TEDGlobal 2014
Pia Mancini: How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era
Pia Mancini: Kako unaprijediti demokraciju za eru Interneta
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Pia Mancini i njene kolege žele unaprijediti demokraciju u Argentini i onkraj. Kroz njihovu mobilnu platformu otvorenog koda žele uvesti građane u zakonodavni proces, te kandidirati zastupnike koji će slušati što govore.
Pia Mancini - Democracy activist
Using software to inspire public debate and enable voter engagement, Pia Mancini hopes to upgrade modern democracy in Argentina and beyond. Full bio
Using software to inspire public debate and enable voter engagement, Pia Mancini hopes to upgrade modern democracy in Argentina and beyond. Full bio
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00:12
I have the feeling that we can all agree
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Imam osjećaj da se svi možemo složiti
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that we're moving towards a new
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da se krećemo prema novom
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model of the state and society.
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modelu države i društva.
00:20
But, we're absolutely clueless as to what this is
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Ali nemamo pojma što to jest
00:25
or what it should be.
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ili što to treba biti.
00:27
It seems like we need to have
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Čini se kao da moramo
00:29
a conversation about democracy
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razgovarati o demokraciji
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in our day and age.
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u našem vremenu i dobu.
00:34
Let's think about it this way:
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Razmislimo o tome ovako:
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We are 21st-century citizens, doing our
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Mi smo građani 21. stoljeća, dajući sve
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very, very best to interact with 19th century-designed
institutions
institutions
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najbolje od sebe da budemo
u interakciji sa institucijama 19. stoljeća
u interakciji sa institucijama 19. stoljeća
00:47
that are based on an information technology of the 15th century.
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koje su bazirane na
informacijskoj tehnologiji 15. stoljeća.
informacijskoj tehnologiji 15. stoljeća.
00:52
Let's have a look at some of the
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Pogledajmo neke od
00:53
characteristics of this system.
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karakteristika ovog sustava.
00:56
First of all, it's designed for an information technology
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Prvo, dizajniran je
za informacijsku tehnologiju
za informacijsku tehnologiju
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that's over 500 years old.
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koja je starija od 500 godina.
01:02
And the best possible system
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I najbolji mogući sustav
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that could be designed for it
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koji je mogao biti stvoren za nju
01:06
is one where the few make daily decisions
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je onaj gdje mali broj ljudi
donosi svakodnevne odluke
donosi svakodnevne odluke
01:10
in the name of the many.
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u ime mnogih.
01:12
And the many get to vote once every
couple of years.
couple of years.
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I mnogi glasaju svakih nekoliko godina.
01:17
In the second place, the costs of
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Na drugom mjestu, trošak
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participating in this system are
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sudjelovanja u ovim sustavima je
01:21
incredibly high.
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nevjerojatno visok.
01:22
You either have to have a fair
bit of money
bit of money
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Ili morate imati popriličnu svotu novca
01:25
and influence, or you have to devote your entire
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i utjecaja, ili morate posvetiti čitav svoj
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life to politics.
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život politici.
01:31
You have to become a party member
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Morate postati član stranke
01:33
and slowly start working up the ranks
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i polako se uspinjati u redovima
01:37
until maybe, one day, you'll get
to sit at a table
to sit at a table
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dok možda, jednog dana,
ne sjedite za stolom
ne sjedite za stolom
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where a decision is being made.
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gdje se donose odluke.
01:43
And last but not least,
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I posljednje, iako ne manje važno,
01:45
the language of the system —
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jezik sustava --
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it's incredibly cryptic.
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nevjerojatno je kriptičan.
01:49
It's done for lawyers, by lawyers,
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Napravljen je za odvjetnike,
od odvjetnika,
od odvjetnika,
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and no one else can understand.
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i nitko drugi ga ne razumije.
01:55
So, it's a system where we can
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Dakle, to je sustav gdje možemo
01:58
choose our authorities,
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birati našu vlast,
02:00
but we are completely left out on how
those authorities
those authorities
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ali smo izostavljeni
iz toga kako ta vlast
iz toga kako ta vlast
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reach their decisions.
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donosi svoje odluke.
