Bright Simons: To help solve global problems, look to developing countries
Bright Simons: Para ajudar a resolver problemas globais, preste atenção nos países em desenvolvimento
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por ideias nas quais acredito
for ideas I believe in
of the equator they were born.
da linha do Equador elas surgiram.
as either "the Global South"
de modo eufêmico, como "o Sul Global"
queremos realmente dizer o mundo pobre,
what we really mean is the poor world --
with ready-made containers
com recipientes prontos
de outros lugares e pessoas.
of other places and other people.
um pouco do roteiro
a little bit from the script
alive and bubbling with ideas.
vivos e cheios de ideias.
por onde devo começar?
de remédios para o coração,
in his arteries from clotting,
do sangue nas artérias,
82% de todas as mortes no Egito,
of all deaths in Egypt,
can address these conditions
tratar dessas doenças
ever the evil geniuses they are,
os gênios do mal que são,
imitações de remédios.
pharmaceutical company in Africa,
empresa farmacêutica da África,
think of them like one-time passwords --
pensem neles como senhas únicas -
heart medicine in Egypt.
para o coração mais vendido no Egito.
remédios para o coração,
the telecom companies in Egypt
de telecomunicações do Egito
call it the message of life --
chamem-na de a mensagem da vida -
percent of all medicines in Egypt
de todos os remédios do Egito
Rift Valley of Kenya.
Vale do Rift, no Quênia.
salt-of-the-earth fellow.
companheiro muito bom e honesto.
and proper cabbage seeds
certificadas e adequadas de repolho
the school fees of his children.
das organizações internacionais,
international organizations,
sold in Eastern and Southern Africa
nas Áfricas Oriental e Meridional
está trabalhando
agriculture regulator in Kenya,
agrícola do Quênia,
certification process
de certificação de sementes daquele país,
milhete, sorgo, milho -
keys in a code on a packet of millet,
digita um código de um pacote de milhete,
a digital certificate
um certificado digital
is properly certified.
está devidamente certificada.
of becoming an elite athlete,
ao sonho de se tornar atleta de elite,
de classificação de ingredientes,
rating technology,
something accidentally,
or poor-quality vaccination.
de baixa qualidade.
into the bloodstream of an infant,
na corrente sanguínea de uma criança,
that can cripple them or kill them.
que podem prejudicá-la ou matá-la.
são organismos muito sensíveis
are delicate organisms really,
between two degrees and eight degrees.
entre dois e oito graus.
they lose their potency,
elas perdem a potência
da visão computacional,
on the vials of vaccines
dos frascos de vacinas
as crude thermometers.
termômetros brutos.
over time in response to temperature
do tempo em resposta à temperatura
na superfície da vacina,
on the surface of the vaccine,
with a scan of the phone,
com um exame do telefone,
properly in the right temperature
adequadamente na temperatura certa
saving lives, redeeming societies,
dessas partes do mundo.
is not the same as interpersonal trust.
o mesmo que confiança interpessoal.
consumption and regulation
entre consumo e regulação
enthusiasts in the West --
de "blockchain" do Ocidente,
social accountability feedback loops.
de responsabilidade social.
and I give this speech
e faço esse discurso,
and I provide these examples,
as pessoas perguntam:
are so damn brilliant,
por que não estão por toda parte?
heard of these ideas
falar dessas ideias
in the beginning.
ao que afirmei no início:
parts of the world
simplesmente não vão pra frente
on which they were born.
da latitude mental".
maybe it's an important problem,
mas é obscuro em partes do mundo.
in parts of the world.
esses problemas?
to globalize such problems?
of these problems that I've described
desses problemas que descrevi,
of the breakdown of trust
de confiança em mercados e instituições,
mais universal, mais próximo de você e eu
more universal, closer to you and I
os frutos do mar comercializados nos EUA
marketed in the US is falsely labeled.
or salmon sandwich in Manhattan,
de atum ou salmão em Manhattan,
banned for being toxic in Japan.
proibido por ser tóxico no Japão.
when horsemeat was masquerading as beef
estava disfarçada de carne
desses falsos hambúrgueres de carne
of these fake meat patties
o que pode danificar os rins.
which can damage your kidneys.
de avião e se preocupam com eles,
and you worry about plane crashes,
intrudes into your consciousness.
um deles invade sua consciência.
one million counterfeit incidents
1 milhão de incidentes de falsificação
de aeronáutica dos EUA.
supply chain in the US.
with the urgency it deserves
isso com a urgência que merece
e mais progressivas soluções
the most progressive solutions,
onde as soluções não vão pra frente.
where solutions don't scale.
de verificação para medicamentos
verification models for pharmaceuticals
in the USA and Europe,
atrás nos EUA e na Europa,
a hundred times more.
num Walgreens em Nova York,
into a Walgreens in New York,
of your medicine,
no norte da Nigéria.
in Northern Nigeria.
packaged ideas,
são apenas ideias empacotadas;
that are most important.
ideas of the Global South,
as ideias do Sul Global,
problem-solving models.
de problemas globalmente inclusivos.
"Bem, isso é ruim,
where we have so many other problems,
tantos outros problemas,
irá surpreendê-los: justiça intelectual.
the cause of intellectual justice.
Num mundo que viola direitos humanos?"
In a world of human rights abuses?"
that affect us and confront us
que nos afetam e nos confrontam
to address them.
para resolvê-las.
for intellectual justice?
dar uma chance para a justiça intelectual?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bright Simons - EntrepreneurBright Simons is a technology thinker, social innovator and "ideas activist."
Why you should listen
As president of mPedigree, Bright Simons has worked for more than a decade across three continents to promote solutions to the fraud, counterfeiting and corruption crisis in global health and food security, as well as other transparency and governance domains. He bridges grassroots invention with the industrial scale of the Fortune 100 and combines patent-pending work in smart sensors for bio-med cold chains with civic reform activism.
Simons writes periodically for the likes of Harvard Business Review, Quartz, the BBC's Business Daily Show and The Huffington Post. He has served as a board-level advisor to Care International, the Africa Population Health Research Center, Microsoft Africa Advisory Council, RED Media, the Lancet Commission on the Future of Health in Africa, the Center for Global Development's Study Group on Technology, the World Economic Forum's Africa Strategy Group, IMANI Center for Policy & Education and the inaugural Ashoka Globalizer initiative, among others.
Simons consistently connects powerful action on the periphery with forceful advocacy in the halls of global thought leadership. For this commitment, he has been recognised in MIT's Tech Review list of "35 Innovators Under 35" as one of the most impressive global technology visionaries, Quartz’s top 30 innovators list; and was the 2016 CNBC All-Africa Business Leader of the Year (for innovation). Furthermore, in 2016, Fortune magazine named him on their "The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders" list in 2016.
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