ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Juan Enriquez - Futurist
Juan Enriquez thinks and writes about the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences will bring in business, technology, politics and society.

Why you should listen

A broad thinker who studies the intersections of these fields, Enriquez has a talent for bridging disciplines to build a coherent look ahead. He is the managing director of Excel Venture Management, a life sciences VC firm. He recently published (with Steve Gullans) Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation Are Shaping Life on Earth. The book describes a world where humans increasingly shape their environment, themselves and other species.

Enriquez is a member of the board of Synthetic Genomics, which recently introduced the smallest synthetic living cell. Called “JCVI-syn 3.0,” it has 473 genes (about half the previous smallest cell). The organism would die if one of the genes is removed. In other words, this is the minimum genetic instruction set for a living organism.

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Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo

Juan Enriquez: Maisha yako ya mtandaoni,ni ya kudumu kama mchoro

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Kama je Andy Warhol alikosea na badala ya kua maarufu kwa dakika 15, hatujulikani tu kwa mda huo? Kwenye haya maongezi mafupi, Juan Enriquez anaangalia kwenye athari za kudumu za kushangaza za kushirikisha kidijitali siri zetu binafsi. Anashirikisha fahamu kutoka kwa Wanagiriki wa kongwe kutusaidia kushughulika na "michoro dijitali" yetu mipya.
- Futurist
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All right, so let's take
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Sawa basi, tuchukue
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fournne subjectsmasomo that obviouslywazi go togetherpamoja:
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mambo manne ambayo ni wazi yanaenda
pamoja:
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bigkubwa datadata, tattoosTattoos, immortalitykutokufa and the GreeksWagiriki.
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data kubwa, michoro, ukosefu wa maadili na
Wagiriki.
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Right?
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Sio?
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Now, the issuesuala about tattoosTattoos is that,
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Sasa, suala kuhusu michoro ni kua,
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withoutbila a wordneno, tattoosTattoos really do shoutkelele.
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bila maneno, michoro kweli ina kelele.
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[BeautifulNzuri]
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[Nzuri]
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[IntriguingIntriguing]
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[Inatatiza]
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So you don't have to say a lot.
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Hivyo huhitaji kusema chochote.
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[AllegianceUtii]
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[Utii]
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[Very intimatekaribu sana]
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[Karibu sana]
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[SeriousKubwa mistakesmakosa]
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[Makosa makubwa]
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(LaughterKicheko)
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(Kicheko)
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And tattoosTattoos tell you a lot of storieshadithi.
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Na michoro inakuambia hadithi nyingi.
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If I can askkuuliza an indiscreetghafilika questionswali,
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Kama nikiuliza swali la kidadisi,
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how manywengi of you have tattoosTattoos?
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wangapi wenu wana michoro?
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A fewwachache, but not mostwengi.
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Wachache, lakini sio wengi.
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What happenshutokea if FacebookFacebook, GoogleGoogle, TwitterMtandao wa Twitter, LinkedInLinkedIn,
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Nini kitatokea kama Facebook, Google,
Twita, LinkedIn,
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cellkiini phonessimu, GPSGPS, FoursquareMraba, YelpYelp, TravelUsafiri AdvisorMshauri,
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simu za mikononi, vihisio, Foursquare,
Yelp, Travel Advisor,
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all these things you dealtoa with everykila day
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vyote hivi unavyoshughulika navyo
kila siku
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turnkugeuka out to be electronicumeme tattoosTattoos?
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zinageuka kua michoro ya elektroniki?
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And what if they providekutoa as much informationhabari
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Na kama je vinatoa taarifa nyingi
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about who and what you are as any tattootatoo ever would?
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kuhusu wewe ni nani kama michoro
inavyofanya?
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What's endedilimalizika up happeningkinachotokea over the pastzilizopita fewwachache decadesmiongo
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Kilichotokea miongo michache iliopita
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is the kindaina of coveragechanjo that you had as a headkichwa of statehali
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ni aina ya kinga anayopata kama mkuu
wa nchi
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or as a great celebritymtu Mashuhuri
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au mtu mkubwa mashuhuri
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is now beingkuwa appliedkutumika to you everykila day by all these people
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sasa inatumika kila siku na watu wote hawa
