TEDMED 2011
AJ Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me
A.J. Jacobs: Kako me je zdravi život zamalo ubio
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Tijekom cijele godine A.J. Jacobs je pratio svaki mogući zdravstveni savjet -- od redovitog nanošenja losiona za sunčanje do nošenja biciklističke kacige za vrijeme kupovine. Na pozornici TEDMED-a dijeli iznenađujuća iskustva koja je naučio.
AJ Jacobs - Author
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor. Full bio
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor. Full bio
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I've spent the last decade
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subjecting myself to pain and humiliation,
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prepuštajući se boli i poniženju,
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hopefully for a good cause,
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nadam se s dobrim razlogom,
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which is self-improvement.
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poput samopoboljšanja.
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And I've done this in three parts.
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I to sam radio u tri faze.
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So first I started with the mind.
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Prvo sam započeo s umom.
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And I decided to try to get smarter
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Odlučio sam da ću pokušati postati pametniji
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by reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica
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čitajući kompletnu Encyclopediu Britannicu
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from A to Z --
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od A do Z --
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or, more precisely, from "a-ak" to "Zywiec."
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ili preciznije, od "a-ak" do "Zywiec."
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And here's a little image of that.
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Ovo je mala slika toga.
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And this was an amazing year.
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To je bila nevjerojatna godina.
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It was really a fascinating journey.
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Bilo je stvarno fascinantno putovanje.
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It was painful at times,
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Bilo je ponekad bolno,
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especially for those around me.
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posebno za one oko mene.
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My wife started to fine me one dollar
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Žena mi je počela naplaćivati kaznu jedan dolar
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for every irrelevant fact I inserted into conversation.
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za svaku nepotrebnu činjenicu koju sam ubacio u razgovor.
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So it had its downsides.
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Tako da ima mane.
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But after that,
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Ali nakon toga,
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I decided to work on the spirit.
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odlučio sam raditi na duhu.
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As I mentioned last year,
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Kako sam spomenuo prošle godine,
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I grew up with no religion at all.
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odrastao sam bez religije.
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I'm Jewish,
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Ja sam Židov,
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but I'm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is Italian.
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ali sam Židov na isti način kako je "Olive Garden" (američki lanac restorana) talijanski.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Not really.
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Ne previše.
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But I decided to learn about the Bible and my heritage
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Ali odlučio sam učiti o Bibliji i svojem porijeklu
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by actually diving in
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zapravo uranjajući
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and trying to live it and immerse myself in it.
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i pokušavajući živjeti i udubiti se u to.
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So I decided to follow all the rules of the Bible.
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Tako sam odlučio pratiti sva pravila Biblije.
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And from the Ten Commandments
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I od Deset božjih zapovijedi
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to growing my beard --
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do puštanja brade --
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because Leviticus says you cannot shave.
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jer je Leviticus rekao da se ne možeš brijati.
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So this is what I looked like by the end.
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Pa je ovo kako sam izgledao na kraju.
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Thank you for that reaction.
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Hvala na toj reakciji.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I look a little like Moses, or Ted Kaczynski.
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Pomalo sam izgledao kao Mojsije, ili Ted Kaczynski.
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I got both of them.
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Uspio sam kao oboje.
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So there was the topiary there.
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Počeo sam se baviti vještinom gajenja biljaka.
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And there's the sheep.
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I ovdje je ovca.
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Now the final part of the trilogy
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I sad posljednji dio trilogije,
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was I wanted to focus on the body
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želio sam se usredotočiti na tijelo
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and try to be the healthiest person I could be,
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i biti najzdravija moguća osoba,
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the healthiest person alive.
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najzdravija živa osoba.
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So that's what I've been doing the last couple of years.
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I to sam radio zadnjih nekoliko godina.
02:06
And I just finished a couple of months ago.
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I upravo sam prestao prije par mjeseci.
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And I have to say, thank God.
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I moram reći, hvala bogu.
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Because living so healthily was killing me.
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Zato jer sam živio tako zdravo da me to ubijalo.
