You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett

Prevoditelj: Dunja Knežević Recezent: Sanda L

My research lab sits about a mile from where several bombs exploded

Moj istraživački laboratorij udaljen je 1,5 km od mjesta bombardiranog

during the Boston Marathon in 2013.

tijekom Bostonskog maratona 2013.

The surviving bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of Chechnya,

Preživjeli napadač, Dzhokar Tsarnaev iz Čečenije,

was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.

optužen je, proglašen krivim i osuđen na smrt.

Now, when a jury has to make the decision

Kada porota mora odlučiti

between life in prison and the death penalty,

između kazne doživotnog zatvora i smrtne kazne,

they base their decision largely on whether or not the defendant

odluku uvelike temelje na tome pokazuje li optuženik

feels remorseful for his actions.

osjećaj žaljenja zbog počinjenoga.

Tsarnaev spoke words of apology,

Tsarnaev je izgovorio riječi žaljenja,

but when jurors looked at his face,

no, kada su ga porotnici pogledali u lice,

all they saw was a stone-faced stare.

vidjeli su samo okamenjeni pogled u prazno.

Now, Tsarnaev is guilty, there's no doubt about that.

Tsarnaev je, nesumnjivo, kriv.

He murdered and maimed innocent people,

Ubio je i osakatio nevine ljude

and I'm not here to debate that.

i ja nisam ovdje kako bih to osporavala.

My heart goes out to all the people who suffered.

Suosjećam sa svim žrtvama.

But as a scientist, I have to tell you

No, kao znanstvenica, moram reći

that jurors do not and cannot detect remorse

da porotnici nikad ne prepoznaju niti mogu prepoznati kajanje

or any other emotion in anybody ever.

niti bilo koju drugu emociju.

Neither can I, and neither can you,

To ne mogu ni ja, a ni vi,

and that's because emotions are not what we think they are.

i to zato što emocije nisu ono što mislimo da jesu.

They are not universally expressed and recognized.

One nisu nešto što univerzalno izražavamo i prepoznajemo.

They are not hardwired brain reactions

One nisu urođene reakcije mozga

that are uncontrollable.

koje se ne mogu obuzdati.

We have misunderstood the nature of emotion

Pogrešno smo shvaćali prirodu emocija

for a very long time,

jako dugo

and understanding what emotions really are has important consequences for all of us.

i razumijevanje emocija značajno će se odraziti na sve nas.

I have studied emotions as a scientist for the past 25 years,

Kao znanstvenica proučavam emocije posljednjih 25 godina,

and in my lab, we have probed human faces by measuring electrical signals

u laboratoriju smo ispitivali lica mjerenjem električnih signala

that cause your facial muscles to contract to make facial expressions.

koji izazivaju kontrakcije mišića lica, a time i određene izraze lica.

We have scrutinized the human body in emotion.

Proučavali smo ljudsko tijelo dok proživljava emocije.

We have analyzed hundreds of physiology studies

Analizirali smo stotine fizioloških studija

involving thousands of test subjects.

s tisućama ispitanika.

We've scanned hundreds of brains,

Skenirali smo na stotine mozgova,

and examined every brain imaging study on emotion

proučili sve studije emocija temeljene na snimkama mozga

that has been published in the past 20 years.

koje su objavljene tijekom posljednjih 20 godina.

And the results of all of this research are overwhelmingly consistent.

Svi su rezultati ovog istraživanja nevjerojatno dosljedni.

It may feel to you like your emotions are hardwired

Možda imate osjećaj da su vaše emocije programirane,

and they just trigger and happen to you,

jednom izazvane one vam se događaju,

but they don't.

no to nije točno.

You might believe that your brain is prewired with emotion circuits,

Možda mislite da je vaš mozak opremljen emocionalnim sklopom,

that you're born with emotion circuits, but you're not.

da ste rođeni sa sklopom emocija, ali niste.

In fact, none of us in this room have emotion circuits in our brain.

Nitko od nas, zapravo, nema emocionalni sklop u mozgu.

In fact, no brain on this planet contains emotion circuits.

Nijedan mozak na svijetu ne sadrži emocionalni sklop.

So what are emotions, really?

Što su, zapravo, emocije?

Well, strap on your seat belt, because ...

Pripremite se, jer...

emotions are guesses.

Emocije su pretpostavke.

