ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kirk Citron - Media expert
Kirk Citron began his career as a fast-rising advertising executive, but now writes and provides media consultation for select non-profits.

Why you should listen

Kirk Citron seems to have an innate understanding of all things media. He began his career in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather in New York, but soon started his own agency with Matt Haligman. Citron Haligman Bedecarré landed major clients and was named Adweek’s West Agency of the Year. Citron then transformed the company into AKQA -- a digital advertising agency that has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic with offices around the world.

Today, Citron continues to write and innovate. He is the editor of The Long News, finding news stories that will continue to matter as many as a thousand years from today, and consults for a number of non-profit organizations. He is also the author of the play But Not For Lunch, which has been staged at theaters in Maine, Miami and Pennsylvania.

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Kirk Citron | Speaker | TED.com
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Kirk Citron: And now, the real news

Kirk Citron: A sad, stvarne vijesti

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Koliko će današnjih naslovnica imati neki značaj za 100 godina? 1000? Kirk Citronov projekt "Long news" skuplja priče koje nisu važne samo danas, već će imati svoj značaj desetljećima, čak i stoljećima koja su pred nama. Na TED2010 pokazao nam je nekoliko naslova koji će potencijalno oblikovati budućnost.
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We are drowningutapanje in newsvijesti.
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Utapamo se u vijestima.
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ReutersReuters alonesam putsstavlja out
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Samo Reuters objavi
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threetri and a halfpola millionmilijuna newsvijesti storiespriče a yeargodina.
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3,500,000 vijesti godišnje.
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That's just one sourceizvor.
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To je samo jedan izvor.
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My questionpitanje is: How manymnogi of those storiespriče
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Moje pitanje je: koliko tih priča
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are actuallyzapravo going to matterstvar in the long runtrčanje?
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će imati dugoročno neki stvarni značaj?
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That's the ideaideja behindiza The Long NewsVijesti.
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To je ideja iza "The Long News".
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It's a projectprojekt by The Long Now FoundationZaklada,
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To je projekt zaklade "The Long Now",
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whichkoji was foundedosnovan by TEDstersTEDsters includinguključujući
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koja je osnovana od strane TEDovaca uključujući
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KevinKevin KellyKelly and StewartStewart BrandPotpuno novo.
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Kevina Kellya i Stewarta Branda.
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And what we're looking for is newsvijesti storiespriče that mightmoć still matterstvar
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Ono što mi tražimo jesu vijesti koje će imati svoj značaj
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50 or 100 or 10,000 yearsgodina from now.
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50 ili 100 ili 10,000 godina od danas.
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And when you look at the newsvijesti throughkroz that filterfilter,
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I kada gledate vijesti uz taj uvjet,
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a lot fallsSlapovi by the waysidestrana puta.
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onda mnoge postanu sporedne.
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To take the topvrh storiespriče from the A.P. this last yeargodina,
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Ako pogledate top vijesti A.P.-a ove godine:
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is this going to matterstvar in a decadedesetljeće?
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Hoće li ovo biti važno za desetljeće?
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Or this?
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Ili ovo?
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Or this?
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Ili ovo?
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Really?
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Stvarno?
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Is this going to matterstvar in 50 or 100 yearsgodina?
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Hoće li ovo biti važno za 50 ili 100 godina?
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Okay, that was kindljubazan of coolsvjež.
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OK, ovo je bilo cool.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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But the topvrh storypriča of this pastprošlost yeargodina was the economyEkonomija,
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Ali glavna priča protekle godine bila je vezana uz ekonomiju.
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and I'm just bettingKlađenje that, soonerprije or laterkasnije,
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I kladim se da će, prije ili kasnije,
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this particularposebno recessionrecesija is going to be oldstar newsvijesti.
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ova recesija biti stara vijest.
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So, what kindljubazan of storiespriče mightmoć
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Dakle, kakve vrste priča bi mogle
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make a differencerazlika for the futurebudućnost?
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biti bitne za budućnost?
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Well, let's take scienceznanost.
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Dobro, uzmimo za primjer medicinu.
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SomedayJednog dana, little robotsroboti will go
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Jednog dana, mali roboti će ići
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throughkroz our bloodstreamsbloodstreams fixingpopravljanje things.
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kroz naš krvotok popravljajući stvari.
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That somedayjednog dana is alreadyveć here if you're a mousemiš.
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Taj jedan dan je već ovdje, ako ste miš.
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Some recentnedavni storiespriče:
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Neke od nedavnih priča:
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nanobeesnanobees zapZap tumorstumori with realstvaran beepčela venomotrov;
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Nanopčele uklanjaju tumore koristeći otrov pravih pčela.
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they're sendingslanje genesgeni into the brainmozak;
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Oni šalju gene u mozak.