02:06
So, in a day where a new information technology
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Pa, u vremenu kada nova
informacijska tehnologija
informacijska tehnologija
02:10
allows us to participate globally
in any conversation,
in any conversation,
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omogućava globalno sudjelovanje
u bilo kojem razgovoru,
u bilo kojem razgovoru,
02:16
our barriers of information are completely lowered
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naše barijere za informacije
su posve spuštene
su posve spuštene
02:19
and we can, more than ever before,
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i možemo, više no ikad prije
02:23
express our desires and our concerns.
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izraziti naše želje i brige.
02:26
Our political system remains the same
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Naš politički sustav ostao je isti
02:29
for the past 200 years
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posljednjih 200 godina
02:33
and expects us to be contented with being
simply passive recipients
simply passive recipients
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i očekuje od nas da budemo zadovoljni
kao pasivni primatelji
kao pasivni primatelji
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of a monologue.
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monologa.
02:40
So, it's really not surprising that
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Tako da nije iznenađujuće
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this kind of system is only able to produce
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da takav sustav može proizvesti samo
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two kinds of results:
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dvije vrste rezultata:
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silence or noise.
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tišinu ili buku.
02:52
Silence, in terms of citizens not engaging,
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Tišinu, u smislu da se
građani ne uključuju,
građani ne uključuju,
02:55
simply not wanting to participate.
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jednostavno ne žele sudjelovati.
02:58
There's this commonplace
[idea] that I truly, truly dislike,
[idea] that I truly, truly dislike,
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Postoji ta uvriježena [ideja]
koja mi se nikako, nikako ne sviđa,
koja mi se nikako, nikako ne sviđa,
03:02
and it's this idea that we citizens are naturally
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i to je ideja da smo mi građani
03:06
apathetic. That we shun commitment.
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prirodno apatični. Da odbacujemo obvezu.
03:09
But, can you really blame us
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Ali, možete li nas kriviti
03:10
for not jumping at the opportunity of going
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što ne skačemo na priliku da idemo
03:13
to the middle of the city in the middle
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u središte grada usred
03:15
of a working day to attend, physically,
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radnog dana da bi bili fizički prisutni
03:18
a public hearing that has no impact
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na javnom saslušanju bez ikakvog utjecaja
03:22
whatsoever?
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na išta?
03:24
Conflict is bound to happen between a system
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Sukobi se moraju dogoditi između sustava
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that no longer represents, nor has any dialogue capacity,
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koji više ne zastupa,
niti ima ikakav kapacitet za dijalog,
niti ima ikakav kapacitet za dijalog,
03:34
and citizens that are increasingly used
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i građana koji su sve više naviknuti
03:37
to representing themselves.
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da sami zastupaju sebe.
03:40
And, then we find noise:
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I onda nađemo buku:
03:42
Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico
Italy, France, Spain, the United States,
Italy, France, Spain, the United States,
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Čile, Argentina, Brazil, Meksiko,
Italija, Francuska, Španjolska i Amerika,
Italija, Francuska, Španjolska i Amerika,
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they're all democracies.
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sve su to demokracije.
03:50
Their citizens have access to
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Njihovi građani imaju pristup
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the ballot boxes. But they still feel the need,
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glasačkim kutijama.
Ali oni i dalje osjećaju potrebu,
Ali oni i dalje osjećaju potrebu,
03:57
they need to take to the streets in order
to be heard.
to be heard.
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oni trebaju izaći
na ulice da bi ih se čulo.
na ulice da bi ih se čulo.
04:02
To me, it seems like the 18th-century
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Meni, to izgleda kao 18.stoljetni
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slogan that was the basis for the formation
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slogan koji je bio temelj nastajanja
04:10
of our modern democracies, "No taxation
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naših modernih demokracija:
"Nema oporezivanja
"Nema oporezivanja
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without representation,"
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bez zastupanja,"
04:16
can now be updated to "No representation
without a conversation."
without a conversation."
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se sada može dograditi sa
"nema zastupanja bez razgovora"
"nema zastupanja bez razgovora"
04:23
We want our seat at the table.
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Želimo svoje mjesto za stolom.
04:27
And rightly so.
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I sa pravom.
04:30
But in order to be part of this conversation,
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Ali da bi bili dio ovog razgovora,
04:32
we need to know what we want to do next,
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moramo znati što želimo slijedeće,
04:35
because political action is being able
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jer politička akcija je biti sposoban
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to move from agitation
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preći iz agitacije
04:41
to construction.
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u izgradnju.
