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Damon Horowitz - Philosopher, entrepreneur
Damon Horowitz explores what is possible at the boundaries of technology and the humanities.

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Damon Horowitz is a philosophy professor and serial entrepreneur. He recently joined Google as In-House Philosopher / Director of Engineering, heading development of several initiatives involving social and search. He came to Google from Aardvark, the social search engine, where he was co-founder and CTO, overseeing product development and research strategy. Prior to Aardvark, Horowitz built several companies around applications of intelligent language processing. He co-founded Perspecta (acquired by Excite), was lead architect for Novation Biosciences (acquired by Agilent), and co-founded NewsDB (now Daylife).

Horowitz teaches courses in philosophy, cognitive science, and computer science at several institutions, including Stanford, NYU, University of Pennsylvania and San Quentin State Prison.

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Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

Damon Horowitz: Cezaevinde felsefe

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Damon Horowitz Cezaevi Universite Projesi araciligiyla felsefe ogretmekte, universite seviyesindeki dersleri San Quentin Devlet Hapishanesi tutuklularina sunarak. Bu guclu kisa konusmasinda, cabucak kisisellesen dogru ve yanlis karsilasmasinin bir hikayesini anlatiyor.
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MeetKarşılamak TonyTony. He's my studentÖğrenci.
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Tony ile tanisin. Benim bir ogrencim.
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He's about my ageyaş,
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Yaklasik benim yasimda,
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and he's in SanSan QuentinQuentin StateDevlet PrisonHapishane.
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ve San Quentin Devlet Hapishanesi'nde.
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When TonyTony was 16 yearsyıl oldeski,
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Tony 16 yasindayken,
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one day, one momentan,
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bir gun, bir an,
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"It was mom'sannemin guntabanca.
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"Annesinin silahiydi.
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Just flashflaş it, scarekorkutmak the guy. He's a punkpunk.
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Sadece gorunup kac, adami korkut. O bir toy.
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He tookaldı some moneypara; we'lliyi take his moneypara. That'llBu olacak teachöğretmek him.
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O bir miktar para aldi, biz de onun parasini alacagiz. Bu ona bir ders olacak.
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Then last minutedakika, I'm thinkingdüşünme, 'Can't' Olamaz do this. This is wrongyanlış.'
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Sonra son dakika, dusundum ki, "Bunu yapamam. Bu yanlis."
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My buddyarkadaş saysdiyor, 'C'mon' Hadi, let's do this.'
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Kankam dedi ki, "Hadi su isi yapalim."
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I say, 'Let's' Hadi do this.'"
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Ben de " Hadi yapalim." dedim
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And those threeüç wordskelimeler, Tony'sTony'nin going to rememberhatırlamak,
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Ve o uc kelime, Tony bunlari hatirlayacak,
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because the nextSonraki thing he knowsbilir, he hearsduyar the poppop.
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cunku biliyor oldugu sonraki sey, polisi duyuyor olduguydu.
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There's the punkpunk on the groundzemin, puddlesu birikintisi of bloodkan.
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Toy yerdeydi, kanlar icinde.
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And that's felonysuç murdercinayet --
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Ve bu agir bir cinayetti.
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25 to life, paroleŞartlı tahliye at 50 if you're luckyşanslı,
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25 yil, eger sansi olursa 50sinde sartli tahliye edilecekti,
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and Tony'sTony'nin not feelingduygu very luckyşanslı.
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ve Tony kendisini pek sansli hissetmiyordu.
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So when we meetkarşılamak in my philosophyFelsefe classsınıf in his prisonhapis
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Sonralari hapishanesindeki felsefe dersinde karsilastigimiz zaman
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and I say, "In this classsınıf, we will discusstartışmak the foundationsVakıflar of ethicsetik,"
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ben dedim ki, " Bu sinifta, biz ahlakin temellerini tartisacagiz,"
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TonyTony interruptskesmeler me.
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Tony benim sozumu kesti.
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"What are you going to teachöğretmek me about right and wrongyanlış?
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" Bana dogru ve yanlis hakkinda ne ogreteceksiniz?
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I know what is wrongyanlış. I have donetamam wrongyanlış.
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Ben yanlisi biliyorum. Yanlis yaptim.
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I am told everyher day,
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Her gun bana boyle deniyor,
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by everyher faceyüz I see, everyher wallduvar I faceyüz, that I am wrongyanlış.
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gordugumuz herkez, karsilastigim herbir duvar, bana hatali oldugumu soyluyor.
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If I ever get out of here, there will always be a markişaret by my nameisim.
