TED 2015
Chetan Bhatt : Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are (transcript)
Summary
We have to notice that from now, clinging to pure identities is a sign of immaturity, and ethnicity, nationalist, and religious traditions are bad for us. It's because there are still a lot of wars that are, in fact, the rages of identity come from our different religions and races.
We ask where you come from too much. When a person rejects what people call his religion or his country, he becomes someone else. He refuses to be who he is. He recreates himself and becomes involved in some armed groups. He rejects his backgrounds to become a new person essentially.
We should know about distinct worlds of truth. Our social and political life should be governed by our reason, not by religion. They should be separated and the truth is our reason. Beyond religion and nationality, we have to know each other.
Don't keep from connecting with humanity as a whole. We know about you from not “where are you from?” but from “where are you going?”
Words in this story
immaturity / the state of being immature or not fully grown.
clinging / (of a person or animal) hold on tightly to.
distinct /adj/ clear, unmistakable, easily, recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type.
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