Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another Charlie Parker review. Today we're talking about The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly. I am so happy to be here. I am so happy to tell you that I loved this one. Absolutely loved it. It is a return to form for the Charlie Parker series. It is the best book in the series since The Unquiet, I believe, or whatever the last good one that some of these men have just blurred together, especially the last four. And I know some people were upset that I did short videos just saying that I couldn't remember the books for those books, but hey, the videos are up man. What you gonna do? This one follows Charlie Parker hunting a plane that is lost in the woods. All of the stuff out there in the woods is amazing, every single scene in the woods. But also, this has probably the funniest interactions with Louis and Angel. I'm gonna start calling them Louis because in one of the books it does say that it is the French or the New Orleans pronunciation of Louis. So it's Louis. Louis and Angel are amazing in this one. I had a lot of fun. There are some hilarious, hilarious scenes with these two. One thing I will note that the thing, this is a personal bias for me. I read my friend, this one doesn't have this, but I read an introduction a friend sent me from his copy. My friend Aaron Nash sent me the introduction from his copy where basically John Connelly says, you know what, we're going for the supernatural deal with it kind of deal. And I love that. He's like, I have no fucks given. Here we go. So this one comes back to the supernatural hardcore. There is a ghost in the woods. There is angels. There's all different kinds of stuff. I'm talking about you know, wings and halos and all that stuff. I'm talking about some pretty gnarly creatures. But okay, you don't see them that way. There is one character reveal that when you finally see this person through the eyes of Parker, it was pretty creepy. So I'm wondering if that's what these angels are supposed to look like. I don't know. There's a depth here again. There's a depth in all of the Parker novels. The writing is very literary, is very, very pretty language, not modeling, not purple, nothing like that.  The kills are great. There's one scene especially, I don't want to, like I said, I don't want to give you too much away because this is a really good book and I want you to read it for yourself. It is book 11 though, so you got a ways to go, but the first, I would say seven books are absolutely fantastic. Well maybe not number two, but it's a sophomore effort, so what you're going to do, right? The stuff with Darina Flores and The Boy, who I won't name because spoilers, I really loved every single scene with them in it, but at the end of the day, this book all comes down to The Collector. The Collector probably has the biggest role he has ever had in the series in this book and I love The Collector. I'm super excited to find out how this entity, this person, is going to, is going to, you know, what his role is going to be further on in the series. I guess that's a spoiler, but maybe, I don't know, I apologize, I'll put a spoiler warning in this one because I've been talking about some things that you probably shouldn't know about. It does talk about the plane in here, but there is another place in the story, since I'm going to put a spoiler warning on this, I'll go ahead and talk about this.   It was terrifying in a simple way, when someone is evil and doesn't know that they are evil or possessed and don't know that they are possessed, not that that's the case, but that's how I felt. It's like this person wasn't really in control of themselves and the physical description was super, super creepy. Anyway, so I'm very happy to announce, I'm giving this one a full five stars, we are back on track, I'm excited to get to the rest of the series. I will be stopping the series to read an ARC of the Dirty South, so you can expect that next.  When I get that one done, of course, I will review that one also. But have you read The Wrath of Angels? If you have, let me know what you thought down there in the doobly-doo, whether or not you loved it, whether or not you hated it. Please explain why, if either one of those things, even if you feel math, tell me why you felt that way so we can have a discussion about it. Until next time, I have an E, you have an U, this has been another book review, I'll talk to you guys later. Bye-bye!


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Thank you. Well, thank you all very much. It's a pleasure to have you all here today. A special word of thanks to your chairman, David Rockefeller, for all he's done for many years to strengthen political and economic relations with our friends and neighbors in Latin America. Four and a half years ago, when we picked up the mantle, I fully understood that if a crisis were to be averted and if our southern neighbors were to live in peace and be spared the tragedy of communist dictatorships, we must have a balanced policy on Latin America. Our strategy has been based on four mutually reinforcing elements. We've been seeking to help bolster the development of democratic institutions, to improve the living conditions of the people and restore economic growth, to provide security assistance and thwart communist supported subversion and aggression, to find realistic diplomatic solutions to conflict in the region. No strategy is worth the paper is written on unless it's backed up with the hard work of loyal and talented individuals. And I'd like to take this opportunity to recognize a man that I've relied on heavily. Bill Middendorf, would you please stand up, tell you how much I personally appreciate your service. You've done a terrific job at the Organization of American States during a very trying time. And having just returned from Europe, I can tell you that your next job representing us to the European communities will also be a major challenge. And I'd also like to introduce Elliot Abrams, who I've asked to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. Elliot has been an articulate spokesman for our country in the field of human rights. And I'm looking forward to working even more closely with you. Now, just make sure you get all the phone numbers of everybody in the room before they leave today. Seriously, I hope you'll give Elliot your strong support. With the energy and the creative talents of people like Bill Middendorf, Elliot Abrams, all of you here today, much has been accomplished in Central America. The people there, with the regrettable exception of Nicaragua, are enjoying the rising democratic tide. One of the most damaging lies of our era is the falsehood that people must give up freedom to enjoy economic progress, which makes me think of a story. Everything makes me think of a story. About three dogs, an American dog, a Polish dog, and a Russian dog. They were all having a visit and the American dog was telling them about how things were.  And the Polish dog said, what's meat? The Russian dog says, what's bark? I have to interrupt right here and tell you that one of my visits, I won't name him, I don't want to embarrass him, but one of the heads of state that I met with on this visit, he gave me one while I was on the way. He told me the story about the two fellows in the Soviet Union that were walking down the street and the one of them says, have we really achieved full communism? Is this it? Is this now full communism?  Well, developing countries are discovering that the only things produced by communism are oppression and deprivation. The political freedom now emerging in Latin America gives us reason to be optimistic about the changes for economic progress. We're doing all we can to work with the new democracies in Central America, our neighbors in the Caribbean and other countries in the hemisphere to strengthen their democratic institutions and to invigorate their domestic economies. In Central America, the downward economic spiral by and large has been halted. Excluding Nicaragua, the regional gross domestic product was up 1.2 percent in 1984. This year, we expect regional growth again excluding Nicaragua of two and a half percent. We recognize this economic growth is fragile and sustaining it will require a long term process of prudent economic reforms. Consistent with the findings of the bipartisan Kissinger Commission, we're moving forward with a wide ranging economic and security assistance effort in Central America called the Jackson Plan, named, of course, after the late Senator, Senator Henry Scoop Jackson. Throughout Latin America, we've committed considerable resources to human development. We're spending hundreds of millions of dollars in health initiatives, housing and infrastructure programs, food and agricultural assistance also and employment projects and educational opportunities, including scholarships permitting young people in the region, many of them from poor families to study here in the United States. Now, more can and will be done in each of these areas. In the Caribbean, our Caribbean Basin Initiative went into effect January 1st, 1984. It's just beginning to take hold. Companies are starting to respond to new incentives that provide for manufacturers of most goods 12 years of duty free commerce with the United States. This should encourage domestic and foreign investment. Already some 250 to 300 new export oriented investments in the region have created over 30,000 jobs. In 1984, CBI eligible imports to the United States increased by about 17% over the 1983 level. And that's a $555 million increase. And for the first time since 1981, our exports to the region also showed growth last year. Our administration has stressed the necessity of strong private sector involvement if economic progress is to be made in Latin America. The single most important reform any government can make is to lower its people's personal income tax. Government spending