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AJ Jacobs: The world's largest family reunion ... we're all invited!
Ej Džej Džejkobs (AJ Jacobs): Najveće svetsko porodično okupljanje... svi smo pozvani!
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Možda to još uvek ne znate, ali Ej Džej DŽejkobs je verovatno vaš rođak (udaljen mnogo, mnogo kolena). Koristeći sajtove genealogije, pratio je neočekivane karike koje nas sve, iako udaljene, povezuju. Njegov cilj: da napravi najveće svetsko porodično okupljanje. Vidimo se tamo?
AJ Jacobs - Author
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor. Full bio
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor. Full bio
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00:12
Six months ago, I got an email
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Pre šest meseci, dobio sam imejl
od čoveka iz Izraela
00:14
from a man in Israel
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koji je pročitao jednu od mojih knjiga,
00:16
who had read one of my books,
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00:17
and the email said,
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i u imejlu je pisalo:
00:18
"You don't know me,
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"Ne poznajete me,
ali ja sam vaš dvanaesti rođak."
00:20
but I'm your 12th cousin."
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00:23
And it said, "I have a family tree
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I pisalo je: "Imam porodično stablo
00:25
with 80,000 people on it, including you,
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sa 80 000 ljudi na njemu,
uključujući vas,
uključujući vas,
00:29
Karl Marx,
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Karla Marksa,
00:30
and several European aristocrats."
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i nekolicinu evropskih aristokrata."
00:33
Now I did not know what to make of this.
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Nisam znao šta da kažem na to.
00:35
Part of me was like, okay,
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Deo mene govorio je u redu,
00:38
when's he going to ask me to wire
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kada će me pitati da uplatim
00:40
10,000 dollars to his Nigerian bank, right?
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10 000 dolara
na njegov račun u nigerijskoj banci?
na njegov račun u nigerijskoj banci?
00:43
I also thought, 80,000 relatives,
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Takođe sam pomislio, 80 000 rođaka,
00:47
do I want that?
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da li ja to želim?
00:48
I have enough trouble with some of the ones
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Imam dovoljno problema i sa nekima
00:50
I have already.
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koje već imam.
00:52
And I won't name names, but you know who you are.
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Neću navoditi imena, ali vi znate ko ste.
00:55
But another part of me said, this is remarkable.
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Ali drugi deo mene rekao je,
ovo je izvanredno.
ovo je izvanredno.
00:59
Here I am alone in my office, but I'm not alone at all.
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Evo me samog u mojoj kancelariji,
ali uopšte nisam sam.
ali uopšte nisam sam.
01:01
I'm connected to 80,000 people around the world,
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Povezan sam sa 80 000 ljudi širom sveta
01:05
and that's four Madison Square Gardens
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i to je četiri Medison Skver Gardena
01:08
full of cousins.
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puna rođaka.
01:10
And some of them are going to be great,
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I neki od njih će biti sjajni,
01:13
and some of them are going to be irritating,
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neki će biti iritantni,
01:15
but they're all related to me.
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ali su svi u rodu sa mnom.
01:18
So this email inspired me to dive into genealogy,
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Tako me je ovaj imejl
inspirisao da se bavim genealogijom,
inspirisao da se bavim genealogijom,
01:22
which I always thought was
a very staid and proper field,
a very staid and proper field,
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za koju sam oduvek mislio
da je veoma ozbiljna i istinita oblast,
da je veoma ozbiljna i istinita oblast,
01:25
but it turns out it's going through a fascinating
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ali ispostavilo se
da prolazi kroz fascinantan
da prolazi kroz fascinantan
01:28
revolution, and a controversial one.
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i kontroverzan preobražaj.
01:31
Partly, this is because of DNA and genetic testing,
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Ovo je delimično zbog DNK
i genetskog testiranja,
i genetskog testiranja,
01:34
but partly, it's because of the Internet.
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ali delimično i zbog interneta.
