Jonny Sun: You are not alone in your loneliness
Jonny Sun: Você não está sozinho em sua solidão
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live. Full bio
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accidentally with an "m,"
acidentalmente com "m",
com a missão de estudar os seres humanos.
with a mission to study humans.
and far from home,
at a moment in my life
sobre esse alienígena
em que eu me sentia como um deles.
and started my doctoral program at MIT,
e começar meu doutorado no MIT.
and very much like I didn't belong.
como se não pertencesse àquele lugar.
for years and years
to doing this more and more.
cada vez mais a essa atividade.
the internet can feel like a lonely place.
pode parecer um lugar solitário.
but no one's ever listening.
mas ninguém jamais escutará.
in speaking out to the void.
falando para o vazio.
my feelings with the void,
meus sentimentos com o vazio,
não é um espaço solitário e infinito,
isn't this endless lonely expanse at all,
que também o encaram e querem ser ouvidas.
all sorts of other people,
and also wanting to be heard.
that have come from social media.
que vêm das mídias sociais.
é sentir muita tristeza,
is to feel so much sadness
muitos de meus amigos mais próximos
that so many of my closest friends
originally online.
there's this confessional nature
das mídias sociais.
in this personal, intimate diary
completamente particular,
everyone in the world to read it.
queremos que todos leiam.
é começarmos a vivenciar coisas
from perspectives from people
completamente diferentes de nós,
different from ourselves,
que eu estava seguindo
that I was following
and going to therapy
that they often do
que costumam ter
assuntos pessoalmente.
around mental health was normalized,
sobre saúde mental tornava-se normal,
that going to therapy was something
que também me ajudaria.
falar sobre todos esses assuntos
to be talking about all these topics
e aberto na internet.
think that it is a big, scary thing
é algo muito assustador
already perfectly and fully formed.
uma formação plena e perfeita.
actually a great place to not know,
um ótimo lugar para não conhecer
treat that with excitement,
important about sharing your imperfections
sobre compartilhar nossas imperfeições,
and your vulnerabilities
sou menor e mais temeroso]
that they feel sad or afraid
que está triste, com medo
que me sinto solitário.
this comfort of being vulnerable
esse conforto de ser vulnerável
can share with each other.
compartilhar uns com os outros.
externalizing the internal,
feelings that I don't have words for,
que não sei expressar em palavras,
putting words to them,
para os sentimentos delas também.
find words to find their feelings as well.
in putting all these things
em colocar todas essas coisas
into these smaller pieces,
escondê-las em partes menores,
I think they're more fun.
de acessar, mais divertidas
nossa humanidade comum.
see our shared humanness.
of a short story,
a cute book of illustrations, for example.
de ilustrações, por exemplo.
de uma piada boba que coloco na internet.
that I'll throw on the internet.
I posted this app idea
publiquei a ideia de um aplicativo
and you have to get out of the house
na porta de sua casa,
de aplicativos aqui,
in the audience,
I feel anxious about sending an email.
que fico ansioso por enviar um e-mail.
é dizer que "estou tentando cordialmente",
I promise I'm trying my best!"
juro que estou tentando cordialmente!"
para o clássico quebra-gelo:
dead or alive, I would.
vivo ou morto, eu jantaria.
I post things like these online,
coisas assim on-line,
uma risada, esse sentimento
little gatherings can be quite meaningful.
podem ser muito significativos.
from architecture school
na faculdade de arquitetura
have you already had
você já teve sua última conversa?"
my own friends who had moved away
e até países diferentes,
and different countries, even,
manter contato com eles.
for me to keep in touch with them.
e a compartilhar suas experiências.
and sharing their own experiences.
com quem havia brigado.
they had a falling out with.
que faleceu de modo rápido e inesperado.
who had passed away
about their friends from school
que também haviam se mudado.
started happening.
começou a acontecer.
a responder umas às outras,
and share their own experiences
suas experiências,
to reach out to that friend
com quem não falavam há algum tempo
that they had a falling out with.
uma pequena microcomunidade.
this little tiny microcommunity.
de pessoas que se reuniam.
essas pequenas microcomunidades.
microcommunities can form.
of different creatures
de criaturas diferentes
the muck of the internet,
conseguimos encontrar nossa alma gêmea.
in the reading the replies
quando lemos respostas e comentários
a reply that is particularly kind
particularmente gentil,
in going to follow someone
quando seguimos alguém
already follow you back.
that you know in real life
alguém conhecido na vida real,
and the things that they write
muitos interesses em comum,
of the same interests as they do,
closer together to you.
in a strange place,
se encontram num lugar estranho,
because as we all know,
porque, como sabemos,
doesn't feel like this.
onde nos entendemos mal,
where we misunderstand each other,
with each other,
uns com os outros,
and screaming and yelling and shouting,
gritos e berros,
there's too much of everything.
the bad parts with the good,
as partes ruins das boas,
that we use to inhabit these online spaces
para ocupar esses espaços on-line
either ignorantly or willfully
ignorante ou intencional
to propagate misinformation,
para propagar informações incorretas,
e a violência gerada.
and the violence that comes from it,
none of our current platforms
de nossas plataformas atuais
to address and to fix that.
para resolver e consertar isso.
probably unfortunately,
as many others are,
on-line, como muitos outros,
like that's where all the people are.
o lugar onde está todo mundo.
of human connection in times like these.
de ligação humana em tempos como estes.
are not superfluous.
de humanidade não são supérfluos.
from the world at all,
chegamos a esses espaços.
why we come to these spaces.
afirmam e nos dão vida.
and they affirm and they give us life.
temporary sanctuaries
as alone as we think we are.
tão sós quanto achamos.
and everyone's sad
todos estejam tristes
this inflatable bouncey castle
mas já comprei este castelo inflável
bouncy castle in this case
metafórico, nesse caso,
and our connections to other people.
e nossas ligações com outras pessoas.
e sem esperança sobre o mundo,
and hopeless about the world,
logging on to social media
entrar nas mídias sociais
at the end of the world."
no fim do mundo".
the void responding,
who started talking to each other,
e a falar umas com as outras.
tiny community formed.
uma pequena comunidade.
to hold on to is other people.
às outras pessoas.
made up of small moments,
feito de pequenos momentos,
tiny sliver of light
bem minúsculo de luz
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonny Sun - Screenwriter, author, artistJonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live.
Why you should listen
Jonny Sun never felt that the multi-hyphenate description of screenwriter/humorist/author/artist/researcher/technologist made much sense. He is a writer for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman and is currently writing the screenplay for an original idea with Fox Family and Chernin Entertainment. He also wrote and illustrated the best-selling graphic novel Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, illustrated Lin-Manuel Miranda's GMorning, Gnight! and regularly writes online.
Sun is currently pursuing a PhD at MIT, where he's studying social media communities and making art about artificial intelligence with the metaLAB at Harvard. He helped develop The Laughing Room, a self-aware sitcom set that plays a laugh track based on what participants say in the room. His work explores how technology interfaces with our lived, human experiences, believing that this critical eye on technology is essential to the stories we tell about contemporary life.
Sun's work comes from deeply personal places, asking: "Does anyone else feel this way too?" He seeks to feel less alone in the world and to try to help others feel less alone, too -- by making things that connect to people, and then connect people; by making work that helps people feel seen and find each other.
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