Technology can't fix inequality -- but training and opportunities could | 'Gbenga Sesan

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翻译人员: shi hang 校对人员: Yan Li Xiao

我曾经看过这个在牙买加的一所小学

的接力赛的视频。

你看这里，有两个队伍， 黄队和蓝队。

I once watched this video of a relay race

孩子们做得很好，

at a primary school in Jamaica.

如此努力并跑得那么快。

You see here, there are two teams, the Yellow team and the Blue team.

黄队领先，

And the kids are doing great,

直到这个小男孩拿到接力棒

working so hard and running so fast.

并且朝错误的方向跑。

And the Yellow team has the lead,

我最喜欢的部分是 当成年人追他的时候，

until this little boy gets the baton

看起来他快要昏过去了，

试图挽救局面

and runs in the wrong direction.

并让孩子朝着正确的方向奔跑。

My favorite part is when the grown-up chases him,

在很多方面，这就是 非洲许多年轻人的感受。

looking like he's about to pass out,

trying to save the situation

and get the kid to run in the right direction.

他们比同龄人落后很多，

在不平等鸿沟的另一边，

In many ways, that's what it's like for many young people in Africa.

而且他们也跑向错误的方向。

They're many paces behind their peers

因为正如我们所期望，

on the other side of the inequality divide,

并立志建立的经济和社会制度，

and they're also running in the wrong direction.

情况并不如此，

Because as much as we might wish otherwise,

全球发展是一场竞赛。

and aspire to build economic and social systems

这是一场我的祖国，尼日利亚，

where it’s not the case,

大陆，非洲，正在输掉的竞赛。

global development is a race.

不平等必须被视为全球流行病。

And it's a race that my home country, Nigeria,

and home continent, Africa, are losing.

从因为随之而来的失望

而无法承受梦想的男孩，

Inequality must be seen as the global epidemic that it is.

到为了资助她的学费

From the boy who cannot afford to dream

而辍学在马路上卖零食的女孩。

because of the disappointment that could come with it

这明显的显示不平等是在

to the girl that skips school in order to sell snacks in traffic,

对于世界上多数问题的中心，

影响的不只是底层 百分之 40 的我们，而是所有人。

just to fund her school fees.

It is clear that inequality is at the center

年轻的男人和女人

of many of the world's problems,

并不能起步在一个平等的路上，

affecting not just the bottom 40 percent of us, but everyone.

导致他们变的沮丧。

我们可能并不喜欢

Young men and women

在他们的尝试来 获得他们认为他们应得到的

who don't get set on the path of equal opportunities

become frustrated.

或者惩罚那些他们觉得 远离他们可以得到的

And we may not like the choices they make

那些更好的机会时做的决定。

in their attempt to get what they think they rightly deserve

但它不必是这样的，

如果我们，作为人类， 可以做别的选择话。

or punish those that they assume keep them away

from those better opportunities.

我们有我们需要 来弥补机会的差距的能力，

But it doesn't have to be this way

但我们只需要把它放在优先。

if we, as humanity, make different choices.

我的成长史落后的很多步。

We have the ability we need to fill that opportunity gap,

尽管我是一个聪明的孩子， 在阿库雷长大，

but we just have to prioritize it.

一个离拉各斯 350 公里远的小镇，

I grew up many paces behind.

这感觉像是一个与世隔绝的地方，

Even though I was a smart kid growing up in Akure,

a town 350 kilometers from Lagos,

一个希望和梦想会被限制的地方。

it felt like a place that was disconnected from the rest of the world,

但是我想要出人头地，

在我的高中当我第一次看到电脑时，

and one where hope and dreams were limited.

我被迷住了，

并且我知道我必须上手 一个不管这到底是什么。

But I wanted to get ahead,

and when I saw a computer for the first time, in my high school,

这是在 1991 年时，

那里只有两台电脑

I was spellbound,

and I knew I just had to get my hands on whatever it was.

提供给个超过五百学生的学校。

所以掌管的老师说 电脑并不是给像我这样的人的，

This was in 1991,

and there were only two computers

应为我并不会理解如何使用它们。

for the entire school of more than 500 students.

他只会允许我的朋友 和他的两个兄弟，

So the teacher in charge said computers were not for people like me,

一位计算机教授的儿子们，

because I wouldn't understand how to use them.

来使用它，应为他们 已经知道他们在做什么。

He would only allow my friend and his two brothers,

在大学，我很绝望的在电脑周围

sons of a professor of computer science,

to use it, because they already knew what they were doing.

来确认我有权利来使用电脑室，

我晚上就在那睡了，

In university, I was so desperate to be around computers

甚至当校园因为教师的罢工

that to make sure I had access to the computer lab,

和学生游行而关闭的时候。

I slept there at night,

直到有人在 2002 年送了我一台前， 我都没有拥有一台电脑，

even when the campus was closed due to teachers' strikes

但我在设备中缺乏的东西， 我用动力和决心弥补了。

and student protests.

I didn't own a computer until I was gifted one in 2002,

而然，为了自学编码 在计算机实验室露营

but what I lacked in devices, I made up for in drive and determination.

