A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford

Transcriber: Ivana Korom Reviewer: Joanna Pietrulewicz

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

"To do two things at once is to do neither."

„Raditi dve stvari istovremeno znači ne raditi nijednu.“

It's a great smackdown of multitasking, isn't it,

To je najveće nipodaštavanje multitaskinga, zar ne,

often attributed to the Roman writer Publilius Syrus,

i često se pripisuje rimskom piscu Publiliju Sirijcu,

although you know how these things are, he probably never said it.

iako znajući kako stvari stoje, najverovatnije to nikad nije rekao.

What I'm interested in, though, is -- is it true?

Mene, pak, interesuje da li je to tačno.

I mean, it's obviously true for emailing at the dinner table

Mislim, očito je tačno za pisanje mejlova za večerom,

or texting while driving or possibly for live tweeting at TED Talk, as well.

kucanje poruka dok vozite ili čak i tvitovanje uživo tokom TED govora.

But I'd like to argue that for an important kind of activity,

Međutim, želim da tvrdim da je za jednu važnu aktivnost

doing two things at once -- or three or even four --

obavljanje dve stvari odjednom - ili tri ili čak četiri -

is exactly what we should be aiming for.

upravo ono čemu bi trebalo da stremimo.

Look no further than Albert Einstein.

Uzmite samo Alberta Ajnštajna.

In 1905, he published four remarkable scientific papers.

Godine 1905, objavio je četiri izvanredna naučna rada.

One of them was on Brownian motion,

Jedan od njih je bio o Braunovom kretanju;

it provided empirical evidence that atoms exist,

u njemu su pruženi empirijski dokazi o postojanju atoma

and it laid out the basic mathematics behind most of financial economics.

i u njemu je izneta osnovna matematika iza većeg dela finansijske ekonomije.

Another one was on the theory of special relativity.

Drugi je bio o specijalnoj teoriji relativnosti.

Another one was on the photoelectric effect,

Još jedan je bio o fotoelektričnom efektu.

that's why solar panels work, it's a nice one.

Zbog toga solarni paneli funkcionišu; radi se o sjajnom radu.

Gave him the Nobel prize for that one.

Dodelili su mu Nobelovu nagradu za njega.

And the fourth introduced an equation you might have heard of:

A četvrti je predstavio jednačinu za koju ste možda čuli:

E equals mc squared.

E je jednako mc na kvadrat.

So, tell me again how you shouldn't do several things at once.

Dakle, ponovite mi zašto ne bi trebalo da radite više stvari odjednom.

Now, obviously, working simultaneously

Sad, očito, raditi istovremeno

on Brownian motion, special relativity and the photoelectric effect --

na Braunovom kretanju, specijalnoj relativnosti i fotoelektričnom efektu -

it's not exactly the same kind of multitasking

nije to baš isti vid multitaskinga

as Snapchatting while you're watching "Westworld."

poput snepčetovanja dok gledate „Zapadni svet“.

Very different.

Veoma je različito.

And Einstein, yeah, well, Einstein's -- he's Einstein,

A Ajnštajn, da, pa, Ajnštajn je - on je Ajnštajn,

he's one of a kind, he's unique.

on je izuzetan, jedinstven.

But the pattern of behavior that Einstein was demonstrating,

Međutim, obrazac ponašanja koji je Ajnštajn pokazivao

that's not unique at all.

uopšte nije jedinstven.

It's very common among highly creative people,

Veoma je uobičajen među veoma kreativnim ljudima,

both artists and scientists,

kako umetnicima tako i naučnicima,

and I'd like to give it a name:

i želeo bih da ga imenujem

slow-motion multitasking.

kao usporeni multitasking.

Slow-motion multitasking feels like a counterintuitive idea.

Usporeni multitasking deluje kao nelogična zamisao.

What I'm describing here

Ono što ovde opisujem

is having multiple projects on the go at the same time,

je kada imate više projekata koji se istovremeno odvijaju

and you move backwards and forwards between topics as the mood takes you,

i krećete se napred i nazad između tema prema raspoloženju

or as the situation demands.

ili u skladu sa situacijom.

