An Internet Without Screens Might Look Like This | Tom Uglow | TED Talks

翻译人员: Yolanda Zhang 校对人员: 易帆 余

I'd like to start by asking you all to go to your happy place, please.

首先，我要请各位想像一个 会让你们感觉到幸福的地方，

是的， 一个幸福之地，

Yes, your happy place,

I know you've got one even if it's fake.

我知道你们都有这么一个地方， 即使是假的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

OK, so, comfortable?

好的，那感觉舒服吗？

Good.

很好。

Now I'd like to you to mentally answer the following questions.

现在，我想请你们在脑海中 回答下列问题。

Is there any strip lighting in your happy place?

在你的幸福之地有没有条状霓虹灯?

塑料桌？

Any plastic tables?

Polyester flooring?

聚酯地板？

Mobile phones?

或者手机？

No?

没有吧？

I think we all know that our happy place

我想，我们都明白，我们的幸福之地

is meant to be somewhere natural, outdoors --

必定就是某个自然风景，在户外——

on a beach, fireside.

海滩、火炉旁的地方。

We'll be reading or eating or knitting.

我们可以看看书，享受美食， 或者织点东西。

And we're surrounded by natural light and organic elements.

我们被自然光和有机元素包围。

Natural things make us happy.

大自然中的事物使我们感到幸福。

And happiness is a great motivator; we strive for happiness.

而且幸福有很大的吸引力， 我都为获得幸福而努力着。

Perhaps that's why we're always redesigning everything,

或许这就是我们为什么总在 重复设计每样东西，

in the hopes that our solutions might feel more natural.

是希望我们的解决方案 更贴近自然。

So let's start there --

让我们从这想法开始——

with the idea that good design should feel natural.

“好的设计应该自然不造作”。

Your phone is not very natural.

你的手机不是非常贴近自然。

And you probably think you're addicted to your phone,

你可能认为你对手机上了瘾，

but you're really not.

但实际上你没有。

We're not addicted to devices,

我们不会对电子设备上瘾，

we're addicted to the information that flows through them.

我们是沉迷于在电子设备里 川流的信息。

I wonder how long you would be happy in your happy place

我想知道你们保持快乐的时间有多长，

without any information from the outside world.

如果没有任何外部信息 进入你们的幸福之地。

I'm interested in how we access that information,

我对我们如何获取

how we experience it.

和感受外部信息感兴趣。

We're moving from a time of static information,

我们在数据信息时代穿行，

held in books and libraries and bus stops,

从书籍里、图书馆和公交站，

through a period of digital information,

通过数位信息时代

towards a period of fluid information,

到流动信息时代，

where your children will expect to be able to access anything, anywhere at any time,

你的孩子将可以每时每刻 在任何地方获取任何信息，

from quantum physics to medieval viticulture,

从量子物理学到中世纪葡萄栽培，

from gender theory to tomorrow's weather,

从性别理论到明天的天气，

just like switching on a lightbulb --

就像打开灯那么简单——

Imagine that.

试想一下。

Humans also like simple tools.

人类也喜欢简单的工具。

Your phone is not a very simple tool.

你的手机不是很简易的工具。

A fork is a simple tool.

但一只叉子是简易的工具。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And we don't like them made of plastic,

我们不太喜欢用塑料制作它们，

in the same way I don't really like my phone very much --

同样我不是很喜欢我的手机——

it's not how I want to experience information.

这不是我想要接收信息的方式。

I think there are better solutions than a world mediated by screens.

我想除了用屏幕连接世界， 我们有更好的方式。

I don't hate screens, but I don't feel --

我不讨厌屏幕，但是我并没有感到——

并且我认为任何人都不会愿意去想

and I don't think any of us feel that good

about how much time we spend slouched over them.

我们到底花了多少时间去看手机。

Fortunately,

幸运的是，

the big tech companies seem to agree.