programs, but what I should say, not just income tax, I'm sorry, I've been just coming from a session having to do with our own income tax to lower its personal tax rates in those countries. Government spending programs aimed at building the infrastructure will not do the job. The efficiency, the ingenuity and vitality of private enterprise and free people must be brought into play. I'd like to express my appreciation for the courage and foresight of those American companies who during a time of economic uncertainty invested in the future of Latin America. I think we've turned the corner and better times are ahead for our neighbors to the south. Our own economic growth has helped and continues to help stimulate growth in Latin America. And as their economies come around, their prosperity will add to ours. I'd also like to thank Puerto Rico's governor, Rafael Hernandez Colom, with us today for the support that you've given to help us promote democracy and economic progress in the entire Caribbean region. Now, last week I met with President Duarte of El Salvador, a country that is turning around a desperate economic situation and making great progress in its efforts to develop the institutions of democracy. I couldn't help but remember how close the House vote was last year on the crucial issue of military assistance to his government. A loss would likely have undermined everything that President Duarte was trying to accomplish. Recently, a top Salvadoran guerrilla leader surrendered. And according to press reports, this commandant confirmed as have other defectors what we've been trying to tell some of the doubting members of Congress. Nicaragua supplies and supports the communist insurgency in El Salvador. The former Salvadoran guerrilla leader reportedly confirmed they've been getting 20,000 to 30,000 rounds of ammunition and 5,000 sticks of TNT from Nicaragua every month. And he asserts they get 70% of their arms from Nicaragua. One encouraging thing we can say is that this does reflect something of a decline in what has been normal over the recent years, so possibly we're having some success in intercepting those shipments. With that, the communists have been conducting military operations, kidnapping and murdering village mayors and destroying El Salvador's economic infrastructure, blowing up bridges, power lines, and more. This is aggression, pure and simple. Those who willfully ignore this aggression endanger freedom in Central America and in the long run the security of the United States. I might point something out here that's rather of interest. Our Bud McFarlane was in Central America not too long ago and he was talking to the contra-leaders there. And he asked them. He said apropos of what the guerrillas are doing in El Salvador and the attacks that they're making on these vital structures. He said why if you're trying to put pressure on your government here, why don't you attack some of these vital strategic targets? And to show you the difference between the Contras and the guerrillas, the Contras said no, that would hurt the people and we're of the people. We're not going to do that. I think they deserve our support. Let there be no mistake helping those who fight for freedom and supplying security assistance for our democratic friends in Central America are vital to the future of that region and to our national security as well. We have it within our grasp to build a new unity of purpose in this hemisphere, to recapture the spirit of freedom and enterprise that brought many of our forebears from the old world to the new. The challenge is great but I know we'll meet our responsibility. As I told the people of Europe during my recent trip, the future is on the side of the free. I thank each of you for what you're doing to make the dream of the Americas come true from one end of the hemisphere to the other. I need your active help to inform your fellow citizens and the Congress of how vital it is for us to see our southern neighbors through this time of economic uncertainty and communist subversion. Together we can work with the people of Latin America to build a freer, more prosperous future. And I know I can count on you. Thank you. God bless you.


I'll read my beaver babies. Welcome to an episode of Drassler with a Live. Oh, tried it down that while the roll was still going. Did I get it? No. Probably not. I was too, I was too slow. So we are in Drassler with a Live again because today is something special. I have been killing so many goats if we go to our sanctuaries. Oh, sorry. That's right. I need to give credit to the people or the group of people, the Big Bang Science, who after watching my video saw that I wanted to create the compies or the compie hybrid. So I need to give credit to Big Bang Science for solving this out. Pro-C, who you've probably seen around, Minmi, Sasha1031 and the Raptor Brotherhood, who all together managed to organize this sanctuary. So look at all those dodos. Somebody's already got a compie up to level 16. So they're there well on their way. In fact, who is it? Who's got level 16 compie? Sasha1031. Well, there's a bit more numbers in that if it is the same Sasha, but we're of course going to see it kill the goat again. It's lovely. Lovely, lovely, lovely. So I am on almost four. Well, I will be on over 400 here and I forgot to show what it looks like when we see the compie do its interaction. So here's the compie interaction, because I forgot to show that last time. I was like, Beavis, why did you do that? You had one for the dodo and one for the compie. Sorry, completely forgot. Whoopsies. Oh, look at them go. They like to do it.  I like how there is always one bigger compie in this, unlike with the dodo. There's always one dominant one. So there you go, seven on that. It's one 412. So we haven't unlocked the compie just yet. I love how it eats its eye as well. Like, oh my god, it's horrendous. And we'll do one more because the thing is we have the dodo unlocked. In fact, there was an incubator where you could unlock the dodo. So we're going to, so I'm glad I didn't do that because I was tempted like, oh, unlock both of them and showcase them in a video. But this way we're working towards the hardest, the hardest hybrid, which really is the the unique, what's it called, unique thingie. Compie hybrid. So what I've done, we've got the boost reshuffle. So if you're watching this video, you have your chance now to do your boost reshuffle without any penalty. And like I said, I think this is something that Ludia needs to add as a full-time thing once a month, the start of every month, maybe, maybe do that. So let's go all the way down, if the game would allow me to unlock the new compie and dodo. So there's also two creatures that we haven't seen, which I think is the, because I think there's two new raid creatures. There's an eagle I've seen floating about. I don't know whether that's actually been posted by Ludia, but it's been floating about. Flying about. So let's unlock the compies for 150, so they're level 11. Look at the little cuties. Oh, so cute. They want to eat all of your faces. So we can probably get another two. So we can get to level 13, I think. Yeah, level 13. I have a lot of speed boosts, and oh my God, how some, so whoever got, like Sasha, she must have bumped into these in the wild. Out in the field, the must have. So let's have a look. Where is it? Because it does tell you where they appear, I think, at the bottom. Where to find? Specific zones all the time. So it's obviously in like an area, like you have, depending on where you are, you might be able to find it. So so far, that's interesting all the time. So swap prevention, rend, it's resistant to reduced damage and stun, so not speed. So what does it have? Cutting strike, harpenmark, alert scurry, which is pretty decent, and alert flock. And I did mention in the video where I'd forgotten how to get it, how to unlock it, sorry, to get another in a battle when it dies to get the member back, is to kill something. So if we do actually have a battle that's nearby, we could actually test that and see if we can get, is this one? Yes. Oh, it's speed. Oh, don't know if we're, and it's, is the compi class, does it speed? It might be, it's level 13, so we're gonna scroll down just a fair ways. It's got, it's gonna be right at the bottom. Oh, look at everything, it's a higher level than it. Yay, there it is, compi! Beautiful, and then whatever, just putting those. Okay, let's see. Oh, it doesn't matter because it'll just die anyway, won't it? Because it's not multiple things. It might come back if we lose one and we managed to kill it. So it comes like, look at the little compis. Oh, he's so cute, lovely little compis. So harpenmark gives us superiority. Should we just do scurry?  Oh, I think we might have killed it. I think, yep, yep, there you go. Combi's can kill raptor, confirmed. That's, I'm really looking forward to, uh, unlocking this unique creature, because I think it's been a while since I have been looking forward to unlocking something, and it's just this one, it has something different about it, like a, a unique, um, play style that I think, I don't know, it'll be really cool to see just how that looks.  