Why you should make useless things | Simone Giertz

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Ivana Korom

Hello.

Zdravo.

My name is Simone.

Zovem se Simon.

You know how people tell you if you get nervous when onstage,

Znate kako vam ljudi govore, ako imate tremu dok ste na sceni,

picture people in the audience naked?

zamislite da su ljudi u publici goli?

Like it's this thing that's supposed to make you feel better.

Kao da je to nešto zbog čega bi trebalo da se osećate bolje.

But I was thinking --

No, razmišlljala sam -

picturing all of you naked in 2018 feels kind of weird and wrong.

zamišljati sve vas gole u 2018. se čini nekako čudnim i pogrešnim.

Like, we're working really hard on moving past stuff like that,

Kao, svi se svojski trudimo da prevaziđemo takve stvari,

so we need a new method of dealing with

pa nam je potreban novi metod da se nosimo sa tim,

if you get nervous onstage.

ako se unervozimo na sceni.

And I realized that what I'd really like

I ja sam shvatila da bih zaista volela

is that I can look at you as much as you're looking at me --

kad bih mogla da posmatram vas onoliko koliko vi posmatrate mene -

just to even things out a little bit.

samo da se sve malčice uravnoteži.

So if I had way more eyeballs,

Stoga, kad bih imala mnogo više očiju,

then we'd all be really comfortable, right?

onda bi nam svima bilo veoma prijatno, zar ne?

So in preparation for this talk, I made myself a shirt.

Pa sam tokom priprema za ovaj govor napravila sebi majicu.

(Rattling)

(Zveckanje)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

It's googly eyes.

Oči za lutke.

It took me 14 hours

Bilo mi je potrebno 14 sati

and 227 googly eyes to make this shirt.

i 227 očiju za lutke da napravim ovu majicu.

And being able to look at you as much as you're looking at me

A biti u stanju da vas posmatram koliko vi posmatrate mene

is actually only half of the reason I made this.

je zapravo samo deo razloga zašto sam ovo napravila.

The other half is being able to do this.

Drugi deo je kako bih mogla ovo da uradim.

(Googly eyes rattle)

(Oči za lutke zveckaju)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So I do a lot of things like this.

Dakle, pravim gomilu sličnih stvari.

I see a problem and I invent some sort of solution to it.

Vidim problem i izumim nekakvo rešenje za njega.

For example, brushing your teeth.

Na primer, pranje zuba.

Like, it's this thing we all have to do, it's kind of boring,

To je nešto što svi moramo da radimo i što je nekako dosadno,

and nobody really likes it.

i niko zaista ne uživa u tome.

If there were any seven-year-olds in the audience,

Da ima sedmogodišnjaka u publici,

they'd be like, "Yes!"

bili bi u fazonu: „To!"

So what about if you had a machine that could do it for you?

Dakle, šta ako biste imali mašinu da to radi za vas?

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I call it ...

Nazivam je...

I call it "The Toothbrush Helmet."

Nazivam je: „Četkica kacigom".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Robot arm buzzing)

(Zujanje robotske ruke)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So my toothbrush helmet is recommended by zero out of 10 dentists,

Dakle, moju četkica-kacigu preporučuje nula od deset zubara,

and it definitely did not revolutionize the world of dentistry,

i definitivno nije izvršila revoluciju u svetu stomatologije,

but it did completely change my life.

ali je u potpunosti promenila moj život.

Because I finished making this toothbrush helmet three years ago

Zato što sam napravila ovu četkica-kacigu pre tri godine

and after I finished making it,

i kada sam je završila,

I went into my living room and I put up a camera,

otišla sam u dnevni boravak, postavila kameru

and I filmed a seven-second clip of it working.

i snimila snimak od sedam sekundi nje na delu.

And by now,

A do sad,

this is a pretty standard modern-day fairy tale

radi se o prilično uobičajenoj savremenoj bajci

of girl posting on the internet,

o devojci koja nešto objavi na internetu,

the internet takes the girl by storm,

internet munjevito zgrabi devojku,

thousands of men voyage into the comment sections

na hiljade muškaraca krenu u pohod na odeljak za komentare

to ask for her hand in marriage --

da je zaprose -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

She ignores all of them, starts a YouTube channel

Ona ih sve ignoriše, napravi Jutjub kanal

and keeps on building robots.

i nastavi da pravi robote.

