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

譯者: 易帆 余 審譯者: MQ L

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

首先我想先邀請各位想像 一個你會感覺到幸福的地方

是的,你幸福的地方

Yes, your happy place,

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

我知道你們都有一個幸福的地方

(Laughter)

即使那是假的(笑聲)

OK, so, comfortable?

好的，那麼，舒服嗎?

Good.

很好

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

現在，我要你們在心裡面 回答一下接下來的問題

Is there any strip lighting in your happy place?

在你幸福的地方有沒有條狀霓虹燈?

有塑膠桌子嗎?

Any plastic tables?

Polyester flooring?

有聚酯塑膠地板嗎?

Mobile phones?

手機呢?

No?

沒有吧?

I think we all know that our happy place

我想我們都知道我們幸福的地方

is meant to be somewhere natural, outdoors --

它必定就是某個自然、戶外

on a beach, fireside.

海灘、火爐旁的地方

We'll be reading or eating or knitting.

我們在讀書、用餐、編織手工的地方

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

而且我們被自然光跟有機元素所包圍

Natural things make us happy.

自然的事物使我們感到幸福

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

而且幸福有很大的驅動力， 驅使我們奮力爭取幸福的事

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

這也是為什麼我們總是 重新設計每樣東西

in the hopes that our solutions might feel more natural.

並寄望我們的產品 可以令人感到更自然

So let's start there --

好，讓我們從這裡開始吧——

with the idea that good design should feel natural.

"一個理想的設計應該使人感覺自然"

Your phone is not very natural.

你的手機非常不自然

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

你的身體以為你對手機上癮

but you're really not.

但實際上並不是

We're not addicted to devices,

我們並不會對設備上癮

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

我們對它流經的資訊上癮

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

我在想你會待在你幸福的地方多久

without any information from the outside world.

一個沒有任何資訊的世外桃源

I'm interested in how we access that information,

我對我們如何取得資訊、

how we experience it.

如何體驗資訊感到興趣

We're moving from a time of static information,

我們正在經歷從一個 靜態有限的資訊

held in books and libraries and bus stops,

例如,一本書,圖書館裡,公車站牌旁...

through a period of digital information,

轉化到一個數位資訊的時代

towards a period of fluid information,

前往一個資訊流的時代

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

一個你的孩子在任何時間地點 都期待能獲取資訊的地方

from quantum physics to medieval viticulture,

從量子物理到中世紀的葡萄栽培

from gender theory to tomorrow's weather,

從性別理論到明天的天氣

just like switching on a lightbulb --

就像是，打開電燈一樣的簡單

Imagine that.

想像一下

人類也喜歡簡單的工具

Humans also like simple tools.

Your phone is not a very simple tool.

你的手機並不是簡單的工具

A fork is a simple tool.

叉子才是

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

And we don't like them made of plastic,

而且我們不喜歡塑膠做的叉子

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

同樣的,我真的並不喜歡我的手機

it's not how I want to experience information.

這並不是我想體驗資訊的方式

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

我認為有比大量透過螢幕 來獲取資訊更好的解決方式

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

我不討厭螢幕,但我感覺不到...

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

而且我不認為,我們其中任何一個人

about how much time we spend slouched over them.

會感覺浪費時間在那上面是好的

Fortunately,

很幸運地，,

the big tech companies seem to agree.

大型科技公司看起來也同意

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

他們實際上已經投入大量的資金在

觸控、語音、手勢、還有感官的事物上

and also in senses --

things that can turn dumb objects, like cups,

像是把無生命的杯子

and imbue them with the magic of the Internet,

把它們轉變成充滿網路的魔力樣子

potentially turning this digital cloud

有潛力可以扭轉數位 雲端資訊進入某種

into something we might touch and move.

我們能觸摸到、可以移動的東西上

The parents in crisis over screen time

父母正在煩惱小孩看螢幕時間太長

need physical digital toys teaching their kids to read,

需要實體的數位玩具來教他們孩子閱讀

as well as family-safe app stores.

還有家庭安全等級的APP軟體商店

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

我認為實際上已經真的發生

Reality is richer than screens.

實體感受比螢幕豐富

For example, I love books.

舉例,我喜歡書

對我而言,書像是時間機器.... 原子和分子綁定在空間中

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

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

從他們創造的那一霎那 到我體會到的那一瞬間

But frankly,

但,坦白說

the content's identical on my phone.

那些內容正在我手機裡

So what makes this a richer experience than a screen?

那有甚麼可以讓這些體驗 比螢幕更豐富呢?

I mean, scientifically.

我的意思是....科學理論上

We need screens, of course.

當然我們還是需要螢幕

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

我要展示一些影片,我需要大螢幕

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

但在這些魔法盒裡,你有更多的事可以做

Your phone is not the Internet's door bitch.

你的手機不是網路的看門狗

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

We can build things -- physical things,

我們可以創造...實體事物

using physics and pixels,

利用實體與像素

that can integrate the Internet into the world around us.