Of that one, or we just clock over a little bit. Um, so I think in order to trigger this, I, I will just go for the harpenmark, so we will take some damage, and then next turn, we'll also get hit. So you did go for a strike though, didn't you? Yeah, strike, that's odd. Why would you go for? Well, whatever, we'll go for this one. Uh, and then I, there it is, there's the high pants. No! Killed one, does he just fade? Oh, he fades, bless him. Alert scurry. So this might kill him, I'm not sure. Oh, he does, and do we get one back? We should do, right? No? Do we not get one? What? Is it random? I thought we'd get one back for when we killed one. Am I just completely wrong on that front? Does it need to be separate? Oh, we got a crit, what's the crit chance for that? Five percent, wow. Uh, okay, revenge rampage, so we're gonna lose another one here? No! This side can't be on the other one, but we should be able to kill this right, coming here. It's just a regular hit, and there you go, do we get one back? No, just did it by himself. Well, at least he did it, I suppose. It could be worse. Uh, so there you go, two wins. Um, I'm wondering, do you not get one back at all? Is there no way? I thought I read something that you can get one back by taking one out. I wonder if that's PVP or something else. Oh, I don't know. I don't know now. I thought that that was the way to do it. So, kind of comfy. Take on three of these, and that's what's really special about the comfy. High pounds at this level would be able to do, or if not, always kill anything, especially from like, what's the damage that high pounds would do? 900 damage, so that's a lot. Uh, evasive stance? Okay. Oh, you know what it is. I think alert scurry, it's if I've already lost one. Is that how it works? Alert scurry, I get one back if I've already lost one. The cooldown time is three, so I need to wait a while. I think I'll do a couple of hopper marks, um, just to see if I can survive. Oh, he's got a revenge, that's going to do a lot of damage, but saying that we only lose one, um, we'll do one hit here, there's a speed up. Oh, it's kind of good, because like, even though we've survived it, the next hit is only ever going to do that much. So there you go. We'll do that. And then another one, and then hopefully in the next hit, uh, we don't die, although it will be a raptor, so maybe we will.  What is your attack? Like, crazy high, 644. Yeah, we're dead, no matter what here, which is a bit of a shame. Uh, I think that's how you do it. I think that's what that means. Ah, didn't get to, didn't get to see it next time, unless there's another battle. There might be, there might be another one. I don't think there is. Oh, look, it's interesting seeing all these dinosaurs, I don't get all these creatures, I don't get to usually use or play with. Um, so we got to get combi to level 20. It's kind of super hard, really hard, but I've been on a roll with PVPs, don't know what it is, don't know what it is about me that's been doing well recently. Um, hoping that maybe if we just did, um, oh, there's a day of darkness. Hey, yeah, do it, do it, do it, do it, do, do, do, do, do, do, let's get it. Oh, so I could probably check. I'm sure, unlike some Facebook group or something, oh, we've lost, we've lost the music for this one as well. Um, I'm sure we'll be able to check what kind of region, uh, compi is actually in. Um, but I haven't seen one yet, although it is very new, and I haven't really done too many incubators, I haven't set too many of, I guess the best way would be to maybe set out an epic incubator, something like that. We do, we do have like a regular sent capsule that we could just throw out. Yeah, probably not going to get anything good and then throw it a giga just in case, just throw it another maybe. Nah, I didn't think so. Weather shot though. We're going to stick our seratops there in the background. So let's collect this. I'll collect that daily incubator as well because why not? Never know, maybe we'll get a compi from, from any of these chances very low, but you never know. Never know. Four, four, four. Oh, and the epic is in a compi, which is a bit disappointing, but let's do a battle because I've been doing really well on these battles and looking forward to seeing, hopefully in the, I just want to get the new blah shows, like just get in there for like one battle. It'll be worth it because then I can get the achievement and I'll, I'll never be in there again. I'll happily never go in there again as long as I can just do this one thing. Or just get in there. That's all I want. That's all I want. So early dominance, even though it is still in my team, it has no boosts. So, huh, you know what? You Toradex, I've had it since like the start and against an Ordenus Maximus, not really that great. I'm surprised I still see these guys, these Ordentuses because they were nerfed pretty badly. But still, I mean, if somebody has it, they will put it out first because I mean, ooh, that was not a good idea. I don't know why he did that. Yeah, really don't know why he did that. I could kill him. Yeah. Oh, okay. Okay. Finally, finally picks the right move. He should have went for the other one first. I was hoping that I would be quicker and then the counter from the Hadrosaur looks would beat him, although I am quicker. Right. With Hadrosaur looks, there is probably never any need to go for its other attack. Yeah. Always go for the big rampage. Always go for it. So, I'm expecting this to have a lot of damage at 2,000. That's a lot. That's a lot. Okay. So, immune to that. So, one from that. I don't, can it dig in? No, I don't think it can. And then a huge hit. And then, because it would probably go for, do you think you'll go for it? I'm just wondering. I'm going to get hit by 2,000. I think he's going to go for just a superior. I think he's going to go for his fast attack. So, predicting that, I could have went for resilient, but then I would have taken another hit. Oh, he went for rampage. Oh, he's completely played me there. Oh. Why did he not go for the speed? That's weird. I was expecting it. So, what do you do? 1,300. I may as well swap, because now it's, now I'm expecting.  Exactly. It would be stupid if he didn't go for it.  I think that's probably the safest play there. I honestly thought, because I could have killed him. I thought he was just going to go for, at least I'd get a hit off, but no. He just followed him off. Okay. Tannotto. Oh, Tannotto is a good one. 4,200 for that. I don't, I mean, the armor on me is pretty, I'm going to, hopefully it doesn't get a crit. I'm just going to go for this. Yeah, I do survive. If he did get a crit, he probably would have killed me. And I don't know if that was the best idea, because I'm going to slow him down. Some bad plays on his part here. Even though this deal's not boosted at all. It's, yeah. I mean, you could go for a cleanse next turn and get some health back, but I don't think he's going to get 3,000 back. Oh, he does go for it. Okay. So he's still down. And now it's interesting to see what he'll go for. I'm going to go for instant invincibility. He needs to go for the biggest hit, but I don't think he's going to go for it. He's done some weird plays. Yeah, I didn't think so. What's he playing? How are you doing? Big brain play. There you go. That'll teach you. So, oh, I'm tempted. Should I just, is he going to do it again? He might do it again. He might do it again. I'm definitely not going to survive it, but half in the damage, and then my armor. Yeah, that's what you should have done. That's what you should, that cost you greatly. So I'm kind of tempted to get you Taranix in here. He's lost. He might have another swap in attack damage, but I think that was his Sarah Magnus. So I'm just going to go for this. Oh, I think I might have survived. It is a boosted. Yeah, I've survived. Oh, that stings.  Oh, he didn't get the crit. He wouldn't have killed us. Okay. Interesting. Interesting. I think at this point, I have to go for a tricor. It's tricky. Oh, he didn't go for the shield there. Okay. So yeah, it's a fair amount of damage, I suppose 800, and the resilience to slow me down. It's a tough one. It is a tough one. Because he's probably going to go, well, actually, he can't. I'm still quicker. So I might as well just go from a small hit. Oh, he's going to swap into our dentist Maxima. I think I've done a fair amount of damage to our dentist. Yeah. So I will be surprised if he can win this. Tannado. Yeah, he's dead. He's dead. Okay. I mean, he's probably going to hope to get a crit, and even then I've got armor. Oh, oh, no. Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. Bad play. Very bad. Well, he's secured. He's definitely secured his loss. His best chance there was to possibly get a crit with that. But I mean, I think he could have lost. He would have lost anyway, even if he did get the crit. But you know what? There was some questionable plays. Maybe it would have worked out if, you know, I could have killed the Saramagnus and been too nailed up, I think there. Wow. Well, you know what? Should we just, we'll just unlock it. I mean, the chances that we might get a legendary incubator. So we'll keep on going and see what we can get here. Two new blushers. Right, what we're going to get? What we're going to get? Ah, the Illidomus. It's not a good one. It's not a good one. But you know what? Oh, a Mortam. Oh, a Mortam. Interesting. What was the speed? 140 at the speed for a Mortam. Oh, that's a bad one. That's a bad, oh, he's not happy with that. He is not happy with that at all. Okay, he's got a 28. Interesting. So the counter. So what could he do here? He could go for a heal. I think that's probably, he's going to have to go for the heal, right? I think he's going to go for the heal. Yeah, there it is. Had to kind of do it.  But I mean, there was a chance. So he's actually down even more health. And the best thing, I don't know, guys. I don't know. I don't know.  He might switch out. I've got my eutarnix. That's the thing. Oh, he's got all of them. He's got all of them. Oh, he didn't boost this guy's attack though. And did get that off. Oh, I think this guy's dead in one hit. I think this guy's dead in one hit. He's got, right. He could go for a stun. And he does, which just prolongs the inevitable, I guess. Don't know what the play is there. Because he can pretty much go for anything, right? Yeah, he can go for anything. So he's dead either way.  