Fadi Chehadé and Bryn Freedman: What everyday citizens can do to claim power on the internet
Fadi Chehade na Bryn Freedman: Kipi wananchi wa kila siku wanaweza fanya kudai nguvu katika intaneti
Fadi Chehadé is focused on finding ways for society to benefit from technology and strengthening international cooperation in the digital space. Full bioBryn Freedman - Editorial director and curator, TED Institute
Bryn Freedman helps those who want to give the "talk of their lives" in a clear, passionate and authentic way. Full bio
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that in the 20th century,
kua karne ya ishirini,
of government.
mikononi mwa serikali.
it would move to individuals.
ingehamia kwa watu binafsi.
cater to individuals,
yanahudumia watu,
that we have a big role
kua tuna jukumu kubwa
itakavyotawaliwa kusonga mbele.
will be governed, moving forward.
is between governments,
ni kati ya serikali,
makampuni
around the nation-state system
karibu na mfumo wa taifa la taifa
and it's not national,
na sio ya kitaifa,
became very powerful.
yamekua na nguvu sana.
as the citizenry --
kama raia --
the most important leg of that stool --
wa muhimu zaidi kwenye kigoda hicho --
that businesses will prevail, are right.
kua biashara itafanikiwa, wamepatia.
will force businesses
watalazimisha biashara
to be responsive,
na majibu,
iliyoshinda Uber na Lyft na kila mtu
winning over Uber and Lyft and everyone
kwa biashara ya pikipiki San Francisco.
for the San Francisco scooter business.
to the people of San Francisco,
watu wa San Francisco,
being thrown everywhere,
kua kila mahali,
mahitaji ya watu
to the people's requirements
kuzungukia aina za kanuni."
around a set of rules."
and they won the contract
na wakashinda mkataba
and self-governance,
na kujitawala,
creating guidelines and norms
kutengeneza miongozo na kanuni
nani atatawala,
who is going to control,
vipande vya teknolojia vya intaneti
the technology layers of the internet
kupanga hizo kanuni
setting those rules
that makes the internet one network.
zinazofanya intaneti kua mtandao mmoja.
into the upper layers of the internet,
kwenye vipande vya juu vya intaneti,
mimi na wewe kila siku --
me and you every day --
bahati mbaya haziko kwenye nafasi.
unfortunately is not in place.
wa ushirikiano na utawala
of cooperation and governance
raia wanaweza kukubaliana
and the citizenry can agree
inavyokua inaendelea.
is going to advance.
ya dijitali motisha yoyote?
a digital company any incentive?
kwa watumiaji wao kwenye moyo,
their users' best interests at heart,
would disagree with that.
hawakubaliani na hilo.
jinsi kampuni za teknolojia zilivyoitikia
how tech companies have reacted
to their technologies.
kuhusu teknolojia zao.
iliopita, kimsingi waliipotezea.
basically dismissed it.
ni, "Sisi ni jukwaaa la teknolojia tu.
is, "We're just a technology platform.
kama jukwaa langu la teknolojia
if my technology platform
kuua mabinti zao Pakistan.
to go kill their girls in Pakistan.
hii sio tena endelevu,
this is no longer sustainable,
watu, watumiaji, wananchi,
from people, users, citizens,
that are starting to say,
zinazoanza kusema,
unaoanza kukaa,
that is starting to set,
"We have a role."
"Tunajukumu."
mwenye mafanikio sana kwenye kampuni,
a very successful CEO of a company,
of the power you have
wa mamlaka uliyonayo
wa mabilioni ya watu.
of billions of people.
sio moja wala lingine.
it's not one or the other.
raisi wa Microsoft,
the president of Microsoft,
wa eneo la dijitali,"
of the digital space,"
in Silicon Valley
wa Silicon Valley
Tunajipatanisha wenyewe."
We self-regulate."
kufanya jambo sahihi?
do the right thing?
to interview you for an hour,
kukuhoji kwa lisaa,
and your best hope
na tumaini lako kubwa
ni kua tutakua wote makarani
is that we will become each stewards
we want to put the blame on others.
tunataka kulaumu wengine.
They're behaving this way."
Wanatabia hizi."
the responsibility to be a steward
kuchukua wajibu wa kua karani
kwa maraisi wa chuo
on university presidents
and computer science student
na sayansi na sayansi ya kompyuta
mstari unaofata wa kanuni
the next line of code
a sense of responsibility and stewardship
hali ya uwajibikaji na ukarani
entering an engineering program
anaeingia programu ya uhandisi
kiapo cha hekima
kwa sisi wengine.
to the rest of us.
tutainuka.
will fight over this power game,
nguvu juu ya huu mchezo wa madaraka,
kuwa mbunifu sana leo,
to be very tactical today,
the West, the liberal world,
Magharibi, dunia huria,
kupita kipindi cha kutokuenea kwa nyuklia
through the nuclear nonproliferation age
visiweze kujadiliwa,
things off the table,
imemaliza tu tafiti.
just finished a study.
iliyotengeneza silaha za nyuklia
that made nuclear weapons
ungeweza kutoa kwenye mjadala
would you take off the table
za mtu mwingine?"
schools or hospitals?"
mpaka kwenye hili swali ilikua,
to this question was,
you've got a lot of work to do,
kazi nyingi ya kufanya,
I really appreciate it.
nimethamini kweli.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Fadi Chehadé - Technologist, entrepreneurFadi Chehadé is focused on finding ways for society to benefit from technology and strengthening international cooperation in the digital space.
Why you should listen
Fadi Chehadé is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and led several companies in the digital space including Vocado LLC (acquired by Oracle in 2018) and Viacore (purchased by IBM in 2006). He is an advisory board member with the World Economic Forum's Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution that focuses on maximizing the benefits of science and technology for society. Chehadé is also a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation that will advance proposals to strengthen international cooperation in the digital space.
Chehadé serves on the corporate boards of Sentry Data Systems and Interactions LLC and the advisory board of the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy. For two years, he was a Senior Advisor to Prof. Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, where he focused on public-private cooperation to address issues affecting the digital economy. As former President and CEO of ICANN, the global authority managing the Internet's logical infrastructure and ensuring "one" internet for the world, Chehadé guided its historic transition to an independent transnational institution governed jointly by private, public and civic stakeholders.
Fadi Chehadé | Speaker | TED.com
Bryn Freedman - Editorial director and curator, TED Institute
Bryn Freedman helps those who want to give the "talk of their lives" in a clear, passionate and authentic way.
Why you should listen
Award-winning TV producer, investigative journalist and author, Bryn Freedman joined TED in 2014 as the editorial director and curator for the TED Institute. In her work with TED, Freedman creates and executes TED conference events for Fortune 500 companies, overseeing all editorial content as well as managing speaker coaches and determining both the topics for each talk and the overall conference theme. In addition to curating these events, she works as an executive speaker coach for professionals who want to give the "talk of their lives" in a clear, passionate and authentic way.
Freedman is also co-founder of Voices4Freedom, an international organization aimed at eradicating slavery through education and media.
Bryn Freedman | Speaker | TED.com