The Circle Page #2

Hey, how's it going?

- I thought you were in Amsterdam.

- Oh, just for a day.

Then London, then New York, now here.

- Have you slept?

- A few hours on the plane.

A couple pills, I'm good.

So you? First week.

- [groans]

- What?

You got an 87 average.

- That's like a solid B.

- How long till I'm fired?

Listen, when I first started,

it took me a few weeks

to really get the hang of it.

Believe me, okay?

Believe me, you're doing fine.

You're good, all right?

Mm-hm.

Hello, I'm Eamon Bailey.

[audience cheering]

[chuckles] Hey.

[applause continues]

Thank you, thank you.

So glad to see you all here.

Now a bunch of you are new

to the company since I last spoke,

so can the guppies all stand up?

- [Annie] Right, that's you.

- [Eamon] Come on, guppies, just stand up.

- Whoo!

- Guppies, stand up, come on.

Congratulations, nice to have you.

Now "guppies" is just an affectionate term

for you baby fishies.

Soon you will all grow

to become powerful...

- [laughs] You're adorable.

- I hate you.

...the fish that guppies grow up

into being...

- What do they grow up into?

- [laughter]

Anyway, all right, this is Dream Friday,

the latest in our long tradition

of presenting our newest innovations.

The first Dream Friday

featured Ty Lafitte,

the inventor of True You

and our founding father.

And usually, we feature one

of our engineers or our visionaries

but today unfortunately,

it's just me and for that,

- I apologize in advance.

- [laughter]

- [Annie chuckles]

- [man] We love you, Eamon!

Thanks, Mom.

[laughter]

Now you might not have seen me

around campus

for the last few days,

and maybe you were wondering

just where the heck I've been.

[woman] Surfing!

- [laughter]

- Argh!

- [giggles]

- You got me! Yes, I've been surfing.

And that's part

of what I'm here to talk about.

I love to surf and in the past,

I would have to wake up

and call the local surf shop

to ask about the local breaks,

and pretty soon,

the local surf shop

stopped answering their phone.

- [laughter]

- And then I got a cell phone,

and I could call up my buddies

who were already out

at the beach before me,

and I could ask them,

but they, too,

stopped answering their phones.

[laughter]

And then came...

the Internet.

- [audience cheering]

- Whoa. Oh!

Some geniuses set up cameras

on the beaches,

so I could log on

and get some very crude images

of the waves at Stinson Beach.

It was almost worse

than calling the surf shop.

Here's how it used to look.

[audience groaning]

Almost useless, right?

But now let's refresh that page

and show the site

with our new Circle video delivery.

- [audience murmuring]

- Now that looks pretty good, doesn't it?

Yeah, maybe I should be

out there right now.

- [audience chuckling]

- But would it surprise you to know

that this is not coming

from some big camera

but actually just one of these?

[audience gasping]

This camera needs no wires.

It transmits this image via satellite.

I set up that camera this morning.

I stuck it to a tree near the dunes

with no permit, nothing,

in fact, no one even knows it's there.

And actually,

I was pretty busy this morning

because here's Rodeo Beach,

Montera,

Ocean Beach,

Fort Point.

This is my front yard.

[laughter]

- And here's my backyard.

- [laughter]

Here's traffic on the 101.

Oh, did you think this was just a camera?

No, welcome

to real time analytic processing.

When you see this,

you're also getting this.

[audience murmuring]

Air quality, traffic volume,

weather patterns, biometrics,

facial recognition, saved and searchable,

all to serve you better.

My friends, we are looking

at retailing these in just a few months

for less than a pair of jeans.

- [audience murmurs]

- And I'm not talking about fancy jeans.

I'm talking about the ones

like I'm wearing.

[woman] Wow!

Now, Circlers... do you like to share?

[all] Sharing is caring!

Sharing is caring.

I thought you might say that.

- Sharing is caring?

- Sharing is caring.

I have a dozen helpers all over the world

right now carrying these cameras.

Imagine the human rights implications.

Activists no longer have

to hold up a camera.

Now it's as easy as

gluing a camera to a wall,

and actually, we've done just that.

Do you see any cameras here?

No.

We have 144 cameras in place here,

and it took us just a day to do it,

and they're virtually invisible.

They come in every color,

so camouflaging is a cinch.

This is my favorite. Whoa!

- [laughs]

- Nice catch.

Sign her up.

- [laughter]

- So now, the entire world is watching.

You know, I agree with the Hague,

with the human rights activists

all over the world.

There needs to be accountability.

Tyrants and terrorists can no longer hide.

We will see them. We will hear them.

We will hear and see everything.

If it happens, we'll know.

We're calling it... SeeChange.

[applause]

SeeChange.

[audience cheering]

Oh, we'll know the good things, too.

- [audience] Aw.

- Aw.

We will see it all.

Because knowing is good.

But knowing everything is better.

[cheers, applause]

Whoo! Yeah!

[Mae] Good thing you guys like

to keep things modest.

What's this party even for?

SeeChange. Summer solstice.

Everything. Nothing.

Come on, let's be the only ones

who know how to dance!

- [Mae] My God, is that Beck?

- [laughs]

["Dreams" playing]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Come on out of your dreams

And wake up from your rverie

Time is here, don't go to sleep

Streets are running on the brink

[Mae] So Bailey, what's he actually like?

You're in the gang of 40.

[Annie] Yeah, but I don't get a ton

of alone time with him.

I mean, you know,

a lot of people work in the White House.

How many people really get

to know the President?

Oh, actually,

do you wanna see something?

Oh, my God. You need to see this.

Follow me.

Here we are

Here. This is it. [chuckles]

[beeps]

- Nice knocker.

- [laughs]

[laughs] Holy sh*t, right?

Right? [chuckles]

I think all of these have gotta

be first editions?

Oh, but, um, you have to give me a verbal

nondisclosure agreement, okay?

- Annie.

- Seriously.

You shouldn't be here and probably

won't ever be here again, so verbal NDA.

- I promise not to disclose anything.

- Good.

This is where Bailey and Stenton

make all of their plans.

It's very serious.

I mean, this is high nerd, right?

Oh, no, you probably shouldn't play with...

- Like this?

- [laughs] You're such a dork.

Well...

- So this is where it all happens.

- To be a fly on the wall, right?

We should get back to the party.

- [cell phone buzzes]

- Well, you should at least.

[cell phone beeps]

- You're not coming back?

- I've got work.

- Annie, it's like, 11 o'clock.

- I've got Australia in a few minutes.

Ah. A-ha. Actually, a few minutes ago,

but you have fun, okay?

- Annie...

- You're gonna have so much fun.

- ["Would You Want Me" playing]

- [indistinct chatter]

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