He's not dead. He's not dead. But that is a lot. But then he can switch out now, which might be what he wants to do. I'll just go for it. Right. Sure. Sure. Just get more hits off. If I was him, I think I might have just tried to keep him alive. Oh, I was hoping. I was hoping I'd get a crit and I wouldn't have wasted my resilient impact. I assume Mortem Rex is now going to come in because he's going to want to set up that Mortem. That's what he's going to want. Yeah, here comes the Mort. Here comes the Mort. Now Mort isn't actually, look, he out speeds my early dominance. Yeah. He's like, yes, gonna do a big hit now. Now I want to just waste his Mort here. I just want to waste it. He's lost his Sarah minus, which for that trade, it's always good to have that in your back pocket just in case just to throw it out and be like, got you. Now he's going to have to take a big hit, which means Mortem could be killed by anything here.  Oh, he doesn't. What? Does he have anything? Does he have anything? Doesn't know he doesn't have a magnet. Oh, man, that you should have known that you Tauren X or whatever that this thing is pretty much going to kill it is Mortem. It's accounted for the Mortem. Unfortunately, he's going to see my magnet is faster than his Mortem as well. And it's probably going to be faster than this. Best thing you can do here is go for a heal or a resilient just so we can at least do some damage. But all he's got left is a Mortem and his Tenado. He's lost. He's lost. I probably go for the heal. Heal is probably the best thing you could do, but either way he's lost because there's nothing you can do. My Tauren X is faster than his Tenado and his Mortem and it can kill them with one hit. So, well played. Well played. Uh, six thousand four. You know what? You can have a little applause. Yeah, good job. But it's pretty much dead. There's nothing that can say. I'll say good luck. I think that's the nicest thing I can say because that, I mean, if I had the wrong load out there, that could have been a... Is that... Did you buy that in an incubator, that one? Angry Aardvark. Oh, we're getting closer. We're getting closer. Whoa, we're getting closer. Is it five thousand eight hundred? Or is it six thousand? I think it might be six. It's freaking six thousand. Oh, but can we keep this train going? Is the question. I want to see if we can get this. We can keep it going and get all the way to six thousand. I doubt it. I doubt it. Let's do one more. One more and see if we can get there. But I will, in my own spare time, try and I will keep on feeding compies and see if we can just unlock that unique. It's going to be hard. It's going to be tough. And really, we want to find a compie in the wild. That's the best thing. In fact, I'll stop because we have set off a gig ascent and I'll see if maybe we've pulled the compie. No, I don't know if it's in this area. It might be every area. I don't know. I'll have to check. Again, off the top of my head. Let's do another battle. Okay. Eutarynx. Let's go. I mean, that's a pretty decent team. We've got to swap into the first time we're thinking we've got Sarah Magnus. Yeah, that tricor is good. That's a good one to start with. Pretty solid. I mean, he can only get the speed reduction. He kind of had to do that to get off a decent hit. Doesn't get a crit. Three thousand and odd. I would assume that he's going to go for the switch into something. I would assume, yeah, he's going to go switch. Sarah Magnus. Is it level 30? Level 29 at 1,900. This is tough. I've already lost one and he's got two dinosaurs with good armor and good attack. I think what I've got to do, Mollerine doesn't hit too hard. I think Hadrasaur, I can play with him a little bit, just whittle him down. I think that's the best thing I can do. Wait, who's quick? He's quicker. He's quicker. Okay, priority group shield. Best bet. I'll just go for a hit there. I'll go for another hit here and then Cunning Strike, which is an interesting choice. I think he's saving. I think he's saving that hit. Right, so I do the cleanse. Oh, this is tough. I think I'm definitely at disadvantage here. I've slowed him down, so I've got the priority, which is good. Never go for that one. Never go for the small one. Just in case. Go for that big hit. Now Trico. Ooh, interesting. Interesting what to do with the Trico. Very interesting because he is quicker and I don't think he can kill me. I have to kind of go for this. It's going to be interesting how this plays out. He doesn't get the crit, which is good because that's a lot of damage for a Trico. I think he's going to go here for an instant invincibility. That's what I think he's going to go for. If he does, he's lost his Mono Orion. He could have something. I think instant invincibility is going to happen. Right, it's going to happen. So I'm going to switch to this guy just to get a decent hit through. 2165 with the stun and with a priority hit on the next turn. He's lost two big players here. He's lost two big players if he did keep him in, which he did. And Marcelo Magnus is faster than pretty much anything that hasn't had a... Oh, and a crit. Anything specced into full on speed because I think I'm 1,171 speed. So this is a tough one. Oh, it's a Thordo. It's a Thordo. Interesting. Interesting. Oh, I like it. I like it. Yeah, I'll take that hit. I do survive it and he's dead. His Thordo was dead no matter what. I could go for a priority and I will go for a priority. And Sarah wins the game. Can we get one of one? Oh my God. Whoa, that was... That was playing the game by Sarah.  I was so worried. I was so...  I thought for sure. I was like, that's a tough team. That is a tough team. But it kind of just shows how maybe overpowered the Apex is on. I don't know. But oh my God, that was such a good game. That's too much excitement for me, guys. We got... We got to end it there. Oh, there we go. Oh, we got a new tournament? Oh, that's the same tournament. Okay, fair enough. Fair enough. Okay, guys, we're going to end it there because I kind of need to get these videos up for today and have me lunch because it's 3 o'clock now. If you enjoyed this video, leave a like. Until next time, I'll see you babies later. Oh, buh-bye.


Have you ever felt that introvert or extrovert doesn't fully describe you? Do you feel that your introversion fluctuates depending on the people around you or the time you interact with people? If you don't fall on either side of the spectrum, you're probably an ambivert.  1.  Do you like parties? How do you spend your time at a party? It's love being around people at parties, talking to many people without needing to take breaks to recharge. Introverts usually don't enjoy parties as much and prefer to stick with a familiar face or a group of friends the entire night. Ambiverts, on the other hand, can channel their inner extrovert and talk with lots of different people and have fun with new and familiar faces. But they may also spend some downtime with their friends or alone to recharge before immersing themselves in a crowd once again. 2. You're good at managing people. Do others turn to you in times of crisis? Depending on the situation, both introverts and extroverts can become good leaders. According to a study published in the Harvard Business Review on a pizza delivery chain, an extroverted leader with passive employees tended to bring more success to a business but lower profits when employees were more proactive. On the other hand, a business had better profits when proactive employees were under more introverted management. This is good news for ambiverts who can show introverted and extroverted characteristics based on their employees' needs and adjusting to their team. 3. You're easy to get to know. Is it easy for you to get a conversation going with a stranger? It's hard for introverts to open up immediately right away. Unlike extroverts who can start a conversation fairly easily, ambiverts fall somewhere in between. They don't mind starting up a conversation with someone they don't know, but they also aren't known for being the center of attention or having an outgoing personality. Ambiverts can easily guide the conversation and make it an enjoyable time for both themselves and their new friend. Does that sound like you? 4. You work well in solo and group settings. Would you rather work alone on a task or collaborate with others? Introverts tend to enjoy working in solitude, but they can often have difficulty sharing their thoughts in a group setting. Most on the other hand work well in group settings, but they may not be as motivated to perform when they're by themselves. Ambiverts fall in the sweet spot, in the middle, and thrive in both settings. They can make great facilitators, helping introverts speak up in group settings, and they can also be great at channeling their inner focus when working alone. 5. You're a good listener and communicator. Introverts are known to be excellent listeners, whereas extroverts are great at articulating their thoughts. Ambiverts take bits of both personalities. They know when to talk and when to listen, and they can usually pick up on what others want or need to hear, making them great mediators. 6. You know when to trust people. Do you think that your gut feeling is almost always correct? Introverts have a difficult time opening up, often distancing themselves from others before fully trusting them. Introverts are sociable, but they may also trust others a bit too much at the start. Ambiverts tend to be more discerning and know how to make the other party feel at ease, and also how to provide the right information at the right moment. 7. You'd rather have your weekends packed. Would you rather have your weekends filled with activities, or free from stress? Whereas introverts would rather do their own thing and relax, ambiverts enjoy going out occasionally, staying home for too long, although nice every once in a while can drain them, and they'll often find ways to socialize on the weekend. Do you relate to any of the signs above? Are there any that we've missed? Let us know in the comments below. If you enjoyed this video, please share it with those who might benefit. The references and studies used are listed in the description below. That's all for now friends, until next time!


