Bob Stein: A rite of passage for late life
밥 스테인(Bob Stein): 노년을 위한 기념식
Bob Stein has long been in the vanguard: immersed in radical politics as a young man, he grew into one of the founding fathers of new media. He’s wondering what sorts of new rituals and traditions might emerge as society expands to include increasing numbers of people in their eighties and nineties. Full bio
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백인 중산층 가정에서 자랐습니다.
on the Fourth of July,
불꽃놀이를 보고
under a tree at Christmas.
선물을 놓아 뒀죠.
those traditions got to me,
제대로 이해하고 보니
an existential hole,
방법을 찾게 되었습니다.
bigger than myself.
연결하기 위해서였죠.
in my family in over a century,
유대인 성인식을 하지 않았어요.
when my one encounter with the rabbi,
랍비를 한 분 만나긴 했는데요.
with flowing white hair,
흰머리가 풍성한 분이었죠.
for my middle name
of belonging and confidence
소속감이나 어떤 확신을
of my son turning 13
of a 13th birthday trip,
가기로 했어요.
anywhere in the world
특별하게 생각하는 곳으로
who loved turtles,
어린 동식물학자와 같던 제 아들은
at the bottom of the Grand Canyon,
2주를 보냈죠.
that she was powerful and brave.
강하고 용기있는 자신과 마주했어요.
and lots of our friends and relatives
많은 친구들과 가족, 친척들은
on 13th birthday trips,
생일 축하 여행을 가게 됐죠.
for both the child and the parent.
변화할 수 있는 기회가 됐어요.
식전기도를 하지 않았어요.
before every meal.
서로 손을 잡기 시작했어요.
고요하고 아름다운 순간이죠.
to "pass the squeeze,"
라고 말해요.
거듭 강조하면서요.
with the more than 250 boxes of stuff
어떻게 해줄 수 없냐고 물었어요.
또 살아났어요.
than simple death cleaning.
뭔가 더 할 수 없을지 궁금해졌죠.
for clearing our your closets,
죽기 전에 옷장을 싹 치우고
before you die,
싹 치우는 걸 말해요.
치울 필요가 없도록 말이죠.
opening up box after box
여는 모습을 상상해 봤어요.
any of that stuff.
라고 궁금해 할 거예요.
at a specific picture
찾아내는 모습도 상상해봤어요.
찍힌 사진을 발견하고
is that with Dad?"
라고 궁금해하는 거죠.
that were important;
물건들이 아니라
that gave them meaning.
그 물건에 담긴 이야기였죠.
to tell the stories
거기 담긴 이야기를 나누는 것이
not for a 13-year-old,
13살 생일을 위한 것이 아니라
down the road?
의식인 거죠.
that they found interesting.
뭐든지 물어보라고 했어요.
for a much deeper discussion,
깊은 주제에 관한 토론으로 이어졌죠.
meaningful connections
의미있게 연결되기 시작했어요.
about a Leonard Peltier T-shirt
레너드 펠티어 티셔츠에 관해 물었죠.
바뀐 게 없다는 것이 슬프네요.
prisoners in American jails,
다수의 정치사범 이야기부터
데리우스는 궁금해했죠.
Movement of the '60s,
if he'd come of age then,
삶이 어떻게 달랐을지 궁금해했어요.
if he could have the T-shirt.
가져도 되냐고 물었어요.
just about perfect.
뭔가 완벽한 느낌이 들었어요.
established common ground,
서로 공감대를 형성했어요.
that really mattered to them.
제가 만들었다는 걸 깨달았어요.
with a renewed sense of purpose --
한 사람으로서요.
to be living side by side.
세상이 됐어요.
and I hope strangers, too,
이야기를 공유하게 되는 것이
to enter this next stage of my life.
완벽한 방법이 될 것 같아요.
what I was looking for:
찾고 있던 일이었어요.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bob Stein - PublisherBob Stein has long been in the vanguard: immersed in radical politics as a young man, he grew into one of the founding fathers of new media. He’s wondering what sorts of new rituals and traditions might emerge as society expands to include increasing numbers of people in their eighties and nineties.
Why you should listen
Until his early 30's, Bob Stein was a full-time radical activist. In 1981, he spent a year researching and writing a paper for Encyclopedia Britannica -- "EB and the Intellectual Tools of the Future" -- and he has been involved in electronic publishing ever since. In 1984 he founded The Criterion Collection, a critically acclaimed series of definitive films, which included the first supplementary sections and director commentaries and introduced the letterbox format. He also founded The Voyager Company, which in 1989 published one of the first commercial CD-ROMs, "The CD Companion to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony." In 1992 Voyager published the first electronic books, including Douglas Adams's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park. In 2004 The MacArthur Foundation provided a generous grant with which Stein founded the Institute for the Future of the Book, a small think and do tank aimed at exploring and influencing the evolution of new forms of intellectual expression. In 2005, the Institute published the first "networked books," which an important milestone in the shift to social reading and writing as discourse moves from pages to screens. After waiting 25 years, since he saw the first public demo of VR, Stein is currently working on a platform to present music and art performance in a shared social space.
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