They are guesses that your brain constructs in the moment

Pretpostavke koje vaš mozak stvori u trenutku

where billions of brain cells are working together,

kada milijarde moždanih stanica surađuju,

and you have more control over those guesses

a vi možete imati veću kontrolu nad tim pretpostavkama

than you might imagine that you do.

nego što mislite.

Now, if that sounds preposterous to you, or, you know, kind of crazy,

Ako vam to zvuči apsurdno, pomalo ludo,

I'm right there with you, because frankly, if I hadn't seen the evidence for myself,

razumijem, jer iskreno, da nisam svojim očima vidjela dokaze,

decades of evidence for myself,

desetljeća dokaza,

I am fairly sure that I wouldn't believe it either.

zasigurno ni ja ne bih vjerovala.

But the bottom line is that emotions are not built into your brain at birth.

No, bit je da emocije nisu ugrađene u vaš mozak pri rođenju.

They are just built.

One se jednostavno grade.

To see what I mean, have a look at this.

Kako biste me razumjeli, pogledajte ovo.

Right now, your brain is working like crazy.

Vaš mozak sada radi kao lud.

Your neurons are firing like mad trying to make meaning out of this

Vaši neuroni rade pokušavajući stvoriti smisao ovoga,

so that you see something other than black and white blobs.

kako biste vidjeli nešto osim crnih i bijelih mrlja.

Your brain is sifting through a lifetime of experience,

Vaš mozak prosijava životna iskustva

making thousands of guesses at the same time,

istovremeno stvarajući tisuće pretpostavki,

weighing the probabilities,

odvagujući vjerojatnosti,

trying to answer the question,

pokušavajući odgovoriti na pitanje,

"What is this most like?"

"Čemo je ovo najviše nalik?",

not "What is it?"

ne "Što je to?",

but "What is this most like in my past experience?"

nego "Kojem od mojih prošlih iskustava ovo najviše nalikuje?"

And this is all happening in the blink of an eye.

Sve se to odvija doslovno u trenu.

Now if your brain is still struggling to find a good match

Ako vaš mozak ne može pronaći ništa slično ovome

and you still see black and white blobs,

i još vidite crne i bijele mrlje,

then you are in a state called "experiential blindness,"

nalazite se u stanju zvanom "iskustvena sljepoća,"

and I am going to cure you of your blindness.

a ja ću izliječiti vašu sljepoću.

This is my favorite part. Are you ready to be cured?

Ovo je moj omiljeni dio. Želite li izlječenje?

(Cheers)

(Uzvici odobravanja)

All right. Here we go.

U redu. Krećemo.

(Gasps)

(Uzdasi)

All right.

Dobro.

So now many of you see a snake,

Mnogi vide zmiju,

and why is that?

zašto?

Because as your brain is sifting through your past experience,

Dok vaš mozak prosijava prošla iskustva,

there's new knowledge there,

dolazi do novog saznanja,

the knowledge that came from the photograph.

saznanja koje dolazi od fotografije.

And what's really cool is that

Uistinu je zanimljivo

that knowledge which you just acquired moments ago

da saznanje do kojeg ste došli prije nekoliko trenutaka

is changing how you experience these blobs right now.

mijenja kako sada vidite te mrlje.

So your brain is constructing the image of a snake

Vaš mozak stvara sliku zmije,

where there is no snake,

ondje gdje zmije nema

and this kind of a hallucination

i ta vrsta halucinacije

is what neuroscientists like me call "predictions."

ono je što neuroznanstvenici poput mene nazivaju "predviđanjima".

Predictions are basically the way your brain works.

Vaš mozak funkcionira na temelju predviđanja.

It's business as usual for your brain.

Vaš uobičajeni mozak.

Predictions are the basis of every experience that you have.

Predviđanja su temelj svakog vašeg iskustva.

They are the basis of every action that you take.

Ona su temelj svakog vašeg djelovanja.

In fact, predictions are what allow you to understand the words that I'm speaking

Predviđanja vam omogućuju da razumijete riječi koje izgovaram

as they come out of my --

dok one izlaze iz mojih --

Audience: Mouth. Lisa Feldman Barrett: Mouth. Exactly.

Publika: Usta. Lisa Feldman Barret: Usta. Točno.

Predictions are primal.

Predviđanja su urođena.

They help us to make sense of the world in a quick and efficient way.

Pomažu nam da brzo i učinkovito svijetu pridamo smisao.

So your brain does not react to the world.

Vaš mozak ne reagira na svijet.

Using past experience,

Pomoću prošlih iskustava,

your brain predicts and constructs

vaš mozak predviđa i gradi

your experience of the world.

vaš doživljaj svijeta.

