What if you experienced every human life in history?

Prevodilac: Ivana Šimšić Lektor: Milenka Okuka

Imagine that your life began roughly 300,000 years ago

Zamislite da ste život na ovoj planeti započeli pre 300 000 godina,

as one of the planet’s first humans.

kao jedno od prvih ljudskih bića.

At this time, you live in Africa near modern-day Morocco,

U to vreme, vi živite u Africi, u blizini današnjeg Maroka,

and your life isn’t too different from that of your hominid parents.

i život vam se ne razlikuje mnogo od života vaših predaka hominida.

You make crude tools, hunt, and gather food and materials,

Pravite oruđe, idete u lov i prikupljate hranu i razne materijale,

until, eventually, you perish.

sve dok, na kraju, ne umrete.

But this is only the beginning.

Ali ovo je samo početak.

Because after dying, you travel back in time to be reincarnated

Nakon što umrete, putujete nazad u prošlost kako biste se reinkarnirali

as the second human ever to live.

kao drugo ljudsko biće koje je ikada živelo.

While you don't remember your former life,

Iako se ne sećate svog prošlog života,

your previous actions affect you nonetheless.

ono što ste tada radili svejedno utiče na vas.

And after dying once more, you return as the third person, then the fourth,

A nakon što ponovo umrete, vraćate se kao treća osoba, pa četvrta,

the fifth, and so on—

peta, i tako redom—

living the lives of every single human that’s ever walked the Earth.

proživljavate živote svih ljudi koji su ikada kročili zemljom.

Strung end to end, these lives last almost 4 trillion years.

Od jednog kraja do drugog, ovi životi traju skoro četiri biliona godina.

Since you only recall the life you’re currently living,

Pošto se sećate samo života koji trenutno živite,

your psyche doesn’t carry the entire weight of human history.

vaša psiha u sebi ne sadrži čitavu istoriju ljudskog roda.

However, each of your lifetimes still has a profound impact on your future selves.

Ipak, svaki od vaših prošlih života duboko utiče na one buduće.

Sometimes your influence on the world is obvious,

Nekada je vaš uticaj na svet očigledan,

but these major historical figures only account

ali ove bitnije istorijske ličnosti samo su delić vašeg iskustva.

for a tiny fraction of your experience.

Instead, your existence consists mostly of ordinary lives,

Vaše iskustvo većinom proizlazi iz običnih života,

filled with everyday tasks like eating, laughing, working, and worrying.

ispunjenih svakodnevnim aktivnostima, jelom, smehom, radom i brigom.

For approximately one tenth of your 4 trillion years,

Otprilike jednu desetinu tih četiri biliona godina

you’re a hunter-gatherer.

lovite ili sakupljate hranu.

For 60%, you’re an agriculturalist, developing tools and techniques

Šezdeset odsto vremena provodite kao zemljoradnik, razvijate tehnike i alate,

which you employ over roughly 800 billion years of working on farms.

koje oko 800 milijardi godina koristite za radove na imanjima.

Across your lifetimes, you spend 1.5 billion years having sex

Tokom svih svojih života, 1,5 milijardu godina potrošite na seks,

and another 250 million years giving birth.

i još 250 miliona godina porađajući se.

In total, 20% of your existence is spent raising children,

Sveukupno, dvadeset odsto vašeg postojanja provodite podižući decu,

to whom you impart a variety of cultural values

na koju prenosite razne kulturne vrednosti

that influence the trajectory of generations.

koje utiču na putanje kojima će buduće generacije krenuti.

In some lives, you shatter those cultures through invasion and imperialism.

Tokom nekih života, uništavate ove kulture osvajanjima i imperijalizmom.

In others, you suffer as your lands and loved ones are taken away.

Tokom drugih, patite dok vam oduzimaju zemlju i voljene.

In over 1% of lives, you’re afflicted with malaria or smallpox,

U nešto više od jedan odsto svih života, patite od malarije ili velikih boginja,

while, in others, you treat these conditions—

dok, u drugim, ova stanja lečite,

saving countless versions of yourself.

spasavajući bezbrojne verzije sebe.

In humanity’s early days, the average lifespan is fairly short.

Na početku čovečanstva, prosečan ljudski vek je kratak.

There are fewer lives to live,

Živi se manje života,

and your influence is usually limited to people physically near you.

i vaš uticaj je obično ograničen na ljude koji su fizički blizu vas.