04:43
My generation has been incredibly good at
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Moja je generacija
bila nevjerojatno dobra u
bila nevjerojatno dobra u
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using new networks and technologies
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korištenju novih mreža i tehnologija
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to organize protests,
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da organizira prosvjede,
04:52
protests that were able to successfully
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prosvjede koji su bili sposobni uspješno
04:54
impose agendas,
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nametnuti agende,
04:56
roll back extremely pernicious legislation,
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poništiti izuzetno opasno zakonodavstvo,
05:00
and even overthrow authoritarian governments.
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pa čak i zbaciti autoritarne vlade.
05:03
And we should be immensely
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I trebali bismo biti neizmjerno
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proud of this.
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ponosni na to.
05:07
But, we also must admit that we
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Ali, također moramo i priznati da
05:09
haven't been good at using those
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nismo bili dobri u korištenju tih
05:11
same networks and technologies
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istih mreža i tehnologija
05:14
to successfully articulate an alternative
to what we're seeing
to what we're seeing
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da uspješno uobličimo
alternativu onome što vidimo
alternativu onome što vidimo
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and find the consensus and build
the alliances that are needed
the alliances that are needed
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i nađemo konsenzus i
uspostavimo savezništva potrebna
uspostavimo savezništva potrebna
05:25
to make it happen.
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da se ona ostvari.
05:27
And so the risk that we face
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I tako rizici s kojim smo suočeni
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is that we can create these huge power vacuums
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su da možemo napraviti
te velike praznine moći
te velike praznine moći
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that will very quickly get filled up by de facto
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koje će vrlo brzo biti ispunjene de facto
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powers, like the military or highly
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silama, poput vojske ili vrlo
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motivated and already organized groups
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motiviranih i već organiziranih grupa
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that generally lie on the extremes.
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koje općenito leže u ekstremima.
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But our democracy is neither
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Ali naša demokracija nije niti
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just a matter of voting once every
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samo stvar glasanja jednom svakih
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couple of years.
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nekoliko godina.
05:52
But it's not either the ability to bring millions
onto the streets.
onto the streets.
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Ali nije niti sposobnost
izvođenja milijuna na ulice.
izvođenja milijuna na ulice.
05:58
So the question I'd like to raise here,
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Tako da pitanje koje bih
voljela postaviti ovdje,
voljela postaviti ovdje,
06:01
and I do believe it's the most important
question we need to answer,
question we need to answer,
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a vjerujem da je to najvažnije
pitanje na koje moramo odgovoriti,
pitanje na koje moramo odgovoriti,
06:05
is this one:
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je ovo:
06:06
If Internet is the new printing press,
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Ako je Internet novi tiskarski stroj,
06:10
then what is democracy for the Internet era?
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onda što je demokracija za eru Interneta?
06:14
What institutions do we want to build
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Koje to ustanove želimo sagraditi
06:17
for the 21st-century society?
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za društvo 21. stoljeća?
06:21
I don't have the answer, just in case.
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Nemam odgovor, za svaki slučaj.
06:25
I don't think anyone does.
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Ne mislim da itko ima.
06:26
But I truly believe we can't afford
to ignore this question anymore.
to ignore this question anymore.
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Ali uistinu vjerujem da si više
ne možemo priuštiti ignorirati to pitanje.
ne možemo priuštiti ignorirati to pitanje.
06:31
So, I'd like to share our experience
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Pa bih voljela podijeliti naše iskustvo
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and what we've learned so far
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i što smo do sad naučili
06:35
and hopefully contribute two cents
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i nadam se dodati svoja dva centa
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to this conversation.
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ovom razgovoru.
06:39
Two years ago, with a group of friends
from Argentina,
from Argentina,
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Prije dvije godine,
sa grupom prijatelja iz Argentine,
sa grupom prijatelja iz Argentine,
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we started thinking, "how can
we get our representatives,
we get our representatives,
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počeli smo razmišljati:
"Kako možemo potaknuti naše zastupnike,
"Kako možemo potaknuti naše zastupnike,
06:47
our elected representatives,
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naše izabrane zastupnike
06:49
to represent us?"
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da nas zastupaju?"
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Marshall McLuhan once said that politics
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Marshall McLuhan
je jednom rekao da politika
je jednom rekao da politika
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is solving today's problems with yesterday's tools.
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rješava današnje probleme
s jučerašnjim alatima.
s jučerašnjim alatima.