01:38
There are sites that now take
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Postoje sajtovi koji sada preuzimaju
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the Wikipedia approach to family trees,
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Vikipedijin pristup porodičnom stablu,
01:43
collaboration and crowdsourcing,
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saradnju i onlajn istraživanja,
i vi treba da
01:46
and what you do is,
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01:47
you load your family tree on,
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učitate svoje porodično stablo
01:50
and then these sites search
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i onda ovi sajtovi pretražuju
01:51
to see if the A.J. Jacobs in your tree
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da vide da li je Ej Džej Džejkobs
na vašem drvetu
na vašem drvetu
01:54
is the same as the A.J. Jacobs in another tree,
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isti onaj Ej Džej Džejkobs
na drugom drvetu,
na drugom drvetu,
01:56
and if it is, then you can combine,
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i ako jeste, onda možete da spajate,
02:00
and then you combine and combine and combine
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i onda spajate i spajate i spajate
02:02
until you get these massive,
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dok ne dobijete ova obimna
02:03
mega-family trees
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mega-porodična stabla
02:05
with thousands of people on them,
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sa hiljadama ljudi na njima,
02:08
or even millions.
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ili čak milionima.
02:09
I'm on something on Geni called
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Ja sam na nečemu
što se zove Geni - to je
što se zove Geni - to je
02:12
the world family tree,
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svetsko porodično stablo,
02:13
which has no less than a jaw-dropping
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koje nema manje od zapanjujućih
02:16
75 million people.
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75 miliona ljudi.
02:20
So that's 75 million people connected by blood
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To je 75 miliona ljudi povezanih krvlju
02:23
or marriage, sometimes both.
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ili brakom, nekada oboje.
02:26
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:28
It's in all seven continents, including Antarctica.
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Prostire se na svih sedam kontinenata,
uključujući Antarktik.
uključujući Antarktik.
02:33
I'm on it. Many of you are on it,
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Ja sam na njemu. Mnogi od vas su,
02:35
whether you know it or not,
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bilo da to znate ili ne,
02:37
and you can see the links.
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i možete videti veze.
02:39
Here's my cousin Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Evo je moja rođaka Gvinet Paltrou.
02:44
She has no idea I exist,
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Ona nema ni ideju da ja postojim,
02:46
but we are officially cousins.
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ali smo zvanično rođaci.
02:48
We have just 17 links between us.
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Imamo samo 17 spona između nas.
02:52
And there's my cousin Barack Obama.
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I evo ga moj rođak Barak Obama.
02:55
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:56
And he is my aunt's fifth great-aunt's husband's
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I on je sedmi pranećak supruge oca
03:00
father's wife's seventh great-nephew,
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supruga pete praujne moje ujne,
03:04
so practically my old brother.
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znači praktično moj stariji brat.
03:09
And my cousin, of course,
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I moj rođak, naravno
03:10
the actor Kevin Bacon --
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glumac Kevin Bejkon -
03:11
(Laughter) —
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(Smeh) -
03:13
who is my first cousin's twice removed's
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koji je moje prve rođake po drugom kolenu
03:16
wife's niece's husband's first cousin once removed's
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ženinog muža nećaka po prvom kolenu
03:18
niece's husband.
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nećakin muž.
03:20
So six degrees of Kevin Bacon,
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To je šest veza Kevina Bejkona,
03:22
plus or minus several degrees.
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plus ili minus nekoliko veza.
03:26
Now, I'm not boasting, because all of you
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Ne hvalim se, zato što svi vi
03:28
have famous people and historical figures
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imate poznate i istorijske ličnosti
03:31
in your tree, because we are all connected,
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na svom stablu, zato što smo svi povezani,
03:34
and 75 million may seem like a lot,
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i 75 miliona se možda čini mnogo,
03:37
but in a few years, it's quite likely
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ali je za nekoliko godina veoma izvesno
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we will have a family tree
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da ćemo imati porodično stablo
03:42
with all, almost all, seven billion people on Earth.
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sa svih, skoro svih,
sedam milijardi ljudi na Zemlji.
sedam milijardi ljudi na Zemlji.
03:46
But does it really matter?
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Ali da li je to uopšte bitno?
03:48
What's the importance?
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Koja je važnost?
03:49
And I do think it is important,
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I ja mislim da je važno
03:51
and I'll give you five reasons why, really quickly.
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i daću vam pet razloga zašto, veoma brzo.
03:54
First, it's got scientific value.
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Prvo, ima naučnu važnost.
03:56
This is an unprecedented history of the human race,
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Ovo je jedinstvena istorija ljudske vrste,
04:00
and it's giving us valuable data
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i pruža nam dragocene podatke
04:03
about how diseases are inherited,
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o tome kako se bolesti nasleđuju,
04:06
how people migrate,
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kako ljudi migriraju,
04:07
and there's a team of scientists at MIT right now
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i trenutno je na MIT-u tim naučnika
04:10
studying the world family tree.
