This man is truly amazing. He is quite the inspiration for makers everywhere, young and old. He has inspired me to convert my basement into a fully loaded wood shop and I have been crafting things ever since. It is truly a pleasure to be alive when the makers, artists, hobbyists and inventors are fighting back.

I love this speech. It brings me to tears to hear him be so passionate about what makes creators passionate. It makes me want to become better at my craft; makes me want to push myself harder to learn new things and then share those things others. Most of all it makes me happy to know that there are so many other people with the same passion.

I'm so happy that this speech is up! I was there yesterday and was really hoping someone would have it online. Adam's speech was absolutely fantastic.

Adam says everything its taken me years to realize, but he missed something, he forgot to say that even if you dont finish what your trying to make, you have solved problems in the process that will snowball your skills to the point where things basically make themselvs at your own hand. Don't let yourself feel a lack of accomplishment for not finishing what your trying to make. Thanks Adam for telling the world.

Adam savage- Adam as a child: Has a switch that says blow stuff up Adam as an adult: Has a switch that says blow stuff up... and it actually works. 10:44

very awesome and inspiring speech. I like how what he says can apply to other forms of creation and art such as poetry, writing stories, painting, etc...

tears to my eyes from hearing his speech.....

Adam is such an endearing speaker.

Adams speeches are amazing...

thank you Adam savage mythbusters is changed my life took up welding and a good mechanic again thank you for this inspirational video

Adam Savage is a hero to me. Because I stumbled upon and watched this I have gained a second wind to finish the DeadSpace Ninja hybrid armor I designed and Scorpion Machine Pistol prop I had started and gave up on. Thank you Adam Savage for inspiring me once again. I think I might even create a channel of my creations just to show them off to the world and help other make stuff as well! :)

Every few years I come back to this video to remind myself why I create 13:48

I cried from your word, truly inspirational..:)

I like how you said push yourself past those moments when the project is kicking you I hate my teachers for one thing which is trying to inform me how hard how expensive and time consuming something is and your right the desire to have something not always for a purpose but to make and have propels you forward and shapes you. I want to be that sort of person that type of people isn't popular which makes me feel that future is going to not be fun and rewarding so when people MAKE they make the future a good future ( you are amazing )

Whenever someone takes on the task of making something they want they are more apt to learn something. It has always been the case with me, I will start on a project and some time into it I realize that I don't know how to do the next step, so I learn how. I probably wouldn't have learned half of what I know if I had not taken on the task in the first place so I'm with Adam on this. We Americans really need to get back to making things.

If I had to choose five people that influence me, Adam would be among them. I would love to have a few beers with that dude.

I go to a STEM school with a fabrication lab. Our first material is foam board and I love making things. I have made so many objects and things out of acrylic with a laser cutter and various sizes of CNC machines. I already know that the thing I’m going to miss the most when I go to college, is an endless supply of foam board. I couldn’t go through all of it if I tried.

13:49 This is the part of his speech that always stuck with me. It's the way i feel most times about the things i make.

wow, this really brought back memories of when I was a kid and would make things(mostly with paper), and how I still kinda doing that. only the mediums are a little different and I'm not making things nearly as much as I would like.

A GOAL, Driven to create,make what you desire. 400years between galileo's drawing and a flying helicopter Stone, Iron, coil/oil,silicon, MEMS . Great video. making a balancing robot was my goal, and I made one of the best. Its the ultimate high. Off to the uk maiker faire in Newcastle tomorrow.

I read this as "in the mood". Made it WAY better.

i dont really give a fuck about this but i have a communication midterm later today and i need to listen to this for 20 minutes

i also want to add and support Adams words , it doesn't matter how to make something , virtual or real , it's the process of creating that motivates us and makes us happy

"The opposite of war isn't peace ... it's CREATION"

Such a fun guy to listen to.

Nothing, ever, matters, the universe will go on with or without it, but the point is to have fun for the tiny minuscule amount of time you can.

Dear Adam, My 6 year old son builds WW2 tanks and functioning bakugan toys out of nothing but pipe-cleaners! I have no idea how he does it, but I love watching him at work. Tina

This needs to be a TED talk.

I love this man so!

"It doesn't matter what you make and it doesn't matter why, the importance is that you are making something!" - Adam Savage

rarely am I this inspired to draw. But when I am my notebook gets a brand new piece of art nobody thought to come from me.

I love making stuff out of cardboard! it is like building material for free! and the feeling of making something yourself without instruction!

Did anyone else clap after this video was done?

this was inspiring

"Art is the original mover." Damn... That hit me pretty hard lol

Can we somehow get Adam to run for president? He beats the crap out of the current options.

Listening to him while learning to write php code.

I wish I had this kind of enthusiasm, for a time I did, but then I asked myself why? Why exactly do I want to learn more, and all I could think was:"Just because", while that was sufficient, it just isn't anymore. If we are really honest with ourselves, any endeavor which is not related to survival is just frivolous, in the end it won't matter, so why expand the energy? Nothing anything, anyone ever invented, discovered, made truly matters, the universe will keep on going without any of it.

Interesting to know that your head size changes during the day. Does it shrink or does it grow?

People throw around the work hero too much. For me, Adam Savage is my HERO!

I miss the rating system, because just "like"ing this isn't enough. Adam's speech is 12 on a ten scale.

Is there a transcript around for this? As usual there are lots of great quotes in Adam's talk. I took his "Shut Up and Make" from last year and laser engraved a plaque for our makerspace wall. There are some from this talk that deserve the same treatment.

