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Stewart Brand: What squatter cities can teach us
Stewart Brand: Kaj nas lahko naučijo skvoterska mesta
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Podeželske vasi po svetu se praznijo, ker se milijarde ljudi zbirajo v mestih, da bi živeli v prenapolnjenih skvoterskih kampih in slumih. Stewart Brand pravi, da je to dobra stvar. Zakaj? Izvedeli boste v treh minutah.
Stewart Brand - Environmentalist, futurist
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ... Full bio
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ... Full bio
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Basically, there's a major demographic event going on.
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V bistvu, se odvija velik
demografski dogodek.
demografski dogodek.
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And it may be that passing the 50 percent urban point
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In morda je več kot 50-odstotna
stopnja urbanizacije
stopnja urbanizacije
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is an economic tipping point. So the world now is a map of connectivity.
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ekonomska ločnica.
Svet je sedaj zemljevid povezanosti.
Svet je sedaj zemljevid povezanosti.
Včasih so bila Pariz, London in New York
največja mesta.
največja mesta.
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It used to be that Paris and London and New York were the largest cities.
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What we have now is the end of the rise of the West. That's over.
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Sedaj je konec rasti Zahoda.
Tega je konec.
Tega je konec.
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The aggregate numbers are overwhelming.
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Skupne številke so velikanske.
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So what's really going on? Well, villages of the world are emptying out.
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Kaj se torej dogaja?
No, vasi po svetu se praznijo.
No, vasi po svetu se praznijo.
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The question is, why?
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Vprašanje je, zakaj?
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And here's the unromantic truth -- and the city air makes you free,
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in tu je neromantična resnica--
in mestni zrak te osvobodi,
in mestni zrak te osvobodi,
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they said in Renaissance Germany. So some people go to places
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so rekli v renesančni Nemčiji.
Nekateri ljudje gredo v kraje
Nekateri ljudje gredo v kraje
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like Shanghai but most go to the squatter cities where aesthetics rule.
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kot je Šanghaj, ampak večina jih gre
v skvoterska mesta, kjer vlada estetika.
v skvoterska mesta, kjer vlada estetika.
In to niso ljudje, ki jih ogroža revščina.
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And these are not really a people oppressed by poverty.
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They're people getting out of poverty as fast as they can.
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To so ljudje, ki iz revščine bežijo,
kolikor hitro se da.
kolikor hitro se da.
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They're the dominant builders and to a large extent, the dominant designers.
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So glavni gradbeniki in v veliki meri,
glavni oblikovalci.
glavni oblikovalci.
Imajo domačo infrastrukturo
in živahno mestno življenje.
in živahno mestno življenje.
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They have home-brewed infrastructure and vibrant urban life.
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One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai.
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Ena šestina BDP Indije pride iz Mumbaja.
Neprestano se nadgrajujejo,
in včasih jim pomaga celo vlada.
in včasih jim pomaga celo vlada.
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They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cases, the government helps.
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Education is the main event that can happen in cities.
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Izobrazba je glavni dogodek,
ki se lahko zgodi v mestih.
ki se lahko zgodi v mestih.
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What's going on in the street in Mumbai?
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Kaj se dogaja na ulicah Mumbaja?
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Al Gore knows. It's basically everything.
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Al Gore ve. Praktično vse.
V skvoterskih mestih ni brezposelnosti.
Vsi delajo.
Vsi delajo.
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There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works.
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One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.
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Ena šestina človeštva živi tam.
Kmalu bo ta delež še večji.
Kmalu bo ta delež še večji.
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So here's the first punch line:
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Tu je prva poanta:
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cities have defused the population bomb.
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mesta so ublažila populacijsko bombo.
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And here's the second punch line.
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In tu je še druga poanta.
To so novice iz središča mesta.
Tu so še v perspektivi.
Tu so še v perspektivi.
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That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective.
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Stars have shined down on earth's life for billions of years.
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Zvezde so sijale dol na življenje
na Zemlji več milijard let.
na Zemlji več milijard let.
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Now we're shining right back up.
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Sedaj mi sijemo nazaj gor.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stewart Brand - Environmentalist, futuristSince the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ...
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