Astro Teller: The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure
Astro Teller: Neočekivana korist slavljenja neuspjeha
As "Captain of Moonshots" for X, Astro Teller oversees the secret projects that could reshape our lives in coming decades. Full bio
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by the end of the decade.
do kraja desetljeća.
to do it if it was possible.
da se to učini ako bude moguće.
for making them real.
koje ih čine stvarnima.
to work at a moonshot factory.
u tvornici Osvajanja Mjeseca
working alongside a fashion designer
s modnim dizajnerima,
brainstorming with laser experts.
ideje sa stručnjacima za laser.
are dreaming up technologies
osmišljavaju tehnologije
a wonderful place.
učiniti svijet predivnim mjestom.
to remind us to keep our visions big --
da bi naše vizije ostale velike,
to remind ourselves
da se podsjetimo
kojima ćemo ih ostvariti.
a huge problem in the world
solution for solving that problem.
radikalno rješenje za taj problem.
for such a radical solution
takvo radikalno rješenje
je neuredno mjesto.
našom prednosti.
parts of the problem first.
to kill our project today?"
optimism to fuel our visions.
hrani naše vizije.
enthusiastic skepticism
entuzijastični skepticizam
into those visions.
da im damo realnost.
on the cutting room floor,
na katu za rezanje
have not only survived that process,
preživjeli taj proces,
in automated vertical farming.
automatskog vertikalnog uzgoja.
suffers from undernourishment.
pati od neuhranjenosti.
that needs to happen.
koje treba ostvariti.
10 puta manje vode
than conventional farming.
od konvencionalnog uzgoja.
close to where it's consumed,
blizu mjesta konzumacije,
transport it large distances.
and efficient lighting.
i učinkovitoj rasvjeti.
like grains and rice to grow this way.
osnovne usjeve kao žitarice i rižu.
and environmental damage
i zagađenju okoliša
of landlocked countries
bez izlaza na more
of shipping infrastructure.
prijevozne infrastrukture.
variable-buoyancy cargo ship.
promjenjivog pogona.
footprint of shipping
i ugljični otisak prijevoza
of technical breakthroughs
tehničkih otkrića
for us to lower the cost enough
da smanjimo cijene
have been to make in volume
mogu napraviti u velikoj količini,
close to 200 million dollars
gotovo 200 milijuna dolara
is just way too expensive.
je jednostavno preskupo.
with these tight feedback loops
krugovima povratnog djelovanja
and learning and new designs,
i učenja i novih dizajna,
200 milijuna dolara
on the right track or not.
in one our projects,
postoji Ahilejeva peta,
not way down the road.
ne tijekom projekta.
that it ends the project.
onto a more productive path.
na produktivniji put.
vehicle prototype,
potpuno automatiziranog vozila,
a steering wheel or break pedal.
bez upravljača i kočnice.
our goal when we started.
on the roads globally every year,
poginu na cesti svake godine,
was a natural moonshot to take.
bilo je prirodno osvajanje Mjeseca.
retrofitted, self-driving cars in testing,
poboljšane, autonomne,
we gave them out to other Googlers
da smo ih dali drugim Googlerima
of the experience.
o tom iskustvu.
do almost all the driving
gotovo cijelu vožnju
in case of emergency
u slučaju nužde
to hand control back to them.
trebao vratiti kontrolu.
with a beautiful, new perspective.
novu perspektivu.
you're truly a passenger.
istinski putnik.
from point A to point B by itself.
as early on in the project as we did.
ovako ranoj fazi projekta.
we've done since then.
što smo otada napravili.
more than 1.4 million miles,
više od 2.25 milijuna kilometara,
California and Austin, Texas.
i Austina u Teksasu.
promijenile perspektivu.
is more powerful than being smart.
snažnija od same pameti.
of perspective shifting.
promjene perspektive.
than the experts in that industry.
od stručnjaka u toj industriji.
to get up higher into the sky,
da ih podignemo više u nebo
more consistent winds,
stalnijim vjetrovima,
hundreds of tons of steel to get there.
potrebe za stotinama tona čelika.
rises up from its perch
diže se iz svog postolja
propellers along its wing.
po bočnim vjetrovima.
have become flying turbines.
postali leteće turbine.
back down the tether.
a way to kill this project.
da ubijemo ovaj projekt.
