Bob Stein: A rite of passage for late life
बॉब स्टेइन: दुनिया से जाने की रीत
Bob Stein has long been in the vanguard: immersed in radical politics as a young man, he grew into one of the founding fathers of new media. He’s wondering what sorts of new rituals and traditions might emerge as society expands to include increasing numbers of people in their eighties and nineties. Full bio
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और मध्यमवर्गीय परिवार में बड़ा हुआ।
on the Fourth of July,
चार जुलाई को आतिशबाजी देखना
under a tree at Christmas.
पेड़ के नीचे उपहार रखना।
those traditions got to me,
मुझे ये परम्परायें समझ आतीं,
an existential hole,
भरने का तरीका खोजने लगा,
bigger than myself.
जो मुझसे बड़ा हो।
in my family in over a century,
एक भी यहूदी नहीं था,
when my one encounter with the rabbi,
मेरी एक रब्बी से भेंट हुई,
with flowing white hair,
for my middle name
of belonging and confidence
और आत्मविश्वास नहीं मिला
of my son turning 13
मेरा बेटा 13 साल का हो जाये
of a 13th birthday trip,
उसे ट्रिप पर ले जाने का विचार आया,
anywhere in the world
ऐसी किसी जगह चलने की पेशकश की
who loved turtles,
कछुवे से प्यार करता है,
at the bottom of the Grand Canyon,
ग्रैंड कैन्यन की घाटी में बिताया,
that she was powerful and brave.
वह शक्तिशाली और बहादुर है।
and lots of our friends and relatives
और हमारे बहुत से दोस्त और रिश्तेदार
on 13th birthday trips,
ट्रिप पर ले गये,
for both the child and the parent.
बच्चों और माता-पिता दोनों के लिये।
before every meal.
हाथ थामते हैं।
to "pass the squeeze,"
"हल्के से हाथ दबाने" को कहती है,
यह धर्म से संबंधित नहीं है।
जब मेरे परिवार ने मुझसे कहा कि
with the more than 250 boxes of stuff
कुछ करूँ
than simple death cleaning.
कुछ ज़्यादा किया जाये।
for clearing our your closets,
जिसमें मरने से पहले,
before you die,
opening up box after box
मेरे बच्चे डिब्बे खोल रहे हैं
any of that stuff.
at a specific picture
is that with Dad?"
that were important;
वह महत्त्वपूर्ण नहीं थीं;
that gave them meaning.
उन्हें अर्थ दिया था।
to tell the stories
चीजों का इस्तेमाल करना
not for a 13-year-old,
down the road?
that they found interesting.
for a much deeper discussion,
कहीं गहरी चर्चा का कारण बन गयी,
meaningful connections
पेल्टिअर टी शर्ट के बारे में पूछा
about a Leonard Peltier T-shirt
राजनीतिक बंदियों से लेकर,
prisoners in American jails,
Movement of the '60s,
अश्वेत स्वतंत्रता आन्दोलन जुड़ा होना,
अगर वह तब पैदा होता
if he'd come of age then,
if he could have the T-shirt.
क्या वह टी-शर्ट अपने पास रख सकता है।
just about perfect.
मुझे कोई परेशानी नहीं थी।
सामान्य मंच तैयार करती हैं,
established common ground,
मैं एक जगह तैयार कर रहा हूँ
जो उनके लिये मायने रखती हों।
that really mattered to them.
with a renewed sense of purpose --
बूढ़े की तरह नहीं,
to be living side by side.
और यहाँ तक कि अनजान लोगों से बाँटना
and I hope strangers, too,
to enter this next stage of my life.
सही तरीका लगता है।
what I was looking for:
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bob Stein - PublisherBob Stein has long been in the vanguard: immersed in radical politics as a young man, he grew into one of the founding fathers of new media. He’s wondering what sorts of new rituals and traditions might emerge as society expands to include increasing numbers of people in their eighties and nineties.
Why you should listen
Until his early 30's, Bob Stein was a full-time radical activist. In 1981, he spent a year researching and writing a paper for Encyclopedia Britannica -- "EB and the Intellectual Tools of the Future" -- and he has been involved in electronic publishing ever since. In 1984 he founded The Criterion Collection, a critically acclaimed series of definitive films, which included the first supplementary sections and director commentaries and introduced the letterbox format. He also founded The Voyager Company, which in 1989 published one of the first commercial CD-ROMs, "The CD Companion to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony." In 1992 Voyager published the first electronic books, including Douglas Adams's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park. In 2004 The MacArthur Foundation provided a generous grant with which Stein founded the Institute for the Future of the Book, a small think and do tank aimed at exploring and influencing the evolution of new forms of intellectual expression. In 2005, the Institute published the first "networked books," which an important milestone in the shift to social reading and writing as discourse moves from pages to screens. After waiting 25 years, since he saw the first public demo of VR, Stein is currently working on a platform to present music and art performance in a shared social space.
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