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Stewart Brand: What squatter cities can teach us
Stewart Brand: Què podem aprendre de les ciutats marginals.
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Les zones rurals de tot el món estan patint una despoblació, ja que milions de persones es traslladen a campaments marginals i suburbis altament poblats. Stewart Brand afirma que aquests desplaçaments són positius. Per què? Només necessites 3 minuts per descobrir-ho.
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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Demogràficament
està passant alguna cosa important.
està passant alguna cosa important.
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And it may be that passing the 50 percent urban point
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Superar el 50% del la densitat urbana
és un punt d'inflecció econòmica
és un punt d'inflecció econòmica
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is an economic tipping point. So the world now is a map of connectivity.
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Ja que el món és un mapa de connexions.
Abans París, Londres i Nova York
eren les grans ciutats.
eren les grans ciutats.
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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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Però el creixement d'occident s'ha acabat.
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The aggregate numbers are overwhelming.
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Les xifres són aclaparadores.
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So what's really going on? Well, villages of the world are emptying out.
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Què està passant realment?
Les poblacions d'arreu del món
s'estan buidant.
s'estan buidant.
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The question is, why?
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La pregunta és: per què?
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And here's the unromantic truth -- and the city air makes you free,
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I aquí ve la veritat poc romàntica:
"L'aire de la ciutat et fa lliure",
com deien els renaixentistes alemanys.
com deien els renaixentistes alemanys.
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they said in Renaissance Germany. So some people go to places
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Molts van a llocs com Xangai
però la majoria prefereix zones marginals
però la majoria prefereix zones marginals
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like Shanghai but most go to the squatter cities where aesthetics rule.
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per motius estètics.
No es tracta precisament de gent pobra
sinó que surt poc a poc de la pobresa.
sinó que surt poc a poc de la pobresa.
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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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They're the dominant builders and to a large extent, the dominant designers.
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Ells són els constructors dominants i
en gran part els dissenyadors principals.
en gran part els dissenyadors principals.
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They have home-brewed infrastructure and vibrant urban life.
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Tenen infraestructures casolanes
i una vida urbana viva.
i una vida urbana viva.
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One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai.
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Una sisena part del PIB de la Índia
ve de Bombai.
ve de Bombai.
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They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cases, the government helps.
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Allà les millores són constants,
el govern dóna ajudes.
el govern dóna ajudes.
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Education is the main event that can happen in cities.
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L'educació és el més important
de tot el que està passant.
de tot el que està passant.
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What's going on in the street in Mumbai?
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Què està passant als carrers de Bombai?
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Al Gore knows. It's basically everything.
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Al Gore ho sap. Està passant de tot.
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There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works.
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No hi ha atur en aquestes ciutats.
Tothom treballa.
Tothom treballa.
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One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.
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La sisena part de la població hi viu.
I aviat en seran més.
I aviat en seran més.
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So here's the first punch line:
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I per acabar, primer:
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cities have defused the population bomb.
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Les ciutats han desactivat
la bomba demogràfica.
la bomba demogràfica.
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And here's the second punch line.
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I segon:
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That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective.
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Són les notícies que arriben
del centre de la ciutat. Vegem-ho:
del centre de la ciutat. Vegem-ho:
02:58
Stars have shined down on earth's life for billions of years.
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Les estrelles han brillat damunt la Terra
durant milions d'anys.
durant milions d'anys.
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Now we're shining right back up.
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Ara ens toca a nosaltres.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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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