Jonny Sun: You are not alone in your loneliness
Jonny Sun: Anda tidak sendirian dalam kesepian
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live. Full bio
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seseorang.
accidentally with an "m,"
dibaca dengan "m"
with a mission to study humans.
untuk mempelajari manusia.
and far from home,
dan jauh dari rumah,
pernah merasakannya.
at a moment in my life
dalam hidup saya
and started my doctoral program at MIT,
dan memulai program doktor saya di MIT,
and very much like I didn't belong.
rasanya seperti bukan tempat saya.
for years and years
selama bertahun-tahun
to doing this more and more.
semakin sering melakukannya.
the internet can feel like a lonely place.
internet terasa seperti tempat yang sepi.
besar, dan tak berujung
but no one's ever listening.
tapi tidak ada yang mendengarkan.
in speaking out to the void.
saat berbicara kepada kehampaan tersebut.
my feelings with the void,
perasaan kepada kehampaan
isn't this endless lonely expanse at all,
bukanlah kesepian tak berujung,
all sorts of other people,
berbagai ragam manusia,
and also wanting to be heard.
dan ingin didengar pula.
that have come from social media.
yang datang dari media sosial.
is to feel so much sadness
terasa begitu banyak kesedihan
that so many of my closest friends
begitu banyak teman terdekat saya
originally online.
dari online.
there's this confessional nature
adanya kebiasaan mengakui
in this personal, intimate diary
di buku harian personal yang intim
everyone in the world to read it.
Anda ingin semua orang membacanya.
kesenangan dari itu
from perspectives from people
dari perspektif orang-orang
different from ourselves,
that I was following
begitu banyak orang yang saya ikuti
and going to therapy
dan mengikuti terapi
that they often do
tanpa ada stigma yang biasanya dialami
tentang masalah ini.
around mental health was normalized,
kesehatan jiwa jadi biasa,
that going to therapy was something
bahwa ikut terapi adalah sesuatu
to be talking about all these topics
untuk berbicara tentang semua topik ini
think that it is a big, scary thing
ini hal yang besar dan menakutkan
already perfectly and fully formed.
belum terbentuk secara penuh dan sempurna.
actually a great place to not know,
tempat yang baik untuk tidak tahu
treat that with excitement,
menyikapinya dengan semangat,
important about sharing your imperfections
dalam membagikan ketidaksempurnaan
and your vulnerabilities
dan kelemahan
that they feel sad or afraid
kesedihan atau ketakutan
saya tidak sendiri
this comfort of being vulnerable
membuat perasaan nyaman dalam kelemahan
can share with each other.
dibagikan satu sama lain.
externalizing the internal,
batiniah ke lingkungan,
feelings that I don't have words for,
yang tak bisa dijelaskan,
putting words to them,
find words to find their feelings as well.
mengungkapkan perasaan.
in putting all these things
untuk meletakkan ini
into these smaller pieces,
ke bagian yang lebih kecil,
I think they're more fun.
dan menjadi lebih seru.
see our shared humanness.
melihat kemanusiaan kita bersama.
of a short story,
a cute book of illustrations, for example.
contohnya.
that I'll throw on the internet.
saya tulis di internet.
I posted this app idea
saya menuliskan ide aplikasi
and you have to get out of the house
dan Anda harus keluar rumah
in the audience,
I feel anxious about sending an email.
saya khawatir ketika mengirim email.
"Saya berusaha yang terbaik,"
I promise I'm trying my best!"
saya berjanji berusaha yang terbaik!"
mau hidup atau mati,
dead or alive, I would.
