I dag vil jeg lære jer hvordan man spiller mit favorit spil: Massivt Multiplayer Tommelfinger-krig. Det er det eneste spil i verden jeg kender til der giver dig, spilleren, mulighed for at opleve 10 positive følelser inden for 60 sekunder eller mindre. Det er sandt, så hvis I spiller dette spil med mig i dag i bare et enkelt minut kommer I til at føle glæde, lettelse, kærlighed, overraskelse, stolthed, nysgerrighed, ophidselse, ærefrygt og undren, tilfredshed og kreativitet, alt sammen på bare et minut.
Today I am going to teach you how to play my favorite game: massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling. It's the only game in the world that I know of that allows you, the player, the opportunity to experience 10 positive emotions in 60 seconds or less. This is true, so if you play this game with me today for just one single minute, you will get to feel joy, relief, love, surprise, pride, curiosity, excitement, awe and wonder, contentment, and creativity, all in the span of one minute.
Det lyder da ret godt, ikke? Nu er I villige til at spille. For at lære jer spillet, har jeg brug for nogle frivillige til at komme op på scenen ganske kort, og så laver vi en praktisk demonstration. Mens de er på vej herop, bør jeg fortælle jer, at spillet blev opfundet for 10 år siden af et kunst kollektiv i Østrig ved navn Monochrom. Så mange tak, Monochrom. Okay, de fleste folk er bekendte med traditionel, to personers tommelfinger-krig. Sunni, lad os lige genopfriske deres hukommelse. En, to, tre, fire, Jeg erklærer tommelfinger krig, og så brydes vi, og selvfølgelig slår Sunni mig for hun er den bedste.
So this sounds pretty good, right? Now you're willing to play. In order to teach you this game, I'm going to need some volunteers to come up onstage really quickly, and we're going to do a little hands-on demo. While they're coming up, I should let you know, this game was invented 10 years ago by an artists' collective in Austria named Monochrom. So thank you, Monochrom. Okay, so most people are familiar with traditional, two-person thumb-wrestling. Sunni, let's just remind them. One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war, and we wrestle, and of course Sunni beats me because she's the best.
Det første man skal have med omkring massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig, vi er en gamer generation. Der er en milliard gamere på planeten nu, så vi skal bruge en større udfordring. Så det første vi skal bruge er flere tommelfingre. Så Eric, kom bare herover. Vi kunne sætte tre tommelfingre sammen, og Peter kunne være med. Vi kunne endda have fire tommelfingre sammen, og måden du vinder på er at være den første til at fastholde en andens tommelfinger. Det er meget vigtigt. Du kan ikke, ligesom, vente mens det kæmper færdigt og så vælte ind i sidste øjeblik. Det er ikke sådan man vinder. Åh, hvem gjorde det? Eric du gjorde det. Så Eric ville have vundet. Han var den første person til at fastholde min tommelfinger. Okay, det var den første regel, og vi kan se at tre eller fire er det typiske antal i en klynge, men hvis man føler sig ambitiøs, skal man ikke holde sig tilbage. Vi kan virkelig gå til stålet. Så, I kan se deroppe. Den eneste anden regel I skal huske er, gamer generationen, vi kan lide en udfordring. Jeg bider mærke i, at I alle har nogle tommelfingre I ikke bruger. Så jeg synes vi burde få nogle flere involveret. Og hvis vi kun havde fire folk, ville vi bare gøre det sådan her, og så forsøge at kæmpe med begge tommelfingre på samme tid. Perfekt.
Now the first thing about massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling, we're the gamer generation. There are a billion gamers on the planet now, so we need more of a challenge. So the first thing we need is more thumbs. So Eric, come on over. So we could get three thumbs together, and Peter could join us. We could even have four thumbs together, and the way you win is you're the first person to pin someone else's thumb. This is really important. You can't, like, wait while they fight it out and then swoop in at the last minute. That is not how you win. Ah, who did that? Eric you did that. So Eric would have won. He was the first person to pin my thumb. Okay, so that's the first rule, and we can see that three or four is kind of the typical number of thumbs in a node, but if you feel ambitious, you don't have to hold back. We can really go for it. So you can see up here. Now the only other rule you need to remember is, gamer generation, we like a challenge. I happen to notice you all have some thumbs you're not using. So I think we should kind of get some more involved. And if we had just four people, we would do it just like this, and we would try and wrestle both thumbs at the same time. Perfect.
Hvis vi havde flere mennesker i lokalet, kunne vi, i stedet for at kæmpe i en lukket klynge, måske række ud og forsøge at tage ved nogle andre folk. Og det er lige det, vi skal til at gøre nu. Vi vil forsøge at få alle, noget i stil med, Jeg ved ikke, 1.500 tommelfingre i lokalet samlet i en enkelt klynge. Og vi skal forbinde begge niveauer, så hvis du er deroppe, kommer du til at række ned og række op.
