The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death | Stephen Cave

Prevodilac: Stefan Zrnović Lektor: Mile Živković

I have a question:

Imam pitanje:

Who here remembers when they first realized

ko se od vas seća kada je prvi put shvatio

they were going to die?

da će umreti?

I do. I was a young boy,

Ja se sećam. Bio sam mladi dečak,

and my grandfather had just died,

i deda mi je tad upravo umro

and I remember a few days later lying in bed at night

i sećam se kako sam nakon nekoliko dana ležao noću u krevetu

trying to make sense of what had happened.

pokušavajući da nađem smisao onoga što se dogodilo.

What did it mean that he was dead?

Šta je značilo to da je on umro?

Where had he gone?

Kuda je otišao?

It was like a hole in reality had opened up

Bilo je kao da se rupa u stvarnosti otvorila

and swallowed him.

i progutala ga.

But then the really shocking question occurred to me:

Zatim me je zateklo zaista šokantno pitanje:

If he could die, could it happen to me too?

ako je on umro, da li bi se to i meni moglo dogoditi?

Could that hole in reality open up and swallow me?

Da li bi se ta rupa u stvarnosti otvorila i mene usisala?

Would it open up beneath my bed

Da li bi se otvorila ispod mog kreveta

and swallow me as I slept?

i progutala me dok spavam?

Well, at some point, all children become aware of death.

U nekom trenutku sva deca postaju svesna smrti.

It can happen in different ways, of course,

Naravno, može se dogoditi na različite načine,

and usually comes in stages.

ali uglavno dolazi u fazama.

Our idea of death develops as we grow older.

Naša ideja smrti razvija se kako starimo.

And if you reach back into the dark corners

Ako biste posegli duboko u tamne uglove

of your memory,

svog sećanja,

you might remember something like what I felt

mogli biste se setiti nečega sličnom onome što sam ja osetio

when my grandfather died and when I realized

kada mi je deda umro i kada sam shvatio

it could happen to me too,

da bi se isto moglo i meni desiti,

that sense that behind all of this

taj osećaj da iza svega ovoga

the void is waiting.

nas čeka praznina.

And this development in childhood

Ovaj razvoj u detinjstvu

reflects the development of our species.

predstavlja razvoj naših vrsta.

Just as there was a point in your development

Baš kao što je postojala tačka u vašem razvoju kao deteta

as a child when your sense of self and of time

kada je vaš osećaj sopstvenosti i vremena

became sophisticated enough

postao dovoljno sofisticiran

for you to realize you were mortal,

da shvatite da ste smrtni,

so at some point in the evolution of our species,

tako i u nekoj tački u evoluciji naših vrsta,

some early human's sense of self and of time

neki osećaji sopstvenosti i vremena ranih ljudi

became sophisticated enough

postaju dovoljno sofisticirani

for them to become the first human to realize,

da oni postanu prva ljudska bića da shvate:

"I'm going to die."

"Umreću".

This is, if you like, our curse.

Ovo je, da kažem, naša kletva.

It's the price we pay for being so damn clever.

To je cena koju plaćamo zato što smo tako pametni.

We have to live in the knowledge

Moramo da živimo u uverenju

that the worst thing that can possibly happen

da je najgora stvar koja se može desiti

one day surely will,

a i hoće jednog dana,

the end of all our projects,

kraj svih naših projekata,

our hopes, our dreams, of our individual world.

naših nada, snova i našeg ličnog sveta.

We each live in the shadow of a personal

Svako od nas živi u senci lične

apocalypse.

apokalipse.

And that's frightening. It's terrifying.

I to je zastrašujuće. Užasavajuće je.

And so we look for a way out.

I tražimo izlaz iz toga.

And in my case, as I was about five years old,

U mom slučaju, kada sam imao oko 5 godina,

this meant asking my mum.

ovo je značilo da pitam svoju majku.

Now when I first started asking

Kada sam prvi put počeo da postavljam pitanja

what happens when we die,

o tome šta se dešava kada umremo,

the grown-ups around me at the time

odrasli oko mene u to vreme

answered with a typical English mix of awkwardness

odgovarali su tipičnom engleskom mešavinom neprijatnosti

and half-hearted Christianity,

i neodlučnog hrišćanstva,

and the phrase I heard most often

a rečenica koju sam najčešće slušao

was that granddad was now

je da je deda sad

"up there looking down on us,"

"tamo negde i gleda dole na nas,"

and if I should die too, which wouldn't happen of course,

i ako bih i ja takođe umro, što se naravno ne bi desilo

then I too would go up there,

onda bih i ja otišao tamo gore,

which made death sound a lot like

što je učinilo da smrt veoma zvuči kao

an existential elevator.

egzistencijalni lift.