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who are TweetingKutumia, bloggingblogging, followingzifuatazo you,
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ambao wana twiti, blogu, wanaokufuata,
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watchingkuangalia your creditmkopo scoresalama and what you do to yourselfwewe mwenyewe.
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wanaoangalia alama zako za mikopo na
unachojifanyia mwenyewe.
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And electronicumeme tattoosTattoos alsopia shoutkelele.
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Na michoro ya elektroniki pia ina kelele.
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And as you're thinkingkufikiri of the consequencesmatokeo of that,
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Na unapofikiria matokeo ya hayo,
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it's gettingkupata really hardngumu to hidekujificha from this stuffvitu, amongmiongoni mwa other things,
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inakua ngumu kujificha kutoka kwa hivi
vitu pamoja na vingine,
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because it's not just the electronicumeme tattoosTattoos,
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kwa sababu sio tu michoro ya elektroniki,
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it's facialusoni recognitionkutambua that's gettingkupata really good.
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ni utambuaji uso unaokua mzuri kweli.
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So you can take a picturepicha with an iPhoneiPhone and get all the namesmajina,
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Hivyo unaweza chukua picha na iPhone
na kupata majina yote,
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althoughingawa, again, sometimesmara nyingine it does make mistakesmakosa. (LaughterKicheko)
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japo, tena, mara nyingine inakosea.
(Kicheko)
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But that meansina maana you can take a typicalkawaida barbar sceneeneo like this,
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Lakini inamaanisha unaweza chukua picha ya
baa kama hii,
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take a picturepicha, say, of this guy right here,
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chukua picha, sema, kama huyu mtu hapa,
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get the namejina, and downloadkupakua all the recordsrekodi
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pata jina, na pakua kumbukumbu zote
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before you utterkutamka a wordneno or speaksema to somebodymtu,
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kabla hujasema neno au ongea na mtu
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because everybodykila mtu turnsinageuka out to be
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maana kila mtu anaishia kua
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absolutelykabisa plasteredplastered by electronicumeme tattoosTattoos.
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ameandikwa kabisa na michoro ya
elektroniki.
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And so there's companiesmakampuni like faceuso.comcom that now have
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Hivyo kuna makampuni kama face.com
ambayo sasa yana
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about 18 billionbilioni facesinakabiliwa onlineonline.
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takribani nyuso bilioni 18 mtandaoni.
Hichi kilitokea kwenye hii kampuni.
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Here'sHapa ni what happenedkilichotokea to this companykampuni.
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[CompanyKampuni soldkuuzwa to FacebookFacebook, JuneJuni 18, 2012...]
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[Kampuni imeuzwa kwa Facebook, Juni 18, 2012...]
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There are other companiesmakampuni that will placemahali a camerakamera
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Kuna makampuni mengine yangeweka kamera
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like this — this has nothing to do with FacebookFacebook
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kama hivi - hii haihusiani na Facebook -
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they take your picturepicha, they tietamaa it to the socialkijamii mediavyombo vya habari,
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wanachukua picha yako, na kuilinganisha
mitandaoni
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they figuretakwimu out you really like to wearkuvaa blacknyeusi dressesmagauni,
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wanagundua unapenda kuvaa magauni meusi,
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so maybe the personmtu in the storekuhifadhi comesinakuja up and saysanasema,
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hivyo mtu kwenye duka anakuja na kusema,
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"Hey, we'vetumekuwa got fivetano blacknyeusi dressesmagauni
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"Vipi, tuna magauni meusi matano
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that would just look great on you."
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ambayo yangekupendeza sana wewe."
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So what if AndyAndy was wrongsi sawa?
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Basi kama je Andy alikosea?
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Here'sHapa ni Andy'sYa Andy theorynadharia.
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Hii hapa kanuni ya Andy.
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[In the futurebaadaye, everybodykila mtu will be worldulimwengu famousmaarufu for 15 minutesdakika.]
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[Mbeleni, kila mtu atakua maarufu dakika 15.]
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What if we flipflip this?
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Je kama tukigeuza hili?
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What if you're only going to be anonymoushaijulikani for 15 minutesdakika? (LaughterKicheko)
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Je kama utakua haujulikani kwa
dakika 15 tu? (Kicheko)