The way that we see emotions in others are deeply rooted in predictions.

Način na koji u drugima prepoznajemo emocije ukorijenjen je u predviđanjima.

So to us, it feels like we just look at someone's face,

Čini nam se da samo pogledamo u nečije lice

and we just read the emotion that's there in their facial expressions

i jednostavno čitamo emocije iz njihovih pokreta i izraza lica,

the way that we would read words on a page.

slično čitanju riječi na stranici.

But actually, under the hood, your brain is predicting.

Zapravo, kad pobliže pogledate, vaš mozak predviđa.

It's using past experience based on similar situations

Koristi prošlo iskustvo utemeljeno na sličnim situacijama

to try to make meaning.

kako bi došao do značenja.

This time, you're not making meaning of blobs,

Ovaj put, ne tražite značenje u mrljama,

you're making meaning of facial movements

nego u pokretima lica,

like the curl of a lip or the raise of an eyebrow.

poput nabiranja usana ili podizanja obrve.

And that stone-faced stare?

A ono okamenjeno zurenje?

That might be someone who is a remorseless killer,

Možda je riječ o bezdušnom ubojici,

but a stone-faced stare might also mean

no, okamenjeno zurenje može značiti

that someone is stoically accepting defeat,

i da netko stoički prihvaća poraz,

which is in fact what Chechen culture prescribes for someone

što čečenska kultura propisuje nekome

in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's situation.

u situaciji u kojoj se našao Dzhokar Tsarnaev.

So the lesson here

Iz ovoga možemo naučiti

is that emotions that you seem to detect in other people

da emocije koje prepoznajemo u drugima

actually come in part from what's inside your own head.

možda djelomično dolaze iz naše vlastite glave.

And this is true in the courtroom,

To se odnosi na sudnicu,

but it's also true in the classroom,

ali i na učionicu,

in the bedroom,

spavaću sobu,

and in the boardroom.

sobu za sastanke.

And so here's my concern:

Evo što me brine:

tech companies which shall remain nameless ...

tehnološke kompanije koje ne treba imenovati ...

well, maybe not.

a možda i treba.

You know, Google, Facebook --

Znate, Google, Facebook --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

are spending millions of research dollars to build emotion-detection systems,

troše milijune dolara na izgradnju sustava za detekciju emocija,

and they are fundamentally asking the wrong question,

a u biti postavljaju pogrešno pitanje

because they're trying to detect emotions in the face and the body,

jer pokušavaju otkriti emocije na licu i tijelu,

but emotions aren't in your face and body.

a emocije nisu na licu i tijelu.

Physical movements have no intrinsic emotional meaning.

Tjelesni pokreti nemaju unutarnje emocionalno značenje.

We have to make them meaningful.

Mi im moramo dati značenje.

A human or something else has to connect them to the context,

Čovjek ili nešto drugo mora ih povezati s kontekstom

and that makes them meaningful.

i oni tako dobivaju značenje.

That's how we know that a smile might mean sadness

Tako znamo da osmijeh može izražavati tugu,

and a cry might mean happiness,

plač može izražavati sreću,

and a stoic, still face might mean

a stoičko, mirno lice može odražavati

that you are angrily plotting the demise of your enemy.

da gnjevno u sebi snujete propast svojih neprijatelja.

Now, if I haven't already gone out on a limb,

Ako već nisam zašla u područje nevjerojatnog,

I'll just edge out on that limb a little further and tell you

ozbiljno ću mu se približiti ako vam kažem

that the way that you experience your own emotion

da vlastite emocije doživljavate

is exactly the same process.

na isti način.

Your brain is basically making predictions, guesses,

Vaš mozak radi predviđanja,

that it's constructing in the moment

koja stvara u trenutku,

with billions of neurons working together.

a na čemu surađuju milijarde neurona.

Now your brain does come prewired to make some feelings,

Vaš mozak od početka ima urođene mehanizme za neke osjećaje,

simple feelings that come from the physiology of your body.

jednostavne osjećaje koji su utemeljeni na fiziologiji tijela.

So when you're born,

Kada se rodite,

you can make feelings like calmness and agitation,

možete kreirati osjećaje smirenosti i uznemirenosti,

excitement, comfort, discomfort.

uzbuđenja, ugode, neugode.

But these simple feelings are not emotions.

Ti jednostavni osjećaji nisu emocije.

They're actually with you every waking moment of your life.