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(Laughter)
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(smijeh)
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It was so overwhelming,
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Bilo je tako pretjerano,
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because the amount of things you have to do,
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jer količina stvari koje se trebaju napraviti,
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it's just mind-boggling.
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mozak vam pregori.
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I was listening to all the experts
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Slušao sam stručnjake
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and talking to sort of a board of medical advisers.
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i pričao s raznim medicinskim savjetnicima.
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And they were telling me
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I oni su mi govorili
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all the things I had to do.
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sve stvari koje trebam raditi.
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I had to eat right,
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Trebam jesti zdravo,
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exercise, meditate, pet dogs,
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vježbati, meditirati, igrati se s psima,
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because that lowers the blood pressure.
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zato jer to snižava krvni tlak.
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I wrote the book on a treadmill,
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Napisao sam knjigu o sobnom biciklu
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and it took me about a thousand miles
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i trebalo mi je oko tisuću milja
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to write the book.
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da napišem knjigu.
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I had to put on sunscreen.
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Mazao sam se s kremom za sunčanje.
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This was no small feat,
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To nije bila mala stvar,
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because if you listen to dermatologists,
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jer ako slušate dermatologe,
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they say that you should have a shot glass full of sunscreen.
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oni govore da bi trebali upotrebljavati punu čašicu kreme za sunčanje.
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And you have to reapply it every two to four hours.
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I trebali bi se ponovno mazati svaka dva sata.
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So I think half of my book advance
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Tako da mislim da je polovica mog napretka
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went into sunscreen.
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otišla na kremu za sunčanje.
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I was like a glazed doughnut
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Bio sam poput premazanog uštipka
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for most of the year.
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većinu godine.
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There was the washing of hands.
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Nakon toga je bilo pranje ruku.
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I had to do that properly.
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Trebao sam to raditi propisno.
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And my immunologist told me
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I moj imunolog mi je rekao
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that I should also wipe down
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da trebam čistiti
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all of the remote controls and iPhones in my house,
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sve daljinske upravljače i iPhone u mojoj kući,
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because those are just orgies of germs.
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jer su oni orgije bacila.
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So that took a lot of time.
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Tako da mi je to oduzimalo mnogo vremena.
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I also tried to be the safest person I could be,
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Pokušavao sam biti najsigurnija moguća osoba,
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because that's a part of health.
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jer je to dio zdravlja.
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I was inspired
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Bio sam inspiriran
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by the Danish Safety Council.
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Danskim Vijećem za Sigurnost.
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They started a public campaign
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Oni su započeli kampanju
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that says, "A walking helmet is a good helmet."
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koja je govorila "Kaciga za hodanje je dobra kaciga"
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So they believe you should not just wear helmets for biking,
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Oni vjeruju da ne bi trebali nositi kacigu samo za vožnju bicikla,
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but also for walking around.
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već i za hodanje naokolo.
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And you can see there
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I ovdje možete vidjeti
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they're shopping with their helmets.
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da oni idu u šoping sa svojim kacigama.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Well yeah, I tried that.
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Pa, da, probao sam to.
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Now it's a little extreme, I admit.
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Moram priznati da je malo ekstremno.
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But if you think about this,
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Ali ako razmislite o tome,
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this is actually -- the "Freakonomics" authors wrote about this --
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ovo je zapravo -- "Frikonomika", autori su pisali o tome --
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that more people die on a per mile basis
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da više ljudi pogine po jednoj milji
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from drunk walking
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od pijanog hodanja
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than from drunk driving.
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nego od pijane vožnje.
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So something to think about tonight
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I nešto o čemu za razmišljati večeras
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if you've had a couple.
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ako ste malo popili.
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So I finished,
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I tako sam ja završio,
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and it was a success in a sense.
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i to je bio uspjeh na neki način.
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All of the markers went in the right direction.
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Svi pokazatelji su otišli prema pravom smjeru.
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My cholesterol went down, I lost weight,
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Moj kolesterol se spustio, izgubio sam na težini,
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my wife stopped telling me that I looked pregnant.
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supruga mi je prestala govoriti da izgledam trudno.