Now this didn't sound very plausible.

Ovo nije baš zvučalo veoma uverljivo.

I used to watch a children's news program at the time,

Gledao sam program za decu u to vreme

and this was the era of space exploration.

i ovo je bila era istraživanja svemira.

There were always rockets going up into the sky,

Uvek je bilo raketa koje su letele u nebo,

up into space, going up there.

u svemir, tamo gore.

But none of the astronauts when they came back

Nijedan od astronauta koji se vratio

ever mentioned having met my granddad

nikada nije pomenuo da je sreo mog dedu

or any other dead people.

ili bilo koje druge mrtve ljude.

But I was scared,

Ali sam bio uplašen,

and the idea of taking the existential elevator

a ideja vožnje egzistencijalnim liftom

to see my granddad

kako bih video svog dedu

sounded a lot better than being swallowed

zvučala je mnogo bolje nego da me proguta

by the void while I slept.

praznina dok sam spavao.

And so I believed it anyway,

Verovao sam u to bez obzira na sve,

even though it didn't make much sense.

čak i kad nije imalo smisla.

And this thought process that I went through

Ovaj proces razmišljanja kroz koji sam prošao

as a child, and have been through many times since,

kao dete, i u kojem sam se nalazio mnogo puta,

including as a grown-up,

uključujući i onda kada sam odrastao,

is a product of what psychologists call

je proizvod onoga što psiholozi nazivaju

a bias.

pristrasnošću.

Now a bias is a way in which we systematically

Pristrasnost je način na koji sistematično

get things wrong,

shvatamo stvari pogrešno,

ways in which we miscalculate, misjudge,

načini na koje pogrešno proračunavamo, pogrešno sudimo

distort reality, or see what we want to see,

izobličujemo stvarnost ili vidimo ono što želimo da vidimo,

and the bias I'm talking about

a pristrasnost o kojoj govorim

works like this:

funkcioniše ovako:

Confront someone with the fact

suočite nekoga sa činjenicom

that they are going to die

da će umreti

and they will believe just about any story

i verovaće u bilo koju priču

that tells them it isn't true

koja im govori da to nije istina

and they can, instead, live forever,

i da zapravo mogu da žive zauvek,

even if it means taking the existential elevator.

čak i ako to znači vožnju egzistencijalnim liftom.

Now we can see this as the biggest bias of all.

Možemo posmatrati ovo kao najveću pristrasnost od svih.

It has been demonstrated in over 400

Demonstrirana je u više od 400

empirical studies.

empirijskih studija.

Now these studies are ingenious, but they're simple.

Ove studije su dovitljive, ali su i jednostavne.

They work like this.

Ovako funkcionišu.

You take two groups of people

Uzmete dve grupe ljudi

who are similar in all relevant respects,

koje su jednake u svim važnim gledištima

and you remind one group that they're going to die

i podsetite jednu grupu da će umreti

but not the other, then you compare their behavior.

ali ne i drugu, a zatim poredite njihova ponašanja.

So you're observing how it biases behavior

Vi posmatrate kako to utiče na ponašanje

when people become aware of their mortality.

kada ljudi postaju svesni svoje smrtnosti.

And every time, you get the same result:

Svaki put dobijete isti rezultat:

People who are made aware of their mortality

ljudi koji su osvešćeni o sopstvenoj smrtnosti

are more willing to believe stories

su voljniji da veruju u priče

that tell them they can escape death

koje im govore da mogu da izbegnu smrt

and live forever.

i žive zauvek.

So here's an example: One recent study

Evo i primera: jedna skorašnja studija

took two groups of agnostics,

uzela je dve grupe agnostika,

that is people who are undecided

to su ljudi koji su neopredeljeni

in their religious beliefs.

u odnosu na svoja religijska verovanja.

Now, one group was asked to think about being dead.

Jedna grupa upitana je da razmisli o tome da su mrtvi.

The other group was asked to think about

Druga grupa upitana je da razmisli

being lonely.

o usamljenosti.

They were then asked again about their religious beliefs.

