Monica Byrne: A sci-fi vision of love from a 318-year-old hologram
מוניקה ביירן: אהבה בגרסת מדע בדיוני של הולוגרמה בת 318 שנה
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can. Full bio
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and trust that you're there.
in the sand in front of me
and look like I'm floating in midair.
כאילו אני פשוט מרחפת באויר.
where your stage used to be.
is a creator's worst enemy.
הן האוייב הכי גרוע של היוצר.
her to design something
in 23rd-century Cairo.
that another resident left behind.
creation needs constraint."
about my greatest discovery.
has been eternal life,
that your research will pay off.
is now 432 years,
the human lifespan indefinitely.
where we'll be content.
the longer we want to live,
take out a boat on Europa
all over the planet,
that you can stay and visit
where there's just one songwriter
where there's no one
of touching your foot to sand
של לגעת עם הרגל בחול
in the Northeast.
עם עיניים בלתי מזויינות.
with my naked eye.
and Ramachandran on the Equator.
ורמצ'אנדרן על קו המשווה.
each other in Azadi Square,
עברנו אחת על פני השניה בכיכר אזדי,
or introducing herself or anything,
או להציג את עצמה או משהו
we didn't just pass through each other?"
שלא פשוט עברנו אחת דרך השניה?"
"Who the hell are you?"
between elementary particles
that also has the properties of mass,
"I thought you'd say that.
"חשבתי שתגידי את זה.
so that particles have mass.
each other at the speed of light
climbing up into a mountain range together
שמטפסות על רכס הרים יחד
constellations of words
as soon as we made them,
and go on to the next thing, on and up.
וממשיכות לדבר הבא, הלאה ולמעלה.
was like we were always making bread,
היתה כאילו תמיד יצרנו לחם,
adding in a little more flour
Navid's obsession was touch.
האובססיה של נאביד היתה מגע.
down over my face so slowly
על פני כל כך לאט
the difference between her body and mine.
להבדיל בין הגוף שלה לשלי.
and dig her shoulder into mine
וחופרת את הכתף שלה בשלי
this feel so good?"
for her facetious question,
לשאלות השנונות שלה,
its constraints,
the future is going to be like
איך אתם חושבים שהעתיד יהיה
humans could freeze themselves
יוכלו להקפיא את עצמם
humans could replace organs
שאנשים יוכלו להחליף אברים
is the only place people live.
המקום היחיד בו חיו אנשים.
people come to die.
אליו אנשים באים למות.
what everyone does,
שאני אעשה מה שכולם עושים,
and send her to Earth,
would have to look at her
or think about her and her ...
her actual physical body.
was fascinated by it,
day by day, independent of her will.
מנותק מהרצון שלה.
just before we left, said,
ממש לפני שעזבנו, אמרה,
like you think your love is that special."
כאילו את חושבת שהאהבה שלכם מיוחדת כל כך."
that Navid said to me
is subject to entropy.
in this universe without mass.
where the Higgs field was altered.
בה שדה היגס שונה.
subatomic movements in my body
was to create a coil dimension
היתה ליצור מימד מקופל
in which time moved infinitely slower,
בו זמן נע לאט בצורה אין סופית,
to move in normal time.
in our universe as a hologram --
almost normally to all eyes,
Navid loved most,
in blue and violet blooms on the insides,
מופיעות פריחות כחולות וסגולות מבפנים,
and further apart,
only because it ends.
רק בגלל שהם מסתיימים.
they allow perfect freedom.
here this morning.
who passed by what it felt like,
איך זה מרגיש,
like melted butter.
but the space you give me.
חוץ מהמקום שאתם נותנים לי.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Monica Byrne - Author and playwrightNovelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can.
Why you should listen
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne deftly avoids the traps of conventional fiction by inventing mold-breaking characters who express themselves in surprising ways. Her first novel, The Girl in the Road, has garnered acclaim both inside and outside the spheres of science fiction.
In addition to her work on her new novel The Actual Star, Byrne is a resident playwright at Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern in Durham, NC. Her story "Blue Nowruz" was commissioned for TED2015 by Neil Gaiman. She holds degrees in biochemistry from MIT and Wellesley.
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