可以聚集網路在我們身旁的世界

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

我要向你們展示一些例子

前一陣子，我跟Berg設計公司一起工作

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

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

探索一個沒有螢幕的網路世界會是怎樣

And they showed us a range ways

而他們向我們展示了很多種方式

that light can work with simple senses and physical objects

燈具可以跟簡單的概念與實體物品做結合

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

讓網路帶入生活中,讓網路可以觸摸到

Like this wonderfully mechanical YouTube player.

像是這個漂亮的機械式YouTube 播放機

And this was an inspiration to me.

它讓我耳目一新

Next I worked with the Japanese agency, AQ,

接下來，我跟日本的AQ設計公司

on a research project into mental health.

在一個有關心理健康的研究專案上合作

We wanted to create an object

我們想設計出一種東西

that could capture the subjective data around mood swings

它可以捕抓到人體在 心情上起伏變化的資訊

that's so essential to diagnosis.

這對診斷很有必要

這個物體抓的到你的觸覺

This object captures your touch,

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

你生氣時可能會用力壓它

or stroke it if you're calm.

或冷靜時輕撫它

It's like a digital emoji stick.

它像是數位的表情貼紙

And then you might revisit those moments later,

之後你可以再檢視自己的情緒變化

and add context to them online.

然後在線上加一些內容

Most of all,

我們大部分人

we wanted to create an intimate, beautiful thing

都想要製造一個平易近人 、美麗的事物

that could live in your pocket

它可以放進你的口袋

and be loved.

並被你喜愛著

The binoculars are actually a birthday present

這個雙筒望遠鏡 其實是在一個生日中誕生

for the Sydney Opera House's 40th anniversary.

就在雪梨歌劇院的40周年紀念日

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

我們在波斯頓特拉爾的朋友 買了一對街道雙筒望遠鏡

the kind you might find on the Empire State Building,

你可能可以在帝國洲際大廈找到

and they fitted them with 360-degree views

他們把它裝備成可以 360度全角度觀看

of other iconic world heritage sights --

像是在看世界遺跡那樣

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

using Street View.

使用街道景象觀看

And then we stuck them under the steps.

然後我們把它塞進台階下

So, they became this very physical, simple reappropriation,

所以，他們變成非常實質的、簡單重現的

or like a portal to these other icons.

或者像個大門入口或其它影像等...

So you might see Versailles or Shackleton's Hut.

所以，你可能會看到 凡爾賽宮或沙克爾頓的小屋。

Basically, it's virtual reality circa 1955.

基本上,它實境模擬了1955年代

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

In our office we use hacky sacks to exchange URLs.

在辦公室我們用小沙包交換網址

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

這很簡單,就像你的捷運卡

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

基本上你只要在裡面放進一個網站

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

然後你這樣做....然後"蹦!"....

網站就會在你手機裡出現

the website appears on your phone.

It's about 10 cents.

它大約10分錢

Treehugger is a project that we're working on

擁抱樹人是一個我們正在進行的專案

with Grumpy Sailor and Finch, here in Sydney.

與在雪梨的Grumpy Sailor和 Finch 一起合作

And I'm very excited about what might happen

我非常興奮即將發生的事

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

當你把手機拿開,然後把鑰匙放進樹裡

and that my children might have an opportunity

那我的孩子就有機會

to visit an enchanted forest guided by a magic wand,

藉由一隻魔法棒的導覽來參觀魔法森林

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

在那裏,他們可以跟數位精靈談話並問他們問題

and be asked questions in return.

然後也會被問問題回來

As you can see,

就你看到的

we're at the cardboard stage with this one.

我們還在剛開始的階段

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

But I'm very excited

但我對把孩子送回沒有螢幕的世界

by the possibility of getting kids back outside without screens,

的這種可能性是非常興奮的

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

就在他們的手指間創造出網路的魔法力量

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

我們希望在今年底可以完成 類似這種夢想的事情

So let's recap.

讓我重述一下

Humans like natural solutions.

人類喜歡自然的方式

Humans love information.

人類熱愛資訊

Humans need simple tools.

人類需要簡單的工具

These principles should underpin how we design for the future,

這些原則必須鞏固在 我們如何設計未來

not just for the Internet.

而不是只有網路

你也許會對我們正在經歷的 資訊爆炸年代感到不適

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

You may feel challenged, rather than simply excited.

你也許感到挑戰而不是單純的興奮

Guess what? Me too.

猜猜看?我也是

It's a really extraordinary period of human history.

在人類的歷史中這是非常奇特的

We are the people that actually build our world,

我們就是建立我們世界的人

there are no artificial intelligences...

一個......

yet.

還沒有人工智慧的世界

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

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

就是我們,設計師、建築師、藝術家、工程師

And if we challenge ourselves,

如果我們向自己挑戰

I think that actually we can have a happy place

我認為我們真的可以有一個幸福的地方

filled with the information we love

一個充滿我們喜歡的資訊的地方

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

那種感受就像是打開電燈一樣的簡單

And although it may seem inevitable,

雖然有些東西看起來是無法避免的

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

像是大眾喜歡的手錶、網站、小玩意...等

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

只要我們放進一點點設計的心思 在軟木塞、電燈、小沙包裡面

Thank you very much.

非常謝謝你們

(Applause)

(掌聲)