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I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. [rubenstein speaking onscreen text] [inaudible dialogue] tweet, tweet. Hello. [audience laughs] hi. Well, the Live Audience doesnt intimidate you, right . Not a bit. No . Okay. I feel right at home, actually. Its the one thing i miss from the daily show. You know, every now and then, somebody will say, do you miss the show . No, i dont miss the show. What is miss is the people, is the camaraderie. Because what i did every day is. Have my own aftershow with the audience. I would talk to the audience, probably half an hour to 40 minutes after every show, starting 10 years in. Because at first, i did autographs every day. And id stand there by row, and id do the autographs, and never look up, trying to get through 350. Right. And then, one day i decided. Oh, gee, i dont wanna do that anymore. But what do i really wanna do ....
I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. [rubenstein speaking onscreen text] [inaudible dialogue] tweet, tweet. Hello. [audience laughs] hi. Well, the Live Audience doesnt intimidate you, right . Not a bit. No . Okay. I feel right at home, actually. Its the one thing i miss from the daily show. You know, every now and then, somebody will say, do you miss the show . No, i dont miss the show. What is miss is the people, is the camaraderie. Because what i did every day is. Have my own aftershow with the audience. I would talk to the audience, probably half an hour to 40 minutes after every show, starting 10 years in. Because at first, i did autographs every day. And id stand there by row, and id do the autographs, and never look up, trying to get through 350. Right. And then, one day i decided. Oh, gee, i dont wanna do that anymore. But what do i really wanna do ....
Good evening, and welcome to ted talks education. We are so excited to have a packed theater here at town hall in new york city. Thats right. Yes. And a special welcome to those watching on pbs. I would say we wish you were here, but that would make it really uncomfortable, crowded, and new york city rents are high enough, so why dont we both enjoy from where we are. Tonight we will be examining how we teach, marveling at how we learn, and celebrating the timehonored tradition of educating the next generation. The speaker were about to bring to the stage used to work for a hedge fund. Then to help tutor his cousin, he started uploading math lessons to youtube. In true entrepreneurial spirit, he turned these oneonone lessons and grew them into the khan academy, delivering over 380 million lessons in over 36 languages all across the world. Ladies and gentlemen, please, put your hands together for sal khan. [cheering and applause] iim here today to talk about two ideas that, at least base ....