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[woman] Previously on
The Girlfriend Experience...

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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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00:14:49,210 --> 00:14:50,511
Right.

273
00:14:52,446 --> 00:14:54,115
What's your pitch?

274
00:14:54,248 --> 00:14:57,652
Well, it's based
on this idea of a mirror--

275
00:14:57,985 --> 00:15:00,554
if we can train AI
to be that mirror, of course.

276
00:15:00,655 --> 00:15:03,024
How's it different
from an AI therapist

277
00:15:03,157 --> 00:15:06,193
or a life coach or a companion
for kids on the spectrum?

278
00:15:06,327 --> 00:15:09,497
You know, we've been called,
um, a dating R&D group,

279
00:15:09,630 --> 00:15:10,531
which is very narrow-minded.

280
00:15:10,665 --> 00:15:14,101
We are...
a human desire company.

281
00:15:17,538 --> 00:15:22,276
This mirroring idea would be
less about what people need

282
00:15:22,376 --> 00:15:24,945
and more about giving them
what they want.

283
00:15:25,079 --> 00:15:26,681
Even if it's a little bad
for them--

284
00:15:27,014 --> 00:15:28,649
but within safe space
because virtual.

285
00:15:28,949 --> 00:15:31,686
♪

286
00:15:32,019 --> 00:15:33,554
Is it based
on conversational inputs?

287
00:15:33,688 --> 00:15:35,690
Yeah, the next step
would be NLP--

288
00:15:36,023 --> 00:15:37,692
you know, voice messaging,
H-Group chats.

289
00:15:38,025 --> 00:15:40,161
A-a mirror would have to be

290
00:15:40,294 --> 00:15:41,162
image-based, though,
wouldn't it?

291
00:15:41,295 --> 00:15:42,363
Otherwise, it's just an echo.

292
00:15:42,496 --> 00:15:44,098
Ultimately, yes,

293
00:15:44,231 --> 00:15:47,568
if we can get our hands
on the correct training sets.

294
00:15:50,271 --> 00:15:52,239
Peach and eggplant emojis
only take you so far

295
00:15:52,373 --> 00:15:54,175
in natural language processing.

296
00:15:56,410 --> 00:15:59,246
Twenty-five quid.

297
00:16:00,414 --> 00:16:02,350
Uh, that's, um the amount

298
00:16:02,450 --> 00:16:03,718
the world's biggest
online retailer

299
00:16:04,051 --> 00:16:06,087
offered his customers
doing a 3D full-body scan

300
00:16:06,220 --> 00:16:07,488
in form-fitting clothing.

301
00:16:07,588 --> 00:16:10,291
Internal product research,
quote, un-quote.

302
00:16:11,559 --> 00:16:13,461
What do you think
the product is?

303
00:16:15,096 --> 00:16:18,733
Teaching AI to turn 2D images
into moving 3D?

304
00:16:19,066 --> 00:16:21,402
Twenty-five quid.

305
00:16:21,535 --> 00:16:23,237
Form-fitting clothing.

306
00:16:25,740 --> 00:16:27,341
All right.

307
00:16:27,475 --> 00:16:29,577
You've got my attention.

308
00:16:29,710 --> 00:16:31,512
Let me make a few calls.
Well done.

309
00:16:33,447 --> 00:16:36,484
We don't do... sloppy hiring.

310
00:16:36,584 --> 00:16:39,620
♪

311
00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,256
Is that what you hired me
to do,

312
00:16:42,356 --> 00:16:43,724
come up with new training sets?

313
00:16:45,259 --> 00:16:48,095
That's how we train AI:

314
00:16:48,195 --> 00:16:50,164
with data--
straight from the source

315
00:16:50,297 --> 00:16:52,400
or bundled and repackaged
at dumping rate.

316
00:16:54,468 --> 00:16:56,637
I'm gonna make
those phone calls now.

317
00:16:56,771 --> 00:16:59,640
♪

318
00:17:22,396 --> 00:17:25,332
[Iris] Georges. Session One.

319
00:17:25,466 --> 00:17:28,436
♪

320
00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:30,638
He wouldn't let me
keep my phone,

321
00:17:30,738 --> 00:17:34,508
which is why I'm annotating
the session from memory.

