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: ¿Eres humano?

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Te has preguntado alguna vez: ¿soy un ser humano? Ze Frank sugiere una serie de preguntas simples que van a determinar esto. Por favor, relájate y sigue las instrucciones. Vamos a empezar...
- 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 humanhumano testprueba,
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(Música)
Esta es la prueba de humanidad,
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a testprueba to see if you are a humanhumano.
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una prueba para ver
si Ud. es un ser humano.
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Please raiseaumento your handmano if something appliesaplica to you.
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Por favor, levante la mano
si algo se aplica a Ud.
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Are we agreedconvenido? Yes?
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¿De acuerdo? ¿Sí?
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Then let's beginempezar.
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Entonces vamos a empezar.
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Have you ever eatencomido a boogerbooger
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¿Alguna vez se ha comido un moco
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long pastpasado your childhoodinfancia?
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después de su infancia?
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(LaughterRisa)
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(Risas)
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It's okay, it's safeseguro here.
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Está bien, es seguro aquí.
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Have you ever madehecho a smallpequeña, weirdextraño soundsonar
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¿Alguna vez ha hecho
un sonido pequeño y raro
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when you rememberedrecordado something embarrassingembarazoso?
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cuando se acordó
de algo vergonzoso?
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Have you ever purposelya propósito lowercaseden minúscula
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¿Alguna vez a propósito
puso en minúscula
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the first lettercarta of a texttexto
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la primera letra de un texto
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in orderorden to come acrossa través de as sadtriste or disappointeddecepcionado?
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para parecer
triste o decepcionado?
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(LaughterRisa)
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(Risas)
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Okay.
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Bien.
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Have you ever endedterminado a texttexto with a periodperíodo
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¿Alguna vez ha terminado
un texto con un punto
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as a signfirmar of aggressionagresión? Okay. PeriodPeríodo.
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como signo de agresión?
Bien. Punto.
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Have you ever laughedSe rió or smiledSonrió
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¿Alguna vez ha reído o sonreído
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when someonealguien said something shittyde mierda to you
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cuando alguien dijo
algo malo de Ud.
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and then spentgastado the restdescanso of the day
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y luego pasó el resto del día
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wonderingpreguntando why you reactedreaccionado that way?
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preguntándose por qué
reaccionó de esa forma?
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Yes.
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Sí.
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Have you ever seemedparecía to loseperder your airplaneavión ticketboleto
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¿Alguna vez ha perdido
su tarjeta de embarque
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a thousandmil timesveces as you walkedcaminado
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mil veces cuando iba
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from the check-inregistrarse to the gateportón?
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del check-in a
la puerta de embarque?
(Risas)
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Yes.
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Sí.
01:34
Have you ever put on a pairpar of pantspantalones
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¿Alguna vez se puso
un par de pantalones
y mucho más tarde
se dio cuenta que había
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and then much laterluego realizeddio cuenta that there was
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a loosesuelto sockcalcetín smushedaplastado up againsten contra your thighmuslo?
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un calcetín suelto
pegado el muslo?
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(LaughterRisa)
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(Risas)
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Good.
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Bien.
¿Alguna vez ha tratado de adivinar
la contraseña de otra persona
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Have you ever triedintentó to guessadivinar
someonealguien else'sde otra manera passwordcontraseña
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so manymuchos timesveces that it lockedbloqueado theirsu accountcuenta?
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tantas veces que
bloqueó la cuenta?
(Risas)
Mmm.
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MmmMmm.
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Have you ever had a naggingpersistente feelingsensación that one day
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¿Alguna vez ha tenido la sensación
persistente de que un día
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you will be discovereddescubierto as a fraudfraude?
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descubrirán que es un fraude?
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Yes, it's safeseguro here.
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Sí, es seguro aquí.
(Risas)
¿Ha tenido alguna vez la esperanza
de que había una habilidad
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Have you ever hopedesperado that there was some abilitycapacidad
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you hadn'tno tenía discovereddescubierto yettodavía
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que no había descubierto aún
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that you were just naturallynaturalmente great at?
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en la que era
naturalmente muy bueno?
(Risas)
Mmm.
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MmmMmm.
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02:15
Have you ever brokenroto something in realreal life,
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¿Ha roto algo en la vida real,
y luego se encontró
a sí mismo buscando
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and then foundencontró yourselftú mismo looking
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for an "undodeshacer" buttonbotón in realreal life?
