A sci-fi story of climate optimism | Vandana Singh

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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"The world is a living tapestry ... As the weave of life is torn apart in one place, the threads unravel in another," says author and physics professor Vandana Singh, acknowledging humanity's interconnectedness with the planet -- and the uncertain future we face if we don't protect it. Reading an excerpt from her latest work of speculative fiction, Singh shares a hopeful vision for Earth's renewal.

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0:00.0	It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hu.
0:05.8	The power of thinking, the power of art.
0:09.2	They're powerful because they can inspire doing.
0:12.1	Imagination can move us to action.
0:15.5	So today we have something a little different.
0:17.7	It's a fiction story from climate imagination fellow Vandena Singh.
0:22.4	Her fictional tale delivered at Countdown Summit 2021 is a metaphor for the possibilities of dreaming
0:28.6	collectively for a better future for the planet.
0:34.1	A girl lies sleeping with electrodes attached to her body.
0:41.3	A man and a woman are looking at her
0:43.8	through a one-way glass window from the next room.
0:48.8	Waste of time and money, says the man,
0:52.0	an illiterate kid from a stone quarry,
0:55.0	what could she possibly contribute to the project?
0:59.0	Hardly a kid, she's at least 16, says the woman.
1:03.0	Come on, we are making history.
1:06.0	First ever experiment in collective dreaming.
1:10.0	To her right is a screen that takes up an entire wall.
1:14.4	The 311 participants in the experiment are now all asleep. Her poised finger jabs the keyboard.
1:26.7	The girl's dream,
1:29.3	shards of memory.
1:31.4	She's watching her father at work,
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