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[recruiter] Your academic
credentials are impressive:

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behavioral psychology,

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neuroscience.

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Then what happened?

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[Iris] Like I said,
I'm ready for a change.

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[Jeakins] You got headhunted.

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[Iris] It's a tech start-up
in London.

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There's one thing we dislike
here at NGM,

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and that is
predetermined outcomes.

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I am training the neural net
to match faces.

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What inputs are you using?

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Why choose that
over finishing your degree

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at one of the best schools
in the country?

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Dad will manage.

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Rule number one...

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is look the part.

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[dramatic music plays]

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[recruiter]
Why did you come to us?

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Why the V?

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[Iris] I'm ready to have
a real exchange

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with the men I sleep with.

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♪

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Do it.

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Paul. Session one.

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♪

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[man] You all came here

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for a reason.

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♪

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Something happened to you
in childhood,

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later in life
that formed you...

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♪

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...that shook
the very foundations

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of the world you thought
you were inhabiting.

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♪

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Perhaps that world
was your own conscious mind

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and the assumptions

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of who you thought you were,

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could no longer be sustained.

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♪

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You are all different.

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You all made choices.

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These choices
have led you here.

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And I look at you,
and I fucking love what I see.

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[laughs]

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So, take a day.

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Go boating.

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Volunteer at an animal shelter.

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Tell a stranger they have
the most beautiful eyes

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you've ever seen.

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Take a week if you must.

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Just come back

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with something undeniable,

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a shift in perspective,

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a bridge between
two conflicting principles.

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Aim far.

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It bears repeating:

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if you do need bigger
or badder inputs,

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come talk to us.

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We'll find solutions.

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Don't let your imagination
be limited

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by what's available.

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Data is data is data.

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It's a... a window
waiting to be opened.

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But we are all here
because of what happens

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afterwards.

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♪

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Very good.

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And tell your pals out there,

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"Fuck minimum basic income."

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Do we really trust them
to figure it out?

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Not for this generation.

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Okay, I'm gonna leave you
with a question.

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What makes us--

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I don't mean us here.

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I'm talking general, out there,

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Homo digitalis.

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What makes us
get up in the morning?

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♪

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[soft indistinct chatter]

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Hey.

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Does he always talk like that?

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It's just his brain food
kicking in.

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Edibles?

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Nootropics,
microdosing or whatever.

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Is that a thing here?

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Some of the engineers, I guess.

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You'll see.

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Won't take you long
to figure it out.

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That'd be sloppy hiring
if it did.

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Right, just started.

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The cool kids are going
to the pub tonight,

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for shots and beer pong.

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-Beer pong?
-Mm-hmm.

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Once a month,
baptize the newbies.

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[Iris] Uh, I can't tonight.

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Next time.

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[Iris] Sounds good.

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♪

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[lock clicks]

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[footsteps tapping]

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[line ringing]

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♪

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[booker over phone]
Who do I have the pleasure

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of speaking with?

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[Iris] Hi. This is Iris.

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[booker] Welcome to the V.

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I'm your booker.

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You can call me Zelda.

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What name
should I call you by?

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Um...

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[Zelda]
How about Angel or Violet?

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As long as it's not
your name in reverse.

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I was thinking maybe Cassandra.

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[Zelda]
How about Cassie or Callie?

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What's wrong with Cassandra?

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[Zelda] I like it,
but the clients may not.

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They want to feel
like themselves around you.

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Cassandra doesn't sound
like you're an actual person.

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[Iris] Makes sense.

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[Zelda] You're worried
the occasional sapio

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will be ticked off by Cassie?

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Uh, no, Cassie's fine.

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Let's do that.

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[Zelda]
Congratulations, by the way.

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Paul posted his review.

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Ten out of ten.

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Did he?

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[Zelda] "Unexpected
in the best of ways"

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and "ignitable,"

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his words.

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I assume you'll want
to keep him as a client.

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I do, but, um,

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he's a submissive,

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which I'm generally not into.

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I can keep doing it with him,
though.

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[Zelda] Well, he isn't either,

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not with any
of the other women,

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not to my knowledge.

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Huh.

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[Zelda] Whatever you did,

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I recommend you keep doing it.

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Regulars
are best for business.

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[Iris] Got it.

