Ok, mientras ya no se va alistando, primero, para los personas que no tienen un dispositivo, esto, a través de esto van a poder tener la traducción al español, entonces los que no lo tengan, pueden pasar a la mesa de Atlas, por favor, y lo único que tienen que hacer es verificar que está, bueno, por lo menos la audición, aquí arriba, y van a poder tener la traducción en vivo. Y lo único que quiero es que, gracias al Enhanzante, para toda la audiencia que vino el día de hoy, va a haber un concurso, en el que presentar un ensayo corto de las unas palabras, sobre qué se entiendieron de la charla del día de hoy, que los principales tratamientos de Enhanzante, a los que entiendieron de la charla del día de hoy, lo pueden enviar hasta el día de domingo, van a tener la oportunidad de ganarse los las tres, un par de novelas en él. El ensayo honor va a tener la oportunidad de ganarse los tres libros, que lo podemos mostrar aquí, para que animen a escribir. La paura. La paura. El manantial, los que vivimos, y la obra de comer, la cabilloteada. Así que, en Enhanzante, el día de hoy, es algo que está promoviendo en Enhanzante, no pasa muy seguido, y... ¿Vas a tener un seguido? ¿Se va a enviar el correo de Enhanzante? Es un poco, no, en Enhanzante, no está muy seguido. Cualquier cosa me pregunta, me voy a hacer. Y si alguien necesita montarlo en correo, a la seguida se lo ponen. Gracias. Thank you. I apologize for not speaking Spanish. So this is going to be in English. If you don't have the translation and you need it, there's still an opportunity to go out there and get it. Thank you all for coming here. This is my first time in Bolivia. It's exciting to have the opportunity to speak to all of you this evening. I didn't see the response to Maria's questions. Thank you. How many of you have read Ain Rand? Read anything by Ain Rand? Okay, so about half of you have read something by Ain Rand. That is good. So when I was 16, I lived in Israel. And in Israel when I was 16, everybody, my age, was a socialist. And I was a socialist. I was committed to socialism. I was a collectivist. I very much believed in the state and the power of the state and the importance of the state. And a friend of mine gave me one day a copy of Ain Rand's Atlas Shrugged. And I read this book. And it took me a long time to read the book because I didn't like it when I started reading it. I didn't like it because it presented ideas to me that I did not agree with. Everything it said, I thought was wrong. And I fought it. I argued with Ain Rand. I remember throwing the book on the wall because I was so frustrated. And I slowly read it. And by the time I finished it, my life was changed forever. All of my ideas were different. Are the monitors not working? You're getting noise. Some of you, it's working. If you don't work, they go over there and they'll switch it. So Atlas Shrugged changed my life. I read a book that changed the way I view the world, changed the way I view politics. But the most important thing Ain Rand did for me was she changed the way I look at myself and my own potential in terms of my life and my own goals and values in terms of my life. Now, if it was just a story about me, who cares? But the reality is that Ain Rand has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands, millions, maybe even tens of millions of people who have read her books. Tens of millions of people have read her books. Many of them will tell you that their lives have been changed. Many of the most successful people in America, the country I live in today and the country I know today, many of the most successful people in America were influenced and their lives were changed by reading Atlas Shrugged. The founders of Silicon Valley, everybody know Silicon Valley? You know, the founders of companies like Apple and Oracle and Dell and Microsoft and Sun Microsystems and all list of them and the venture capital community in Silicon Valley. The leaders of those companies will tell you they were inspired by reading Ain Rand. It's what made it possible for them to do the hard work. And if anybody's involved in a startup, you know how hard the work is to do the work and to be inspired to be great, to be inspired not just to be okay, not to be mediocre, not just to somehow get by, but to be great, inspired to live the best life that you can live. That's what Ain Rand has the potential to do to those who read her books. So those of you who haven't yet read Ain Rand, I encourage you to do so. So I want to tell you a little bit about Ain Rand's life and about Ain Rand's philosophy and why these books have so much power to change people and to impact people's lives. Ain Rand was born in 1905, long time ago, in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was born to a middle-class family. Her father owned a pharmacy in the building that they lived. So he owned a small business. In 1917, when she was 12 years old, her world was turned upside down by the Communist Revolution. Suddenly her father didn't have a pharmacy. It was nationalized, socialized. Suddenly, they didn't have an apartment. They didn't have a home. Their home was taken by the government, and they now had to share their home with other families. So Ain Rand witnessed, as a child, as a teenager, she witnessed what Communism really did to people, how it destroyed lives, how it made achievement and success impossible. Later on in her life, she will describe that kind of world and what happens to good people in that kind of world in a wonderful novel that I think is available back there called We the Living. We the Living is the most autobiographical of all of Ain Rand's works. It's a book about the life of a young woman in the Soviet Union, under Communism, the men she falls in love with and how their lives are shaped by this authoritarian regime, by Communism, by the suppression of the good, the productive, the individual mind. She experienced this firsthand. She went to university in the Soviet Union in Russia, and she realized very early on that if she had to stay in the Soviet Union, if she stayed in Russia, she would not live, she would not survive. She had opinions, she had a mind, she had a voice, she could not keep a quiet. She was an independent young woman who had a view of the world that was different than the view of the Communists out there. From a very young age, she decided she wanted to be a writer, a writer of fiction. And she loved the things she loved. Remember, this is the early part of the 20th century. She loved movies. She loved the movies from Hollywood that she had seen as a child. The silent movies, in those days there were still silent movies. The romanticism of the movies, the drama of the movies. She loved, as a child, she loved heroes, heroes in books, heroes in movies, heroes in novels. She loved the idea of a hero. She wanted to be a writer, but she couldn't be a writer in the Soviet Union. She couldn't be a writer in communism, because the kind of books she wanted to write, they would have never allowed. They would have killed her, and she knew that. So, in her early 20s, in a small window of opportunity where she could get out, she claimed she was going to go to the United States to do some research for a project for the university, and she managed to leave. Her family knew she would never come back, even though they had signed letters guaranteeing that she would. She went to the United States, and she had family in Chicago. She spent a little time in Chicago, but then she went to Hollywood. She wanted to start her career as a writer, writing for the movies, because she loved movies. So, she shows up in Hollywood, this is the late 1920s. She showed us up in Hollywood, this young Russian woman with a thick Russian accent, with English that is okay. It's good, but it's not great. Not her first language. And she goes to the studios. I don't know, you're too young to know who this was, but Cecil B. DeMille. So, I think Cecil B. DeMille was that period's Steven Spielberg. Okay. So, he was the greatest director of the time, the most famous director of the time. And she goes and says, I want to work in the movies. And they go, who are you? Lots of people want to work in the movies. So, they said, you know, no, basically. So, she goes outside, she walks outside. This is a true story, she walks outside. And outside, in a driveway, in a limousine, is sitting, in a convertible, is sitting Cecil B. DeMille. And she stares at him, this little Russian girl is staring at him. And he says, why are you staring at me? And she tells him this story. She's just come from Russia. She can't go back. She wants to be a writer in Hollywood. She wants to be in the movies. And he says, you want to be in the movies? Get in the car. So, she gets in the car. He drives her to where he's making a movie. He's making a movie called The King of Kings, which is a movie about Jesus Christ, right? Silent movie. And he says, here's a pass. And you can come to the set of the movie for a week. And you learn how movies are made. This will get you in. And indeed, she becomes an extra on the movie. You know what an extra is? It's the people in the background. And you can see in certain scenes of The King of Kings, you can find Ayn Rand's face in the movie. And she's an extra on the movie set. She learns about the movies. She meets her husband on the set. She finds the guy she likes. She trips him, gets his attention. Later, she marries him. She's a woman who knew what she wanted, right? And she gets into those thoughts doing stuff in the movies. She works all kinds of little jobs. Anything to be in the movie. She works in the wardrobe department. She helps out in different aspects of all kinds of things. All this, the while, making very little money. All in a while in the evening, studying English. Writing, writing, writing, writing in English. Finally, in the 1930s, she writes a play. And the play gets produced in Los Angeles. And then gets produced in Hollywood. And then she writes We the Living, a book about living under communism. But nobody wants it. They publish it, but nobody wants to read it. The intellectuals in New York in the 1930s kind of like communism. It sounds like a good idea. So they're not interested in somebody criticizing communism. So the book doesn't do very well. She writes a little book called Anthem. Again, you can find it in the back. Anthem is a wonderful little book. You can read it in two hours. You can be done with it. And it's a fantastic little book. But it can't be... Nobody will publish it in America. It gets published in England. English, as you might know, they like dystopian novels, like 1984 and Animal Farm. Well, they published Anthem, because it's a dystopia novel, that they like. And then she's set about writing The Fountainhead. This