Hello friends, I am Dr. Bhushan Joshi, I am a consultant neurologist at Manipal Hospital Kharadi Pune. This is an attempt to create awareness or spread information regarding a condition called as Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is a degenerative neurological condition in which part of brain cells start dying prematurely or the rate of death of those cells increases compared to normal population. This disease is usually seen in elderlies, common age of onset is beyond 60 years and the incidence like the chances of occurring in male and female is almost equal. So what are the symptoms of Parkinson's disease? There are four main symptoms of Parkinson's disease. First is tremor is what is checkiness of hand. So these are usually slow and pin rolling type of tremors. Second is imbalance or tendency to fall. They say this Parkinsonian patient can trip over a mastic, even small obstacle can make them to lose their balance and they fall without any warning. These falls can be spectacular leading to fracture or dislocation also. So third symptom of Parkinson's disease is slowness. Slowness of the speed of walking goes down, the speed of writing goes down, the handwriting becomes small and untidy, the time taken to change their clothes increases exponentially. Even the speech becomes slow and monotonous. This is slowness. So these are the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. When the patient comes to me with the symptoms, the main diagnosis is based on the clinical examination that is what are the signs we get in examining the patient. There is some basic investigation we carry out which includes MRI, brain and some blood investigations. Once the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is made, then the treatment is lifelong and continuous. There are multiple medications available, most of the patients are treated with medicine. 50% of the treatment is surgery, physiotherapy, balancing exercises, rehabilitation exercises. Those patients along with medications perform all the exercises routinely tend to respond well to the treatment. Then some patients, particularly selected patients can be benefited with a surgical treatment also. That is called as deep brain stimulation surgery, where it's like a pacemaker in the heart. Some electrodes are placed inside the brain, which helps in generating more amount of those dopamine chemical, which helps in controlling the symptoms of Parkinson's. Parkinson's disease can be managed with the help of family and doctor and physiotherapy. It is a team effort and it's a continuous effort. We can definitely improve the quality of life of Parkinson's patients. Don't be afraid of the disease, don't get depressed with the disease. Learn and accept the fact about the problem and then find the solution which is most suitable for you. We can help you in that. Thank you.


it's crazy to be here like it's been so wild that we haven't had events like this in so long it's great to be here great to see everyone good morning yeah hello welcome to slash we are so excited to be here this is amazing uh i want to start by apologizing uh for not being harry stebbings you are all promised harry stebbings you have me michael stoffard i'm the editor of sifted um not the first time that i've stood in for harry stebbings uh i've been asked on numerous occasions to be his uh his his body double and his backup uh i also want to crash the party pretending to be harry stebbings another fun fact um so we're here with to talk about product with the man who has defined product in our era is that too much to say that too nice thank you very much no i mean a lot of hard work uh the the ipod uh the iphone nest uh seminal products of our era it's incredibly excited exciting to talk about it with you thanks so much for being here thank you thank you um but first i believe that you have some product experience with finland and indeed was your first nearly your first ever time outside the u.s was to do product in finland go on tell me how it was crazy so the first time was in finland was almost 30 years ago most of you were probably not even 30 in the audience but 30 years ago i was here i was just about 23 uh years old 22 23 at the time and i was working for a company called general magic and uh there's a great documentary you should check out uh uh on that but we were making the uh iphone about 15 years earlier than the world needed it let's put it that way and so when i came here i was you know i didn't know anything that there was no internet at the time there was hardly any cell phones so i i was coming to to helsinki and then tom pair finland and i'm going to visit a company called nokia i was like what nokia who where am i going i didn't even have a cell phone then there was very few cell phones in the world back in 92 93 something like that so i go to nokia but it was a september time frame and literally they bring out gsm gsm had just started like it had they're just working at gsm and then they're going to go we have a super secret demo for you and i'm like what is this and they go there's this thing called sms texting and literally i got to see sms and texting here in finland before the world saw it i had no idea what it was i had no idea if it was going to be success or anything but it's so wild like 30 years ago to where we are today and then having this inside finland right now it's just it's an incredible and then you know then there was the iphone and all the other stuff that came after it it's crazy to think that you know my my real understanding of mobile networks and and devices was right here do you remember what you said or that you thought did you think this is ridiculous this will never catch on you know i'm 23 i had no idea it's like ah i you know i knew what kind of the mobile network was because you know a couple people around general magic had Motorola star tax back in the day those little things but back back then you just didn't know like it was pre-internet you didn't know anything so i was like this could be cool i don't know but pretty wild that it all kind of started right here you know amazing so since then as i set up in my little intro you've created three of the products that have defined our age the watchword of slush is to be like radically practical we're trying to give advice there's a lot of people in this audience who are designing products tell us what is your secret source tell them how to do what you did give us the magic well magic the magic is really you know understanding need understanding what people really need or what they will need with technology and so for me you know learning from the disaster that was general magic you can see it up there on the slide that was the first one up to the up on the the left there um was making sure that you are solving a problem that people are starting to have okay not everyone has but are starting to have and technology can start to fill it with general magic what we were doing was we were creating the iphone 15 years too soon that was we were doing email most people didn't even have email back then most people we were doing downloadable games and buying tickets online but on a private network not on our internet network so we were doing we were even doing emojis we had emojis we had these you know these animated little graphics and things we had all this stuff in 1993 94 the world didn't even have networks we didn't have mobile we didn't have email we didn't have internet we didn't have any of these things so we were solving for problems that were just you know a decade and a half too soon and so so guess you can solve a problem but you have to make sure that people are going to understand it and when we showed that product and we showed it off the world because the world you know most people probably don't know this but we were we were destined to beat Microsoft people were saying we were going to crush Microsoft right this is in 93 94 they are going to take over the world this was a team of people who created the Macintosh okay and we spun out of Apple and we were building this thing and literally when we showed it to the world everyone was like wow and unless you were an uber geek because they're uber uber geek people were like oh that's interesting I think I'm not quite so sure and then when we launched it and we put it in the stores we sold after spending a hundred million dollars back in the day a hundred million or more back in the day four thousand units in total so you have to remember you may be solving a problem you just have to make sure society understands or at least a few people a larger enough people set of people understand that there is a problem to be solved and so ultimately fast forward to the iPhone days or 2005 2007 people already had email people had internet people had mobile communications they knew what you know mobile music was because of the iPod and those things and so that's why it took off like crazy right but 15 years too soon it wasn't there so you really have to understand are you delivering a painkiller to people and do people understand what it is you're doing stop trying to create something that impresses the engineer or the other person next to you who's really geeked out try to make sure you're building something that gives superpowers to every person make it really easy and they can understand it and you can and and and they um you don't have to be so you know whizzy and techy about it all so that's really the difference so you need to have timing timing is there nail the timing what about the way a product kind of feels what about the like soul and the spirit of these things because you know when you look at the you know the early the early iPod um it wasn't it wasn't i mean it was cool like a thousand songs in your pocket like the tech was fun and stuff but like there were other things like that it just felt like you wanted it right i wanted it in my in my in my body well well that's a great question michael so the way i see it and the way i think about products approaching it is 50 of what you put into that product has to have an irrational reason for existing there's got to be a reason rational like logic like yes it's existing it's solving this problem but the other 50 percent has to be emotional it has to hook you it has to grab you and say okay i need this now if it's all rational people go mmm that's neat okay yeah i need it but do i really need to get off my chair and commit and go do it if you do something that's a hundred percent emotional or mostly emotional people like that's neat but you know what it's novelty after a week or two it's going to end up in the drawer it's going to do whatever it's not like doesn't hook you if you hook the two things together need plus emotion that gets people to go wow i really want it and i really need it right and that's the big thing is splitting and making sure you understand you're working with both parts of your brain because some people approach most problem a lot of problems rationally a lot of people approach them logically and some people are exactly opposite of that and so what you have to do is blend those things together not just in the product not just in the user interface but the entire customer journey from the time they discover it through the time they use it to the time they even you know return it or do something with it you want to make sure you have that balance all the way through not just in the product experience but in the overall customer touch points was nest emotional oh nest was very emotional do you want to tell people what nest for those i