The dream we haven't dared to dream | Dan Pallotta

Prevoditelj: Djurdjica Ercegovac Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

When I think about dreams,

Kada razmišljam o snovima,

like many of you,

kao mnogi od vas,

I think about this picture.

pomislim na ovu sliku.

I was eight when I watched Neil Armstrong

Bilo mi je 8 kada sam gledao Neila Armstronga

step off the Lunar Module onto the surface of the Moon.

kako silazi sa Lunarnog modula na površinu Mjeseca.

I had never seen anything like it before,

Nikada prije nisam vidio ništa slično

and I've never seen anything like it since.

i nikada od tada nisam vidio ništa slično.

We got to the Moon for one simple reason:

Na Mjesec smo stigli iz jednog jednostavnog razloga,

John Kennedy committed us to a deadline.

John Kennedy nas je obvezao krajnjim rokom.

And in the absence of that deadline,

A da nije bilo tog krajnjeg roka,

we would still be dreaming about it.

još uvijek bismo o tome sanjali.

Leonard Bernstein said two things are necessary for great achievement:

Leonard Bernstein je rekao da su dvije stvari nužne za veliko postignuće:

a plan and not quite enough time.

plan i ne baš dovoljno vremena.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Deadlines and commitments

Rokovi i obveze

are the great and fading lessons of Apollo.

velike su lekcije Apolla koje blijede.

And they are what give the word "moonshot" its meaning.

I one daju značenje izrazu "lansiranje na Mjesec".

And our world is in desperate need of political leaders

A našem su svijetu očajnički potrebni politički vođe

willing to set bold deadlines

voljni postaviti odvažne rokove

for the achievement of daring dreams on the scale of Apollo again.

Za ponovno postizanje smionih snova u rangu Apolla.

When I think about dreams,

Kada razmišljam o snovima,

I think about the drag queens of LA and Stonewall

sjetim se transvestita iz LA-a i Stonewalla

and millions of other people risking everything

i milijuna drugih ljudi koji su riskirali sve

to come out when that was really dangerous,

razotkrivši se kada je to stvarno bilo opasno,

and of this picture of the White House lit up in rainbow colors,

i ove slike Bijele kuće obasjane duginim bojama,

yes --

da --

(Applause) --

(Pljesak) --

celebrating America's gay and lesbian citizens' right to marry.

slaveći pravo na brak za američke gej i lezbijske građane.

It is a picture that in my wildest dreams I could never have imagined

To je slika koju nisam mogao zamisliti ni u svojim najluđim snovima

when I was 18

kada mi je bilo 18

and figuring out that I was gay

i kada sam shvatio da sam gej

and feeling estranged from my country

i osjećao se otuđen od svoje domovine

and my dreams because of it.

i od svojih snova zbog toga.

I think about this picture of my family

Pomislim na ovu sliku moje obitelji

that I never dreamed I could ever have --

koju nisam ni sanjao da bih ikada mogao imati --

(Applause) --

(Pljesak) --

and of our children holding this headline

i naše djece koja drže ovaj novinski naslov

I never dreamed could ever be printed about the Supreme Court ruling.

za koji nisam sanjao da bi ikada mogao biti štampan o presudi Vrhovnog suda.

We need more of the courage of drag queens and astronauts.

Potrebno nam je više hrabrosti transvestita i astronauta.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

But I want to talk about the need for us to dream

No, ja želim govoriti o potrebi da sanjamo

in more than one dimension,

u više od jedne dimenzije,

because there was something about Apollo that I didn't know when I was 8,

jer bilo je nešto o Apollu što nisam znao kad mi je bilo 8,

and something about organizing that the rainbow colors over.

i nešto o organiziranju osvjetljenja u duginim bojama.

Of the 30 astronauts in the original Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs,

Od 30 astronauta u originalnim programima Mercury, Gemini i Apollo

only seven marriages survived.

samo je sedam brakova preživjelo.