is a book about an architect. It is a book that she finally finishes in 1945. She sends it to publishers and 12 publishers tell her no. Or 11 publishers say no. We're not interested. Too philosophical. Too much, too many ideas. And they turn it down. The 12th takes it. Finally. She doesn't give up. The 12th publisher takes it. But they don't believe in it. They don't believe it will do too well. So they only publish a few copies, 2,000 copies, which is a lot, a lot, in those days in America. But as soon as it gets published, people start talking about it. They start reading it and talking about it. And soon they have to print more copies. And more copies. And more copies. And the book becomes a New York Times bestseller. It sells hundreds of thousands of copies. And to this day, it sells in America hundreds of thousands of copies. It's being translated into every language in the world. Important big language in the world. Except for two. Only two languages that have not translated in Rand. Anybody want to guess what two languages, big languages that are not translated in Rand. What's that? Arabic is one. No, all the books in Chinese. And they sell well in Chinese. All the books in Russian. They sell well in Russia. They even sell well in Ukraine. What's the second? Close to Arabic. Farsi. Farsi in Arabic. The only two languages. Every other language. Three or four different Indian languages. And then every European language. And her books are everywhere. So that's the fountain in Atlas Shrug. She publishes 12 years later in 1957. By that point, she's so famous. And the books have done so well that the publishers are bidding to publish her books. And when Atlas Shrug is published, again hundreds of thousands sell to this day millions of copies sold. She is a mass of success. Here's this little... She was a young woman in her early 20s when she came to America. With nothing. And she made it. She achieved the American dream. She published the books. She wanted to be a writer. She published the books she wanted to write. She became famous. And after Atlas Shrug, she devoted the rest of her life to writing her philosophy. But why was she interested in philosophy? I mean, she wrote stories. She wrote novels. So why philosophy? What got her interested in these ideas? You know, about ethics. About the theory of knowledge. We call that epistemology. About metaphysics. Why would you need to know these things? Why did this interest, this young woman who was writing novels, writing stories? Well, Inran wanted to write a particular kind of story. She wanted to write a story about heroes. She wanted to project in her story her view of an ideal man. Of an ideal human being. What life could be like at its best, at its most successful. And the problem was that when she looked around the world and she read philosophies and what they wrote, what she found was that people didn't have a good view of heroes, the intellectuals. They didn't have a positive view of an ideal man. Most of our philosophers in the west are cynics. You know, our religion teaches us we are all, you know, we have original sin and we are all fallen. And heroes, great achievers, amazing human beings who live amazing lives. That is very foreign to much of what we learn in our school, in our lives. So Inran discovered that if she wanted to project, if she wanted to really create this ideal man, if she wanted to really have a vision so her novels could have great heroes, she had to discover a philosophy. She had to articulate a philosophy that reflected these kind of heroic ideas. She couldn't count on the philosophy that existed at the time. You know, the postmodernist to say anything goes. Or the fascist to say you're nothing. Therefore we need a dictator to tell you what to do. Or the communist to say you're nothing. Do what the parliamentarian wants you to do. Every other philosophy out there said you as an individual don't matter. You as an individual are just a sacrificial animal to some greater good out there. Whether it's the parliamentarian. Whether it's the state. Whether it's the race. Whether it's just your poor neighbor. You don't matter. What matters is their needs. Their desires. Their wants. Not yours. So she had to come up with a philosophy because her view of man was not that at all. She wanted to project heroes who lived for themselves. And that's how she became a philosopher. She came a philosopher so she could write novels in order to write novels. But her goal was always to write novels. And then when she wrote the novels she finished writing the novels she dedicated the rest of her life to explaining this philosophy. Articulating it beyond what was in the novels themselves. So what is this philosophy? And I'll do this short and we'll get to the heart of this.  Reality is what it is. You don't create it. Your wishes don't create reality. Your desires don't create reality. Your emotions don't create reality we sometimes want into. But reality is what it is. It's not created by consciousness. A is A. That's a fact. So we should always adhere to the truth. We should always adhere to the facts. And we as human beings can know reality, understand reality and indeed ultimately help shape reality the world out there of nature by use of our minds. Our tool of survival, our tool of knowledge is our reason, is our mind. Other animals survive by other means. Right? What makes it possible for, I don't know, a giraffe to survive? What makes it possible for a giraffe to survive? I know it's English, it's hard, but what? What's that? Instincts, but what particularly about its physiology? Yeah, long neck. So they can eat the leaves at the top that the other animals can get to. Nature's giving them a long neck, right? A cheetah, a cheetah, or a leopard in Amazon. How do they survive? Speed, stealth, right? Nature's giving them the ability to maneuver and to catch their prey. We... And they all have instincts. They all know exactly when they're born. They know exactly what they need to do and how to do it. We as human beings don't know anything when we're born. We don't know anything. We don't know how to hunt. We don't have claws. We don't have fangs. We're not very fast. We're not very strong. We lift weights. They're still not very strong. It's compared to animals out there. And yet, not only do we survive, but we thrive. Build buildings. We have video where we're live streaming all to the world. How do we do that? That's crazy. How do we do all this stuff? How do we do that? Everything that we have around us? How do we live some amazing lives? How do we... Anybody here know how clothes are made? I don't know. Some of you might know, but I don't know. How do we get all this stuff by using our minds? Somebody has to think. How do we catch animals? We don't run after them and grab them. We have weapons. We have traps. We have strategies. Mind. There's always a mind that's figure these things out. We have a mind to produce weapons. We have a mind to produce weapons. So, Ferrand, the human mind is in a sense everything. It is what makes life possible. It is what makes achievement possible. It is what makes life possible. You cannot survive as a human being unless you use your mind. So, she believed that the way we know things, or she knew that the way we know things is through our reason, through our rational mind. Again, not from our emotions. Not from other people. If we're going to be successful and we're going to live, we have to use our own mind. And in ethics, what is ethics? Morality. What is morality? Morality is a code of values to guide you in your life, to tell you what is right and what is wrong. What to do which is good and what not to do that is bad. And most of us have been brought up with a pretty conventional morality, the morality that exists in our culture. And that morality tells us what is good. What is good? What is the good? The good is to help others. The good is to sacrifice for others. My mother, I grew up in a Jewish household. And my mother used to tell me, think of others first. Other people are more important than you. Others first. You last. Now she didn't really believe that because she wanted me to be successful and to be successful you have to think of yourself. But our morality teaches us that you should always put others first. They are more important than you. So virtue is ears or constitutes being selfless, living for others, self-sacrificing. And this is true of all the religions. And this is true of most secular philosophies. Living for others is a standard of good. Living for yourself, thinking about yourself, thinking about your own happiness, your own success is bad. It's bad. What do you call somebody who thinks about themselves? Selfish. And selfishness is a bad word. What kind of behavior do we associate with somebody who is selfish? They lie, they cheat, they do anything to get their way. They step on people, they don't care about anything. That's selfish. That's our conventional morality. Einwand said, whoa. She said, why? Why are their lives more important than your life? To you. Why should you subordinate your life for other people? You only have one life, one. You don't get to try it again. And your life should be the most important thing to you there is.  Why shouldn't you live your life and make the most of it?  And if reason is a means by which we survive, why not apply reason to this question of how to live a great life? How to live a good life? For you, for yourself. So for Einwand, selfish means a good thing. It's not about lying and cheating and stealing. For Einwand, selfish means thinking about how to make my life the best life that it can be.  And when I was 16, that was the message that really got me. You mean I don't have to live for them? You mean I don't have to die for the state? You mean it's okay for me to live for me? And it's not just okay for me to live for me. What she inspired in me is You can achieve real happiness. You can be incredibly successful. You can have an enjoyable, flourishing, successful, prosperous, amazing life. Why settle? Why be mediocre? Why be like everybody else? Why just have an ordinary life when you can have a great life? And that's what her father told me es lo que su filosofía y sus libros inspiran a nosotros. Y Rand would say, lying, cheating, stealing. That's not good for you.  Lie to everybody. And see what happens.  Nothing good will come of it.  