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Monica Byrne: A sci-fi vision of love from a 318-year-old hologram
Monika Bern (Monica Byrne): Naučnofantastična vizija ljubavi holograma starog 318 godina
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Spisateljka naučne fantastike, Monika Bern, zamišlja bogate svetove nastanjene likovima koji prkose našim rasnim, društvenim i rodnim stereotipima. U ovom nastupu, Bern se pojavljuje u vidu holograma po imenu Pilar, prenoseći nam priču o ljubavi i gubitku u bliskoj budućnosti u kojoj su ljudska bića kolonizovala univerzum. "Uvek je smešno kako zamišljate da će budućnost da izgleda, nasuprot onome kakva ispadne", kaže.
Monica Byrne - Author and playwright
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can. Full bio
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can. Full bio
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00:17
Do I look real to you?
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Da li vam izgledam stvarno?
00:20
Hope so.
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Nadam se.
00:21
I have no idea if you're seeing this,
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Pojma nemam da li vidite ovo,
00:23
but I'm just going to look ahead
and trust that you're there.
and trust that you're there.
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ali prosto ću da gledam ispred sebe
i da verujem da ste tu.
i da verujem da ste tu.
00:27
I've drawn a semicircle
in the sand in front of me
in the sand in front of me
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Iscrtala sam polukrug na pesku preda mnom
00:30
so I don't walk past it
and look like I'm floating in midair.
and look like I'm floating in midair.
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kako ne bih iskoračila iz njega
i izgledala kao da lebdim u vazduhu.
i izgledala kao da lebdim u vazduhu.
00:38
Right now I'm standing
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Trenutno stojim
00:41
in the open air,
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na otvorenom vazduhu,
00:42
on a beach under a palm tree,
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na plaži ispod palminog drveta,
00:45
in the exact spot
where your stage used to be.
where your stage used to be.
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tačno na mestu
gde je nekad bila vaša scena.
gde je nekad bila vaša scena.
00:50
I have 12 minutes with you.
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Imamo 12 minuta.
00:52
I set a limit.
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Ja sam postavila ograničenje.
00:54
My wife Navid once said
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Moja supruga Navida je rekla
00:56
that infinite possibility
is a creator's worst enemy.
is a creator's worst enemy.
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da su beskrajne mogućnosti
najveći neprijatelj stvaraocu.
najveći neprijatelj stvaraocu.
01:00
For example, this dress: I'd asked
her to design something
her to design something
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Na primer, ova haljina;
zatražila sam joj da dizajnira nešto
zatražila sam joj da dizajnira nešto
01:03
that a priest might have worn
in 23rd-century Cairo.
in 23rd-century Cairo.
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što je sveštenik iz Kaira
u 23. veku mogao da nosi.
u 23. veku mogao da nosi.
01:06
But we only had three days to make it,
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Ali smo imali samo tri dana
da je napravimo,
da je napravimo,
01:09
and the only fabric we had
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a jedina tkanina koju smo imale
01:11
was an old duvet cover
that another resident left behind.
that another resident left behind.
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je bila navlaka za jorgan
koju je drugi stanar ostavio.
koju je drugi stanar ostavio.
01:14
But she did it, and it's perfect.
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Ali ona ju je napravila i savršena je.
01:19
And she looked at it and said,
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I pogledala je i rekla:
01:21
"Proof of concept --
creation needs constraint."
creation needs constraint."
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"Dokaz koncepta -
stvaranju su potrebna ograničenja."
stvaranju su potrebna ograničenja."
01:27
So with these 12 minutes,
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Pa ću tokom ovih 12 minuta
01:31
I'm going to tell you
about my greatest discovery.
about my greatest discovery.
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da vam govorim o mom najvećem otkriću.
01:36
For my whole life, my obsession
has been eternal life,
has been eternal life,
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Čitavog mog života
sam bila opsednuta večnim životom,
sam bila opsednuta večnim životom,
01:41
as I know it is so many of yours.
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kao što znam da su i mnogi od vas.
01:45
You may be happy to know
that your research will pay off.
that your research will pay off.
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Možda vas usreći saznanje
da će se vaša istraživanja isplatiti.
da će se vaša istraživanja isplatiti.
01:50
I am 318 years old.
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Imam 318 godina.