Oni su s vama u svakom svjesnom trenutku života.

They are simple summaries of what's going on inside your body,

Oni su jednostavni sažeci događanja u vašem tijelu,

kind of like a barometer.

nalik su barometru.

But they have very little detail,

No, sadrže jako malo detalja,

and you need that detail to know what to do next.

a potrebni su vam detalji kako biste znali što učiniti.

What do you about these feelings?

Što učiniti s tim osjećajima?

And so how does your brain give you that detail?

Kako vam mozak daje te pojedinosti?

Well, that's what predictions are.

Putem predviđanja.

Predictions link the sensations in your body

Predviđanja povezuju osjete u tijelu

that give you these simple feelings

koji vam daju te jednostavne osjećaje

with what's going on around you in the world

s onim što se događa oko vas u svijetu

so that you know what to do.

kako biste znali što učiniti.

And sometimes,

Katkad,

those constructions are emotions.

te su konstrukcije emocije.

So for example, if you were to walk into a bakery,

Na primjer, pri ulasku u pekarnicu,

your brain might predict that you will encounter

vaš će mozak možda predvidjeti da ćete naići

the delicious aroma of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

na ukusnu aromu svježe pečenih čokoladnih keksa.

I know my brain would predict

Ja znam da bi moj mozak očekivao

the delicious aroma of freshly baked chocolate cookies.

ukusnu aromu svježe pečenih čokoladnih keksa.

And our brains might cause our stomachs to churn a little bit,

Naš će mozak možda potaknuti naše želuce da malo zakrče,

to prepare for eating those cookies.

kako bi se pripremili na jedenje tih keksa.

And if we are correct,

Ako imamo pravo,

if in fact some cookies have just come out of the oven,

ako su neki keksi uistinu svježe pečeni,

then our brains will have constructed hunger,

naš će mozak stvoriti osjećaj gladi,

and we are prepared to munch down those cookies

a mi smo spremni pojesti te kekse

and digest them in a very efficient way,

te ih učinkovito probaviti,

meaning that we can eat a lot of them,

dakle, možemo ih pojesti puno,

which would be a really good thing.

što je sjajna stvar.

You guys are not laughing enough. I'm totally serious.

Ne smijete se dovoljno. Potpuno sam ozbiljna.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But here's the thing.

No, evo u čemu je stvar.

That churning stomach,

Taj želudac koji krči,

if it occurs in a different situation,

ako se dogodi u drugoj situaciji,

it can have a completely different meaning.

može imati potpuno drugo značenje.

So if your brain were to predict a churning stomach

Ako vaš mozak može predvidjeti krčanje želuca

in, say, a hospital room while you're waiting for test results,

u, recimo, bolničkoj sobi dok čekate nalaze,

then your brain will be constructing dread

vaš mozak tada stvara osjećaj straha,

or worry or anxiety,

brige ili tjeskobe,

and it might cause you to, maybe,

i to vas može potaknuti da, možda,

wring your hands

stežete ruke,

or take a deep breath or even cry.

duboko udahnete ili čak zaplačete.

Right? Same physical sensation, same churning stomach,

Nije li tako? Ista fizička reakcija, isto krčanje želuca,

different experience.

drukčije iskustvo.

And so the lesson here

Iz toga možemo naučiti

is that emotions which seem to happen to you

da emocije koje vam se naizgled događaju,

are actually made by you.

vi sami stvarate.

You are not at the mercy of mythical emotion circuits

Niste prepušteni mitskim urođenim mehanizmima emocija

which are buried deep inside some ancient part of your brain.

koji su zakopani negdje duboko u zaboravljenom kutku vašeg mozga.

You have more control over your emotions

Imate više moći nad svojim emocijama

than you think you do.

nego što to mislite.

I don't mean that you can just snap your fingers

Ne mislim da možete samo zapucketati prstima

and change how you feel the way that you would change your clothes,

i promijeniti kako se osjećate kao što biste promijenili odjeću,

but your brain is wired

no, vaš je mozak programiran tako

so that if you change the ingredients that your brain uses to make emotion,

da ako promijenite sastojke uz pomoć kojih vaš mozak kreira emocije,

then you can transform your emotional life.

možete duboko promijeniti svoj emocionalni život.

So if you change those ingredients today,

Ako danas promijenite te sastojke,

you're basically teaching your brain how to predict differently tomorrow,

podučavate svoj mozak kako predvidjeti drukčije sutra,

and this is what I call being the architect of your experience.

i to nazivam projektiranjem vlastitog iskustva.

