ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stewart Brand - Environmentalist, futurist
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ...

Why you should listen

With biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, the revival of extinct species is becoming possible. Stewart Brand plans to not only bring species back but restore them to the wild.

Brand is already a legend in the tech industry for things he’s created: the Whole Earth Catalog, The WELL, the Global Business Network, the Long Now Foundation, and the notion that “information wants to be free.” Now Brand, a lifelong environmentalist, wants to re-create -- or “de-extinct” -- a few animals that’ve disappeared from the planet.

Granted, resurrecting the woolly mammoth using ancient DNA may sound like mad science. But Brand’s Revive and Restore project has an entirely rational goal: to learn what causes extinctions so we can protect currently endangered species, preserve genetic and biological diversity, repair depleted ecosystems, and essentially “undo harm that humans have caused in the past.”

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Stewart Brand: What squatter cities can teach us

Stewart Brand tentang penduduk-penduduk liar di kota.

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Pedesaan di seluruh dunia menjadi semakin sepi, saat miliaran orang beramai-ramai pergi ke kota untuk tinggal di pemukiman liar kumuh yang padat. Stewart Brand berkata ini adalah hal yang baik. Mengapa? Hanya perlu 3 menit untuk mengetahuinya.
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BasicallyPada dasarnya, there's a majorutama demographicdemografis eventperistiwa going on.
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Pada dasarnya, ada peristiwa demografis besar yang sedang terjadi.
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And it maymungkin be that passinglewat the 50 percentpersen urbanperkotaan pointtitik
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Dan mungkin saja saat 50 persen penduduk dunia tinggal di kota
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is an economicekonomis tippingtip pointtitik. So the worlddunia now is a mappeta of connectivitykonektivitas.
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adalah titik balik ekonomi. Jadi dunia sekarang adalah peta dari keterhubungan.
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It used to be that ParisParis and LondonLondon and NewBaru YorkYork were the largestterbesar citieskota.
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Dulu, Paris dan London dan New York adalah kota-kota terbesar.
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What we have now is the endakhir of the risenaik of the WestBarat. That's over.
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Namun sekarang adalah akhir perkembangan dunia Barat. Sudah selesai.
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The aggregateagregat numbersangka are overwhelmingluar biasa.
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Jumlah angkanya menakjubkan.
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So what's really going on? Well, villagesdesa of the worlddunia are emptyingmengosongkan out.
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Jadi apa yang sebenarnya terjadi? Desa-desa di seluruh dunia menjadi semakin sepi.
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The questionpertanyaan is, why?
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Pertanyaannya adalah, mengapa?
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And here'sini the unromanticRomantika truthkebenaran -- and the citykota airudara makesmembuat you freebebas,
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Dan inilah kenyataan yang tidak indah -- udara kota membuat anda bebas,
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they said in RenaissanceRenaissance GermanyJerman. So some people go to placestempat
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itulah yang dikatakan di Jerman pada jaman Renaissance. Jadi beberapa orang pergi ke kota
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like ShanghaiShanghai but mostpaling go to the squatterpenghuni liar citieskota where aestheticsestetika ruleaturan.
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seperti Shanghai, namun sebagian besar menjadi penghuni liar yang merusak keindahan kota.
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And these are not really a people oppressedtertindas by povertykemiskinan.
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Mereka bukan benar-benar orang yang tertekan oleh kemiskinan.
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They're people gettingmendapatkan out of povertykemiskinan as fastcepat as they can.
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Mereka adalah orang-orang yang ingin keluar dari kemiskinan secepat mungkin.
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They're the dominantdominan builderspembangun and to a largebesar extenttingkat, the dominantdominan designersdesainer.
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Mereka adalah para pembangun yang menonjol, sebagian besar desainer handal.
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They have home-brewedbuatan ruamahan infrastructureinfrastruktur and vibrantbersemangat urbanperkotaan life.
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Mereka memiliki pengalaman kehidupan di desa dan kota.
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One-sixthSeperenam of the GDPPDB in IndiaIndia is comingkedatangan out of MumbaiMumbai.
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Seperenam PDB India berasal dari Mumbai.
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They are constantlyselalu upgradingupgrade, and in a fewbeberapa caseskasus, the governmentpemerintah helpsmembantu.
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Mereka terus-menerus meningkatkan kemampuan, dan pada beberapa kasus, pemerintah ikut membantu.
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EducationPendidikan is the mainutama eventperistiwa that can happenterjadi in citieskota.
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Pendidikan adalah peristiwa utama yang dapat terjadi di perkotaan.
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What's going on in the streetjalan in MumbaiMumbai?
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Apa yang terjadi di jalanan Mumbai?
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AlAl GoreGore knowstahu. It's basicallypada dasarnya everything.
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Al Gore tahu. Pada dasarnya segalanya.
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There's no unemploymentpengangguran in squatterpenghuni liar citieskota. EveryoneSemua orang worksbekerja.
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Tidak ada pengangguran di kota-kota besar. Semuanya bekerja.
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One-sixthSeperenam of humanitykemanusiaan is there. It's soonsegera going to be more than that.
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Seperenam umat manusia tinggal di sana. Dan sebentar lagi angkanya akan lebih dari itu.
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So here'sini the first punchpukulan linegaris:
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Jadi inilah poin penting pertama.
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citieskota have defuseddijinakkan the populationpopulasi bombbom.
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Kota telah menekan ledakan penduduk.
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And here'sini the secondkedua punchpukulan linegaris.
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Dan inilah poin penting kedua
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That's the newsberita from downtownpusat kota. Here it is in perspectiveperspektif.
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Inilah berita dari pusat kota. Inilah dia di dalam perspektif.
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StarsBintang-bintang have shinedbersinar down on earth'sbumi life for billionsmiliaran of yearstahun.
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Bintang-bintang telah menyinari kehidupan di Bumi selama miliaran tahun.
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Now we're shiningbersinar right back up.
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Sekarang kita akan kembali bersinar.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stewart Brand - Environmentalist, futurist
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ...

Why you should listen

With biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, the revival of extinct species is becoming possible. Stewart Brand plans to not only bring species back but restore them to the wild.

Brand is already a legend in the tech industry for things he’s created: the Whole Earth Catalog, The WELL, the Global Business Network, the Long Now Foundation, and the notion that “information wants to be free.” Now Brand, a lifelong environmentalist, wants to re-create -- or “de-extinct” -- a few animals that’ve disappeared from the planet.

Granted, resurrecting the woolly mammoth using ancient DNA may sound like mad science. But Brand’s Revive and Restore project has an entirely rational goal: to learn what causes extinctions so we can protect currently endangered species, preserve genetic and biological diversity, repair depleted ecosystems, and essentially “undo harm that humans have caused in the past.”

More profile about the speaker
Stewart Brand | Speaker | TED.com