01:53
The average human lifespan
is now 432 years,
is now 432 years,
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Prosečni životni vek
je trenutno 432 godine,
je trenutno 432 godine,
01:57
and my work has been to extend
the human lifespan indefinitely.
the human lifespan indefinitely.
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a ja sam radila na produžavanju
ljudskog veka do beskonačnosti.
ljudskog veka do beskonačnosti.
02:01
And I've never questioned that someday,
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I nikad nisam sumnjala
u to da ćemo jednog dana
u to da ćemo jednog dana
02:03
we'll reach a point
where we'll be content.
where we'll be content.
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doći do tačke
u kojoj ćemo biti zadovoljni.
u kojoj ćemo biti zadovoljni.
02:08
But the opposite keeps happening:
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Ali suprotno se i dalje dešava:
02:10
the longer we live,
the longer we want to live,
the longer we want to live,
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što duže živimo, to duže želimo da živimo,
02:13
the less we want to die.
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sve manje želimo da umremo.
02:15
Who can blame us?
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Ko bi nas krivio?
02:18
The universe is so big.
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Univerzum je toliko velik.
02:22
There won't ever not be more to see.
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Nikad neće nestati novih horizonata.
02:24
Just yesterday,
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Baš sam juče
02:25
I was reading about how you can
take out a boat on Europa
take out a boat on Europa
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čitala o tome kako možete
da plovite čamcem po Evropi
da plovite čamcem po Evropi
02:28
and sail from island to island
all over the planet,
all over the planet,
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i da jedrite od ostrva do ostrva
širom planete,
širom planete,
02:30
and some of the islands have villages
that you can stay and visit
that you can stay and visit
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a na nekim ostrvima su sela
gde možete da odsednete
gde možete da odsednete
02:34
and sleep under the shadow of Jupiter.
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i da prespavate pod senkom Jupitera.
02:36
And then there's this other island
where there's just one songwriter
where there's just one songwriter
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A onda imamo jedno drugo ostrvo
na kom je samo jedan kantautor
na kom je samo jedan kantautor
02:41
who sits and plays mandolin for the ocean.
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koji sedi i okeanu svira mandolinu.
02:43
And then there are others
where there's no one
where there's no one
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A potom imamo i druga
na kojima nema bilo koga
na kojima nema bilo koga
02:46
and there never has been,
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i nikad nije ni bilo,
02:47
and so you go just for the pleasure
of touching your foot to sand
of touching your foot to sand
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pa tamo idete iz pukog zadovoljstva
dodirivanja stopalom peska
dodirivanja stopalom peska
02:51
that no foot has ever touched before.
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koji nijedno stopalo pre nije dotaklo.
02:55
You could spend 400 years doing just that.
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Mogli biste provesti
400 godina radeći samo to.
400 godina radeći samo to.
03:03
Right now the Moon is rising
in the Northeast.
in the Northeast.
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Upravo sad Mesec izlazi na severoistoku.
03:07
I can see the cities on it
with my naked eye.
with my naked eye.
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Golim okom mogu da vidim gradove na njemu.
03:09
They're connected like nerve clusters:
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Povezani su kao grupe nerava:
03:12
Mariapolis on the South Pole,
and Ramachandran on the Equator.
and Ramachandran on the Equator.
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Marijapolis na Južnom polu
i Ramačandran na Ekvatoru.
i Ramačandran na Ekvatoru.
03:18
And New Tehran in the Sea of Tranquility.
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I Novi Teheran u Moru Spokoja.
03:24
That's where Navid and I met.
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Tu smo se Navida i ja upoznale.
03:26
We were both artists downtown.
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Obe smo bile umetnice iz centra grada.
03:30
The day we met, we were passing
each other in Azadi Square,
each other in Azadi Square,
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Na dan kad smo se upoznale,
mimoilazile smo se na trgu Azadi
mimoilazile smo se na trgu Azadi
03:33
and we bumped shoulders.
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i sudarile smo se ramenima.
03:34
And I turned to apologize
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I ja sam se okrenula da se izvinim,
03:36
and she, without saying hello
or introducing herself or anything,
or introducing herself or anything,
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a ona, bez pozdrava
ili predstavljanja ili bilo čega,
ili predstavljanja ili bilo čega,
03:40
said, "Well, why do you think
we didn't just pass through each other?"
we didn't just pass through each other?"
