Something else to crash. So we're going to go through this pretty quickly. That's not so much a word. It's a reality of our life, right? It's exciting. So kind of the the the link bait title, isn't it? It's 10 surprising lessons I hope they're surprising lessons. I learned while launching an open source tech comm startup So this is going to be a bit of a hero's journey without a hero And I'm sure some of you will relate to some of these adventures that we've had So this is the most tech heavy techs heavy one will have there's literally 10 lessons This is a shout-out to something that started a company called Red Hat you guys might have heard of there's a really cool team Including people like Lana people like Zach that were very important in getting this project moving as that project sort of evolved a Few of us started to think what can we do to get this in the hands of community? And we learned quite a bit by doing it So we called it Carilla because it's actually really really hard to come up with a name for a project these days You kind of start with social media and go backwards I don't know if I like it yet, but I like the the logo so we're going to stick with that So who am I? I used this slide at the STC conference in Bangalore in 2012 I thought it was very interesting. I followed up with this slide Which I thought at the time was pretty funny, but absolutely nobody in India found that funny So I should probably stop using this by now Shoutouts to Divya. Where are you hiding? Yeah, except my colleague from Bangalore who helped me sort of groom my message a little bit So I work as a content author as a technical writer at Red Hat So just your generic run-of-the-mill tech writer I have an interest in content startups and community and thankfully those three things came together really really well I will just pause we are a room of communicators right now So I would encourage everyone if you on the Twitter's We're actually looking at how much engagement we have on the LCA's I'm not suggesting we compete with the other mini comps, but this is a really full room So be pretty nice. I'm going to single out Lana because I know you're really good at the social medias and Alec because I know you're fantastic at the selfies. So if we can We'll do a thing. I have an idea if you it's like a selfie But you turn it around the other way and I'm in it. So if you do want to tweet anything Okay, so the number one lesson I learned is that there is actually a massive massive need for a simple solution for tech comps It'll be stating the obvious for some of you and it'll be kind of a shock to others because there's lots of products, right? Adobe they make a product 80% of the people in India use it. Divya was just saying earlier So we started to a lot of surveys. This was an internal one where I was very interested I asked people how often do you refer to documentation or content to assist your development work? We can see right down the bottom 61% of people believe that they constantly rely on documentation Constantly there is some data that is still relatively internal data That links this to the other end of it is that 85% of the people are desperately unhappy with documentation That's both technical writers and consumers of that documentation 85% of people And we have 61% of people out there who are doing anything of note or not of note in a lot of our cases That think they rely on it constantly. So what we do is very significant in this entire room In the survey we got some interesting feedback They think they need mobile Sick of Adobe. This isn't a dig on Adobe. This is just our community Local installs suck, right? Why do we have to keep it's their era of cloud and we're still installing things on computers? Expensive licenses absolutely and pointless CLI complexity. We're hackers So we've been doing this for a long time, you know, we're coding nerds So we kind of feel like anything that we think that we do with our craft is is relative and viable But the new generation coming through really thinks that that's complicated Number two Come on like we are really in the most exciting of times for tech comms I hear nothing but negativity on a mailing list that some of my colleagues and former colleagues introduced me to in fact I'll tell a quick story is when I was researching the role that red hat when I first went for the job I came across Lana sitting over here in the corner. This is like one of the most famous people in tech comms in Australia, right? Right there that person. Oh, sorry the infamous I get the iron bit at the beginning. I forget that There's a mailing list.  