The technology of storytelling | Joe Sabia

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ืื ื ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ืœืžื˜ื” ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ.

ืžืชืจื’ื: Ido Dekkers ืžื‘ืงืจ: Sigal Tifferet
00:15
Ladies and gentlemen, gather around.
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ื’ื‘ื™ืจื•ืชื™ ื•ืจื‘ื•ืชื™ ื”ืชืืกืคื• ืกื‘ื™ื‘.
00:17
I would love to share with you a story.
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ืื ื™ ืฉืžื— ืœื—ืœื•ืง ืื™ืชื›ื ืกื™ืคื•ืจ.
00:20
Once upon a time
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ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืจื‘ื” ืฉื ื™ื
00:22
in 19th century Germany,
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ื‘ืžืื” ื”19 ื‘ื’ืจืžื ื™ื”,
00:24
there was the book.
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ื”ื™ื” ื”ืกืคืจ.
00:26
Now during this time,
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ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ื‘ื–ืžืŸ ื”ื–ื”,
00:28
the book was the king of storytelling.
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ื”ืกืคืจ ื”ื™ื” ืžืœืš ืžืกืคืจื™ ื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™.
00:30
It was venerable.
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ื”ื•ื ื”ื™ื” ืžื›ื•ื‘ื“.
00:32
It was ubiquitous.
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ื”ื•ื ื”ื™ื” ื‘ื›ืœ ืžืงื•ื.
00:34
But it was a little bit boring.
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ืื‘ืœ ื”ื•ื ื”ื™ื” ืงืฆืช ืžืฉืขืžื.
00:38
Because in its 400 years of existence,
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ืžืคื ื™ ืฉื‘ 400 ืฉื ื•ืช ืงื™ื•ืžื•.
00:41
storytellers never evolved the book
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ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืœืขื•ืœื ืœื ืคื™ืชื— ืืช ื”ืกืคืจ
00:43
as a storytelling device.
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ื›ืžื›ืฉื™ืจ ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื.
00:45
But then one author arrived,
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ืื‘ืœ ืื– ืกื•ืคืจ ื”ื’ื™ืข,
00:47
and he changed the game forever.
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ื•ื”ื•ื ืฉื™ื ื” ืืช ื”ืžืฉื—ืง ืœืชืžื™ื“.
00:51
(Music)
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(ืžื•ื–ื™ืงื”)
00:53
His name was Lothar,
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ืฉืžื• ื”ื™ื” ืœื•ืช'ืจ,
00:55
Lothar Meggendorfer.
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ืœื•ืช'ืจ ืžื’ื ื“ื•ืจืคืจ.
00:58
Lothar Meggendorfer put his foot down,
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ืœื•ืช'ืจ ืžื’ื ื“ื•ืจืคืจ ื”ื ื™ื— ืืช ืจื’ืœื•,
01:01
and he said, "Genug ist genug!"
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ื•ืืžืจ, "ื—ื ื•ืš ืื™ืกื˜ ื—ื ื•ืš!" ("ืžืกืคื™ืง ืขื ื–ื”" )
01:07
He grabbed his pen,
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ื”ื•ื ืœืงื— ืืช ืขื˜ื•,
01:09
he snatched his scissors.
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ื”ื•ื ืœืงื— ืืช ืžืกืคืจื™ื•.
01:11
This man refused to fold to the conventions of normalcy
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ื”ืื™ืฉ ื”ื–ื” ืกืจื‘ ืœืขืžื•ื“ ื‘ื ื•ืจืžื•ืช ื”ืžืงื•ื‘ืœื•ืช
01:13
and just decided to fold.
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ื•ืคืฉื•ื˜ ื”ื—ืœื™ื˜ ืœืงืคืœ.
01:15
History would know Lothar Meggendorfer
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ื”ื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ื” ืชื›ื™ืจ ืืช ืœื•ืช'ืจ ืžื’ื ื“ื•ืจืคืจ
01:17
as -- who else? --
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ื› -- ืžื™ ืื ืœื? --
01:19
the world's first true inventor
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ื”ืžืžืฆื™ื ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ ื‘ืขื•ืœื
01:21
of the children's pop-up book.
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ืฉืœ ืกืคืจื™ ื”ื™ืœื“ื™ื ื”ืงื•ืคืฆื™ื.
01:24
(Music)
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(ืžื•ื–ื™ืงื”)
01:26
For this delight and for this wonder,
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ืœืขื•ื ื’ ื•ืœืคืœื ื”ื–ื”,
01:28
people rejoiced.