Now, if we had more people in the room, instead of just wrestling in a closed node, we might reach out and try and grab some other people. And in fact, that's what we're going to do right now. We're going to try and get all, something like, I don't know, 1,500 thumbs in this room connected in a single node. And we have to connect both levels, so if you're up there, you're going to be reaching down and reaching up.
Nu - (Latter) - inden vi begynder -- Det er fantastisk. I er opsatte på at spille. - før vi går i gang, må jeg lige få slides på skærmen igen hurtigt, for hvis I bliver god til dette spil, skal I vide at der findes nogle avancerede niveauer. Dette er et temmelig simpel niveau, ikke? Men der findes avancerede konfigurationer. Denne kaldes Dødsstjerne Konfigurationen. Nogle Star Wars fans? Og denne kaldes Möbiusbåndet. Jer videnskabs nørder, den fanger I. Dette er det sværeste niveau. Det er ekstremt.
Now — (Laughter) — before we get started -- This is great. You're excited to play. — before we get started, can I have the slides back up here really quick, because if you get good at this game, I want you to know there are some advanced levels. So this is the kind of simple level, right? But there are advanced configurations. This is called the Death Star Configuration. Any Star Wars fans? And this one's called the Möbius Strip. Any science geeks, you get that one. This is the hardest level. This is the extreme.
Så vi holder os til det normale denne gang. og vil give jer 30 sekunder, alle tommelfingre ind i klyngen, forbind de øvre og nedre niveauer, I går bare derned. Tredive sekunder. Ind i netværket. Lav den klynge.
So we'll stick with the normal one for now, and I'm going to give you 30 seconds, every thumb into the node, connect the upper and the lower levels, you guys go on down there. Thirty seconds. Into the network. Make the node.
Rejs jer! Det er lettere hvis I står op. Alle sammen, op op op op op! Rejs jer op, mine venner. Okay. Ikke begynd at kæmpe endnu. Hvis du har en fri tommelfinger, så vift med den, sørg for at den bliver forbundet. Okay. Vi mangler lige et sidste øjebliks tommelfinger tjek. Hvis du har en fri tommelfinger, så vift den rundt for at være sikker. Grib den tommelfinger! Ræk om bag dig. Sådan der. Nogen andre tommelfingre? Okay, på tre, så går I i gang. Prøv at følge med. Grib, grib, grib den. Okay? En, to, tre, nu!
Stand up! It's easier if you stand up. Everybody, up up up up up! Stand up, my friends. All right. Don't start wrestling yet. If you have a free thumb, wave it around, make sure it gets connected. Okay. We need to do a last-minute thumb check. If you have a free thumb, wave it around to make sure. Grab that thumb! Reach behind you. There you go. Any other thumbs? Okay, on the count of three, you're going to go. Try to keep track. Grab, grab, grab it. Okay? One, two, three, go!
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Vandt du? Fik du den? Du fik den? Storslået! (Applaus) Rigtig godt gjort. Tak. Mange tak.
Did you win? You got it? You got it? Excellent! (Applause) Well done. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Okay. Mens I soler jer i strålerne fra jeres første sejr i et spil massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig, så lad og hurtigt opremse de positive følelser. Altså nysgerrighed. Jeg sagde "massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig." I blev sådan, "Hvad helvede snakker hun om?" Så jeg fremprovokerede lidt nysgerrighed. Kreativitet: det tog kreativitet at løse problemet med at få alle tommelfingrene ind i klyngen. Jeg rækker omkring og jeg rækker op. Så I brugte kreativitet. Det er godt. Hvad med overraskelse? Den faktiske følelse af at prøve at kæmpe med to tommelfingre på en gang er temmelig overraskende. I hørte den lyd der gik rundt i lokalet. Vi havde ophidselse. Da I begyndte at kæmpe, måske begynder du at vinde eller den her person er helt vildt inde i det, så ophidselsen kører ligesom rundt. Vi har lettelse. I fik lov til at rejse jer. I har siddet i et stykke tid, så den fysiske lettelse, at få lov til at ryste sig lidt. Vi havde glæde. I grinede, smilede. Se på jeres ansigter. Lokalet er fuld af glæde. Vi havde noget tilfredshed. Jeg så ikke en eneste sende smser eller tjekke e-mail, mens vi spillede, så I var fuldt ud tilfredse med at spille. De tre vigtigste følelser, ærefrygt og undren, vi havde alle sammen forbundet fysisk i et minut. Hvornår skete det sidste at du var ved TED og du fik lov til fysisk at forbindes med hver eneste person i lokalet? Og det er i sandhed ærefrygtindgydende og vidunderligt. Og nu vi taler om fysisk forbundethed, I ved at jeg elsker hormonet oxytocin, I frigiver oxytocin, I føler jeg knyttet til alle i dette lokale. I ved at den bedste måde at frigive oxytocin hurtigt er at holde en andens hånd i mindst seks sekunder. I holdte alle sammen hånd i langt mere end seks sekunder, så nu er vi alle biokemisk klare til at elske hinanden. Det er fantastisk.