I'm definitely cheesy more tech more users more channels more words more power of narrative us Mobile devices we're no longer making books and I do a joke when I pitch one of my projects I carry big polar books and I throw them on the stage and boom I say that used to be the sound of delivering documentation the louder that boom was the more people would nod and smile But now we're fractured more channels means mobile stack overflow blogs Everything we just heard from the previous talk. That's super exciting and as people that can navigate that space We can pick those channels so that enthusiasm something that we're pushing very very heavy This really is the year of UX in open source any user experienced designers in here any UX and that's awesome Let's hire this guy. Let's get a more of them. Anyone enthusiastic about UX. I Like that was a bit scared then because if everyone kept their hands down I'd have to sort of think of a way to break you without swearing something told them allowed to use swears And as a startup guy, that's really hard So I said this at a conference got flamed once I was over at open world forum in Paris a few weeks ago or a couple months ago I said open source is one for developers, but we must create a beautiful user experience to win consumers So I use a MacBook. I dual boot it most of the time Sure of devices. I'm not really a zealot So for some of you I might be the enemy, but I'm using things that make my life the bitties And make me happier to get to an end result and I kind of think that's what the cloud space represents Let's keep our west people as hardcore as possible. Let's keep the cloud space really diverse and mixing it up I really really believe this. So when I see people using Heroku and they've got a an iOS device in their hand I start they got really nice glasses and cool shoes and stuff that I don't have I think what's this demographic because I grew up as a geek dungeon the dragons I grew bad facial hair and I still have bad facial hair But there's a whole new demographic out there that we need to engage because whether or not we like it They're not reading books So the really cool project that Red Hat built press gang still out there completely open source. Please check it out Please use it We didn't think in the early team Before it kind of got Zach's team took over after my team sort of created this and we made it busy What we've done now is what we're learning. Thanks to these UX people is they get I'll take some questions at the end If you don't mind I'll try to get through really quickly OCD We've tried to make it beautiful. So we can see the transition from things that was just developing for developers sake To trying to find new ways. This isn't perfect. It's a start and it's very very open source, right?  That's what I love about our community Number four, it's time for mobile first First time I mentioned this I got flamed. There's an awesome mailing list that we have at Red Hat an internal one Anyone can ask any question of anybody and challenge anything. It works really really well called me my list So did a survey Everyone told me that no one reads documentation on mobile devices our internal survey and this is the external one shows that what they do 86% of people nearly 87% of people have a mobile device and Look at that. We've got nearly 70% of people have used it to read documentation So there's a whole different talk. We're not going to jump in on here They do about push and pull factors. Why are people doing that a lot of documentation on mobile device sucks epically That's me not swearing Epically and yet there's some kind of a push factor forcing them to do it So as user experience designers and product designers, what can we do to make that experience better and create a pull factor? We're actually excited to do it. This is the future and this is 2015 We had a crack at some versions in our open source project Sometimes they work because it's an open source project and we're getting there So this is what I really love. This is a little bit philosophical Don't be known for no because yes has a funny way of happening, right? So to throw something in there and we can talk hours on this one is talking about moonshots So some of my friends at Google and they've now joined the project with us Really keep telling me the whole Google thing about moonshots. I heard no a lot when I first joined Red Heart I came as a business and data analyst from a coal company So kind of like a corporate enemy to a lot of open source and a lot of the questions I asked seemed really stupid and we we thought really Apprehensive of asking them. Can we use systems to automate our usage of content? Can we use blacklists to? Basically exclude us from using curse words in documentation, you know Because we're open source often means we're just dumping thing in a text file and we're putting in git or something, right? So we're thinking I was asking a lot of questions and feeling I hit no a lot And obviously as the story goes because I'm standing up here now. It had a funny way of becoming a yes So that's something we can talk about another time Open source is the ultimate MVP and this is one of those cheesy startup words MVP is minimally viable product Right, so we talked about when you make a startup It used to be like ego and you build this big thing and launch it and spend a lot of money Then absolutely no one would use it at all So that kept happening and happening and happening and when the dot-com bubble burst We thought it has to be a better way. How can we test things? So what we like to do is make these minimally viable products a simple set of code So I asked the startups recently in a project that I did at Red Hat Have you used any open source in your startup? I love that number, right? I mean immediately it's only 40 but that's 