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.
Sot do t'ju mesoj si te luani lojen time te preferuar: mundje gishtash me shume lojtare. Eshte e vetmja loje ne bote qe njoh qe te lejon ty, lojtarin, mundesine te perjetosh 10 emocione pozitive ne 60 sekonda ose me pak. Kjo eshte e vertete, keshtu qe nese luani kete loje me mua sot per vetem nje minute, ju do te ndjeni gezim, qetesim, dashuri, befasi, krenari, kuriozitet, emocion, mahnitje dhe mrekullim, kenaqesi dhe kreativitet, te gjitha brenda nje 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.
Tingellon bukur, apo jo? Tani ju deshironi te luani. Qe t'ju mesoj kete loje, do te me nevojiten disa vullnetare qe te vijne siper ne skene shume shpejt, dhe do te bejme nje demonstrim te vogel. Nderkohe qe ata po ngjiten, duhet t'ju them qe kjo loje eshte shpikur 10 vjet me pare nga nje kolektiv artistesh ne Austri qe quhet Monochrom. Falemnderit, Monochrom. Pra, shumica e njerezve jane mesuar me mundjen me gishta tradicionale, midis dy personave. Sunni, le t'jua kujtojme. Nje, dy, tre, kater, Une deklaroj lufte gishtash, dhe ne bejme mundje, dhe sigurisht qe Sunni me mund, sepse ajo eshte me e mira.
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.
Tani, gjeja e pare rreth mundjes me gishta me shume lojtare, ne jemi brezi i lojrave. Jane rreth nje miliarde lojtare ne planet, keshtu qe ne na duhet dicka me sfiduese. Keshtu qe gjeja e pare qe na duhet jane me shume gishta. Eric, bashkohu me ne. Ne kete menyre ne mund te bashkojme tre gishta, dhe Peter mund te bashkohet me ne. Ne mundet madje te bashkojme kater gishta, dhe ti fiton ne qofte se je i pari qe bllokon gishtin e dikujt tjeter. Kjo eshte shume e rendesishme. Ti s'mund te presesh nderkohe qe te tjeret bejne mundje dhe pastaj te shfaqesh ne minuten e fundit. Nuk mund te fitosh keshtu. Ah, kush veproi keshtu? Eric, ti veprove keshtu. Eric do te kishte fituar. Ai ishte i pari qe bllokoi gishtin tim. Pra, ky eshte rregulli i pare, dhe mund te shohim qe tre ose kater eshte numri tipik i gishtave ne nje nyje, por ne qofte se ndiheni ambicioz, nuk keni pse permbaheni. Mund te guxojme akoma me shume. Mund te shihni ketu siper. I vetmi rregull qe duhet te kujtoni eshte, si brez lojtaresh, ne na pelqejne sfidat. Ve re qe ju te gjithe keni disa gishta qe s'po i perdorni. Keshtu qe mendoj qe duhet te perfshijme disa te tjere. Dhe ne qofte se do te kishim vetem kater veta, do te vepronim pikerisht ne kete menyre, dhe do perpiqeshim dhe do benim mundje me te dy gishtat ne te njejten kohe. Perfekte.
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.
Tani, sikur te kishim me shume njerez ne salle, ne vend te mundjes brenda nje nyjeje te mbyllur, ne mund te zgjateshim dhe te kapnim persona te tjere. Dhe kjo eshte pikerisht ajo qe do te bejme tani. Do perpiqemi te perfshijme te gjithe, dicka si, s'e di, 1,500 gishtat ne kete salle te lidhur ne nje nyje te vetme. Dhe duhet te lidhim te dy nivelet, keshtu qe, ne qofte se jeni aty lart, do t'ju duhet te zgjasni nje dore lart dhe nje dore poshte.
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.
Tani - (Te qeshura) - perpara se te fillojme -- Kjo eshte e forte. Ju mezi po prisni te luani. - para se te fillojme, mund te me shfaqni slidet serish shume shpejt, sepse ne qofte se permiresoheni shume ne kete loje, dua te dini qe ekzistojne disa nivele te avancuara. Ky eshte nje nivel i nje lloji te thjeshte, apo jo? Por ekzistojne edhe konfiguracione te avancuara. Ky quhet Konfiguracioni i Yllit te Vdekjes. Kemi ketu fansa te "Star Wars"? Dhe ky ketu quhet Rripi Mobius. Te apasionuarit pas shkences, ju mund ta kuptoni. Ky eshte niveli me i veshtire. Ky eshte ekstremi.
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.
Tani per tani do i permbahemi nivelit normal, dhe keni 30 sekonda, cdo gisht ne nyje, lidhni nivelin e siperm me te poshtmin, ju djema vazhdoni poshte. Tridhjete sekonda. Ne rrjet. Krijoni nyjen.
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!