07:02
So the question that motivated us was,
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Tako da je pitanje koje
nas je motiviralo bilo:
nas je motiviralo bilo:
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can we try and solve some of today's problems
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možemo li pokušati i riješiti
neke od današnjih problema
neke od današnjih problema
07:08
with the tools that we use every single
day of our lives?
day of our lives?
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s alatima koje u životu
koristimo svakodnevno?
koristimo svakodnevno?
07:12
Our first approach was to design and develop
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Naš je prvi pristup bio
osmisliti i razviti
osmisliti i razviti
07:15
a piece of software called DemocracyOS.
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komad softwarea nazvanog DemocracyOS.
07:19
DemocracyOS is an open-source web application
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DemocracyOS je web aplikacija
otvorenog koda
otvorenog koda
07:22
that is designed to become a bridge
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koja je osmišljena da postane most
07:25
between citizens and their elected representatives
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između građana
i njihovih izabranih zastupnika
i njihovih izabranih zastupnika
07:28
to make it easier for us to participate
from our everyday lives.
from our everyday lives.
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da nam olakša sudjelovanje
iz naših svakodnevnih života.
iz naših svakodnevnih života.
07:34
So first of all, you can get informed so every new
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Pa prije svega, da se možete
informirati tako da svaki novi
informirati tako da svaki novi
07:37
project that gets introduced in Congress
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projekt koji se predstavlja u Kongresu
07:40
gets immediately translated and explained
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odmah biva preveden i objašnjen
07:43
in plain language on this platform.
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u običnom jeziku na ovoj platformi.
07:46
But we all know that social change
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Ali svi znamo da društvena promjena
07:49
is not going to come from just knowing
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neće doći samo od saznavanja
07:52
more information,
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više informacija,
07:53
but from doing something with it.
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već od djelovanja s njima u skladu.
07:56
So better access to information
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Dakle bolji pristup informacijama
07:58
should lead to a conversation
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bi trebao voditi ka razgovoru
08:00
about what we're going to do next,
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o tome što ćemo raditi dalje,
08:02
and DemocracyOS allows for that.
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a DemocracyOS omogućuje baš to.
08:04
Because we believe that democracy is
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Jer vjerujemo da demokracija nije
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not just a matter of stacking up
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samo stvar slaganja
08:08
preferences, one on top of each other,
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preferenci, jednih preko drugih,
08:11
but that our healthy and robust public debate
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već kako bi naša zdrava
i snažna javna rasprava
i snažna javna rasprava
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should be, once again, one of its fundamental values.
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trebala biti, ponovno,
jedna od njenih temeljnih vrijednosti.
jedna od njenih temeljnih vrijednosti.
08:19
So DemocracyOS is about persuading
and being persuaded.
and being persuaded.
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Tako da je DemocracyOS
o uvjeravanju i o bivanju uvjerenim.
o uvjeravanju i o bivanju uvjerenim.
08:23
It's about reaching a consensus
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Riječ je o postizanju konsenzusa
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as much as finding a proper way
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jednako koliko i o nalaženju pravog načina
08:29
of channeling our disagreement.
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da se izbistre naša neslaganja.
08:32
And finally, you can vote
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I konačno, možete glasati
08:34
how you would like your elected
representative to vote.
representative to vote.
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kako biste voljeli
da vaš izabrani zastupnik glasa.
da vaš izabrani zastupnik glasa.
08:38
And if you do not feel comfortable
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A ako se ne osjećate ugodno
08:40
voting on a certain issue,
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spram glasanja o određenoj temi,
08:42
you can always delegate your vote
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uvijek možete delegirati svoj glas
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to someone else, allowing
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nekome drugome, omogučujući
08:45
for a dynamic and emerging social leadership.
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dinamično i iz društva nastajuće vodstvo.
08:51
It suddenly became very easy for us
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Odjednom je postalo jako lagano
08:52
to simply compare these results
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jednostavno usporediti te rezultate
08:55
with how our representatives were
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sa onime kako su naši zastupnici
08:57
voting in Congress.
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glasali u Kongresu.
08:58
But, it also became very evident that
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Ali, također je postalo vrlo očito kako
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technology was not going to do the trick.
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tehnologija neće biti dovoljna
da se to postigne..
da se to postigne..