并不是一个系统化的解决方案，

也就是为什么我创造了 Paradigm Initiative,

However, camping out in computer labs in order to teach yourself coding

来帮所有尼日利亚人 学习如何使用科技

isn't a systemic solution,

来帮他们跑得更快和更远 朝向他们的希望和梦想，

which is why I started Paradigm Initiative,

来帮助我们的国家并带领我们的洲 进行跨越性的发展。

to help all Nigerians learn to use technology

to help them run faster and further toward their hopes and dreams,

你看，尽可能简单的说，

我的目标是让所有非洲人民 变的发穆斯 (出名)。

and help our nation and take our continent great leaps forward in development.

但我不是说，像是，一个明星，

You see, to put it as simply as possible,

我的意思是我想要所有人 变得像发穆斯 （Famous)，这个人。

my goal is for everyone in Africa to become Famous'.

当发穆斯•奥诺库雷费 来到 Paradigm Initiative 时,

I don't mean, like, a celebrity,

他已经完成了高中， 但是付不起大学，

I mean I want everyone to be like Famous, this guy.

并且他的人生选择是被限制的。

When Famous Onokurefe came to Paradigm Initiative,

最近当我问发穆斯

关于如果没有我们的训练方案的话， 他会在哪里，

he had completed high school, but couldn't afford college,

and his options in life were limited.

他谈了一系列可能的，

When I asked Famous recently

包括流浪街头， 没有工作并且无家可归，

about where he would have been without our training program,

冒着做一些 他并不会为此骄傲的事情。

he rolled out a list of could-haves,

但幸运的是，发穆斯在 2007 年 来到了 Paradigm Initative，

including ending up on the streets, jobless and homeless,

应为他的朋友，是一位 知道我的计划的青年团成员，

at the risk of doing things he wouldn't be proud of.

But luckily, Famous came to Paradigm Initiative, in 2007,

一直和他聊关于一个免费的 计算机训练计划。

because his friends, who were part of a youth group I'd told about my plans,

而在他的训练中，

发穆斯展示了专注并且表现出色。

kept talking about a free computer training program.

当英国交换生队伍

在拉各斯的英国副高级委员会

And during his training,

Famous paid close attention and excelled.

询问关于我们推荐 几位有潜力的实习生时，

When the United Kingdom Trade and Investment team

我们推荐了发穆斯和另外几个。

at the UK Deputy High Commission in Lagos

他拿到了实习名额，

asked us to recommend a few potential interns,

在那里，他听说关于 出入境助理工作

we recommended Famous and a few others to be interviewed.

在阿布贾的 [英国] 高级委员会。

He got the internship,

他申请了，尽管 他并没有大学文凭，

and while there, he heard about an Entry Clearance Assistant job

没有人认为他有任何机会。

at the [British] High Commission in Abuja.

他有着落后的起点，

He applied, even though, without a college degree,

但并不是科技帮助他前进了，

no one thought he had a shot.

是额外的训练，

在他的社会里根深蒂固的训练，

He was starting behind,

一个了解他的现状和挑战的训练，

but it wasn't technology that helped him get ahead,

it was the extra training,

一个改变他人生前往 更好的方向前进的训练。

training rooted in his community,

发穆斯得到了工作，

training that understood his context and his challenges,

并且存出了足够的 钱来付他的大学。

training that helped him change his life for the better.

发穆斯，一位 三角洲州立大学的

Famous got the job,

and then saved enough to pay his way through university.

医学生化毕业生，

现在是在世界四大之一 的专业服务公司工作的

Famous, a Medical Biochemistry graduate

一名特许会计师和助理经理，

from Delta State University,

is now a chartered accountant and an assistant manager

在那里他连续四年赢得了创新奖。

with one of the world's Big Four professional services firms,

但是让我们把事情说清楚 。。。

这不是计算机完成的 -- 是我们完成的。

where he has won innovation awards consecutively for the last four years.

如果没有我们的额外 训练和帮助，

But let's be clear ...

发穆斯并不会在他现在所在的位置。

the computer didn't do that -- we did.

公平并不是给每个人 一台电脑和一个特殊的计划，

Without our additional training and support,

公平是确保每个人都 具有相同的权限

Famous wouldn’t be where he is today.

Fairness is not giving everyone a computer and a special program,

和训练来帮助他们 运用这些东西

fairness is helping make sure everyone has the same access

来改善他们的人生。

当人们进一步落后时，

and training that can help them make use of all these things

公平并不会给每个人 同样的竞争机会，

to improve their lives.

公平是帮助落后的人

When people are further behind,

来到达和其他人一样的起跑线，

fairness isn't giving everyone the same opportunity to compete,

并给他们机会在正确的方向

fairness is helping those who are behind

来跑他们自己的比赛。

to get to the same starting line with everyone else

然而还有数百万的年轻人

and giving them a chance to run their own race

并没有像发穆斯和我一样那么幸运，

in the right direction.

他们并没有技能， 更没有意志，

Yet there are millions of young people

who have not been as fortunate as Famous and I,

来面对相似的 无法克服的不平等。

随着越来越多的工人和学生

who still don't have the skills, let alone the will,

现在必须完成任务 或在家学习，

to face similarly insurmountable inequality.

