patrick norman come 881834. thank you.[applause] >> on behalf of all of us here from the early college, thank you for honoring us with the opportunity to speak here today. throughout the world, much has changed in the past 25 years. but one thing, there are simply more of us here. nearly 2 billion more. economies have shifted, leaders have come and gone, and countries have slipped in the reforms. unprecedented development in technology from the internet to smart phones have dramatically altered the way we live our life. at the same time the issues we face today are not new. .. the focus on constructing artificial categories and divisions within our individual social and global relationship. we separate ourselves conceptually from nature a conceiving of a passive nonhuman environment that we are free to change and act upon an well. we do the same thing with other humans when we decide that there is a fundamental difference between us and them, whether we base this on background, education, wealth, skin color, gender, or bel

charles patrick norman, 81834. [applause] >> on behalf of all of us, thank you for honoring us with the opportunity to speak here today. throughout the world much has changed in the last 25 years. for one thing there are more of us here. nearly two billion more. the economy has shifted. leaders have come and don and countries have split and reformed. unprecedented developments in technology from the internet to the smart phone have dramatically altered the way we live our lives. the issues we face today are not new. humans use environmental destruction, global warming did not spring upon us suddenly. widespread consciousness of the severity is relatively young. the influence of money and economic system this the society is deeply rooted. potential for disparity between the actions of the government and the will of the people have existed as long as we have. we have in justice in the education system. we are confronted with innumerable forms of inequality. believe all of these lies and alienating tendency. a focus o