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koji proučava svetsko porodično stablo.
04:13
Number two, it brings history alive.
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Kao drugo, oživljava istoriju.
04:16
I found out I'm connected to Albert Einstein,
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Otkrio sam da sam povezan
sa Albertom Ajnštajnom,
sa Albertom Ajnštajnom,
04:19
so I told my seven-year-old son that,
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pa sam to rekao
svom sedmogodišnjem sinu,
svom sedmogodišnjem sinu,
04:22
and he was totally engaged.
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i bio je u potpunosti zainteresovan.
04:24
Now Albert Einstein is not some dead white guy
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Sada Albert Ajnštajn
nije samo neki mrtvi belac
nije samo neki mrtvi belac
04:28
with weird hair.
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sa uvrnutom frizurom.
04:29
He's Uncle Albert. (Laughter)
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On je ujka Albert. (Smeh)
04:33
And my son wanted to know,
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I moj sin je želeo da zna:
04:35
"What did he say? What is E = MC squared?"
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"Šta je on rekao?
Šta je E = MC na kvadrat?"
Šta je E = MC na kvadrat?"
04:37
Also, it's not all good news.
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Takođe, nisu sve vesti dobre.
04:39
I found a link to Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killer,
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Pronašao sam vezu ka Džefriju Dameru,
serijskom ubici,
serijskom ubici,
04:43
but I will say that's on my wife's side.
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ali moram reći da je to sa ženine strane.
04:45
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplauz)
04:48
So I want to make that clear. Sorry, honey.
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Samo to želim da razjasnim.
Izvini, draga.
Izvini, draga.
04:51
Number three, interconnectedness.
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Kao treće, povezanost.
04:54
We all come from the same ancestor,
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Svi potičemo od istog pretka,
04:57
and you don't have to believe
the literal Bible version,
the literal Bible version,
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i ne morate da verujete doslovno
u biblijsku verziju,
u biblijsku verziju,
05:00
but scientists talk about Y chromosomal Adam
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ali naučnici govore
o Adamu sa Y hromozomom
o Adamu sa Y hromozomom
05:04
and mitochondrial Eve,
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i Evi sa mitohondrijom,
05:07
and these were about 100,000 to 300,000 years ago.
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i ovo se događalo
pre oko 100.000 do 300.000 godina.
pre oko 100.000 do 300.000 godina.
05:10
We all have a bit of their DNA in us.
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Svi imamo po delić njihove DNK u sebi.
05:13
They are our great-great-great-great-great-great --
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Oni su naši pra-pra-pra-pra-pra-pra-
05:16
continue that for about 7,000 times --
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nastavite ovo 7000 puta -
05:18
grandparents,
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pradeda i prababa,
05:20
and so that means we literally all are
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pa to znači da smo bukvalno svi mi
05:23
biological cousins as well,
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biološki rođaci, takođe,
05:25
and estimates vary, but probably
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i procene variraju, ali verovatno
05:28
the farthest cousin you have on Earth
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je najdalji rođak kog imate na Zemlji
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is about a 50th cousin.
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otprilike pedeseto koleno.
05:33
Now, it's not just ancestors we share, descendants.
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I ne delimo samo pretke, već i potomke.
05:37
If you have kids, and they have kids,
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Ako imate decu, i oni imaju decu,
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look how quickly the descendants accumulate.
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pogledajte
koliko brzo se potomci gomilaju.
koliko brzo se potomci gomilaju.
05:43
So in 10, 12 generations,
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Tako da, za 10, 12 generacija
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you're going to have thousands of offspring,
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imaćete hiljade potomaka,
05:47
and millions of offspring.
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i milione potomaka.
05:48
Number four, a kinder world.
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Kao četvrto, bolji svet.
05:50
Now, I know that there are family feuds.
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Znam da postoji porodična zavada.
05:53
I have three sons, so I see how they fight.
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Imam tri sina i vidim kako se oni svađaju.
05:55
But I think that there's also a human bias
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Ali takođe mislim
da postoji i ljudska sklonost
da postoji i ljudska sklonost
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to treat your family a little better than strangers.
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da se članovi porodice
tretiraju bolje nego stranci.
tretiraju bolje nego stranci.
