ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Horowitz - Philosopher, entrepreneur
Damon Horowitz explores what is possible at the boundaries of technology and the humanities.

Why you should listen

Damon Horowitz is a philosophy professor and serial entrepreneur. He recently joined Google as In-House Philosopher / Director of Engineering, heading development of several initiatives involving social and search. He came to Google from Aardvark, the social search engine, where he was co-founder and CTO, overseeing product development and research strategy. Prior to Aardvark, Horowitz built several companies around applications of intelligent language processing. He co-founded Perspecta (acquired by Excite), was lead architect for Novation Biosciences (acquired by Agilent), and co-founded NewsDB (now Daylife).

Horowitz teaches courses in philosophy, cognitive science, and computer science at several institutions, including Stanford, NYU, University of Pennsylvania and San Quentin State Prison.

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Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

Damon Horowitz: Filozofija u zatvoru

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Damon Horowitz predaje filozofiju kroz Projekt zatvorskog sveučilišta dovodeći fakultetsku razinu predavanja stanarima državnog zatvora San Quentin. U ovom moćnom kratkom govoru, priča o susretu dobra i zla koje brzo postaje osobno.
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MeetSusret TonyTony. He's my studentstudent.
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Upoznajte Tonyja. On je moj student.
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He's about my agedob,
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Mojih je godina
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and he's in SanSan QuentinQuentin StateDržava PrisonZatvor.
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i u državnom je zatvoru u San Quentinu.
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When TonyTony was 16 yearsgodina oldstar,
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Kada je Tony imao 16 godina,
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one day, one momenttrenutak,
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jednog dana, jedan trenutak,
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"It was mom'smama gunpuška.
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„To je bio mamin pištolj.
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Just flashbljesak it, scareuplašiti the guy. He's a punkpunk.
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Samo trenutak, da uplašimo tipa. On je nezreo.
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He tookuzeo some moneynovac; we'lldobro take his moneynovac. That'llTo ćete teachučiti him.
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Uzeo je nešto novca; mi ćemo uzeti njegov novac. To će ga naučiti.
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Then last minuteminuta, I'm thinkingmišljenje, 'Can't' Ne mogu do this. This is wrongpogrešno.'
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Onda zadnju minutu, pomišljam, ne mogu ovo učiniti. To je pogrešno.
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My buddyprijatelj sayskaže, 'C'mon' Ajde, let's do this.'
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Moj prijatelj kaže: „Hajde, učinimo to“.
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I say, 'Let's' Neka do this.'"
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Ja kažem: „Učinimo to.“
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And those threetri wordsriječi, Tony'sTony je going to rememberzapamtiti,
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I te dvije riječi Tony će pamtiti
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because the nextSljedeći thing he knowszna, he hearsčuje the poppop.
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zato što sljedeće što zna, čuje pucanj.
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There's the punkpunk on the groundtlo, puddlebarica of bloodkrv.
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Tip je na podu, lokva krvi.
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And that's felonykrivično djelo murderubiti --
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I to je ubojstvo --
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25 to life, paroleuvjetne at 50 if you're luckysretan,
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25 do doživotne, uvjetna s 50 ako imate sreće,
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and Tony'sTony je not feelingosjećaj very luckysretan.
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a Tony se ne osjeća veoma sretnim.
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So when we meetsastati in my philosophyfilozofija classklasa in his prisonzatvor
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Dakle, kada smo se upoznali na mom predavanju filozofije u njegovom zatvoru
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and I say, "In this classklasa, we will discussraspravljati the foundationstekući puderi of ethicsetika,"
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i kad sam rekao, „Na ovom ćemo predavanju, raspravljati o osnovama etike“,
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TonyTony interruptsprekida me.
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Tony me prekida.
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"What are you going to teachučiti me about right and wrongpogrešno?
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„O čemu ćete me učiti, o ispravnom i pogrešnom?
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I know what is wrongpogrešno. I have doneučinio wrongpogrešno.
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Znam što je pogrešno. Učinio sam pogrešno.
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I am told everysvaki day,
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Svakog dana mi je rečeno,
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by everysvaki facelice I see, everysvaki wallzid I facelice, that I am wrongpogrešno.
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na svakom licu koje vidim, svakom zidu koji srećem, da sam pogriješio.