40 unique startups And I filtered them out as ones who actually have a product at market and they've raised money And they're building something of merit in the world, you know the whole Steve Jobs things like make a dent in the universe I absolutely love that and in fact sometimes I want to print that and put it on my shelf when I think Why am I bothering building this product? What types of open source have we used? This is so cool to me as well Nearly 80 nearly 100% for code language and toolkit. So you devs come on guys Nick the Python guys and just work that a little bit harder I want to see 100% there 73% are using an open source product like the product word is cool All right, so we'll jump through we're nearly in that It lets us use existing project components our components to test customer content, right? So this is really cool. We're making it easy for companies that do commercial things to use what we do to change people's lives wicked Open source still gets the money, right? so We had an offer To get funded by someone that just sold their company and made a fair bit of money offer a large media company And we said no it was flattering, but it was kind of scary because then we thought doing things like Hiring UX designers or collaborating or flying to things like this cost money But we found that people are still offering to help us and that sometimes it's not the money sometimes the resources Tech writing is content marketing I didn't want to put this one first because I think some people would stab me to death with what a sharpened opinion that is Essentially, I really believe this is no longer about books, right? It's about your customer and they're coming to you for help not so much Any stack overflow users? Really should be the whole room seriously So we're being naive as Documentarians if we think that what we're making is relevant to our users without looking at what they're doing in the community They're using stack overflow. They're going to blogs. They're going to YouTube They're using second-tier content that we're not authoring. So we're arrogant if we believe that we're not part of that ecosystem Nine team is everything. I have had an absolutely scary terrifying journey doing this But looking back at some of these I'm really excited. So I have a co-founder from Microsoft Top left the Lord Mayor of Brisbane is now supporting our project. He thinks it's something interesting the documentation space The red one near the top left an incubator in Paris has offered us a place there anytime We're there fish burners in Sydney top right my UX leave when we're in Helsinki a few weeks ago I now teach at QUT. I fly around a pitch with Luke It's an absolute crazy adventure and we are basically nearly going broke week after week after week to do this but it's probably been the best two years of my life and We're all wrong only the customer is right. I know it's a downer to end on but that's pretty much one that we have to end on You know to misquote Sun Zoo no documentation survives first contact with the customer If you make a book and you print that on their desk That's something we should probably do a couple of thousand years ago What we have to do now is look at the way that things are engaged red hats doing an amazing job with its new content team To look at the way people are consuming have a chat to Zach and some of the other red Hatters to to hear some of their stories. It's really inspiring stuff and of course my top 10 list as a number 11 Scope creep is everywhere. Absolutely everywhere even in my slide deck. So what do we talk about? There's the top 10 Because it's so quick each one of these has a full report coming out each week on Carilla.co We could put that somewhere else. I wanted to keep as open source as possible Didn't know really where to put this stuff except last night Yahoo business New Zealand Just asked me to start posting some of this there Any of you have open source stories about documentation, please get in touch with me I want to put you in touch with Vera so we can get our stories up there and through their channels as well Source code. It's open source. It's yours.  So the best one is at team Carilla to hit us all up or I'm personally on at Dave dry So thank you very much and again, I'm excited to see so many people in this room


So you want to get a college degree that's going to lead to a good job.  But then you realize that a bachelor's degree on average takes 5.1 years and costs $500,000 over a lifetime. Plus, 40% of people drop out and of the ones that finish, nearly 50% of people regret their degree. Ouch. So you decide you're interested in a two year associates degree instead. Well, you're in luck because today I'm going to be revealing the best associate degrees and the first one on the list is going to be the frontline worker, the warrior of the healthcare industry. And this is a degree that is pretty much always going to lead to a stable, high paying job and that is going to be a nursing degree. Now you might be thinking, Shane, I'm a male, I do not want to be a male nurse. And that makes sense because 80% of the people that watch my channel are guys. But I have two things to say to that. One, you're not allowed