Toby Shapshak: You don't need an app for that
トビー・シャプシャク: アプリなんて必要ないさ
The publisher and editor of Stuff magazine, Toby Shapshak is a South African writer focusing on innovation — and the role it plays in Africa. Full bio
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question, just with a show of hands:
よく公言できますね
いますよね
お話ししましょう
invent the production line
have to invent the dolos?
を発明する必要があったのか?
みなさん ご存知ないようですが
とても著名な発明家です
of the world from space,
とみなさん思うでしょう
where innovation's going on.
一目瞭然ですね
ではありませんよ
遊んでばっかりいるからです
全く違います
define it as problem-solving.
問題解決術であると私は考えます
深刻な問題を解決しています
解決するほかないからです
クレジットカードの決済ができる
that you plug into a phone
そもそもクレジットカードが必要ですか?
撮った写真です
about the payment system
you can buy your groceries,
食品の買い出しも
できるそうですよ
このような携帯を利用してね
必要不可欠だからです
このような携帯で出来てしまいます
に投稿した写真です
the gold of today is mobile.
in North America and how that worked,
成り立ちについて考えてみましょう
売春宿が建つ
少し似ていますよね
that makes all of this possible.
things that you can do with it?
Bright Simons from Ghana,
発明した物で
spend their entire month's salary on,
いらっしゃるでしょう
期限切れかを
命を救ってくれる発明です
you can rise out of poverty.
貧困から抜け出せます
風車で発電できますから
automobile industry in the world.
革命をもたらし続ける彼は
私達を火星へと連れて行ってくれるでしょう
私は考えます
about innovation at the edge.
末端諸国の発明が話題ですが
あたりまえのことですよ
everybody's updating Facebook,
Facebookのアップデートに忙しいでしょう
プライバシー設定で
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Toby Shapshak - Technology writerThe publisher and editor of Stuff magazine, Toby Shapshak is a South African writer focusing on innovation — and the role it plays in Africa.
Why you should listen
Casual readers of Stuff magazine, with its smart and provocative gadget reviews, might not know the glossy comes from not London or New York but offices in South Africa. Toby Shapshak leads the magazine and news site; he's been called "the most high-profile technology journalist in the country" by GQ South Africa. Formerly a senior newspaper reporter covering everything from crime to politics, Shapshak shadowed Nelson Mandela when he was president, and covered the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after the abolition of apartheid.
He's been writing about innovation, telecommunications and the Internet — and the impact they have on people's lives — for more than 15 years. He's now working on a book about a passionately held belief: that in Africa, necessity is the mother of innovation.
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