children today. Well, luckily, and

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<v Speaker 1>very luckily, I as a kid, my parents didn't mind

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<v Speaker 1>that I did a lot of tinkering. I took all

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<v Speaker 1>the basement, I started building things. I bought you know,

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<v Speaker 1>bolt meters and the scyloscopes and played are you taking

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<v Speaker 1>a part of cliances on your parents? Yeah, I did

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<v Speaker 1>all of that stuff. Yes, it's sort of uh frustrated

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<v Speaker 1>them at times. But but I got as a teenager,

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<v Speaker 1>I started making money doing technology for people, and I

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<v Speaker 1>realized that most kids don't see the power of that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I also realized my mom is a teacher, and

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<v Speaker 1>I realized just the way schoolwork goes. You know, you're

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<v Speaker 1>intimidated in the classroom learning equations, and if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>get them right, you get a red mark. Whereas that

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<v Speaker 1>same teacher becomes the coach after school and if you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't hit that ball or you didn't get that basket,

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<v Speaker 1>this this teacher that's required to be judgmental in the

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<v Speaker 1>classroom becomes this coach that's so nurturing that helps you

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<v Speaker 1>after school. And I said, no, wonder kids love sports, no,

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<v Speaker 1>whether they're intimidated by science and physics and math. Come on,

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<v Speaker 1>let's those teachers the opportunity to coach a team that's

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<v Speaker 1>using all the things that we claim a valuable about

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<v Speaker 1>other sports, that's using teamwork and exciting stuff to give

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<v Speaker 1>kids the skill sets they need to build a future. Dean,

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<v Speaker 1>we just have about a minute and a half year.

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<v Speaker 1>We wanted to talk about your home in Bedford, New Hampshire,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was looking going back to an old story

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<v Speaker 1>and someone described it as nothing less than a mini

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<v Speaker 1>Smithsonian or the northeast version of the Henry Ford Museum

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<v Speaker 1>in Dearborn. Um, could you share with us a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit about your thinking for your home in New Hampshire.

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<v Speaker 1>It's where you do your work, a lot of work. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's got a machine shop in an electronic shop and

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<v Speaker 1>a great library and a hangar for you know, everybody

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<v Speaker 1>needs a helicopter in their house. But it's it's, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's just a place that it's more of a

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<v Speaker 1>place for convening. Actually, Bill Gates was visiting at one time,

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<v Speaker 1>said Dean, I think your house represents the physical manifestation

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<v Speaker 1>of what's in your side, your head, and it's a

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<v Speaker 1>cross between a museum of science and technology and really

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<v Speaker 1>want to st but the factory, and I considered all

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<v Speaker 1>about a compliment. But but the important thing for your

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<v Speaker 1>listeners is, while I'm so so excited that First is

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<v Speaker 1>now in tens of thousands of schools and affecting over

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<v Speaker 1>a million kids, it's sad that all kids everywhere aren't

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<v Speaker 1>aware of it. And so if Bloomberg and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if we can if the Disney plus streaming of this

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<v Speaker 1>program can reach millions and millions of kids and parents

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<v Speaker 1>of teachers, we really can't trend. We will transform the

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<v Speaker 1>future of what kids in this country aspire to do,

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<v Speaker 1>what they what they become as adults. And and I

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<v Speaker 1>think they named this thing so perfectly more than robots.

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<v Speaker 1>Please let people know it's not about being geekie and

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<v Speaker 1>building robots. It was I've been saying for thirty years.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not about robots. It's never been about robots. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't use kids to build ropes robots. Kids hang out

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<v Speaker 1>for a second. We're gonna do a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>news and we're gonna come back and continue with us.

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<v Speaker 1>We are our guests right now. Dean came in, founder

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<v Speaker 1>of First. He's going to come back to us in

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<v Speaker 1>just a moment on Bloomberg. We do want to get

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<v Speaker 1>back to Dean Cayman, who is with us. Founder First,

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<v Speaker 1>as we mentioned, stands for inspiration and Recognition of science

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<v Speaker 1>and technology, creator of the first robotics competitions, and we've

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about the documentary More Than Robots, which will

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<v Speaker 1>premiere at south By Southwest this coming week and one

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<v Speaker 1>week from today will stream exclusively on Disney Plus H.

