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Stewart Brand: What squatter cities can teach us
Stewart Brand om slumbyerne
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Landsbyer verden over bliver forladt, da milliarder af mennesker flokkes til byerne for at leve i myldrende slumkvarterer. Stewart Brand siger at det er en god ting. Hvorfor? Det tager dig 3 minutter at finde ud af det.
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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Faktisk er der en kæmpe demografisk begivenhed igang.
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And it may be that passing the 50 percent urban point
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Og måske er det at passere 50 procent urbanisering
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is an economic tipping point. So the world now is a map of connectivity.
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er et økonomisk vendepunkt. Så verden er nu et kort af sammenslutninger.
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It used to be that Paris and London and New York were the largest cities.
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Det plejede at være Paris og London og New York der var de største byer.
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What we have now is the end of the rise of the West. That's over.
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Hvad vi har nu er enden på Vestens stigning. Det er slut.
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The aggregate numbers are overwhelming.
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Summen af tallene er overvældende.
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So what's really going on? Well, villages of the world are emptying out.
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Så hvad sker der? Landsbyer verden over er ved at udtømmes.
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The question is, why?
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Spørgsmålet er, hvorfor?
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And here's the unromantic truth -- and the city air makes you free,
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Og her er den uromantiske sandhed -- og luften i byen gør dig fri,
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they said in Renaissance Germany. So some people go to places
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sagde de i renæssancens Tyskland. Så nogle folk tager til steder
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like Shanghai but most go to the squatter cities where aesthetics rule.
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som Shanghai, men de fleste tager til slumbyer hvor æstetikken regerer.
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And these are not really a people oppressed by poverty.
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Og de er ikke rigtig et folk undertrykt af fattigdom.
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They're people getting out of poverty as fast as they can.
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De er folk der kommer ud af fattigdom, så hurtigt som de kan.
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They're the dominant builders and to a large extent, the dominant designers.
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De er de dominante bygherrer og i et stort omfang, de dominante designere.
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They have home-brewed infrastructure and vibrant urban life.
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De har hjemmebrygget infrastruktur og et pulserende byliv.
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One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai.
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En sjettedel af BNP'et i Indien kommer fra Mumbai.
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They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cases, the government helps.
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De opgraderer konstant, og i nogle tilfælde, hjælper regeringen.
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Education is the main event that can happen in cities.
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Uddannelse er det vigtigste der kan foregå i byerne.
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What's going on in the street in Mumbai?
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Hvad sker der på gaden i Mumbai?
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Al Gore knows. It's basically everything.
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Al Gore ved det. Det er praktisk talt alting.
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There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works.
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Der er ingen arbejdsløshed i slumbyerne. Alle arbejder.
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One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.
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En sjettedel af menneskeheden er der. Snart er det mere end det.
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So here's the first punch line:
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Så her er den første pointe.
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cities have defused the population bomb.
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Byer har desarmeret befolkningsbomben.
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And here's the second punch line.
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Og her er den anden pointe.
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That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective.
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Det er nyhederne fra centrum. Her er det i perspektiv.
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Stars have shined down on earth's life for billions of years.
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Stjernene har skinnet over jordens liv i milliarder af år.
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Now we're shining right back up.
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Nu skinner vi tilbage.
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Thank you.
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Tak.
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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