Douglas Rushkoff: How to be "Team Human" in the digital future
Douglas Rushkoff: Como ser da "Equipe Humana" no futuro digital
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a couple of hundred tech executives.
umas centenas de executivos de tecnologia.
waiting to go on,
aguardando pra entrar,
they brought five men into the green room
trouxeram cinco homens para a sala,
with these really binary questions,
com perguntas binárias,
taking bets or what.
fazendo apostas ou o quê.
their real question of concern.
questão de interesse deles.
pediam conselho a um teórico da mídia
were asking a media theorist for advice
on the single question:
of my security staff
da minha equipe de segurança
the thermonuclear war
da guerra termonuclear,
that ends the world as we know it,
que acaba com o mundo como o conhecemos
torna o dinheiro deles obsoleto.
makes their money obsolete.
most powerful men in the world,
e poderosos do mundo,
powerless to influence the future.
impotentes para influenciar o futuro".
é aguardar a inevitável catástrofe
for the inevitable catastrophe
para ficar longe do resto de nós.
to get away from the rest of us.
da economia digital.
of the digital economy.
do caos e física quântica
from chaos math and quantum physics
and the Gaia hypothesis, right?
e a hipótese de Gaia.
poderiam criar qualquer futuro imaginável.
could create any future we could imagine.
futuros de ações na bolsa.
became stock futures.
of the digital age
NASDAQ stock exchange.
bolsa de valores NASDAQ.
a tsunami was coming.
que um tsunami estava chegando.
futuristas e planejadores de cenários
the best scenario-planners and futurists
que criamos juntos no presente
we create together in the present
em que o vencedor leva tudo.
winner-takes-all competition.
competitivas em relação ao futuro,
about the future,
for our creativity.
mais valorizados pela nossa criatividade.
apenas pelos nossos dados,
para fazer previsões.
to make predictions.
that creates noise.
repressed novelty,
in new, interesting ways?
de maneiras novas e interessantes?
nosso comportamento futuro.
to predict our future behavior.
to influence our future behavior
influenciar nosso comportamento futuro
com nossos perfis estatísticos.
with our statistical profiles.
does it like people?
o que devemos fazer?
what are you supposed to do?
dinheiro, significado.
they want money, they want meaning.
form any rapport or solidarity.
relações ou solidariedade.
no aplicativo de transporte
on the ride hailing app
sobre condições de trabalho
about their working conditions
de videoconferência
um relacionamento real.
to establish real rapport.
estão se dilatando e nos entendendo.
are opening to really take you in.
para nos relacionar,
to establish rapport
de milhares de anos de evolução,
of thousands of years of evolution,
está sincronizada com a nossa.
is syncing up with yours.
a oxitocina nunca passa pelo nosso corpo,
the oxytocin never goes through your body,
of bonding with the other human being.
de nos conectarmos com outro ser humano.
mas realmente me entenderam?"
but did they really,
for that lack of fidelity.
por essa falta de fidelidade.
e as iniciativas digitais
and the digital initiatives that we have
em sua essência.
have a great humanized economy? No.
uma grande economia humanizada? Não.
entre os usuários,
trust between users,
substitutes for trust in a new,
a confiança de um jeito novo,
e é uma ideia maravilhosa
we love education,
empregos no futuro digital,
to get jobs in the digital future,
about getting jobs?
visa conseguir emprego?
por um trabalho bem feito.
for a job well done.
que trabalhavam lá durante o dia,
who would work in the coal mines all day,
e deviam ter a dignidade
and they should have the dignity
and understand it.
participar da democracia.
to participate in democracy.
do trabalho, o que estamos fazendo?
what are we really doing?
of training their workers.
de capacitar os trabalhadores.
da tecnologia humana.
is the humane technology movement.
the former guys who used to take
Las Vegas slot machines
caça-níqueis de Las Vegas
so that we get addicted.
pra ficarmos viciados.
technology more humane.
"tecnologia humana",
"humane technology,"
das gaiolas ou algo assim.
chickens or something.
as possible to them,
as tecnologias o mais humanas possível,
technologies be as humane as possible,
e dinheiro suficiente de nós
and extract enough money from us
for their part, they're just thinking,
estão apenas pensando:
para que possa me isolar
so I can insulate myself
ganhando dinheiro dessa maneira".
by earning money in this way."
de realidade virtual usem
they slap on their faces
a escravidão e poluição causadas
and pollution that was caused
of the very device.
