Steven Johnson: The playful wonderland behind great inventions
Steven Johnson: Podivuhodný původ geniálních vynálezů
Steven Berlin Johnson examines the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. Full bio
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died in the rolling hills
dnešního Slovinska
of modern day Slovenia.
a mammoth died in southern Germany.
uhynul mamut.
a griffon vulture also died
about how these animals met their deaths,
jak tato zvířata uhynula.
dispersed across both time and space
lišících se oblastí i obdobím,
a bone from each of their skeletons
40,000 years ago.
před 40 000 lety.
garments from animal skins
oděv z kůže zvířat,
that you would invent the flute,
že byste vymysleli flétnu,
useless vibrations in air molecules.
molekul vzduchu.
what our ancestors did.
že v dějinách průkopnictví
to be surprisingly common
or feed their children
nebo nakrmit své děti
but seemingly frivolous inventions
zdánlivě zbytečných vynálezů
momentous transformations
important invention of modern times:
výtvorem současnosti:
descend from military technology,
mají svůj původ ve vojenské technologii.
were designed specifically
totiž byly sestaveny
or calculate rocket trajectories.
k vypočítání balistické křivky.
of the modern computer
moderního počítače
to make a sound,
na němž je flétna založena,
to create the first organ
a před více než 2 tisíci lety
of triggering sounds
rozezvučit nástroj
from organs to clavichords to harpsichords
přes klavichord a cembalo
finally hit on the idea
to trigger not sounds but letters.
ale k psaní písmen.
"the writing harpsichord."
"psací cembalo".
k významnějším průlomům.
to even more powerful breakthroughs.
designed a device
that plays itself."
was basically a giant music box.
various songs by using instructions
aby hrály různou melodii,
on a rotating cylinder.
kolíků na otáčejícím se válci.
jinou písničku,
to play a different song,
with a different code on it.
s odlišným kódem.
this was a massive leap forward.
with this invention.
of war or of conquest,
k válečným účelům,
of watching a machine play music.
sledování stroje hrajícího hudbu.
for about 700 years.
of the Parisian elite.
ty stejné válce s kódem
of what were called automata,
an automated flute player
francouzský vynálezce
was designing his robot musician,
to make pleasing sounds,
aby vyluzoval příjemný zvuk
delightful patterns of color out of cloth?
látku s nádhernými barevnými vzory.
to represent musical notes,
různé tóny,
threads with different colors.
různých barev.
for your fabric,
tkalcovský stav.
a příliš nákladná,
and time-consuming to make,
of using paper-punched cards
kovových válců
a pružnějším způsobem,
much cheaper and more flexible
Victorian inventor Charles Babbage
viktoriánského vynálezce Charlese Babbage
programovatelného počítače,
by computer programmers
děrné štítky
the modern computer possible?
moderních počítačů?
is an important part of the story,
součástí tohoto příběhu,
also required other building blocks:
další stavební kameny:
ideas and technologies
nápadů a technologií,
the mother of invention.
is fundamentally exploratory,
in the world around us.
ve světě kolem nás.
is why so many experiences
proč tolik zážitků,
delight and amusement
to profound breakthroughs.
for how we teach kids in school
jak učíme děti ve škole,
in our workspaces,
na našich pracovištích.
and delight this way
co přijde dál.
sitting there in 1750
kdybyste žili v roce 1750
the big changes coming to society
as anything else at the time.
jako cokoliv jiného.
jako cosi zábavného,
technologické revoluce,
the beginning of a tech revolution
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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