ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life.

Why you should listen

Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.

A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. 

His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.  

More profile about the speaker
Rives | Speaker | TED.com
TEDSalon 2006

Rives: If I controlled the Internet

Rives controla a Internet

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Quantos poetas podem acabar com eBay, Friendster e Monster.com com um poema de 3 minutos digno de uma ovação de pé? Desfrute o talento único de Rives.
- Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life. Full bio

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I wrote this poem after hearing a pretty well known actress
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Eu escrevi este poema depois de ouvir uma bem conhecida atriz
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tell a very well known interviewer on television,
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dizer à um muito conhecido entrevistador de televisão,
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"I'm really getting into the Internet lately.
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"Eu entrei na Internet recentemente.
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I just wish it were more organized."
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e só queria que ela fosse mais organizada. "
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So ...
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Daí -
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(Laughter)
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(risos)
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If I controlled the Internet,
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se eu controla-se a Internet,
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you could auction your broken heart on eBay.
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você poderia leiloar seu coração partido no eBay,
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Take the money; go to Amazon;
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com o dinheiro, ir para a Amazôn(ia),
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buy a phonebook for a country you've never been to -- call folks at random
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Comprar uma lista telefônica de um país que você nunca esteve, ligando para as pessoas ao acaso
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until you find someone who flirts really well in a foreign language.
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até que você encontre alguém para flertar em uma língua estrangeira.
00:58
(Laughter)
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(risos)
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If I were in charge of the Internet,
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Se eu estivesse no comando da Internet,
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you could Mapquest your lover's mood swings.
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você teria um Mapquest (Apontador) das oscilações de humor do seu amor.
01:04
Hang left at cranky, right at preoccupied,
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Pegaria a esquerda no irritadiço, a direita no preocupado,
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U-turn on silent treatment,
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e um retorno no tratamento silencioso.
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all the way back to tongue kissing and good lovin'.
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para retornar aos beijos de lingua e amor caliente.
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You could navigate and understand every emotional intersection.
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e você poderia navegar e compreender todos os cruzamentos emocionais.
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Some days, I'm as shallow as a baking pan,
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Alguns dias, eu sou tão superficial quanto uma assadeira,
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but I still stretch miles in all directions.
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mas eu continuo a atirar em todas as direções.
01:21
If I owned the Internet, Napster, Monster and Friendster.com
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Se eu fosse dono da Internet, o Napster, Monster e Friendster.com
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would be one big website.
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seriam um único grande site.
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That way you could listen to cool music
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Dessa forma, você poderia ouvir músicas legais
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while you pretend to look for a job
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enquanto finge procurar emprego
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and you're really just chattin' with your pals.
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mas está apenas conversando com seus amigos.
01:35
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
01:36
Heck, if I ran the Web, you could email dead people.
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Puxa, se eu dirigi-se a web, você poderia mandar email para os mortos.
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(Laughter)
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01:42
They would not email you back
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Eles não responderiam seu email --
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(Laughter) --
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(Risos)
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but you'd get an automated reply.
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mas você obteria uma resposta automática.
01:47
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
01:49
Their name in your inbox
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O nome dele na sua caixa de entrada --
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(Laughter) --
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it's all you wanted anyway.
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pois afinal era tudo o que você queria.
01:54
And a message saying, "Hey, it's me. I miss you.
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Um mensagem dizendo: "Ei, sou eu. Sinto falta de você.
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(Laughter)
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(Risos)
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Listen, you'll see being dead is dandy.
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Escutem, você veria que ter um e-mail bloqueado é magnifico.
02:01
Now you go back to raising kids and waging peace and craving candy."
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Agora você pode voltar a cuidar das crianças e ficar em paz e babar por doces."
02:05
If I designed the Internet, childhood.com would be a loop
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Se eu tivesse bolado a internet, infancia.com seria um ciclo
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of a boy in an orchard, with a ski pole for a sword,
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de um garoto em um pomar, com um bastão de ski como espada,
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trashcan lid for a shield, shouting, "I am the emperor of oranges.