But the reason it seems counterintuitive

Međutim, razlog zašto deluje nelogično

is because we're used to lapsing into multitasking out of desperation.

je zato što smo navikli da zapadamo u multitasking iz očaja.

We're in a hurry, we want to do everything at once.

Žuri nam se, želimo sve da obavimo odjednom.

If we were willing to slow multitasking down,

Kad bismo bili spremni da usporimo sa multitaskingom,

we might find that it works quite brilliantly.

otkrili bismo da deluje krajnje fantastično.

Sixty years ago, a young psychologist by the name of Bernice Eiduson

Pre šezdeset godina, mlada psihološkinja po imenu Bernis Ejduson

began a long research project

započela je dug istraživački projekat

into the personalities and the working habits

o karakteru i radnim navikama

of 40 leading scientists.

40 vodećih naučnika.

Einstein was already dead,

Ajnštajn je već bio mrtav,

but four of her subjects won Nobel prizes,

ali četiri njena ispitanika su bili Nobelovci,

including Linus Pauling and Richard Feynman.

uključujući Lajnusa Polinga i Ričarda Fejnmana.

The research went on for decades,

Istraživanje je potrajalo decenijama,

in fact, it continued even after professor Eiduson herself had died.

zapravo je nastavljeno čak nakon smrti i same profesorice Ejduson.

And one of the questions that it answered

A jedno od pitanja na koje je odgovorilo

was, "How is it that some scientists are able to go on producing important work

bilo je: „Kako to da neki naučnici mogu iznova da stvaraju važna dela

right through their lives?"

tokom čitavih njihovih života?“

What is it about these people?

O čemu se radi kod ovih ljudi?

Is it their personality, is it their skill set,

Da li je u pitanju njihov karakter, da li to skup njihovih veština,

their daily routines, what?

njihove svakodnevne rutine, šta?

Well, a pattern that emerged was clear, and I think to some people surprising.

Pa, obrazac koji je isplivao je bio jasan, i, verujem, nekim ljudima iznenađujući.

The top scientists kept changing the subject.

Vrhunski naučnici su stalno menjali temu.

They would shift topics repeatedly

Stalno bi iznova menjali teme

during their first 100 published research papers.

tokom prvih 100 objavljenih istraživačkih radova.

Do you want to guess how often?

Želite li da pogađate koliko često?

Three times?

Tri puta?

Five times?

Pet puta?

No. On average, the most enduringly creative scientists

Ne. U proseku, većina dosledno kreativnih naučnika

switched topics 43 times in their first 100 research papers.

menjala je teme 43 puta u prvih 100 istraživačkih radova.

Seems that the secret to creativity is multitasking

Čini se da je tajna kreativnosti u multitaskingu,

in slow motion.

ali usporenom.

Eiduson's research suggests we need to reclaim multitasking

Ejdusino istraživanje nagoveštava da moramo da ovladamo multitaskingom

and remind ourselves how powerful it can be.

i da se podsetimo koliko moćan može da bude.

And she's not the only person to have found this.

A ona nije jedina osoba koja je ovo otkrila.

Different researchers,

Različiti istraživači,

using different methods to study different highly creative people

koristeći različite metode za izučavanje različitih visoko kreativnih ljudi

have found that very often they have multiple projects in progress

su otkrili da oni veoma često imaju višestruke projekte u toku

at the same time,

istovremeno,

and they're also far more likely than most of us to have serious hobbies.

a takođe su daleko skloniji od većine nas tome da imaju ozbiljne hobije.

Slow-motion multitasking among creative people is ubiquitous.

Usporeni multitasking je sveprisutan među kreativnim ljudima.

So, why?

Dakle, zašto?

I think there are three reasons.

Smatram da postoje tri razloga.

And the first is the simplest.

A prvi je najjednostavniji.

Creativity often comes when you take an idea from its original context

Kreativnost često nastaje kada izvadite ideju iz njenog prvobitnog konteksta

and you move it somewhere else.

i izmestite je drugde.