09:04
What we needed to do to was to find
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Ono što smo trebali napraviti je naći
09:06
actors that were able to
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čimbenike koji će biti sposobni
09:09
grab this distributed knowledge
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zgrabiti to znanje raspodijeljeno
09:12
in society and use it to make better
and more fair decisions.
and more fair decisions.
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u društvu i upotrijebiti ga
da donose bolje i poštenije odluke.
da donose bolje i poštenije odluke.
09:18
So we reached out to traditional political parties
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Pa smo posegnuli ka
tradicionalnim političkim strankama
tradicionalnim političkim strankama
09:21
and we offered them DemocracyOS.
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i ponudili im DemocracyOS.
09:23
We said, "Look, here you have a platform
that you can use to build
that you can use to build
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Rekli smo:"Gledajte, ovdje imate
platformu koju možete koristiti za
platformu koju možete koristiti za
09:28
a two-way conversation with your constituencies."
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dvostrani razgovor sa svojim biračima."
09:32
And yes, we failed.
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I da, podbacili smo.
09:34
We failed big time.
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Strašno smo podbacili.
09:37
We were sent to play
outside like little kids.
outside like little kids.
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Poslani smo da se igramo
vani kao mala djeca.
vani kao mala djeca.
09:42
Amongst other things, we were called naive.
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Među ostalim, nazvani smo naivnima.
09:44
And I must be honest: I think, in hindsight, we were.
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I moram biti iskrena:
mislim, gledajući unazad, bili smo.
mislim, gledajući unazad, bili smo.
09:48
Because the challenges that we face, they're not
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Jer izazovi s kojima se sučeljavamo nisu
09:50
technological, they're cultural.
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tehnološki, već kulturni.
09:53
Political parties were never willing
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Političke stranke nisu nikad bile voljne
09:55
to change the way they make their decisions.
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promijeniti način na koji donose odluke.
09:59
So it suddenly became a bit obvious
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Pa je odjednom postalo nekako očito
10:01
that if we wanted to move forward
with this idea,
with this idea,
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da ako želimo ići naprijed s tom idejom,
10:05
we needed to do it ourselves.
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moramo ići osobno.
10:08
And so we took quite a leap of faith,
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I tako smo se odlučili vjerovati u to,
10:10
and in August last year, we founded
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i u kolovozu prošle godine, osnovali
10:12
our own political party,
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našu vlastitu političku stranku,
10:14
El Partido de la Red,
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El Partido de la Red,
10:16
or the Net Party, in the city of
Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires.
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ili Net stranku,
u gradu Buenos Airesu.
u gradu Buenos Airesu.
10:20
And taking an even bigger leap of faith,
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I vjerujući još više,
unatoč svim dokazima za suprotno,
unatoč svim dokazima za suprotno,
10:23
we ran for elections in October last year
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natjecali smo se na izborima
u listopadu prošle godine
u listopadu prošle godine
10:28
with this idea:
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s ovom idejom:
10:29
if we want a seat in Congress,
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ako dobijemo mjesto u Kongresu,
10:32
our candidate, our representatives
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naš kandidat, naši zastupnici
10:34
were always going to vote according to
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će uvijek glasati u skladu s onim
10:37
what citizens decided on DemocracyOS.
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što građani odluče preko DemocracyOS.
10:41
Every single project that got introduced
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Svaki projekt koji se predstavi
10:44
in Congress, we were going vote
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u Kongresu, glasali bismo
10:45
according to what citizens decided
on an online platform.
on an online platform.
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u skladu s odlukom građana
na online platformi.
na online platformi.
10:50
It was our way of hacking the political system.
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To je bio naš način
hakiranja politčkog sustava..
hakiranja politčkog sustava..
10:54
We understood that if we wanted
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Shvatili smo da ako želimo
10:56
to become part of the conversation,
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postati dio razgovora,
10:58
to have a seat at the table,
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imati mjesto za stolom,
11:00
we needed to become valid stakeholders,
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moramo postati valjani dioničari,
11:03
and the only way of doing it is to play by the
system rules.
system rules.
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a jedini način da to postignemo
je igrati po pravilima sustava.
je igrati po pravilima sustava.
11:08
But we were hacking it in the sense that
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Ali koristili smo mogućnosti u tom smislu
11:11
we were radically changing the way a political party
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što smo korijenski promijenili
način na koji politička stranka
način na koji politička stranka
11:15
makes its decisions.
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donosi odluke.