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ืื ืฉื™ื ืฉืžื—ื•.
01:30
(Cheering)
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(ืชืจื•ืขื•ืช)
01:33
They were happy because the story survived,
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ื”ื ื”ื™ื• ืฉืžื—ื™ื ืžืคื ื™ ืฉื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ืฉืจื“,
01:36
and that the world would keep on spinning.
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ื•ื”ืขื•ืœื ื™ืžืฉื™ืš ืœื”ืกืชื•ื‘ื‘.
01:38
Lothar Meggendorfer wasn't the first
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ืœื•ืช'ืจ ืžื’ื ื“ื•ืจืคืจ ืœื ื”ื™ื” ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ
01:40
to evolve the way a story was told,
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ืœืคืชื— ืืช ื”ื“ืจืš ื‘ื” ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืกื•ืคืจื•,
01:42
and he certainly wasn't the last.
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ื•ื”ื•ื ื‘ื”ื—ืœื˜ ืœื ื”ื™ื” ื”ืื—ืจื•ืŸ.
01:44
Whether storytellers realized it or not,
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ื‘ื™ืŸ ืื ืžืกืคืจื™ ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืžื‘ื™ื ื™ื ืืช ื–ื” ืื• ืœื,
01:46
they were channeling Meggendorfer's spirit
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ื”ื ืชื™ืขืœื• ืืช ืจื•ื—ื• ืฉืœ ืžื’ื ื“ื•ืจืคืจ
01:48
when they moved opera to vaudville,
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ื›ืฉื”ื ื”ื–ื™ื–ื• ืื•ืคืจื” ืœื•ื•ืื“ื•ื•ื™ืœ,
01:53
radio news to radio theater,
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ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช ืจื“ื™ื• ืœืชืื˜ืจื•ืŸ ืจื“ื™ื•,
01:56
film to film in motion
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ืคื™ืœื ืœืกืจื˜ื™ื
01:59
to film in sound, color, 3D,
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ืœืกืจื˜ื™ื ืขื ืงื•ืœ, ืฆื‘ืข, ืชืœืช ืžื™ืžื“,
02:02
on VHS and on DVD.
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ืขืœ ืงืกื˜ื•ืช ื•ื™ื“ืื• ื•ื›ืœ DVD.
02:04
There seemed to be no cure for this Meggendorferitis.
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ื ืจืื” ืฉืื™ืŸ ืชืจื•ืคื” ืœืžื’ื ื“ื•ืจืคืจื™ื˜ื™ืก ื”ื–ื”.
02:07
And things got a lot more fun when the Internet came around.
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ื•ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ื ืขืฉื• ื”ืจื‘ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ ื›ื™ื™ืคื™ื™ื ื›ืฉื”ืื™ื ื˜ืจื ื˜ ื”ื’ื™ืข.
02:10
(Laughter)
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(ืฆื—ื•ืง)
02:12
Because, not only could people broadcast their stories throughout the world,
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ืžืคื ื™ ืฉืœื ืจืง ืฉืื ืฉื™ื ื™ื›ืœื• ืœืฉื“ืจ ืืช ื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืฉืœื”ื ืœืขื•ืœื,
02:15
but they could do so
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ืืœื ื”ื ื™ื›ืœื• ืœืขืฉื•ืช ืืช ื–ื”
02:17
using what seemed to be an infinite amount of devices.
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ื“ืจืš ืžื” ืฉื ืจืื” ื›ืื™ืŸ ืกื•ืฃ ืžื›ืฉื™ืจื™ื.
02:20
For example, one company
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ืœื“ื•ื’ืžื”, ื—ื‘ืจื” ืื—ืช
02:23
would tell a story of love
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ืชืกืคืจ ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ืื”ื‘ื”
02:25
through its very own search engine.
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ื“ืจืš ืžื ื•ืข ื”ื—ื™ืคื•ืฉ ืฉืœื”.
02:30
One Taiwanese production studio
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ืกื˜ื•ื“ื™ื• ื”ืคืงื” ื˜ืื™ื•ื•ื ื™ ืื—ื“
02:32
would interpret American politics in 3D.
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ื™ืคืจืฉืŸ ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ืงื” ืืžืจื™ืงืื™ืช ื‘ืชืœืช ืžื™ืžื“.