这种不平等 呈指数级显着，

As more workers and students

并带来可怕的后果。

now have to complete tasks or learn from home,

这就是为什么我会做我所做的事情 通过 Paradigm Initative。

this inequality is exponentially pronounced,

但就像许多干预计划一样，

and with dire consequences.

通过我们的三个中心可以接触到 的年轻人是有限的。

This is why I do what I do through Paradigm Initiative.

But just like many intervention programs,

我们现在已经把培训 带到孩子在的地方了，

there's a limit to how many young people we can reach through our three centers.

但是公立学校的设备差到

我们需要自带设备，权限，

We've now taken the training to where the kids are,

何在大部分时候， 我们需要提供电源。

but public schools are so ill-equipped

that we have to bring devices, access,

自从 2007 年，我们一直致力于 与年轻的尼日利亚人工作，

为了改善他们的生活 以及他们的家庭。

and in many cases, we have to provide power supply.

仅举一个例子，

Since 2007, we've worked with young Nigerians

奥戈楚库欧比的父亲把她， 她的妹妹和母亲踢了出去，

in order to improve their lives and that of their families.

因为他更想要一个男孩。

To give just one example,

Ogochukwu Obi father kicked her, her sisters and her mom out,

但是当她完成我们的课程时，

找到工作并成为她家的顶梁柱，

她的父亲来联系她，

because he preferred to have a son.

承认自己关于女孩的价值错了。

But when she completed our program,

got a job and became her family's breadwinner,

除了我们的工作 在我们的培训中心和学校，

her father came calling,

admitting that he was wrong about the worth of the girl.

我们现在计划收购 移动学习单元，

一些巴士配备有权限， 设备，和电源，

In addition to our work at our training centers and in schools,

we're now planning to acquire mobile learning units,

并且可以服务多个学校。

busses equipped with access, with devices, and with power,

是的，我们需要获得更好的科技

和促进政策来 开放互联网接入，

and that can serve multiple schools.

论自由等等，

Yes, we need better access to technology

但世界上最好的电脑 可以落入民主的森林，

and policies that facilitate open internet access,

但没有人会听到他们， 更不用说使用它们了，

freedom of expression and more,

but the best computers in the world could fall in a democratic forest,

如果他们在几英里以外， 从井里打水

或者为了付一所甚至不能教 他们计算机技能的学校的学费

but no one would hear them, let alone use them,

if they were miles away, hauling water from a well

而寻找废金属。

就像是一双这个世界上最 花哨的运动鞋一样，

or foraging for scrap metal to pay school fees

它并不能帮一个 落后所有人的赛跑者。

in a school that can’t even teach them computer skills.

我永远不会忘记当我是尼日利亚 的信息科技青年大使，

Just like the fanciest sneakers in the world

然后被邀请回到我的高中的时候，

can’t help a runner miles behind everyone else.

那是在我被在那一所学校拒绝

I'll never forget being invited back to my high school

while I was Nigeria's Information Technology Youth Ambassador.

使用电脑权限的十年后。

但我在这里， 作为榜样被介绍

It was 10 years after I had been denied access to using the computer

被认为应该是在 同一所学校塑造的人。

in that very same school.

在我自我介绍之后，

But here I was, being introduced as a role model

那个老师，那个说我永远 不会了解如何使用电脑的老师，

who was supposedly shaped by the same school.

快速的拿起了麦克风

After my presentation,

并更所有人说他如何记得我 当我还是一位学生时，

that teacher, who said I could never understand how to use computers,

并且他确信我一定能行动。

was quick to grab the microphone

and tell everyone that he remembered me as a student

他是对的。

他那时候并不知道， 但我有在我的心里。

and he was sure I had it in me all along.

发穆斯的心里，

He was right.

奥戈楚库的心里，

He didn't know it at the time, but I did have it in me.

那底层的百分之 40 的心里。

Famous had it in him,

我们是不是要说 哪些改变生活的机会

并不是给像是他们的人， 就像那个老师说的呢？

Ogochukwu had it in her,

the bottom 40 percent have it in them.

或者我们将要认出

那些几个世纪的不平等 并不能只依靠小工具来解决，

Are we going to say that life-changing opportunities

are not for people like them, like that teacher said?

但通过培训和资源可以创造 完全公平的竞争环境吗？

Or are we going to recognize

that centuries of inequality can’t just be solved by gadgets,

公平不是给每个孩子 一台电脑和一个应用程序，

but by training and resources that fully level the playing field?

公平是将他们连接起来，

来提供培训和额外的支持，

Fairness is not about giving every child a computer and an app,

应为需要同等的优势 来利用计算机和应用程序。

fairness is connecting them to access,

这就是我们该如何 将我们的接力棒递给他们

to training and to additional support,

去帮他们赶上进度 并指引他们到正确的方向，

for the need to take equal advantage of those computers and apps.

来改变他们的人生。

谢谢。

That's how we pass them the baton

and help them catch up and start running in the right direction,

and change their lives.

Thank you.