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rekla je: "Pa, šta misliš zašto nismo
prosto prošle jedna kroz drugu?"
prosto prošle jedna kroz drugu?"
03:46
And first of all, I thought,
"Who the hell are you?"
"Who the hell are you?"
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I, pre svega sam mislila:
"Ko si, dovraga, ti?"
"Ko si, dovraga, ti?"
03:50
But second, the question annoyed me,
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Ali, zatim, pitanje me je nerviralo
03:52
because the answer is so simple.
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jer je odgovor tako jednostavan.
03:54
I said, "We didn't pass through each other
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Rekla sam: "Nismo prošle jedna kroz drugu
03:57
because elementary particles have mass
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jer elementarne čestice imaju masu
03:59
and because the space
between elementary particles
between elementary particles
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i jer je prostor
između elementarnih čestica
između elementarnih čestica
04:01
is filled with the binding energy
that also has the properties of mass,
that also has the properties of mass,
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ispunjen vezivnom energijom
koja takođe ima svojstvo mase,
koja takođe ima svojstvo mase,
04:05
and we've known that for 800 years."
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a to nam je poznato već 800 godina."
04:09
She must have been in one of those moods
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Mora da je bila u jednom od raspoloženja
04:11
where she likes to mess with strangers.
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kad voli da zeza strance.
04:13
Or maybe she was just flirting with me,
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Ili je pak, prosto flertovala sa mnom
04:15
because she looked at me and said,
"I thought you'd say that.
"I thought you'd say that.
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jer me je pogledala i rekla:
"Pomislila sam da ćeš to reći.
"Pomislila sam da ćeš to reći.
04:20
Think deeper."
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Razmisli podrobnije."
04:21
And then she took off her belt,
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A potom je skinula pojas,
04:23
this belt that I'm wearing now,
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ovaj pojas koji sad nosim,
04:28
and she said,
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i rekla:
04:32
"Our universe is built
so that particles have mass.
so that particles have mass.
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"Naš univerzum je napravljen
kako bi čestice imale masu.
kako bi čestice imale masu.
04:38
Without that basic constraint,
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Bez tog osnovnog ograničenja,
04:40
we'd have just passed right through
each other at the speed of light
each other at the speed of light
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prosto bismo prolazili direktno
jedni kroz druge brzinom svetlosti
jedni kroz druge brzinom svetlosti
04:43
and never even known."
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i ne bismo bili svesni toga."
04:48
And that's how our romance began.
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I tako je počela naša romansa.
04:58
Navid and I
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Navidi i meni
05:01
never ran out of things to talk about.
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nikad nije ponestalo tema za razgovor.
05:05
Never.
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Nikad.
05:07
It was incredible.
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Bilo je neverovatno.
05:08
It was like we were both heroes
climbing up into a mountain range together
climbing up into a mountain range together
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Kao da smo obe bile heroine
koje se penju na planinske vence zajedno
koje se penju na planinske vence zajedno
05:12
and we kept arriving at new vistas,
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i stalno smo stizale do novih vidika,
05:15
and these new, perfect
constellations of words
constellations of words
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a ta nova, savršena sazvežđa reči
05:18
would come out of us to describe them.
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bi izlazila iz nas da bismo ih opisale.
05:20
And we'd forget them
as soon as we made them,
as soon as we made them,
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I zaboravljale smo ih
čim bismo ih izmislile,
čim bismo ih izmislile,
05:22
and throw them over our shoulder
and go on to the next thing, on and up.
and go on to the next thing, on and up.
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bacale smo ih preko ramena
i prelazile na nove stvari, napred i više.
i prelazile na nove stvari, napred i više.
05:25
Or one time, Navid said that our talk
was like we were always making bread,
was like we were always making bread,
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Ili jedanput, Navida je rekla da naš
razgovor izgleda kao da uvek mesimo hleb,
razgovor izgleda kao da uvek mesimo hleb,
05:29
and that we were always
adding in a little more flour
adding in a little more flour
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i da uvek dodajemo još malo brašna
05:33
and a little more water,
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i još malo vode,
05:34
and folding it in and turning it over
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i presavijamo ga i okrećemo
05:36
and never getting around to baking it.
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i nikad se ne skanjujemo da ga ispeknemo.