322
00:17:34,642 --> 00:17:37,344
[Georges]
I need this to be simple.

323
00:17:37,445 --> 00:17:39,580
[Iris] I like simple.

324
00:17:40,214 --> 00:17:41,749
[Georges]
Out there, it's complicated.

325
00:17:44,285 --> 00:17:46,554
[Iris] Once I sat face-to-face
with him,

326
00:17:46,654 --> 00:17:49,356
my first impulse
was to avoid my own bias

327
00:17:49,490 --> 00:17:51,192
towards a public figure.

328
00:17:51,325 --> 00:17:52,359
[Georges]
I thought it was one thing,

329
00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:55,162
protect and serve.

330
00:17:55,296 --> 00:17:58,365
Got seduced
by the window dressing.

331
00:17:58,499 --> 00:18:00,701
Inside the back room,
different story.

332
00:18:00,835 --> 00:18:02,303
It's best to keep
the lights off.

333
00:18:02,436 --> 00:18:03,504
Hmm.

334
00:18:03,637 --> 00:18:05,873
Stocked with too much
foreign product.

335
00:18:06,874 --> 00:18:09,477
Can't talk to your wife
about any of that?

336
00:18:10,544 --> 00:18:13,414
Understandably,
he has a need for privacy.

337
00:18:13,547 --> 00:18:15,349
We're not together anymore,

338
00:18:15,483 --> 00:18:17,151
haven't been for years.

339
00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:23,691
Nobody... actually knows.

340
00:18:23,824 --> 00:18:26,861
♪

341
00:18:27,194 --> 00:18:29,730
[Iris] Considering
other factors, though--

342
00:18:29,864 --> 00:18:33,334
the wedding ring
to keep up appearances,

343
00:18:33,467 --> 00:18:35,302
certain mannerisms
like putting his pinkie up

344
00:18:35,402 --> 00:18:37,805
every time he takes a drink--

345
00:18:38,138 --> 00:18:42,309
he orchestrated the experience
for me in its entirety.

346
00:18:43,210 --> 00:18:44,778
It's possible
that his primary need

347
00:18:44,912 --> 00:18:47,681
is to be in control
of the situation

348
00:18:47,815 --> 00:18:50,851
so that he can relax.

349
00:18:51,151 --> 00:18:53,320
What do you do to relax?

350
00:18:53,454 --> 00:18:54,755
I don't.

351
00:18:57,191 --> 00:19:00,895
Maybe a Lugar Ocho...
on a good day.

352
00:19:01,195 --> 00:19:02,296
Tequila?

353
00:19:02,396 --> 00:19:04,265
No.

354
00:19:04,398 --> 00:19:05,900
Rolled tobacco.

355
00:19:06,233 --> 00:19:08,903
♪

356
00:19:13,774 --> 00:19:15,776
How about I help you relax?

357
00:19:15,876 --> 00:19:18,812
♪

358
00:19:19,914 --> 00:19:22,216
Let me ask you this.

359
00:19:22,349 --> 00:19:25,819
What are you doing for the rest
of the afternoon...

360
00:19:25,953 --> 00:19:28,355
if I were to formally extend
this situation?

361
00:19:28,489 --> 00:19:31,358
♪

362
00:19:34,194 --> 00:19:35,796
I like to take my time.

363
00:19:35,896 --> 00:19:38,699
♪

364
00:19:38,832 --> 00:19:41,802
If you can wrangle your people,
I'll do my part.

365
00:19:41,936 --> 00:19:44,838
♪

366
00:19:44,972 --> 00:19:47,775
[Georges speaking indistinctly]

367
00:19:47,908 --> 00:19:50,811
[man] No, absolutely not!

368
00:19:53,347 --> 00:19:56,550
[Iris] He asked for permission
to pull my hair,

369
00:19:56,684 --> 00:19:59,553
yet when he had a chance
to do exactly that,

370
00:19:59,687 --> 00:20:01,889
it wasn't a gesture
of control.

371
00:20:02,222 --> 00:20:04,425
It was intimate,

372
00:20:04,558 --> 00:20:06,293
surprising.

373
00:20:06,427 --> 00:20:08,963
[Georges speaking indistinctly]

374
00:20:09,296 --> 00:20:12,232
♪

375
00:20:26,513 --> 00:20:28,849
[Iris] Question is,
does he like to receive,

376
00:20:28,949 --> 00:20:31,552
or does he prefer to give?