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[Zelda] Next, I have a couple
of binary choices for you.

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Are you okay with girl on girl

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if a client asks
for Cassie and Candy?

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Sure.

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[Zelda] Parties?

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Sure.

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[Zelda] To clarify,
it means up to ten clients,

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at three times your rate.

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Means you'll go
with anyone who wants you.

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[Iris] Got it.

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-[Zelda] Bareback?
-Without protection?

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[Zelda] Some of the women
charge extra

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or insist on seeing
test results up front.

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I'm gonna go with no.

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[Zelda] You name a price.

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Most everybody's got one.

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Let's put a pin in that.

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[Zelda] Understood.

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Anal?

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[Iris] Five times my rate.

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[Zelda] Fetish?

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On a case-by-case basis.

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I like to know
what I'm getting into.

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[Zelda] You got it.

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Will you be setting up
a profile?

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No, all bookings
have to go through you.

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♪

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[Zelda] Men are visual animals.

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It's helpful to link
those online reviews.

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I'm gonna go
the opposite route.

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Cassie doesn't advertise.

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And if those ten-star reviews
keep coming,

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I promise you
your phone will ring.

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[Zelda] We can try that.

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[Iris] Good.

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[Zelda] Would you like to be
contacted by call or text?

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[Iris] Uh, text is fine.

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[Zelda] Are you calling from
a secondary phone right now?

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[Iris] Yes, I am.

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[Zelda] That's step one.

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None of the clients will ever
receive your personal info.

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We run a full background check
on all prospects,

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and we'll let you know
who they are

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and what they're looking for
before you meet them.

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We do have private security
on standby,

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not that the need ever arises.

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Would you like me
to set you up with a driver?

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Sure, that'd be great.

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[Zelda] His name is Leif,
ex-secret service,

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very discreet.

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You might want to leave
location tracking switched on

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in case of emergency,
your choice.

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Clients pay up front.

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We process your earnings

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and then remit via blockchain.

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♪

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[elevator bell dings]

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[knocking]

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[safe beeping]

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♪

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[Iris]
What are you thinking about?

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[man] Lots of stuff,

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mostly classified.

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[Iris chuckles]

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[man] No hard feelings about
leaving your phone at the door?

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I hope it didn't
make you uncomfortable.

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[Iris] No.

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Not at all.

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I, uh...

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I want this to be
a private moment.

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[man] Really?

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[Iris] First times are special.

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[chuckles softly]

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[man] Who told you that?

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So when they told you
who I was,

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is this what you expected?

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[Iris] They didn't tell me
who you were.

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[man] No?

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No.

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[man] But you must have had
some ideas,

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wondering what you were
walking into.

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[Iris] I have a lot of ideas,

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but I, um...

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...I want to get to know you...

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actually.

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[man] Okay.

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Okay, in that case,

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I'm going to want
to pull your hair.

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♪

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Okay.

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It's not big,
but I know how to use it.

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♪

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Okay.

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And...

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...I'm going to want
to make you cum.

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♪

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Okay.

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[man] Okay.

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♪

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Can I get you some dessert?

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A drink, maybe?

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♪

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Doppio macchiato
would be great.

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Give me one moment.

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[clears throat]

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♪

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[Hiram] So we went
into their public API

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and looked at one set of likes

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versus H-Group matches
that led to an actual exchange.

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Think of it as a slot machine,

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except the selection process
is anything but random.

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And it comes
with a 70% success rate

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at predicting match quality.

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Take any dating pool.

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You know, you think
there's some validity

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to the old
"opposites attract," right?

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Not according to this data.

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[Iris] Shared features
seem to be key--

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independent of sexual
orientation, by the way.

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When given a choice
or the illusion of choice,

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people have
a pretty narrow picker.

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They essentially want a mirror.

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That's no big surprise, really,

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given you're looking at, say,

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average sixes and up?

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[Iris] Maybe this is just about
the proliferation of traits

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that are already deemed
desirable.

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Right.

272
00:14:47,408 --> 00:14:49,149
What's your pitch?

273
00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:52,892
Well, it's based
on this idea of a mirror--

274
00:14:53,022 --> 00:14:55,677
if we can train AI
to be that mirror, of course.