So here's an example.

Evo primjera.

All of us have had a nervous feeling before a test, right?

Svi znamo kako je osjećati se nervoznim prije ispita.

But some people experience crippling anxiety before a test.

No, neki ljudi osjećaju paralizirajuću tjeskobu prije ispita.

They have test anxiety.

Oni pate od ispitne anksioznosti.

Based on past experiences of taking tests,

Na temelju prošlih iskustava polaganja ispita,

their brains predict a hammering heartbeat,

njihov mozak predviđa ubrzano lupanje srca,

sweaty hands,

znojne dlanove,

so much so that they are unable to actually take the test.

do te mjere da, zapravo, nisu sposobni polagati ispit.

They don't perform well,

Ostvaruju loše rezultate,

and sometimes they not only fail courses but they actually might fail college.

ponekad ne samo da ne polože ispite, možda ne uspiju ni završiti studij.

But here's the thing:

Zapravo:

a hammering heartbeat is not necessarily anxiety.

ubrzan rad srca nije uvijek tjeskoba.

It could be that your body is preparing to do battle

Možda se vaše tijelo priprema na bitku,

and ace that test ...

i briljirat ćete na ispitu ...

or, you know, give a talk

ili, znate, održati govor

in front of hundreds of people on a stage where you're being filmed.

pred stotinama ljudi na pozornici dok vas snimaju.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I'm serious.

Ozbiljna sam.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And research shows that when students learn

Istraživanje pokazuje, kada studenti uče

to make this kind of energized determination

zauzeti ovakav energičan stav, odlučnost,

instead of anxiety,

umjesto prepuštanja tjeskobi,

they perform better on tests.

postižu bolje rezultate na ispitima.

And that determination seeds their brain to predict differently in the future

Ta odlučnost programira mozak na drukčija predviđanja u budućnosti,

so that they can get their butterflies flying in formation.

pa im leptirići u trbuhu donose potrebne informacije.

And if they do that often enough,

Ako to čine dovoljno često,

they not only can pass a test

ne samo da će položiti ispit,

but it will be easier for them to pass their courses,

nego će lakše položiti kolegije,

and they might even finish college,

a možda i završe fakultet,

which has a huge impact on their future earning potential.

što će imati veliki utjecaj na njihove buduće mogućnosti zarade.

So I call this emotional intelligence in action.

Stoga to nazivam emocionalnom inteligencijom u akciji.

Now you can cultivate this emotional intelligence yourself

Sada i sami možete njegovati tu emocionalnu inteligenciju

and use it in your everyday life.

te je koristiti u svakodnevnom životu.

So just, you know,

Samo, znate,

imagine waking up in the morning.

zamislite buđenje ujutro.

I'm sure you've had this experience. I know I have.

Sigurno ste to doživjeli. Ja jesam.

You wake up and as you're emerging into consciousness,

Probudite se i dok uranjate u svjesnost,

you feel this horrible dread,

osjećate taj strašan strah,

you know, this real wretchedness,

znate, taj istinski jad,

and immediately, your mind starts to race.

i odmah, misli se otmu kontroli.

You start to think about all the crap that you have to do at work

Počnete misliti na gluposti koje vas čekaju na poslu

and you have that mountain of email

i na to brdo mailova

which you will never dig yourself out of ever,

kojih se nikada nećete riješiti,

the phone calls you have to return,

pozive koje morate uzvratiti,

and that important meeting across town,

na važan sastanak na drugom kraju grada,

and you're going to have to fight traffic,

morat ćete se probijati u prometu,

you'll be late picking your kids up,

zakasnit ćete po djecu,

your dog is sick, and what are you going to make for dinner?

pas vam je bolestan, a što skuhati za večeru?

O, moj Bože.

Oh my God.

What is wrong with your life?

Što ne valja s vašim životom?

What is wrong with my life?

Što ne valja s mojim životom?

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

That mind racing is prediction.

Te neobuzdane misli su predviđanje.

Your brain is searching to find an explanation

Vaš mozak traži objašnjenje

for those sensations in your body that you experience as wretchedness,

za osjete u tijelu koje doživljavate kao jad,

just like you did with the blobby image.

kao što ste predviđali s onom slikom.

So your brain is trying to explain what caused those sensations

Vaš mozak pokušava objasniti što uzrokuje te osjete,

so that you know what to do about them.

kako biste znali što učiniti.