It's easier to think outside the box

Lakše je razmišljati izvan kalupa

if you spend your time clambering from one box into another.

kada provodite vreme pentrajući se iz jednog kalupa u drugi.

For an example of this, consider the original eureka moment.

Kao primer za ovo, uzmite prvobitni eureka momenat.

Archimedes -- he's wrestling with a difficult problem.

Arhimed - mučio se s teškim problemom.

And he realizes, in a flash,

I uvideo je, u trenutku,

he can solve it, using the displacement of water.

da može da ga reši upotrebom zapremine vode.

And if you believe the story,

A ako verujete predanju,

this idea comes to him as he's taking a bath,

ova ideja mu se javila dok se kupao;

lowering himself in, and he's watching the water level rise and fall.

spuštao se u vodu i posmatrao kako se nivo vode podiže i pada.

And if solving a problem while having a bath isn't multitasking,

A ako rešavanje problema tokom kupanja nije multitasking,

I don't know what is.

onda ne znam šta jeste.

The second reason that multitasking can work

Drugi razlog zašto multitasking može da funkcioniše

is that learning to do one thing well

je što uspešno savlađivanje jedne stvari

can often help you do something else.

često može da vam pomogne da radite nešto drugo.

Any athlete can tell you about the benefits of cross-training.

Svaki atleta vam može govoriti o prednostima kombinovanog treninga.

It's possible to cross-train your mind, too.

Moguće je i vaš um podvrgnuti kombinovanom treningu.

A few years ago, researchers took 18 randomly chosen medical students

Pre nekoliko godina, istraživači su uzeli 18 nasumično odabranih studenata medicine

and they enrolled them in a course at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,

i upisali su ih na kurs u Filadelfijskom muzeju umetnosti,

where they learned to criticize and analyze works of visual art.

gde su učili kako da kritikuju i analiziraju dela vizuelne umetnosti.

And at the end of the course,

A na kraju kursa,

these students were compared with a control group

ove studente su uporedili sa kontrolnom grupom

of their fellow medical students.

kolega studenata medicine.

And the ones who had taken the art course

A oni koji su pohađali kurs iz umetnosti

had become substantially better at performing tasks

postali su značajno bolji u obavljanju zadataka,

such as diagnosing diseases of the eye by analyzing photographs.

poput dijagnostikovanja očnih bolesti analizom fotografija.

They'd become better eye doctors.

Postali su bolji očni doktori.

So if we want to become better at what we do,

Pa, ako želimo da postanemo bolji u onome što radimo,

maybe we should spend some time doing something else,

možda bi trebalo da provodimo neko vreme radeći nešto drugo,

even if the two fields appear to be as completely distinct

čak i ako se te dve oblasti čine potpuno suprotnim

as ophthalmology and the history of art.

poput oftalmologije i istorije umetnosti.

And if you'd like an example of this,

A ako želite primer za ovo,

should we go for a less intimidating example than Einstein? OK.

da li da uzmemo manje zastrašujući primer od Ajnštajna? U redu.

Michael Crichton, creator of "Jurassic Park" and "E.R."

Majkl Krajton, tvorac „Parka iz doba jure“ i „Urgentnog centra“.

So in the 1970s, he originally trained as a doctor,

Dakle, 1970-ih, prvobitno je prošao obuku za doktora,

but then he wrote novels

no potom je pisao romane

and he directed the original "Westworld" movie.

i režirao je prvobitni film „Zapadni svet“.

But also, and this is less well-known,

Međutim, a ovo je manje poznato,

he also wrote nonfiction books,

takođe je pisao dokumentarnu literaturu

about art, about medicine, about computer programming.

o umetnosti, medicini, kompjuterskom programiranju.

So in 1995, he enjoyed the fruits of all this variety

Dakle, 1995. godine je uživao u plodovime sve te raznolikosti

by penning the world's most commercially successful book.

pišući jednu od komercijalno najuspešnijih knjiga na svetu.

And the world's most commercially successful TV series.