11:16
For the first time, we were making our decisions
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Po prvi put, donosili bismo odluke
11:20
together with those who we were
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zajedno sa onima na koje bismo
11:22
affecting directly by those decisions.
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izravno utjecali izvršavanjem tih odluka.
11:27
It was a very, very bold move for a two-month-old party
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To je bio vrlo, vrlo hrabar potez
za dva mjeseca staru stranku
za dva mjeseca staru stranku
11:30
in the city of Buenos Aires.
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u gradu Buenos Airesu.
11:32
But it got attention.
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Ali dobila je pozornost.
11:34
We got 22,000 votes, that's 1.2 percent of the votes,
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Dobili smo 22.000 glasova,
to je 1,2 posto glasova,
to je 1,2 posto glasova,
11:38
and we came in second for the local options.
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i bili smo drugi u lokalnim opcijama.
11:43
So, even if that wasn't enough to win a
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Pa, iako to nije bilo dovoljno da osvoji
11:45
seat in Congress, it was enough
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mjesto u Kongresu, bilo je dovoljno
11:47
for us to become part of the conversation,
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da postanemo dio razgovora,
11:50
to the extent that next month,
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u opsegu da slijedeći mjesec,
11:54
Congress, as an institution, is launching
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Kongres kao ustanova, šalje
11:57
for the first time in Argentina's history,
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po prvi put u povijesti Argentine,
12:00
a DemocracyOS to discuss,
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DemocracyOS na raspravu,
12:02
with the citizens, three pieces of legislation:
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s građanima, tri zakona:
12:06
two on urban transportation and
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dva o urbanom prijevozu te
12:08
one on the use of public space.
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jedan o korištenju javnog prostora.
12:11
Of course, our elected representatives are not
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Naravno, naši izabrani zastupnici ne
12:14
saying, "Yes, we're going to vote
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govore: "Da, glasat ćemo
12:16
according to what citizens decide,"
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u skladu s odlukom građana,"
12:18
but they're willing to try.
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ali su voljni probati.
12:20
They're willing to open up a new space
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Voljni su otvoriti novi prostor
12:23
for citizen engagement and hopefully
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za uključenje građana i nadajmo se
12:26
they'll be willing to listen as well.
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da će biti voljni i slušati.
12:29
Our political system can be transformed,
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Naš politički sustav može
biti trasnformiran,
biti trasnformiran,
12:33
and not by subverting it, by destroying it,
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i to ne obaranjem, ne uništavanjem,
12:37
but by rewiring it with the tools that
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već preinakom uz pomoć alata
12:41
Internet affords us now.
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koje nam Internet sada omogućuje.
12:43
But a real challenge is to find, to design
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Ali pravi je izazov naći, osmisliti
12:48
to create, to empower those connectors
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stvoriti, opunomoćiti te spojke
12:51
that are able to innovate, to transform
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koje su u stanju uvesti novine,
promijeniti
promijeniti
12:55
noise and silence into signal
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buku i tišinu u signal
12:58
and finally bring our democracies
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i konačno dovesti naše demokracije
13:00
to the 21st century.
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u 21. stoljeće.
13:02
I'm not saying it's easy.
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Ne kažem da je lagano.
13:05
But in our experience, we actually stand a chance
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Ali po našem iskustvu,
zbilja imamo priliku
zbilja imamo priliku
13:08
of making it work.
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učiniti da radi.
13:11
And in my heart, it's most definitely
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A u mom srcu, posve sigurno osjećam
13:14
worth trying.
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da vrijedi probati.
13:15
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
13:16
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Pia Mancini - Democracy activistUsing software to inspire public debate and enable voter engagement, Pia Mancini hopes to upgrade modern democracy in Argentina and beyond.
Why you should listen
After a disappointing brush with traditional political parties in Argentina, Pia Mancini realized that the existing democracy was disconnected from its citizens -- and that no one was likely to fix it.
In response, Mancini helped launch Democracy OS, an open-source mobile platform designed to provide Argentine citizens with immediate input into the legislative process. To promote it, she helped found the Partido de la Red, a new party running candidates committed to legislate only as directed by constituents using online tools for participation.
More profile about the speakerIn response, Mancini helped launch Democracy OS, an open-source mobile platform designed to provide Argentine citizens with immediate input into the legislative process. To promote it, she helped found the Partido de la Red, a new party running candidates committed to legislate only as directed by constituents using online tools for participation.
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