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.
U toku je veliki demografski događaj. Kada gradsko stanovništvo prevaziđe 50%, može se desiti ekonomski preokret. Svet je sada mapa umreženosti.
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 najveći gradovi bili Pariz, London i Njujork. Danas svedočimo kraju uspona Zapada. Gotovo je. Ukupne brojke su zapanjujuće. Šta se zapravo dešava? Sela širom sveta ostaju pusta.
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? Evo neromantične istine -- gradski vazduh vas čini slobodnim, rekli su u renesansnoj Nemačkoj. Tako se neki ljudi sele u mesta poput Šangaja, i većina odlazi u kartonska naselja gde caruje estetika. Ovo nisu ljudi ugnjetani siromaštvom. To su ljudi koji beže iz siromaštva što brže mogu. Oni su glavni graditelji, i u velikoj meri, glavni dizajneri. Imaju "uradi sam" infrastrukturu i aktivan urbani 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.
Šestina BDP-a Indije potiče iz Mumbaja. Oni stalno nadograđuju, a u retkim slučajevima, i država pomogne. Obrazovanje je glavni događaj koji se dešava u gradovima. Šta se dešava na ulicama Mumbaja? Al Gor zna. U suštini - sve. U kartonskim naseljima nezaposlenost ne postoji. Svi rade. Šestina čovečanstva živi tamo. Uskoro će biti i više.
So here's the first punch line: cities have defused the population bomb.
Evo prvog rezultata: gradovi su smirili populacioni procvat.
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 drugi rezultat. To su vesti iz centra. Evo ga u perspektivi. Zvezde sijaju nad nama milijardama godina. Sada i mi isto tako sijamo.
Thank you.
Hvala.