Jonny Sun: You are not alone in your loneliness
Jonny Sun: No estamos solos en nuestra soledad
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live. Full bio
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accidentally with an "m,"
accidentalmente con una "m",
with a mission to study humans.
con la misión de estudiar a los humanos.
and far from home,
solo y lejos de su casa,
sentido así alguna vez.
at a moment in my life
extraterreste en un momento de mi vida
and started my doctoral program at MIT,
para empezar un doctorado en el MIT,
and very much like I didn't belong.
y me parecía estar fuera de lugar.
for years and years
que vengo escribiendo chistes
to doing this more and more.
haciendo cada vez más.
the internet can feel like a lonely place.
Internet puede parecer un lugar solitario.
but no one's ever listening.
sin que nadie lo escuche.
in speaking out to the void.
consuelo al hablar al vacío.
my feelings with the void,
mis sentimientos con el vacío,
isn't this endless lonely expanse at all,
una extensión solitaria sin fin,
all sorts of other people,
de todo tipo de personas,
and also wanting to be heard.
y queriendo ser escuchados.
that have come from social media.
venidas de la mano de las redes sociales.
is to feel so much sadness
es sentir tanta tristeza,
that so many of my closest friends
de que muchos de mis amigos más cercanos
originally online.
originalmente en línea.
there's this confessional nature
a la naturaleza confesional
in this personal, intimate diary
en un diario personal e íntimo
everyone in the world to read it.
que lo lean todos en el mundo.
la alegría que trae
from perspectives from people
desde la perspectiva de otros
different from ourselves,
that I was following
a quienes seguía
and going to therapy
that they often do
que se suele tener
around mental health was normalized,
sobre la salud mental se normalizó,
that going to therapy was something
de que ir a terapia
to be talking about all these topics
hablar sobre todos estos temas
think that it is a big, scary thing
que es algo grande y aterrador
already perfectly and fully formed.
perfectamente y completamente formado.
actually a great place to not know,
un gran lugar para no saberlo,
treat that with excitement,
tratar eso con entusiasmo,
important about sharing your imperfections
en compartir nuestras imperfecciones,
and your vulnerabilities
y nuestras vulnerabilidades
that they feel sad or afraid
que se siente triste o asustado
this comfort of being vulnerable
este consuelo de ser vulnerable
can share with each other.
compartir entre nosotros.
externalizing the internal,
externalizar lo interno,
feelings that I don't have words for,
invisibles para los que no tengo palabras,
putting words to them,
nombrarlos con palabras,
find words to find their feelings as well.
para poder definir sus sentimientos.
in putting all these things
en poner todas estas cosas
into these smaller pieces,
en estas piezas más pequeñas,
I think they're more fun.
creo que son más divertidos.
see our shared humanness.
a ver nuestra humanidad compartida.
of a short story,
de una narración breve,
a cute book of illustrations, for example.
de ilustraciones, por ejemplo.
that I'll throw on the internet.
que lanzaré en Internet.
I posted this app idea
publiqué la idea de una aplicación
and you have to get out of the house
y tienen que salir de la casa
in the audience,
de aplicaciones en la audiencia,
I feel anxious about sending an email.
ansioso al enviar un correo electrónico,
I promise I'm trying my best!"
odien, prometo que hago mejor que puedo.
dead or alive, I would.
vivo o muerto, lo haría.
I post things like these online,
como estas en línea,
little gatherings can be quite meaningful.
pueden ser bastante significativas.
from architecture school
de la carrera de arquitectura
have you already had
conocidas ya han tenido
my own friends who had moved away
que se habían mudado
and different countries, even,
y hasta diferentes países,
for me to keep in touch with them.
mantenerme en contacto con ellos.
and sharing their own experiences.
y compartir sus propias experiencias.
they had a falling out with.
con quien se habían peleado.
who had passed away
about their friends from school
started happening.
algo realmente agradable.
and share their own experiences
a compartir sus propias experiencias,
to reach out to that friend
para acercarse a ese amigo
that they had a falling out with.
this little tiny microcommunity.
esta pequeña microcomunidad.
creado un grupo de apoyo
de todo tipo de personas.
publicamos algo en línea,
hay una posibilidad
microcommunities can form.
of different creatures
todo tipo de criaturas diferentes
the muck of the internet,
de la basura que hay en Internet,
in the reading the replies
y los comentarios
a reply that is particularly kind
una respuesta particularmente amable
in going to follow someone
already follow you back.
that you know in real life
que conocemos en la vida real
and the things that they write
y lo que escriben
of the same interests as they do,
muchos de los mismos intereses,
closer together to you.
in a strange place,
un lugar extraño, es como estar en casa]
because as we all know,
ya que, como sabemos,
doesn't feel like this.
where we misunderstand each other,
donde nos entendemos mal,
with each other,
en conflicto entre nosotros,
and screaming and yelling and shouting,
confusión, gritos, chillidos e insultos
there's too much of everything.
the bad parts with the good,
las partes malas con las buenas,
y como hemos visto,
lastimarnos de verdad.
that we use to inhabit these online spaces
para habitar estos espacios en línea
either ignorantly or willfully
ignorante o intencional
to propagate misinformation,
para propagar información errónea,
and the violence that comes from it,
y la violencia que proviene de él,
none of our current platforms
de las plataformas actuales
to address and to fix that.
para abordar y arreglar eso.
probably unfortunately,
desafortunadamente,
as many others are,
en línea, como muchos otros,
like that's where all the people are.
donde están todas las personas.
of human connection in times like these.
de conexión humana en momentos como estos.
are not superfluous.
de humanidad no son superfluos.
from the world at all,
why we come to these spaces.
por el que venimos a estos espacios.
and they affirm and they give us life.
afianzan y nos dan vida.
temporary sanctuaries
santuarios temporales.
as alone as we think we are.
no estamos tan solos como creemos.
and everyone's sad
y todos están tristes
todos están tristes.
this inflatable bouncey castle
ya compré este castillo hinchable
bouncy castle in this case
metafórico en este caso
and our connections to other people.
y conexiones con los demás.
and hopeless about the world,
y sin esperanza por el mundo,
logging on to social media
iniciar una sesión en las redes sociales
at the end of the world."
de alguien en el fin del mundo ".
the void responding,
who started talking to each other,
y quienes luego hablaron entre sí.
tiny community formed.
una pequeña comunidad.
para tomarse de las manos.
to hold on to is other people.
que aferrarnos es a otras personas.
made up of small moments,
hecha de pequeños momentos,
tiny sliver of light
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonny Sun - Screenwriter, author, artistJonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live.
Why you should listen
Jonny Sun never felt that the multi-hyphenate description of screenwriter/humorist/author/artist/researcher/technologist made much sense. He is a writer for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman and is currently writing the screenplay for an original idea with Fox Family and Chernin Entertainment. He also wrote and illustrated the best-selling graphic novel Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, illustrated Lin-Manuel Miranda's GMorning, Gnight! and regularly writes online.
Sun is currently pursuing a PhD at MIT, where he's studying social media communities and making art about artificial intelligence with the metaLAB at Harvard. He helped develop The Laughing Room, a self-aware sitcom set that plays a laugh track based on what participants say in the room. His work explores how technology interfaces with our lived, human experiences, believing that this critical eye on technology is essential to the stories we tell about contemporary life.
Sun's work comes from deeply personal places, asking: "Does anyone else feel this way too?" He seeks to feel less alone in the world and to try to help others feel less alone, too -- by making things that connect to people, and then connect people; by making work that helps people feel seen and find each other.
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