Steven Johnson: The playful wonderland behind great inventions
Стивън Джонсън: Веселата страна на чудесата зад великите открития
Steven Berlin Johnson examines the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. Full bio
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died in the rolling hills
умира в хълмистата област
of modern day Slovenia.
на днешна Словения
a mammoth died in southern Germany.
един мамут умира в южна Германия
a griffon vulture also died
белоглав лешояд също умира
about how these animals met their deaths,
животни са срещнали смъртта си,
dispersed across both time and space
разпръснати във времето и пространството
a bone from each of their skeletons
всеки един от скелетите им,
за секунда.
40,000 years ago.
човек преди 40,000 години.
garments from animal skins
облекла от животинска кожа,
изобретите след това?
that you would invent the flute,
изобретили флейтата,
useless vibrations in air molecules.
вибрации във въздушните молекули.
what our ancestors did.
предците ни.
to be surprisingly common
често срещано явление
or feed their children
да нахранят децата си
but seemingly frivolous inventions
но привидно незначителни открития
momentous transformations
много важни трансформации
important invention of modern times:
най-важното откритие на съвремието:
descend from military technology,
произлизат от военни технологии,
were designed specifically
компютри са създадени специално,
or calculate rocket trajectories.
или да калкулират ракетни траектории.
of the modern computer
на модерните компютри
to make a sound,
тръби, за да се произведе звук,
to create the first organ
за да се създаде първият орган
of triggering sounds
идея за задействане на звуци
бутони с пръстите ни,
from organs to clavichords to harpsichords
до клавикордовете и клавесините,
finally hit on the idea
осенила идеята
to trigger not sounds but letters.
задейстават вместо звуци, букви.
"the writing harpsichord."
"пишещ клавесин".
to even more powerful breakthroughs.
дори до още по-важни научни открития.
designed a device
that plays itself."
was basically a giant music box.
представлявал оргомна музикална кутия.
various songs by using instructions
различни песни, като използва инструкции,
on a rotating cylinder.
на въртящ се цилиндър.
to play a different song,
свири различна песен,
with a different code on it.
в кутията с друг с различен код.
this was a massive leap forward.
било огромен скок напред.
with this invention.
of war or of conquest,
за война или завоевание,
of watching a machine play music.
наблюдаваш как една машина свири.
машини,
for about 700 years.
от музиката за около 700 години.
of the Parisian elite.
кодирани цилиндри,
of what were called automata,
на това, което наричали автомат,
an automated flute player
автоматичният флейтист,
френски изобретател
was designing his robot musician,
създал музикалния си робот,
to make pleasing sounds,
да произвежда приятни звучи,
delightful patterns of color out of cloth?
възхитителни цветни парчета плат?
to represent musical notes,
цилиндъра, за да се представят музикални ноти,
threads with different colors.
с различни цветове.
for your fabric,
and time-consuming to make,
направата им отнема много време,
of using paper-punched cards
използва хартиени перфокарти,
much cheaper and more flexible
по-евтина и гъвкава,
Victorian inventor Charles Babbage
викторианския изобретател Чарлс Бабидж
by computer programmers
от някои програмисти
the modern computer possible?
модерния компютър възможен?
is an important part of the story,
част от историята,
also required other building blocks:
е изисквало и други градивни елементи:
част от историята.
ideas and technologies
света идеи и технологии
застрахователния бизнес
the mother of invention.
майка на изобретението.
is fundamentally exploratory,
е предимно изследователско,
in the world around us.
в света около нас.
is why so many experiences
толкова много познания,
delight and amusement
наслада и забавление,
to profound breakthroughs.
до дълбоки пробиви.
for how we teach kids in school
начина, по който учим децата си в училище
in our workspaces,
на работните си места,
and delight this way
и за игри и забавления,
разкрием какво следва.
sitting there in 1750
там през 1750 година,
the big changes coming to society
промени, които възникват в обществото
as anything else at the time.
както всичко друго в момента.
the beginning of a tech revolution
технологичната революция,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Steven Johnson - WriterSteven Berlin Johnson examines the intersection of science, technology and personal experience.
Why you should listen
Steven Johnson is a leading light of today's interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to innovation. His writings have influenced everything from cutting-edge ideas in urban planning to the battle against 21st-century terrorism. Johnson was chosen by Prospect magazine as one of the top ten brains of the digital future, and The Wall Street Journal calls him "one of the most persuasive advocates for the role of collaboration in innovation."
Johnson's work on the history of innovation inspired the Emmy-nominated six-part series on PBS, "How We Got To Now with Steven Johnson," which aired in the fall of 2014. The book version of How We Got To Now was a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. His new book, Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World, revolves around the creative power of play and delight: ideas and innovations that set into motion many momentous changes in science, technology, politics and society.
Johnson is also the author of the bestselling Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, one of his many books celebrating progress and innovation. Others include The Invention of Air and The Ghost Map. Everything Bad Is Good For You, one of the most discussed books of 2005, argued that the increasing complexity of modern media is training us to think in more complex ways. Emergence and Future Perfect explore the power of bottom-up intelligence in both nature and contemporary society.
An innovator himself, Johnson has co-created three influential sites: the pioneering online magazine FEED, the Webby-Award-winning community site, Plastic.com, and the hyperlocal media site outside.in, which was acquired by AOL in 2011.
Johnson is a regular contributor to WIRED magazine, as well as the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and many other periodicals. He has appeared on many high-profile television programs, including "The Charlie Rose Show," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."
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