to have an opinion because you don't have a girlfriend. And two, nursing is an especially good career for guys. There is a massive shortage of nurses and there's even more of a shortage of male nurses. And there are certain activities in the hospitals that they tend to have male nurses do. So it's actually much easier for you to get a good job in nursing if you are a guy. So if you want to make some really good money, go ahead, put your ego aside, realize that it's 2023 and consider this one. Now as a nurse at the entry level, you'll make around $69,000 a year. And according to BLS, it's growing at around 6% over the next 10 years. So back when I was in pharmacy school, I was actually going to an accelerated program and we were in the same building as a bunch of different nurses. So we would do a lot of the same activities with them and we would eat lunch with them. And some of them were actually doing accelerated programs where they were basically getting their nursing degree in less than two years. And of course they ended up graduating before us. And so we kind of got to see what kind of lifestyle they were living and they were making really good money right off the bat. So some of the pros of getting this is of course it is a shorter duration. You can get an associate's degree in nursing in less than two years easily. And this means you can start working and make money right away. And if you ever want to make more money, add on more responsibility, you can always go back to school, learn more, get educated, get your bachelor's, get your master's, sometimes even a doctorate. And there's tons of opportunities for nurse practitioners, for instance. And some of them, like nurse anesthetists, can make almost as much as a doctor. Now some of the cons here are as an associate degree level nurse, you may be stuck doing jobs that you don't necessarily want to do forever. And additionally, the education is way less comprehensive. The next one on the list is going to be a degree that can be done in two to three years where you can make really good money, but you're going to have to be okay with sticking your hands in other people's mouths. And this of course is dental hygienist. Now, back when I was going to college, I actually had a roommate whose girlfriend was a dental hygienist and they started college at the same time. And of course, because she got an associate's degree, she was able to finish way before him and she was making really good money. She was actually making six figures a year. And so she was basically my roommate's sugar mama. Mike was a smart guy. So this one, according to Glassdoor, you can make about $110,000 a year. And it's growing at 9% over the next 10 years, according to BLS. So some of the pros of getting this one is of course, shorter program again, although some dental hygienist programs can be two to three years instead of two. Another pro is the lower cost of getting an associate's degree versus getting a bachelor's. Another pro is there is very high demand for this career. And of course, you have an insanely good salary for a two year degree. Now, some of the cons for this one are there are limited advancement opportunities. So once you're a dental hygienist, you can't really go much further than that. You could be maybe a dental hygienist manager, but after that, there's not much room for career growth. It also can be somewhat physically demanding. And then another con to this one, and this is just from what I've heard, it's better if you're kind of a young female. So dentists tend to hire younger females to do this type of job. And I guess it's just because customers feel more comfortable with kind of a younger woman working on their teeth. Now, the next one, you're going to be assisting a career that has extremely high meaning score, right? Extremely high job satisfaction and long term happiness with their job. And on top of that, you can make really good money. So what I'm talking about is a physical therapy assistant. Now, I've talked about physical therapy before on the channel, and it's one of those careers that has ridiculously high meaning and job satisfaction scores. And I think the reason for that is because you get to see people all the way through from the time that, you know, something bad happened to them, their injury, all the way through to the point where they are actually good to go.  Maybe you give them some medication or something like that, but you never actually get to see the outcome. So it's extremely satisfying to see somebody, you know, right after their injury, work with them for maybe three to six months, and then see it through to the point where they're able to live a normal life. Now, Glassdoor has physical therapist assistance making about $91,000 a year. And according to BLS, the job growth over the next 10 years is going to be around 33%, which is phenomenal. The next one on the list is one that got incredibly popular over the last few years with the whole, you know, cough cough situation. And of course, there's a ton of demand for this one, but it also was probably extremely stressful as well. And that is going to be respiratory therapy. And you're going to be working with patients who are having trouble