06:00
I think this tree is going to be bad news for bigots,
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Mislim da će ovo drvo biti loše
za one sa predrasudama,
za one sa predrasudama,
06:04
because they're going to have to realize
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jer će morati da shvate
06:08
that they are cousins with thousands of people
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da su rođaci hiljadama ljudi
06:11
in whatever ethnic group they happen
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sa bilo kojom etničkom grupom
06:13
to have issues with,
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da imaju problem,
06:15
and I think you look back at history,
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i mislim da kada pogledate u prošlost,
06:17
and a lot of the terrible things
we've done to each other
we've done to each other
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mnoge loše stvari
koje smo uradili jedni drugima
koje smo uradili jedni drugima
06:20
is because one group thinks
another group is sub-human,
another group is sub-human,
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bile su zato što jedna grupa ljudi
misli da druga nisu ljudi,
misli da druga nisu ljudi,
06:23
and you can't do that anymore.
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i to više ne možete da radite.
06:25
We're not just part of the same species.
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Nismo samo deo iste vrste.
06:26
We're part of the same family.
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Deo smo iste porodice.
06:28
We share 99.9 percent of our DNA.
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Delimo 99.9% iste DNK.
06:31
Now the final one is number five,
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Konačno i broj pet,
06:34
a democratizing effect.
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efekat demokratizacije.
06:35
Some genealogy has an elitist strain,
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Neke genealogije poseduju elitistički soj,
06:39
like people say, "Oh, I'm descended
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kao kad ljudi kažu: "Oh, ja sam potomak
06:41
from Mary Queen of Scots
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Meri od Škotske,
06:42
and you're not, so you cannot join my country club."
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a ti nisi, pa se ne možeš priključiti
mom kantri klubu."
mom kantri klubu."
06:45
But that's really going to be hard to do now,
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Ali će to biti sada jako teško uraditi,
06:48
because everyone is related.
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zato što su svi povezani.
06:50
I'm descended from Mary Queen of Scots --
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Ja sam potomak Meri Stjuart,
kraljice Škotske -
kraljice Škotske -
06:52
by marriage, but still.
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po braku, ali ipak.
06:56
So it's really a fascinating time
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Tako da je to zaista očaravajuće vreme
06:59
in the history of family,
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u istoriji porodica,
07:01
because it's changing so fast.
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zato što se tako brzo menja.
07:04
There is gay marriage and sperm donors
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Postoje gej venčanja i donori sperme,
07:07
and there's intermarriage
on an unprecedented scale,
on an unprecedented scale,
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i postoje mešoviti brakovi
u neviđenim razmerama,
u neviđenim razmerama,
07:12
and this makes some of my
more conservative cousins
more conservative cousins
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i ovo čini moje konzervativnije rođake
07:14
a little nervous,
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malo nervoznima,
07:16
but I actually think it's a good thing.
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ali mislim da je to dobra stvar.
07:17
I think the more inclusive the idea of family is,
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Mislim da,
što je ideja porodice više uključujuća,
što je ideja porodice više uključujuća,
07:21
the better,
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to bolje,
07:22
because then you have more potential caretakers,
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jer onda imate
više potencijalnih čuvara,
više potencijalnih čuvara,
07:24
and as my aunt's eighth cousin twice removed
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i kao što moje tetke osma rođaka
po drugom kolenu
po drugom kolenu
07:29
Hillary Clinton says --
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Hilari Klinton kaže -
07:31
(Laughter) —
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(Smeh) -
07:32
it takes a village.
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potrebno je selo.
07:34
So I have all these hundreds and thousands,
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I tako imam sve ove stotine i hiljade,
07:39
millions of new cousins.
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milione novih rođaka.
07:40
I thought, what can I do with this information?
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Mislio sam, šta mogu da uradim
sa ovom informacijom?
sa ovom informacijom?
07:43
And that's when I decided,
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I tada sam odlučio,
07:45
why not throw a party?
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zašto ne napraviti žurku?
07:47
So that's what I'm doing.
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To je ono što radim.
07:49
And you're all invited.
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I svi ste pozvani.
07:52
Next year, next summer,
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Sledeće godine, sledećeg leta,
07:54
I will be hosting what I hope is
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ugostiću nadam se
07:56
the biggest and best family reunion in history.
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najveće i najbolje
porodično okupljanje u istoriji.
porodično okupljanje u istoriji.
08:00
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
08:01
Thank you. I want you there.
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Hvala. Želim vas tamo.
08:04
I want you there.
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Želim vas tamo.