377
00:20:31,685 --> 00:20:34,722
♪

378
00:20:34,855 --> 00:20:36,357
If I brought him
his favorite cigars,

379
00:20:36,490 --> 00:20:37,958
would he enjoy that,

380
00:20:38,292 --> 00:20:40,294
or would I be overstepping?

381
00:20:42,563 --> 00:20:43,597
[Georges sighs]

382
00:20:43,731 --> 00:20:46,634
♪

383
00:20:51,271 --> 00:20:54,575
[Iris] Find out
what his sweet spots are.

384
00:20:54,708 --> 00:20:57,645
♪

385
00:21:16,897 --> 00:21:18,666
[Georges]
Oh, God, you're beautiful.

386
00:21:18,766 --> 00:21:21,702
♪

387
00:21:24,738 --> 00:21:26,540
On your knees.

388
00:21:27,975 --> 00:21:30,911
♪

389
00:22:47,855 --> 00:22:50,758
[soft indistinct chatter]

390
00:22:52,826 --> 00:22:54,595
[treadmill beeping]

391
00:22:54,728 --> 00:22:57,631
♪

392
00:23:13,847 --> 00:23:16,116
[person 1] Look me in the eyes
when I enter you.

393
00:23:16,450 --> 00:23:17,484
[person 2] But then
it's soothing and, uh,

394
00:23:17,618 --> 00:23:19,887
soft and warm.

395
00:23:20,020 --> 00:23:21,655
Then, uh,
you start stroking me

396
00:23:21,789 --> 00:23:23,624
and just keep talking
like that.

397
00:23:23,757 --> 00:23:25,759
[person 3] I just lie there

398
00:23:25,893 --> 00:23:29,129
and I do nothing,
not one thing.

399
00:23:29,463 --> 00:23:31,532
'Cause I'm like the queen.

400
00:23:31,632 --> 00:23:33,967
[person 4] All you want to do
is to give me pleasure--

401
00:23:34,101 --> 00:23:36,537
the hands, your mouth,

402
00:23:36,670 --> 00:23:38,438
your cock.

403
00:23:38,572 --> 00:23:39,673
[person 5]
Just don't say anything.

404
00:23:39,807 --> 00:23:41,475
I mean, don't speak.

405
00:23:41,608 --> 00:23:43,510
[person 6] I don't wanna hear
you want it like this

406
00:23:43,644 --> 00:23:45,112
or you want it like that
type of thing.

407
00:23:45,445 --> 00:23:46,780
Don't call me babe.

408
00:23:46,914 --> 00:23:49,817
[person 7] Make all
the filthy noises you want.

409
00:23:49,950 --> 00:23:52,052
But don't use
the English language

410
00:23:52,186 --> 00:23:53,854
or any other language,
for that matter.

411
00:23:53,987 --> 00:23:56,123
[person 8]
It's just about consistency,

412
00:23:56,456 --> 00:23:58,225
knowing what works, isn't it?

413
00:23:58,525 --> 00:23:59,660
Keep at it.

414
00:23:59,793 --> 00:24:00,894
[person 9]
Like, keep thrusting,

415
00:24:01,028 --> 00:24:02,663
but don't get wonky
and experimental.

416
00:24:02,796 --> 00:24:05,098
Just let me have it.

417
00:24:05,199 --> 00:24:06,667
[Iris] He responded positively

418
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,903
to me putting him
in a submissive position,

419
00:24:10,003 --> 00:24:13,240
first verbally,
then physically.

420
00:24:13,574 --> 00:24:14,241
[person 9] It's definitely
the fastest way

421
00:24:14,575 --> 00:24:15,876
for me to get off.

422
00:24:16,009 --> 00:24:18,011
[person 2] I don't know
why it gets me hard.

423
00:24:18,111 --> 00:24:20,681
But I mean fuck it.
Why not, right?

424
00:24:20,814 --> 00:24:22,916
[person 10]
I'm gonna want to, uh,

425
00:24:23,050 --> 00:24:24,952
cup my hands and grab it,

426
00:24:25,085 --> 00:24:27,020
hold on to it while we fuck.