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So that was nice.
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I to je bilo lijepo.
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And it was successful overall.
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Sve u svemu sam bio uspješan.
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But I also learned that I was too healthy,
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Ali sam također naučio da sam bio previše zdrav,
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and that was unhealthy.
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i to je bilo nezdravo.
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I was so focused on doing all these things
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Usredotočio sam se na obavljanje svih tih stvari
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that I was neglecting my friends and family.
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da sam zapostavljao sve moje prijatelje i obitelj.
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And as Dan Buettner can tell you,
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I kao što bi vam Dan Buettner mogao reći,
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having a strong social network
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snažna društvena mreža
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is so crucial to our health.
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je osnova za naše zdravlje.
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So I finished.
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I tako sam završio.
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And I kind of went overboard
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I možda malo pretjerao
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on the week after the project was over.
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tjedan nakon što je projekt završio.
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I went to the dark side,
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Prešao sam na tamnu stranu,
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and I just indulged myself.
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i prepustio se.
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It was like something out of Caligula.
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Bilo je nešto poput Kaligule.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Without the sex part.
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Bez onog dijela sa seksom.
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Because I have three young kids,
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Zato jer imam troje djece,
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so that wasn't happening.
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tako da ništa od toga.
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But the over-eating and over-drinking, definitely.
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Ali definitivno sa prejedanjem i opijanjem.
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And I finally have stabilized.
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I konačno sam se stabilizirao.
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So now I'm back
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I sad sam normalan
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to adopting many -- not all; I don't wear a helmet anymore --
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i prihvatio sam mnoge stvari -- ne sve, ne nosim kacigu više
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but dozens of healthy behaviors
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ali mnogo zdravih navika
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that I adopted during my year.
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sam usvojio tijekom mojih godinu dana.
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It was really a life-changing project.
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To je bio zbilja projekt koji mi je promijenio život.
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And I, of course, don't have time to go into all of them.
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I naravno, nemam vremena za detaljnu analizu.
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Let me just tell you two really quickly.
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Samo da vam kažem par stvari na brzinu.
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The first is -- and this was surprising to me;
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Prva je -- i to me stvarno začudilo;
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I didn't expect this to come out --
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Nisam očekivao takav razvoj situacije --
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but I live a much quieter life now.
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ali sada živim mnogo mirnije.
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Because we live in such a noisy world.
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Zato jer mi živimo u jako bučnom svijetu.
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There's trains and planes and cars
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Okruženi smo vlakovima i avionima i automobilima
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and Bill O'Reilly, he's very noisy.
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i Bill O'Reillyem, on je vrlo glasan.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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And this is a real underestimated, under-appreciated health hazard --
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I to je stvarno podcijenjeni zdravstveni rizik --
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not just because it harms our hearing, which it obviously does,
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ne samo zbog svih stvari koje čujemo, što je očito,
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but it actually initiates
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nego zapravo inicira
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the fight-or-flight response.
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borbeni refleks.
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A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going.
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Glasna buka će stvarno podići agresiju u vama.
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And this, over the years,
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I to, nakon svih godina,
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can cause real damage, cardiovascular damage.
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može uzrokovati stvarnu štetu, kardiovaskularnu štetu.
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The World Health Organization just did a big study
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Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija je napravila veliku studiju
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that they published this year.
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koju je objavila ove godine.
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And it was done in Europe.
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I bila je provedena u Europi.
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And they estimated
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I oni su procjenili
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that 1.6 million years of healthy living
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da 1,6 milijuna godina zdravog života
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are lost every year in Europe
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su izgubljene svake godine u Europi
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because of noise pollution.
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zbog zagađenja bukom.
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So they think it's actually very deadly.
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Te oni misle da je to vrlo opasno.
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And by the way,
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I ujedno,
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it's also terrible for your brain.
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užasno je za vaš mozak.
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It really impairs cognition.
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Stvarno smanjuje kognitivne sposobnosti.
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And our Founding Fathers knew about this.
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I naši osnivači su bili svjesni toga.