08:05
It's going to be at the New York Hall of Science,
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Održaće se u Njujorškoj naučnoj dvorani,
08:07
which is a great venue,
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koja je odlično mesto,
08:09
but it's also on the site of the former World's Fair,
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ali je takođe
i prostor nekadašnjeg svetskog sajma,
i prostor nekadašnjeg svetskog sajma,
08:13
which is, I think, very appropriate,
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što mislim da je veoma prikladno.
08:17
because I see this as a family reunion
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zato što je ovo
kao da se porodično okupljanje
kao da se porodično okupljanje
08:19
meets a world's fair.
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izjednačava sa svetskim sajmom.
08:20
There's going to be exhibits and food, music.
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Biće izložba i hrana, muzika.
08:23
Paul McCartney is 11 steps away,
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Pol Mekartni je jedanaest koraka odatle,
08:26
so I'm hoping he brings his guitar.
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pa se nadam da će poneti gitaru.
08:29
He hasn't RSVP'd yet, but fingers crossed.
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Nije još odgovorio na poziv,
ali držim palčeve.
ali držim palčeve.
08:32
And there is going to be a day of speakers,
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I imaćemo dan govornika,
08:34
of fascinating cousins.
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fascinantnih rođaka.
08:36
It's early, but I've already,
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Rano je, ali već
08:38
I've got some lined up.
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imam neki sastav.
08:40
Cass Sunstein, my cousin who is perhaps
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Kas Sanstejn, moj rođak koji je možda
08:42
the most brilliant legal scholar, will be talking.
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najbriljantniji pravni učenjak,
će govoriti.
će govoriti.
08:45
He was a former member
of the Obama administration.
of the Obama administration.
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On je nekadašnji član
Obamine administracije.
Obamine administracije.
08:48
And on the other side of the political spectrum,
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I sa druge strane političkog spektra,
08:51
George H.W. Bush, number 41, the father,
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Džordž Buš, broj 41, otac,
08:54
he has agreed to participate,
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se složio da učestvuje,
08:56
and Nick Kroll, the comedian,
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i Nik Krol, komičar,
08:58
and Dr. Oz, and many more to come.
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i Doktor Oz, i mnogi drugi.
09:02
And, of course, the most important is that you,
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I, naravno, najvažnije je da vas,
09:06
I want you guys there,
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želim vas da vidim tamo,
09:08
and I invite you to go to GlobalFamilyReunion.org
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i pozivam vas da posetite
GlobalFamilyReunion.org
GlobalFamilyReunion.org
09:11
and figure out how you're on the family tree,
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i vidite kako ste vi na porodičnom stablu,
09:14
because these are big issues, family and tribe,
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zato što su to veliki problemi,
porodica i pleme,
porodica i pleme,
09:19
and I don't know all the answers,
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i ne znam sve odgovore,
09:21
but I have a lot of smart relatives,
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ali imam mnogo pametnih rođaka,
09:24
including you guys,
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uključujući i vas,
09:26
so together, I think we can figure it out.
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pa mislim da zajedno možemo da shvatimo.
09:29
Only together can we solve these big problems.
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Samo zajedno
možemo rešiti ove velike probleme.
možemo rešiti ove velike probleme.
09:32
So from cousin to cousin,
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Kao rođak rođaku
vam zahvaljujem.
vam zahvaljujem.
09:34
I thank you. I can't wait to see you.
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Ne mogu da dočekam da vas vidim.
09:36
Goodbye.
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Doviđenja.
09:38
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
AJ Jacobs - AuthorImmersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor.
Why you should listen
AJ Jacobs' writings stand at the intersection of philosophy, Gonzo journalism and performance art. Stubbornly curious and slyly perceptive, he takes immersive learning to its irrational and profoundly amusing extreme -- extracting wisdom and meaning after long stints as a self-styled guinea pig. For his widely circulated Esquire article "My Outsourced Life," he explored the phenomenon of outsourcing by hiring a team in Bangalore to take care of every part of his life -- from reading his emails to arguing with his wife to reading bedtime stories to his own son. A previous article, "I Think You're Fat," chronicled a brief, cringe-inducing attempt to live his life in Radical Honesty, telling all the truth, all the time.
Jacobs is author of The Know-It-All, which documents the year he spent reading the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z, uncovering both funny and surprising factoids but also poignant insight into history and human nature. In 2007 he released The Year of Living Biblically, in which he attempted to follow every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible for an entire year. His recent book The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment is a collection of numerous personal experiments. including living according to George Washington's rules of conduct, outsourcing every single task to India, and posing as a woman on an online dating site.
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