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If I ever get out of here, there will always be a markocjena by my nameime.
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Ako ikada izađem odavde, moje ime će zauvijek biti obilježeno.
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I'm a convictosuđenik; I am brandedpotpuno novo 'wrong' nije u redu.'
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Ja sam osuđenik; ja sam označen kao 'grešan'.
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What are you going to tell me about right and wrongpogrešno?"
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Što ćete mi vi reći o ispravnom i pogrešnom?“
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So I say to TonyTony,
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Rekao sam Tonyju,
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"Sorry, but it's worsegore than you think.
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„Oprosti, ali gore je no što misliš.
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You think you know right and wrongpogrešno?
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Misliš da raspoznaješ dobro i loše?
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Then can you tell me what wrongpogrešno is?
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Možeš li mi onda reći što je to loše?
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No, don't just give me an exampleprimjer.
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Ne, nemoj mi samo dati primjer.
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I want to know about wrongnesspogrešnosti itselfsebe, the ideaideja of wrongpogrešno.
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Želim znati o samoj nepravednosti, o ideji pogrešnog.
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What is that ideaideja?
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Koja je ideja?
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What makesmarke something wrongpogrešno?
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Što čini nešto pogrešnim?
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How do we know that it's wrongpogrešno? Maybe you and I disagreene slagati se.
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Kako znamo da je to pogrešno? Možda se ti i ja ne slažemo.
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Maybe one of us is wrongpogrešno about the wrongpogrešno.
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Možda je jedan od nas pogriješio o pogrešnom.
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Maybe it's you, maybe it's me -- but we're not here to tradetrgovina opinionsmišljenje;
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Možda si ti, možda sam ja -- ali nismo ovdje da bi razmjenjivali mišljenja;
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everyone'ssvi su got an opinionmišljenje.
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svatko ima mišljenje.
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We are here for knowledgeznanje.
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Ovdje smo zbog znanja.
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Our enemyneprijatelj is thoughtlessnessbesmislenost. This is philosophyfilozofija."
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Naš neprijatelj je nepromišljenost. Ovo je filozofija.“
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And something changespromjene for TonyTony.
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I nešto se mijenja kod Tonyja.
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"Could be I'm wrongpogrešno. I'm tiredumoran of beingbiće wrongpogrešno.
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„Moguće je da nisam u pravu. Dosta mi je biti u krivu.
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I want to know what is wrongpogrešno.
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Želim znati što je pogrešno.
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I want to know what I know."
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Želim znati što znam.“
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What TonyTony seesvidi in that momenttrenutak is the projectprojekt of philosophyfilozofija,
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Što Tony u tom trenutku vidi je zamisao filozofije,
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the projectprojekt that beginspočinje in wonderčudo --
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zamisao koja počinje u čuđenju --
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what KantKant calledzvao "admirationdivljenje and awestrahopoštovanje
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što je Kant nazvao „divljenje i strahopoštovanje
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at the starryZvjezdano skynebo aboveiznad and the moralmoralan lawzakon withinunutar."
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prema zvjezdanom nebu iznad nas i moralni zakon unutar njega.“
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What can creaturesstvorenja like us know of suchtakav things?
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Što stvorenja poput nas znaju o takvim stvarima?
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It is the projectprojekt that always takes us back to the conditionstanje of existencepostojanje --
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To je zamisao koja nas uvijek vraća do uvjeta za opstanak --
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what HeideggerHeidegger calledzvao "the always alreadyveć there."
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što je Heidegger nazvao „uvijek već tamo.“
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It is the projectprojekt of questioningispitivanje what we believe and why we believe it --
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To je zamisao preispitivanja u što vjerujemo i zašto vjerujemo --
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what SocratesSokrat calledzvao "the examinedpregledan life."
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što Sokrat zove „pregledani život“.
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SocratesSokrat, a man wisemudar enoughdovoljno to know that he knowszna nothing.