It's self-destructive. It's self-defeating. There's only one profession in the whole world where lying gets you ahead. What is that? Politics. Politics is the only profession where you gain through lying. In a free society, if you lie in business, nobody will work with you. Nobody will trust you. If you lie in marketing, nobody will buy your product next time. Only in politics, for some bizarre reason, we keep voting for the same idiots, even when they lie and lie and lie to us, we still vote for them. But that's unique to politics. Stealing, cheating, all the same thing, they're self-destructive. To be truly self-interested, to be selfish, to live your life for you requires you to think, to accept reality, to evaluate the facts, to reshape your world based on your values, to understand what your values are, to introspect, to learn about the world and learn about yourself. It's a lifelong adventure of gaining knowledge, using your mind, shaping your world and living the best life that you can live. And why, again, you only live once. Every minute you're alive, you'll never have back. It's gone. Better make it a good minute. Because if you don't make it a good minute, it's a waste. It's gone. It's over. Never get it back. Can't redo it. There's no rewind. There's no reincarnation. And if there is, you might come back as a cockroach. So I wouldn't count on it anyway. So Rand inspires us to live for ourselves, not sacrificing to other people, and not asking other people to sacrifice for you. It's not about exploding other people. It's about trading with other people. Trade is a beautiful thing, at any level. What does trade imply? In Iron Man's philosophy, there's something called the trade of principle. When I buy an iPhone, one of these, I pay $1,000 for this. Why do I pay $1,000 for this, a lot of money? Why am I willing to do that? Because it's more valuable than $1,000 to me. This thing is worth tens of thousands of dollars to me. Don't tell Apple. I don't want them to raise my price. But it's worth, I mean, I could do a whole lecture just on the value of this to me. Because I remember life before an iPhone. You guys don't. But I remember life before an iPhone.  I just give you one example. I can read a bedtime story to my kids by video from anywhere in the world at a cost of zero. I mean, how much is that worth? I remember the days where I could only call home once a trip because long distance calls were so expensive. Now I can video conference with my kids for zero. I mean, there's no number. There's no number for the value that that presents to me. So I am better off of buying an iPhone for $1,000. How about Apple? They're worse off? No, they're better off too. And that's the beauty of trade. It's win-win. I win and they win. Voluntary exchange is about win-win relationships. And if you think about not just about material trade where it's win-win. But if you think about our spiritual lives, love, love is a very important thing in life. Is love about sacrifice? If I sacrificed to my wife all day, didn't get anything back from her, that wouldn't work. I'd be frustrated. She'd be frustrated. It wouldn't work. Ayn Rand gives this wonderful example. Imagine, you're about to marry the woman of your dreams. Somebody's dreams. You're about to marry this amazing woman. And you go up to the night before you're going to get married and you say to her, I have no self-interest in this marriage. This is pure sacrifice. I'm doing it for you.  I mean, love is the most self-interested emotion of all. Why do you love somebody? Because they make you feel great about yourself and about them and about the world. That's what love is. It's about that emotion that they generate in you about, wow, this is great. This is positive. This is exciting. That's love is you want to love because you're going to feel better about the world and about you and about everything around you. And hopefully they feel the same way about you. That's the kind of trade. Win-win. If you don't have a win-win relationship in a marriage, it won't last. If you don't have a win-win relationship with your friends, it won't last. The key to living a good life, in many respects, in a social respect, is to create win-win relationships with people. And if it's win-lose, walk away.  If you can't create a win-win relationship, it's not worth having it. I don't care if they're family. I don't care if they're friends.  It's not worth it.   So Rand presents this exciting morality. And I think that's the most important part of a philosophy. It's the inspiring part of the philosophy. But there's also a political aspect to this. If you want to live a great life guided by your reason, pursuing the values that you believe are important for your life, if you want to live the best life that you can live, then what's important to you when you enter the realm of society? You want other people to tell you what to do, right?  No, no, no. Can't negotiate that. Oh, no. Don't drink that drink. It's got too much sugar. Don't allow it. You want other people to make decisions for you, right? No. If you want to live the best life that you can, if you want to pursue your values, you have to use your mind. You don't want other people to make decisions for you. You want to live based on your decisions, based on your choices, based on your mind. It doesn't matter if it's a majority. It doesn't matter if it's a dictator. It doesn't matter. I want to make my choices. I don't want you telling me how to live, what to do, what business to open, how to negotiate, what to buy, what to sell. I want to make those choices, because it's my life, not yours. Leave me alone. Get out of my way. So for Rand, the politics is obvious.  The only political system that allows for self-interest is a political system of freedom.  But other than that, it leaves you alone. A government that helps arbitrate disputes when we get into disagreements, but leaves you alone. And lets you live your life based on your values, using your mind. That's why freedom is important. Freedom's not just an abstract idea, oh, we love freedom. Why? It's kind of cool. No, freedom is personal.  I want to be free, because I want to be happy. I want to be free, because I want to use my mind, doing what I believe will lead to my happiness. So Rand is a capitalist. She believes in capitalism as a system, but not the capitalism that today, not American capitalism, whatever the hell that is, which is a mixed economy of some socialism and some private enterprise. Rand believes in a complete separation of state from economics. A complete separation of state from pretty much our lives. The state's job is one, to protect us, to protect our freedom, to live by our own mind in pursuit of our own values. That's it. Police, military, a judiciary, to arbitrary disputes, and that's it. No the government intervention. And that's the kind of society where you get heroes. That's the kind of society where people can live great lives, when people can do the best that is possible to them. Live amazing lives because they have the freedom to do so. So Rand changes people's lives. She changes people's lives because she inspires them to greatness. She inspires them to what is possible. She inspires them to use their mind, to pursue their happiness by pursuing the values important to them, the values that challenge them to be the best that they can be. So I hope those of you who haven't read Rand will read her. Those of you who have read her, maybe read her again and read her some more. I think she's the most important thinker of the 20th century and one of the most important thinkers in human history. She inspired me, she's inspired thousands. I hope she inspires you. Thank you all. And I think we've got time for questions. And you can ask the questions in English or Spanish. And if you ask them in Spanish, somebody will yell them at me and translate. Well, no. I'll translate, we'll translate. Don't be shy. And you can ask questions about anything. Which of Ayman's ideas don't I agree with? I agree with all her philosophical ideas. I'm not a philosopher. I'm not at that level. Everything she said philosophically makes sense to me. I don't know of any of her philosophical ideas I disagree with. You know, when it comes to particular applications, I don't know, foreign policy or politics or who to vote for, or things like that. There's lots of things I might disagree with her on particulars. But in terms of philosophical ideas, I pretty much agree with everything she had to say. It's going to be like a million of people that were working for independence and other groups. And I'd like to know whether it's a selfish action or a selfish action. It's going to be a selfish action, and I would like to do charity. But why do I need to do charity? Por lo menos, yo hago lo que me representa, que es una moneteria que hace que me sienta cómoda para ayudar. Y, por lo tanto, es un ámbito de suerte. Pero cuando se trata de una altruista acción, es difícil para mí determinar realmente qué una altruista acción sería buena para mí, porque, al final, todo que se va a ver y ver, es que yo se sacrifí por la alma. Porque no es un ámbito tan barato, o sea que yo me sentí mal, etcétera. Pero entonces, como unnie, podemos decir, es un altruista, ponía algo altruista para otros porque quiero salvarlo, soy tan malo de poder confiar en el sentido que estoy teniendo. Así que, me gusta ver que meった entre un altruismo y un sófico. Esa es la selfisidad. Las ánimas de Rahn venen muy totalmente a la de una transformación con la gente. El sociedad. Y aún entre laslicidades libertarias. Creo que ella la tiene de una manera muy diferente. De ser selfis, es para buscar valores para promover tu vida. Ser selfis, no significa simplemente hacer cosas que te creen que son buenos. Cocayne me hace sentir bueno. No es selfis, hacer cocaine. porque las consecuencias de la longitud son malas. Así que, aunque me hace sentir bien ahora mismo, es malo para mí. Puedes darles la caridad y te hace sentir bien. Pero te hace sentir bien porque tienes una idea falsa de tu guilte, de tu propio suceso. No digo que es sobre ti, pero en general, puedes tener una idea falsa. Y por lo que, por dar la caridad, tienes una idea falsa que va a creer y creer y es muy difícil para ti. Así que tu caridad puede ser malo para ti, tan malo. Puede ser malo. Pero para qualificar como malo, tienes que poder ir a una explicación racional. ¿Por qué es bueno para ti? Y no puedes usar, me hace sentir bien. Los sentimientos no son primeras. ¿Por qué? Así que tienes que poder venir con una explicación racional para que tu caridad sea bueno para ti. Y no creo que la gente haga eso. Creo que la mayoría de las personas les da la caridad de un sentimiento de guilte o solo porque todo el mundo lo hace o solo porque... Y tal vez hace sentir un poco bien, pero no piensa en eso. No es tan malo. El altruismo es hacer una acción que sabes o deberás saber que es maravilloso para ti que te hace worsarte, pero es bueno para otros. La gente lo hace todo el tiempo. Tienes un hermano rato. No es un buen hombre, es un mal hombre, pero él sigue vendiendo a ti solo y te mantienes