Saya sangat kesepian
I post things like these online,
hal demikian online,
little gatherings can be quite meaningful.
terkadang bisa lumayan berarti.
from architecture school
dari sekolah arsitektur
have you already had
yang melakukan
my own friends who had moved away
teman saya yang sudah pindah
and different countries, even,
tetap terhubung dengan mereka.
for me to keep in touch with them.
and sharing their own experiences.
dan membagikan pengalaman mereka.
they had a falling out with.
dengan anggota keluarga.
who had passed away
meninggalnya orang tercinta
about their friends from school
teman dari sekolah
started happening.
mulai terjadi.
and share their own experiences
dan berbagi pengalaman
to reach out to that friend
menghubungi lagi teman
that they had a falling out with.
yang putus hubungan.
this little tiny microcommunity.
kami mempunyai komunitas kecil ini.
sesuatu dalam jaring,
microcommunities can form.
bisa terbentuk.
of different creatures
segala macam makhluk yang berbeda
the muck of the internet,
in the reading the replies
a reply that is particularly kind
balasan yang baik
in going to follow someone
already follow you back.
balas mengikuti Anda.
that you know in real life
seseorang yang Anda kenal di dunia nyata
and the things that they write
dan hal yang mereka tulis
of the same interests as they do,
minat yang sama dengan mereka,
closer together to you.
lebih dekat dengan Anda
in a strange place,
because as we all know,
karena kita tahu,
doesn't feel like this.
where we misunderstand each other,
kita salah mengerti satu sama lain,
with each other,
antara satu dengan yang lain,
and screaming and yelling and shouting,
dan teriakan,
there's too much of everything.
the bad parts with the good,
memisahkan yang buruk dari yang baik,
dan lihat
benar-benar melukai kita.
that we use to inhabit these online spaces
untuk berada dalam ruangan dalam jaring
either ignorantly or willfully
atau secara sengaja
to propagate misinformation,
menyebarkan informasi palsu,
and the violence that comes from it,
berakibatkan kekerasan,
none of our current platforms
to address and to fix that.
menyelesaikan masalah ini.
probably unfortunately,
sesuatu yang disayangkan,
as many others are,
ruang dalam jaring ini, seperti yang lain,
like that's where all the people are.
semua orang berada.
of human connection in times like these.
di momen-momen kecil di saat seperti ini.
berdasarkan ide ini
are not superfluous.
ini bukan hal yang terlalu berlebihan.
from the world at all,
dari dunia,
kita datang ke tempat ini.
why we come to these spaces.
menguatkan dan memberikan hidup.
and they affirm and they give us life.
temporary sanctuaries
kecil dan sementara
as alone as we think we are.
tidak sesendiri yang kita pikir.
and everyone's sad
dan semua orang sedih
this inflatable bouncey castle
beli kastil tiup ini
bouncy castle in this case
di kasus ini
and our connections to other people.
koneksi kita dengan orang lain.
and hopeless about the world,
dan putus asa tentang dunia,
logging on to social media
masuk ke media sosial
at the end of the world."
di akhir dunia."
the void responding,
yang merespons,
who started talking to each other,
mulai bicara satu sama lain,
tiny community formed.
komunitas kecil ini terbentuk.
dan tidak pasti ini,
to hold on to is other people.
adalah orang lain.
made up of small moments,
terbentuk dari momen kecil,
tiny sliver of light
cahaya kecil yang terang
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonny Sun - Screenwriter, author, artistJonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live.
Why you should listen
Jonny Sun never felt that the multi-hyphenate description of screenwriter/humorist/author/artist/researcher/technologist made much sense. He is a writer for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman and is currently writing the screenplay for an original idea with Fox Family and Chernin Entertainment. He also wrote and illustrated the best-selling graphic novel Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, illustrated Lin-Manuel Miranda's GMorning, Gnight! and regularly writes online.
Sun is currently pursuing a PhD at MIT, where he's studying social media communities and making art about artificial intelligence with the metaLAB at Harvard. He helped develop The Laughing Room, a self-aware sitcom set that plays a laugh track based on what participants say in the room. His work explores how technology interfaces with our lived, human experiences, believing that this critical eye on technology is essential to the stories we tell about contemporary life.
Sun's work comes from deeply personal places, asking: "Does anyone else feel this way too?" He seeks to feel less alone in the world and to try to help others feel less alone, too -- by making things that connect to people, and then connect people; by making work that helps people feel seen and find each other.
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