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Eger ben bir gun buradan cikarsam, benim ismim damgalanmis olacak.
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I'm a convictmahkum; I am brandedmarkalı 'wrong' yanlış.'
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Ben bir sucluyum. Ben damgalanmis bir 'Hata'yim.
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What are you going to tell me about right and wrongyanlış?"
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Bana sen dogru ve yanlis hakkinda ne anlatacaksin?"
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So I say to TonyTony,
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Sonra ve Tony'e dedim ki,
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"Sorry, but it's worsedaha da kötüsü than you think.
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"Uzgunum, fakat durum senin dusundugunden de kotu.
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You think you know right and wrongyanlış?
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Sen dogru ve yanlisi bildigini mi iddaa ediyorsun?
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Then can you tell me what wrongyanlış is?
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O zaman bana yanlisin ne oldugunu soyleyebilir misin?
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No, don't just give me an exampleörnek.
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Hayir, bana sadece bir ornek verme.
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I want to know about wrongnesshata itselfkendisi, the ideaFikir of wrongyanlış.
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Ben yanlisligin kendisini bilmek istiyorum, yanlislik fikrini.
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What is that ideaFikir?
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O fikir nedir?
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What makesmarkaları something wrongyanlış?
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Birseyi yanlis yapan sey nedir?
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How do we know that it's wrongyanlış? Maybe you and I disagreekatılmıyorum.
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Birseyin yanlis oldugunu nasil biliyorsun? Belki senle ben ayni fikirde degiliz.
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Maybe one of us is wrongyanlış about the wrongyanlış.
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Belki birimiz yanlis hakkinda yaniliyor.
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Maybe it's you, maybe it's me -- but we're not here to tradeTicaret opinionsgörüşler;
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Belki o sensin, belki benim. Fakat biz burada dusuncelerin ticaretini yapmak icin degiliz.
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everyone'sherkesin var got an opiniongörüş.
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Herkezin bir dusuncesi vardir.
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We are here for knowledgebilgi.
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Biz bilgi icin buradayiz.
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Our enemydüşman is thoughtlessnesssaçmalık. This is philosophyFelsefe."
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Bizim dusmanimiz dusuncesizlik. Felsefemiz bu."
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And something changesdeğişiklikler for TonyTony.
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Ve Tony icin birseyler degismeye basladi,
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"Could be I'm wrongyanlış. I'm tiredyorgun of beingolmak wrongyanlış.
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"Belki hataliyim. Fakat hatali olmaktan yoruldum.
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I want to know what is wrongyanlış.
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Ben neyin yanlis oldugunu ogrenmek istiyorum.
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I want to know what I know."
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Ben neyi bildigimi bilmek istiyorum."
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What TonyTony seesgörür in that momentan is the projectproje of philosophyFelsefe,
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Tony'nin o an anladigi sey felsefe projesiydi,
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the projectproje that beginsbaşlar in wondermerak etmek --
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merak ile baslayan proje,
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what KantKant calleddenilen "admirationhayranlık and awehuşu
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Kant'in " takdir ve huşu
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at the starryyıldızlı skygökyüzü aboveyukarıdaki and the moralmanevi lawhukuk withiniçinde."
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yildizli gokyuzunde yukarida ve ahlaki kurallar icerisinde." olarak tanimladigi sey.
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What can creaturesyaratıklar like us know of suchböyle things?
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Bizim gibi varliklar boyle tur seyleri neyi bilir?
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It is the projectproje that always takes us back to the conditionşart of existencevaroluş --
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Bu proje bizi herzaman varolmanin kosullarina geri alip goturen bir projedir,
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what HeideggerHeidegger calleddenilen "the always alreadyzaten there."
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Heidegger'in "her zaman hazirda orada" dedigi sey.
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It is the projectproje of questioningsorgulama what we believe and why we believe it --
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Bu neye ve nicin inandigimizin sorgulandigi bir proje,
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what SocratesSokrates calleddenilen "the examinedincelenen life."
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Sokrates'in "hayatin sinanmasi" diyerek tabir ettigi sey.
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SocratesSokrates, a man wisebilge enoughyeterli to know that he knowsbilir nothing.
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Sokrates, hicbir sey bilmedigini bilecek kadar bir alim adam.
