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Stewart Brand - Environmentalist, futurist
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ...

Why you should listen

With biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, the revival of extinct species is becoming possible. Stewart Brand plans to not only bring species back but restore them to the wild.

Brand is already a legend in the tech industry for things he’s created: the Whole Earth Catalog, The WELL, the Global Business Network, the Long Now Foundation, and the notion that “information wants to be free.” Now Brand, a lifelong environmentalist, wants to re-create -- or “de-extinct” -- a few animals that’ve disappeared from the planet.

Granted, resurrecting the woolly mammoth using ancient DNA may sound like mad science. But Brand’s Revive and Restore project has an entirely rational goal: to learn what causes extinctions so we can protect currently endangered species, preserve genetic and biological diversity, repair depleted ecosystems, and essentially “undo harm that humans have caused in the past.”

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Stewart Brand: What squatter cities can teach us

史都華.布來德論城市裡的貧民窟

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當數十億人湧入城市並住在擁擠的非法營地或是貧民窟時,世上的農村正漸漸荒蕪。史都華.布來德說這是件好事。為什麼呢?讓我們用三分鐘來了解。
- Environmentalist, futurist
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ... Full bio

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Basically基本上, there's a major重大的 demographic人口 event事件 going on.
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基本上,人口分佈正劇烈地改變,
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And it may可能 be that passing通過 the 50 percent百分 urban城市的 point
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有超過百分之五十的人口居住在城市裡,
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is an economic經濟 tipping小費 point. So the world世界 now is a map地圖 of connectivity連接.
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這是一個經濟轉折點。所以現在的世界地圖是整個連接在一起的。
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It used to be that Paris巴黎 and London倫敦 and New York紐約 were the largest最大 cities城市.
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曾幾何時巴黎、倫敦和紐約是最大的都市。
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What we have now is the end結束 of the rise上升 of the West西. That's over.
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現在西方世界的發展已告終了。結束了。
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The aggregate骨料 numbers數字 are overwhelming壓倒.
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整體人口數字非常驚人。
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So what's really going on? Well, villages村莊 of the world世界 are emptying清空 out.
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所以現在到底發生了什麼事?嗯,世界上農村的人口都在外移。
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The question is, why?
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但問題是為什麼?
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And here's這裡的 the unromantic平淡 truth真相 -- and the city air空氣 makes品牌 you free自由,
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而不太浪漫的答案是--在文藝復興期間的德國他們如此說:
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they said in Renaissance再生 Germany德國. So some people go to places地方
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城市裡的氣氛使你自由。所以人們前往像
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like Shanghai上海 but most go to the squatter棚戶區 cities城市 where aesthetics美學 rule規則.
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上海之類的地方,但多數卻是擠進貧民窟,那裡有自己的審美觀,
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And these are not really a people oppressed壓迫 by poverty貧窮.
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而且那裡沒有人真正受貧窮壓迫,
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They're people getting得到 out of poverty貧窮 as fast快速 as they can.
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這些人正以最快的速度脫離貧窮。
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They're the dominant優勢 builders建設者 and to a large extent程度, the dominant優勢 designers設計師.
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他們是城市最主要的建造者,甚至也是最主要的設計者,
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They have home-brewed自釀 infrastructure基礎設施 and vibrant充滿活力 urban城市的 life.
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他們有自製的公共建設,還有充滿活力的都市生活,
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One-sixth六分之一 of the GDPGDP in India印度 is coming未來 out of Mumbai孟買.
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印度有六分之一的國內生產總值來自孟買,
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They are constantly經常 upgrading升級, and in a few少數 cases, the government政府 helps幫助.
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他們不斷地改善生活品質,有少部份還得到政府補助。
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Education教育 is the main主要 event事件 that can happen發生 in cities城市.
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接受教育是居住在城市裡的重要原因,
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What's going on in the street in Mumbai孟買?
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在孟買的街上會發生什麼事呢?
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Al Gore血塊 knows知道. It's basically基本上 everything.
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天知道。基本上什麼事都有可能發生。
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There's no unemployment失業 in squatter棚戶區 cities城市. Everyone大家 works作品.
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在非法營地或貧民窟裡沒有失業問題,每一個人都在工作。
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One-sixth六分之一 of humanity人性 is there. It's soon不久 going to be more than that.
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有六分之一的人口居住在這些地方,而且還會持續地增加。
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So here's這裡的 the first punch沖床 line:
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所以第一個重點是:
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cities城市 have defused化解 the population人口 bomb炸彈.
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城市解決了人口爆炸的問題。
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And here's這裡的 the second第二 punch沖床 line.
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第二的重點是:
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That's the news新聞 from downtown市中心. Here it is in perspective透視.
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這是從城市發出來的光芒。從太空拍攝到的影像。
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Stars明星 have shined閃耀 down on earth's地球 life for billions數十億 of years年份.
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星辰已照耀大地數十億年了,
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Now we're shining閃亮的 right back up.
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現在該是我們發射光芒的時候了。
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Thank you.
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謝謝。
Translated by Albert Liang
Reviewed by Marie Wu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stewart Brand - Environmentalist, futurist
Since the counterculture '60s, Stewart Brand has been creating our internet-worked world. Now, with biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, Stewart Brand has a bold new plan ...

Why you should listen

With biotech accelerating four times faster than digital technology, the revival of extinct species is becoming possible. Stewart Brand plans to not only bring species back but restore them to the wild.

Brand is already a legend in the tech industry for things he’s created: the Whole Earth Catalog, The WELL, the Global Business Network, the Long Now Foundation, and the notion that “information wants to be free.” Now Brand, a lifelong environmentalist, wants to re-create -- or “de-extinct” -- a few animals that’ve disappeared from the planet.

Granted, resurrecting the woolly mammoth using ancient DNA may sound like mad science. But Brand’s Revive and Restore project has an entirely rational goal: to learn what causes extinctions so we can protect currently endangered species, preserve genetic and biological diversity, repair depleted ecosystems, and essentially “undo harm that humans have caused in the past.”

More profile about the speaker
Stewart Brand | Speaker | TED.com