All right. While you are basking in the glow of having won your first massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling game, let's do a quick recap on the positive emotions. So curiosity. I said "massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling." You were like, "What the hell is she talking about?" So I provoked a little curiosity. Creativity: it took creativity to solve the problem of getting all the thumbs into the node. I'm reaching around and I'm reaching up. So you used creativity. That was great. How about surprise? The actual feeling of trying to wrestle two thumbs at once is pretty surprising. You heard that sound go up in the room. We had excitement. As you started to wrestle, maybe you're starting to win or this person's, like, really into it, so you kind of get the excitement going. We have relief. You got to stand up. You've been sitting for awhile, so the physical relief, getting to shake it out. We had joy. You were laughing, smiling. Look at your faces. This room is full of joy. We had some contentment. I didn't see anybody sending text messages or checking their email while we were playing, so you were totally content to be playing. The most important three emotions, awe and wonder, we had everybody connected physically for a minute. When was the last time you were at TED and you got to connect physically with every single person in the room? And it's truly awesome and wondrous. And speaking of physical connection, you guys know I love the hormone oxytocin, you release oxytocin, you feel bonded to everyone in the room. You guys know that the best way to release oxytocin quickly is to hold someone else's hand for at least six seconds. You guys were all holding hands for way more than six seconds, so we are all now biochemically primed to love each other. That is great.
Og den sidste følelse, stolthed. Hvor mange mennesker er ligesom mig. Bare indrøm det. I tabte med begge tommelfingre. Det kørte bare ikke for jer. Det er okay, for I lærte en helt ny evne i dag. I lærte, fra bunden, et spil I aldrig havde kendt før. Nu kender I spillet. I kan lære det til andre. Så tillykke. Hvor mange af jer vandt med en enkelt tommelfinger? Okay. Jeg har gode nyheder til jer. I følge de officielle regler for massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig, betyder det at I er stormestre af spillet. Da der ikke er så mange der kan finde ud af at spille, bliver vi nødt til at accelerere programmet mere end et spil som skak. Så tillykke, stormestre. Vind en tommelfinger en gang, og du bliver en stormester. Var der nogen der vandt med begge deres tommelfingre? Ja. Fedt. Okay. Gør klar til at opdatere din Twitter eller Facebook status. I er, i følge regler, legendariske stormestre, så tillykke. Jeg vil forlade jer med dette tip, hvis I vil spille igen. Den bedste måde at blive en legendarisk stormester på, du har dine to klynger i gang. Vælg den der ser lettest ud. De er ikke opmærksomme. De ser lidt svage ud. Fokuser på den, og gør noget helt skørt med den her arm. Så snart du vinder, pludselig stop. Alle bliver forvirret. Du rykker ind for sejren. Sådan bliver du en legendarisk stormester i massivt multiplayer tommelfinger-krig. Tak fordi I lod mig lære jer mit yndlingsspil. Wooo! (Applaus) Mange tak. (Applaus)
And the last emotion of pride. How many people are like me. Just admit it. You lost both your thumbs. It just didn't work out for you. That's okay, because you learned a new skill today. You learned, from scratch, a game you never knew before. Now you know how to play it. You can teach other people. So congratulations. How many of you won just won thumb? All right. I have very good news for you. According to the official rules of massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling, this makes you a grandmaster of the game. Because there aren't that many people who know how to play, we have to kind of accelerate the program more than a game like chess. So congratulations, grandmasters. Win one thumb once, you will become a grandmaster. Did anybody win both their thumbs? Yes. Awesome. Okay. Get ready to update your Twitter or Facebook status. You guys, according to the rules, are legendary grandmasters, so congratulations. I will just leave you with this tip, if you want to play again. The best way to become a legendary grandmaster, you've got your two nodes going on. Pick off the one that looks easiest. They're not paying attention. They look kind of weak. Focus on that one and do something crazy with this arm. As soon as you win, suddenly stop. Everybody is thrown off. You go in for the kill. That's how you become a legendary grandmaster of massively multiplayer thumb-wrestling. Thank you for letting me teach you my favorite game. Wooo! (Applause) Thank you. (Applause)