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[Elle]:

Title: “Bringing Generativity Back”

Music please.

[EB]:

Thirteen weeks ago: (:10)

Do you remember?

Shopping…

And shopping…

And shopping…

Then suddenly –

A story.

Obser—vation… (:25)

Obser—vation…

Was it true? (:33)

Was it false?

Was it right?

Was it wrong?

Obser—vation… (:41)

Obser—vation…

[Elle]:

You see there was the Earth, (:48)

And the sun.

And the Earth:

It was flat.

[EB & Izzie]:

But wait –

Isn’t it round?!

Obser—vation… (1:01)

Obser—vation…

So there was Charles – (1:09)

Darwin,

And his Origin

Of Species

[EB & Izzie]:

Heritability (1:17)

Reproduction

And random variation

[Elle]:

Evolution?

Check.

Obser—vation… (1:23)

Obser-vation…

[Izzie]:

And now (1:31)

A transition

[EB & Elle]:

Eeee, eeeee, eeeee, eeee, oooh (awkward transition noise)

[Izzie]:

Literature (1:38)

With Howard’s End

Came a question:

Intellectual?

Or practical?

Obser—vation… (1:49)

Obser—vation…

There was a concert (1:57)

And a symphony.

Do you hear the goblins?

Or see the colors?

The notes?

[All]:

Or Fräulein Mosebach? (2:06)

Obser—vation…

Obser—vation…

[EB]:

We’ve had Mayr (2:17)

And Dennet.

Forster.

And Smith.

The Authors Four

To guide us on our journey.

A narrative process

Of discovery.

Lead by Grobstein,

And Dalke.

[All]:

Grobstein.

And Dalke.

Grobstein.

And Dalke.

Grobstein.

And Dalke. (2:45)