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<v Speaker 1>Dean is still with us on the phone from Memphis, Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 1>and we should point out the movie tracks uh four

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<v Speaker 1>groups of students UM who are competing in the robotics competition. Yeah, Dean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's great to have you back with us. UM. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk a little bit about where we are

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<v Speaker 1>as a society and trying to really understand how he

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<v Speaker 1>can get more kids into STEM and what we need

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<v Speaker 1>to do as as a country in order to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want you to draw parallels between again, how

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<v Speaker 1>you were able to get inspired and and lead the

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<v Speaker 1>life that you have, and how you can in turn

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<v Speaker 1>see that happening with kids today. I just have to say,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the world has changed so much and and I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if we have the educational infrastructure in place today

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<v Speaker 1>four kids to thrive like they did, you know, in

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<v Speaker 1>the nineteen sixties. So I believe we have the the

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<v Speaker 1>educational infrastructure. Everybody I know has a teacher that they

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<v Speaker 1>think changed their life. We've got the best systems in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. We spend more per capital and education than

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<v Speaker 1>anybody in the world. That's the whole point of first

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<v Speaker 1>was It's not an education crisis, the culture crisis. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not what we don't have enough of, it's what we

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<v Speaker 1>have too much. In a rich culture. Culture, in a

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<v Speaker 1>rich society, we've been able to turn leisure time into

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<v Speaker 1>a phenomenon. We've turned sports into something bigger than life itself,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's crowded out to kids the idea that they

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<v Speaker 1>can excel at something else, they can become superstars in

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<v Speaker 1>some other way, and the entire premise of first look

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<v Speaker 1>at our name for inspiration and recognition of science and technology.

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<v Speaker 1>Kids will always do better. It's something if they're inspired

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<v Speaker 1>to work hard at it. That's why the US is

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<v Speaker 1>still leads the world in sports and an entertainment in

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<v Speaker 1>Hollywood in the NBA. So we just said, let's take

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<v Speaker 1>that model and create a sport that will be available

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<v Speaker 1>to all kids, again, particularly women and minorities in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States that are so subtly but effectively convinced by

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<v Speaker 1>the time they're even in middle school that science, technology,

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<v Speaker 1>and engineering. It's difficult, that's frustrating, it's boring. It's only

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<v Speaker 1>for the gifted view because ironically, it's where all the

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<v Speaker 1>big jobs are going to be, so these kids have

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<v Speaker 1>to get into it early. You took me exactly where

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<v Speaker 1>I want to go. Uh. Tim and I were part

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<v Speaker 1>of a Bloomberg Live event. It was all about work

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<v Speaker 1>shifting and just how things are changing post pandemic. But

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<v Speaker 1>every executive, whether it was at that event or every

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<v Speaker 1>executive who comes on air, I mean, everybody's a technology company.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't matter what industry you are, you need I t

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<v Speaker 1>workers tech workers. Um, that's just the world that we

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<v Speaker 1>are in and I do wonder, you know, everybody says

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<v Speaker 1>that there's just not enough out there, how us the

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<v Speaker 1>message gotten out there? You've got You have been doing

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<v Speaker 1>this for a while, and I still see a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money spent on big, you know, sports programs, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's in colleges or even you know, at lower level.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you seeing an impacted change since you started doing this.

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<v Speaker 1>We are certainly seeing a change, But you're right, there's

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<v Speaker 1>still overwhelmingly more money and excitement thrown by the media,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly at at at at making sports bigger than life,

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<v Speaker 1>and they somehow have still failed to include us as

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<v Speaker 1>the ultimate sports that humans ought to participated. But as

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<v Speaker 1>an example, you say, isn't working. When you look at

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<v Speaker 1>the four teams that participate in this great documentary, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>see that one of them, uh two of them once

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<v Speaker 1>from Mexico, once through Japan. Two are from the U S.

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<v Speaker 1>They're both in California, And it turns out that each

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<v Speaker 1>of them has a mentor once a teacher, and her

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<v Speaker 1>husband's the mentor for the competitive team. He works at

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<v Speaker 1>ray Theon and he's hired more than twin five of

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<v Speaker 1>the kids. This essentially an inner city school system that

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<v Speaker 1>without first wouldn't have produced any kids that could go

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<v Speaker 1>work at raytheon and when you look at the thirty

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<v Speaker 1>seven cop responses, we have in a couple of hundred

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<v Speaker 1>universities that are at all our big events scouting, just

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<v Speaker 1>like the football team does. The reason these thirty seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred sponsors are there is, as you pointed out, every