Zatim su upitani ponovo o svojim verskim ubeđenjima.

Those who had been asked to think about being dead

Oni koji su upitani da razmisle o smrti

were afterwards twice as likely to express faith

su kasnije bili duplo više skloni da izraze veru

in God and Jesus.

u boga i Isusa.

Twice as likely.

Duplo više.

Even though the before they were all equally agnostic.

Čak iako su pre toga svi bili jednako agnostični.

But put the fear of death in them,

Ali dodajte im strah od smrti,

and they run to Jesus.

i trčaće ka Isusu.

Now, this shows that reminding people of death

Ovo pokazuje da podsećanje ljudi o smrti

biases them to believe, regardless of the evidence,

tera ljude da veruju, bez obzira na dokaze

and it works not just for religion,

i to ne fukcioniše samo za religiju,

but for any kind of belief system

već i za bilo koju vrstu verskog sistema

that promises immortality in some form,

koji obećava besmrtnost u nekom obliku,

whether it's becoming famous

bilo da je to biti poznat

or having children

ili imati decu

or even nationalism,

ili čak nacionalizam,

which promises you can live on as part of a greater whole.

koji obećava da možete živeti kao deo veće instance.

This is a bias that has shaped

Ovo je pristrasnost koja je oblikovala

the course of human history.

kurs ljudske istorije.

Now, the theory behind this bias

Teorija iza ove pristrasnosti

in the over 400 studies

u više od 400 studija

is called terror management theory,

zove se teorija upravljanja terorom,

and the idea is simple. It's just this.

a ideja je jednostavna. Samo ovo.

We develop our worldviews,

Razvijamo svoje poglede na svet,

that is, the stories we tell ourselves

tj priče koje govorimo sebi

about the world and our place in it,

o svetu i našem mestu u njemu,

in order to help us manage

u cilju da nam pomognu da se nosimo

the terror of death.

sa terorom smrti.

And these immortality stories

Ove priče o besmrtnosti

have thousands of different manifestations,

imaju hiljade različitih iskazivanja,

but I believe that behind the apparent diversity

ali verujem da iza očigledne različitosti,

there are actually just four basic forms

postoje zapravo samo četiri osnovne forme

that these immortality stories can take.

koje ove priče o besmrtnosti mogu da prihvate.

And we can see them repeating themselves

Možemo ih videti kako se ponavljaju

throughout history, just with slight variations

kroz istoriju, samo sa malim promenama

to reflect the vocabulary of the day.

kako bi oslikale rečnik dana.

Now I'm going to briefly introduce these four

Površno ću vas upoznati sa ova četiri

basic forms of immortality story,

osnovna oblika besmrtnih priča,

and I want to try to give you some sense

i želim da vam dam neki osećaj

of the way in which they're retold by each culture

načina na koji su ispričane u svakoj kulturi

or generation

ili generaciji

using the vocabulary of their day.

koristeći rečnik tog vremena.

Now, the first story is the simplest.

Prva priča je najjednostavnija.

We want to avoid death,

Želimo da izbegnemo smrt

and the dream of doing that in this body

i san o tome u ovom telu

in this world forever

na ovom svetu zauvek

is the first and simplest kind of immortality story,

je prva i najjednostavnija vrsta priče o besmrtnosti

and it might at first sound implausible,

i možda na prvi pogled zvuči neprihvatljivo

but actually, almost every culture in human history

ali zapravo, gotovo svaka kultura u ljudskoj istoriji

has had some myth or legend

je imala neki mit ili legendu

of an elixir of life or a fountain of youth

o eliksiru života ili fontani mladosti

or something that promises to keep us going

ili nečemu što obećava da će nas održati

forever.

zauvek.

Ancient Egypt had such myths,

Stari Egipat imao je takve mitove,

ancient Babylon, ancient India.

stari Vavilon, stara Indija.

Throughout European history, we find them in the work of the alchemists,

Kroz evropsku istoriju, nalazimo ih u radu alhemičara,

and of course we still believe this today,

i naravno i dalje verujemo u to danas,

only we tell this story using the vocabulary

samo što pričamo priču koristeći rečnik

of science.

nauke.

So 100 years ago,

Pre 100 godina,

hormones had just been discovered,

hormoni su tek otkriveni,

and people hoped that hormone treatments

i ljudi su se nadali da će hormonski tretmani

were going to cure aging and disease,

ponovo izlečiti starenje i bolesti,

and now instead we set our hopes on stem cells,

a sada usmeravamo naše nade na matične ćelije,

genetic engineering, and nanotechnology.

genetsko inženjerstvo i nanotehnologiju.

