Astro Teller: The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure
Astro Teler (Astro Teller): Neočekivana prednost slavljenja neuspeha
As "Captain of Moonshots" for X, Astro Teller oversees the secret projects that could reshape our lives in coming decades. Full bio
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je saopštio državi svoj san,
by the end of the decade.
do kraja decenije.
to do it if it was possible.
kako bi to ostvario, ukoliko je moguće.
for making them real.
kako bi bili ostvareni.
to work at a moonshot factory.
da radim u fabrici nalik pohodu na mesec.
working alongside a fashion designer
kako radi sa modnim dizajnerom
brainstorming with laser experts.
smišljaju ideje sa laserskim ekspertima.
are dreaming up technologies
maštaju o tehnologijama
a wonderful place.
svet da pretvore u čarobno mesto.
to remind us to keep our visions big --
da bi naše vizije bile velike -
to remind ourselves
koje ćemo da realizujemo.
a huge problem in the world
ogroman problem u svetu
solution for solving that problem.
radikalno rešenje za taj problem.
for such a radical solution
je neuredno mesto.
uništavajući stvari
da nismo u pravu.
parts of the problem first.
to kill our project today?"
da uništimo projekat?"
optimism to fuel our visions.
da pokreće naše vizije.
enthusiastic skepticism
into those visions.
da udahne stvarnost u te vizije.
on the cutting room floor,
u fazi izgradnje,
have not only survived that process,
ne samo da su preživeli taj proces,
in automated vertical farming.
automatizovane vertikalne zemljoradnje.
koju smo uzgojili.
suffers from undernourishment.
pati od neuhranjenosti.
that needs to happen.
koji mora da se desi.
troši deset puta manje vode
than conventional farming.
od uobičajene zemljoradnje.
close to where it's consumed,
blizu mesta gde se konzumira,
transport it large distances.
na udaljena mesta.
and efficient lighting.
i efikasnog osvetljenja.
like grains and rice to grow this way.
osnovne useve, poput žitarica i pirinča.
and environmental damage
i šteti po okolinu
of landlocked countries
zemalja bez izlaza na more
of shipping infrastructure.
brodske infrastrukture.
variable-buoyancy cargo ship.
podesivi ploveći teretni brod.
footprint of shipping
of technical breakthroughs
tehničkih pronalazaka
for us to lower the cost enough
da snizimo trošak dovoljno
have been to make in volume
njihova proizvodnja na veliko,
close to 200 million dollars
skoro 200 miliona dolara
is just way too expensive.
je prosto isuviše skupo.
with these tight feedback loops
na čvrstoj petlji povratnih informacija,
and learning and new designs,
i novim dizajnima,
on the right track or not.
in one our projects,
ima Ahilovu petu,
not way down the road.
a ne kasnije tokom procesa.
that it ends the project.
onto a more productive path.
na produktivniji put.
vehicle prototype,
samoupravljajućeg vozila,
a steering wheel or break pedal.
our goal when we started.
nije bio cilj kad smo počinjali.
on the roads globally every year,
na putevima u svetu,
was a natural moonshot to take.
je bio prirodan pohod na mesec.
retrofitted, self-driving cars in testing,
prerađena i samoupravljačka auta,
we gave them out to other Googlers
da smo ih poklonili drugim Guglovcima
of the experience.
šta oni misle o tom iskustvu.
do almost all the driving
obavljaju skoro kompletnu vožnju,
in case of emergency
samo u slučaju opasnosti,
nisu obavljali svoj deo posla.
to hand control back to them.
da im automobil preda kontrolu.
with a beautiful, new perspective.
you're truly a passenger.
u kom ste istinski putnik.
from point A to point B by itself.
as early on in the project as we did.
tako rano tokom projekta.
we've done since then.
sve što smo od tad uradili.
more than 1.4 million miles,
su trenutno prešli više od 2,25 miliona km
California and Austin, Texas.
i Ostina u Teksasu.
je promenila perspektivu.
is more powerful than being smart.
moćnije nego biti pametan.
of perspective shifting.
izmene perspektive.
than the experts in that industry.
od stručnjaka iz te industrije.
to get up higher into the sky,
da ih podignemo više u nebo,
more consistent winds,
konzistentnijim vetrovima,
hundreds of tons of steel to get there.
tona čelika da bismo to postigli.
rises up from its perch
podiže se s motke,
propellers along its wing.
duž njegovog krila.
po bočnim vetrovima na nebu.
have become flying turbines.
postali leteće turbine.
back down the tether.
a way to kill this project.
da okončamo ovaj projekat.
