ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

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TED2014

Ze Frank: Are you human?

Ze Frank: Sou humans?

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Heu pensat mai si sou humans? Ze Frank ens proposa un seguit de preguntes per tal de descobrir-ho. Relaxeu-vos i responeu a les preguntes. Comencem...
- Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since. Full bio

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(MusicMúsica) This is the humanhumà testprova,
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(Música) Això és la prova humana,
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a testprova to see if you are a humanhumà.
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una prova per veure si sou humans.
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Please raiseaixecar your hand if something appliess'aplica to you.
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Alceu la mà si alguna d'aquestes
coses us concerneix, si us plau.
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Are we agreedconvingut? Yes?
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D'acord? Sí?
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Then let's begincomençar.
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Comencem doncs.
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Have you ever eatenmenjat a boogermoc
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Us heu menjat mai un moc
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long pastpassat your childhoodinfància?
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ja d'adults?
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(LaughterRiure)
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(Rialles)
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It's okay, it's safesegur here.
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No passa res, aquí ho podeu dir.
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Have you ever madefet a smallpetit, weirdestrany soundso
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Heu fet mai un sorollet estrany
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when you rememberedrecordat something embarrassingvergonyós?
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quan heu recordat alguna
cosa vergonyosa?
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Have you ever purposelya propòsit lowercasedlowercased
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Heu escrit conscienment una minúscula
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the first lettercarta of a texttext
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a l'inici d'un text
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in orderordre to come acrossa través de as sadtrist or disappointeddecebut?
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per expressar la vostra tristesa o decepció?
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(LaughterRiure)
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(Rialles)
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Okay.
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Molt bé.
01:02
Have you ever endedacabat a texttext with a periodperíode
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Heu acabat mai un text amb un punt
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as a signsigne of aggressionl'agressió? Okay. PeriodPeríode.
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com a mostra d'agressivitat?
Molt bé. Punt.
01:11
Have you ever laughedva riure or smiledva somriure
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Heu rigut o somrigut
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when someonealgú said something shittymerda to you
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quan algú us ha dit alguna cosa estúpida
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and then spentgastat the restdescans of the day
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i us heu passat la resta del dia
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wonderingpreguntant-se why you reactedva reaccionar that way?
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intentant saber per què
heu reaccionat així?
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Yes.
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Sí.
01:24
Have you ever seemedsemblant to loseperdre your airplaneavió ticketbitllet
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Heu tingut la sensació
que perdieu el bitllet d'avió
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a thousandmilers timestemps as you walkedcaminava
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una i altra vegada mentre anaveu
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from the check-inRegistre d'entrada to the gateporta?
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de facturació fins a l'embarcament?
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Yes.
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Sí.
01:34
Have you ever put on a pairparell of pantspantalons
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Us heu posat uns pantalons
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and then much latermés tard realizedadonar-se'n that there was
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i més tard us heu adonat que hi havia
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a loosesolt sockmitjó smushedsmushed up againsten contra your thighcuixa?
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un mitjó desaparellat aixafat contra la cuixa?
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(LaughterRiure)
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(Rialles)
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Good.
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Bé.
01:46
Have you ever triedintentat to guesssuposo
someonealgú else'saltra cosa passwordcontrasenya
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Heu intentat endevinar
la contrasenya d'algú
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so manymolts timestemps that it lockedbloquejat theirels seus accountcompte?
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tantes vegades que
li heu bloquejat el compte?
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MmmMmm.
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Mmm.
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Have you ever had a naggingpersistent feelingsensació that one day
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Heu patit aquella
incòmoda sensació que un dia
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you will be discovereddescobert as a fraudfrau?
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la gent s'adonarà
de que sou una enganyifa?
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Yes, it's safesegur here.
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Tranquils, aquí és segur.
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Have you ever hopedesperat that there was some abilityhabilitat
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Heu tingut l'esperança que
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you hadn'tno ho havia fet discovereddescobert yetencara
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hi hagi una habilitat que encara no sabeu
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that you were just naturallynaturalment great at?
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i en la que sou els números u?
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MmmMmm.
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Mmm.
02:15
Have you ever brokentrencat something in realreal life,
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Heu trencat mai res a la vida real
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and then foundtrobat yourselftu mateix looking
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i us heu descobert buscant
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for an "undodesfer" buttonbotó in realreal life?
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el botó de "desfer"?