Those iconic images of the astronauts bouncing on the Moon

One čuvene slike astronauta kako skakuću po Mjesecu

obscure the alcoholism and depression on Earth.

prikrivaju alkoholizam i depresiju na Zemlji.

Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk,

Thomas Merton, trapistički redovnik,

asked during the time of Apollo,

upitao je u vrijeme Apolla,

"What can we gain by sailing to the moon

"Što možemo dobiti ploveći do Mjeseca

if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?"

ako nismo u stanju prijeći ponor koji nas razdvaja od nas samih?"

And what can we gain by the right to marry

A što možemo dobiti pravom na brak,

if we are not able to cross the acrimony

ako nismo u stanju prijeći gorčinu

and emotional distance that so often separates us from our love?

i emocionalnu udaljenost koja nas tako često dijeli od naše ljubavi?

And not just in marriage.

I ne samo u braku.

I have seen the most hurtful, destructive,

Vidio sam izuzetno štetne, destruktivne,

tragične unutarnje sukobe unutar LGBT i AIDS aktivizma

tragic infighting in LGBT and AIDS

and breast cancer and non-profit activism,

i aktivizma protiv raka dojke i neprofitnog aktivizma,

all in the name of love.

sve u ime ljubavi.

Thomas Merton also wrote about wars among saints

Thomas Merton je također pisao o ratovima između svetaca

and that "there is a pervasive form of contemporary violence

i da "postoji sveprisutni oblik suvremenog nasilja

to which the idealist most easily succumbs:

kojem najlakše podliježu idealisti:

activism and overwork.

aktivizam i premorenost.

The frenzy of our activism neutralizes our work for peace.

Mahnitost našeg aktivizma neutralizira naš rad za mir.

It destroys our own inner capacity for peace."

Ona uništava naš vlastiti unutarnji kapacitet za mir."

Too often our dreams become these compartmentalized fixations

Isuviše često naši snovi postaju kategorizirane fiksacije

on some future

na neku budućnost

that destroy our ability to be present for our lives right now.

uništavajući našu sposobnost da budemo prisutni u svom životu ovoga časa.

Our dreams of a better life for some future humanity

Naši snovi o boljem životu za neko buduće čovječanstvo

or some other humanity in another country

ili neko drugo čovječanstvo u drugoj zemlji

alienate us from the beautiful human beings sitting next to us

otuđuje nas od prekrasnog ljudskog bića koje sjedi do nas

at this very moment.

upravo ovoga časa.

Well, that's just the price of progress, we say.

No, to je samo cijena napretka, kažemo.

You can go to the Moon

Možete ići na Mjesec

or you can have stability in your family life.

ili možete imati stabilnost u svom obiteljskom životu.

And we can't conceive of dreaming in both dimensions at the same time.

I ne možemo zamisliti da sanjamo u obje dimenzije istovremeno.

And we don't set the bar much higher than stability

I ne postavljamo letvicu puno više od stabilnosti

when it comes to our emotional life.

kada se radi o našem emocionalnom životu.

Which is why our technology for talking to one another

Što je razlog da je naša tehnologija za međusobni razgovor

has gone vertical,

otišla vertikalno,

our ability to listen and understand one another

naša sposobnost da slušamo i razumijemo jedni druge

has gone nowhere.

nije otišla nikuda.

Our access to information is through the roof,

Naš pristup informacijama popeo se do neba,

our access to joy, grounded.

naš pristup veselju, prizemljen.

But this idea, that our present and our future are mutually exclusive,

No, ova ideja da se naša sadašnjost i naša budućnost međusobno isključuju,

that to fulfill our potential for doing we have to surrender

da ispunjenje našeg potencijala za činjenje znači

odricanje od našeg dubokog potencijala za bivanje,

our profound potential for being,

that the number of transistors on a circuit can be doubled and doubled,

da se broj tranzistora u krugu može duplicirati i duplicirati,

but our capacity for compassion and humanity and serenity and love

ali naša sposobnost za suosjećanje i ljudskost i spokoj i ljubav

is somehow limited

je na neki način ograničena,

is a false and suffocating choice.

jest lažni izbor koji nas guši.

