A PROJECT BY TED, WE ARE PI AND GIULIANO GARONZI. PRODUCTION: PETER LUNDGREN - T-POST, CONCEPT/DIRECTION/DESIGN: GIULIANO GARONZI, STORY: TONY ARCABASCIO, WEB CONCEPT: ANDERS GUNNARSSON - SUBPUBLIC AND GIULIANO GARONZI, PHOTOGRAPHY: STELLA KARLSSON, GRADE: DAVID LUNDMARK, RETOUCH: JEGOR SVENSSON, JONATAN RASK, JOHAN WALLERSTRÖM - SQUIDPIX, SCREEN PRINT: JANNE LÖFGREN - SCREEN CENTER UMEÅ, SHOOTING ASSISTANCE: ERIK KARLSSON, SHOOTING ARRANGEMENTS: JASJIT SINGH, SHOT WITH THE SUPPORT OF UMEÅ INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, CAMERA: CANON 5D MARK II, FONTS: FUTURA BOLD ITALIC/FUTURA BOLD - ALL UPPER CASE. SHORT DOCUMENTARY ‘YES, WE DID IT FOR REAL’ DIRECTION/EDITING: GIULIANO GARONZI, MUSIC: CASIOKIDS. AGENCY: WE ARE PI, PLANNER: ALEX BENNETT-GRANT, PRODUCER: JAMIE NAMI KIM, CREATIVE DIRECTORS: HOBSON-CHANT

THIS IS A TED EXPERIMENT IN RADICAL OPENNESS, ENCOURAGING STRANGERS TO TALK. USE THE HUMAN TYPE TO ANSWER THIS MESSAGE AND SAY SOMETHING TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO COMES BY.

TALK TO STRANGERS 00:27 - YES, WE DID IT FOR REAL 02:35 - AMY CUDDY 00:05 - JANE MCGONIGAL 00:05 - JASON MCCUE 00:05 - MARCO TEMPEST 00:05 - RACHEL BOTSMAN 00:05 - ROBIN CHASE 00:05