dando tu dinero. Y sabes que nunca te lo darás. Pero te mantienes dando por qué, porque te sientes malo, porque te sientes malo, porque tienes algo, porque tienes una familia. Pero es malo para ti. Estás perdiendo dinero, nunca te verás de nuevo. Y él es malo, no deberías ser parte de tu vida. Tienes el altruismo, y te mantienes sus intereses debajo de tu propio. Tu propio interés estarás conmigo. O un ejemplo de uno de los libros de Iron Man. Tienes un pintor. Tu sueño es ser un artista, un pintor. Pero tu madre quiere ser un arquitecto. Esto es de la Fountainhead. Tu madre demanda que seas un arquitecto. Entonces, te dices ok, voy a ser un arquitecto de mi madre. Pero esto es tu vida. Y esto va a ser lo resto de tu vida. Sí, te hace tu madre feliz un poco, pero vas a ser miserable para el resto de tu vida. Eso es un sacrificio. Eso es el altruismo. Y yo creo que a la mayoría de las personas acta altruísticamente a la mayoría del tiempo. Más malo. Ahora, en order a vivir, en order a vivir, tenemos que ser un poco selfi. Tenemos que trabajar, tenemos que producir, tenemos que crear, tenemos que caer en amor. Eso es un selfi. Pero hay muchas oportunidades en la que sufrimos. Uno otro ejemplo, y eso es en la política. Yo creo que el altruismo es muy poderoso en la política. Por ejemplo, y no sé cómo funciona en Bolivia, por lo que voy a dar un ejemplo de California. Pero quiero que alcance porque me gusta bajar la taxa porque soy un político. Quiero que alcance en la richa. Y ahora se me da la rica. Y ahora hay que estar con un partido. Pero No quiero hacer taxas en la rica. ¿Por qué no hacemos taxas en la rica? Pues porque tienen dinero y porque a todos les gusta que les guste la rica. Así que es fácil hacer taxas en la rica. Pero la cosa maravillosa en California es que la rica siempre vota para hacer taxas. ¿Por qué? Pues porque lo que hago es decir a las personas ricas que si no hago taxas en la rica estos niños aquí no van a tener una educación. Y las personas ricas saben que esto no es verdad pero lo que pueden hacer es decir, por favor, te daré un poco más. Eso es altruismo. De nuevo, no están tomando lo que es bueno para ellos. Y ellos votan para hacer taxas. Ellos votan para regularse a todos los jóvenes por altruismo. Así que nuestra política es dominada por altruismo. No lo entendí en primer lugar. ¿Cómo lo hago? Así que no estoy exactamente seguro de lo que estás preguntando. Tengo que intentar responder porque ¿Cómo vas de estas ideas abstractas para hablar de Ayn Randall? Para mí, estas ideas abstractas no significan nada con Ayn Randall. Es decir, Ayn Randall es la filosofía de Ayn Randall y creo que su vida se puede hablar de. Creo que la diferencia entre el objectivismo y los libertarians que estás diciendo la diferencia fundamental es que los libertarians no tienen una filosofía. El libertarianismo es una idea política y incluso como una idea no es firme porque tienes todos los tipos de libertarians y se desiguran sobre las preguntas políticas. Randall creo que nunca habrá libertad y nunca habrá la mejor visión de un libertarianismo que algunos libertarians no creen. Sin cambiar las ideas filosóficas del mundo que las políticas y las economías quedan en una fundación filosófica en una fundación de valores en una fundación epistemológica y, al final, una fundación metafísica. Así que la única manera que podrás alcanzar lo que los libertarians quieren es si adviertas para el egoismo para el interés. Y la única manera de hablar sobre el interés es si te digas por razón y tienes un punto de vista epistemológico. Creo que la rigura del movimiento libertario es que no tomó lo más serio que no tomó la filosofía de libertad la filosofía de los mercados. Imagínate me gusta imaginar estas cosas pero es hopeless pero imagínate que Hayek, Mises y Friedman lo tomaron en serio incluso si no lo completó pero lo tomaron en serio como una filosofía, eran economistas los grandes economistas los seguros ellos intentaron pretender, es verdad, que no necesitas la filosofía la filosofía la filosofía Friedman dice que la filosofía no importa los economic truths los economic truths y Hayek lo tomó en la filosofía social pero no creo que es una particularidad original cuando se trata de esas cosas lo que necesitaban era la filosofía y si el Adem Braystein tomó la filosofía la filosofía de libertad porque lo que el libertadismo está perdiendo es un modelo de la fundación epistemológica y no tiene eso ahora, quiere un gran tento pero el costo de un gran tento es perdido Did you get the question? ¿Cuándo haya una filosofía? ¿Cuándo las ideas con las personas en el camino de ideas porque sino que lo que le pasa ¿Qué le pasa? Chile Chile es un modelo de la fundación para los mercados para los mercados del país y nosotros pensábamos que los mercados de la América estarían más liberados y luego regresaron porque las ideas no están preparadas para los sistemas y eso es lo que pasa y no puede tener long-term changes en cuanto a los adecuados y los terrenes para que las ideas puedan ser aplicadas para los mercados para generar gran trabajo para las políticas para las ideas pero no puede tener un efecto long-term y no puede tener un efecto long-term se trata de que el cambio es un cambio de idea no sé si lo voy a decir pero tiene que generar un cambio de ideas para que la política se siente y se siente gratis que es oferta a los mercados para los mercados para los mercados y ahí es la oportunidad de ganar en el long-term en el medio tiempo es más maravilloso pero en realidad en Chile lo sucedió entonces creo que las condiciones porque la mayoría de las personas continúan a pensar que las alturas de los sacrificios que van a ser correctas por la participación de los mercados para votar por la frontera para que nos encarga para que nos trabaje para que nos muden para que la política se siente gratis y que se siente gratis y que nos voten para que nos siente gratis y que nos siente gratis y que nos siente gratis pero en realidad no puede ser aplicada yo diré la cultura de las políticas que necesitamos las personas dicen, ¿por qué no vas a ir a la oficina? vas a ser un buen speaker energético y todo porque lo perdemos nadie quiere votar por estas ideas nadie cree que si tuviera 100.000 personas aquí yo consideraría ir pero no, tenemos 70 personas aquí porque nadie nos agree con eso nuestro objetivo es cambiar la cultura con estas ideas en nuestro controversial y entonces las políticas van a ser así es fácil pero ahora la cultura no está preparada si fuimos honestos si fuimos honestos y dices lo que realmente creo como si fuimos a América dice, tenemos que tener la seguridad privatizar la medicaría tener la regulación del gobierno tener la estatua de la welfare así que tienes que preparar la cultura para estas ideas y eso hace mucho tiempo no hablaba mucho de la Segunda Armada no pensaba no pensaba que era tan importante como muchos libertarians y conservadores es un issue complicado en la una mano tienes una derecha de self defensa y tienes una derecha deberías siempre llamar a la policía pero tienes una derecha en la emergencia para poder defenderse y creo que ella cree que ella tiene la right a tener las armas para defenderse eso no incluye un tanque no incluye un tanque y no incluye un gran arma probablemente incluye un arma de mano o un arma de disparo así que el gobierno tiene un rol en ayudarnos a definir lo que es que si estás en el lado del país y si te llamas a la policía a tomar unas tres horas tienes que tener una gran arma para defenderse y si estás en la ciudad y la policía está en el lado de la mano puede ser un arma de mano así que es nombrado tienes que pensar en esto y tienes que pensarlo y necesitas las filosofías de la ley para realmente articular y pensar en los casos de la legislación sobre la regulación de armas no es para que puedas owning nada pero ella también no creía que el gobierno debería dejar todo y luego es una pregunta de finding la right balance creo que el debate en los Estados Unidos sobre las rights de armas es muy salvo y muy emocional y no muy nuances y bien porque he visto la historia que promueve algunos elementos de la libertad como la propiedad o lo que estamos viviendo o el cambio de los servicios como el camino de los colegios o si quiero seguir o no el comandante cuando me personalizo mi fe entendiendo que no puedo explicar pero eso es un ejemplo de los valores de las mañanas pero como sabes no no sería un ejemplo de eso Rand no dice valores lo que sea o lo que sea o lo que sea y eso significa que te interesa ella dice no ella dice que eres un being de la naturaleza te adecuas valores particulares y esos must be the values y los principales todos ofrecemos a los seres humanos y esos son los valores de la moral y el número uno de los valores de la moral para los seres humanos es la rationalidad usando tu mente y en ese sentido cualquier cosa que compromete cada vez que te pones razón por eso te adecuas tus valores adecuas tu vida adecuas tu posibilidad de la felicidad así que creo que por eso no si crees algo tienes que tener una razón rational por eso por qué es un valor por qué debes procurar cómo se engancha tu vida Rand es no un subjectivista sino un subjectivista filosófica ella es un subjectivista filosófica ella crea que tus valores son basados en tu naturaleza y la naturaleza de la realidad y te adecuas valores que te adecuas tu vida basado en los factos de la realidad basado en evidencia siempre basado en razón gracias


APC's Integrity Movement has commended electorates in Kaduna State for coming out en masse to support and vote in the Governor-elect, Senator Ubasani, convener of the group, however, called for the promotion of good governance, democratic values, while encouraging continuity for sustainable political development and economic growth in the state. We desire to capitalise on this medium to recognise and appreciate the good people of Kaduna State for coming out massively to support and vote for APC in the last elections. A gesture we assure you that the Governor-elect will surely repeat in democratic gains, in the expected of the voting pattern, through reflection of the will and the stake of the voters, knowing his antecedent fully as one of the most active, productive and articulate representatives of his people. Seven to nine political parties have registered their support to Malam Ubasani. They accepted the outcome of the election, which they have signed on their peace accord that will ever emerge as the winner. They will support him to keep developing Kaduna to the global standard. The other parties have visited Malam Ubasani to the general public, you are all aware, everyone in Kaduna State and the world in general have witnessed it. It's only a single party that are doing all the shenanigans for just political mischief.