02:35
(Laughter)
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(ืฆื—ื•ืง)
02:40
And one man would tell the stories of his father
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ื•ืื™ืฉ ืื—ื“ ื™ืกืคืจ ืืช ื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืขืœ ืื‘ื™ื•
02:44
by using a platform called Twitter
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ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืฉื™ืžื•ืฉ ื‘ืคืœื˜ืคื•ืจืžื” ืฉื ืงืจืืช ื˜ื•ื•ื™ื˜ืจ
02:46
to communicate the excrement his father would gesticulate.
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ื›ื“ื™ ืœืกืคืจ ืขืœ ื”ืฆื•ืื” ืฉืื‘ื™ื• ื—ื•ื•ื”.
02:49
And after all this, everyone paused;
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ื•ืื—ืจื™ ื›ืœ ื–ื”, ื›ื•ืœื ืขืฆืจื•;
02:51
they took a step back.
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ืœืงื—ื• ืฆืขื“ ืœืื—ื•ืจ.
02:53
They realized that, in 6,000 years of storytelling,
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ื”ื ื”ื‘ื™ื ื•, ืฉื‘ 6000 ืฉื ื•ืช ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื,
02:56
they've gone from depicting hunting on cave walls
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ื”ื ืขื‘ืจื• ืžืฆื™ื•ืจ ืฆื™ื™ื“ ืขืœ ืงื™ืจ ืžืขืจื”
03:00
to depicting Shakespeare on Facebook walls.
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ืœืื™ื–ื›ื•ืจ ืฉื™ื™ืงืกืคื™ืจ ืขืœ ืงื™ืจ ื‘ืคื™ื™ืกื‘ื•ืง.
03:04
And this was a cause for celebration.
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ื•ื–ื• ื”ื™ืชื” ืกื™ื‘ื” ืœื—ื’ื™ื’ื”.
03:07
The art of storytelling has remained unchanged.
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ืืžื ื•ืช ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ื ืฉืืจื” ื›ืฉื”ื™ื™ืชื”.
03:09
And for the most part, the stories are recycled.
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ื•ื‘ืจื•ื‘ื, ื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืžืžื•ื—ื–ืจื™ื.
03:12
But the way that humans tell the stories
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ืื‘ืœ ื”ื“ืจืš ื‘ื” ืื ืฉื™ื ืžืกืคืจื™ื ืืช ื”ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื
03:14
has always evolved
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ืชืžื™ื“ ื”ืชืคืชื—ื”
03:16
with pure, consistent novelty.
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ืขื ื—ื“ืฉื ื•ืช ื˜ื”ื•ืจื” ื•ืžืชืžืฉื›ืช.
03:19
And they remembered a man,
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ื•ื”ื ื–ื›ืจื• ืื“ื,
03:21
one amazing German,
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ื’ืจืžื ื™ ืื—ื“ ืžื“ื”ื™ื,
03:24
every time a new storytelling device
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ื›ืœ ืคืขื ืฉืžื›ืฉื™ืจ ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ืกื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ื—ื“ืฉ
03:28
popped up next.
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ื”ื’ื™ืข.
03:30
And for that,
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ื•ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœ ื–ื”,
03:32
the audience --
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ื”ืงื”ืœ --
03:34
the lovely, beautiful audience --
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ื”ืงื”ืœ ื”ื ืคืœื ื•ื”ื™ืคื”ืคื” --
03:36
would live happily ever after.
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ื™ื—ื™ื” ื‘ืื•ืฉืจ ื•ืื•ืฉืจ.
03:39
(Applause)
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(ืžื—ื™ืื•ืช ื›ืคื™ื™ื)
ืขืœ ืืชืจ ื–ื”

ืืชืจ ื–ื” ื™ืฆื™ื’ ื‘ืคื ื™ื›ื ืกืจื˜ื•ื ื™ YouTube ื”ืžื•ืขื™ืœื™ื ืœืœื™ืžื•ื“ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช. ืชื•ื›ืœื• ืœืจืื•ืช ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืขื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžื•ืจื™ื ืžื”ืฉื•ืจื” ื”ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ืžืจื—ื‘ื™ ื”ืขื•ืœื. ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ื•ืช ื‘ื›ืœ ื“ืฃ ื•ื™ื“ืื• ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ืžืฉื. ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื’ื•ืœืœื•ืช ื‘ืกื ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืขื ื”ืคืขืœืช ื”ื•ื•ื™ื“ืื•. ืื ื™ืฉ ืœืš ื”ืขืจื•ืช ืื• ื‘ืงืฉื•ืช, ืื ื ืฆื•ืจ ืื™ืชื ื• ืงืฉืจ ื‘ืืžืฆืขื•ืช ื˜ื•ืคืก ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ืงืฉืจ ื–ื”.

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