Thomas Jefferson's dumbwaiter.
de Thomas Jefferson.
that he made the dumbwaiter
de todo o trabalho de levar a comida
all that labor of carrying the food
para as pessoas comerem.
for the people to eat.
it wasn't for the slaves,
e os convidados dele
and his dinner guests,
trazendo a comida.
bringing the food up.
de um replicador de "Star Trek".
of a "Start Trek" replicator.
and technology is the solution.
e a tecnologia é a solução.
to optimize human beings for the market
para otimizar seres humanos para o mercado
for the human future.
to make these days,
of an environmentalist just the other day,
de uma ambientalista outro dia
defendendo os humanos?
defending humans?
Eles merecem ser extintos".
They deserve to go extinct."
odeia os humanos.
melhores e mais legais do que as pessoas.
are better and nicer than people.
what is every zombie show about?
e algum zumbi está passando,
at some zombie going by,
and you see the person's face,
vemos o rosto dela, e ela pensa:
entre esse zumbi e eu?
between that zombie and me?
distinguishing ourselves from zombies,
para nos distinguirmos dos zumbis,
on the transhumanists.
e ele falava sobre a singularidade:
and he's going on about the singularity.
serão mais inteligentes do que as pessoas.
when computers are smarter than people.
for people at that point
to our successor
para o nosso sucessor
a consciência num chip de silício.
your consciousness to a silicon chip.
os seres humanos são especiais.
entendemos o paradoxo,
we understand paradox,
we're weird, we're quirky.
in the digital future."
para os humanos no futuro digital!"
porque você é humano".
because you're a human."
of the digital age.
competem umas com as outras.
with each other,
rede de raízes e cogumelos
network of roots and mushrooms
e passem nutrientes pra cá e pra lá.
and pass nutrients back and forth.
are the most evolved species,
de colaboração e comunicação.
ways of collaborating and communicating.
que falava sobre o futuro digital
who talked about the digital future
experimentado nada digital.
experienced anything digital.
antes da tecnologia digital.
before digital technology.
or rejecting the technological.
o digital ou o tecnológico.
que corremos o risco de deixar para trás
that we're in danger of leaving behind
na infraestrutura digital para o futuro.
infrastructure for the future.
a ver as pessoas como adversários,
to see people as adversaries,
nossos adversários como pessoas.
our adversaries as people.
that doesn't favor a platform monopoly
favoreça um monopólio de plataformas
de pessoas e lugares,
out of people and places,
de valor através de uma comunidade
of value through a community
cooperativas de plataforma
platform cooperatives
o máximo possível.
as wide as possible.
e inovação em nome da previsão
and novelty in the name of prediction
promovam criatividade e inovação,
creativity and novelty,
para sairmos da confusão em que estamos.
with some of the solutions
out of the mess that we're in.
suficiente para nos isolarmos
enough money to insulate ourselves
tornando o mundo um lugar
making the world a place
the need to escape from.
there is only one thing going on here.
só há uma coisa acontecendo aqui.
pelo menos não estarão sozinhos.
at least you won't be alone.
que sempre quisemos.
that we always wanted.
da tecnologia que queriam saber
who wanted to know
de segurança após o apocalipse,
security force after the apocalypse,
com amor e respeito agora.
with love and respect right now.
an apocalypse to worry about."
para se preocupar".
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Douglas Rushkoff - Media theorist, authorDouglas Rushkoff promotes human autonomy in the digital age.
Why you should listen
Douglas Rushkoff coined such expressions as "viral media," "digital natives" and "social currency," and advises governments, communities and businesses on the impact of technology on society's future. Named one of "the world’s ten most influential thinkers" by MIT, Rushkoff won the Marshal McLuhan Award for media writing and the Neil Postman award for Public Intellectual Activity.
Rushkoff hosts the Team Human podcast, made four PBS Frontline documentaries including Generation Like and The Merchants of Cool, and wrote many bestselling books including Team Human, Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed and Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus. He founded the Laboratory for Digital Humanism at CUNY/Queens College, where he is professor of media theory and digital economics.
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