hello and welcome to the time 100 gala or as i like to call it the met ball for nerds my name is simul liu and i am your host tonight as well as a fellow member of the 2022 time 100. it's gonna look really great on my raya profile it's gonna be great honestly i'm extremely humbled and frankly just surprised i mean come on the 100 most influential people in the world i'm not even one of the hundred most influential people in the marveled universe they're like eight more famous marvel celebrities in this room zendaya
is literally right there you should be do you want to do this i should not be i have no idea what okay so why me uh well i like to think it's because i've shattered racial barriers for diaspora occasions all over the world but hey let's let's be honest no let's be honest guys they probably just couldn't get pete davidson you know but uh but it doesn't matter because i'm here now at the legendary jazz at lincoln theater it's a beautiful evening and we're gonna have an amazing time tonight now this is time 100's first
in-person event since 2019 and the first ever to be shared with audiences at home that's right finally viewers all across the country will get the answer to their most burning question are the illuminati real and and if so why haven't i been invited garfield garfield where are you i i know you know i know you know now for those of you experiencing this evening for the very first time this is not an award show we do not rank anybody everyone in the time 100 tonight will be recognized equally for their collective influence on culture politics
and science you hear that mary j blige queen of hip-hop soul and nine-time grammy award winner [Applause] you and i we're the same i'm looking at you eileen goo you are a gold medal-winning olympian who models for global brands i was a high school benchwarmer who modeled for stock photos but according to time equally talented chris smalls you played an integral role in organizing amazon's first union which inspired millions of workers across the nation i played a shirtless beach bingo announcer who inspired no further shirtless beach bingo announcers no clap no clown okay no that's
fine that's fine karen miga you helped map an entire human genome literally sequencing the last nucleotide of human dna i helped map a clear path to the bathrooms you take a left out the doors and then it's a quick it's a quick right and guess what we're both scholars here tonight clearly the influence in this room is absolutely staggering this is truly a dinner party for the ages we've got world-renowned thinkers fearless activists groundbreaking artists and a few business magnates who are so powerful they could crash the entire market with a single tweet now elon
if you're watching at home you're not the only one who could do that you're just the only one who actually wants to but as i look out at this room of distinguished people and i reflect on our collective accomplishments i can't help but also think about our collective privilege in a moment defined by historic challenges we must recognize that we are deeply fortunate to be where we are to be empowered as we are and with that comes a profound responsibility to not just influence the world but to work in service of it now being named
to the time 100 is not a feather in your cap or a trophy that you could show off to your colleagues it is a challenge a challenge to use that influence to make the world better because right now let's be honest things need to be better
