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I think a lot of us don't realize how much pain we live in because of our interactions with computing.

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My mom wore hijab the headscarf in the 1980s in

in case you don't know what a hijab is it is one more piece of clothing for people

to comment on about a woman.

And we would get questions from lovely people like, why do you hate America? I went to a different elementary school for every

year one year I was eight years old in Fremont California and my was going to meet us at the bus stop.

I was our first time taking the school bus there, and she told me get off at the third stop,

and I got off of the wrong stop.

And I was in charge of my little sister I was 8 she was 6 and the bus driver left and all the houses look the same just like white houses gray roofs gray doors white picket, all the street signs were the same and we were totally lost and I felt responsible. I was in charge and I screwed up and I told my sister like, just be quiet, let's just wait.

And meanwhile my mom was waiting for us six blocks down.

The bus came, dropped off kids, and then left and just started leaving and my mom ran after the bus with my brother in his stroller

pounded on the back of the bus pounded on the side of the bus pounded on the bus door

open the door open the door and finally the bus driver opened the door and my mom says my girls my girls I can't find my girls you didn't see them you didn't drop them off and the bus driver said lady I don't know where your kids are but if there were less of you in the world, we'd all be better off anyways.

And then she laughed and shut the door on my mom's face and drove off.

I'm Dacker Keltner.

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