Jonny Sun: You are not alone in your loneliness
ג'וני סאן: אתה לא לבד בבדידות שלך
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,"
with a mission to study humans.
לחקור את בני האדם.
and far from home,
at a moment in my life
ברגע בחיי
and started my doctoral program at MIT,
והתחלתי את לימודי הדוקטורט ב-MIT,
and very much like I didn't belong.
for years and years
to doing this more and more.
the internet can feel like a lonely place.
כמו מקום בודד.
but no one's ever listening.
אבל אף אחד לא מקשיב.
in speaking out to the void.
my feelings with the void,
isn't this endless lonely expanse at all,
all sorts of other people,
and also wanting to be heard.
that have come from social media.
is to feel so much sadness
זה להרגיש כל כך הרבה עצבות
that so many of my closest friends
שכל כך הרבה מחבריי הקרובים
originally online.
there's this confessional nature
אופי וידויי כזה
in this personal, intimate diary
ביומן אישי ואינטימי
everyone in the world to read it.
שכולם ברחבי העולם יקראו את זה.
from perspectives from people
מנקודות מבט של אנשים אחרים
different from ourselves,
that I was following
שאני עוקב אחריהם
and going to therapy
that they often do
around mental health was normalized,
הפכה לנורמלית,
that going to therapy was something
to be talking about all these topics
לדבר על הנושאים האלה
think that it is a big, scary thing
שמאוד משמעותי ומפחיד
already perfectly and fully formed.
מושלמים ומעוצבים לחלוטין.
actually a great place to not know,
מקום נהדר שחבל יהיה לא להכיר אותו,
treat that with excitement,
להתייחס אליו בהתלהבות,
important about sharing your imperfections
and your vulnerabilities
that they feel sad or afraid
עצובים או מפחדים
this comfort of being vulnerable
בו מרגישים פגועים
can share with each other.
לשתף זה עם זה.
externalizing the internal,
feelings that I don't have words for,
שאיני יכול לתאר במילים,
putting words to them,
find words to find their feelings as well.
גם לרגשות שלהם.
in putting all these things
לשים את כל הדברים האלה
into these smaller pieces,
בתוך חבילות קטנות אלו,
I think they're more fun.
see our shared humanness.
האנושיות המשותפת שלנו.
of a short story,
a cute book of illustrations, for example.
that I'll throw on the internet.
I posted this app idea
פרסמתי רעיון לאפליקציה
and you have to get out of the house
ואתם צריכים לצאת מהבית
in the audience,
I feel anxious about sending an email.
כל פעם, לגבי שליחת אימייל.
I promise I'm trying my best!"
אני באמת משתדל לעשות כמיטב יכולתי! "
חי או מת, הייתי עושה זאת.
dead or alive, I would.
I post things like these online,
little gatherings can be quite meaningful.
אלו יכולות להיות משמעותיות מאד.
from architecture school
בית הספר לארכיטקטורה
have you already had
my own friends who had moved away
and different countries, even,
for me to keep in touch with them.
and sharing their own experiences.
ולשתף את החוויות שלהם.
they had a falling out with.
שהתנתקו ממנו.
who had passed away
about their friends from school
started happening.
and share their own experiences
ולשתף את החוויות שלהם
to reach out to that friend
that they had a falling out with.
this little tiny microcommunity.
שאנחנו מפרסמים באינטרנט,
microcommunities can form.
of different creatures
של אנשים שונים
the muck of the internet,
in the reading the replies
a reply that is particularly kind
in going to follow someone
already follow you back.
that you know in real life
שאתם מכירים בחיים האמיתיים
and the things that they write
והם כותבים
of the same interests as they do,
closer together to you.
in a strange place,
במקום זר,
because as we all know,
doesn't feel like this.
where we misunderstand each other,
שבו אנו לא מבינים אחד את השני,
with each other,
אחד עם השני,
and screaming and yelling and shouting,
there's too much of everything.
the bad parts with the good,
הדברים הרעים עם הטובים
that we use to inhabit these online spaces
כדי לאכלס מרחבים מקוונים אלה
either ignorantly or willfully
to propagate misinformation,
כדי להפיץ מידע שגוי,
and the violence that comes from it,
ולאלימות הנובעת ממנה,
none of our current platforms
הנוכחיות שלנו
to address and to fix that.
probably unfortunately,
as many others are,
כמו רבים אחרים,
like that's where all the people are.
כל האנשים נמצאים.
of human connection in times like these.
של קשר אנושי בזמנים כאלה.
are not superfluous.
אינם מיותרים.
from the world at all,
מן העולם,
why we come to these spaces.
and they affirm and they give us life.
ונותנים לנו חיים.
temporary sanctuaries
as alone as we think we are.
בודדים כפי שאנחנו חושבים.
and everyone's sad
וכולם עצובים
this inflatable bouncey castle
טירה מתנפחת ומקפיצה
bouncy castle in this case
הטירה המתנפחת והמקפיצה
and our connections to other people.
עם אנשים אחרים.
and hopeless about the world,
וחסר תקווה לגבי העולם,
logging on to social media
כניסה אל מדיה חברתית
at the end of the world."
בסוף העולם".
the void responding,
who started talking to each other,
זה עם זה
tiny community formed.
to hold on to is other people.
להיאחז בו הוא אנשים אחרים.
made up of small moments,
שמורכב מרגעים קטנים,
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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