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Sokrat, čovjek dovoljno mudar da bi znao da ne zna ništa.
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SocratesSokrat diedumro in prisonzatvor,
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Sokrat je umro u zatvoru,
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his philosophyfilozofija intactnetaknut.
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filozofija mu je netaknuta.
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So TonyTony startspočinje doing his homeworkdomaća zadaća.
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Stoga Tony počinje raditi svoju domaću zadaću.
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He learnsuči his whysZašto and whereforeswherefores, his causesuzroci and correlationskorelacije,
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Uči zašto i zbog čega, svoje razloge i odnose,
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his logiclogika, his fallacieszabluda.
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svoju logiku, svoje zablude.
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TurnsPretvara out, Tony'sTony je got the philosophyfilozofija musclemišić.
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Ispada da Tony ima filozofski mišić.
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His bodytijelo is in prisonzatvor, but his mindum is freebesplatno.
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Tijelo mu je u zatvoru, ali um mu je slobodan.
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TonyTony learnsuči about the ontologicallyontološkog promiscuouspomiješan,
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Tony uči o ontološkom promiskuitetu,
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the epistemologicallyepistemološki anxiouszabrinuti,
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o epistemološkoj tjeskobi,
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the ethicallyetički dubioussumnjive, the metaphysicallymetafizički ridiculoussmiješan.
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etičkoj neizvjesnosti, metafizičkoj ludosti.
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That's PlatoPlaton, DescartesDescartes, NietzscheNietzsche
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To su Platon, Descartes, Nietzsche
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and BillBill ClintonClinton.
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i Bill Clinton.
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So when he givesdaje me his finalkonačni paperpapir,
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Kada mi daje svoj konačan rad
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in whichkoji he arguestvrdi that the categoricalkategoričan imperativeimperativ
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u kojem raspravlja o tome da je kategorički imperativ
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is perhapsmožda too uncompromisingbeskompromisna
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možda previše beskompromisan
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to dealdogovor with the conflictsukob that affectsutječe our everydaysvaki dan
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da bi se bavio kofliktom koji utječe na našu svakodnevicu
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and challengesizazovi me to tell him
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i izaziva me da li da mu kažem
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whetherda li thereforestoga we are condemnedproklet to moralmoralan failureneuspjeh,
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jesmo li stoga osuđeni na moralni neuspjeh,
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I say, "I don't know.
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ja kažem, „Ne znam.
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Let us think about that."
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Daj da razmislimo o tome.“
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Because in that momenttrenutak, there's no markocjena by Tony'sTony je nameime;
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Jer u tom trenu, Tonyjevo ime nije obilježeno;
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it's just the two of us standingstajati there.
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samo nas dvoje stojimo tamo.
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It is not professorprofesor and convictosuđenik,
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To nisu profesor i osuđenik,
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it is just two mindsmisli readyspreman to do philosophyfilozofija.
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to su samo dva uma spremna za filozofiju.
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And I say to TonyTony,
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I kažem Tonyju,
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"Let's do this."
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„Učinimo to.“
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Senzos Osijek
Reviewed by Tilen Pigac - EFZG

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Horowitz - Philosopher, entrepreneur
Damon Horowitz explores what is possible at the boundaries of technology and the humanities.

Why you should listen

Damon Horowitz is a philosophy professor and serial entrepreneur. He recently joined Google as In-House Philosopher / Director of Engineering, heading development of several initiatives involving social and search. He came to Google from Aardvark, the social search engine, where he was co-founder and CTO, overseeing product development and research strategy. Prior to Aardvark, Horowitz built several companies around applications of intelligent language processing. He co-founded Perspecta (acquired by Excite), was lead architect for Novation Biosciences (acquired by Agilent), and co-founded NewsDB (now Daylife).

Horowitz teaches courses in philosophy, cognitive science, and computer science at several institutions, including Stanford, NYU, University of Pennsylvania and San Quentin State Prison.

Get more information on the Prison University Project >>

More profile about the speaker
Damon Horowitz | Speaker | TED.com