Basically, there's a major demographic event going on. And it may be that passing the 50 percent urban point is an economic tipping point. So the world now is a map of connectivity.
Načelno, dešava se veliki demografski pokret. Može biti da prešavši 50 posto urbane točke je ekonomska točka prevrata. Dakle, sadašnji svijet je karta povezanosti.
It used to be that Paris and London and New York were the largest cities. What we have now is the end of the rise of the West. That's over. The aggregate numbers are overwhelming. So what's really going on? Well, villages of the world are emptying out.
Nekada su Pariz i London, i New York bili najveći gradovi. Ono što imamo sada je kraj uspona zapada. To je završeno. Sakupljeni brojevi su nadmoćni. Pa što se zapravo događa? Sela svijeta se prazne.
The question is, why? And here's the unromantic truth -- and the city air makes you free, they said in Renaissance Germany. So some people go to places like Shanghai but most go to the squatter cities where aesthetics rule. And these are not really a people oppressed by poverty. They're people getting out of poverty as fast as they can. They're the dominant builders and to a large extent, the dominant designers. They have home-brewed infrastructure and vibrant urban life.
Pitanje je, zašto? Ovo je neromantična istina - zrak grada vas čini slobodnim, rekli su u renesansnoj Njemačkoj. Tako neki ljudi idu u mjesta poput Šangaja, no većina ide u skvoter gradove u kojima vlada estetika. Uistinu to nisu ljudi ugnjetavani siromaštvom. To su ljudi koji se izvlače iz siromaštva toliko brzo koliko to mogu. Oni su dominantni graditelji i u velikoj mjeri, i dominantni dizajneri. Sadrže domaću infrastrukturu i rezonantni gradski život.
One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai. They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cases, the government helps. Education is the main event that can happen in cities. What's going on in the street in Mumbai? Al Gore knows. It's basically everything. There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works. One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.
Jedna šestina BDP-a u Indiji dolazi iz Mumbaija. Oni stalno nadograđuju, no samo u nekim slučajeva, vlada pomaže. Obrazovanje je glavni događaj koji se može desiti u gradovima. Što se to događa na ulicama Mumbaija? Al Gore zna. Načelno sve. Nema nezaposlenosti u skvoter gradovima. Svatko radi. Jedna šestina čovječanstva je tamo. Uskoro će biti više od toga.
So here's the first punch line: cities have defused the population bomb.
Dakle ovo je prva poanta. Gradovi su onemogučili eksploziju stanovništva.
And here's the second punch line. That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective. Stars have shined down on earth's life for billions of years. Now we're shining right back up.
A ovo je druga poanta. To je vijest iz centra grada. Ovdje je u perspektivi. Zvijezde su sjale dolje na život na zemlji tijekom milijarda godina. Sad mi blistamo nazad gore.
Thank you.
Hvala vam.