>>Nikesh Arora: Welcome to our fourth Zeitgeist
in Arizona.
>>Eric Schmidt: When I think about this conference
which we started in California about ten years
ago, I think about it as a metaphor for Google’s
evolution.
>>Nikesh Arora: We have people who are poets.
We have revolutionaries.
We have scientists who are in their 80s.
We have scientists who are teenagers.
>>Fawzia Koofi: 65% of the population is young.
We need to use them properly.
If we don’t use them properly, they could
be used otherwise.
>>Mark Burnett: I actually don’t really
know what I’m doing, but I do have instincts.
>>John Collins: Just define a wing, supported
by the air -- how can you look at a wing,
and just not be curious about that?
>>Morgan Spurlock: Stories affect all of our
lives.
Stories are what gives you context in your
life.
Technology has changed the way we tell stories.
>>Larry Summers: Technological progress is
immensely important.
>>Carl June: We’re at a tipping point now
where we’re going to see a major change
in the way our cancer is treated.
>>Chris Fischer: Do you know what the biggest
room in the world is?
The room for improvement!
>>Malcolm Gladwell: Relative position matters
more than absolute position.
>>Joel Klein: Do we want to be to education
what Google is to the internet?
>>Shane Smith: The internet is better than
TV.
>>Jerry Slavet: It’s about time we celebrate
our young artists.
>>Noah St John: And in this moment, we are
one family!
>>Jon Huntsman: There are some elements of
reform that need to be driven by the will
of the people.
>>Eduardo Paes: Using the internet -- the
web -- it might be the answer to -- to the
problem we face today.
>>Pablos Holman: You know, I don’t have
any actual problems of my own, let’s go
find some to work on.
>>Jonah Peretti: Kids are not going to subscribe
to print newspapers ever.
>>Luciano Huck: Social networking is the -- is
a powerful tool to discover these stories.
>>Sylvia Earle: We must have the ocean in
order to survive.
>>Ron Finley: My message is simple: just plant
some *expletive*
>>Kit Parker: We can heal faster -- less infections.
>>Bertrand Piccard: The next time I fly around
the world, I want to be able to fly forever.
>>Srdja Popovic: If people do not obey, rulers
cannot rule.
>>Mark Kelly: Gabby Giffords reminds me each
and every day to deny the acceptance of failure.
>>Gabby Giffords: We must never stop fighting!
>>Elif Bilgin: Taken from the wise words of
Bob Marley: “llllllll Get up, stand up,
and don’t give up the fight.”
>>Maria Eitel: Be ridiculously ambitious,
and just get it done.
>>Freeman Hrabowski: Watch your character:
it becomes your destiny.
>>Larry Page: There are so many opportunities
for us to use technology to empower people,
to make people’s lives better.
That’s why I’m so excited to be here with
all of you.
[ Applause ]