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un botón de "deshacer"
en la vida real?
(Risas)
¿Alguna vez ha extraviado
su identificación de TED
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Have you ever misplacedfuera de lugar your TEDTED badgedistintivo
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and then immediatelyinmediatamente startedempezado imaginingimaginando
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e inmediatamente
comenzó a imaginar
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what a three-daytres días VancouverVancouver
vacationvacaciones mightpodría look like?
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cómo serían 3 días
de vacaciones en Vancouver?
(Risas)
¿Alguna vez se ha maravillado
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Have you ever marveledmaravillado
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at how someonealguien you thought was so ordinaryordinario
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de cómo alguien que pensaba
que era tan ordinario
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could suddenlyrepentinamente becomevolverse so beautifulhermosa?
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de pronto podría convertirse
en un ser tan hermoso?
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Have you ever staredmiró at your phoneteléfono
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¿Alguna vez
ha mirado a su teléfono
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smilingsonriente like an idiotidiota while textingmensajes de texto with someonealguien?
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sonriendo como un idiota
mientras se escribe con alguien?
¿Alguna vez, consecuentemente
envió un mensaje a esa persona
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Have you ever subsequentlydespués textedmensaje de texto that personpersona
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the phrasefrase "I'm staringcurioso at the phoneteléfono
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con la frase
"¿Estoy mirando al teléfono
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smilingsonriente like an idiotidiota"?
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sonriendo como un idiota"?
03:01
Have you ever been temptedtentado to,
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¿Alguna vez tuvo la tentación de,
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and then gavedio in to the temptationtentación,
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y luego cedió a la tentación,
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of looking throughmediante someonealguien else'sde otra manera phoneteléfono?
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de mirar al teléfono
de otra persona?
¿Alguna vez ha tenido
una conversación consigo mismo
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Have you ever had a conversationconversacion with yourselftú mismo
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and then suddenlyrepentinamente realizeddio cuenta
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y luego se dio cuenta de repente
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you're a realreal assholeEstúpido to yourselftú mismo?
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que es un verdadero
idiota consigo mismo?
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(LaughterRisa)
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(Risas)
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Has your phoneteléfono ever runcorrer out of batterybatería
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¿Se ha quedado alguna vez
su teléfono sin batería
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in the middlemedio of an argumentargumento,
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en medio de una discusión,
y que sintió como
que el teléfono
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and it sortordenar of feltsintió like the phoneteléfono
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was breakingrotura up with bothambos of you?
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rompió con los dos?
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Have you ever thought
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¿Alguna vez ha pensado
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that workingtrabajando on an issueproblema betweenEntre you was futilefútil
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que trabajar en un problema
entre Uds. era inútil
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because it should just be easiermás fácil than this,
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ya que debería ser
más fácil que eso,
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or this is supposedsupuesto to happenocurrir just naturallynaturalmente?
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o que se suponía que
solo pasara naturalmente?
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Have you ever realizeddio cuenta that very little, in the long runcorrer,
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Se ha dado cuenta de
que muy poco, a la larga,
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just happenssucede naturallynaturalmente?
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pasa naturalmente?
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Have you ever wokendespertado up blissfullyfelizmente
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¿Alguna vez
ha despertado feliz
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and suddenlyrepentinamente been floodedinundado
by the awfulhorrible remembrancerecuerdo
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y de repente se ha inundado
por el recuerdo horrible
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that someonealguien had left you?
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de que alguien
le había dejado?
¿Alguna vez ha perdido
la capacidad de imaginar un futuro
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Have you ever lostperdió the abilitycapacidad to imagineimagina a futurefuturo
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withoutsin a personpersona
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sin una persona
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that no longermás was in your life?
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que ya no estaba en su vida?
¿Alguna vez ha mirado
atrás a ese evento
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Have you ever lookedmirado back on that eventevento
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with the sadtriste smilesonreír of autumnotoño
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con la triste sonrisa otoñal
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and the realizationrealización that futuresfuturos will happenocurrir
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y la constatación de que
los futuros sucederán
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regardlessindependientemente?
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de todas maneras?
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CongratulationsFelicitaciones.
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Felicitaciones.
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You have now completedterminado the testprueba.
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Han completado la prueba.
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You are all humanhumano.
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Son todos seres humanos.
(Aplausos)
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(ApplauseAplausos)
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Translated by Ciro Gomez
Reviewed by Emma Gon

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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