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<v Speaker 1>major company in the country and in the world is

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<v Speaker 1>desperately looking for more technically competent people. And the best

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<v Speaker 1>way to create them and to build a better pipeline

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<v Speaker 1>is to start earlier and have these tech giants and

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<v Speaker 1>even the tech startups be there giving these kids encouragement

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<v Speaker 1>and inspiration and making this the sport of choice for

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<v Speaker 1>kids because it is the only sport where every kid

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<v Speaker 1>can turn pro. Yeah. I guess that your border directors

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<v Speaker 1>has always blown me away. Um Ursula burns right from

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<v Speaker 1>the Xerox, now it to Neo. You've got Rockwell, the

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<v Speaker 1>former chairman CEO of Rockwell Collins Rockwell Automation to Sigma

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<v Speaker 1>David Seagull. These are but that are certainly familiar. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, pick any of those big companies in the

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<v Speaker 1>STEM world and they are there. Hey, one thing I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to ask you if you will indulge us a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. Is I know I've talked with you before

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<v Speaker 1>about North Dumpling Island that's in Long Island Sound. I've

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<v Speaker 1>passed it when I'm out in the water. What's interesting

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<v Speaker 1>is you are, I believe right um operating independently of

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<v Speaker 1>the regional electrical grid there right solar wind UH. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a home that you've got there. And I do think

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<v Speaker 1>about the week, the last couple of weeks with the

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<v Speaker 1>Russian invasion of Ukraine, and we've seen the volatility and

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<v Speaker 1>the energy markets, and you see the EU moving aggressively

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<v Speaker 1>to wean itself off Russian oil. Everybody talking a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more about alternative energy, solar, alternative energy power or companies

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<v Speaker 1>you know, rallying as a result. What what's what's the

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<v Speaker 1>big thing that we need to be having here? We are,

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<v Speaker 1>we are at the perfect storm and this could be

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<v Speaker 1>the catalyst that makes it all happen. But power semiconductors

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<v Speaker 1>are now available to make highly efficient UH grid quality

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<v Speaker 1>AC out of just about any any any energy wind.

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<v Speaker 1>UH batteries can be now efficiently used to both store

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<v Speaker 1>and then we deliver, whether it's DC or to the grid.

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<v Speaker 1>But but you know, for many, many reasons, it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>good for the environment, it's good for the economy, it's

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<v Speaker 1>good for our national security, it's it's good for business.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, solar power, wind power, all of them collectively

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<v Speaker 1>are starting to become realistically capable of taking on more

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<v Speaker 1>and more of our energy loads and as well as

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<v Speaker 1>building more efficient lighting systems like L E D s

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<v Speaker 1>and come up with better ways to make our computational

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<v Speaker 1>stuff more efficient. I mean, at this point, believe it

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<v Speaker 1>or not, we more of the power coming through our

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<v Speaker 1>grid is powering computation and data center has been lighting

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<v Speaker 1>and it's getting more so. So I think if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at it holistically, for all sorts of reasons, we

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<v Speaker 1>are reaching a tipping point where where energy UH is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be transformed and how it's made, how it's stored,

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<v Speaker 1>and how it's transformed. And by the way, doing all

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<v Speaker 1>of that's going to create enormous exciting jobs for kids

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<v Speaker 1>that can embrace technology. Are you optimistic that this happens

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<v Speaker 1>within a few years. I mean, I just don't see

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<v Speaker 1>the political will and just Correicktly just got about thirty

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<v Speaker 1>seconds you can talk about political will. But when you

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<v Speaker 1>see the price of fuel go through the roof, when

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<v Speaker 1>you see the availability of you'll go through the roof.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what that Trump's political will any time, and it

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<v Speaker 1>will make it happen. You know. Necessity is the mother

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<v Speaker 1>of invention, and we got a lot of necessity on energy.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Dean came in, Thank you so much. Dan

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<v Speaker 1>came and found her first on his way to south

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<v Speaker 1>By Southwest. Why is he going there because that's where

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<v Speaker 1>more than robots. The documentary about kids involved in that

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<v Speaker 1>first robotics competition will premiere this coming week and then

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<v Speaker 1>one week from today will stream exclusively on Disney Plus.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna be checking that one out. It's it's gotta say.

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<v Speaker 1>We had some great video running on YouTube for those

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<v Speaker 1>who are watching. Um, it's just amazing what these kids do.

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<v Speaker 1>What they build all themselves and then compete