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When they wrote the Constitution,
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Kada su pisali Ustav,
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they put dirt all over the cobblestones outside the hall
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stavili su zemlju na sve kamenčiće vani
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so that they could concentrate.
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kako bi se mogli koncentrirati.
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So without noise reduction technology,
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I tako bez redukcije buke,
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our country would not exist.
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ova država ne bi postojala.
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So as a patriot,
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I tako kao domoljub,
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I felt it was important to --
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Osjećam da je vrlo važno da --
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I wear all the earplugs and the earphones,
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nosim čepove za uši i slušalice
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and it's really improved my life
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i to je stvarno poboljšalo moj život
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in a surprising and unexpected way.
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na iznenađujuć i neočekivan način.
07:18
And the second point I want to make, the final point,
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I druga stvar koju želim reći, najvažnija stvar,
07:21
is that -- and it's actually been a theme of TEDMED --
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je ta -- i to je zapravo bila tema TEDMED-a --
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that joy is so important to your health,
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radost je toliko važna za vaše zdravlje,
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that very few of these behaviors
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da bi malo ovakvog ponašanja
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will stick with me
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ostalo u meni
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unless there's some sense of pleasure and joy in them.
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da nema nekog osjećaja zadovoljstva i užitka u njima.
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And just to give you one instance of this:
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I da vam dam samo jedan primjer toga:
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food.
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hrana.
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The junk food industry
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Industrija fast-fooda
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is really great
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je stvarno odlična
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at pressing our pleasure buttons
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djeluje na naše tipke užitka
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and figuring out what's the most pleasurable.
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tako da se usredotoči na ono što nam je najbolje.
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But I think we can use their techniques
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Ali ja mislim da možemo koristiti te tehnike
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and apply them to healthy food.
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i primjeniti ih na zdravu hranu.
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To give just one example,
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Da vam dam samo jedan primjer,
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we love crunchiness, mouthfeel.
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mi volimo hrskav osjećaj.
08:05
So I basically have tried to incorporate crunchiness
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I u osnovi sam pokušavao ugraditi osjećaj hrskavosti
08:09
into a lot of my recipes --
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u mnoge moje recepte --
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throw in some sunflower seeds.
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ubaciti mnogo sjemenki od suncokreta.
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And you can almost trick yourself
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Skoro možete sami sebe zavarati
08:15
into thinking you're eating Doritos.
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da jedete čips.
08:17
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
08:19
And it has made me a healthier person.
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I to me učinilo zdravijom osobom.
08:21
So that is it.
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I to je to.
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The book about it comes out in April.
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Knjiga izlazi van u travnju.
08:25
It's called "Drop Dead Healthy."
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I zove se "Ubojito zdrav"
08:27
And I hope that I don't get sick during the book tour.
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I nadam se da vam neće biti zlo tijekom predstavljanja knjige.
08:29
That's my greatest hope.
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To je moja najveća nada.
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So thank you very much.
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Puno vam hvala.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
AJ Jacobs - AuthorImmersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer AJ Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor.
Why you should listen
AJ Jacobs' writings stand at the intersection of philosophy, Gonzo journalism and performance art. Stubbornly curious and slyly perceptive, he takes immersive learning to its irrational and profoundly amusing extreme -- extracting wisdom and meaning after long stints as a self-styled guinea pig. For his widely circulated Esquire article "My Outsourced Life," he explored the phenomenon of outsourcing by hiring a team in Bangalore to take care of every part of his life -- from reading his emails to arguing with his wife to reading bedtime stories to his own son. A previous article, "I Think You're Fat," chronicled a brief, cringe-inducing attempt to live his life in Radical Honesty, telling all the truth, all the time.
Jacobs is author of The Know-It-All, which documents the year he spent reading the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z, uncovering both funny and surprising factoids but also poignant insight into history and human nature. In 2007 he released The Year of Living Biblically, in which he attempted to follow every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible for an entire year. His recent book The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment is a collection of numerous personal experiments. including living according to George Washington's rules of conduct, outsourcing every single task to India, and posing as a woman on an online dating site.
AJ Jacobs | Speaker | TED.com