But the idea that science can cure death

Ali ideja da nauka može da zaustavi smrt

is just one more chapter in the story

je samo još jedno poglavlje u priči

of the magical elixir,

magičnog eliksira,

a story that is as old as civilization.

priči koja je stara koliko i civilizacijia.

But betting everything on the idea of finding the elixir

Ali uložiti sve na ideju nalaženja eliksira

and staying alive forever

i večnog života

is a risky strategy.

je rizična strategija.

When we look back through history

Kada pogledamo nazad kroz istoriju

at all those who have sought an elixir in the past,

na sve koji su tražili eliksir u prošlosti,

the one thing they now have in common

jedina stvar koju imaju zajedničku

is that they're all dead.

je da su svi mrtvi.

So we need a backup plan, and exactly this kind of plan B

Treba nam drugi plan i upravo ovakva vrsta rezervnog plana

is what the second kind of immortality story offers,

je ono što nudi druga vrsta priče o besmrtnosti,

and that's resurrection.

a to je vaskrsnuće.

And it stays with the idea that I am this body,

To predstavlja ideju da sam ja u ovom telu,

I am this physical organism.

i ja sam fizički organizam.

It accepts that I'm going to have to die

Prihvata da ću umreti

but says, despite that,

ali kaže da uprkos tome,

I can rise up and I can live again.

mogu da se uzdignem i ponovo živim.

In other words, I can do what Jesus did.

Drugim rečima, mogu da uradim ono što je Isus uradio.

Jesus died, he was three days in the [tomb],

Isus je umro, bio je tri dana u grobu,

and then he rose up and lived again.

a zatim se uzdigao i ponovo živeo.

And the idea that we can all be resurrected to live again

Ideja po kojoj svi mi možemo da vaskrsnemo i živimo ponovo

is orthodox believe, not just for Christians

je pravoslavno verovanje, ne samo za hrišćane

but also Jews and Muslims.

ali i za jevreje i muslimane.

But our desire to believe this story

Naša želja da verujemo u ovu priču

is so deeply embedded

je duboko ukorenjena

that we are reinventing it again

da je iznova izmišljamo

for the scientific age,

za naučno doba,

for example, with the idea of cryonics.

na primer, sa idejom krionika.

That's the idea that when you die,

To je ideja gde kada umrete,

you can have yourself frozen,

možete se zamrznuti,

and then, at some point when technology

i zatim, u neko vreme kada tehnologija

has advanced enough,

dovoljno uznapreduje

you can be thawed out and repaired and revived

mežete biti odleđeni, popravljeni i oživljeni

and so resurrected.

i tako vaskrsavate.

And so some people believe an omnipotent god

Neki ljudi veruju da će ih svemogući bog

will resurrect them to live again,

vaskrsnuti da bi živeli ponovo,

and other people believe an omnipotent scientist will do it.

a drugi ljudi veruju da će to uraditi svemogući naučnik.

But for others, the whole idea of resurrection,

Za druge, čitava ideja vaskrsnuća,

of climbing out of the grave,

izlaženja iz groba,

it's just too much like a bad zombie movie.

suviše je poput lošeg filma o zombijima.

They find the body too messy, too unreliable

Smatraju da je telo suviše zbrkano, suviše nepouzdano,

to guarantee eternal life,

za garanciju večnog života,

and so they set their hopes on the third,

i oni ulažu svoje nade na treću,

more spiritual immortality story,

duhovniju priču o besmrtnosti,

the idea that we can leave our body behind

ideju da možemo ostaviti svoje telo iza

and live on as a soul.

i život nastaviti kao duša.

Now, the majority of people on Earth

Većina ljudi na Zemlji

believe they have a soul,

veruje da ima dušu,

and the idea is central to many religions.

a ideja je glavna u mnogim verama.

But even though, in its current form,

Ali čak i u svom trenutnom obliku,

in its traditional form,

u svom tradicionalnom obliku,

the idea of the soul is still hugely popular,

ideja duše je i dalje veoma popularna,

nonetheless we are again

ipak je iznova

reinventing it for the digital age,

izmišljamo za digitalno doba,

for example with the idea

na primer sa idejom

that you can leave your body behind

da možete ostaviti svoje telo iza

by uploading your mind, your essence,

učitavajući svoj um, svoju suštinu,

the real you, onto a computer,

istinskog vas, u kompjuter,

and so live on as an avatar in the ether.

i živeti kao avatar u etru.