But those sensations

No, ti osjeti

might not be an indication that anything is wrong with your life.

možda ne znače da nešto nije u redu s vašim životom.

They might have a purely physical cause.

Možda imaju fizički uzrok.

Maybe you're tired.

Možda ste umorni.

Maybe you didn't sleep enough.

Možda niste dovoljno spavali.

Maybe you're hungry.

Možda ste gladni.

Maybe you're dehydrated.

Možda ste dehidrirani.

The next time that you feel intense distress,

Sljedeći put kada osjetite intenzivni distres,

ask yourself:

zapitajte se:

Could this have a purely physical cause?

Ima li ovo možda fizički uzrok?

Is it possible that you can transform

Je li moguće preobraziti

emotional suffering into just mere physical discomfort?

emocionalnu patnju u puku fizičku nelagodu?

Now I am not suggesting to you

Ne tvrdim

that you can just perform a couple of Jedi mind tricks

da možete samo upotrijebiti nekoliko trikova u stilu Jedija

and talk yourself out of being depressed

i uvjeriti se da niste depresivni

or anxious or any kind of serious condition.

ili anksiozni ili bilo što slično povezano s ozbiljnom bolešću.

But I am telling you

No, govorim vam

that you have more control over your emotions than you might imagine,

da imate veću kontrolu nad svojim emocijama nego što zamišljate

and that you have the capacity

i da imate sposobnost

to turn down the dial on emotional suffering

smanjiti količinu emocionalne patnje

and its consequences for your life

i njezinih posljedica na vaš život,

by learning how to construct your experiences differently.

budete li naučili kako drugačije konstruirati svoja iskustva.

And all of us can do this

Svi to možemo,

and with a little practice, we can get really good at it,

a uz malo vježbe možemo postati uistinu dobri u tome,

like driving.

slično vožnji.

At first, it takes a lot of effort,

Isprva, to zahtijeva puno truda,

but eventually it becomes pretty automatic.

no, s vremenom postane automatski.

Now I don't know about you,

Ne znam kako vi to vidite,

but I find this to be a really empowering and inspiring message,

no, smatram to ohrabrujućom i nadahnjujućom porukom,

and the fact that it's backed up by decades of research

a to što je potkrijepljena desetljećima istraživanja,

makes me also happy as a scientist.

raduje me kao znanstvenicu.

But I have to also warn you that it does come with some fine print,

No, moram vas upozoriti da ima jedna "kvaka",

because more control also means more responsibility.

više kontrole podrazumijeva i više odgovornosti.

If you are not at the mercy of mythical emotion circuits

Ako vama ne upravlja vaš ugrađeni emocionalni mehanizam,

which are buried deep inside your brain somewhere

skriven negdje duboko u vašem mozgu,

and which trigger automatically,

a koji reagira automatski,

then who's responsible,

tko je onda odgovoran,

who is responsible when you behave badly?

tko je odgovoran za vaše loše ponašanje?

You are.

Vi.

Not because you're culpable for your emotions,

Ne zato što ste krivi za ono što osjećate,

but because the actions and the experiences that you make today

nego zato što današnje djelovanje i iskustva

become your brain's predictions for tomorrow.

postaju predviđanja vašeg mozga sutra.

Sometimes we are responsible for something

Katkad smo odgovorni za nešto,

not because we're to blame

ne jer smo krivi,

but because we're the only ones who can change it.

nego zato jer smo jedini koji to možemo promijeniti.

Now responsibility is a big word.

Odgovornost je težak pojam.

It's so big, in fact,

Toliko je težak

that sometimes people feel the need to resist the scientific evidence

da ljudi katkad požele odoljeti znanstvenim dokazima,

that emotions are built and not built in.

da se emocija grade, tj. da nisu ugrađene.

The idea that we are responsible for our own emotions

Zamisao da smo odgovorni za vlastite emocije

seems very hard to swallow.

teško je progutati.

But what I'm suggesting to you is you don't have to choke on that idea.

Želim reći da vas ta zamisao ne mora ugušiti.

You just take a deep breath,

Udahnite duboko,

maybe get yourself a glass of water if you need to,

popijte čašu vode ako treba

and embrace it.

i prigrlite tu zamisao.

Embrace that responsibility,

Prigrlite odgovornost

because it is the path to a healthier body,

jer je ona put prema zdravijem tijelu

a more just and informed legal system,

te pravednijem i informiranijem pravnom sustavu,

and a more flexible and potent emotional life.

kao i fleksibilnijem te moćnijem emocionalnom životu.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)