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Have you ever misplacedfora de lloc your TEDTED badgeinsígnia
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Heu perdut l'acreditació de TED
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and then immediatelyimmediatament startedva començar imaginingimaginant
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i immediatament us heu posat a pensar
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what a three-daytres dies VancouverVancouver
vacationvacances mightpotser look like?
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com serien unes vacances
de tres dies a Vancouver?
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Have you ever marveledmeravellat
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No us heu quedat parats quan
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at how someonealgú you thought was so ordinaryordinari
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algú que creieu tan ordinari
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could suddenlyde sobte becomeconvertir-se en so beautifulbonic?
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ha resultat ser increïble?
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Have you ever staredmirant fixa at your phonetelèfon
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Us heu quedat mai mirant el mòbil,
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smilingsomrient like an idiotidiota while textingmissatges de text with someonealgú?
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somrient com idiotes mentre
enviàveu missatges a algú?
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Have you ever subsequentlyposteriorment textedmissatge de text that personpersona
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I, a l'instant, li heu enviat
un missatge a aquella persona
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the phrasefrase "I'm staringmirant at the phonetelèfon
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amb la frase "m'estic mirant el mòbil
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smilingsomrient like an idiotidiota"?
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somrient com un idiota"?
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Have you ever been temptedtemptat to,
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Heu tingut mai la temptació,
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and then gaveva donar in to the temptationtemptació,
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i llavors hi heu acabat caient,
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of looking througha través someonealgú else'saltra cosa phonetelèfon?
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de tafanejar el
telèfon mòbil d'algú altre?
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Have you ever had a conversationconversa with yourselftu mateix
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Heu tingut mai una conversa
amb vosaltres mateixos
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and then suddenlyde sobte realizedadonar-se'n
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i us heu adonat, de cop i volta,
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you're a realreal assholeasshole to yourselftu mateix?
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que us estàveu tractant d'idiotes?
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(LaughterRiure)
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(Rialles)
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Has your phonetelèfon ever runcorrer out of batterybateria
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Us heu quedat mai sense bateria al telèfon
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in the middlemig of an argumentargument,
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quan estàveu discutint amb algú
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and it sortordenar of feltsentia like the phonetelèfon
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i heu tingut la sensació de que el mòbil
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was breakingtrencament up with bothtots dos of you?
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no en volia saber res de cap dels dos?
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Have you ever thought
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Heu pensat mai que
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that workingtreball on an issueassumpte betweenentre you was futileinútil
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intentar solucionar un problema
entre tots dos era inútil
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because it should just be easiermés fàcil than this,
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perquè tot hauria de ser més fàcil,
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or this is supposedsuposat to happenpassar just naturallynaturalment?
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o perquè és una cosa que hauria
de passar de manera natural?
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Have you ever realizedadonar-se'n that very little, in the long runcorrer,
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Heu descobert que hi ha molt
poca cosa que, a la llarga,
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just happenspassa naturallynaturalment?
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passi de manera natural?
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Have you ever wokendespertar up blissfullyfeliçment
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Us heu despertat mai contents
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and suddenlyde sobte been floodedinundat
by the awfulhorrible remembrancerecord
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i, de cop i volta,
us ha aclaparat el record
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that someonealgú had left you?
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d'aquell algú que us ha deixat?
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Have you ever lostperdut the abilityhabilitat to imagineimaginar a futurefutur
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Heu perdut l'habilitat
d'imaginar-vos un futur
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withoutsense a personpersona
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sense aquella persona
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that no longermés llarg was in your life?
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que ja no és a les vostres vides?
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Have you ever lookedmirava back on that eventesdeveniment
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Heu mirat enrere a aquell moment
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with the sadtrist smilesomriure of autumntardor
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amb el somriure trist de l'ocàs
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and the realizationrealització that futuresfuturs will happenpassar
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i la certesa que el futur
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regardlessindependentment?
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no té marxa enrere?
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CongratulationsFelicitacions.
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Felicitats.
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You have now completedcompletat the testprova.
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Heu acabat la prova.
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You are all humanhumà.
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Tots sou humans.
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
Translated by Marc Ribatallada Martí
Reviewed by Blanca Wäldchen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

More profile about the speaker
Ze Frank | Speaker | TED.com

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