the more excited we get
mi smo uzbuđeniji
a cheaper and more deployable form
jeftiniji i prošireniji oblik
we have is Project Loon.
je Projekat lun.
balloon-powered Internet.
internet napajanje iz balona.
to rural and remote areas of the world.
u ruralne i udaljene oblasti u svetu.
as many as four billion more people,
čak još četiri milijarde ljudi,
or no internet connection.
ili nikakav internet.
da uzmete mobilni odašiljač,
and stick it in the sky.
it would be blown away.
to tie it to the ground.
da bi bili vezani za zemlju.
to go where the needed to go?
kako bi stigli gde je to potrebno?
speeds and directions in thin strata.
i pravcima u gustoj strati.
and wind data from around the world,
algoritmima i podacima o vetru širom sveta
just a tiny bit in the stratosphere
samo malčice u stratosferi
in those different directions and speeds.
različitim smerovima i brzinama.
van vašeg područja,
ready to float into place,
spreman da ulebdi na njegovo mesto,
hands off between cell towers
prebacuje od predajnika do predajnika
to remind us of that.
the work that seems the most difficult
posao koji se činio najtežim
to kill their project.
from a balloon in the stratosphere
iz balona u stratosferi
that it wasn't going to.
to talk directly to handsets,
da razgovara direktno sa slušalicama,
as an intermediary receiver?
kao posredni resiver?
bandwidth high enough
da protok u balonu bude dovoljno brz
something more than just SMS?
nešto više od tekstualnih poruka?
a megabit per second,
nije se radilo ni o megabitu po sekundi,
up to 15 megabits per second.
i do 15 megabita po sekundi.
to talk to each other through the sky
da baloni međusobno komuniciraju na nebu,
deeper into rural areas?
udaljenije ruralne oblasti?
to stay up for more than 100 days,
veličine kuće lebde više od 100 dana,
balloons have cost to make?
dugovečnih balona?
we had to try it to get there.
da bismo u tome uspeli.
u obliku jastuka.
most likely to kill the Loon project
da okonča Lun projekat
the balloons through the sky,
balonima kroz nebo,
was putting a balloon inside a balloon.
je bio stavljanje balona u balon.
one with air and then one with helium.
jednu s vazduhom, drugu s helijumom.
to make itself heavier,
allow it to rise or fall,
mu omogućuju da se diže ili spušta,
is its steering mechanism.
su njegov mehanizam upravljanja.
and direction that it wants.
željenog pravca i brzine.
for it to navigate through the world?
da bi se kretao kroz svet?
our latest balloon,
vertical stretch of sky
vertikalnim rasponom na nebu od 3,22 km
of where it wants to go
na 500 metara do cilja
the system and reducing costs.
i umanjenja troškova.
a balloon built inexpensively
jeftino napravljen balon
19 times over 187 days.
a complete system needs to do.
sistem trebalo da radi.
with telcos around the world,
sa telekomunikacijskim firmama širom sveta
over places like Indonesia
iznad mesta, poput Indonezije,
too good to be true,
suviše dobro da bi bilo istina
and force them to fail fast.
i da ih naterate da brzo pogreše.
with how we actually make it happen.
kako zapravo ostvarujemo naše zamisli.
to work on big, risky things --
da rade na velikim, rizičnim stvarima -
the hardest parts of the problem first,
najteže delove problema,
of least resistance for them.
pretvorite u liniju manjeg otpora.
kako bi neuspeh bio bezbedan.
as soon as the evidence is on the table
čim se pojavi dokaz za to
from their manager, me in particular.
ih grli i baca im petaka.
on teams that ended their projects,
koje su okončale svoje projekte,
to teams of more than 30.
do ekipa sa preko 30 članova.
at the moonshot factory.
verujemo u snove.
that's in our dreams.
koju sanjamo.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Astro Teller - Entrepreneur, inventor, authorAs "Captain of Moonshots" for X, Astro Teller oversees the secret projects that could reshape our lives in coming decades.
Why you should listen
Astro Teller oversees X, Alphabet's moonshot factory for building magical, audacious ideas that can solve concrete problems for millions of people through science and technology. As X’s head, Teller has an unmatched vantage point from which to watch possible futures unfold.
In addition to his day job shepherding Peter Pans with PhDs, Teller is on the board of several businesses including AI-based hedge fund Cerebellum Capital, Inc., and Flux.io, a startup reinventing how buildings are designed and built. He is also the author of two novels and co-author (with Danielle Teller) of Sacred Cows, a nonfiction work analyzing society’s attitudes on divorce.
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