Hi, this is Alice. There was a time when Einstein didn't know how to count to 10, and when

Shakespeare didn't know his ABCs. They had to learn just like the rest of us.

That's the message of a wonderful video by Khan Academy.

We all have to learn. We are born to learn.

Fortunately, Sal Khan has made it his life's work to make learning accessible for everyone,

everywhere.

You know, I grew up in Louisiana, I saw a lot of my peers who could have benefited from education but I have I have

third cousins fourth cousins who are in villages in India and Bangladesh who are

barely literate and their DNA is roughly the same as me and I can see, you know, a small twist of fate, I could have been them.

And so that's also part of my thinking, how do we reach literally everyone on the planet?

It's not just for their sake, it's for everyone's sake.

They're going to be able to contribute more to humanity, less likely

to be their energies are going to go in a negative direction, and you know, if we can increase the

number of the order of magnitude or two, the number of people who can contribute. We'll have more art,

we'll have more science, we'll have more cures for diseases, we'll just have a

better civilization. Say you're an eight-year-old, partially deaf, so you miss a lot of what goes on in math class,

or you're just a kid who freezes up when you see two big numbers on the homework handout

and are asked to add them together.

Where are you going to turn?

And now I am ready to add.

So let's start in the ones place.

And if I'm adding numbers, it's always a good thing. start in the ones place.

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