275
00:14:55,807 --> 00:14:58,071
How's it different
from an AI therapist

276
00:14:58,201 --> 00:15:01,378
or a life coach or a companion
for kids on the spectrum?

277
00:15:01,465 --> 00:15:04,512
You know, we've been called,
um, a dating R&D group,

278
00:15:04,642 --> 00:15:05,643
which is very narrow-minded.

279
00:15:05,774 --> 00:15:08,820
We are...
a human desire company.

280
00:15:12,737 --> 00:15:17,351
This mirroring idea would be
less about what people need

281
00:15:17,481 --> 00:15:19,919
and more about giving them
what they want.

282
00:15:20,049 --> 00:15:21,833
Even if it's a little bad
for them--

283
00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:23,531
but within safe space
because virtual.

284
00:15:23,705 --> 00:15:26,838
♪

285
00:15:26,969 --> 00:15:28,666
Is it based
on conversational inputs?

286
00:15:28,797 --> 00:15:30,886
Yeah, the next step
would be NLP--

287
00:15:31,017 --> 00:15:32,801
you know, voice messaging,
H-Group chats.

288
00:15:32,888 --> 00:15:35,108
A-a mirror would have to be

289
00:15:35,238 --> 00:15:36,152
image-based, though,
wouldn't it?

290
00:15:36,239 --> 00:15:37,284
Otherwise, it's just an echo.

291
00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:39,155
Ultimately, yes,

292
00:15:39,286 --> 00:15:42,376
if we can get our hands
on the correct training sets.

293
00:15:45,335 --> 00:15:47,207
Peach and eggplant emojis
only take you so far

294
00:15:47,337 --> 00:15:48,904
in natural language processing.

295
00:15:51,385 --> 00:15:53,953
Twenty-five quid.

296
00:15:55,345 --> 00:15:57,391
Uh, that's, um the amount

297
00:15:57,521 --> 00:15:58,914
the world's biggest
online retailer

298
00:15:59,045 --> 00:16:00,960
offered his customers
doing a 3D full-body scan

299
00:16:01,090 --> 00:16:02,613
in form-fitting clothing.

300
00:16:02,744 --> 00:16:05,007
Internal product research,
quote, un-quote.

301
00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:08,228
What do you think
the product is?

302
00:16:10,143 --> 00:16:13,755
Teaching AI to turn 2D images
into moving 3D?

303
00:16:13,885 --> 00:16:16,410
Twenty-five quid.

304
00:16:16,497 --> 00:16:17,977
Form-fitting clothing.

305
00:16:20,675 --> 00:16:22,285
All right.

306
00:16:22,416 --> 00:16:24,635
You've got my attention.

307
00:16:24,766 --> 00:16:26,289
Let me make a few calls.
Well done.

308
00:16:28,465 --> 00:16:31,294
We don't do... sloppy hiring.

309
00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:34,732
♪

310
00:16:34,863 --> 00:16:37,170
Is that what you hired me
to do,

311
00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:38,562
come up with new training sets?

312
00:16:40,129 --> 00:16:43,089
That's how we train AI:

313
00:16:43,219 --> 00:16:45,178
with data--
straight from the source

314
00:16:45,265 --> 00:16:47,136
or bundled and repackaged
at dumping rate.

315
00:16:49,573 --> 00:16:51,445
I'm gonna make
those phone calls now.

316
00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:54,448
♪

317
00:17:17,340 --> 00:17:20,213
[Iris] Georges. Session One.

318
00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:23,477
♪

319
00:17:23,607 --> 00:17:25,827
He wouldn't let me
keep my phone,

320
00:17:25,957 --> 00:17:29,570
which is why I'm annotating
the session from memory.

321
00:17:29,657 --> 00:17:32,225
[Georges]
I need this to be simple.

322
00:17:32,355 --> 00:17:34,662
[Iris] I like simple.

323
00:17:35,358 --> 00:17:36,577
[Georges]
Out there, it's complicated.

324
00:17:39,362 --> 00:17:41,669
[Iris] Once I sat face-to-face
with him,

325
00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:44,280
my first impulse
was to avoid my own bias

326
00:17:44,411 --> 00:17:46,239
towards a public figure.

327
00:17:46,369 --> 00:17:47,283
[Georges]
I thought it was one thing,

328
00:17:47,414 --> 00:17:50,199
protect and serve.