breathing, such as patients who have asthma or COPD. Now, of course, these types of positions can be extra stressful when certain situations happen in the world, especially when the government does a terrible job responding to the situation. Daddy, chill. What the... Anyways, speaking of respiratory therapy, it would take my breath away if you gently tap the like button on this video. But according to BLS, they make around $61,000 a year and it's growing at 14%, which is much faster than average. And I have kind of a funny story about this one. So a pharmacist I knew that I actually worked with, her husband was a respiratory therapist. And of course, pharmacists make around $120,000, $130,000 a year. And her husband, with an associate's degree, was making around the same amount of money.  Anyways, some of the pros here are there's really good job prospects, especially with everything that happened in the world. And the training programs tend to be really hands-on and fast, right? Because they had to kind of train people incredibly fast as a response to the pandemic. So some of the cons here are extremely high stress levels. And in some cases, you might have to work long hours. And that's relatively common in different medical careers. For instance, I worked as a pharmacist and there were many times where I had to stay extra, stay late because patients needed extra help. And there were many times where I actually did not get paid for that. The next one on the list is gonna be for people who are bone aficionados. People who like using the machines that create x-rays so that you can see into the human body. And that, of course, is radiologic technology. So at this degree, you're gonna be learning how to take x-rays, MRIs, and CT scans. And during school, you're gonna focus on technical knowledge, clinical skills, and hands-on training. And with this one, you can expect to make about $61,000 a year and it's growing at 6% over the next 10 years. So some of the pros here are there is extremely high demand for radiologic technicians. And in the healthcare industry, that means you're gonna have a super stable job. It also pays a really good salary, especially at the associate level. Some of the cons here are you are going to be exposed to radiation. So of course, there's lots of safety procedures to minimize the amount of radiation you're exposed to, but it can cause problems over time. And another con is it can be somewhat physically demanding. You're gonna have to help patients move. And that can sometimes cause back injuries over time. Now the next one on the list is gonna be very similar to physical therapy assistants. And that is going to be occupational therapy assistant. And I've broken down the differences before between physical therapy and occupational therapy, but they definitely do have a lot of similarities. And occupational therapy also has very high meaning and extremely high job satisfaction as well. So according to Glassdoor, occupational therapy assistants make about $86,000 a year and it's expected to grow at about 25% over the next 10 years.  If you're working with kids, you might learn how to make therapy sessions fun by playing games and doing arts and crafts. And the demand for OTAs is extremely high, meaning you're gonna have good pay and good job security. Some of the cons here are it can be relatively physical as well and there is limited room for growth. Now you might have noticed that there is a bunch of health related degrees that dominate at the associate level. And I do think that health related degrees are the best at this level. But there's also some really good technology related degrees as well. And I'm gonna go over two of them. But before I get into them, I do want to say that there's a little bit of controversy about technology related careers and degrees. Because a lot of these degrees are really good when you look at the numbers. But with that being said, you can get into it without going to college and getting a degree. It's not as straightforward of a path, but the great thing about the technology industry is there's not as many gatekeepers, right? So as long as you have the skills, you can get hired for the career. But with that being said, getting a degree in many cases is a great way to get the skills. And in certain cases, getting a degree will give you an advantage. So you really do have to take this on a case by case basis. But with that being said, if you want to break into the technology industry as fast as possible, I highly recommend checking out course careers. I've interviewed a bunch of people on this channel that have used course careers in order to get into IT, for instance. And the best entry level IT job to get into is help desk. And I've interviewed people on this channel that have gotten in in seven days, 10 days, and 14 days. And they started off with zero knowledge of IT. So check out course careers free introductory course. I'll put it down in the description as well as the pinned comment below. And they also have a full cohort based course where you go through it with an instructor and other people. And that costs around $450 if you use the coupon code Shane 50, which I'll put down there as well. Now the next