How inspiring! If he wrote that himself, I take my 'hat' off! Liking the S.T.E.A.M. abbreviation

In response to kids making things from "pop culture" vs "new" things, kids have to start somewhere. For example, a young guitarist will start playing well known rock songs before they start creating their own music. Part of the learning process is imitating the things you admire. Once you develop those basic skills, you then are able to apply them to creating brand new things. It's REALLY, REALLY HARD to do that right off the bat.

The motorcycle flip wasn't from Raiders, it was from The Last Crusade

I was there for this! He was amazing in real life. Got barrier-side spots XD This is a great speech!

For a long time, I thought I was one of the last of a dying breed of men: those that can make things from virtually nothing, with only their hands, their tools, and their wits to use. Since the Maker movement has started taking off, I've felt like I'm right on the launchpad of a huge cultural shift, taking off and flying right in the face of conventional/corporate 'wisdom', right in the midst of an economic downturn. I'm so thankful for having guys like Adam Savage in our corner!

if ideas are inspired by the media you consume then you certainly have a choice.

"And God Made Man.." We just follow our creator..one day we will make a new life form...... And we complete the circle..

What is the name of the application that Adam mentions that can be used to render your own Iron Man costume?

19:03 you didn't have to MAKE me cry

And now this channel belongs to him

Perfect! I could not have said it better myself!

oh my god i love adam so much hes the coolest ever

thanks for this i think this help all them inventors thinkers tinkers all like all doing one thing puting there own pin of life

Every single person on the planet should watch this video. So moving!

There is already a steam... they sell video games... which is art!

thats some trippy shit yoo. .

I felt soo good after this video...Now its gone.

I great man.

Make what you want.

If we're going to have STEAM, we got to get Valve on this

Yeah, I know all that man. But what happens is that you get married, have kids and you really have to leave your dreams behind, you are responsible for a life after all. After a while your enthusiasm is just gone for good, all you can think of is this job of raising a kid, Yeah, that one song for the contest I made about 6 months ago, when I thought I "had it back", but hell if I can come up with anything else, I'm just too tired all the time, and besides I was never THAT good to begin with

And to think, Steam used to be an awesome term, but for a totally different reason. STEAM it is, then. Awesome, inspiring speech, Adam.

Erm..the myth they tested on that episode wasn't from Raiders of the Lost Ark, it was from the Last Crusade.

I did not know that :D

@crazymansdad , thats some trippy shit yo

Adam calls all of the Indiana Jones films raiders

start with making holloween costumes ! thats when i started getting creative . some costumes of my chieldhood include a brainstorm, fliying spageghtie monster , doctor who, robin hood,

The end of the vid made me start to think about weapons of mass destruction

it would be great if jamie did something similar to still untitled!

if you notice he just has an outline and he pretty much goes off from his head.

i have 2 essays, an annotated bibliography and soon to be 3 midterms and i gotta watch this for can com. god damn laurier. cheers

I feel the old lightsaber obsession kicking in.... Must make lightsaber.

lol heeh that was a good one

Jamie & Adam Tested....but we hardly see Jamie? =(

Does anyone know where I could find a transcript of this talk?

00:00 who's that adam savage guy again? 00:03 "HELLO HELLO" oh...

What's up Laurier.

how learning works best when it comes through “making what you can’t not make.” Have you had any experiences like the ones Adam Savage describes? Does this change how you think about art? Expand on your answers illustrating your views on what you believe art to be, as well as who makes art. any one got 500 words for me hahahaha im fucking drawing a blank....

500+ hours and i made a pepakura ironman suit. . . all worth it

Opensource goes beyond software to techniques for making different things, reference material, all these things that normally would be kept secret or patented and payed for!

Same here.

So why then did that not happen to Adam Savage, with his two children? Or me, with my daughter? Or anybody successful with children?

Adam Savage is awesome. How awesome is Adam Savage? Adam Savage is awesome. :)

Hello Adam :D

I love his suggestion - if you would like to make your own tri-corder from star-trek, there's an open source model that has just been released (parts list, schematics and all): tricorderproject (dot) org

5 people never saw Raiders.

he's a Mario character (hint in there you look for it )

watch from 6:27 to 6:42 he says "nobody hase that kind of doe." Well, if you have ever seen mythbusters, and what jamie pulls out of his pocket, I can tell you right now, jamie does!

I made a He-Man and She-Ra chessboard.

HEISENBERG

Antithesis of all creativity is religion and the arms it inflicts on society. Warmongering is just a subset of that.

I'm from India ...our temples are one of the most creative things...we even have a temple full of sex positions. Religion for us is the source of knowledge and wisdom..It's meaning is kind of different your place to mine. It's society that stifles or nourishes creativity and free thinking,not religion It's just a tool..like the rest of ideologies...Davinci and Micheal Angelo were supported by church. We can't be sure they were not praying if they got stuck at someplace working on some piece :)

Ima go play with lego.

Very nice.. MAKE an aircraft!

Yep, it is :) It sounds like you're going through a rough patch or stuck in a rut? Sometimes all you need is a change in your surrounds to get you going again. Learn a new skill, start a new hobby, go back to school. From your KZfaq channel you look to be a pretty respectable guitarist. Learn another instrument! You could look at this way - if nothing really matters in the end then the consequences of failure don't matter! Life isn't about outcomes, it's the journey that matters.

Ja, wie cool ist das denn?:-)

I am a digital artist, of a more direct sort. I model and make my art. I use programs like Poser and DAZ, Carrara and Vue, whatever strikes my fancy. Sometimes, I glitch it, for giggles, sometimes I let it tell its own story. it feels great to know that we are all part of this same movement. =)

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