329
00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:53,376
Got seduced
by the window dressing.

330
00:17:53,507 --> 00:17:55,813
Inside the back room,
different story.

331
00:17:55,944 --> 00:17:57,163
It's best to keep
the lights off.

332
00:17:57,293 --> 00:17:58,599
Hmm.

333
00:17:58,686 --> 00:18:01,080
Stocked with too much
foreign product.

334
00:18:02,124 --> 00:18:04,648
Can't talk to your wife
about any of that?

335
00:18:05,693 --> 00:18:08,348
Understandably,
he has a need for privacy.

336
00:18:08,478 --> 00:18:10,263
We're not together anymore,

337
00:18:10,393 --> 00:18:11,829
haven't been for years.

338
00:18:14,615 --> 00:18:18,532
Nobody... actually knows.

339
00:18:18,706 --> 00:18:22,013
♪

340
00:18:22,144 --> 00:18:24,842
[Iris] Considering
other factors, though--

341
00:18:24,929 --> 00:18:28,498
the wedding ring
to keep up appearances,

342
00:18:28,585 --> 00:18:30,196
certain mannerisms
like putting his pinkie up

343
00:18:30,326 --> 00:18:33,024
every time he takes a drink--

344
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:37,377
he orchestrated the experience
for me in its entirety.

345
00:18:38,247 --> 00:18:39,944
It's possible
that his primary need

346
00:18:40,075 --> 00:18:42,686
is to be in control
of the situation

347
00:18:42,817 --> 00:18:45,820
so that he can relax.

348
00:18:45,950 --> 00:18:48,170
What do you do to relax?

349
00:18:48,257 --> 00:18:49,563
I don't.

350
00:18:52,218 --> 00:18:55,873
Maybe a Lugar Ocho...
on a good day.

351
00:18:56,004 --> 00:18:57,092
Tequila?

352
00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,138
No.

353
00:18:59,268 --> 00:19:00,748
Rolled tobacco.

354
00:19:00,922 --> 00:19:03,751
♪

355
00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:10,627
How about I help you relax?

356
00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:13,630
♪

357
00:19:14,892 --> 00:19:17,243
Let me ask you this.

358
00:19:17,373 --> 00:19:20,985
What are you doing for the rest
of the afternoon...

359
00:19:21,116 --> 00:19:23,074
if I were to formally extend
this situation?

360
00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:26,077
♪

361
00:19:29,037 --> 00:19:30,647
I like to take my time.

362
00:19:30,821 --> 00:19:33,781
♪

363
00:19:33,911 --> 00:19:36,610
If you can wrangle your people,
I'll do my part.

364
00:19:36,784 --> 00:19:39,961
♪

365
00:19:40,048 --> 00:19:42,833
[Georges speaking indistinctly]

366
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,619
[man] No, absolutely not!

367
00:19:48,361 --> 00:19:51,668
[Iris] He asked for permission
to pull my hair,

368
00:19:51,799 --> 00:19:54,541
yet when he had a chance
to do exactly that,

369
00:19:54,671 --> 00:19:56,847
it wasn't a gesture
of control.

370
00:19:56,978 --> 00:19:59,285
It was intimate,

371
00:19:59,372 --> 00:20:01,200
surprising.

372
00:20:01,330 --> 00:20:03,898
[Georges speaking indistinctly]

373
00:20:03,985 --> 00:20:06,901
♪

374
00:20:21,568 --> 00:20:23,918
[Iris] Question is,
does he like to receive,

375
00:20:24,048 --> 00:20:26,442
or does he prefer to give?

376
00:20:26,529 --> 00:20:29,837
♪

377
00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:31,230
If I brought him
his favorite cigars,

378
00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,014
would he enjoy that,

379
00:20:33,144 --> 00:20:34,972
or would I be overstepping?

380
00:20:37,497 --> 00:20:38,367
[Georges sighs]

381
00:20:38,541 --> 00:20:41,370
♪

382
00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:49,378
[Iris] Find out
what his sweet spots are.

383
00:20:49,552 --> 00:20:52,381
♪

384
00:21:12,009 --> 00:21:13,402
[Georges]
Oh, God, you're beautiful.