大型科技公司也同意这一点。

They're actually heavily invested in touch and speech and gesture,

他们正大规模投资于触觉、语音和手势，

和感官技术——

and also in senses --

things that can turn dumb objects, like cups,

枯燥的事物，比如杯子，

and imbue them with the magic of the Internet,

我们向它们注入互联网的魔力，

potentially turning this digital cloud

就可能将数位云端科技

into something we might touch and move.

转换成我们能触摸和移动的东西。

The parents in crisis over screen time

父母们在屏幕时代里 经历了很大的困扰，

need physical digital toys teaching their kids to read,

他们需要电子玩具和对 家庭安全的应用程序商店

as well as family-safe app stores.

来教孩子们阅读。

And I think, actually, that's already really happening.

我认为这些正切实地发生着。

Reality is richer than screens.

现实比屏幕更丰富。

For example, I love books.

比如，我喜欢读书。

For me they are time machines -- atoms and molecules bound in space,

对我来说它们是时间机器， 是空间中的原子和分子，

from the moment of their creation to the moment of my experience.

从它们被创造的那一刻， 到我经历的那一刻。

But frankly,

但是坦率地说，

the content's identical on my phone.

那些千篇一律的信息我的手机里都有。

So what makes this a richer experience than a screen?

那么，是什么可以使现实比屏幕 让我们有更丰富的经历呢 ?

I mean, scientifically.

我的意思是从科学的角度来说。

We need screens, of course.

我们当然需要屏幕。

I'm going to show film, I need the enormous screen.

如果我要展示影片， 我必然需要巨大的屏幕。

But there's more than you can do with these magic boxes.

但是除了操作这些电子小玩意儿， 你们还可以做更多事情。

Your phone is not the Internet's door bitch.

你的手机不是互联网的看门狗。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

We can build things -- physical things,

我们能构建具体的事物——

using physics and pixels,

利用物理知识与像素，

that can integrate the Internet into the world around us.

将互联网与我们 身处的世界结合在一起。

我会向你们展示几个这样的例子。

And I'm going to show you a few examples of those.

A while ago, I got to work with a design agency, Berg,

之前，我在一家设计公司Berg工作，

on an exploration of what the Internet without screens might actually look like.

去探索如果没有屏幕， 互联网会是什么样子。

And they showed us a range ways

他们向我展示了各种

that light can work with simple senses and physical objects

将光线跟简单的概念与 实体物品想结合的例子，

to really bring the Internet to life, to make it tangible.

真正将互联网带入生活，将其具体化。

Like this wonderfully mechanical YouTube player.

比如这个奇妙的 机械YouTube播放器一样。

And this was an inspiration to me.

这给了我灵感。

Next I worked with the Japanese agency, AQ,

接下来，我跟日本的AQ设计公司

on a research project into mental health.

在一个有关心理健康的 研究项目上进行了合作。

We wanted to create an object

我们想设计出一种实体，

that could capture the subjective data around mood swings

它能够抓取情绪波动中的主观数据，

that's so essential to diagnosis.

这对于诊断来说至关重要。

This object captures your touch,

这个物体获取你的触觉，

so you might press it very hard if you're angry,

因此你生气时可能会大力按压它，

or stroke it if you're calm.

或在心绪平和时轻抚它。

It's like a digital emoji stick.

它就像一个数码表情贴。

And then you might revisit those moments later,

然后你可能在一段时间后重温这些数据，

并在网上添加一些注释内容。

and add context to them online.

Most of all,

大多数情况下，

we wanted to create an intimate, beautiful thing

我们想创造一个亲切，美好的事物，

that could live in your pocket

它能被放在口袋中

and be loved.

让你爱不释手。

The binoculars are actually a birthday present

双筒望远镜实际上是

for the Sydney Opera House's 40th anniversary.

给悉尼歌剧院40周年庆典的 一个生日礼物。

Our friends at Tellart in Boston brought over a pair of street binoculars,

我们在波士顿Tellart的朋友 带来一只双筒望远镜，

the kind you might find on the Empire State Building,

就是那种在帝国大厦能找到的望远镜

and they fitted them with 360-degree views

他们将它改装成360度视角，

of other iconic world heritage sights --

能看到标志性的世界文物——

（笑声）

(Laughter)

using Street View.