05:44
If my obsession was eternal life,
Navid's obsession was touch.
Navid's obsession was touch.
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Ako je moja opsesija bila večni život,
Navidina opsesija je bio dodir.
Navidina opsesija je bio dodir.
05:50
She had a genius for it.
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Bila je genijalna u tome.
05:53
All of her work revolved around it.
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Čitav njen rad se vrteo oko toga.
05:57
My body was like a canvas for her,
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Moje telo je bilo za nju poput platna,
05:59
and she would draw her fingertip
down over my face so slowly
down over my face so slowly
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i prevlačila bi vrhom svog prsta
po mom licu polako
po mom licu polako
06:04
that I couldn't feel it moving.
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kako ne bih osetila njegovo pomeranje.
06:06
And she was obsessed with the exact moment
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I bila je opsednuta baš onim trenom
06:08
when I would stop being able to tell
the difference between her body and mine.
the difference between her body and mine.
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kad bih prestala da budem u stanju
da razlikujem njeno telo od mog.
da razlikujem njeno telo od mog.
06:15
Or she would just lie across me
and dig her shoulder into mine
and dig her shoulder into mine
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Ili bi prosto legla preko mene
i zabila bi svoje rame u moje
i zabila bi svoje rame u moje
06:18
and say, "Pilar, why does
this feel so good?"
this feel so good?"
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i pitala: "Pilar, zašto ovo toliko prija?"
06:23
I'd say, "I don't know!"
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Rekla bih: "Ne znam!"
06:27
And she always had a facetious answer
for her facetious question,
for her facetious question,
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A ona je uvek imala šaljiv odgovor
na njeno šaljivo pitanje,
na njeno šaljivo pitanje,
06:33
but the answer I remember today is,
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ali danas se sećam odgovora:
06:37
"It feels good
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"Prija
06:38
because the universe chose
its constraints,
its constraints,
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jer je univerzum
odabrao svoja ograničenja,
odabrao svoja ograničenja,
06:41
and we are its art."
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a mi smo njegova umetnost."
06:53
It's always funny what you think
the future is going to be like
the future is going to be like
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Uvek je smešno kako zamišljate
da će budućnost da izgleda,
da će budućnost da izgleda,
06:56
versus what it turns out to be.
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nasuprot onome kakva ispadne.
07:00
In your time, scientists thought
humans could freeze themselves
humans could freeze themselves
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U vaše vreme su naučnici mislili
da se ljudi mogu zamrznuti
da se ljudi mogu zamrznuti
07:03
and wake up in the future.
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i probuditi u budućnosti.
07:05
And they did -- but then they died.
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I uradili su to - ali bi potom umirali.
07:11
In your time, scientists thought
humans could replace organs
humans could replace organs
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U vaše vreme, naučnici su mislili
da ljudi mogu da zamene organe
da ljudi mogu da zamene organe
07:14
and extend life for hundreds of years.
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i da produže život stotinama godina.
07:18
And they did,
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I uradili su to,
07:19
but eventually, they died anyway.
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ali su kad-tad svejedno umirali.
07:23
In your time, Earth
is the only place people live.
is the only place people live.
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U vaše vreme, Zemlja
je jedino mesto na kom ljudi žive.
je jedino mesto na kom ljudi žive.
07:29
In my time, Earth is the place
people come to die.
people come to die.
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U moje vreme, Zemlja je mesto
na koje ljudi dolaze da umru.
na koje ljudi dolaze da umru.
07:37
So when Navid started to show the signs,
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Pa, kad je Navida
počela da pokazuje znakove,
počela da pokazuje znakove,
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our friends assumed I would do
what everyone does,
what everyone does,
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naši prijatelji su pretpostavili
da ću uraditi što i svi,
da ću uraditi što i svi,
07:43
which is say goodbye
and send her to Earth,
and send her to Earth,
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to jest reći zbogom
i poslati je na Zemlju,
i poslati je na Zemlju,
07:46
so that none of us
would have to look at her
would have to look at her
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kako niko od nas ne bi morao da je gleda
07:49
or be around her
or think about her and her ...
or think about her and her ...
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ili da bude u njenoj blizini
ili da misli na nju i njen...
ili da misli na nju i njen...
07:54
failure to keep living.
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neuspeh da se održi u životu.