385
00:21:13,576 --> 00:21:16,449
♪

386
00:21:19,626 --> 00:21:21,280
On your knees.

387
00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:25,719
♪

388
00:22:42,796 --> 00:22:45,494
[soft indistinct chatter]

389
00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:49,324
[treadmill beeping]

390
00:22:49,498 --> 00:22:52,371
♪

391
00:23:08,996 --> 00:23:11,259
[person 1] Look me in the eyes
when I enter you.

392
00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:12,347
[person 2] But then
it's soothing and, uh,

393
00:23:12,478 --> 00:23:15,002
soft and warm.

394
00:23:15,132 --> 00:23:16,699
Then, uh,
you start stroking me

395
00:23:16,830 --> 00:23:18,527
and just keep talking
like that.

396
00:23:18,658 --> 00:23:20,834
[person 3] I just lie there

397
00:23:20,964 --> 00:23:24,185
and I do nothing,
not one thing.

398
00:23:24,315 --> 00:23:26,622
'Cause I'm like the queen.

399
00:23:26,753 --> 00:23:28,972
[person 4] All you want to do
is to give me pleasure--

400
00:23:29,103 --> 00:23:31,410
the hands, your mouth,

401
00:23:31,497 --> 00:23:33,368
your cock.

402
00:23:33,499 --> 00:23:34,587
[person 5]
Just don't say anything.

403
00:23:34,717 --> 00:23:36,502
I mean, don't speak.

404
00:23:36,632 --> 00:23:38,547
[person 6] I don't wanna hear
you want it like this

405
00:23:38,634 --> 00:23:40,201
or you want it like that
type of thing.

406
00:23:40,288 --> 00:23:41,942
Don't call me babe.

407
00:23:42,072 --> 00:23:44,901
[person 7] Make all
the filthy noises you want.

408
00:23:45,032 --> 00:23:47,208
But don't use
the English language

409
00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:48,949
or any other language,
for that matter.

410
00:23:49,036 --> 00:23:51,255
[person 8]
It's just about consistency,

411
00:23:51,342 --> 00:23:53,257
knowing what works, isn't it?

412
00:23:53,388 --> 00:23:54,607
Keep at it.

413
00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:56,043
[person 9]
Like, keep thrusting,

414
00:23:56,130 --> 00:23:57,610
but don't get wonky
and experimental.

415
00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:00,177
Just let me have it.

416
00:24:00,308 --> 00:24:01,701
[Iris] He responded positively

417
00:24:01,831 --> 00:24:04,965
to me putting him
in a submissive position,

418
00:24:05,095 --> 00:24:08,447
first verbally,
then physically.

419
00:24:08,577 --> 00:24:09,230
[person 9] It's definitely
the fastest way

420
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,971
for me to get off.

421
00:24:11,101 --> 00:24:13,103
[person 2] I don't know
why it gets me hard.

422
00:24:13,234 --> 00:24:15,715
But I mean fuck it.
Why not, right?

423
00:24:15,845 --> 00:24:17,934
[person 10]
I'm gonna want to, uh,

424
00:24:18,065 --> 00:24:20,023
cup my hands and grab it,

425
00:24:20,110 --> 00:24:22,199
hold on to it while we fuck.

426
00:24:22,330 --> 00:24:25,289
[Iris] He came twice and seemed
surprised by his own body.

427
00:24:25,420 --> 00:24:27,030
[person 10] It has to be
a good handful.

428
00:24:27,161 --> 00:24:29,468
[person 11]
Whoever you are, boy or girl,

429
00:24:29,555 --> 00:24:30,860
I'll fancy the pants
off of you

430
00:24:30,991 --> 00:24:32,340
if you have a beautiful ass.

431
00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:34,037
[person 12] I want variety.

432
00:24:34,168 --> 00:24:35,778
[person 13] Just please, please

433
00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:38,564
don't fuck me
the same way every time.

434
00:24:38,694 --> 00:24:39,913
[person 14] Large breasts.

435
00:24:40,043 --> 00:24:41,828
Bonus points if they're fake.

436
00:24:41,958 --> 00:24:43,264
[person 15]
Bonus points if they're real.

437
00:24:43,394 --> 00:24:45,222
[person 16] Slim and fit.