But of course there are skeptics who say

Naravno, postoje skeptici koji kažu

if we look at the evidence of science,

da ako pogledamo naučne dokaze,

particularly neuroscience,

posebno neuronauku,

it suggests that your mind,

predlaže se da vaš um,

your essence, the real you,

vaša suština, istinski vi,

is very much dependent on a particular part

sve to veoma zavisi od specifičnog dela

of your body, that is, your brain.

vašeg tela, a to je vaš mozak.

And such skeptics can find comfort

Ti skeptici mogu pronaći utehu

in the fourth kind of immortality story,

u četvrtoj vrsti priče o besmrtnosti,

and that is legacy,

a to je baština,

the idea that you can live on

ideja da možete živeti

through the echo you leave in the world,

kroz eho koji ostavljate u svetu,

like the great Greek warrior Achilles,

poput velikog grčkog ratnika Ahila,

who sacrificed his life fighting at Troy

koji je žrtvovao svoj život boreći se u Troji

so that he might win immortal fame.

kako bi mogao da zasluži besmrtnu slavu.

And the pursuit of fame is as widespread

Stremljenje ka slavi je široko rasprostranjeno

and popular now as it ever was,

i popularno danas kao što je uvek bilo,

and in our digital age,

i u našem digitalnom dobu,

it's even easier to achieve.

čak je i lakše da se postigne.

You don't need to be a great warrior like Achilles

Ne treba da budete veliki ratnik poput Ahila

or a great king or hero.

ili veliki kralj ili heroj.

All you need is an Internet connection and a funny cat. (Laughter)

Sve što vam treba je internet veza i smešna mačka. (Smeh)

But some people prefer to leave a more tangible,

Neki ljudi više vole da za sobom ostave opipljivo

biological legacy -- children, for example.

biološko nasledstvo - decu, na primer.

Or they like, they hope, to live on

Ili vole, nadaju se, da žive

as part of some greater whole,

kao deo neke veće celine,

a nation or a family or a tribe,

nacije, porodice ili plemena

their gene pool.

svog genetskog rezervoara.

But again, there are skeptics

Ponovo, postoje skeptici

who doubt whether legacy

koji sumnjaju da je baština

really is immortality.

istinski besmrtna.

Woody Allen, for example, who said,

Vudi Alen je na primer rekao:

"I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen.

"Ne želim da živim u srcima svojih sunarodnika.

I want to live on in my apartment."

Želim da nastavim da živim u svom stanu."

So those are the four

Ovo su četiri

basic kinds of immortality stories,

osnovne vrste priča o besmrtnosti

and I've tried to give just some sense

i pokušao sam da dam smisao

of how they're retold by each generation

kako su ih ispričale razne generacije

with just slight variations

sa malim varijacijama

to fit the fashions of the day.

kako bi se prilagodili maniru dana.

And the fact that they recur in this way,

Činjenica da se iznova događaju na ovaj način,

in such a similar form but in such different belief systems,

u tako sličnom obliku ali u različitim sistemima verovanja,

suggests, I think,

mislim da sugeriše

that we should be skeptical of the truth

da treba da budemo skeptični povodom istine

of any particular version of these stories.

o bilo kakvoj specifičnoj verziji tih priča.

The fact that some people believe

Činjenica da neki ljudi veruju

an omnipotent god will resurrect them to live again

da će ih svemogući bog spasiti kako bi živeli ponovo

and others believe an omnipotent scientist will do it

i drugi veruju da će to učiniti svemogući naučnik

suggests that neither are really believing this

predlaže da nijedna grupa ne veruje u ovo

on the strength of the evidence.

na osnovu snage dokaza.

Rather, we believe these stories

Zapravo, verujemo ovim pričama

because we are biased to believe them,

jer smo podešeni da verujemo u njih,

and we are biased to believe them

a podešeni smo da im verujemo

because we are so afraid of death.

jer toliko strahujemo od smrti.

So the question is,

Pitanje je

are we doomed to lead the one life we have

da li smo osuđeni da živimo jedan život koji imamo

in a way that is shaped by fear and denial,

na način koji je oblikovan strahom i poricanjem,

or can we overcome this bias?

ili možemo da prevaziđemo taj poremećaj?