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uma tampa de lixo como escudo, berrando: “Eu sou o imperador das laranjas.
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I am the emperor of oranges. I am the emperor of oranges."
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Eu sou o imperador das laranjas. Eu sou o imperador das laranjas."
02:21
Now follow me, OK?
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Agora vem comigo, OK?
02:22
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
02:23
Grandma.com would be a recipe for biscuits and spit-bath instructions.
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vovó.com seria uma receita de biscoitos e instruções de como tomar banho rápido.
02:26
One, two, three.
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Um, dois, três.
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That links with hotdiggitydog.com.
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Iso conecta com cachorroquente.com
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That is my grandfather.
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Este é meu avô.
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They take you to gruff-ex-cop-on-his-fourth-marriage.dad.
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Eles levam você para "rude-ex-policial-no-seu-quarto-casamento.papai".
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He forms an attachment to
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Ele faz uma ligação com
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kind-of-ditzy-but-still-sends-ginger-snaps-for-Christmas.mom,
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"tipo-avoado-mas-ainda-envia-doces.mamãe"
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who downloads the boy in the orchard, the emperor of oranges,
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que faz um download do garoto no pomar, o imperador das laranjas.
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who grows up to be me --
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que cresce para ser eu mesmo -
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the guy who usually goes too far.
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geralmente um cara que vai longe demais.
02:46
So if I were emperor of the Internet,
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Então, se eu fosse imperador da Internet,
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I guess I'd still be mortal, huh?
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Acho que eu ainda seria mortal, não?
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But at that point, I would probably
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Mas, neste ponto, eu provavelmente
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already have the lowest possible mortgage
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já tenho a menor hipoteca possível
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and the most enlarged possible penis
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e o maior pênis possível --
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(Laughter) --
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(Risos)
03:01
so I would outlaw spam on my first day in office.
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eu tornaria o spam ilegal no meu primeiro dia no cargo.
03:03
I wouldn't need it.
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Eu não precisaria dele.
03:05
I'd be like some kind of Internet genius, and me,
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Seria como um daqueles gênios da internet, e eu,
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I'd like to upgrade to deity and maybe just like that --
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Eu faria uma atualização para divindade e simplesmente --
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pop! -- I'd go wireless.
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popular - eu seria wireless.
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(Laughter)
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Huh? Maybe Google would hire this.
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Não? Talvez o Google me contrata-se
03:17
I could zip through your servers and firewalls like a virus
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Eu poderia zipar através de seus servidores e firewalls, como um vírus
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until the World Wide Web is as wise, as wild and as organized
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até o World Wide Web é tão esperto, tão selvagem e tão organizado
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as I think a modern-day miracle/oracle can get, but, ooh-eee,
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como penso um dia será um milagre/oráculo (Oracle), mas, ooh-eee,
03:28
you want to bet just how whack and un-PC
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você quer apostar como derrotar e tornar menos PC
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your Mac or PC is going to be when I'm rocking
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seu Mac ou o como o PC será quando eu bombar,
03:34
hot-shit-hot-shot-god.net?
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tiro certo deus.net?
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I guess it's just like life.
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Acho que é exaatamente como a vida.
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It is not a question of if you can --
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Não é uma questão se você pode.
03:40
it's: do ya?
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É, não é?
03:42
We can interfere with the interface.
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Nós podemos interferir com a interface.
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We can make "You've got Hallelujah" the national anthem of cyberspace
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Nós podemos fazer "You've got Hallelujah" o hino nacional do ciberespaço
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every lucky time we log on.
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toda vez que temos sorte no logon.
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You don't say a prayer.
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Você não faz uma oração.
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You don't write a psalm.
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Você não escreve um salmo.
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You don't chant an "om."
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Você não entôa um om (mantra).
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You send one blessed email to whomever you're thinking of
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Você envia um e-mail abençoado para qualquer um que estiver pensando
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at dah-da-la-dat-da-dah-da-la-dat.com.
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em dah dat da da la da la dat dah .com.
04:05
Thank you, TED.
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Obrigado. TED.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauso)
Translated by Eduardo Carvalho
Reviewed by Cristiano Kruel

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life.

Why you should listen

Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.

A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. 

His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.  

More profile about the speaker
Rives | Speaker | TED.com

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