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a robotrobot they builtizgrađen that can crawlpuzati throughkroz the humanljudski bodytijelo.
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Izradili su robota koji se može kretati kroz ljudsko tijelo.
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What about resourcesresursi? How are we going to feedstočna hrana ninedevet billionmilijardi people?
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Što je s prirodnim resursima? Kako ćemo prehraniti 9 milijardi ljudi?
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We're havingima troublenevolja feedinghranjenje sixšest billionmilijardi todaydanas.
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Imamo problema s prehranjivanjem današnjih 6 milijardi.
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As we heardčuo yesterdayjučer, there's over a billionmilijardi people hungrygladan.
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Kao što smo jučer čuli, preko milijardu ljudi je gladno.
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BritainBritanija will starveod gladi withoutbez geneticallygenetski modifiedpromjene cropsusjevi.
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Britanija će izgladnjeti bez genetski modificiranih usjeva.
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BillBill GatesVrata, fortunatelysrećom, has betkladiti se a billionmilijardi on [agriculturalpoljoprivredni] researchistraživanje.
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Bill Gates, na sreću, se kladi milijardom u razvoj agrikulture.
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What about globalglobalno politicspolitika?
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Što je s globalnom politikom?
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The world'ssvijetu going to be very differentdrugačiji when and if ChinaKina setssetovi the agendadnevni red,
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Svijet će biti drugačiji kad i ako Kina uspostavi pravila igre,
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and they maysvibanj.
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a mogla bi.
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They'veSu overtakenzatekne the U.S. as the world'ssvijetu biggestnajveći carautomobil markettržište,
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Preuzeli su primat od SAD-a kao najveće svjetsko tržište automobila.
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they'vešto ga do overtakenzatekne GermanyNjemačka as the largestnajveći exporterizvoznik,
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Preuzeli su primat od Njemačke kao najveći svjetski izvoznik.
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and they'vešto ga do startedpočeo doing DNADNK teststestovi on kidsdjeca
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I započeli su s DNA testiranjima na djeci
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to chooseizabrati theirnjihov careerskarijere.
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kako bi im odredili karijere.
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We're findingnalaz all kindsvrste of waysnačine to pushgurnuti back the limitsgranice of what we know.
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Nalazimo svakakve načine kojima bismo pomaknuli granice onoga što znamo.
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Some recentnedavni discoveriesotkrića:
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Neka od nedavnih otkrića:
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There's an antmrav colonykolonija from ArgentinaArgentina that has now
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Postoji kolonija mrava iz Argentine koja se sada
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spreadširenje to everysvaki continentkontinent but AntarcticaAntarktika;
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proširila na svaki kontinent osim Antartike.
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there's a self-directedSamo-usmjereno robotrobot scientistnaučnik that's madenapravljen a discoveryotkriće --
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Postoji samostalni robot znanstvenik koji je došao do otkrića.
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soonuskoro, scienceznanost maysvibanj no longerviše need us,
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Uskoro, znanost nas možda neće trebati.
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and life maysvibanj no longerviše need us eitherili;
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A niti život nas uskoro možda neće trebati.
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a microbemikrob wakesBudi up after 120,000 yearsgodina.
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Mikrob se probudi nakon 120,000 godina.
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It seemsčini se that with or withoutbez us,
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Izgleda kako će se s nama ili bez nas
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life will go on.
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život nastaviti.
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But my pickodabrati for the topvrh Long NewsVijesti storypriča of this pastprošlost yeargodina
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Ali moj izbor za top "Long News" priču prošle godine
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was this one: watervoda foundpronađeno on the moonmjesec.
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jest ova, voda pronađena na Mjesecu.
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MakesČini it a lot easierlakše to put a colonykolonija up there.
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Bitno je jednostavnije stvoriti koloniju tamo.
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And if NASANASA doesn't do it, ChinaKina mightmoć,
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I ako NASA to ne napravi, Kina bi mogla,
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or somebodyneko in this roomsoba mightmoć writepisati a bigvelika checkprovjeriti.
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ili netko u ovoj dvorani bi mogao napisati veliki ček.
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My pointtočka is this:
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Želim naglasiti ovo:
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In the long runtrčanje, some newsvijesti storiespriče
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dugoročno, neke vijesti
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are more importantvažno than othersdrugi.
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su važnije od drugih.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kirk Citron - Media expert
Kirk Citron began his career as a fast-rising advertising executive, but now writes and provides media consultation for select non-profits.

Why you should listen

Kirk Citron seems to have an innate understanding of all things media. He began his career in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather in New York, but soon started his own agency with Matt Haligman. Citron Haligman Bedecarré landed major clients and was named Adweek’s West Agency of the Year. Citron then transformed the company into AKQA -- a digital advertising agency that has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic with offices around the world.

Today, Citron continues to write and innovate. He is the editor of The Long News, finding news stories that will continue to matter as many as a thousand years from today, and consults for a number of non-profit organizations. He is also the author of the play But Not For Lunch, which has been staged at theaters in Maine, Miami and Pennsylvania.

More profile about the speaker
Kirk Citron | Speaker | TED.com

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