one on the list is incredibly important because as we have all this technology, as we're all using and relying on this technology, cyber crime has been on the rise. So people are stealing passwords and breaking into bank accounts. And in some cases, they might just be stealing your data and data is incredibly valuable. And so of course, I'm talking about a cyber security degree. Now according to Glassdoor, cyber security makes around $81,000 a year. With an associates degree, it would probably be a little bit less than that. And information security jobs are growing at about 35% over the next 10 years. Now interestingly enough, during this recession, there were many tech workers who got laid off, but it seems like cyber security was one of the jobs that was least affected. And that's probably because it's incredibly important for companies to keep their own data and people's data safe. So some of the pros here are there's very high demand for cybersecurity professionals. There's great earning potential. The duration is going to be shorter to get into it. And there's lots of opportunity for career advancement. Some of the cons here are that some of the positions may either require a bachelor's degree or prefer it. Now by the way, if a job posting says that they prefer a bachelor's degree, 100% of the time still apply to it. Even if they say they require a bachelor's degree, I recommend most of the time to apply. I can't tell you how many people I've worked with who've gotten hired by companies that required a bachelor's degree in technology. So it's really just a suggestion and you should probably ignore it. But with that being said, some companies are extremely stubborn. They're stuck in the mud. They're stuck in their old ways. And they do actually require a bachelor's degree. Another con is this is a fast pace and evolving field. You have to stay up to date with the newest stuff that's happening. And it can be a very stressful and high pressure job, especially if you have a breach or a leak. Now the next one on the list is relatively similar, but instead of focusing on defense in technology, it focuses on offense. And that's going to be computer science. So there's insanely high demand for this degree. It actually ranked number one on my bachelor's degree tier list. And as an associate degree, it's also really good. Now again, this is one where a lot of people would argue that you don't need to go to college to get a degree. And in many cases, people actually start off by going to college to get a computer science degree. And then they end up getting hired halfway through. So they drop out. And that's why when you look up computer science degrees, they do have some of the highest dropout rates. Now computer scientists make about $115,000 a year and computer related occupations are expected to grow by 15% over the next 10 years. Now at this one, there are certain specialties that are going to be better than others. And it's extremely important if you go into software development that you specialize. So some of the best ones that I recommend going into are going to be related to the cloud. So AWS, Amazon Web Services, as well as Microsoft Azure. Now some of the pros here are extremely high earning potential. And it's also a constantly evolving field with room for growth. And it's extremely flexible. There's lots of opportunities for remote jobs. And on top of that, you can move into many different roles. Some of the cons here are it does require very strong problem solving skills. So computer science is not an easy major. And you might be responsible for programming the next technology that tears the fabric of society apart like TikTok. No, real talk for a second though. If you look at the graphs for depression and anxiety in the United States, as well as like all over the world, what you'll find is they started spiking around the time that social media came out. So this is something I talk about on my channel sometimes like delete most of social media, right? TikTok, Instagram, all these sorts of things. I highly recommend that you either delete it or use it in extreme moderation. But I digress the next one on the list is going to be another healthcare related degree. And this might be my favorite one at the associate level. And this is where you're going to be using ultrasounds in order to see into people's bodies. And that is diagnostic medical sonography. Now at this one you can make about $80,000 a year and it's growing at about 15% over the next 10 years. Some of the pros here are extremely good salary and it actually has a pretty good opportunity to work in a variety of different healthcare settings. Some of the cons are it does require pretty good physical stamina and you have to stand for long periods of time. So you might be leaning over people in an awkward angle and that can cause back problems same as dental hygienists. And then another con is you might be working with patients who are in pain. Now if you're still looking into associate degrees I actually created an associate degree tier list that ranks the best and the worst associate degrees from S tier which is the best to F tier which is the worst. And you can check that out by clicking right here.