Well the Greek philosopher Epicurus

Grčki filozof Epikur

thought we could.

mislio je da možemo.

He argued that the fear of death is natural,

On je tvrdio da je strah od smrti prirodan,

but it is not rational.

ali da nije racionalan.

"Death," he said, "is nothing to us,

Rekao je: "Smrt nama ne predstavlja ništa,

because when we are here, death is not,

jer kad smo mi ovde, smrt nije,

and when death is here, we are gone."

a kada je smrt ovde, mi smo otišli."

Now this is often quoted, but it's difficult

Ovo se često citira ali je teško

to really grasp, to really internalize,

da se shvati, da se usvoji,

because exactly this idea of being gone

jer upravo ova ideja o odlasku

is so difficult to imagine.

je toliko teška da se zamisli.

So 2,000 years later, another philosopher,

2000 godina kasnije drugi filozof,

Ludwig Wittgenstein, put it like this:

Ludvig Vitgenštajn, postavio je stvari ovako:

"Death is not an event in life:

"Smrt nije događaj u životu:

We do not live to experience death.

ne živimo da iskusimo smrt.

And so," he added,

i još, dodao je,

"in this sense, life has no end."

"u tom smislu, život nema kraj."

So it was natural for me as a child

Tako da je bilo prirodno za mene kao dete

to fear being swallowed by the void,

da se plašim da će me progutati praznina,

but it wasn't rational,

ali to nije bilo racionalno,

because being swallowed by the void

jer to da nas proguta praznina

is not something that any of us

nije nešto što će bilo ko od nas

will ever live to experience.

ikada iskusiti.

Now, overcoming this bias is not easy because

Prevazilaženje ove pristrasnosti nije lako jer je

the fear of death is so deeply embedded in us,

strah od smrti veoma duboko ukorenjen u nama,

yet when we see that the fear itself is not rational,

a ipak, kada vidimo da strah sam po sebi nije racionalan,

and when we bring out into the open

i kada iznesemo napolje

the ways in which it can unconsciously bias us,

načine na koje nas može nesvesno usmeriti,

then we can at least start

tad možemo

to try to minimize the influence it has

da pokušamo da smanjimo uticaj koji

on our lives.

on ima na naš život.

Now, I find it helps to see life

Smatram da pomaže ako posmatramo život

as being like a book:

kao knjigu.

Just as a book is bounded by its covers,

Isto kao što je knjiga ograničena svojim koricama,

by beginning and end,

početkom i krajem,

so our lives are bounded by birth and death,

tako su i naši životi ograničeni rođenjem i smrću

and even though a book is limited by beginning and end,

i iako je knjiga ograničena početkom i krajem,

it can encompass distant landscapes,

ona može sadržati daleke pejzaže

exotic figures, fantastic adventures.

egzotične prikaze, fantastične avanture.

And even though a book is limited by beginning and end,

Iako je knjiga omeđena početkom i krajem,

the characters within it

likovi unutar nje

know no horizons.

ne znaju za horizonte.

They only know the moments that make up their story,

Oni jedino znaju za trenutke koji čine njihovu priču

even when the book is closed.

čak i kad je knjiga zatvorena.

And so the characters of a book

Likovi knjige

are not afraid of reaching the last page.

nisu uplašeni dolaska do poslednje strane.

Long John Silver is not afraid of you

Long Džon Silver se ne plaši da ćete završiti

finishing your copy of "Treasure Island."

s čitanjem "Ostrva sa blagom."

And so it should be with us.

I tako treba da bude sa nama.

Imagine the book of your life,

Zamislite knjigu vašeg života,

its covers, its beginning and end, and your birth and your death.

njene korice, njen početak i kraj i vaše rođenje i smrt.

You can only know the moments in between,

Možete samo znati momente unutar njih

the moments that make up your life.

momente koji čine vaš život.

It makes no sense for you to fear

Nema smisla da se plašite

what is outside of those covers,

onoga što je van tih korica

whether before your birth

bilo to pre vašeg rođenja

or after your death.

ili vaše smrti.

And you needn't worry how long the book is,

Ne treba da brinete o obimu knjige,

or whether it's a comic strip or an epic.

stripa ili epa.

The only thing that matters

Jedina stvar koja je važna

is that you make it a good story.

je da napravite dobru priču.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)