Steven Johnson: The playful wonderland behind great inventions
Stiven Džonson (Steven Johnson): Kako igra vodi velikim izumima
Steven Berlin Johnson examines the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. Full bio
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died in the rolling hills
je uginuo u strmim brdima
of modern day Slovenia.
današnje Slovenije.
a mammoth died in southern Germany.
mamut je uginuo u južnoj Nemačkoj.
a griffon vulture also died
beloglavi sup je takođe uginuo
about how these animals met their deaths,
o tome kako su umrle ove životinje,
dispersed across both time and space
raštrkana i u vremenu i prostoru
a bone from each of their skeletons
kosti od njihovih skeleta
40,000 years ago.
od pre 40 000 godina.
garments from animal skins
odeću od životinjske kože
that you would invent the flute,
useless vibrations in air molecules.
beskorisne vibracije u molekulima vazduha.
what our ancestors did.
to be surprisingly common
iznenađujuće uobičajeno
or feed their children
ili da hrane svoju decu
but seemingly frivolous inventions
ali naoko frivolnih izuma
momentous transformations
značajne transformacije
important invention of modern times:
najvažniji izum savremnog doba:
descend from military technology,
potiču od vojne tehnologije,
were designed specifically
bili naročito dizajnirani
or calculate rocket trajectories.
ili da računaju putanje raketa.
of the modern computer
to make a sound,
kako biste stvorili zvuk,
to create the first organ
da bi nastale prve orgulje
of triggering sounds
briljantna ideja da stvara zvuk
from organs to clavichords to harpsichords
od orgulja preko klavikorda i cimbala
finally hit on the idea
konačno pala na pamet ideja
to trigger not sounds but letters.
da bi stvarali, ne zvuk, već slova.
"the writing harpsichord."
"cimbalom za pisanje".
to even more powerful breakthroughs.
čak i do moćnijih revolucionarnih izuma.
designed a device
that plays itself."
koji svira samog sebe".
was basically a giant music box.
bio džinovska muzička kutija.
various songs by using instructions
da sviraju niz pesama koristeći uputstva
on a rotating cylinder.
igle na rotirajući cilindar.
to play a different song,
da mašina svira drugu pesmu,
with a different code on it.
sa drugačijom šifrom.
this was a massive leap forward.
bio veliki skok napred.
with this invention.
zahvaljujući ovom izumu.
of war or of conquest,
of watching a machine play music.
posmatranja mašine kako svira.
for about 700 years.
isključivo muzika održavala u životu.
of the Parisian elite.
identične šifrovane cilindre
of what were called automata,
takozvanih automata,
an automated flute player
automatizovani svirač frule
sjajni francuski izumitelj
was designing his robot musician,
dizajnirao svog robota muzičara,
to make pleasing sounds,
da pravi ugodne zvuke,
delightful patterns of color out of cloth?
divne šare boja i tkanina?
to represent musical notes,
u predstavljanju muzičkih nota,
threads with different colors.
niti različitih boja.
for your fabric,
and time-consuming to make,
i njihova izrada je dugo trajala,
po imenu Žakard,
of using paper-punched cards
da koristi kartice od izbušenog papira
much cheaper and more flexible
kao jeftiniji i fleksibilniji
Victorian inventor Charles Babbage
viktorijanskog izumitelja Čarlsa Babidža
by computer programmers
kompjuterski programeri
the modern computer possible?
nastanak savremenih kompjutera?
is an important part of the story,
also required other building blocks:
takođe zahtevao drugu građu:
ideas and technologies
koje su promenile svet
the mother of invention.
is fundamentally exploratory,
je suštinski istraživački naklonjeno,
in the world around us.
u svetu oko nas.
is why so many experiences
je razlog zašto su mnoga iskustva,
delight and amusement
oduševljenjem i razonodom,
to profound breakthroughs.
do istinski revolucionarnih otkrića.
for how we teach kids in school
za to kako obrazujemo decu u školama
in our workspaces,
na našem radnom mestu,
and delight this way
i užitku na ovaj način
sitting there in 1750
sedeli tamo 1750,
the big changes coming to society
nadolazeće velike promene u društvu
as anything else at the time.
kao bilo šta drugo iz tog vremena.
the beginning of a tech revolution
bio početak tehnološke revolucije
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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