Since then, I've carved out this little niche for myself on the internet

Otad sam za sebe izdubila tu malenu nišu na internetu

as an inventor of useless machines,

kao izumiteljka beskorisnih mašina

because as we all know,

jer kao što svi znamo,

the easiest way to be at the top of your field

najlakši način da budete najbolji u svojoj oblasti

is to choose a very small field.

jeste da izaberete veoma usku oblast.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So I run a YouTube channel about my machines,

Dakle, vodim Jutjub kanal o mojim mašinama

and I've done things like cutting hair with drones --

i radila sam stvari poput šišanja kose dronovima -

(Drone buzzes)

(Zujanje drona)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Drone crashes)

(Pad drona)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Drone buzzes)

(Zujanje drona)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

To a machine that helps me wake up in the morning --

Preko mašine koja mi pomaže da se probudim ujutru -

(Alarm)

(Budilnik)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Video) Simone: Ow!

(Video) Simon: Uh!

To this machine that helps me chop vegetables.

Do ove mašine koja mi pomaže da iseckam povrće.

(Knives chop)

(Noževi seckaju)

I'm not an engineer.

Nisam inženjerka.

I did not study engineering in school.

Nisam izučavala inženjering u školi.

But I was a super ambitious student growing up.

Ali sam bila izuzetno ambiciozan đak dok sam odrastala.

In middle school and high school, I had straight A's,

U osnovnoj i srednjoj školi sam imala čiste petice

and I graduated at the top of my year.

i bila sam đak generacije.

On the flip side of that,

S druge strane,

I struggled with very severe performance anxiety.

borila sam se sa ozbiljnom tremom.

Here's an email I sent to my brother around that time.

Ovo je imejl koji sam negde u to vreme poslala bratu.

"You won't understand how difficult it is for me to tell you,

„Ne razumeš koliko mi je teško da ti kažem,

to confess this.

da ovo priznam.

I'm so freaking embarrassed.

Toliko me je prokleto stid.

I don't want people to think that I'm stupid.

Ne želim da ljudi misle da sam glupa.

Now I'm starting to cry too.

Sad počinjem i da plačem.

Damn."

Dovraga."

And no, I did not accidentally burn our parents' house down.

I ne, nisam slučajno spalila kuću naših roditelja.

The thing I'm writing about in the email and the thing I'm so upset about

Ono o čemu pišem u imejlu i zbog čega sam toliko uznemirena

is that I got a B on a math test.

je što sam dobila četvorku na kontrolnom iz matematike.

So something obviously happened between here and here.

Dakle, nešto se očigledno desilo odavde dovde.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

One of those things was puberty.

Jedna od tih stvari je bio pubertet.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Beautiful time indeed.

Bajno vreme zaista.

But moreover,

Međutim, štaviše,

I got interested in building robots,

zainteresovala me je izgradnja robota

and I wanted to teach myself about hardware.

i želela sam da sebe podučim o gvožđariji.

But building things with hardware, especially if you're teaching yourself,

Međutim, izgradnja od gvožđarije, naročito ako ste sami svoj učitelj

is something that's really difficult to do.

je nešto što je zaista teško postići.

It has a high likelihood of failure

Velike su šanse za neuspeh,

and moreover,

i štaviše,

it has a high likelihood of making you feel stupid.

velike su šanse da se osećate glupo.

And that was my biggest fear at the time.

A to je bio moj najveći strah u to vreme.

So I came up with a setup that would guarantee success 100 percent of the time.

Pa sam smislila postavku koja garantuje uspeh u 100 posto slučajeva.

With my setup, it would be nearly impossible to fail.

S mojom postavkom, bilo bi skoro nemoguće ne uspeti.

And that was that instead of trying to succeed,

A radilo se o tome da umesto da pokušavam da uspem,

I was going to try to build things that would fail.

pokušaću da sagradim neuspešne stvari.

And even though I didn't realize it at the time,

I iako to tada nisam shvatala,

building stupid things was actually quite smart,

pravljenje glupih stvari je bilo zapravo prilično pametno

because as I kept on learning about hardware,

jer dok sam nastavila da učim o gvožđariji,

for the first time in my life,

prvi put u mom životu,

I did not have to deal with my performance anxiety.

nisam morala da se borim sa tremom.

And as soon as I removed all pressure and expectations from myself,

I čim sam uklonila sav pritisak i očekivanja od sebe,

that pressure quickly got replaced by enthusiasm,

taj pritisak je brzo zamenjen entuzijazmom

and it allowed me to just play.

i dozvolio mi je da se prosto igram.

So as an inventor,

Pa sam kao izumiteljka

I'm interested in things that people struggle with.

zainteresovana za stvari sa kojima se ljudi muče.

