So the type of magic I like, and I'm a magician, is magic that uses technology to create illusions. So I would like to show you something I've been working on. It's an application that I think will be useful for artists -- multimedia artists in particular. It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices. I borrowed these three iPods from people here in the audience to show you what I mean. And I'm going to use them to tell you a little bit about my favorite subject: deception.
Keshu qe tipi i magjise qe mua me me pelqen, dhe une jam magjistar, eshte magjia e cila perdor teknologjine per te krijuar iluzione. Keshtu une do doja t'ju tregoj juve dicka per te cilen kam punuar. Eshte nje aplikacion qe une mendoj se mund te jete i nevojshem per artistet -- artistet e multimedias ne vecanti. Ky aplikacion sinkronizon videot ndermjet disa ekraneve pajisjeve mobile. Dhe une morra borxh keto tre IPod-e nga persona ketu ne audience per t'ju treguar cfare dua te them. Dhe une do ti perdor ato per tju treguar juve paksa rreth temes sime te preferuar: mashtrimi.
(Music)
(Muzike)
One of my favorite magicians is Karl Germain. He had this wonderful trick where a rosebush would bloom right in front of your eyes. But it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.
Nje nga magjistaret e mi te preferuar eshte Karl Germain. Ai beri kete truk te mrekullueshem ku nje trendafil do te celte perpara syve tuaj . Por ishte prodhimi i nje fluture qe ishte me e bukura.
(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the creation of life.
(Regjistrim) Zonja dhe Zoterinj, krijimi i jetes.
(Applause)
(Duartrokitje)
(Music)
(Muzike)
Marco Tempest: When asked about deception, he said this:
Marko Tempest: Kur e pyeten rreth mashtrimit, ai tha kete:
Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you -- and he does.
Folesi: Magjia eshte profesioni me i ndershem. Nje magjistar ju premton qe t'ju mashtroj-- dhe ai e ben.
MT: I like to think of myself as an honest magician. I use a lot of tricks, which means that sometimes I have to lie to you. Now I feel bad about that. But people lie every day.
MT: Me pelen te mendoj per veten time si nje magjistar i ndershem. Une perdor shume truke, qe do te thote ndonjehere me duhet t'ju genjej. Tani une ndjehem keq rreth kesaj. Por njerezit genjejne perdite.
(Ringing)
(Bie zilja) Prit.
Hold on.
Vajza ne Telefon: Hej, ku je ti ?
Phone: Hey, where are you?
MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon. You've all done it.
MT; Kam ngecur ne trafik. Do te jem aty shume shpejt. Te gjithe e keni bere kete.
(Laughter)
(E qeshur)
(Music)
Zonja: Do te jemi gati per nje minute, i dashur.
Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.
Burri: Eshte pikerisht ajo qe kam dashur gjithmone.
Center: It's just what I've always wanted.
Grurja: Ti je fantastik.
Left: You were great.
MT: Deception, it's a fundamental part of life. Now polls show that men tell twice as many lies as women -- assuming the women they asked told the truth.
MT: Mashtrimi, eshte pjese fondamentale e jetes. Tani sondazhet tregojne qe burrat thone dy here me shume genjeshtra se sa grate -- duke supozuar qe gruaja qe ata pyeten tha te verteten.
(Laughing)
(Te qeshura)
We deceive to gain advantage and to hide our weaknesses. The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.
Ne genjejme per te qene ne avantazh dhe per te fshehur dobesine tone. Gjenerali Kinez Sun Tzu ka thene qe e gjithe lufta bazohet mbi mashtrimin. Oscar Uaild
Some people deceive
tha te njejten gje per romancen.
for money. Let's play a game. Three cards, three chances.
Disa njerez mashtrojne per leke. Le te bejme nje loje. Tre letra, tre mundesi.
Announcer: One five will get you 10, 10 will get you 20. Now, where's the lady? Where is the queen?
Folesi: Nje 5 do te japi ty 10, dhe 10 do te jape 20. Po tani ku eshte dama? Ku eshte mbreteresha?
MT: This one? Sorry. You lose. Well, I didn't deceive you. You deceived yourself. Self-deception. That's when we convince ourselves that a lie is the truth. Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart. Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception.
MT: Kjo? Me vjen keq: Ju humbet. Mire, une nuk ju genjeva. Ju mashtruat veten. Vete-mashtrimi. Kjo ndodh kur ne i mbushim mendjen vetes qe genjeshtra eshte e vertete. Disa here eshte e veshtire t'i shikosh te dyja vec e vec. Kumaxhinjte manjake jane eksperte ne vete-mashtrimin.
(Slot machine)
(Shurme makinerie bixhozi)
They believe they can win. They forget the times they lose.
Ata mendojne se mund te fitojne. Ata harrojne sa here kane humbur.
The brain is very good at forgetting. Bad experiences are quickly forgotten. Bad experiences quickly disappear. Which is why in this vast and lonely cosmos, we are so wonderfully optimistic. Our self-deception becomes a positive illusion -- why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures; why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet; and why single notes of music, when played together, become a sonata and conjure up meaning.
Truri eshte shume i mire ne te harruar. Momentet e keqia harrohen shpejt. Momentet e keqia zhduken shpejt. Ja pse eshte qe ne mes te nje kozmosi te madh , ne jemi mrekullisht optimist. Vete-mashtrimi yne behet nje iluzion pozitiv -- pse filmat jane ne gjendje te na cojne ne aventura te jashtezakonshme; pse ne besojme Romeon kur ai thote qe e dashuron Zhulieten; dhe pse notat teke te muzikes, kur luhen bashke, behen nje sonate dhe te sjellin ne mendje kuptimin.
That's "Clair De lune." Its composer, called Debussy, said that art was the greatest deception of all. Art is a deception that creates real emotions -- a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
Kjo shte "Drita e Henes." Kompozitori i saj Debysi ka thene qe arti ishte mashtrimi me i bukur i te gjitheve. Arti eshte nje mashtrim qe krijon emocione reale -- nje genjeshter krijon nje te vertete. Dhe kur e jep veten ne ate mashtrim, ajo behet magji.
[MAGIC]
(Music fades slowly)
(Applause)
(Duartrokitje)
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Faleminderit. Shume faleminderit.
(Applause)
(Duartrokitje)