438
00:24:45,353 --> 00:24:46,441
[person 17] You can either
give it to me, or you can't.

439
00:24:46,615 --> 00:24:48,791
♪

440
00:24:48,878 --> 00:24:50,097
[Iris] Wow.

441
00:24:50,227 --> 00:24:52,142
[chuckles] That was a handful.

442
00:24:52,273 --> 00:24:53,709
[Hiram] Yup.

443
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,363
And these are real people?

444
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:56,843
[Hiram] Real thoughts.

445
00:24:56,973 --> 00:24:58,322
Courtesy of our tech lead,

446
00:24:58,453 --> 00:25:00,934
we now have a whole library
of this stuff.

447
00:25:01,064 --> 00:25:02,283
They ran
an audio extractor module

448
00:25:02,370 --> 00:25:04,546
over all the API content.

449
00:25:04,677 --> 00:25:07,070
Uh, they just let a bunch
of actors read out loud.

450
00:25:07,201 --> 00:25:10,552
I wouldn't even know
how to begin quantifying that.

451
00:25:10,683 --> 00:25:11,945
-[Hiram] No kidding.
-[chuckles]

452
00:25:14,121 --> 00:25:16,166
It's personal.

453
00:25:16,297 --> 00:25:18,778
But we can't use it.

454
00:25:18,908 --> 00:25:20,214
Would help to see their faces,
though, wouldn't it?

455
00:25:20,344 --> 00:25:21,955
[Iris] Yeah, it would.

456
00:25:24,740 --> 00:25:27,177
All right, maybe we take
a step back, you know, just...

457
00:25:27,308 --> 00:25:28,570
start with audio,

458
00:25:28,701 --> 00:25:30,659
break it down beat by beat.

459
00:25:31,834 --> 00:25:34,750
They're talking about
what they like, but so what?

460
00:25:34,881 --> 00:25:37,710
The actual question is,
do their emotions and behaviors

461
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,102
actually correspond to that?

462
00:25:41,670 --> 00:25:43,063
You know what?

463
00:25:43,193 --> 00:25:44,891
Let's look at vocal patterns:

464
00:25:44,978 --> 00:25:48,677
cadence, pauses,
speech modulation--

465
00:25:48,764 --> 00:25:50,984
or as you neuroscientists
would say,

466
00:25:51,114 --> 00:25:52,507
anything related
to self-expression

467
00:25:52,638 --> 00:25:53,639
and the release
of happy hormones.

468
00:25:53,769 --> 00:25:56,032
[chuckles]

469
00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:59,601
♪

470
00:25:59,732 --> 00:26:03,257
People's personal experience
of what turns them on,

471
00:26:03,387 --> 00:26:05,825
it's not about what they want

472
00:26:05,912 --> 00:26:08,741
but how they're feeling
about it in the moment.

473
00:26:08,871 --> 00:26:12,309
The object of desire is a foil.

474
00:26:12,483 --> 00:26:14,964
♪

475
00:26:15,095 --> 00:26:18,011
It doesn't actually exist.

476
00:26:18,185 --> 00:26:20,143
♪

477
00:26:27,324 --> 00:26:28,456
[Emcee] Hello.

478
00:26:28,543 --> 00:26:29,936
I don't think we've met before.

479
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:31,328
Who are you?

480
00:26:33,026 --> 00:26:35,289
[Iris] Brett: Session one.

481
00:26:35,419 --> 00:26:37,596
He uses anger to express desire.

482
00:26:37,726 --> 00:26:39,467
Do you want me to make you
angry, big boy?

483
00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,687
No, not angry. Mad.

484
00:26:41,817 --> 00:26:43,776
[Christophe] What you're doing
with these clients,

485
00:26:43,906 --> 00:26:47,954
decoding their wants comes
easy to you.

486
00:26:48,084 --> 00:26:49,172
[Iris] I give them an
experience.

487
00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:50,521
[tires screeching]

488
00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:54,221
We know who you are.

489
00:26:56,005 --> 00:26:57,180
[man] Are you scared?

490
00:26:58,791 --> 00:27:01,924
[Christophe] You ask anyone at
the forefront of cognitive
sciences,

491
00:27:02,055 --> 00:27:05,145
and they come to the conclusion
that we are all just puppets on
a string.