But as humans survive longer on average and Earth's population grows,

Međutim, kako se ljudski vek produžava i broj ljudi na zemlji raste,

you start to spend more time reliving the same action-packed years.

počinjete da provodite više vremena proživljavajući iste godine pune akcije.

A full third of your existence comes after 1200 CE,

Čitava trećina vašeg postojanja zbiva se posle 1200. godine nove ere,

and a quarter of it takes place after 1750.

a njegova četvrtina posle 1750. godine.

At this point, technology and society start changing faster than ever.

U tom trenutku, tehnologija i društvo počinju da se menjaju brže nego ikada pre.

You invent steam engines, configure factories, and generate electricity,

Izmišljate parne mašine, osnivate fabrike i proizvodite struju,

which power the daily machinery of all of your later lives.

koji pokreću mašine koje svakodnevno koristite u svim kasnijim životima.

You live through revolutions in science, the deadliest wars in history,

Proživljavate naučne revolucije, najsmrtonosnije ratove u istoriji

and dramatic environmental destruction.

i drastično uništenje životne sredine.

On average, each new life lasts longer,

U proseku, svaki novi život duže traje,

but the pace of your existence keeps accelerating.

ali se tempo postojanja sve više ubrzava.

Conversations that previously took months to unfold now happen in minutes.

Razgovori za koje su ranije bili potrebni meseci, sada traju nekoliko minuta.

Business ventures that you built over generations transform overnight.

Poslovi koji su se razvijali generacijama, sada se menjaju preko noći.

You enjoy luxuries you never could have sampled before,

Uživate u luksuzu koji ranije niste mogli da iskusite,

even in your past lives as kings and queens.

čak ni u prošlim životima kada ste bili kraljevi i kraljice.

After living over 100 billion lives,

Posle više od sto milijardi života,

you're finally reborn as the youngest person alive today.

napokon ste se rodili kao najmlađa osoba u današnjem svetu.

But despite living through 300,000 years of human history,

Međutim, iako ste proživeli oko 300 000 godina ljudske istorije,

your actions have more impact today than 99% of your past lives.

ono što radite sada ima više uticaja nego 99 odsto prošlih života.

High-speed air travel allows you to carry contagions and cures

Brzo putovanje avionom omogućava vam da zaraze i lekove prenesete preko okeana

across an ocean in hours.

u svega nekoliko sati.

And the internet makes your personal sphere of influence global,

Internet vašu ličnu sferu uticaja pretvara u globalnu,

allowing you to collaborate with anyone, anywhere, without even leaving your home.

omogućavajući vam da od kuće sarađujete sa bilo kim i bilo gde.

In recent lives, you’ve invented tools to rewrite the genes of living organisms,

U nedavnim životima, izmislili ste kako da izmenite gene živih organizama

permanently altering their future generations.

i trajno promenili njihove buduće generacije.

And in this life, you might create even more technologies

A u ovom životu, možda razvijete još neku tehnologiju

that make the world safer, kinder, and more equitable for countless future lives.

zbog koje će svet biti bezbedniji, bolji i pravedniji za bezbroj budućih života.

However, one careless invention could just as easily be catastrophic.

Međutim, jedan nesavestan izum isto tako može biti veoma štetan.

Od nuklearnog oružja, curenja iz laboratorija i klimatskih promena,

Between nuclear weapons, lab leaks, climate change,

and other existential threats,

do drugih egzistencijalnih pretnji,

humanity's risk of inducing our own extinction has never been higher.

rizik da će čovečanstvo samo biti uzrok svog izumiranja nikad nije bio veći.

In this fast-paced, interconnected world,

U ovom užurbanom svetu u kom su svi međusobno povezani,

it’s frighteningly easy to undo all of humanity’s progress,

zastrašujuće je lako poništiti sve u čemu je čovečanstvo napredovalo

or potentially, cut short all your possible futures.

ili potencijalno ukinuti sve vaše moguće budućnosti.

There's no way to know what will happen next.

Nemoguće je saznati šta će se sledeće desiti.

But what’s clear is that your potential is limitless.

Međutim, ono što se zna je da vaš potencijal nema granica.

So, how will you spend this life?

Prema tome, kako ćete provesti ovaj život?

And what can you do to work towards a better future

I šta možete da uradite da vam svi budući životi budu bolji?

for all your lives to come?