mean yeah most people know but yeah just a quick recap so what nest was all about was it was really a company to save energy so this was just after the clean tech debacle of 2008 2009 when everyone was rushing to do green good things for the planet we decided we were going to go off and save energy and the reason being is that if you look at most homes 50% of their energy costs were all due to heating and cooling and heating and cooling for most people like yeah whatever they didn't even know that part of their bill they get a bill and it just says pay they didn't know that heating cooling took all that stuff and it was being controlled by a product that might have been 20 euros 50 euros wherever it was ugly it was this beige yellowing box on the wall people would hide it away so they were spending all this money every month every year using a product with a horrible interface and they didn't even know what was going on so we said what we're going to do is we're going to blend the rational part of saving money and saving energy with the emotional part of making something sexy that what's on the wall that you're like you point to you think about all the furnishings your home your furniture your artwork whatever in in your home you want to make a certain kind of experience right well this was all about making sure that this was a prized possession on your wall that you wanted to interact with what to talk about while it was saving money as well so that was really that that blend of the two but people when we first when I first started talking to talking about it people like thermostat are you nuts who the hell cares the market was tiny the market was maybe 200 million dollar market because it had been you know it was just a utility thing we changed the whole script on that and it was all about first and foremost to save energy to save making more power plants and then ultimately it got to where it was so that was another really interesting blend of of those things that came together and people thought we were crazy absolutely crazy but then it turned out to be crazy smart I think so um so now you're doing something slightly different you have future shape yeah um can you tell us briefly what future shape is the fund what are you doing but also how do you like spot product geniuses now you know like you you you can do it you you've got a track record of doing it yourself but it's a slightly different scale spotting someone else like right what are you what are you looking for like what's what's what's on your mind when you're talking talking to people okay so first about future shape so future shape is it's a fund or my own fund and we have teams we have teams uh people both in san francisco as well as in paris and what we're doing is we're funding deep technology companies around the world so we have over 200 250 direct investments and companies all around the world doing hard things hard things that most vcs would not invest in until you know until uh it becomes popular so for one instance maybe you guys have all heard of uh impossible foods so plant-based meats those kinds of things possible foods back in 2014 I think it was when we first invested no one cared no one really cared but we said this is important this is important for the planet this is important for people's health and so what we decided was we were going to invest in that we were one of the first checks in impossible foods now plant-based foods are everywhere you know you run into it there's probably 200 300 company startups all going after this kind of stuff so we try to do stuff that's really early before it's popular before there's a rush of money into it because we think it's the right thing to do not just because it's fashionable right same thing with nest those kinds of things we try to find the trends find those entrepreneurs who are on top of the next trend and so to your questions specifically and I'm sure there's a lot of entrepreneurs out there in this room who do this are cutting-edge and those cutting-edge people when I meet them they're people that I can learn from and if I have a first discussion with them they are teaching me something and I'm reading all the time I'm digesting so much stuff they're teaching me something that I can't even get access to even in the popular mainstream press or whatever it is when when they're teaching me something when I'm talking to them and then I'm also able to give them some advice or some ideas and they're learning as well when that two-way street opens up and we're communicating on that level and we're both learning I say that that's the entrepreneur that's the team I want to I want to get interested in because they're open to learning and I'm going to be learning from them and we're on that cutting edge we can work together to bring the cutting edge to the world much more quickly because we can build our our put our networks together put our brains together and make it happen so it's really first about that spark about am I learning and are they understanding the need and are they understanding the rational and the emotional need for what they're trying to do those things are really really key for me for how we find these these people and we've like I said over 200 companies and they're all around the world we're not just Silicon Valley actually I think we're doing more deals outside the US now and especially outside of Silicon Valley then then we have ever done and that's only increased over the years in fact I moved away I moved away from Silicon Valley I want to ask you about your move your move to Paris and you can hype up European tech because we're all here and we're all fans but yeah is um sorry I just totally lost my place um is oh yeah so so to pitch you if people want to pitch you basically what you're saying is sure tell you something you don't know right tell you something that you can't get access to like that's the way to get future shape interested right yeah that's the lesson well that's yeah the big thing is if it's popular if you're coming to me with like I have something for the metaverse I'm like no thank you if you have something that tells me I'm doing you know sales tech or ad tech or media tech or I'm doing you know those kinds of things that are not going to be about helping the environment helping societies helping the health of individuals we don't talk about it that just doesn't matter we want the stuff that's fundamentally going to change the planet for the better I don't want to talk about social I don't want to talk about any of that stuff that stuff yeah that's whatever I only talk about stuff that matters that's gonna that's gonna impact our our families and our our kids our grandkids that stuff that we need to do that's what's most important for what our team does and so you can see some things here on the slides thank you very much you can see some stuff here on the slides it's crazy stuff like if you look here like Menlo Micro it's up there uh on the upper right they are actually replacing all relays now if you remember back in the day there's there were vacuum tubes and we transferred to transistors like that was a huge jump well at that same time and before that there's things called relays solid state relays electro mechanical relays what have you those things have not changed for 150 years Menlo Micro up there has made a solid state switch the first innovation in relays and solid state relays in 150 years it is so fundamental to everything we do on this planet it may not sound incredible but in the electrification and the wireless of everything that we're moving to it is absolutely critical over 20 30 billion of these things are sold every year and now with this one product it's like moving from vacuum tubes to transistors so that's the kind of stuff like really fundamental stuff and we save tons of energy tons of wasted heat all that stuff with that we talked about impossible turn tide turn tide next generation electric motors highly efficient electric motors so we don't just burn up heat and you know when they're when they're running for electric vehicles for all fans for equipment in factories again does it sound sexy maybe not but you know how much energy is wasted when we produce 100% of the energy today 60 to 70% of that energy is wasted wasted as heat we just lose it we're trying to save energy we're trying to save the planets try to save co2 all those kinds of things emit less we're wasting so much we're going for those fundamental things that matter not freaking metaverse sorry everybody in the audience do metaverse but we got to save the planet all right so you moved to paris six years ago you're one of us now yep you are part of the european tech ecosystem which as you can see has never been stronger or more booming why did you come here because we're so great but why why else did you come here and what are you excited about in europe and i guess maybe those questions have a overlap in terms of their venn diagram of like climate stuff but but give us the yeah so really i started coming here in 2009 besides work but i started coming here for leisure and stuff in 2009 and um actually wrote the business plan for nest while it was in europe and went back to go build it and so i had started to see the inklings of kind of a startup culture in 2009 but it was really really nascent but we fell in love my wife and i and our family fell in love with europe from our visit in 2009 where we stayed eight months or so in paris and in different places around europe and so we just kept coming back and then we bought uh apartment in paris we kept back coming back every year made lots of friends and stuff and i started seeing literally seven six seven years ago things starting booming blossoming at the very lowest levels inside of all these countries paris be are in france being one of them but all around europe and i was like this is the place to be silicon valley after being there 26 years i'm like yeah i've known a lot of it know a lot about it but i'm like there are problems to be solved all around this world and there are smart people all around this world and we need to go find those entrepreneurs because we have to light a fire across the entire planet to get us to where we need to go as a as a as a species right and so coming to europe and watching it watching this whole scene grow i think slush might be exactly that many years old six seven years old watching this just blossom and just take over you know people like no there's never going to be any unicorns in europe and no there's never we need to google why don't we have google of europe and why don't we have the apple of europe and all this stuff well it's coming now right it is absolutely coming it's there you're the reality you can see it here and it is stronger than ever and like i said we're doing more deals here than than the most places in the world because it's so strong the talent the education the openness um we just love it here and we're continuing to invest and and and building a life and and so we're staying here in europe we're not moving back to the us so thank you guys are very interested and it's great to be part of this community um and you're interested in the same things you're interested in the clean tech like oh yeah all the same things all the same things all the same things so speaking of products products yes i believe that you've been working on a secret product i have hiding from the world i have um that you are going to announce to us today uh so maybe over over to you but i for one am on tenterhooks okay well everyone you know i love building