Ben Rothesberger, who is best known as the superstar quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, in the NFL has snagged some pre-luxurious real estate in Pennsylvania and Georgia. Big Ben's most recent sale was a $2.2 million mega mansion that featured over 11,000 square feet and boasted 7 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, and has since purchased a massive mansion in Sewickley Heights. In fact, Rothesberger has had quite the thick playbook of real estate. Shortly after signing his first multi-million dollar contract with the Steelers, he purchased a two-story starter town home in Pittsburgh for $475,000. In addition to his most recent sale and purchase, Big Ben also owns a lake house north of Atlanta on Lake Oconee that he purchased for just under $2.2 million in 2011. We'll take a look at the former homes of Ben Rothesberger, including his most recent acquisition, a massive colonial home that boasts over 22,000 square foot, and his most recent home, a sprawling home in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, sold for $2.2 million, a home that was customized with a load of cool features, including a garage for ATVs, a massive children's playroom, and an indoor golf simulator. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a house tour you do not want to miss. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses, so please do not show up at any private residences because it is not safe for anyone. The superstar football quarterback has built quite the lucrative career in the NFL, amassing a net worth of $100 million and currently makes $23 million a season. Also known as Big Ben, Rothesberger is most famous for playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers since 04. His salary earnings are well-deserved as during his first season, Ben was named offensive rookie of the year. Two years later, he became the youngest Super Bowl winning quarterback in NFL history at the age of 23. Big Ben's first ticket with the Pittsburgh Steelers was a contract worth $22 million and $17 million in incentives. In 2008, Ben signed a new $102 million contract with the Steelers and stated that he plans to retire as a Steeler. Between June 2018 and 2019, Ben earned $54 million from his various endeavors in addition to primary salary. Over his career, he has earned $230 million during his time in the NFL. When he re-signed with the Steelers in 2019 with a $68 million contract, he earned an additional $37 million signing bonus. As one might expect from someone with a $100 million net worth, Ben has a significant real estate portfolio. Not long after he signed his first major contract with the Steelers, he settled down in Pittsburgh and purchased a home for $475,000. Today, the home is relatively modest by his standards, although it features a respectable 2,400 square foot of living space and two and a half baths. He later sold this property for a substantial loss in 2012, a price offer of $360,000. In 2006, Rathausberger upgraded to a much more substantial home in Gizonia, Pennsylvania. He paid $2.2 million for the home when she later renovated with a number of additional features, including that indoor golf simulator, kids' playrooms, and an entire garage for his ATVs. Despite investing heavily in his home, Rathausberger put it back on the market in 2019 for $2.7 million with no buyers, and Ben was forced to reduce the asking price all the way down to $2.2 million. This meant he walked away with almost exactly what he paid for the property. In 2011, Big Ben purchased a lake house on the coast of Lake Ocone in Atlanta for $2.2 million. There's that number again. In 2015, Rathausberger purchased a vacant two-acre plot of land for $2 million in significantly heights. This neighborhood is a popular spot for a range of other professional athletes, including Sidney Crosby and Mario Lemieux. Ben got to work on the home immediately, and his custom mansion was completed in 2018. Once built, his estate spanned a staggering 22,000 square foot of living space, complete with an outdoor pool and spa. Hey, what's going on, guys? It's your boy, Marlon Palmer, and today we're bringing you another house tour here for you on Famous Entertainment. Notice 95% of you guys watching right now are not subscribed, so please be sure to hit that Subscribe button, because we post videos daily. Now, we previously reported on the homes of Jaden Smith and Tiger Woods, so if you guys would like to, please check those out on our channel. And if you like these videos, ring that bell for notifications, follow me on Instagram at daddumicfly, as usual, and let me know who's house tour is next in the comments down below. Let's get into the video. Shortly after signing his first multi-million dollar contract with the Steelers, Big Ben had purchased a two-story town home in Pittsburgh for $475,000. Built in 1996, the relatively modest home featured 24,000 square foot, and boasted three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. However, as Rothesberger's career earnings upgraded, so did his real estate portfolio. In fact, Big Ben was sacked on the sale of his starter home as it eventually sold for a measly $360,000 in 2012, which was a 24% loss. Big Ben's second addition to his real estate portfolio came in 2006. The Steelers star purchased a sprawling home in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania for $2.2 million. The home featured over 11,000 square foot of space and boasted seven bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. The private gated five-acre estate featured a six-car attached garage and boasted an entire garage dedicated to his ATVs. The home featured a two-story kitchen decked out in stainless appliances, marble countertops, and an elegant island perfectly centered. Above the kitchen, the house featured a children's library and steps away a very spacious state-of-the-art high-definition golf simulation addition for those looking to practice their swing. In addition, the children's playroom came complete with a new installed rubber floor and acoustical system. The lavish abode featured a separate wing for luxurious master suite and sitting area, separate bathroom, spacious seasonal closets big enough to be another room, and vaulted ceilings throughout. One unique feature is the spiraling staircase that leads to a lookout deck on the third floor. Additional lux features include Big Ben's very own home theater, perfect for binging, a wine cellar for those at Fancy a Chardonnay, and a true games room. As luxurious as the interior of the home is, the phenomenal outdoor grounds features a magnificent saltwater pool. It comes with its own waterfall and swimming bar. We're willing to bet Big Ben through a couple of team parties here. The pool begins very shallow, increasing to 12-foot depth, perfect for the whole family. In addition, the pool features a built-in whirlpool and it steps away from the covered outdoor kitchen and dining. Other lux features include a basketball court, lush grounds, flowering shrubs, in-ground stone planting areas, koi pond, and a fire pit. The third purchase of Rothesburgers real estate portfolio was a lake house north of Atlanta on Lake Okeny that he purchased for just under 2.2 million in 2011. The home features 5,400 square feet in both four bedrooms and four bathrooms. The private estate is surrounded by 1,000 feet of lake frontage with enchanting lake views from every room. The grounds features a massive saltwater pool, spa gardens, and lavish outdoor kitchen, perfect for snacking while relaxing. The front yard supports an elegant fountain, three-bed garage, and studio above. Upon entry, guests are greeted to a grand foyer with access to both the upper and lower levels. The great room is absolutely breathtaking as it features a complete wall of two-story windows overlooking the grounds. The home features a charming country French kitchen with keeping and breakfast rooms. In addition, the master suite features a sitting area, morning kitchen, and separate massive soaking tubs for the owners. To cap off Big Ben's real estate portfolio in 2015, Rothesburgers purchased a vacant two-acre lot of land for $2 million in Sewick-Lee Heights, Pennsylvania. Like other Pittsburgh sports royalty, this neighborhood is a popular spot for a range of other professional athletes, including Sidney Crosby and Mario Lemieux. Big Ben got to work on the home immediately as his custom mansion was completed in 2018. Once built, Big Ben's two-story colonial style estate spanned a staggering 22,000 square foot of living space that boasts a whopping eight bedrooms and seven full bathrooms. While there's not a lot of information on Big Ben's new house, the dig comes complete with an elegant outdoor pool and spa and motor court that are visible in satellite photos. All right, so I think we'll bring this house tour to an end here. We got to take a quick look at Ben Rothesburgers' homes and that massive upgrade in Sewick-Lee Heights with over 22,000 square feet. That's massive. A beautiful pool, spa, and motor court. After seeing that fancy house he snagged, what did you guys think? Was it everything you would expect out of Rothesburgers? Personally, I was a huge fan of his second Gibsonia home, like that ATV garage with golf simulator, home theater, I don't think you could beat that. Out of Rothesburgers' features, which ones are your favorite? You guys can go ahead and rate them in the comments down below. Love it if you guys would follow me on Instagram at that dude McFly. And let us know in the comments section whose house tour you'd like to see us do next. I'll see you guys next time.


