Life Isn't A Rehearsal

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. STUDY - DAY

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7. Smart phone in hand, PETER checks an answer request.

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9. PETER (V.O.): Who do some people feel that the coronavirus outbreak is just propaganda?

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11. Pausing.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They're just foolish people who don't understand that their lives are at risk during the outbreak.

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15. Pausing.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But to explain why they respond like that requires some intellectual analysis. Let me try.

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19. Pausing.

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21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me first deal with the objective knowledge, then their intuitive feeling, before applying the quadrant analysis to explain the behaviour.

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23. We see Peter typing on the screen: Knowledge is objective and can be acquired. Knowing is personal experience which can be rational or intuitive. While one's knowing may contribute to knowledge, knowledge can educate and uplift a person.

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25. PETER (V.O.): The quadrants are: One knows what one knows. One knows what one doesn't know. One doesn't know what one knows. And one doesn't know what one doesn't know.

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27. Typing.

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29. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In treating outbreak facts as propaganda, either the person knows what s/he doesn't know, or the person doesn't know what s/he knows.

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31. Typing.

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33. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Or the person simply doesn't know what s/he doesn't know. It's really hard to separate fools from their foolishness.

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35. Pausing.

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37. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The intellectual exercise is great. Let me answer more.

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39. Act 2

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41. INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS

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43. Peter scrolls down the screen.

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45. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Ha! Here's a fishing question: What is the most profitable thing to do during the CONVID-19 pandemic?

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47. Pausing.

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49. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Economically, it must be in the field of CONVID-19 testing. But few would have the capacity and support to deliver the value proposition.

51. FLASHBACK

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53. INT. HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL - DAY (2005)

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55. Having spoken, Peter (51) begins to mingle with the AUDIENCE. A STUDENT (20s) began to chat with Peter.

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57. PETER: You're studying in Harvard?

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59. STUDENT: No, I'm from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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61. PETER: What do you expect to get from joining Harvard's Asia Business Conference at Cambridge here?

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63. STUDENT: To have better networks.

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65. END FLASHBACK

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67. PETER (V.O.): He did keep in touch with me. And later, he said he didn't mind working in Hong Kong, if there's a job that pays very good but requires very little effort.

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69. Pausing.

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71. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): How would I refer such a person to any employer in Hong Kong?

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73. Reflecting.

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75. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My back pain is going away. Let me respond to the question with something not to impress but would have impact.

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77. We see Peter typing on the phone the following: Health is wealth. Enjoy taking good care of health before the coronavirus' swallowing it in no time.

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79. A beat.

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81. Peter checks his phonescreen.

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83. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Wow! Several hundreds views of my answer in minutes. They might have wished that I would disclose something that should make lots of money.

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85. Pausing.

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87. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In fact, whatever that's so valuable must be unique and shouldn't be disclosed otherwise it won't remain valuable.

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89. Peter checks other answer requests.

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91. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Here's another question focusing on self-care: Should generally "healthy" people be concerned about the coronavirus?

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93. Peter types on the phone.

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95. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Two reasons. First, there's the risk that they may get very sick or die. Second, they might also be asymptomatic coronavirus spreaders, causing harm to others.

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97. Peter checks something.

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99. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The CONVID-19 mortality rate is 16%, although a high percentage of it are people over 65.

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101. Pausing.

103. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There's some evidence to suggest that 50-80% of the CONVID-19 patients are asymptomatic.

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105. Peter surfs the web further.

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107. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There's therefore the suggestion that the spread of the coronavirus first began in Sept, 2019 - only that the disease was diagnosed in Dec. 2019 in Wuhan.

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109. Pondering.

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111. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It'll be very revealing if we could hear what Mother Nature has to say to that. But it won't.

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113. Act 3

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115. INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS

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117. Peter checks his phone again.

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119. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Do I look at a lot of photos these days?

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121. Pausing.

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123. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): People are nostalgic. But my observation is deeper than that.

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125. Pausing.

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127. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I take photos each day to capture moments and memories. A photo is worth not just 1000 words as it freezes an instant out of time.

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129. Pausing.

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131. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I live to the fullest as if today is the last day of my life.

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133. Pausing.

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135. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): So is my pet Kaji too.

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137. Reflecting.

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139. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yes, life isn't a rehearsal.

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141. Peter smiles.

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143. FADE OUT.

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145. THE END