Steven Johnson: The playful wonderland behind great inventions
스티븐 존슨(Steven Johnson): 놀이에서 위대한 발명품까지
Steven Berlin Johnson examines the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. Full bio
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died in the rolling hills
굴러떨어져서 죽었습니다.
of modern day Slovenia.
북서부 경계에서 말이죠.
a mammoth died in southern Germany.
독일의 남부에서 죽었습니다.
a griffon vulture also died
유럽 그리폰 독수리도
about how these animals met their deaths,
죽음을 맞이했는지 알지 못합니다.
dispersed across both time and space
다른 공간에서 죽음을 맞이했지만
공유하고 있었습니다.
a bone from each of their skeletons
해골에서 뼈 한 개씩이
40,000 years ago.
원시인이라고 상상해보세요.
garments from animal skins
법도 터득했습니다.
that you would invent the flute,
말이 안된다고 생각하겠죠.
useless vibrations in air molecules.
일으키는 도구를 말이죠.
what our ancestors did.
조상들이 한 것입니다.
to be surprisingly common
혁신의 역사 속에서
or feed their children
살아남고 싶거나
모습을 드러냅니다.
이상한 것이 있습니다.
but seemingly frivolous inventions
이러한 발명품들이
momentous transformations
만들어냈습니다.
사회적인 부분에서 말이죠.
important invention of modern times:
생각하는 발명품을 생각해보십시오.
가능한 컴퓨터입니다.
descend from military technology,
전시 코드를 파괴시키거나
were designed specifically
특별히 제작되었기 때문에
or calculate rocket trajectories.
만들어졌다는 이야기가 있습니다.
of the modern computer
to make a sound,
to create the first organ
변형된 것입니다.
of triggering sounds
작은 레버를 누르면서
아이디어를 생각해냅니다.
from organs to clavichords to harpsichords
클라비코드, 하프시코드
finally hit on the idea
아이디어를 생각해내서
to trigger not sounds but letters.
키보드를 사용하도록 하면서요.
"the writing harpsichord."
불렸습니다.
to even more powerful breakthroughs.
강력한 혁신을 이끌었습니다.
designed a device
that plays itself."
연주하는 기계"라 불렀죠.
was basically a giant music box.
큰 음악 상자였습니다.
various songs by using instructions
핀들이 움직이면서
on a rotating cylinder.
to play a different song,
with a different code on it.
원통으로 바꾸면 됩니다.
this was a massive leap forward.
거대한 도약이 됩니다.
with this invention.
처음으로 가능해졌습니다.
of war or of conquest,
사용되지 않았습니다.
of watching a machine play music.
이상한 기쁨으로부터 유래했습니다.
for about 700 years.
사용되었습니다.
만들어내던 기계들은
of the Parisian elite.
장난감으로 사용되었습니다.
of what were called automata,
통제하는데 사용했습니다.
an automated flute player
프랑스의 똑똑한 발명가
was designing his robot musician,
to make pleasing sounds,
기계를 만들 수 있다면
delightful patterns of color out of cloth?
천으로 짜내지 않겠습니까?
to represent musical notes,
핀들을 사용하는 대신에
threads with different colors.
for your fabric,
새로운 패턴을 원한다면
작동이 가능한 직기입니다.
and time-consuming to make,
시간이 오래 걸렸습니다.
of using paper-punched cards
종이 카드를 생각해냅니다.
much cheaper and more flexible
Victorian inventor Charles Babbage
발명가 챨스 배비지가
컴퓨터를 만드는 데 큰 영감을 줍니다.
by computer programmers
1970년대 후반에
the modern computer possible?
정말 무엇일까요?
is an important part of the story,
바로 군대의 개입입니다.
also required other building blocks:
다른 구성요소를 요구합니다.
작은 부분에 불과합니다.
ideas and technologies
기술은 매우 많습니다.
the mother of invention.
만들어진 것은 아닙니다.
is fundamentally exploratory,
in the world around us.
가능성을 열어주었습니다.
is why so many experiences
delight and amusement
to profound breakthroughs.
for how we teach kids in school
아이들을 어떻게 가르쳐야 하는지
in our workspaces,
격려하는 방법을 알려줍니다.
and delight this way
놀이와 기쁨을 생각하는 것은
sitting there in 1750
the big changes coming to society
큰 변화를 생각하는 겁니다.
프로그램 가능한 플룻이
as anything else at the time.
the beginning of a tech revolution
시작이 되었습니다.
즐거워하는 어느 곳에서든지
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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