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Well, then, because of electronicumeme tattoosTattoos,
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Basi, tena, kwa sababu ya michoro ya
elektroniki,
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maybe all of you and all of us are very closekaribu to immortalitykutokufa,
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labda nyie wote na sisi wote tuko karibu
sana na ukosefu wa maadili,
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because these tattoosTattoos will livekuishi
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kwa sababu hii michoro itaishi
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farmbali longertena than our bodiesmiili will.
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mda mrefu zaidi ya miili yetu.
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And if that's truekweli, then what we want to do
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Na kama ni kweli, tunachotaka kufanya
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is we want to go throughkupitia fournne lessonsmasomo from the GreeksWagiriki
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ni tunataka kupitia mambo manne kutoka kwa
Wagiriki
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and one lessonsomo from a LatinKilatini AmericanMarekani.
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na jambo moja kutoka kwa Mmarekani
wa Kusini.
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Why the GreeksWagiriki?
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Kwanini Wagiriki?
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Well, the GreeksWagiriki thought about what happenshutokea
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Wagiriki walifikiria kitakachotokea
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when godsmiungu and humansbinadamu and immortalitykutokufa mixchanganya for a long time.
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pale miungu na binadamu na ukosefu wa
maadili ukijichanganya kwa mda mrefu.
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So lessonsomo numbernambari one: SisyphusSisyphus.
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Hivyo somo la kwanza: Sisyphus.
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RememberKumbuka? He did a horriblekutisha thing, condemnedalihukumiwa for all time
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Unakumbuka? Alifanya kitu kibaya,
kuhukumiwa kwa siku zote
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to rollroll this rockmwamba up, it would rollroll back down,
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kupandisha hili jiwe juu, litarudi
tena chini,
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rollroll back up, rollroll back down.
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viringisha juu, viringika chini.
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It's a little like your reputationsifa.
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Ni kidogo kama kua na sifa.
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OnceMara moja you get that electronicumeme tattootatoo,
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Unapopata mchoro wa elektroniki,
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you're going to be rollingkupigia up and down for a long time,
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utakua unaviringika juu na chini kwa
mda mrefu,
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so as you go throughkupitia this stuffvitu,
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hivyo unapopitia haya mambo,
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just be carefulmakini what you postchapisho.
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kua tu mwangalifu unachoweka.
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MythHadithi numbernambari two: OrpheusOrpheus, wonderfulajabu guy,
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Dhana namba mbili: Orpheus, mtu mzuri,
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charminghaiba to be around, great partierpartier, great singermwimbaji,
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anavutia kua nae, mzuri kwenye sherehe,
mwimbaji mzuri,
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loseshupoteza his belovedwapenzi, charmshirizi his way into the underworldtuku,
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kapoteza mpendwa wake, anajibahatishia
njia ya kuzimu
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only personmtu to charmuzuri wa his way into the underworldtuku,
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mtu pekee kujibahatisha njia ya kuzimu,
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charmshirizi the godsmiungu of the underworldtuku,
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akavutia miungu ya kuzimu,
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they releasekutolewa his beautyuzuri on the conditionhali
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wamuachie mrembo wake na sharti
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he never look at her untilmpaka they're out.
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asimtazame kamwe mpaka watoke.
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So he's walkingkutembea out and walkingkutembea out and walkingkutembea out
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Hivyo anatoka na kutoka na kutoka
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and he just can't resistPinga. He looksinaonekana at her, loseshupoteza her forevermilele.
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na anashindwa kujizuia. Anamuangalia,
anampoteza milele.
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With all this datadata out here, it mightnguvu be a good ideawazo
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Na taarifa yote hii huko nje, inaweza kua
wazo zuri
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not to look too farmbali into the pastzilizopita of those you love.
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kutokuangalia mbali sana kwenye ya
kale ya uwapendao.
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LessonSomo numbernambari threetatu: AtalantaAtalanta.
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Somo namba tatu: Atalanta.
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GreatestKubwa runnerMkimbiaji. She would challengechangamoto anybodymtu yeyote.
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Mkimbiaji bora. Anashindana na yeyote.