What did you think I would want to talk to you about? Want to listen to you? Our first guys in the world get beaten by life. Why am I afraid? I'm successful and, you know, I had some hard time, but I came back. But why am I afraid? What am I afraid for? Like, I'm just afraid that somebody may think I'm a wussy or a wimp or something. Why am I so afraid of that? We need to understand this. This has been hugely misinterpreted and misunderstood on various dimensions, whether it's fear or love or anger or joy. We need to understand it's not about something. It's by itself. It is not that there must be something that you must be afraid of. It is not that there must be somebody that you are in love with. It is not that you're happy about something or miserable about something. You can be simply miserable. Hello, tix? Or you can be simply happy. You can simply sit here just by yourself and be very loving. You can sit here and be terrified about nothing because human experience is not created from outside. Human experience is happening from within. So what happens from within? May sometimes find outside stimulus that you can work it even without external stimulus. Hello? All of your experts out here. Without any external stimulus you can create pain, you can create joy, you can create misery, you can create anger, love, fear, whatever you want. Because the seat of experience is within you. Only thing is you are not sitting there. You're crawling around it. You're supposed to be sitting there on the seat. If you are sitting on the seat of your experience, you would decide what should be the nature of your experience. Right now because you're crawling around, it happens accidentally. We find an excuse. It's because of this guy I am suffering. Even if he's not there, we would find somebody else. If that guy is not there, we'll find somebody else. If that is not there, we'll find something else. So this is not about something. This is about not taking charge of the seat of your experience. That's all. You just need an excuse. And the world will of course... The world is quite enthusiastic about providing you the excuses. It will. They will provide lots of excuses. But believe me, if you were alone in the desert, you would still go through all these things without anybody around you, without any threat to your life. Yes or no? So this is the fundamental flaw with life. Instead of fixing myself, I want to fix the whole world.  Hundred percent. Did you get anybody ever just the way you want 100 percent? If you're tall, if you're looking for that kind of success, 100 percent, you can only try with this guy. Try anybody else you will find. Yes or no? Hello? Try anybody. You will definitely fail. There's only one. This one, you could do him 100 percent the way you want. If you manage this one the way you want, where is the question of fear, suffering, misery, all this? This is not because of situations. This is because of the state we are in. Because no investment has been made for the being. First of all, we must decide are we human beings or are we human creatures?  That's a creature.  If you knew how to be, would you be blessed out or would you make yourself fearful or miserable or what? What's your choice? You must choose. I want to bless you. Definitely highest level of pleasantness, isn't it for yourself? What you want for your neighbor may be debatable but what you want for yourself is very clear highest level of pleasantness. Why is it a simple thing is not happening? It is not happening because you know we gave you a very complex machine but you don't even bother to read the user's manual. Simply somehow you want to do it. Such a complex machine, if you try to do it somehow, accidentally oh, it will cause much pain. So fear is not about something. Fear is just your inability to manage your thoughts. They are running away ahead of you. Fear is always about something that's yet to happen, isn't it? Yes. So that means you're suffering something that does not exist. If you suffer something that does not exist there are medically very bad terms for that. It's not about one human being. It's just literally 99% of the human population is in this condition. Different levels maybe. But 99% of the human population is in this condition. They are suffering things which do not exist. What happened ten years ago? They still suffer. What may happen day after tomorrow? They already suffer. What happened ten years ago does not exist right now. What may happen day after tomorrow does not exist right now but things that don't exist they suffer simply because two major faculties, two major faculties that you have which sets you apart distinctly from other creatures is you have a very vivid sense of memory and a fantastic sense of imagination. These two faculties which are the best things you have this is what most human beings are suffering. They are suffering their memory and they are suffering their imagination. These are the greatest tools you have. So what should have been the most fantastic well-being when I say well-being? You know Charles Darwin that guy? Hello? He said all of you were monkeys. Not me.  So essentially on this planet you are the peak of evolution. Do you agree with me or no? Yes. So if you are the peak of evolution that means you have come with the highest level of faculties because there are so many possibilities of being human. Life is not fixed like that of a creature. When I say not fixed like a creature for every other creature nature has drawn two lines within which they live and die. The reason why an animal's life looks so much simpler and better is because there are no possibilities. So what human beings are suffering is their possibilities.  If you want we can have a portion of your brain removed. You will be so peaceful. You will not know fear, you will not know suffering, you will not know anxiety, you will not know nothing. Yes. All we have to do is take away the possibilities. With the possibilities the problems are also gone. So right now the problem is the fantastic possibilities that have been invested in us. So to take away the possibilities either we can remove your brain or we can soak it in whiskey, both ways you can do it. You take away the faculties then you are okay. So the problem is just this that when you are given something so complex you need to spend a certain amount of time knowing the nature of the machine that you are using. See some people are handling these cameras that's not a spacecraft. It's a simple enough machine but I'm sure these guys have spent years trying to know it the best. Just any of you get there and do it what will happen out of it just see a simple machine like a camera. Yes or no? Somebody invested their life. The better they know it the better they use it. Is it so? Yes. Why is that not true with this? The better you notice the better you use it isn't it? So if you know it really well people say you are realized.