Ja ne sugeriram samo uobičajenu ideju

Now, I'm not suggesting

simply the uninspiring idea of more work-life balance.

o boljoj uravnoteženosti poslovnog i privatnog života.

What good is it for me to spend more time with my kids at home

Što mi koristi da provodim više vremena s djecom kod kuće

if my mind is always somewhere else while I'm doing it?

ako su mi misli uvijek negdje drugdje dok to radim?

I'm not even talking about mindfulness.

Ja ne govorim čak ni o usredotočenosti.

Mindfulness is all of a sudden becoming a tool for improving productivity.

Usredotočenost je odjednom postala alat za poboljšanje produktivnosti.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Right?

Točno?

I'm talking about dreaming

Ja govorim o sanjanju,

as boldly in the dimension of our being

jednako hrabrom u dimenziji našeg postojanja

kao što sanjamo o industriji i tehnologiji.

as we do about industry and technology.

I'm talking about an audacious authenticity

Ja govorim o neustrašivoj autentičnosti

that allows us to cry with one another,

koja nam dozvoljava da plačemo jedno s drugim,

a heroic humility that allows us to remove our masks and be real.

herojskoj poniznosti koja nam dozvoljava da skinemo maske i budemo stvarni.

It is our inability to be with one another,

Upravo naša nesposobnost da budemo jedno s drugim,

our fear of crying with one another, that gives rise to so many

naš strah da plačemo jedno s drugim, uzrokuje toliko mnogo problema

of the problems we are frantically trying to solve in the first place,

koje mahnito pokušavamo riješiti prije svega,

from Congressional gridlock to economic inhumanity.

od zastoja u Kongresu do ekonomske nehumanosti.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

I'm talking about what Jonas Salk called an Epoch B,

Ja govorim o onome što je Jonas Salk nazvao Epoha B,

a new epoch in which we become as excited about and curious about

nova epoha u kojoj postajemo jednako uzbuđeni i znatiželjni

and scientific about the development of our humanity

i znanstveni u razvoju naše ljudskosti

as we are about the development of our technology.

kao što smo to u razvoju naše tehnologije.

We should not shrink from this opportunity

Ne bismo smjeli ustuknuti pred ovom prilikom

simply because we don't really understand it.

samo zato jer je zapravo ne razumijemo.

There was a time when we didn't understand space.

Bilo je vrijeme kada nismo razumjeli svemir.

Or because we're more used to technology and activism.

Ili zato jer su nam bliži tehnologija i aktivizam.

That is the very definition of being stuck in a comfort zone.

To je sama definicija zaglavljenosti u zoni ugode.

We are now very comfortable imagining unimaginable technological achievement.

Nama je sada vrlo ugodno zamišljati nezamisliva tehnološka postignuća.

In 2016, it is the dimension of our being itself

U 2016. upravo je dimenzija samog našeg bića

that cries out for its fair share of our imagination.

ono što vrišteći traži svoj pravedni dio naše imaginacije.

Now, we're all here to dream,

Svi smo mi ovdje da sanjamo,

but maybe if we're honest about it,

no, možda, ako ćemo biti iskreni,

each of us chasing our own dream.

svatko od nas ganja vlastiti san.

You know, looking at the name tags to see who can help me with my dream,

Čitajući imena na bedževima da vidim tko bi mi mogao pomoći s mojim snom,

sometimes looking right through one another's humanity.

ponekad gledajući ravno kroz našu ljudskost.

I can't be bothered with you right now. I have an idea for saving the world.

Ne mogu se s tobom gnjaviti ovaj čas. Imam ideju za spas svijeta.

Right?

Točno?

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Years ago, once upon a time, I had this beautiful company

Prije više godina, jednom davno, imao sam ovo prekrasno društvo

that created these long journeys for heroic civic engagement.

koje je smišljalo duga putovanja

s ciljem herojskog građanskog angažiranja.

And we had this mantra:

I imali smo ovu mantru:

"Human. Kind. Be Both."

