"I wanted to say three extemporaneous things before I launch it in my prepared comments. The first was I wanted to thank Freethink and the Templeton Foundation. What an amazing night. I mean, I'm, I'm just like so impressed and moved and, you know, the last act, I just, I sort of wish I was on mushrooms now, and when they asked me to do this, I thought, yeah, sure."
"My name is David s Goer. I'm a filmmaker, I'm a storyteller. You heard some of my credits. I've also worked on the Blade franchise, Terminator, Apple's Foundation, the Murder Bot show, also on Apple Sandman, which was on Netflix. So you're probably asking yourself, and as am I, why the Templeton Foundation, Freethink Media would ask a storyteller to talk about awe."
"So as it turns out, I mean, awe is one of the storyteller's most powerful tools. Onscreen awe can help initiate the hero's journey. It can force characters to confront their own mortality and by extension the audiences. But offscreen awe is also equally important for storytellers. In fact, I would, I would wager that it's like the most important thing that storytellers can engage in."
Gratitude toward Freethink and the Templeton Foundation is expressed alongside feelings of being impressed, moved, and experiencing imposter syndrome. Credits include work on the Blade franchise, Terminator, Apple's Foundation, the Murder Bot show, and Sandman on Netflix. Storytellers craft narratives that illuminate human experience, build bridges of empathy, and connect people across backgrounds by revealing hopes, struggles, and dreams. Awe functions as a powerful storytelling tool: onscreen it can initiate a hero's journey and force confrontation with mortality, and offscreen it remains an essential practice for storytellers. A strong affinity for science and science fiction informs the perspective.
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