Kao i jednu od komercijalno najuspešnijih televizijskih serija na svetu.

And the world's most commercially successful movie.

Kao i komercijalno najuspešniji film na svetu.

In 1996, he did it all over again.

Godine 1996, sve je ponovio još jednom.

There's a third reason

Postoji i treći razlog

why slow-motion multitasking can help us solve problems.

zašto nam usporeni multitasking može pomoći da rešimo probleme.

It can provide assistance when we're stuck.

Može da nam pruži pomoć kad zapadnemo u škripac.

This can't happen in an instant.

To ne može da se desi u trenutku.

So, imagine that feeling of working on a crossword puzzle

Dakle, zamislite onaj osećaj kada rešavate ukrštenicu

and you can't figure out the answer,

i ne možete da dođete do odgovora,

and the reason you can't is because the wrong answer is stuck in your head.

a razlog zašto ne možete je jer vam je pogrešan odgovor stalno na pameti.

It's very easy -- just go and do something else.

Veoma je prosto - samo pođite i uradite nešto drugo.

You know, switch topics, switch context,

Znate, promenite temu, promenite kontekst,

you'll forget the wrong answer

zaboravićete pogrešan odgovor,

and that gives the right answer space to pop into the front of your mind.

a to će da da prostora tačnom odgovoru da iskrsne u vašem umu.

But on the slower timescale that interests me,

Međutim, na sporijoj vremenskoj skali koja mene interesuje,

being stuck is a much more serious thing.

biti u škripcu je daleko ozbiljnija stvar.

You get turned down for funding.

Odbiju da vas finansiraju.

Your cell cultures won't grow, your rockets keep crashing.

Vaša ćelijska kultura neće da raste, vaše rakete stalno padaju.

Nobody wants to publish you fantasy novel about a school for wizards.

Niko ne želi da objavi vaš fantazijski roman o školi za čarobnjake.

Or maybe you just can't find the solution to the problem that you're working on.

Ili prosto ne možete da otkrijete rešenje za problem na kome radite.

And being stuck like that means stasis, stress,

A biti u takvom škripcu podrazumeva stagniranje, stres,

possibly even depression.

pa možda čak i depresiju.

But if you have another exciting, challenging project to work on,

Međutim, ako imate još jedan uzbudljiv, izazovan projekat na kom radite,

being stuck on one is just an opportunity to do something else.

biti zaglavljen na jednom je tek prilika da radite nešto drugo.

We could all get stuck sometimes, even Albert Einstein.

Svi možemo da se zaglavimo ponekad, čak i Albert Ajnštajn.

Ten years after the original, miraculous year that I described,

Deset godina nakon prvobitne, čudnovate godine koju sam opisao,

Einstein was putting together the pieces of his theory of general relativity,

Ajnštajn je sastavljao deliće svoje opšte teorije relativnosti,

his greatest achievement.

njegovog najznačajnijeg dostignuća.

And he was exhausted.

I bio je iscrpljen.

And so he turned to an easier problem.

Pa se okrenuo lakšem problemu.

He proposed the stimulated emission of radiation.

Predstavio je stimulisanu emisiju radijacije.

Which, as you may know, is the S in laser.

A to je, kao što možda znate, -SER u reči laser.

So he's laying down the theoretical foundation for the laser beam,

Dakle, postavljao je teoretske temelje za laserski zrak,

and then, while he's doing that,

a onda se, dok je radio na tome,

he moves back to general relativity, and he's refreshed.

osvežen vratio na opštu relativnost.

He sees what the theory implies --

Uviđa šta teorija podrazumeva -

that the universe isn't static.

da univerzum nije statičan.

It's expanding.

Širi se.

It's an idea so staggering,

Ta ideja je toliko zapanjujuća

Einstein can't bring himself to believe it for years.

da Ajnštajn godinama ne može da poveruje u nju.

Look, if you get stuck

Vidite, ako ste se zaglavili

and you get the ball rolling on laser beams,

i pokrenu vas laserski zraci,

you're in pretty good shape.

u prilično ste dobroj formi.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So, that's the case for slow-motion multitasking.