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SocratesSokrates diedvefat etti in prisonhapis,
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Sokrates hapishanede olmustur,
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his philosophyFelsefe intactsağlam.
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felsefesi sapasaglam.
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So TonyTony startsbaşlar doing his homeworkev ödevi.
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Boylelikle Tony odevini yapmaya basliyor.
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He learnsöğrenir his whysWhys and whereforesanlamıyorum, his causesnedenleri and correlationskorelasyonlar,
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Nicinlerini, ne sebeptenlerini, nedenlerini ve baglantilarini,
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his logicmantık, his fallaciessafsatalarını.
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mantigini ve yanlislarini ogreniyor.
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TurnsDöner out, Tony'sTony'nin got the philosophyFelsefe musclekas.
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Durum tersine dondu ve Tony Felsefe de acayip guclu oldu.
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His bodyvücut is in prisonhapis, but his mindus is freeücretsiz.
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Onun bedeni hapisteydi fakat akli ozgurdu.
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TonyTony learnsöğrenir about the ontologicallyvarlıkbilime promiscuouskarışık,
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Tony varliksal olarak karmakarisik,
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the epistemologicallyepistemologically anxiousendişeli,
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epitomolojik olarak endiseyi
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the ethicallyetik dubiousşüpheli, the metaphysicallymetafizik ridiculousgülünç.
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ahlaki olarak supheyi ogrendi.
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That's PlatoPlaton, DescartesDescartes, NietzscheNietzsche
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Bunlar, Plato, Dekart, Nietzsche,
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and BillBill ClintonClinton.
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ve Bill Clinton idi.
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So when he givesverir me his finalnihai paperkâğıt,
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Boylece, o en son yazisini bana verdiginde,
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in whichhangi he arguessavunuyor that the categoricalKategorik imperativezorunlu
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ki bu yazisinda siniflandirilmis kacinilmazligi tartisiyor,
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is perhapsbelki too uncompromisinguzlaşmaz
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gunluk islerimizi etkileyen catismalarla ve mucadelerle
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to dealanlaştık mı with the conflictfikir ayrılığı that affectsetkiler our everydayher gün
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basa cikmak icin asiri uyumsuzdu.
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and challengeszorluklar me to tell him
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ona ahlaki basarisizlikta suclanmamiza ragmen
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whetherolup olmadığını thereforebu nedenle we are condemnedmahkum to moralmanevi failurebaşarısızlık,
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dedim ki
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I say, "I don't know.
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"Bilmiyorum.
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Let us think about that."
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Bu konuda biraz dusunelim."
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Because in that momentan, there's no markişaret by Tony'sTony'nin nameisim;
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Cunku o an artik Tony'in isminde bir damga yoktu.
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it's just the two of us standingayakta there.
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Orada oturan sadece ikimizdik.
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It is not professorprofesör and convictmahkum,
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Profesor ve mahkum olarak degil,
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it is just two mindszihinler readyhazır to do philosophyFelsefe.
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felesefe yapmak icin hazir olan iki beyin olarak.
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And I say to TonyTony,
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Ve Tony'e dedim ki,
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"Let's do this."
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"Hadi bu isi halledelim."
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Thank you.
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Tesekkurler.
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(ApplauseAlkış)
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Translated by Ömer Genal
Reviewed by Sancak Gülgen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Horowitz - Philosopher, entrepreneur
Damon Horowitz explores what is possible at the boundaries of technology and the humanities.

Why you should listen

Damon Horowitz is a philosophy professor and serial entrepreneur. He recently joined Google as In-House Philosopher / Director of Engineering, heading development of several initiatives involving social and search. He came to Google from Aardvark, the social search engine, where he was co-founder and CTO, overseeing product development and research strategy. Prior to Aardvark, Horowitz built several companies around applications of intelligent language processing. He co-founded Perspecta (acquired by Excite), was lead architect for Novation Biosciences (acquired by Agilent), and co-founded NewsDB (now Daylife).

Horowitz teaches courses in philosophy, cognitive science, and computer science at several institutions, including Stanford, NYU, University of Pennsylvania and San Quentin State Prison.

Get more information on the Prison University Project >>

More profile about the speaker
Damon Horowitz | Speaker | TED.com