08:00
More than anything,
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Više od bilo čega
08:02
they didn't want to be around
her actual physical body.
her actual physical body.
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nisu želeli da budu u blizini
njenog stvarnog fizičkog tela.
njenog stvarnog fizičkog tela.
08:04
They kept referring to it as "declining,"
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Sve vreme su govorili da "propada",
08:08
even though she herself
was fascinated by it,
was fascinated by it,
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iako je ona sama bila očarana njime,
08:10
the changes it was going through,
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promenama kroz koje je prolazilo,
08:12
following the rules of its nature
day by day, independent of her will.
day by day, independent of her will.
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prateći pravila svoje prirode
dan za danom, nezavisno od njene volje.
dan za danom, nezavisno od njene volje.
08:20
I did send Navid to Earth.
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Poslala sam Navidu na Zemlju.
08:23
But I came with her.
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Ali sam pošla s njom.
08:26
I remember a friend of ours,
just before we left, said,
just before we left, said,
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Sećam se da je jedan naš prijatelj
baš pred naš polazak rekao:
baš pred naš polazak rekao:
08:30
"I just think it's arrogant,
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"Prosto to smatram ohološću,
08:33
like the rules don't apply to you,
like you think your love is that special."
like you think your love is that special."
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kao da pravila ne važe za tebe, kao da
misliš da je vaša ljubav toliko posebna."
misliš da je vaša ljubav toliko posebna."
08:39
But I did.
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Ali mislila sam to.
08:44
So, even here on Earth,
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Pa sam čak i ovde na Zemlji
08:45
I kept working on how to extend life.
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nastavila da radim na produžavanju života.
08:49
It didn't occur to me
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Nije mi palo na pamet
08:50
that there could be any other response.
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da postoji bilo kakvo drugo rešenje.
08:52
I kept going back to that thing
that Navid said to me
that Navid said to me
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Stalno sam se vraćala
na ono što mi je Navida rekla
na ono što mi je Navida rekla
08:55
that day in Azadi Square,
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tog dana na trgu Azadi,
08:56
that without that basic constraint --
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da bez tog osnovnog ograničenja -
08:59
a universe that granted mass to matter --
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univerzuma koji je podario masu materiji -
09:01
we would not exist.
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ne bismo postojali.
09:05
That's one rule.
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To je jedan zakon.
09:06
Another rule is that all mass
is subject to entropy.
is subject to entropy.
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Druga zakonitost
je da je sva masa podložna entropiji.
je da je sva masa podložna entropiji.
09:11
And there is no way to be
in this universe without mass.
in this universe without mass.
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I bez mase nema postojanja
u ovom univerzumu.
u ovom univerzumu.
09:14
I know. I tried everything.
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Znam. Isprobala sam sve.
09:16
I tried creating a photon box
where the Higgs field was altered.
where the Higgs field was altered.
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Pokušala sam da stvorim fotonsku kutiju
gde bi Higsovo polje bilo izmenjeno.
gde bi Higsovo polje bilo izmenjeno.
09:21
I tried recording all
subatomic movements in my body
subatomic movements in my body
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Pokušala sam da zabeležim
sva subatomska kretanja u mom telu
sva subatomska kretanja u mom telu
09:25
and replaying them on closed loop.
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i puštala bih ih u zatvorenoj petlji.
09:27
Nothing worked.
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Ništa nije funkcionisalo.
09:33
But my final innovation
was to create a coil dimension
was to create a coil dimension
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Ali moj poslednji izum
je bio stvaranje nakalemljene dimenzije
je bio stvaranje nakalemljene dimenzije
09:38
with the boundaries of a body
in which time moved infinitely slower,
in which time moved infinitely slower,
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s telesnim ograničenjima u kojoj
je vreme prolazilo beskrajno sporije,
je vreme prolazilo beskrajno sporije,
09:44
but whose projection would appear
to move in normal time.
to move in normal time.
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ali čija bi brojekcija izgledala
kao da se kreće u normalnom vremenu.
kao da se kreće u normalnom vremenu.
09:49
That body would then appear
in our universe as a hologram --
in our universe as a hologram --
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To telo bi se onda pojavljivalo
u našem univerzumu kao hologram -
u našem univerzumu kao hologram -
09:55
here but not here.