great products um working with great teams of people helping people today to build great things um you know i'm i'm the old guy in the industry now i used to be the young one like i said when i came to uh fiddling so long ago well over the years with uh with future shape you know and working with all these entrepreneurs and helping them i realized something i realized that the only reason why i'm on this stage today is because someone helped me to get here over the years someone mentored me helped me get to this point and and believed in me and so i went back over all the all the years and all the things lessons i've learned and all the mentors i worked with and i said and i look back and i said a lot of my mentors have died a lot of my mentors have died and i was like you know what that baton of mentorship has been passed from them to me or at least i'm grabbing it the only way i can give back to to honor the mentors who gave to me is to give back to the community to give back to the world and so today i want to announce a whole crazy new product that i've been working on for the last 18 24 months during covid i didn't know covid was coming but it came and it's called build and it's a book today is the day the the teaser day the launch day for build a and an orthodox guide to making things worth making it's not a bibliography at all it's not autobiographical it's a book of mentorship it's an encyclopedia of mentorship it's all the questions i get asked all the time the things that i've seen the things that i've learned it's got all kinds of microchapters all about you know how to approach a career how to approach a startup how to about think about product design how to think about doing things how do you choose lawyers how do you choose venture capitalist how do you build a board all of these things so we've been putting this book together distilling it down and working through it many many times but literally build is it we're gonna it'll be launching and it'll be available in may uh uh the next year it's going to be in 14 different languages in the regions around the world obviously it's print it's a printed book i thought it was going to be easy it's as hard if not harder than actually making products and so this is it this is what we're working on and hopefully you know it's going to help a lot of people out there um and and uh and maybe you're going to find that uh you know it might give you some confidence what i've always found with working with all these entrepreneurs is that typically they have the right answers they already have the right answers they're right here in their gut but what they don't have is the experience and confidence to trust their gut so my hope is this book will allow you to start to trust your gut more and take those big leaps and to get that mentorship the way i had the mentorship and spread it far and wide so that you can go on and and accelerate your missions inside your companies and change the world dramatically and as quickly as we were able to do so that's really about it's really about giving back and and and helping a lot of people out there trying to change the world so that's what it's all about so there you go build build everybody i hope you like it that's really exciting i can't wait to read it um well our time is up sadly um but we've learned a huge amount about timings of building products getting like soul into a product i thought the idea of it being like if it's just useful it's neat uh it has to be like 50 soul 50 uh you know like actually solving like rational problems it's fascinating to pitch you you need to tell you something you really don't know and it can't be about the metaverse definitely not no nft sneaker startups for tony uh it has to be solving like real fundamental problems ideally to stop the world from burning and as often dying a terrible climate related death um really fantastic insights thank you so much thank you mike round of applause for tony thank you all you have a great slash thanks everybody see you out there


Good morning. It's now my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May. Ladies and gentlemen, I have been born before World War II broke out. And for me, Europe was a big dream, a dream of never having war again to feel united. But I'm also a Democrat. For this reason, I have to accept the majority will of the British people. Prime Minister, you made a very important speech just two days ago where you outlined the 12 objectives for Great Britain in its negotiation with the European Union. I'm very pleased to hear, Prime Minister, that you will not leave Europe, but you will have, hopefully, a very amicable divorce with the European Union. I know you are coming today to speak to us on the second big objective, which you have for your government, which is the issue of strengthening social inclusion in our society. This was one of the main subjects here. And actually, as a preparation for our discussion, the forum in partnership with many international organizations developed a new concept, how to integrate social inclusion and economic growth. Because we all know social inclusion without economic growth will not be possible. And economic growth without social inclusion will not be sustainable. So we are very much looking forward to your speech, Prime Minister. Please welcome the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mrs. Theresa May. Thank you, Professor Schwab, for that introduction. And thank you for inviting me to speak here at the World Economic Forum this morning. This is an organization that is, as it says in the very first line of your mission statement, committed to improving the state of the world. Those of us who meet here are all by instinct and outlook optimists who believe in the power of public and private cooperation to make the world of tomorrow better than the world of today. And we are all united in our belief that that world will be built on the foundations of free trade, partnership, and globalization. Yet beyond the confines of this hall, those forces for good that we so often take for granted are being called into question. The forces of liberalism, free trade, and globalization that have had and continue to have such an overwhelmingly positive impact on our world, that have harnessed unprecedented levels of wealth and opportunity, that have lifted millions out of poverty around the world, that have brought nations closer together, broken down barriers and improved standards of living and consumer choice. Forces that underpin the rules-based international system that is key to global prosperity and security are somehow at risk of being undermined. And as we meet here this morning, across Europe, parties of the far left and the far right are seeking to exploit this opportunity. Gathering support by feeding off an underlying and keenly felt sense among some people, often those on modest to low incomes living in relatively rich countries around the West, that these forces are not working for them.  The sense among the public that mainstream political and business leaders have failed to comprehend their legitimate concerns for too long. This morning, I want to set out a manifesto for change that responds to these concerns and shows that the politics of the mainstream can deliver the change people need. I want to show how by taking a new approach that harnesses the good of what works and changes what does not, we can maintain indeed we can build support for the rules-based international system. And I want to explain how, as we do so, the United Kingdom, a country that has so often been at the forefront of economic and social change, will step up to a new leadership role as the strongest and most forceful advocate for business, free markets and free trade anywhere in the world. For that is the unique opportunity that Britain now has. I speak to you this morning as the Prime Minister of a country that faces the future with confidence. For a little over six months ago, millions of my fellow citizens upset the odds by voting with determination and quiet resolve to leave the European Union and embrace the world. Let us not underestimate the magnitude of that decision. It means Britain must face up to a period of momentous change. It means we must go through a tough negotiation and forge a new role for ourselves in the world. It means accepting that the road ahead will be uncertain at times, but believing that it leads towards a brighter future for our country's children and grandchildren too. So while it would have been easy for the British people to shy away from taking such a path, they fixed their eyes on that brighter future and chose a bold, ambitious course instead. They chose to build a truly global Britain. I know that this and the other reasons Britain took such a decision is not always well understood internationally, particularly among our friends and allies in Europe. Some of our European partners feel we've turned our back on them and I know many fear what our decision means for the future of the EU itself. But as I said in my speech earlier this week, our decision to leave the European Union was no rejection of our friends in Europe, with whom we share common interests and values and so much else. It was no attempt to become more distant from them or to cease the cooperation that has helped to keep our continent secure and strong and nor was it an attempt to undermine the European Union itself. It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain's national interest that the EU as an organisation should succeed. It was simply a vote to restore as we see it our parliamentary democracy and national self-determination, a vote to take control and make decisions for ourselves and crucially to become even more global and internationalist in action and in spirit too. Because that is who we are as a nation. Britain's history and culture is profoundly internationalist. We are a European country and proud of our shared European heritage but we are also a country that has always looked beyond Europe into the wider world. That is why we are among the most racially diverse countries in Europe, one of the most multicultural members of the European Union and why whether we're talking about India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, countries in Africa, Asia or those that are closer to home in Europe so many of us have close friends and relatives from across the world and it is why we are by instinct a great global trading nation that seeks to trade with countries not just in Europe but beyond Europe too. So at the heart of the plan I set out earlier this week is a determination to pursue a bold and ambitious free trade agreement between the UK and the European Union but more than that we seek the freedom to strike new trade deals with old friends and new allies right around the world as well. I'm pleased that we've already started discussions on future trade ties with countries like Australia, New Zealand and India while countries including China, Brazil and the Gulf States have already expressed their interest in striking trade deals with us. It is about embracing genuine free trade because that is the basis of our prosperity but also the best way to cement the multilateral partnerships and cooperation that help to build a better world. For the challenges we face like terrorism, climate change and modern slavery don't stop at national borders nor do they stop at the borders of continents. The challenges and opportunities before us require us to look outwards in a spirit of cooperation and partnership. That is why as I said in my speech on Tuesday I want the UK to emerge from this period of change as a truly global Britain, the best friend and neighbour to our European partners but a country that reaches beyond the borders of Europe too, a country that gets out into the world to build relationships with old friends and new allies alike and that is exactly what we are going to do. We are going to be a confident country that is in control of its own destiny once again and it is because of that that we will be in a position to act in this global role because a country in control of its own destiny is more not less able to play a full role in underpinning and strengthening the multilateral rules based system.   