It can be small things or big things or medium-sized things

Može se raditi o sitnicama, krupnim ili srednje-krupnim stvarima,

and something like giving a TED talk presents this whole new set of problems

kao i nečemu poput držanja TED govora, koji čine čitav novi skup problema

that I can solve.

koje mogu da rešim.

And identifying a problem is the first step in my process

A identifikovanje problema je prvi korak u mom procesu

of building a useless machine.

izgradnje beskorisne mašine.

So before I came here,

Pa, pre nego što sam ovde stigla,

I sat down and I thought of some of the potential problems I might have

sela sam i razmislila o nekim mogućim problemima koje bih mogla da imam

in giving this talk.

tokom držanja ovog govora.

Forgetting what to say.

Zaboraviću šta da kažem.

That people won't laugh --

Ljudi se neće smejati -

that's you.

radi se o vama.

Or even worse,

Ili nešto još gore,

that you'll laugh at the wrong things --

da ćete se smejati na pogrešne stvari -

that was an OK part to laugh at,

u redu je da se smejete na ovaj deo,

thank you.

hvala vam.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Or that when I get nervous, my hands start shaking

Ili, kad imam tremu, ruke počnu da mi se tresu

and I'm really self-conscious about it.

i veoma sam svesna toga.

Or that my fly has been open this entire time

Ili, da mi je šlic otvoren sve vreme

and all of you noticed but I didn't,

i da ste svi to primetili osim mene,

but it's closed so we're all good on that one.

ali zatvoren je pa je tu sve u redu.

But one thing I'm actually really nervous about is my hands shaking.

Međutim, nešto zbog čega sam zaista nervozna je podrhtavanje ruku.

I remember when I was a kid,

Sećam se kad sam bila dete,

giving presentations in school,

radeći izlaganja u školi,

I would have my notes on a piece of paper,

zapisala bih beleške na parčetu papira

and I would put a notebook behind the paper

i stavila bih svesku iza papira

so that people wouldn't be able to see the paper quivering.

kako ljudi ne bi mogli da vide papir kako podrhtava.

And I give a lot of talks.

A ja često držim govore.

I know that about half of you in the audience are probably like,

Znam da je oko polovina vas u publici verovatno u fazonu:

"Building useless machines is really fun,

„Izgradnja beskorisnih mašina je zaista zabavna,

but how is this in any way or form a business?"

ali kako je to na bilo koji način posao?"

And giving talks is a part of it.

A držanje govora je njegov deo.

And the arrangers always put out a glass of water for you onstage

A organizatori uvek stave čašu vode ispred vas na sceni

so you have something to drink if you get thirsty,

kako biste imali šta da popijete ako ožednite,

and I always so badly want to drink that water,

i ja uvek tako žarko želim da popijem tu vodu,

but I don't dare to pick the glass up

ali se ne usuđujem da podignem čašu

because then people might be able to see that my hands are shaking.

jer bi tada ljudi mogli da vide kako mi se ruke tresu.

So what about a machine that hands you a glass of water?

Dakle, šta ako biste imali mašinu da vam doda čašu vode?

Sold to the nervous girl in the googly-eye shirt.

Prodato nervoznoj devojci u majici od lutkinih očiju.

Actually, I need to take this off because I have a thing --

Zapravo, moramo ovo da odložim jer imam pravu stvar -

(Googly eyes rattle)

(Zveckanje očiju za lutke)

Oh.

Oh.

(Clanking)

(Lupkanje)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I still don't know what to call this,

I dalje ne znam kako da ovo nazovem,

but I think some sort of "head orbit device,"

ali razmišljam u pravcu „uređaj: orbita za glavu"

because it rotates this platform around you

jer rotira ovu platformu oko vas

and you can put anything on it.

i možete na nju da stavite bilo šta.

You can have a camera; you can get photos of your entire head.

Možete da stavite kameru; dobijete slike čitave glave.

Like it's really -- it's a very versatile machine.

Dakle, to je poput - radi se o krajnje višenamenskoj mašini.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

OK, and I have --

U redu. Imam -

I mean, you can put some snacks on it, for example,

Mislim, možete na nju da stavite neke grickalice,

if you want to.

ako želite.

I have some popcorn here.

Ovde imam neke kokice.

And you just put a little bit like that.

I prosto stavite maličice ovako.

And then you want to --

A potom želite -

there's some sacrifices for science --

nauka zahteva neke žrtve -

just some popcorn falling on the floor.

samo nešto kokica na podu.

