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.
Danas ću vas naučiti igrati svoju omiljenu igru: masivno višeigračko hrvanje palčevima. To je jedina igra na svijetu za koju znam da vam, kao igraču pruža priliku da doživite iskustvo 10 pozitivnih emocija u 60 sekundi ili manje. To je istina, pa ako je odigrate sa mnom danas na samo jednu minutu, osjetit ćete radost, olakšanje, ljubav, iznenađenje, ponos, znatiželju, uzbuđenje, strahopoštovanje i čuđenje, zadovoljstvo i kreativnost, sve u rasponu jedne minute.
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.
Zvuči prilično dobro, zar ne? Sada se želite igrati. Kako bih vas naučila ovu igru, bit će mi potrebno nekoliko dobrovoljaca da brzo dođu na pozornicu, pa ćemo napraviti malu demonstraciju. Dok oni dolaze, reći ću vam da je ovu igru prije 10 godina izmislila grupa umjetnika iz Australije pod imenom Monochrom. Stoga, hvala Monochrom. Većina ljudi je upoznata s tradicionalnim hrvanjem palčevima, za dvije osobe. Sunni, podsjetimo ih. Jedan, dva, tri, četiri, Objavljujem rat palčevima i hrvanje počinje, i naravno, Sunni me pobijedi jer je najbolja.
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.
Prva stvar kod masivnog višeigračkog hrvanja palčevima je to da smo mi generacija "gamera" (igrača). Na svijetu sada postoji milijarda "gamera", tako da nam treba veći izazov. Prva stvar koja nam treba je više palčeva. Eric, dođi ovdje. Možemo spojiti tri palca zajedno, i Peter nam se može pridružiti. Možemo čak i četiri palca zajedno spojiti, i način na koji pobjeđujete jest da ste prva osoba koja će poklopiti nečiji palac. To je jako važno. Ne možete, čekati dok se oni bore i onda poklopiti nečiji palac u zadnjem trenu. To nije način na koji ćete pobijediti. Ah, tko je to? Eric je to napravio. Dakle Eric bi pobijedio. On je bio prva osoba koja je poklopila palac. OK, dakle prvo je pravilo, i možemo vidjeti da su tri ili četiri na neki način tipičan broj palčeva u čvoru, ali ako se osjećate ambiciozno, ne morate se suzdržavati. Zaista se možemo razuzdati. Dakle ovdje možete vidjeti. Sada, jedino drugo pravllo kojeg se morate sjetiti je, "gamer" generacija voli izazove. Primjetila sam da svi imate palčeve koje ne koristite. Mislim kako bismo ih još trebali uključiti. I kada bismo imali samo četvero ljudi, napravili bismo nešto poput ovoga, pokušali bismo i hrvali se s oba palca u isto vrijeme. Savršeno.
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.
Kada bismo imali više ljudi u sobi, umjesto da se hrvamo u zatvorenom čvoru mogli bismo posegnuti i pokušati uključiti druge ljude. I u stvari, to je ono što ćemo napraviti sada. Pokušati ćemo uključiti sve, negdje oko, ne znam, 1.500 palčeva u ovoj sobi spojeni u jedan čvor. I moramo se povezati na obje razine, dakle ako ste tamo, posegnuti ćete dolje i gore.
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.
Sada -- (smijeh) -- prije nego što počnemo -- Ovo je sjajno. Uzbuđeni ste oko igre. -- prije nego što počnemo, mogu li brzo dobiti slajdove ovdje gore, jer ako ste dobri u ovoj igri, htjela bih vam pokazati kako postoje neke napredne razine. Dakle ovo je jednostavna razina, dobro? Ali postoje neke napredne konfiguracije. Ova konfiguracija se zove "Zvijezda smrti". Imamo li "Star Wars" ljubitelja? A ova se zove Möbius traka. Ako ste ljubitelj znanosti, shvatiti ćete. Ovo je najteža razina. Ovo je ekstremno.
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.
Dakle mi ćemo se držati normalne za sada, i dati ću vam 30 sekundi, svi palčevi u čvor, povežite se na gornjoj i donjoj razini, vi odite dolje. 30 sekundi. U mrežu. Napravite čvor.
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!