427
00:24:27,154 --> 00:24:30,123
[Iris] He came twice and seemed
surprised by his own body.

428
00:24:30,257 --> 00:24:31,925
[person 10] It has to be
a good handful.

429
00:24:32,059 --> 00:24:34,228
[person 11]
Whoever you are, boy or girl,

430
00:24:34,561 --> 00:24:35,863
I'll fancy the pants
off of you

431
00:24:35,996 --> 00:24:37,231
if you have a beautiful ass.

432
00:24:37,564 --> 00:24:38,966
[person 12] I want variety.

433
00:24:39,099 --> 00:24:40,701
[person 13] Just please, please

434
00:24:40,834 --> 00:24:43,637
don't fuck me
the same way every time.

435
00:24:43,770 --> 00:24:44,905
[person 14] Large breasts.

436
00:24:45,038 --> 00:24:46,740
Bonus points if they're fake.

437
00:24:46,874 --> 00:24:48,208
[person 15]
Bonus points if they're real.

438
00:24:48,542 --> 00:24:50,043
[person 16] Slim and fit.

439
00:24:50,143 --> 00:24:51,712
[person 17] You can either
give it to me, or you can't.

440
00:24:51,845 --> 00:24:53,847
♪

441
00:24:53,981 --> 00:24:55,048
[Iris] Wow.

442
00:24:55,182 --> 00:24:57,150
[chuckles] That was a handful.

443
00:24:57,284 --> 00:24:58,752
[Hiram] Yup.

444
00:24:58,886 --> 00:25:00,520
And these are real people?

445
00:25:00,621 --> 00:25:01,855
[Hiram] Real thoughts.

446
00:25:01,989 --> 00:25:03,156
Courtesy of our tech lead,

447
00:25:03,290 --> 00:25:05,926
we now have a whole library
of this stuff.

448
00:25:06,059 --> 00:25:07,261
They ran
an audio extractor module

449
00:25:07,594 --> 00:25:09,296
over all the API content.

450
00:25:09,630 --> 00:25:11,932
Uh, they just let a bunch
of actors read out loud.

451
00:25:12,065 --> 00:25:15,602
I wouldn't even know
how to begin quantifying that.

452
00:25:15,736 --> 00:25:17,137
-[Hiram] No kidding.
-[chuckles]

453
00:25:19,172 --> 00:25:21,141
It's personal.

454
00:25:21,275 --> 00:25:23,677
But we can't use it.

455
00:25:23,810 --> 00:25:25,145
Would help to see their faces,
though, wouldn't it?

456
00:25:25,279 --> 00:25:27,147
[Iris] Yeah, it would.

457
00:25:29,683 --> 00:25:32,152
All right, maybe we take
a step back, you know, just...

458
00:25:32,286 --> 00:25:33,654
start with audio,

459
00:25:33,754 --> 00:25:35,622
break it down beat by beat.

460
00:25:36,623 --> 00:25:39,626
They're talking about
what they like, but so what?

461
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,763
The actual question is,
do their emotions and behaviors

462
00:25:42,896 --> 00:25:44,264
actually correspond to that?

463
00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:48,035
You know what?

464
00:25:48,168 --> 00:25:49,836
Let's look at vocal patterns:

465
00:25:49,970 --> 00:25:53,640
cadence, pauses,
speech modulation--

466
00:25:53,774 --> 00:25:55,909
or as you neuroscientists
would say,

467
00:25:56,043 --> 00:25:57,311
anything related
to self-expression

468
00:25:57,644 --> 00:25:58,779
and the release
of happy hormones.

469
00:25:58,912 --> 00:26:01,181
[chuckles]

470
00:26:01,281 --> 00:26:04,351
♪

471
00:26:04,685 --> 00:26:08,188
People's personal experience
of what turns them on,

472
00:26:08,322 --> 00:26:10,691
it's not about what they want

473
00:26:10,824 --> 00:26:13,794
but how they're feeling
about it in the moment.

474
00:26:13,927 --> 00:26:17,597
The object of desire is a foil.

475
00:26:17,698 --> 00:26:20,000
♪

476
00:26:20,133 --> 00:26:23,170
It doesn't actually exist.

477
00:26:23,303 --> 00:26:26,239
♪