Ngrihuni ne kembe! Eshte me e thjeshte nese ngriheni ne kembe. Te gjithe, cohuni, cohuni, cohuni. Ngrihuni ne kembe, miqte e mi. Ne rregull. Mos e filloni mundjen akoma. Nese keni nje gisht te lire, tundeni dhe siguroheni qe ta lidhni me te tjere. OK. Duhet te bejme nje kontroll te minutes se fundit per gishtat. Ne qofte se keni nje gisht te lire, tundeni ne ajer qe te siguroheni. Kape ate gisht! Zgjatu prapa. Aty. Gishta te tjere? Ne rregull, kur te them tre, do filloni. Perpiquni te mos mbeteni prapa. Kape, kape, kape. Ne rregull? Nje, dy, tre, fillo!
(Laughter)
(Te qeshura)
Did you win? You got it? You got it? Excellent! (Applause) Well done. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Fitove? E kape? E kape? Shkelqyeshem! (Duartrokitje) Ju lumte. Faleminderit. Shume faleminderit.
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.
Ne rregull. Nderkohe qe ju lumturoheni qe keni fituar lojen tuaj te pare te mundjes me gishta me shume lojtare, le te bejme nje permbledhje te shpejte te emocioneve pozitive. Pra kurioziteti. Une thashe "mundje gishtash me shume lojtare". Dhe ju thate me vete, "Per cfare dreqin po flet ajo?" Pra, une nxita pak kuriozitet. Kreativitet: u desh kreativitet per te zgjidhur problemin e perfshirjes se te gjithe gishtave ne nje nyje. Une zgjatem perreth dhe zgjatem lart. Pra ju perdoret kreativitetin. Shkelqyeshem. Po rreth befasise? Pikerisht ndjenja e perpjekjes per te bere mundje me dy gishta njekohesisht ishte vertet befasuese. Ju e degjuat gumezhimen ne dhome. Kishim emocion. Kur ju niset mundjen, ndoshta ishit duke fituar, ose personi tjeter ishte shume i perfshire nga loja ne kete menyre rritej emocioni. Kishim lehtesimin. Juve ju desh te ngriheshit ne kembe. Kishit qene ulur per ca kohe, keshtu qe lehtesimi fizik, te cmpiheshe. Ne kishim gezim. Ju po qeshnit, po buzeqeshnit. Shikoni fytyrat tuaja. Kjo dhome eshte plot gezim. Kishim edhe pak kenaqesi. Une nuk pashe asnje te dergonte mesazhe me celular ose te kontrollonte posten elektronike nderkohe qe luante, keshtu qe ju po kenaqeshit duke luajtur. Tre emocionet me te rendesishme, mahnitja dhe mrekullimi, ne u lidhem te gjithe me njeri-tjetrin fizikisht per nje minute. Kur ishte hera e fundit qe ju keni qene ne TED dhe ju desh te lidheshit fizikisht me cdo person te vetem ne salle? Eshte vertet mahnitese dhe e mrekullueshme. Dhe duke folur per lidhje fizike, ju e dini sa e dua une hormonin oksitocine, you clironi oksitocine, ju ndiheni te lidhur me te gjithe ne salle. Ju e dini qe menyra me e mire per te leshuar oksitocine shpejt eshte te kapesh duart me dike per te pakten gjashte sekonda. Ju i kishit te gjithe duart e kapura per shume me gjate se gjashte sekonda, keshtu qe tani ne te gjithe jemi biokimikisht gati per te dashur njeri-tjetrin. Eshte gjigande.
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)
Dhe emocioni i fundit eshte krenaria. Sa njerez jane si une. Thjesht pranojeni. Ju i humbet te dy gishtat. Nuk funksionoi per ju. S'ka problem, sepse ju mesuat nje aftesi te re sot. Ju mesuat, duke filluar nga zero, nje loje qe nuk e njihnit me pare. Tani dini si ta luani. Mund t'ua mesoni edhe te tjereve. Keshtu qe urime. Sa prej jush fituan vetem nje gisht? Ne rregull. Kam lajme shume te mira per ju. Sipas rregullave zyrtare te mundjes me gishta me shume lojtare, kjo ju ben nje kryemjeshter te lojes. Duke qene se nuk ka shume njerez qe dine te luajne, na duhet ta shpejtojme programin me shume se te nje loje si shahu. Keshtu qe urime, kryemjeshter. FIto nje gisht nje here, dhe do te behesh kryemjeshter. I fitoi ndonjeri te dy gishtat? Po. E mrekullueshme. Ne rregull. Behuni gati ta beni status ne Twitter ose ne Facebook. Ju djema, sipas rregullave, jeni kryemjeshter legjendare, keshtu qe urime. Do ju le me nje keshille te vogel, ne qofte se doni te luani serish. Menyra me e mire per t'u bere nje kryemjeshter legjendar, kur je perfshire ne dy nyje te ndryshme. Zgjidh ate qe duket me e thjeshte. Te tjeret nuk po i kushtojne vemendje. Ata duken te dobet. Fokusohu te ajo dhe bej dicka te cmendur me kete krah. Sapo te fitosh, ndalo papritur. Te gjithe do shmangen. Atehere sulmo ti. Ja si te behesh nje kryemjeshter legjendar ne mundjen me gishta me shume lojtare. Faleminderit qe me lejuat t'ju mesoj lojen time te preferuar. Uuuuu! (Duartrokitje) Faleminderit. (Duartrokitje)