Michael Patrick Lynch: How to see past your own perspective and find truth
Majkl Patrik Linč (Michael Patrick Lynch): Kako da zaobiđete svoju perspektivu i otkrijete istinu
Michael Patrick Lynch examines truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology in the age of big data. Full bio
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svoj pametni telefon
your smartphone miniaturized
takvu vrstu moždanog čipa,
i skidate stvari sa interneta
and download to the internet
ili Vikipediji bilo bi kao -
would be a lot like --
u svom pamćenju.
poput razmišljanja.
and as intimate as thinking.
for you to know what's true?
da znate šta je istinito?
of accessing information is faster
pristupanja informacijama brži,
reliable, of course,
na isti način.
interpret it the same way.
any better at evaluating it.
njihovo procenjivanje.
manje vremena za procenjivanje.
less time for evaluation.
happening to us right now.
čitav svet informacija u svom džepu,
around in our pockets,
delimo i što im više pristupamo onlajn,
we share and access online,
to tell the difference
but understand less.
of modern life, I suppose,
savremenog života, pretpostavljam,
u izolovanim mehurima informacija.
live in isolated information bubbles.
but over the facts.
vrednosti, već i činjenica.
analitika podataka koja pokreće internet
analytics that drive the internet
putem Fejsbukovih ažuriranih novosti
our Facebook feed
naše preferencije.
reflecting ourselves
na kraju predstavlja naš odraz
rather than bursting them.
a paradoxical situation,
oko toga šta znamo.
on what it is we know.
problem polarizacije znanja?
this problem of knowledge polarization?
da popravimo našu tehnologiju,
to fix our technology,
naše digitalne platforme,
susceptible to polarization.
manje podložnim polarizaciji.
and Facebook are working on just that.
i Fejsbuku rade baš na tome.
is obviously really important,
očigledno veoma značajno,
sama po sebi, njeno popravljanje,
fixing it, is going to solve the problem
na kraju krajeva,
at the end of the day,
i sa onim što vrednujemo.
and what we value.
mislim da će nam biti potrebna pomoć.
we're going to need help.
from psychology and political science.
psihologije i političkih nauka,
prema mom mišljenju, filozofije.
I think, from philosophy.
polarizacije znanja,
of knowledge polarization,
is like, I suppose,
je poput, pretpostavljam,
to put into practice.
predstavlja izazov.
something of a troubled relationship
sa ovim konceptom.
nedavno formulisao,
put it not long ago,
of argument that's in the air.
koja je prisutna u vazduhu.
iz svoje perspektive;
of our own perspectives;
iz sopstvene perspektive.
from our perspective.
da je objektivna istina iluzija,
that objective truth is an illusion,
know what it is,
kao što znaju neki među vama,
as some of you know,
u izvesnim akademskim krugovima.
academic circles.
još od grčkog filozofa Protagore,
to the Greek philosopher Protagoras,
truth was an illusion
da je objektivna istina iluzija
of all things."
of realpolitik to people,
kao okrepljujući deo realpolitike
to discover or make our own truth.
da otkrijemo ili stvorimo svoju istinu.
of self-serving rationalization
racionalizacija koja služi samoj sebi,
of being certain
to be certain about anything;
biti siguran u bilo šta;
oko raznoraznih činjenica.
on all sorts of facts.
zalepršati rukama i poleteti.
your arms and fly.
može biti primamljiv,
about truth can be tempting,
away our own biases.
da racionalizujemo svoje predrasude.
smo poput lika u filmu
the guy in the movie
bez obzira na to.
dobiti ono što želite.
want feels good.
u udobne mehure informacija,
information bubbles,
as the measure of reality.
kao merilo stvarnosti.
this bad faith gets into our action
načina na koji ova obmana otpočinje
to the phenomenon of fake news.
presidential election of 2016
predsedničkih izbora 2016. godine
naše predrasude,
upadljivo u vezi sa time
so many people.
u vezi sa lažnim vestima, fenomenom,
about fake news,
povod polarizacije znanja;
the subject of knowledge polarization;
the very term -- "fake news"
„vest koja mi se ne sviđa“.
protiv istine o kojoj govorim.
towards the truth that I'm talking about.
is the measure of all things."