Let's do the long way around.

Hajde da isprobamo čitav krug.

(Robot buzzes)

(Robot zuji)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And then you have a little hand.

A onda imate rukicu.

You need to adjust the height of it,

Morate da podesite njenu visinu,

and you just do it by shrugging.

a to prosto radite sleganjem ramena.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

It has a little hand.

Ima rukicu.

(Hand thwacks)

(Ruka udara)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I just bumped my mic off,

Upravo sam oborila moj mikrofon,

but I think we're all good.

ali mislim da smo dobro.

OK, also I need to chew this popcorn,

U redu. Takođe moram da sažvaćem kokicu,

so if you guys could just clap your hands a little bit more --

pa, ljudi, ako biste mogli još malo da aplaudirate -

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

OK, so it's like your own little personal solar system,

Dakle, radi se o nekakvom ličnom solarnom sistemu

because I'm a millennial,

jer sam milenijalka

so I want everything to revolve around me.

i želim da se sve vrti oko mene.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Back to the glass of water, that's what we're here for.

Nazad na čašu s vodom, zbog nje smo tu.

So, I promise -- I mean, it still has --

Dakle, obećavam - miislim, i dalje ima -

it doesn't have any water in it,

u njoj nema vode,

I'm sorry.

žao mi je.

But I still need to work on this machine a little bit

Međutim, moram još malo da radim na ovoj mašini

because I still need to pick up the glass and put it on the platform,

jer i dalje moram da podignem čašu i stavim je na platformu,

but if your hands are shaking a little bit,

ali ako vam se ruke malčice tresu,

nobody's going to notice

niko neće da primeti

because you're wearing a very mesmerizing piece of equipment.

jer nosite prilično opčinjavajući komad opreme.

So, we're all good.

Dakle, sve je u redu.

OK.

U redu.

(Robot buzzes)

(Robot zuji)

(Singing)

(Pevanje)

Oh no, it got stuck.

O ne, zaglavio se.

Isn't it comforting that even robots sometimes get stage fright?

Zar nije utešno da čak i roboti ponekad imaju tremu od nastupa?

It just gets stuck a little bit.

Prosto se ponekad malčice zaglavi.

It's very human of them.

Prilično je ljudski od njih.

Oh wait, let's go back a little bit,

Oh čekajte, vratimo se malčice,

and then --

a onda -

(Glass falls)

(Čaša pada)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Isn't it a beautiful time to be alive?

Zar nije divno vreme da se bude živ?

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So as much as my machines can seem like simple engineering slapstick,

Dakle, koliko god da se moje mašine mogu činiti kao proste inženjerske smicalice,

I realize that I stumbled on something bigger than that.

čini se da sam nabasala na nešto veće od toga.

It's this expression of joy and humility that often gets lost in engineering,

Radi se o izrazu užitka i poniznosti koji se često izgube u inženjeringu

and for me it was a way to learn about hardware

a za mene je to bio način da naučim o gvožđariji

without having my performance anxiety get in the way.

a da se moja trema ne ispreči.

I often get asked if I think I'm ever going to build something useful,

Često me pitaju da li smatram da ću ikada izgraditi nešto korisno,

and maybe someday I will.

a možda jednog dana i hoću.

But the way I see it,

Ali ja to vidim ovako:

I already have

već jesam

because I've built myself this job

jer sam samoj sebi izgradila ovaj posao

and it's something that I could never have planned for,

i to je nešto što nikad nisam mogla da isplaniram,

or that I could --

ili mogla -

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

It's something that I could never have planned for.

To je nešto što nisam nikad mogla da isplaniram.

Instead it happened just because I was enthusiastic about what I was doing,

Umesto toga desilo se prosto jer sam bila uzbuđena zbog mog rada

and I was sharing that enthusiasm with other people.

i delila sam taj entuzijazam sa drugim ljudima.

To me that's the true beauty of making useless things,

Za mene to je istinska lepota kod pravljenja beskorisnih stvari

because it's this acknowledgment

jer se radi o priznanju

that you don't always know what the best answer is.

da ne znate uvek koji je pravi odgovor.

And it turns off that voice in your head

I isključuje se onaj glas u glavi

that tells you that you know exactly how the world works.

koji vam govori da tačno znate kako svet funkcioniše.

And maybe a toothbrush helmet isn't the answer,

I možda šlem sa četkicom nije odgovor,

but at least you're asking the question.

ali bar postavljate pitanje.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)