Hi, this is Jan Reardon, and I have the honor of representing the Jennifer Reardon Foundation, and Jennifer is my sister-in-law, and thankfully we are able to carry on her legacy of being kind, loving, caring, and sharing, number one. But the four pillars of her foundation that I love to be able to focus in on for her and for all of the people that know and love her is the four things are women's empowerment, early childhood education, community vitality, which we are talking about today in a big way, and financial literacy. So anything that involves and revolves around those four pillars are areas of focus that my brother and our family focus in on and try to do, as I mentioned, keep Jen's legacy going. So today I have the absolute pleasure of being able to, I'm excited, I'm supporting my Jennifer Reardon sweatshirt just in case if I have to show off any pickleball moves for anybody. But I have the pleasure of meeting here with people from Vermont Senior Games, and what I have seen of Vermont Senior Games is just heartwarming, to see people in their 90s that do circles around me, and I think I've been active my whole life, and to know that you can have that quality of life into, you know, 100 years of age in Vermont with so much beauty is heartwarming. So Kevin, I just want to thank you for being here, Betsy, thank you for being here. We'll talk a little bit more about your roles and what you're doing with the community through Vermont Senior Games. But I just wanted to start by welcoming you, thanking you both for being here. And perhaps we can start with you, Kevin, just giving us a little background on when you became involved with Vermont Senior Games, and a little bit of the history on the games themselves when that began and how things have evolved. Okay. Okay. Again, my name is Kevin Plead. I'm the president of the Vermont Senior Games. Congratulations. And I have a nice board that's very active. I've been involved probably more than 10 years. I started as an official. I was a middle school teacher and coach of track, and they needed somebody to run the discus at that. That's how it all began. That's what I was wondering how it all began. Barb Jordan, who was a Springfield College grad. Oh, yes. And we're a Springfield College grad. And I heard that you went back to college days, yes, that's beautiful. I'd get a group, and we'd come every year, and ... And where are the venues that you rely on for different activities? We offer 14 different events throughout the year. And you're in charge of events, Beth. Beth, you're right. Okay. With a group. From pickleball to running to track to swimming to cycling to power walking. So ... Tennis. Tennis is one of our bigger sports. And tennis stayed strong, even with pickleball, doing all that it's doing that has held its own. This year, we had a tremendous turnout. We were actually at the bridges up in Waitsfield. Wonderful, yes. So one of the things we like to do is actually move our venues around the state. Different communities. That's ... And people think we're Chittenden County-centric. Right. And only a third of our events are in Chittenden County. Interesting. I wouldn't have known that. And you go everything from Springfield to Kasselton to Rutland to Middlebury to Montpelier. Which is great to hear because, unfortunately, you hear from people throughout the state that everything happens in Chittenden County. And it's so nice to know that such an organization as this that is so beneficial for the community is throughout the state. And we also have increased our participation, not only in numbers, but in where they're coming from. Wonderful. And what are their numbers? It used to be like 60 different towns were represented in a certain year at Vermont Senior Games. There was over 120. So over half of the towns send some kind of representation to the games. That is absolutely wonderful. For Vermont being ... That's the reach that we want. Right. Exactly. And that you have accomplished. Yeah. Still accomplishing. Yes. There's 252 towns in Vermont. Now that Essex is ... A city. I know. I had to come in for the city today. Added to the role. Used to be 251 club, right? You're right. Now it's got to change everything. That's right. That's right. All those patches. All those things. So obviously year round you're going strong. Is there such a thing as a peak season for you? Sure. I'll let Betsy speak a little bit on the event. Good. We'll talk about the events, Betsy. And thank you for ... This season, sure. Thanks. It's great to be here. The season is pretty much spring, summer, fall. Right. So in the winter we're planning for next year's event. Okay. I see. Which you would think would happen pretty quickly, but it always takes us two or three months to get everything confirmed and ... Of course. Especially with moving venues and things like that throughout the state. That's ongoing. Yep. And we partner with Parks and Rec departments. We partner with the USTA for Tennis. Makes sense, sure. Which is giant. They have a whole contact list. And so we work together with a lot of different groups to make it all happen. And I was wondering, as far as from the funding side of things, how do you get donations? I know you have great sponsorships that have been on board, but where does the money ... A couple different ways. We have two major affiliates and sponsors, and one is the National Senior Games itself. Wonderful. Which doesn't provide us nationally financing, but all the organizational pieces. A lot of great exposure. And then the other piece is the Vermont Governors Council on Sport and Fitness. Of course. Right. And we're sort of actually started as an umbrella under them. And we're still tied to them, but we're more of a separate entity. Right. What budget does that represent? What are you looking for, or need of, or what does the budget look like as far as what the expenses are over the course of a year with all of these new events? Right. We do require a registration fee instead of a membership. And does that sustain the programs? It covers about half of our operating costs. Wonderful. Vermont Governors Council also will kick in a large piece of that. And then the rest is sponsorships. Right. Vermont Blue is a big sponsor, which is wonderful to see. AARP, Hall of Communications. Fantastic. And we're looking at... And we're looking at... Hall of Communications is great. Yeah. Yeah. Anything with the community, they are all about it. They really are. We really appreciate our association with Dan Dubinay and that whole group. Yes, definitely. Yeah. They are a wonderful group. There's a lot of history there. They've been around for a lot of changes in our community. And now that things continue to grow like this, it's just so nice. What I love about the show in general is we get to talk about all the good things that are going on. Because when you watch the news, regardless of what state you're in, there's so much negativity and you can always dwell on all the things that are going wrong and all the things that you wish you could change. But here we are in such a healthy environment talking about wonderful things. And many states have really stepped up and they're doing so many more things, whether it is about community vitality or just in general what their focus is to just try to get past all the bad and the terrible things that are going on with drugs. And just... I mean, it's heartbreaking when you hear some of the stories and the sadness that goes on within families. And to see something like this where we can truly get that vibrancy back into the community, even for children to see that this is going on just helps the future so much. Our challenge really was during COVID. I can only imagine. You're losing a couple of seasons of events. Sure. And then to get that momentum going again. But you picked up quickly, it seems, like... We were also one of the only New England states that hosted some games. During that time. So if we could hold them outdoors, like swimming... You still did. Or track and field. We... Or tennis could be an outdoor sport and we did it that year outdoors. That helps a lot, just to keep... Whatever was capable of doing. And it kept our name out there and two offered an avenue for people to get out. Right. It would have been easy to just back off. So that was really smart, just to keep that momentum going at some degree. People were so happy. Oh, I know. They were so happy. That's what I... The only good thing about the pandemic was just that once people could get out there was this... I wish it would still feel that way. It does for me. I'm still... I look around and it's like I'm just so thankful to be out here with people instead of everybody being stuck at home and especially the senior community. A lot of people are alone. And then they don't have anybody to talk to and it can really deteriorate things very quickly. So I mean, this is like the extreme of that, which is great. So what's the first event coming up in 23? Probably swimming. Okay. And we've gone back and forth with swimming from... It's usually been indoors. It was at the Edge in Williston for so many years. Which was great. It's really nice when we partnered with a master's program because we introduced new people. Exactly. And their connections. Yes. And so we were thankful that Essex Parks and Recreation with their outdoor pool took us on the last couple of years. And that's a nice facility. It's a great facility. It really is. Wonderful staff, yeah. Yeah, very much so. They were wonderful. And one of the nice things about swimming is the youth teams usually serve as timers. Oh, I love it. And the masters join in and it is so fun watching those young kids cheering on the 89-year-old. Exactly. So much for thinking somebody's old and not able to do anything. They're probably... I mean, that's inspirational for anybody. And someone can be a lap behind and it doesn't matter. Oh, it doesn't matter. They're in the water. They're in the water. And they're moving. It's just all of it. It's really nice. Good. So that's where your first real focus will be as far as swimming. And then, well, I'm sure you have so many things going on at the same time. Track and Field is usually early in the year. So that's in June. So how many participants in Track and Field events? It can be anywhere from 70 to 95. Wonderful. Depending on the year. And where will Track and Field be held this in 23? We're finalizing Burlington High School, which has hosted us for the last 24 years. Yes.  