"Čovječan. Ljubazan. Budi oboje."

And we encouraged people to experiment outrageously with kindness.

I poticali smo ljude da besramno eksperimentiraju s dobrotom.

Like, "Go help everybody set up their tents."

Kao, "Hajde pomozite svima da postave svoje šatore."

And there were a lot of tents.

A bilo je puno šatora.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"Go buy everybody Popsicles."

"Hajde kupite svima ledene lizalice."

"Go help people fix their flat tires

"Pomozite ljudima popraviti probušene gume,

even though you know the dinner line is going to get longer."

čak iako znate da će red za večeru biti još dulji."

And people really took us up on this,

I ljudi su to stvarno prihvatili, do te mjere da

so much so that if you got a flat tire on the AIDS ride,

ako vam je pukla guma na vožnji protiv AIDS-a

you had trouble fixing it, because there were so many people there asking you

imali ste problem da ju zamijenite

jer vam je toliko ljudi nudilo pomoć.

if you needed help.

For a few days, for tens of thousands of people,

Tijekom nekoliko dana, za desetine tisuća ljudi,

we created these worlds

mi smo stvarali te svjetove

that everybody said were the way they wish the world could always be.

i svi su rekli da bi željeli da svijet uvijek može biti takav.

What if we experimented with creating that kind of world

Kako bi bilo da probamo stvoriti takvu vrstu svijeta

these next few days?

u ovih sljedećih nekoliko dana?

And instead of going up to someone and asking them, "What do you do?"

Pa umjesto da nekome priđemo pitajući, "Čime se vi bavite?"

ask them, "So what are your dreams?"

da ih pitamo, "Koji su vaši snovi?"

or "What are your broken dreams?"

ili "Koji su vaši neostvareni snovi?"

You know, "TED." Tend to Each other's Dreams.

Znate, kratica "TED." Služite snovima jedno drugoga.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Maybe it's "I want to stay sober"

Možda je san "Želim ostati trijezan"

or "I want to build a tree house with my kid."

ili "Želim sagraditi kuću na drvetu sa svojim klincem."

You know, instead of going up to the person everybody wants to meet,

Umjesto da priđete osobi koju svatko želi upoznati,

go up to the person who is all alone

priđite osobi koja je sasvim sama

and ask them if they want to grab a cup of coffee.

i pitajte ju želi li popiti kavu.

I think what we fear most

Ja mislim da mi najviše strahujemo

is that we will be denied the opportunity to fulfill our true potential,

da će nam biti uskraćena prilika da ispunimo svoj pravi potencijal,

that we are born to dream

da smo rođeni da sanjamo,

and we might die without ever having the chance.

a mogli bismo umrijeti bez da ikada imamo tu priliku.

Imagine living in a world

Zamislite da živite u svijetu u kojem jednostavno prepoznajemo

where we simply recognize that deep, existential fear in one another

taj duboki, egzistencijalni strah jedan u drugome

and love one another boldly because we know

i hrabro volimo jedan drugoga jer znamo

that to be human is to live with that fear.

da biti čovjek znači živjeti s tim strahom.

It's time for us to dream in multiple dimensions simultaneously,

Vrijeme je da sanjamo u više dimenzija istovremeno,

and somewhere that transcends all of the wondrous things

a negdje izvan dosega svih čudesnih stvari

we can and will and must do

koje možemo i hoćemo i moramo učiniti

lies the domain of all the unbelievable things we could be.

leži domena svih nevjerovatnih stvari koje bismo mogli biti.

It's time we set foot into that dimension

Vrijeme je da zakoračimo u tu dimenziju

and came out about the fact that we have dreams there, too.

i otkrijemo činjenicu da i tamo imamo snove.

If the Moon could dream,

Kad bi Mjesec mogao sanjati,

I think that would be its dream for us.

mislim da bi to bio njegov san za nas.

It's an honor to be with you.

Čast mi je biti s vama.

Thank you very much.

Puno vam hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)