the more excited we get
mi smo uzbuđeniji
a cheaper and more deployable form
jeftiniji oblik energije vjetra
we have is Project Loon.
je Projekt Loon.
balloon-powered Internet.
s pogonom na balon.
to rural and remote areas of the world.
u ruralne i udaljene dijelove svijeta.
as many as four billion more people,
čak 4 milijarde ljudi
or no internet connection.
ili nikakvu povezanost.
and stick it in the sky.
i gurnuti je u nebo.
it would be blown away.
otpuhali bi je.
to tie it to the ground.
da se pričvrste za zemlju.
to go where the needed to go?
i odu gdje trebaju otići?
u stratosferi vjetrovi
speeds and directions in thin strata.
idu u tankim slojevima.
and wind data from around the world,
i podatke o vjetrovima diljem svijeta
just a tiny bit in the stratosphere
u jednom malom dijelu stratosfere
in those different directions and speeds.
u tim različitim smjerovima i brzinama.
ready to float into place,
spreman uletjeti na njegovo mjesto,
hands off between cell towers
prebacuje između baznih stanica
to remind us of that.
da nas podsjeća na to.
the work that seems the most difficult
poslovima koji su se činili najtežima
to kill their project.
from a balloon in the stratosphere
između balona iz stratosfere
that it wasn't going to.
da neće.
to talk directly to handsets,
govori izravno s mobitelom,
as an intermediary receiver?
kao posrednički prijamnik?
bandwidth high enough
balona dovoljno visoko
something more than just SMS?
a megabit per second,
megabit po sekundi,
up to 15 megabits per second.
do 15 megabita po sekundi.
TED govor.
to talk to each other through the sky
međusobno razgovaraju nebom
deeper into rural areas?
dublje u ruralna predjela.
to stay up for more than 100 days,
u zraku više od 100 dana,
balloons have cost to make?
uobičajenih, dugotrajnih balona?
we had to try it to get there.
sve što zamislite da to uspijemo.
u obliku jastuka.
most likely to kill the Loon project
najvjerojatnije ukinuti projekt
the balloons through the sky,
balone po nebu,
was putting a balloon inside a balloon.
bio je staviti balon u drugi balon.
one with air and then one with helium.
jedan sa zrakom i drugi s helijem.
to make itself heavier,
da bude teži,
allow it to rise or fall,
dopuštaju da se diže ili pada,
is its steering mechanism.
je upravljački mehanizam.
and direction that it wants.
sa željenom brzinom i smjerom.
for it to navigate through the world?
da se kreće kroz svijet?
our latest balloon,
naš najnoviji balon,
vertical stretch of sky
vertikalno kroz nebo
of where it wants to go
the system and reducing costs.
i smanjenja troškova.
a balloon built inexpensively
balon koji smo jeftino napravili
19 times over 187 days.
a complete system needs to do.
potpuni sustavi trebaju činiti.
with telcos around the world,
tvrtkama diljem svijeta
over places like Indonesia
kao što je Indonezija
too good to be true,
predobro da bi bilo istinito,
and force them to fail fast.
i prisiliti ih da brzo podbace.
with how we actually make it happen.
kako smo je zapravo ostvarili.
to work on big, risky things --
na velikim, riskantnim projektima --
the hardest parts of the problem first,
of least resistance for them.
linija najmanje otpora.
da neuspjeh učinimo sigurnim.
as soon as the evidence is on the table
čim su dokazi na stolu
from their manager, me in particular.
naročito od mene.
on teams that ended their projects,
u ekipi koja je ukinula svoj projekt,
to teams of more than 30.
ili s više od 30.
at the moonshot factory.
vjerujemo u snove.
that's in our dreams.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Astro Teller - Entrepreneur, inventor, authorAs "Captain of Moonshots" for X, Astro Teller oversees the secret projects that could reshape our lives in coming decades.
Why you should listen
Astro Teller oversees X, Alphabet's moonshot factory for building magical, audacious ideas that can solve concrete problems for millions of people through science and technology. As X’s head, Teller has an unmatched vantage point from which to watch possible futures unfold.
In addition to his day job shepherding Peter Pans with PhDs, Teller is on the board of several businesses including AI-based hedge fund Cerebellum Capital, Inc., and Flux.io, a startup reinventing how buildings are designed and built. He is also the author of two novels and co-author (with Danielle Teller) of Sacred Cows, a nonfiction work analyzing society’s attitudes on divorce.
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