Ustanite! Jednostavnije je ako ustanete. Svi gore, gore, gore, gore! Ustanite, moji prijatelji. Dobro. Nemojte se još početi hrvati. Ako imate slobodan palac mašite s njime, osigurajte da se spoji. OK. Moramo napraviti posljednju provjeru palčeva. Ako imate slobodni palac, mašite njime. Zgrabite palac! Posegnite iza sebe. Eto ga. Imamo li još palčeva? OK, brojati ću do tri i onda ćete krenuti. Pokušajte pratiti. Zgrabite ga, zgrabite, zgrabite. OK? Jedan, dva, tri, krenite!
(Laughter)
(smijeh)
Did you win? You got it? You got it? Excellent! (Applause) Well done. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Jeste li pobijedili? Jeste li shvatili? Shvatili ste? Izvrsno! (pljesak) Jako dobro. Hvala vam. Hvala vam puno.
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.
Dobro. Dok sjajite u svojoj prvoj pobijedi u masivnoj višeigračkoj borbi palčevima, napravimo brzu rekapitulaciju pozitivnih emocija. Dakle znatiželja. Rekla sam "masivno višeigračko hrvanje palčevima". Vaša reakcije je vjerojatno bila, "O čemu dovraga ona to govori?" Dakle isprovocirala sam malo znatiželje. Kreativnost: trebala je kreativnost kako biste riješili problem spajanja palčeva u čvor. Posežem okolo i posežem gore. Dakle koristili ste kreativnost. To je bilo sjajno. Što je s iznenađenjem? Stvarni osjećaj da se odjednom hrvate s dva palca je prilično iznenađujuč. Čuli ste kako se taj zvuk širi dvoranom. Imali smo uzbuđenje. Kada ste se počeli hrvati, možda ste počeli dobivati ili gubiti, bili ste stvarno u tome, tako da se uzbuđenje prenosilo. Imali smo olakšanje. Morali ste se ustati. Sjedili ste neko vrijeme, dakle fizičko olakšanje, morali ste to otresti. Imali smo radost. Smijali ste se, osmjehivali. Pogledajte vaša lica. Ova dvorana je puna radosti. Imali smo zadovoljstvo. Nisam nikoga vidjela da je slao sms poruke ili provjeravao svoju e-poštu dok ste se igrali, dakle bili ste potpuno zadovoljni dok ste se igrali. Najvažnija tri osjećaja, strah i čuđenje, bili smo svi fizički povezani na minutu. Kada ste zadnji puta bili na TED-u i morali ste se fizički povezati sa svakom osobom u prostoriji? A to je stvarno sjajno i čudesno. Govoreći o fizičkoj povezanosti, vi znate da ja volim hormon oksitocin, oslobađate oksitocin, osjećate se povezani sa svima u prostoriji. Vi znate kako je najbolji način za brzo lučenje oksitocina, držati nekoga za ruku najmanje šest sekundi. Vi ste se svi držali ruke bitno duže od šest sekundi, dakle svi smo sada biokemijski spremni voliti druge. To je sjajno.
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)
I zadnji osjećaj, ponos. Koliko ljudi je poput mene. Jednostavno priznajte. Izgubili ste u obje igre. Jednostavno vam nije išlo. To je OK, jer ste naučili novu vještinu danas. Naučili ste je od nule, igru koju niste znali prije. Sada znate kako ju igrati. Sada možete naučiti druge ljude. Dakle, čestitam. Koliko vas je imalo pobjednički palac? Dobro. Imam jako dobre vijesti za vas. Prema službenim pravilima masivnog višeigračkog hrvanja palčevima, to vas čini velikim majstorima igre. Zbog toga što nema jako puno ljudi koji znaju ovu igru, moramo na neki način ubrzati program više nego igre poput šaha. Dakle čestitam, veliki majstori. Pobijedite samo s jednim palcem i postajete velikim majstorima. Je li itko od vas pobijedio s oba palca? Da. Sjajno. OK. Spremite se obnoviti statuse na Twitteru i Facebooku. Vi ste, prema pravilima, legendarni veliki majstori, čestitam. Dati ću vam samo jedan savijet, ako želite igrati ponovno. Najbolji način da postanete legendarni veliki majstor, je da imate dva čvora koja pratite. Uzmite onaj koji vam se čini jednostavnijim. Oni ne obračaju pažnju. Izgledaju slabo. Fokusirajte se na taj i radite nešto ludo s drugom rukom. Čim pobijedite, naglo stanite. Svi će ostati zabezeknuti. A vi samo pobijedite. To je najbolji način da postanete legendarni veliki majstori masivnog višeigračkog hrvanja palčevima. Hvala vam što se mi dozvolili da vas naučim moju omiljenu igru. Vuuuuu! (pljesak) Hvala vam. (pljesak)