Dakle, to je argument za usporeni multitasking.

And I'm not promising that it's going to turn you into Einstein.

I ne obećavam vam da će da vas pretvori u Ajnštajna.

I'm not even promising it's going to turn you into Michael Crichton.

Ne obećavam ni da će da vas pretvori u Majkla Krajtona.

But it is a powerful way to organize our creative lives.

Ali, radi se o moćnom načinu organizacije naših kreativnih života.

But there's a problem.

Međutim, postoji problem.

How do we stop all of these projects becoming completely overwhelming?

Kako da sprečimo sve ove projekte da nas u potpunosti preplave?

How do we keep all these ideas straight in our minds?

Kako da održimo jasnim sve te ideje u našim umovima?

Well, here's a simple solution, a practical solution

Pa, evo prostog rešenja, praktičnog rešenja

from the great American choreographer, Twyla Tharp.

velike Američke koreografkinje Tvajle Tarp.

Over the last few decades,

Tokom poslednje dve decenije,

she's blurred boundaries, mixed genres, won prizes,

ona je zamaglila granice, izmešala žanrove, dobila nagrade,

danced to the music of everybody, from Philip Glass to Billy Joel.

plesala na svačiju muziku, od Filipa Glasa do Bilija Džoela.

She's written three books.

Napisala je tri knjige.

I mean, she's a slow-motion multitasker, of course she is.

Mislim, ona upražnjava usporeni multitasking, to je jasno.

She says, "You have to be all things.

Ona kaže: „Morate da budete sve stvari.

Why exclude?

Čemu isključivost?

You have to be everything."

Morate da budete sve.“

And Tharp's method

A Tarpin metod

for preventing all of these different projects from becoming overwhelming

sprečavanja svih tih različitih projekata da je prosto preplave

is a simple one.

je jednostavan.

She gives each project a big cardboard box,

Svakom projektu dodeli veliku kartonsku kutiju,

writes the name of the project on the side of the box.

napiše ime projekta na kutiji.

And into it, she tosses DVDs and books, magazine cuttings,

A unutra ubacuje DVD-e, knjige, isečke iz časopisa,

theater programs, physical objects,

pozorišne programe, fizičke predmete,

really anything that's provided a source of creative inspiration.

zaista bilo šta što je poslužilo kao izvor kreativne inspiracije.

And she writes,

A ona beleži:

"The box means I never have to worry about forgetting.

„Kutija znači da nikad ne moram da brinem da ću da zaboravim.

One of the biggest fears for a creative person

Jedan od najvećih strahova kod kreativnih osoba

is that some brilliant idea will get lost

je da će se neka sjajna ideja izgubiti

because you didn't write it down and put it in a safe place.

jer je niste zapisali i smestili na bezbedno mesto.

I don't worry about that.

Ja ne brinem zbog toga.

Because I know where to find it.

Zato što znam gde da je nađem.

It's all in the box."

Sve je u kutiji.“

You can manage many ideas like this,

Ovako možete da upravljate raznim idejama,

either in physical boxes or in their digital equivalents.

bilo putem fizičkih kutija ili njihovih digitalnih pandana.

So, I would like to urge you

Pa bih želeo da vas podstaknem

to embrace the art of slow-motion multitasking.

da prigrlite umetnost usporenog multitaskinga.

Not because you're in a hurry,

Ne zato što vam se žuri,

but because you're in no hurry at all.

već zato što vam se uopšte ne žuri.

And I want to give you one final example,

I želim da vam dam poslednji primer,

my favorite example.

moj omiljeni primer.

Charles Darwin.

Čarlsa Darvina.

A man whose slow-burning multitasking is so staggering,

Čoveka čiji je sporosagorevajući multitasking toliko zapanjujući

I need a diagram to explain it all to you.

da mi je potreban dijagram da bih vam sve to objasnio.