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If you wonalishinda, she would marrykuoa you.
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Kama ukishinda, angekuoa.
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If you lostpotea, you diedalikufa.
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Kama ukishindwa, unakufa.
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How did HippomenesHippomenes beatpiga her?
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Hippomenes alimshinda vipi?
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Well, he had all these wonderfulajabu little goldendhahabu applesapples,
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Alikua na matofaa madogo ya dhahabu,
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and she'dyeye d runkukimbia aheadmbele, and he'dyeye d rollroll a little goldendhahabu appleapple.
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na angekimbia mbele, na kuangusha
tofaa dogo la dhahabu.
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She'dYeye bila runkukimbia aheadmbele, and he'dyeye d rollroll a little goldendhahabu appleapple.
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Angempita, na kuangusha tofaa la dhahabu.
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She keptimehifadhiwa gettingkupata distractedaliwasihi. He eventuallyhatimaye wonalishinda the racembio.
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Akaendelea kukengeushwa. Hatimae
akashinda mbio.
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Just rememberkumbuka the purposekusudi as all these little goldendhahabu applesapples
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Kumbuka tu kusudi haya matofaa
madogo ya dhahabu
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come and reachfikia you and you want to postchapisho about them
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yanakuja na kukufikia na unataka kuzituma
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or tweetUjumbe about them or sendtuma a late-nightmwishoni mwa usiku messageujumbe.
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au kuzitwiti au kutuma ujumbe
usiku wa manane.
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And then, of coursebila shaka, there's NarcissusNargisi.
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Na kisha, bila shaka, kuna Narcissus.
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NobodyHakuna here would ever be accusedmtuhumiwa or be familiarujuzi with NarcissusNargisi.
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Hakuna mtu hapa anaweza kutuhumiwa
au kumjua Narcissus.
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(LaughterKicheko)
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(Kicheko)
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But as you're thinkingkufikiri about NarcissusNargisi,
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Lakini unapofikira kuhusu Narcissus,
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just don't fallkuanguka in love with your ownmwenyewe reflectionkutafakari.
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usipende tumuonekano wako mwenyewe.
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Last lessonsomo, from a LatinKilatini AmericanMarekani:
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Mwisho, kutoka kwa Muamerika wa Kusini:
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This is the great poetmshairi JorgeJorge LuisLuis BorgesBorges.
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Huyu ni mshairi maarufu Jorge Luis Borges.
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When he was threatenedkutishiwa by the thugsmajambazi
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Alipotishiwa na majambazi
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of the ArgentineAjentina militarykijeshi juntaMuamar,
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wa jeshi la serikali ya Argentina,
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he camealikuja back and said, "Oh, come on,
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alirudi na kusema, "Ah, wacha nawe,
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how elsemwingine can you threatenkutishia, other than with deathkifo?"
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utatisha vipi, kama sio kwa kifo?"
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The interestingkuvutia thing, the originalawali thing,
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Kitu cha kuvutia, kitu cha asili,
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would be to threatenkutishia somebodymtu with immortalitykutokufa.
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ilikua kutishia mtu na ukosefu wa maadili.
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And that, of coursebila shaka, is what we are all
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Na, bila shaka, ndo tulivyo
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now threatenedkutishiwa with todayleo because of electronicumeme tattoosTattoos.
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sasa tunatishika leo kwa sababu ya
michoro ya elekroniki.
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Thank you.
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Asanteni.
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(ApplauseMakofi)
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(Makofi)
Translated by Doris Mangalu
Reviewed by Nelson Simfukwe

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Juan Enriquez - Futurist
Juan Enriquez thinks and writes about the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences will bring in business, technology, politics and society.

Why you should listen

A broad thinker who studies the intersections of these fields, Enriquez has a talent for bridging disciplines to build a coherent look ahead. He is the managing director of Excel Venture Management, a life sciences VC firm. He recently published (with Steve Gullans) Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation Are Shaping Life on Earth. The book describes a world where humans increasingly shape their environment, themselves and other species.

Enriquez is a member of the board of Synthetic Genomics, which recently introduced the smallest synthetic living cell. Called “JCVI-syn 3.0,” it has 473 genes (about half the previous smallest cell). The organism would die if one of the genes is removed. In other words, this is the minimum genetic instruction set for a living organism.

More profile about the speaker
Juan Enriquez | Speaker | TED.com