FADE IN
Act 1
INT. STUDY - 10:00
Opening a Finance App, PETER taps "Sell" and enters other particulars.
PETER (V.O.): Would I be able to sell the stocks at such prices?
Checking the Quora App, Peter sees an answer request: What is the difference between known unknowns and unknown knowns?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Known knowns are facts. Known unknowns are facts one is aware of but doesn't understand them.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Unknown knowns are like "one doesn't know what one knows". And unknown unknowns are one's blind spots.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's interesting that a Quoran would ask me about the knowledge matrix.
Peter types his answer on the phone screen.
Act 2
INT. PUBLIC BATH - 16:15
Grabbing his wet swimming gears, Peter goes inside a unit and checks phone messages.
PETER (V.O.): My orders aren't executed. They've become known knowns.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Will they be executed tomorrow? That's my known unknown.
EXT. STREETS - 17:00
Seeing a graffiti depicting a man breaking through something, Peter stops to take a picture.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The graffiti has been here for a long time. I like to use the image to encourage my Quora fans to make a difference.
Then, Peter discovers another graffiti, depicting a baby elephant with a water-pipe trunk.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh, it's an unknown unknown to me. I don't think it's new. It's a known known to others.
Peter captures a photo of it.
INT. MALL - 17:30
Seeing a closed shop, Peter checks a notice.
PETER (V.O.): Oh, a staff has got Covid.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've an adjourned part-heard case. Initially, a witness was subject to an isolation order, and later, counsel for the other side.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Some of those dear and close to me have got Covid recently. I wish them speedy recoveries.
Peter walks past other shops.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Before the pandemic, here were travel agencies. I made some of my bookings here.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I decided to visit UK last month, there're many known unknowns. I had prepared for the worst.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Having had no hiccups after all, my wife and I will travel again in Jan & March 2023.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But I've been thinking if I should resume my monthly overseas travelling hobby even if I've to travel alone.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There's the observation that Covid is less severe than influenza. Is that a known known?
Peter checks Hong Kong, China's Covid-19 statistics today: Cases - 2,177,436, Deaths - 10,842.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Although it's a known known that vaccinations are the best ways to protect oneself from Covid and influenza, I'm also aware of the discontinuity theory.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It suggests that chronic exposure to immune stimuli can desensitize both adaptive and innate immune cells. And I've never taken any influenza jabs.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I feel like "A Blind Man and An Elephant" now.
Act 3
INT. STUDIO - 20:00
Peter is playing the piano.
PETER (V.O.) : In the knowledge quadrant, there're (1) known knowns, (2) known unknowns, (3) unknown knowns and (4) unknown unknowns.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Unknown unknowns are high risk. But I'm ignorant of them and wouldn't worry about them.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What I'm concerned the most are unknown knowns. I don't know what I know could be because I've forgotten about them or I don't understand them.
Playing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I welcome known unknowns in songwriting. I'm aware of my urge, and when I get good songs, I don't know how they come about!
THE END
FADE OUT
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