We know what Darwin was doing at different times,

Znamo šta je Darvin radio u različitim periodima

because the creativity researchers Howard Gruber and Sara Davis

jer su istraživači kreativnosti Hauard Gruber i Sara Dejvis

have analyzed his diaries and his notebooks.

analizirali njegove dnevnike i njegove sveske.

So, when he left school, age of 18,

Kada je napustio školu, sa 18 godina,

he was initially interested in two fields,

prvobitno su ga zanimale dve oblasti:

zoology and geology.

zoologija i geologija.

Pretty soon, he signed up to be the onboard naturalist on the "Beagle."

Uskoro, prijavio se da bude brodski prirodnjak na „Biglu“.

This is the ship that eventually took five years

Radi se o brodu kojem je bilo potrebno pet godina

to sail all the way around the southern oceans of the Earth,

da oplovi skroz oko zemljinih južnih okeana,

stopping at the Galápagos, passing through the Indian ocean.

zaustavljajući se na Galapagosu, prolazeći kroz Indijski okean.

While he was on the "Beagle," he began researching coral reefs.

Dok je bio na „Biglu“, počeo je da izučava koralne grebene.

This is a great synergy between his two interests

Radi se o velikoj sinergiji njegova dva interesovanja,

in zoology and geology,

zoologije i geologije,

and it starts to get him thinking about slow processes.

i navelo ga je na razmišljanje o sporim procesima.

But when he gets back from the voyage,

Međutim, kad se vratio s putovanja,

his interests start to expand even further: psychology, botany;

njegova interesovanja počinju da se šire još više, na psihologiju, botaniku;

for the rest of his life,

do kraja života,

he's moving backwards and forwards between these different fields.

kretaće se napred i nazad između ovih različitih oblasti,

He never quite abandons any of them.

nikada u potpunosti ne napuštajući ni jednu.

In 1837, he begins work on two very interesting projects.

Godine 1837, započinje rad na dva veoma zanimljiva projekta.

One of them: earthworms.

Jedan od njih su bile kišne gliste.

The other, a little notebook which he titles

Drugi je bila jedna sveščica naslovljena:

"The transmutation of species."

„Transmutacija vrsta“.

Then, Darwin starts studying my field, economics.

Potom je Darvin počeo da izučava moju oblast, ekonomiju.

He reads a book by the economist Thomas Malthus.

Čita knjigu ekonomiste Tomasa Maltusa.

And he has his eureka moment.

I doživljava eureka momenat.

In a flash, he realizes how species could emerge and evolve slowly,

U trenu shvata kako su vrste mogle da nastanu i polako evoluiraju

through this process of the survival of the fittest.

putem procesa opstanka najsposobnijih.

It all comes to him, he writes it all down,

Sve mu se javlja, on sve zapisuje,

every single important element of the theory of evolution,

svaki važan elemenat teorije evolucije,

in that notebook.

u tu svesku.

But then, a new project.

A onda, novi projekat.

His son William is born.

Rodio se njegov sin Vilijam.

Well, there's a natural experiment right there,

Pa, tu imate prirodni eksperiment,

you get to observe the development of a human infant.

dobijete priliku da posmatrate razvoj ljudskog novorođenčeta.

So immediately, Darwin starts making notes.

Istog trenutka, Darvin počinje da pravi beleške.

Now, of course, he's still working on the theory of evolution

Sad, naravno, i dalje radi na teoriji evolucije

and the development of the human infant.

i na razvoju ljudskog novorođenčeta.

But during all of this,

Međutim, tokom svega ovoga,

he realizes he doesn't really know enough about taxonomy.

shvata da uistinu ne zna dovoljno o taksonomiji.

So he starts studying that.

Pa počinje i to da izučava.

And in the end, he spends eight years becoming the world's leading expert

A naposletku, provodi osam godina postajući svetski vodeći stručnjak

on barnacles.

za školjke.

Then, "Natural Selection."

Sledi: „Prirodna selekcija“.

A book that he's to continue working on for his entire life, he never finishes it.

Knjiga na kojoj je nastavio da radi čitav svoj život, nikad je ne dovršivši.