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ovde, ali nije ovde.
10:01
When I realized I'd done it,
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Shvativši da sam to postigla,
10:03
I ran to her room,
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otrčala sam u njenu sobu,
10:05
so happy to tell her I'd done it,
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tako srećna što ću joj reći da sam uspela,
10:08
moving through space
almost normally to all eyes,
almost normally to all eyes,
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krećući se kroz prostor
svima naočigled skoro normalno,
svima naočigled skoro normalno,
10:12
even to my own,
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čak i samoj sebi,
10:15
and went to lie down next to her,
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i pošla sam da legnem pored nje
10:19
and forgot, and fell right through her.
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i zaboravila sam i propala kroz nju.
10:28
I'd found a way to eternal life,
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Otkrila sam vid večnog života,
10:32
at the expense of the one thing
Navid loved most,
Navid loved most,
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po ceni onoga što je Navida
najviše volela,
najviše volela,
10:34
which was to touch and be touched.
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a to je da dodiruje i bude dodirnuta.
10:41
And she threw me out.
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I izbacila me je napolje.
10:48
I still got to watch, though.
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I dalje sam, pak, mogla da posmatram.
10:51
Humans live 400 years now,
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Ljudi sad žive 400 godina,
10:53
and we still die.
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a i dalje umiremo.
10:54
And when death comes,
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A kad smrt dođe,
10:58
the dying still pick at their bedsheets,
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umiranje ih i dalje zatiče u posteljama,
11:04
and their arms break out
in blue and violet blooms on the insides,
in blue and violet blooms on the insides,
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i ruke im se iznutra rascvetaju
modrim i ljubičastim pupoljcima,
modrim i ljubičastim pupoljcima,
11:08
and their breaths get further
and further apart,
and further apart,
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i disanje im je sve sporije i sporije,
11:11
like they're falling asleep.
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kao da tonu u san.
11:21
I've always thought that
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Oduvek sam mislila
11:23
what gives a life meaning is adventure.
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da je avantura smisao života.
11:27
And death is just a problem
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A da je smrt samo problem
11:29
we haven't discovered the solution to yet.
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za koji još uvek nismo otkrili rešenje.
11:36
But maybe a life has meaning
only because it ends.
only because it ends.
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Ali možda život jedino ima smisla
jer se završava.
jer se završava.
11:40
Maybe that's the paradox:
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Možda je to paradoks:
11:41
constraints don't constrain,
they allow perfect freedom.
they allow perfect freedom.
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ograničenja ne ograničavaju,
ona omogućuju savršenu slobodu.
ona omogućuju savršenu slobodu.
11:51
(Sighs)
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(Uzdah)
11:57
There was a thunderstorm
here this morning.
here this morning.
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Jutros je ovde bila ouja.
12:00
There is another forecast for tonight,
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Prognozirali su još jednu večeras,
12:01
but for now the sky is clear.
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ali zasad je nebo vedro.
12:04
I can't feel the wind here,
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Ne osećam vetar ovde,
no naprosto sam u prolazu pitala
jednu negovateljicu kako joj se čini vreme
jednu negovateljicu kako joj se čini vreme
12:06
but I just asked one of the caretakers
who passed by what it felt like,
who passed by what it felt like,
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12:09
and she said it felt warm,
like melted butter.
like melted butter.
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i rekla je da izgleda toplo,
poput istopljenog maslaca.
poput istopljenog maslaca.
12:15
An answer worthy of my wife.
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Odgovor dostojan moje supruge.
12:22
I have to find my way back to the flesh.
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Moram da pronađem put nazad do svog tela.
12:28
Until then, I take up no space
but the space you give me.
but the space you give me.
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Do tad, ne zauzimam više prostora
od onog koji mi date.
od onog koji mi date.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Monica Byrne - Author and playwrightNovelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can.
Why you should listen
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne deftly avoids the traps of conventional fiction by inventing mold-breaking characters who express themselves in surprising ways. Her first novel, The Girl in the Road, has garnered acclaim both inside and outside the spheres of science fiction.
In addition to her work on her new novel The Actual Star, Byrne is a resident playwright at Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern in Durham, NC. Her story "Blue Nowruz" was commissioned for TED2015 by Neil Gaiman. She holds degrees in biochemistry from MIT and Wellesley.
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