使用街景视角。

And then we stuck them under the steps.

然后我们把它们卡在台阶下。

So, they became this very physical, simple reappropriation,

它们变得非常实用，便携，

or like a portal to these other icons.

或者说像其他标志的一个入口。

So you might see Versailles or Shackleton's Hut.

你可能看到凡尔赛宫和 沙克尔顿的小屋。

Basically, it's virtual reality circa 1955.

基本上，它在虚拟1955年左右的场景。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

In our office we use hacky sacks to exchange URLs.

在我们办公室， 我们用哈克布袋交换URL链接。

This is incredibly simple, it's like your Opal card.

这很简单，就像你的澳宝卡。 (注：公交卡)

You basically put a website on the little chip in here,

你只要将一个网址输入这个小小的芯片，

and then you do this and ... bosh! --

然后这样......你就大功告成了——

the website appears on your phone.

这个网站就会出现在你手机上。

It's about 10 cents.

只需要1毛钱。

Treehugger is a project that we're working on

“拥抱森林”是我们现在正在

与悉尼 的Grumpy Sailor和Finch合作的项目。

with Grumpy Sailor and Finch, here in Sydney.

And I'm very excited about what might happen

我们对可能的结果感到兴奋，

when you pull the phones apart and you put the bits into trees,

当你拆开手机把这些碎片分散在树上，

and that my children might have an opportunity

我的孩子们就可能有机会

to visit an enchanted forest guided by a magic wand,

在魔法棒的指引下探索迷人的森林，

where they could talk to digital fairies and ask them questions,

在那里他们会与数字化的精灵 交谈并向它们提问，

and be asked questions in return.

并且会被问一些问题。

As you can see,

如你们所见，

we're at the cardboard stage with this one.

一切都还只是雏形。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But I'm very excited

但我对把孩子送回

by the possibility of getting kids back outside without screens,

没有屏幕的世界的可能性感到兴奋，

but with all the powerful magic of the Internet at their fingertips.

他们在手指间 创造出了互联网的魔法力量。

And we hope to have something like this working by the end of the year.

我们希望年底之前 可以做出这样的东西。

So let's recap.

那么我们来总结一下。

Humans like natural solutions.

人类喜欢自然的解决方式。

Humans love information.

人类喜爱信息。

Humans need simple tools.

人类需要简单的工具。

These principles should underpin how we design for the future,

这些原则应该作为我们设计未来的基石，

not just for the Internet.

不只是为了设计互联网。

You may feel uncomfortable about the age of information that we're moving into.

你可能对我们正在迈进的 信息时代感到不适。

You may feel challenged, rather than simply excited.

你可能面临巨大的挑战， 而不只是单纯的兴奋。

Guess what? Me too.

知道吗？其实我也是这样。

It's a really extraordinary period of human history.

这真的是人类历史上的非凡时刻。

We are the people that actually build our world,

我们是建构这世界的真正主人，

there are no artificial intelligences...

而不是人工智能....

yet.

目前还不能算。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It's us -- designers, architects, artists, engineers.

就是我们—— 设计师、建筑师、艺术家、工程师。

And if we challenge ourselves,

如果我们不断挑战自己，

I think that actually we can have a happy place

我们的确就能打造一个幸福之地，

filled with the information we love

这个地方充斥着我们喜欢的信息，

that feels as natural and as simple as switching on lightbulb.

这种感觉和打开灯一样自然简单。

And although it may seem inevitable,

虽然这看起来不可避免，

that what the public wants is watches and websites and widgets,

公众需要的是手表、 网页和小部件，

maybe we could give a bit of thought to cork and light and hacky sacks.

但只要我们放一点点设计的心思 在软木塞、电灯和小沙包里面就够了。

Thank you very much.

非常谢谢你们。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）