And everything is... That's a nice track and everything over there. We have a lot of support from not only the teams, but the coaches too in the area. Fantastic. Several of the high school coaches come and will work as volunteers. I didn't realize that, which is fabulous. That's what I love about Burlington. You were talking about the good things, and I was thinking about just getting together today. And a big part of a healthy society is people contributing in ways beyond their work and volunteering. And the truth is, there's so much of that going on. That is just really nice to highlight. It brings it out. That's exactly what's going on. Right. That's why I thought, oh, it would be wonderful to be able to have you here representing Vermont's New Games, because it is community vitality at its finest. And a lot of people aren't aware of so many of the things. And you talk about volunteer opportunities. When you volunteer, people don't realize how good it feels. Oh, yeah. And it's addicting. And it's so nice to be a part of that. And again, I think those opportunities have to present themselves to somebody, and then they realize it can open up a whole new world, new friendships, and on and on. And it does. Oh, absolutely. In one year at our track and field event, we had athletes from 12 states. Our events are all open to athletes from other states. So typically, people are from other states in all the different events, or is it certain sports? It's mostly Vermonters. Right. But there are people from other states, and there are people who are doing national games in every single state in the country. That's their goal. That's their goal. Yes, of course. And you talked about, it felt like the Olympics, the national, every other year, our state event is a qualifier for the national games. Right. And the national games are held in different places around the state, around the country, and we have 12 to 14,000 athletes attending. So this is an opportunity to compete at a high level, at a very high level of competition. And that level that you provide and continues on throughout, you know, other states, that professionalism is so wonderful to have as we get older and know that there's so much caring and compassion and structure for events that we are a part of. You know, instead of it's not like, you know, years ago where you just kind of could throw something together and have fun, this is, you know, that the organized part of it allows you to really be competitive and feel good about what you can, your goals and what you can do next year and other opportunities that exist. So it just, it sounds like there's a chance for people to do. You have a lot of athletes that go with a few different events, sports, or is it typically people that stick with a pickleball player? No, for the most part, they're, for the national level, they're stuck, they're one or two sports. Some cycling, some swimming, some triathlon athletes will cross. Over into some swimming, into both. And they've done very well. Vermont will typically send 65 to 75 athletes to the nationals. Or actually go. Great representation. Most of them, most of them, and it's all. They're competitive. I mean, I've seen the headlines. Yeah, we're, I think we've got 20, 20 goals. For such a small state, I mean, we have probably as many people in the whole state as some people have in their city. Oh, absolutely.  I mean, there are a million people and we don't even have that in the entire state. And then we're out there, you know, representing for a pickleball and everything is just incredible, as far as the competition. So I have to put in a word for one of our board members. Please do. And this is Flo Meiler. Oh, yes. Just recently was the master's track and field athlete of the year. And they presented her that down in Orlando. Okay. And only because we're here talking to you, I can ask this, but how old is she? In her, she's 90. I wanted to tell a little bit of a story. Okay. 87. 87. I thought so. But she took her name forever. She took up track at 65. That's what I remember hearing. How remarkable. So what had she done prior to that? Was she always active? Tennis. Tennis? Oh, okay. She was a tennis player. She was actually a water skier down in Cyprus Gardens as a youth with her husband. Oh, my goodness.  Yes, yes. That was Flo. She grew up on a dairy farm, didn't she? Yeah, over in Platsburg area. But I mean, a wonderful spokesperson, willing to do everything. And the athletes that come in, like, I was at the track this year officiating. And of course, Flo will do 10 different events at 87 years old. But she's also more than willing to help any athlete try a different event. Isn't that beautiful to have? The same thing that Barb Jordan did for her, she does for everybody else. And that's the beauty of... Whether it's pole vaulting at 87, or javelin, and it said, you've never thrown a javelin? Come here. I'll show you how it's done. What an opportunity, though. Oh, yeah. And life-altering. I mean, it truly is. I think about, you know, the fact, as I mentioned, I'd really love to get involved in.  But I still just have that camaraderie and the fun that comes with the competition and, you know, trying new things. At this age, you kind of think, oh, I do what I do, and this is it. Well, no. I mean, there's all sorts of opportunities. There is. It's never too late. And she lives it. Right. Yeah. She's walking proof that that can be done. She won more medals at the National Senior Games than any other athlete of the 12,000 athletes or 14,000 athletes. I mean, it just gives me chills.  What an example. It's hard. Oh. She works out six days a week. Right. So it's not easy. It's not as though she just shows up for any event, that's for sure. And that's Flo's thing. She likes doing that. We have other senior athletes that have never tried the javelin and, you know, haven't been active for 30 years since their high school or college days or whatever. Oh, good for them. Yeah. Or a friend just asked them to compete. Sure. They go up and they try it, but our eligibility is 50 and up. Okay. And then when they do their competitions, it's within your age range. So 50 to 54 is an age group. Okay. And is it always five-year increments? 55 to 59. So it's five years all the way up through. Great. And that's good too. It gives you, you know, certainly a great chance.  But to know that you truly have those age groups versus even 10-year span helps a lot. Right. But how exciting. I mean, what are the two of you involved in for the actual sports? Do you get a chance to participate in anything as well as run the show? I've done tennis, track and field and golf. Oh, wonderful. So in golf, again, that kind of rotates throughout the state. We're trying to pick, it has been. We try and pick a course that we can stay for two, three, four years so people sort of get used to it. Get to know the course. We were at Nesha Bay and they were very generous and it's a beautiful course. So beautiful. And last year we were at Middlebury and the head pro, his kids are actually national level quality golfers. It's impressive. And will it be back at Middlebury? Back at Middlebury. Wonderful. And will you be, are you going to be participating? Oh, good. Good, good. Our game, we have a sport coordinator for each sport. Yes. And Kevin is our golf sport coordinator and the sport has grown tremendously. We went from 11, 12 when I first entered it to we had 35 last time. Oh, that's fabulous. And that's only going to obviously continue to grow because, you know, golfing, it tends to, you know, there are a lot of people, thankfully, that are 50 and above that play a lot of golf. And Middlebury is a great experience. I mean, there are venues. Oh, yes. Try and pick venues one for the quality of the facility, but also the quality of the volunteers. Oh, good point. And the people that are involved. Right. It would be nice to move it around every year, but it's also very hard to have that continuity and create a real high quality event. Right. And there are moving parts about, you know, somebody traveling to that area, just the accommodations and everything if they are coming from another state. Right. We had a guy from Texas who had probably three or four other states represented in golf. That is just fabulous. I had no idea that it went out, you know, drew from outside the state. I didn't realize that. That's exciting. The only one that really draws big from out of state is basketball. So that sort of skews our out of state numbers. Right. Right. And it's also a team event. Yes. Probably less than 10% of it. But still, I mean, just the fact that that exists and that that, you know, can be done is, is helpful for the exposure for the state of Vermont. And Vermonters can go to New Hampshire or Massachusetts or New York. And is there a lot of that? A lot of the athletes that you know do travel. Yes. I mean, if I wanted to qualify in track and field and I was busy the weekend they had it at Burlington, I can go to New Hampshire or Mass, qualify at their state. Wonderful. Do all states have ... And the other pieces ... Oh, go ahead, Kevin. If a New Hampshire guy comes in Vermont and he finishes higher than me in golf, he gets to qualify for New Hampshire, but he doesn't display, displace a Vermonter in qualifying for Nationals. Oh, I see. So they would go down through and ... It's a great plan. Yeah. That, I think. Absolutely. And I didn't realize till just now, like the schedule here would be good if we could just show this because it ... Or the sports are. This is an old schedule, but it's ... But still, like a racquetball, I didn't know. Is that still ... We do that and it's not real popular, but there's a whole group that ... Maybe that's what I'll sign up for. And we do that in combination with New Hampshire. Oh, interesting. Is that River Valley Club? Do you go there or ... Don't remember where they go. We go wherever the New Hampshire senior games is. Oh, I see. Okay. Honestly, I'm not even sure where it was last year. I thought it was Manchester. Right. That area is beautiful. But so basketball, table tennis, power walk, Cornhole, is that popular? We tried Cornhole twice last year and the year before. Yeah, not so much.  