„jedan čovek je mera svih stvari“.
"only the strong survive."
„Hiljadu devetsto osamdeset četvrte“
the protagonist Winston Smith
muči glavnog lika Vinstona Smita
da je dva plus dva jednako pet.
da je šta god partija kaže istina,
that whatever the party says is the truth,
šta god partija kaže da jeste.
is that once this thought is accepted,
kada se ta misao prihvati,
that we really live in a common reality,
da zaista živimo u zajedničkoj stvarnosti,
as the motto for the Enlightenment:
kao moto prosvetiteljstva:
"to dare to know for yourself."
„usudi se da sam saznaš“.
mnogo nas mislilo
was always going to make it easier
uvek olakšavati da sami saznajemo
more and more a part of our lives,
sve više postao deo našeg života,
znamo preko Gugla.
skupove činjenica
the assembly line of social media.
na traci društvenih mreža.
neku vrstu intelektualnih spoljnih usluga.
a sort of intellectual outsourcing.
of others and algorithms.
na račun mreže drugih ljudi i algoritama.
da ne zatrpavamo glavu
to not clutter our minds
kada su nam potrebni
when we need them.
između skidanja skupa podataka
between downloading a set of facts
su ti podaci takvi kakvi jesu.
those facts are as they are.
zašto se određena bolest širi,
a particular disease spreads,
od jednostavnog skidanja podataka.
that we should stop Google-knowing.
da prestanemo da saznajemo putem Gugla;
ni da precenjujemo to saznanje.
forms of knowing that are more active,
načina saznavanja koji su aktivniji
our effort into our bubble.
da ćemo uvek prebaciti trud na svoj mehur.
is that too often it ends up
što se saznavanje putem Gugla
always being right.
znači uvek biti u pravu.
that you could be wrong.
mogućnosti da grešite.
are different things.
i ono što je istina različite stvari.
koju mislim da treba da činimo
that I think we need to do
in a common reality.
da živimo u zajedničkoj stvarnosti.
malo skromnosti.
have a little humility.
epistemičku skromnost,
epistemic humility,
more than that.
as open to improvement
kao otvoren za poboljšanje
kao otvoren za poboljšanje
as open to improvement
being open to change.
za lični napredak.
to self-improvement.
tako da je u stanju da se poboljša
as capable of enhancing
by what others contribute.
zajednička stvarnost
of a stretch to say
at enhancing or encouraging
u pogledu poboljšanja ili podsticanja
arrogance and confidence.
aroganciju i samopouzdanje,
o sebi kao sveznalici.
as knowing it all.
kao da ste sve dokučili.
as having it all figured out.
of the bad faith towards the truth
obmane naspram istine
if their citizens don't strive,
ako njeni građani ne nastoje,
ideas back and forth
da obitavate u tom prostoru
da živite u istoj stvarnosti.
that you live in the same reality.
moramo verovati u istinu,
to believe in truth,
more active ways of knowing.
aktivnije načine saznavanja
the measure of all things.
ostvariti viziju
nešto što oslobađa a ne zastrašuje,
and not terrifying,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael Patrick Lynch - PhilosopherMichael Patrick Lynch examines truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology in the age of big data.
Why you should listen
What is truth and why does it matter? Does information technology help or hinder its pursuit? And how do we encourage more productive public discourse? These are some of the questions that animate Michael Lynch's work as a philosopher.
Lynch is a writer and professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, where he directs the Humanities Institute. His work concerns truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology. Lynch is the author or editor of seven books, including The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data, In Praise of Reason: Why Rationality Matters for Democracy, Truth as One and Many and the New York Times Sunday Book Review Editor’s pick, True to Life.
The recipient of the Medal for Research Excellence from the University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, he is The Principal Investigator for Humility & Conviction in Public Life, a $7 million project aimed at understanding and encouraging meaningful public discourse funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the University of Connecticut. He's a frequent contributor to the New York Times "The Stone" blog.
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