Lei Cheng

Also, if I just said sex, you might not make it to the final cut.

I'm worried about my kids not learning how to communicate well.

interpersonally.

But I'm also hopeful that they might be a new generation of thinkers and communicators and innovators that we can't imagine right now.

Flowers.

And spring in Vancouver, my God, with all that rain, your flowers are just absolutely gorgeous.

And at TED, every table centerpiece is magnificent.

So lovely.

And I had no plants for over three years, so.

I look at them all the time and touch them.

My talk is about what I didn't have for a long time.

I received free accommodation from the Chinese government for over three years for so-called leaking state secrets overseas at the worst time for Australia-China relations.

And the first phase was called RSDL, Chinese spelling for hell.

Then in detention, the sort that makes jail seem like Ibiza,

And it was through that ordeal, called the wonder diet, that I realized freedom is wasted on the free.

Let me explain.

When you only have a few dollars, you know how to spend it.

When you win the lottery, it's easy to squander and hard to get your priorities right.

Same with freedom.

You can be paralyzed by choice.