Bob Stein: A rite of passage for late life
Bob Stein: Kései életszakasz beavatási rítusa
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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on the Fourth of July,
minden július negyedikén,
Halloweenkor,
under a tree at Christmas.
those traditions got to me,
a hagyományok,
an existential hole,
egy egzisztenciális rést,
bigger than myself.
ami nagyobb nálam.
in my family in over a century,
a családunkban bar-micvó,
when my one encounter with the rabbi,
hogy egyetlen találkozásom a rabbival –
with flowing white hair,
istenszerű alakkal – abból állt,
for my middle name
mi a középső nevem,
of belonging and confidence
és valahová tartozást,
of my son turning 13
elviselhetetlennek tűnt,
valami beavatási szertartást.
of a 13th birthday trip,
utazzunk egyet,
anywhere in the world
hogy bárhová elviszem,
who loved turtles,
aki rajong a teknőcökért,
Katie lett tizenhárom éves,
at the bottom of the Grand Canyon,
a Grand Canyon mélyén,
that she was powerful and brave.
milyen erős és bátor.
and lots of our friends and relatives
barátaink és rokonaink
on 13th birthday trips,
13 évesen kirándulásra,
for both the child and the parent.
a gyermeket és a szülőt egyaránt.
before every meal.
megfogjuk egymás kezét.
to "pass the squeeze,"
"add tovább"-ot játszunk,
hogy ez nem vallásos tárgyú.
with the more than 250 boxes of stuff
a több mint 250 kacatos dobozommal,
than simple death cleaning.
egy egyszerű haláltakarításnál?
for clearing our your closets,
ennek során haláluk előtt
before you die,
a pincétől a padlásig mindent,
háruljon ez a teher.
opening up box after box
ahogy sorra nyitogatják a dobozokat,
any of that stuff.
bármelyik kacatot.
at a specific picture
hogy egy bizonyos fotót néznek,
is that with Dad?"
ki a búbánat apával?"
that were important;
that gave them meaning.
történetek adtak nekik értelmet.
to tell the stories
történetmeséléshez,
not for a 13-year-old,
nem tizenhárom éveseknek,
down the road?
vannak az út végéhez?
that they found interesting.
amire kíváncsiak voltak.
for a much deeper discussion,
egy sokkal mélyebb beszélgetéshez,
meaningful connections
mélyebb kapcsolatba kerültek
about a Leonard Peltier T-shirt
egy Leonard Peltier pólóról kérdezett,
prisoners in American jails,
politikai bebörtönzés Amerikában,
Movement of the '60s,
örökségét feszegette,
if he'd come of age then,
ha akkor nőtt volna fel,
if he could have the T-shirt.
nekiadnám-e azt a pólót.
just about perfect.
tökéletesen éreztem magam.
established common ground,
közös alapra helyeződtek,
that really mattered to them.
dolgokról beszélgethessenek.
with a renewed sense of purpose --
kezdtem észrevenni magamban –
csak kevesen élték túl.
to be living side by side.
and I hope strangers, too,
és remélem, idegeneknek is,
to enter this next stage of my life.
hogy következő életfázisomba lépjek.
what I was looking for:
ami kicsit a meghalásról szól,
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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