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One imagines. and its hard to think of a moral courage that wouldnt withstand some kind of physical test of its commitment. >> polly so. >> i would say that its, that, we exalt moral courage and physical courage rolled up together i suppose. >> hmm. how do we learn bravery? you said that was one of the points of the book was to show how you could sort of learn better habits in that regard. >> well, i wish i had a neat and short answer to that. i dont think you can learn it overnight. i wish. i w...

>> well, i think it matters for the country. motown, to use a frayphrase, tot is no town. its a city in bankruptcy because of mismanagement of local fishes, but i think in part, because of circumstances beyond their control, because of globalization and technological innovation and the vulnerability of our country, of the united states. not just detroit or michigan, to adapt to those changing circumstances. you know, the u.s. is not the industrial giant it once was. detroit was the focal point o...

To adapt, and he got to use a cell phone for the first time in a long time. >> hey, i look like a pimp. look at this little phone. i cant believe anyone can hear anything. hey, raven. >> and when they actually took a picture of him with the cell phone, he was horrified at his image. >> you cant do that. no. take that one back. >> but it was fascinating because you think of somebody who comes from this very deprived world suddenly being thrust into a world of so much technology. he was just like ...

Is he seems to love music. when he hears music, he will go officer turn it louder. he seems to enjoy that. hes 3-years-old. we talk about this idea your intran pretty plastic at that age. so he is probably going to grow and learn very rapidly what to make of these sounds and transmit them no something useful for him. >> will he be able to speak at some point in. >> thats what they say. again, we asked the same thing. they believe he will be able to hear the lauren, understand it and be able to e...

So he is probably going to grow and learn very rapidly what to make of these sounds and transmit them no something useful for him. >> will he be able to speak at some point in. >> thats what they say. again, we asked the same thing. they believe he will be able to hear the language, understand it and be able to express himself through spoken language as well. the doctors seem pretty convinced of this i should point out, this is the first time it has been done on a kid in this country. it has bee...

Useful for him. >> will he be able to speak at some point in. >> thats what they say. again, we asked the same thing. they believe he will be able to hear the lauren, understand it and be able to express himself through spoken language as well. the doctors seem pretty convinced of this i should point out, this is the first time it has been done on a kid in this country. it has been done on adults before. again, kids brains are developing. its unclear when it will be able adapt to specifically. t...

>> you know, when you talk to jaycee who has taught me this one thing she -- when we talk about her story and shell say yeah but what about the prisoner of war or what about mendella and its true. we call it adaptation. you have to adapt. its actually incredibly condescending to assume these people fall in love with their captors. in fact, its one of the most condescending thing you can do. >> to me, thats an important thing, the idea that you can survive pretty much anything, given the right ci...

Shes been here -- she was just telling me -- from the first day the first tree was being torn down. let me ask this. the situation has changed so much since then. how did you guys who were here at the beginning adapt and learn how to deal with all of this? >> well you learn. i never stand in front of the police before. im not an activist. since i was 14 i stopped some people from tearing down trees. since then ive never been an activist. but this time it seems like the organizations, they asked ...

Realize that this is a mirror. >> hes face-blind. its a rare and incurable condition that hes had since birth. sacks suspects its genetic since his brother suffers from the same condition. he can see each facial feature just fine, but putting it all together, thats the problem. >> how about this picture? >> that is very beautiful. a model or an actress. well i suppose one thinks of marilyn monroe. >> youre looking at me right now. can you describe what youre seeing? >> you have very beautiful wh...

Apologizing to a clumsy bearded man only to realize this is a mirror. >> he is face blind. it is a rare and incurable condition hes had since birth. he suspects its genetic since his brother suffers from the same condition. he can see each facial feature just fine, but putting it altogether, thats the problem. >> how about this picture? >> well,s that a very beautiful, model or actress or i suppose one thinks of marilyn monroe. >> i am curious, looking at me right now, can you describe what you ...