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Russell Peters - Invention of Zero by vedasa-geradas

 

Here’s the thing about being cheap, our cheapness changed the world. See you may be there thinking: ‘Well how did your cheapness change the world?’ Well let me tell you how, because our cheapness actually benefited everybody. We’re so dedicated to being so cheap for so long, that Indian people actually created the number zero. You know how much dedication that took? That means, back in the day some Indian guy was looking at the numeric system. “1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. None of those are the amounts I want to pay”. Then his friend came along and drew a circle. “What’s that?” Nothing. “What’s inside of it?” Nothing. “What’s it’s value?” Nothing… “It’s beautiful.” We shall call it jeero. Take it and go.