Bhu Srinivasan: Capitalism isn't an ideology -- it's an operating system
Bhu Srinivasan: El capitalismo no es una ideología, es un sistema operativo
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is a series of marketplaces.
es una serie de mercados.
that transport lemons,
que transportan limones,
esos camiones,
to build lemonade stands.
para construir puestos de limonada.
por supuesto, como sabemos,
that this is because capitalism,
que esto es porque el capitalismo,
es en gran parte malentendido.
is largely misunderstood.
be thought of as an ideology,
como una ideología,
as an operating system.
el hardware con el software.
as the physical reality all around you,
como la realidad física a su alrededor,
como la actividad emprendedora,
as entrepreneurial activity,
you have an operating system.
tienen un sistema operativo.
necesita mantenerse al día.
it needs to be updated,
have to happen symbiotically.
que suceder simbióticamente.
to keep getting more and more advanced
seguir avanzando cada vez más
fundamentalmente,
como un sistema operativo,
as an operating system,
defenders of capitalism think.
defensores tradicionales del capitalismo.
fundadores llegaran a la Primera Enmienda,
even got to the First Amendment --
free religion, free press,
religiosa y de prensa,
in promoting arts and sciences.
la promoción de las artes y las ciencias.
a search engine tomorrow called Goggle.
mañana un buscador llamado Goggle.
because there could be some confusion.
porque podría generar confusión.
have ambiguity built into them.
propiedad tienen ambigüedad.
of property that come into being.
otros tipos de propiedad.
you owned 100 acres of land
poseían 40 hectáreas de tierra
donde termina su valla,
where your fence ends,
of a few hot-air balloons,
unos pocos globos de aire caliente,
it was very much relevant
at 1,000 feet in the sky,
a 300 m en el cielo,
someone arbitrate that.
eso fue justo lo que sucedió.
over your house to your neighbor
un paquete sobre su casa a su vecino
Does you property end at five feet,
¿su propiedad termina en 1.5 m
where your property ends.
figured out flight,
a usar más y más autos.
more and more cars.
the operating system --
--el sistema operativo--
address the safety of consumers.
repente la seguridad de los consumidores.
were presenting danger to horses,
presentaban peligro para caballos,
what have you.
had to have driver's licenses, eye exams,
licencias de conducir, exámenes oculares,
límites de velocidad,
could coexist with cars.
pudieran coexistir con los automóviles.
con versiones anteriores.
advances from the past.
básicamente a los avances del pasado.
with self-driving cars --
con los autos sin conductor:
conducidos por humanos.
is in 10 years,
los drones y los autos sin conductor,
beyond drones and self-driving cars,
the most valuable economy in the world --
más valiosa del mundo,
run by communists.
very good at capitalism.
muy buenos para el capitalismo.
fundamental problems
for the United States.
de identidad para EE. UU.
such as free speech, free press,
libertades como la libertad de expresión,
this equation is going to be decoupled.
esta ecuación se va a desacoplar.
the multitude of voices,
la multitud de voces,
any pretense of limited government
pretensión de gobierno limitado
a regulatory framework for drones,
un marco regulatorio para drones,
para autos sin conductor,
Western societies.
a las sociedades occidentales.
in the American experience.
en la experiencia estadounidense.
to think of American capitalism
en el capitalismo estadounidense
and not as an ideology.
y no como una ideología.
as an ideology,
como una ideología,
make for very, very bad policy.
una norma política malísima.
y las voces democráticas
se desarrolla,
that capitalism poses and modernity poses.
plantea el capitalismo y la modernidad.
que piensen en...
can ultimately become good politics.
convertirse en buena política.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bhu Srinivasan - WriterBhu Srinivasan writes about economics, history and statecraft.
Why you should listen
Bhu Srinivasan's first book, AMERICANA: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism, explores the intersections of democracy and capitalism. The Economist selected it as one of its Best Books of 2017. A venture-backed entrepreneur from his early 20s, Srinivasan has built media properties in publishing, gaming, financial content, and technology ranging from video games to municipal bonds. He is currently working on adapting his book to television, identifying the next big things, and outlining his next book.
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