Elif Shafak : The revolutionary power of diverse thought

Elif Shafak at TEDGlobal>NYC
The revolutionary power of diverse thought  (transcript)
Summary 
I'm afraid of reading the same article because what I didn't understand will be revealed. 1)
I feel that what you can see is not one thing.  My answer in the class wouldn't be considered deeply, 2) my Japanese skill has to be trained like studying English 3) and the country Japan must be different from Japan where foreign people know. 4)

"Can you taste words?" 
The story starts the sentence, the speaker's answer is yes, and the words that are the main homeland that is "yurt" in Turkish is the taste of freedom. It is the word that she is the most interested in now.

What if I was asked the question and if I answer with her story...
"Can you taste words?" 
My answer will be no because I learned not to show my emotion and the taste of the words my main homeland is closure. It is the country Japan.

I've just remembered that I would write about Japanese color was pure white willingly on my previous summary.
I didn't notice that the title told quite important things and the revolutionary power of diverse thought is what Japan needs.  

People who shout down, stop talking because the truth is complicated, and remain silent for fear of complexity are Japanese people.  

I don't know that the reasons are in the past, the shogunate closed the country to foreigners or the country was defeated in war or the country is surrounded by the sea or people don’t study their histories.

Surely, I was being a small place where there was no revolution and diverse thought before I started studying English. I read Japanese books without tasting words and knowing true meanings and just studied for being hired a job or passing some tests. However, the country is at peace, terror doesn't occur, there are no activists, people talk about worthless things hard but they don't discuss political issues openly. They must be numb already and they wouldn't know that the loss of diversity is a major loss. 

Why can this article see the world precisely?
Tasting words must mean to be able to see the true meaning that is hidden.

Our world is full of unprecedented challenges. 
Diverse thoughts must hold the key.  

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I will show you my previous summary of November 12, 2017.
I think that not "no binaries in politics" but binary oppositions are everywhere. OMG

The revolutionary power of diverse thought  
Summary 
We must taste words more freely.
The speaker tells us that she can taste words. 
The taste of her motherland “Turkey” is a mixture of sweet and bitter and “Storyland” that writers write is the taste of freedom.
Then I wonder what the taste of my country “Japan” is.
I think that it's the taste of the white rice. Japanese rice is exceptional and it's different from other countries. 

It's affected where it's made and which water is used.  
Sushi rice is used for vinegared rice and Onigiri is put on salt. 
Some people say that it has no taste though it means the Japanese rice goes well with anything. 
The Japanese white rice is pure and has innocent taste.  
Japanese people say that they want to eat the white rice when they remember motherland Japan or their mothers. After traveling overseas for a long time, they often say that.  

The speaker would seek freedom and diversity because there are no binaries in politics, emotions, and even our identities.  No one notices the devastation that loss of diversity brings.  
The truth is complicated, thus we would stop talking and shut down our minds. 
However, she tells us that we should never, ever remain silent for fear of complexity. 
Words have the revolutionary power of diverse thought. 


Words in this story 
indispensability /noun/ vitalness
shogunate /noun/ old feudal government
unprecedented /agj/  unheard of, unknown, new