"Origin of Species" is finally published

„Poreklo vrsta“ je konačno objavljena

20 years after Darwin set out all the basic elements.

20 godina nakon što je Darvin izložio sve osnovne elemente.

Then, the "Descent of Man," controversial book.

Sledi „Poreklo čoveka“, kontroverzna knjiga.

And then, the book about the development of the human infant.

A potom, knjiga o razvoju ljudskog novorođenčeta.

The one that was inspired when he could see his son, William,

Inspirisana prizorom njegovog sina Vilijama

crawling on the sitting room floor in front of him.

kako puzi pred njim u dnevnom boravku.

When the book was published, William was 37 years old.

Kada je knjiga objavljena, Vilijam je imao 37 godina.

And all this time,

A za sve to vreme,

Darwin's working on earthworms.

Darvin je radio na kišnim glistama.

He fills his billiard room with earthworms in pots, with glass covers.

Ispunio bi sobu za bilijar kišnim glistama u kutijama sa staklenim poklopcima.

He shines lights on them, to see if they'll respond.

Obasjava ih svetlošću, proveravajući da li će da reaguju.

He holds a hot poker next to them, to see if they move away.

Drži vreo žarač blizu njih da proveri da li će da pobegnu.

He chews tobacco and --

Žvaće duvan i -

(Blows)

(Duva)

He blows on the earthworms to see if they have a sense of smell.

Duva u kišne gliste da bi video da li imaju čulo mirisa.

He even plays the bassoon at the earthworms.

Čak svira fagot kišnim glistama.

I like to think of this great man

Volim da razmišljam o ovom velikom čoveku

when he's tired, he's stressed,

kada je umoran, pod stresom,

he's anxious about the reception of his book "The Descent of Man."

nespokojan zbog prijema njegove knjige „Poreklo čoveka“.

You or I might log into Facebook or turn on the television.

Vi i ja možemo da se ulogujemo na Fejsbuk ili da uključimo televizor.

Darwin would go into the billiard room to relax

Darvin bi pošao u sobu za bilijar da se opusti

by studying the earthworms intensely.

intenzivno izučavajući kišne gliste.

And that's why it's appropriate that one of his last great works

I stoga je prikladno da je jedno od njegovih poslednjih značajnih dela:

is the "Formation of Vegetable Mould Through The Action of Worms."

„Nastanak povrtne buđi delovanjem crva“.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

He worked upon that book for 44 years.

Radio je na toj knjizi 44 godine.

We don't live in the 19th century anymore.

Više ne živimo u XIX veku.

I don't think any of us could sit

Ne mislim da bi bilo ko od nas mogao da dreždi

on our creative or scientific projects for 44 years.

44 godine na svom kreativnom ili naučnom projektu.

But we do have something to learn from the great slow-motion multitaskers.

Međutim, možemo nešto da naučimo od velikih upražnjavalaca multitaskinga.

From Einstein and Darwin to Michael Crichton and Twyla Tharp.

Od Ajnštajna i Darvina, preko Majkla Krajtona i Tvajle Tarp.

The modern world seems to present us with a choice.

Savremeni svet, kako se čini, nudi nam izbor.

If we're not going to fast-twitch from browser window to browser window,

Ako nećemo da poskakujemo od jednog do drugog prozora pretraživača,

we have to live like a hermit,

moramo da živimo poput pustinjaka,

focus on one thing to the exclusion of everything else.

usredsređujući se samo na jednu stvar, isključujući sve ostale.

I think that's a false dilemma.

Smatram da se radi o lažnoj dilemi.

We can make multitasking work for us,

Možemo multitasking da preokrenemo u svoju korist,

unleashing our natural creativity.

oslobađajući tako našu prirodnu kreativnost.

We just need to slow it down.

Samo moramo da ga usporimo.

So ...

Dakle...

Make a list of your projects.

Napravite spisak projekata.

Put down your phone.

Spustite telefon.

Pick up a couple of cardboard boxes.

Uzmite nekoliko kartonskih kutija.

And get to work.

I bacite se na posao.

Thank you very much.

Mnogo vam hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)