Britain is no less British because it is home to people from around the world. In fact we derive so much of our strength from our diversity. We are a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracy and we're proud of it and Britain is no less British because we've led the way in multilateral organisations like the UN, NATO, IMF and the World Bank over many years. Membership of these bodies magnifies all their members' ability to advance the common goods of peace, prosperity and security. I believe strongly in a rules-based global order. The establishment of the institutions that gave effect to it in the mid-20th century was a crucial foundation for much of the growing peace and prosperity the world has enjoyed since and the tragic history of the first half of the last century reminds us of the cost of those institutions' absence. The litany of follies of that time are mistakes that we should never forget and never repeat so we must uphold the institutions that enable the nations of the world to work together and we must continue to promote international cooperation wherever we can. One example of that is modern slavery, a scourge of our world which we can only defeat if we work together changing attitudes, rooting out such abhorrent practices and prosecuting the perpetrators. That is why at Davos this year I've convened a high-level panel discussion to continue our coordinated effort to save those many lives which are tragically being stolen. International cooperation is vital but we must never forget that our first responsibility as governments is to serve the people and it is my firm belief that we as governments, international institutions, businesses and individuals need to do more to respond to the concerns of those who feel that the modern world has left them behind. So in Britain we have embarked on an ambitious program of economic and social reform that aims to ensure that as we build this global Britain we are able to take people with us. A program that aims to show how a strong Britain abroad can be a better Britain at home because talk of greater globalization can make people fearful. For many it means their jobs being outsourced and wages undercut, it means having to sit back as they watch their communities change around them and in their minds it means watching as those who prosper seem to play by a different set of rules. While for many life remains a struggle as they get by but don't necessarily get on. And these tensions and differences are increasingly exposed and exploited through the expansion of new technologies and the growth of social media. But if we are to make the case for free markets, free trade and globalization as we must those of us who believe in them must face up to and respond to the concerns people have. And we must work together to shape new policies and approaches that demonstrate their capacity to deliver for all of the people in our respective countries. I believe this challenge demands a new approach from government and it requires a new approach from business too. For government it means not just stepping back and as the prevailing orthodoxy in many countries has argued for so many years not just getting out of the way, not just leaving businesses to get on with the job and assuming the problems will just fix themselves. It means stepping up to a new active role that backs businesses and ensures more people in all corners of the country sharing the benefits of its success. And for business it means doing even more to spread those benefits to more people. It means playing by the same rules as everyone else when it comes to tax and behavior. Because in the UK trust in business runs at just 35% among those in the lowest income brackets. And it means putting aside short-term considerations and investing in people and communities for the long term. These are all things that I know the vast majority of businesses do already. Not just by creating jobs, supporting smaller businesses, training and developing people but also by working to give something back to communities and supporting the next generation. Businesses large and small are the backbone of our economies and enterprise is the engine of our prosperity. That is why Britain is and will always be open for business, open to investment in our companies, infrastructure, universities and entrepreneurs, open to those who want to buy our goods and services and open to talent and opportunities from the arts to technology, finance to manufacturing. But at the same time as promoting this openness, we must heed the underlying feeling that there are some companies, particularly those with a global reach who are playing by a different set of rules to ordinary working people. So it is essential for business to demonstrate leadership, to show that in this globalised world everyone is playing by the same rules and that the benefits of economic success are there for all our citizens. This work is absolutely crucial if we are to maintain public consent for a globalised economy and the businesses that operate within it. That is why I have talked a great deal about our country delivering yet higher standards of corporate governance to help make the UK the best place to invest of any major economy. That means several things. It means businesses paying their fair share of tax, recognising their obligations and duties to their employees and supply chains and trading in the right way. Companies genuinely investing in and becoming part of the communities and nations in which they operate and abiding by the responsibilities that implies. And all of us taking steps towards addressing executive pay and accountability to shareholders. And that is why I welcome the World Economic Forum's Compact for Responsive and Responsible Leadership that businesses are being asked to sign up to at this conference. It is this change setting clear rules for businesses to operate by while embracing the liberalism and free trade that enable them to thrive, which will allow us to conserve the ultimate good that is a globalised economy. I have no doubt at all about the vital role business plays, not just in the economic life of a nation, but in society too. But to respond to that sense of anxiety people feel, I believe we, business and government working together, need to do even more to make the case. That is why in Britain we are developing a new modern industrial strategy. The term industrial strategy has fallen into something approaching disrepute in recent years, but I believe such a strategy that addresses the long-standing and structural weaknesses in our economy is essential if we are to promote the benefits of free markets and free trade as we wish. Our strategy is not about propping up failing industries or picking winners, but creating the conditions where winners can emerge and grow. It is about backing those winners all the way, to encourage them to invest in the long-term future of Britain, and about delivering jobs and economic growth to every community and corner of the country. We can't leave all this to international market forces alone, or just rely on an increase in overall prosperity. Instead we have to be practical and proactive. In other words we have to step up and take control to ensure that free trade and globalization work for everyone. At the same time we have embarked on an ambitious agenda of social reform that embraces the same principles, active engaged government that steps up and works for everyone. Because if you're someone who's just managing, just getting by. You don't need a government that will get out of the way. You need an active government that will step up and champion the things that matter to you. Governments have traditionally been good at identifying, if not always addressing, the problems and challenges faced by the least advantaged in our societies. However the mission I have laid out for the government I lead to make Britain a country that works for everyone goes further. It is to build something that I have called the shared society. One that doesn't just value our individual rights but focuses rather more on the responsibilities we have to one another. That respects the bonds that people share, the bonds of family, community, citizenship and strong institutions. And that recognizes the obligations we have as citizens, obligations that make our society work. It is these bonds and obligations that make our society strong and answer our basic human need for definition and identity. And I am absolutely clear that it is the job of government to encourage and nurture the relationships, networks and institutions that provide that definition and to correct the injustice and unfairness that divides us wherever it is found. Too often today the responsibilities we have to one another have been forgotten as the cult of individualism has taken hold. And globalization and the democratization of communications has encouraged people to look beyond their own communities and immediate networks in the name of joining a broader global community. To say this is not to argue against globalization nor the benefits it brings from modern travel and modern media to new products in our shops and new opportunities for British companies to export their goods to millions of customers all around the world. But just as we need to act to address the deeply felt sense of economic inequality that has emerged in recent years, so we also need to recognize the way in which a more global and individualistic world can sometimes loosen the ties that bind our society together, leaving some people feeling locked out and left behind. I am determined to make sure that center ground mainstream politics can respond to the concerns people have today. I am determined to stand up for free markets, free trade and globalization, but also to show how these forces can work for everyone. And to do so, I turn to the words of the 18th century philosopher Edmund Burke who said, A state without the means of some change is without the means of its own conservation. That great conservative principle, change in order to conserve, is more important than ever in today's complex geopolitical environment. And I feel it is of huge relevance to those of us here in Davos this week. And it is the principle that guides me as I lead Britain through this period of change, as we build a new bold confident global Britain and shape a new era of globalization that genuinely works for all. As we harness the forces of globalization so that the system works for everyone and so maintain public support for that system for generations to come. I want that to be the legacy of our time. To use this moment to provide responsive, responsible leadership that will bring the benefits of free trade to every corner of the world, that will lift millions more out of poverty and towards prosperity and that will deliver and that will deliver security, prosperity and belonging for all of our people. Thank you.