Hearing From the Fringes: How Listening Built a Community | Chris Baker | TEDxUTAustin

So, I was 15 years old the first time that I saw IV drug use in person. It was in this like dirty tent in a Renaissance fair campground in Tuxedo, New York. And that's kind of a scary thing for a young kid to see. Uh, also kind of exciting, kind of intriguing. Uh I didn't start using drugs introvenously on that day, but it did kick off this lifelong fascination with the people and the subcultures that exist kind of on the very fringes of our society. I was a wild kid, dude. Uh my younger years were crazy. I ...