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(female speaker) But people took risks,
people talk about very personal and important moments.
And just sitting with these people, I thought, "if they can do this, I can do this."
And it wasn’t until 5:30, so pitch black Montana time.
As I'm standing the middle of the circle of people, staring at me with wide eyes,
I suddenly I understood the "fire when you see the whites of their eyes,"
because I could see the whites of their eyes
staring in horror as I hold a glow stick over my head.
An interesting experience I had in, uh, on the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff,
when I went, "oh that’s why I wasted five years!"
I had no idea that this was where I belonged, this is what I belonged too.
And I think the creative classes help us find what we belong to.
Good creative classes don’t just challenge students to become better themselves,
they challenge them to become better observers, they challenge them to build empathy,
they challenge them to listen.
And I think um, there aren't a whole lot of classes on empathy either,
and that's hard thing to fit into a curriculum.
(male speaker) I think the challenges that we face today
are highly interdisciplinary.
And what drives me, is this interaction within
the neuroscience, and philosophy, and ethics, and sociology, and critical theories.
That's the kind of education I expect from the University going into the 21st century,
which is highly globalized.
And you can see the image right here,
I’m from India talking to you right here.
And I do see a lot of improvement that we can make at this area, yeah,
there is some more encouragement for such interdisciplinary interactions.
Thank you.