No, good try on that one. There are way more than 14 events run at the national level. If a group comes to us and they really want us to get involved with offering a new sport, we'll totally work with them. We tried with Cornhole for a couple of years. And our sense is if there's not a real interest and a real ... You have a lot of other things you can be focused on. Right. When bowling and archery at different points, some of the more individual sports that ... It used to be pretty big. Yeah. And it's funny. I was just talking to somebody. A little plug here for spare time with the Provost family has done an amazing job over there as far as expanding. But they are book solid with leagues every night. I mean, they're ... Yeah. It's a big bowling community. It is. Right. And it's a funny ...  Here it still is. All these years later is impressive, you know? It really is because so many other sports, as we know, they come and go. So ... There's fewer bowling facilities. Yes. I know. I'm sure they're ... Right there. Because I know I was involved in Special Olympics for a while and that bowling was a huge ... Piece of that. And then so many of the ...  But I mean, now it's more of an experience. But there are not that many, you're right, so many clothes during the last 50 years or so. A lot of them have come and gone. But it's a great game. It's a great sport. Oh, it is. It's a great social ... Exactly. I mean, it hits all the buttons. So just ... So you think that might come back at some point? We didn't get a great turnout for that. I think that was bowling at the national level. There is. Oh. And I think there might be candlepin and tenpin. Interesting. Candlepin. I've heard that a long time. All those people in Maine, you know? That's right. Or it used to be down at the Y back in the day where they have candlepins ... Set your own pins up. Yeah. Down in the basement. Yeah. Didn't they have candlepin at the St. John's Club? Or they had an ... Ethan Allen Club. Oh, okay. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, that was popular. I've never done that of you. I have. Oh. Massachusetts. I used to have them. No. Small ball. Oh, yeah, yeah. Chuck them. So what's your favorite sport, Betsy? Oh, I don't compete in any sport. No. And it's funny. I just got involved with this. You know, my background is in recreation. Exactly. You're so active. It started in the 80s. It used to be a one-day event at Castleton State University. Speaking of history. Yeah. Unbelievable. Yes. I mean, she was a prof there, and she had her students, her admin students, did this as part of their curriculum. Oh, what a great activity. All these different sports were happening. The governor would come. There'd be 250 athletes, and it was a one-day deal. So I've been doing that since the 80s, late 80s. So you have seen a lot of changes. I was doing horseshoes was my specialty at the senior games. And first, and I was going down to officiate horseshoes. I had to look it up. I had no idea. And I got down there, and they're shooting more than 50% ringers.  So I had to up my game, and it was great. Watching those YouTube videos. Yeah. Same people come back every year. We have three guys that come from Montreal. Oh, beautiful. Of course, for two years they couldn't come. One of them was in the 90s. Yep. And it was so nice to see them.  Exactly. It's like a family. I mean, just one great big family, which is, you know, such a gift to be able to have it thriving, you know, in many states, but obviously a little partial to Vermont here in the sense of the percentage of people that are involved. And I know we have a large senior population, but for years and years, it wasn't as active as it obviously can be and is now. Well, it's interesting because in 19, in 2010 or 2009, I received a survey from the folks who were running senior games. So it's, we're talking 2010. They had been running them since 1983, right? So they had been running them for 40 years. And the survey was, we're getting real tired. We're thinking this isn't relevant anymore. And bless them truly for having been involved for that long to build that foundation. 40 years. But we're thinking that it's not really that important anymore and we should just let it go by itself. Sure. Oh, that. And I remember seeing that and thinking, how can that be? Because people are so much more active than they were 40 years ago. Exactly. And Don Shellerin came to town from Delaware. Yes, yes, sir. He had been running senior games in Delaware. I remember. And I ended up at the Charlotte Senior Center where my friend was the director for lunch and to talk about senior games. And Don was there with his wife. And after lunch, he said, well, I'll get involved with this and I'll do this if you do this. And that's how I got back involved in 2010. And we, the board was Rutland based at that point.  This is fabulous. So. What a turning point though. How pivotal. Yeah. It could have gone away. It could have gone away in 2010. That's heartwarming, truly. And thank you both. I mean, we're coming through. And there's still opportunities within that. You know, you look at the USDA in some of those things. But that's not necessarily for everybody either. Where I think the senior games really caters towards the whole range, not just the competitive piece. Right. And people like Flo that are willing to help some newbie come right in who hasn't been active in 30 or 40 years. You can't find that just anywhere. I mean, that feeling of being welcome and, you know, accepted and again, kind, loving, caring, sharing. It's all about, you know, thriving in a community. And what better way than what it does for you? I mean, the benefits are endless as we know. And again, as I mentioned, what a gift to be able to. Our motto is really fun, fitness and fellowship. Oh, I love it. I love it. Yeah. So not even the competition. Exactly. In terms of our motto. Sure. And yet we have very elite athletes. Oh, absolutely. But everyone's welcome. Right. So nobody would feel as though I'm not good enough for that by any means. Right. Right. Well, we are going to wrap up here in a minute, which I can't believe it just flies by. Is there anything in particular that you just want to be able to mention? Any call outs? I mean, four volunteers, perhaps, or would they go to the website? We can always use volunteers. Okay. And what is the website address? It's spelled out. RemindsSeniorGames.org. Spelled out. Okay. All lowercase doesn't matter. Should be at the bottom of your screen. Perfect. Perfect. Oh, there we go. There you go. Excellent. Who's that? It's Bernie Berg. He's in his 80s and playing tennis. Oh. It's Charlie Smith on the left. Yes. Officiating long jump. Oh, my goodness. There's sprints from the track and field that you see coming through at Burlington High School. Oh. This is a triathlete that do very, very well on the national level, as well as the state level. Castleton is one of our partners for cycling and for basketball. And they're one of the ones that integrate the student work for the PE majors. See that? That model is so perfect. Whether it's strong, it's good for them. Oh. This was golf at Nesha B a couple years ago. Nice. There's your pickleball. There it is. That could be your jam coming up soon. Hopefully I'm going to be on the next year when we're sitting here. I'd love to be able to say that that's me. If you're registering for pickleball, register early. That's what I can imagine. It's our largest event. We had over 160 competitors. Oh, I love it. And, you know, many of them doing multiple events. It's three days. It's run at Letty Park and Colchester Airport Park. I've seen Miller as well. Miller Center as well. Miller Center, yes. I did look at the Miller Center. It has some drop-ins in January. So I was going to try that. Oh, yeah. You can get a punch card, too, for that. That's what I was reading. Yeah, I love it. And so people, as far as the company's pickleball, they could just come in as themselves. They don't have to have a partner. They don't have to have a, you know. For pickleball and for tennis, we have singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. Okay. So it's over three days. And so you can choose. In pickleball, there are lots more double players than singles. Yes. Both men and women singles. Right. On the first day of the event. So in terms of shouting out, I really wanted to mention that exponentially our exposure has improved with Vermont Blue Advantage. Yes. Commercials are good. Not only are the commercials, which is what you saw, but behind the scenes, financially. Oh. Board members. What a collaboration. Wonderful. Oh, how many on your board? It's a great fit. 12. Good question. 12. That's sizable. And it's grown.  And that speaks volumes to the organization. And you don't have to be on the board. You can volunteer for your sport or something like that. There's different ways to be involved. Well, I'm spreading the word. Find a way. Yeah. I'm going pretty big mouth. So I'm going to try to get to be myself included. There's one of those ways. Yes. I know the. Oh, I'm so thankful that I know it's a busy time of year for everybody. And I can't thank you enough for being here with us. And as our season kicks off, we'd love to come back and have an athlete or two. Oh, absolutely. You can pick your brain and think. Okay. Absolutely. I would love that.  We need to hear from her. Good. Well, again, thank you both so very much. And at least I know we'll be together again. You know, probably at a different event and back here again as well. Awesome. Thank you. My pleasure. Okay. Thank you.