Things are not what they are.
All we see is shadows.
Our job (as artists) (and not just artists) is to learn how to see and peel more layers of reality.
I have always said that art is about truth, you will need to share the most truthful thing you currently have in your possession. You have to face the world in a very radical way to make any headway in art, I don't know about other areas of work but I do know that all the Mavericks of technology did face reality in a radical way by employing first principles, asking radical questions and dismantling the old ways.
And I think this is what this talk is about, I'm not saying we should renounce reality but I'm saying that if we are not informed, if we're not well informed, then we're really behind instead of being at the forefront.