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翻译人员: Ying Yang
校对人员: Angelia King
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Just a moment ago,
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几分钟之前
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my daughter Rebecca texted me for good luck.
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我的女儿 Rebecca 发了一条短信为我加油。
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Her text said,
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她说
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"Mom, you will rock."
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“妈妈,你会震撼全场的!”
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I love this.
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我太喜欢这个了
00:28
Getting that text
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接到这条短信
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was like getting a hug.
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就像得到了她的拥抱。
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And so there you have it.
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所以大家看到了
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I embody
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我自己
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the central paradox.
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就处在这样一个核心矛盾里。
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I'm a woman
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我自己
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who loves getting texts
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非常喜欢收短信
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who's going to tell you
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但却要告诉大家
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that too many of them can be a problem.
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太多的短信会成为一个大问题。
00:48
Actually that reminder of my daughter
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事实上,我的女儿
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brings me to the beginning of my story.
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让我想起了这个故事的开端。
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1996, when I gave my first TEDTalk,
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1996年我第一次在 TED 演讲的时候
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Rebecca was five years old
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Rebecca 只有5岁
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and she was sitting right there
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她就坐在那里
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in the front row.
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最前排。
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I had just written a book
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那时我刚刚写了一本书
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that celebrated our life on the internet
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庆祝我们的网络新生活
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and I was about to be on the cover
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而且将要成为《连线》杂志 (Wired)
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of Wired magazine.
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的封面人物。
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In those heady days,
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在那些令人陶醉的日子里
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we were experimenting
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我们体验着
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with chat rooms and online virtual communities.
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网络聊天室和在线虚拟社区。
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We were exploring different aspects of ourselves.
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我们正从不同的角度探索自己。
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And then we unplugged.
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然后我们回到现实中来。
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I was excited.
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我对此感到非常兴奋。
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And, as a psychologist, what excited me most
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作为一个心理学家,最令我兴奋的
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was the idea
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就是这样的理念:
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that we would use what we learned in the virtual world
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我们会运用我们在虚拟世界中
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about ourselves, about our identity,
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对自己,对我们自身认同的了解
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to live better lives in the real world.
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改善我们的现实生活。
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Now fast-forward to 2012.
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现在让我们快进到2012年
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I'm back here on the TED stage again.
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我又重新回到了 TED 的讲台。
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My daughter's 20. She's a college student.
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我的女儿已经是一名20岁的大学生了。
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She sleeps with her cellphone,
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她睡觉都抱着她的手机。
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so do I.
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其实我也是。
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And I've just written a new book,
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我刚刚完成了一本新书,
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but this time it's not one
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但是这一本却不会
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that will get me on the cover
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让我登上《连线》杂志
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of Wired magazine.
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的封面。
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So what happened?
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那这十几年间发生了什么呢?
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I'm still excited by technology,
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我仍然为科技而兴奋
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but I believe,
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但是我相信
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and I'm here to make the case,
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并且想要向大家说明
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that we're letting it take us places
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我们正在放任科技
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that we don't want to go.
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它将我们带向歧途。
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Over the past 15 years,
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在过去的15年间
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I've studied technologies of mobile communication
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我一直在研究移动通信技术的影响
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and I've interviewed hundreds and hundreds of people,
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并且访问了成百上千的人,
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young and old,
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年轻的或年长的
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about their plugged in lives.
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了解他们的“移动生活”。
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And what I've found
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我发现
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is that our little devices,
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我们口袋中
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those little devices in our pockets,
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那些轻巧的电子设备
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are so psychologically powerful
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在心理学上有着如此强大的力量
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that they don't only change what we do,
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它们不仅改变了我们的生活方式
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they change who we are.
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也改变了我们本身。
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Some of the things we do now with our devices
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我们现在用电子设备做的一些事情
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are things that, only a few years ago,
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在几年前
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we would have found odd
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还被认为是稀奇
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or disturbing,
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或让人讨厌,
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but they've quickly come to seem familiar,
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但是很快大家就习以为常
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just how we do things.
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——只是我们的行事方式而已。
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So just to take some quick examples:
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让我们来举几个简单的例子。
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People text or do email
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人们在公司的董事会议上
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during corporate board meetings.
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发短信或写邮件,
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They text and shop and go on Facebook
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人们发短信,网购,浏览脸谱——
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during classes, during presentations,
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上课时,听报告时,
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actually during all meetings.
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实际上在几乎所有的会议时。
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People talk to me about the important new skill
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甚至有人告诉我一项重要的新技能——
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of making eye contact
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发短信时如何与别人
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while you're texting.
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进行眼神交流!
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(Laughter)
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(笑)
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People explain to me
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他们说这虽然难
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that it's hard, but that it can be done.
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但还是可以做到的。
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Parents text and do email
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父母们在早餐和晚餐时
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at breakfast and at dinner
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发短信和邮件
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while their children complain
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孩子们因此抱怨
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about not having their parents' full attention.
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父母对他们不够关注。
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But then these same children
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但是同时这些孩子
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deny each other their full attention.
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也很少专心地与彼此相处。
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This is a recent shot
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这是一张我女儿和她朋友们
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of my daughter and her friends
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最近的照片,
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being together
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她们虽然处在同样的空间
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while not being together.
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确没有真正地一起相处。
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And we even text at funerals.
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人们甚至在葬礼上发短信。
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I study this.
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我研究这一现象:
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We remove ourselves
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我们需要别的东西
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from our grief or from our revery
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来分散我们的悲伤或者胡思乱想
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and we go into our phones.
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所以我们需要玩手机。
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Why does this matter?
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这样有什么问题吗?
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It matters to me
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我认为这的确是个问题:
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because I think we're setting ourselves up for trouble --
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我们正在为自己挖陷阱,
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trouble certainly
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这个陷阱无疑会影响
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in how we relate to each other,
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人与人之间的联系,
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but also trouble
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同时也会影响
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in how we relate to ourselves
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我们和自己的联系,
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and our capacity for self-reflection.
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降低我们认识和反省自己的能力。
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We're getting used to a new way
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我们越来越习惯这种新的
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of being alone together.
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"一起独处” 的相处方式。
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People want to be with each other,
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人们希望待在一起,
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but also elsewhere --
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但是同时也 “在别处”——
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connected to all the different places they want to be.
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连线到他们想去的不同地方。
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People want to customize their lives.
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人们想要定制他们的生活,
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They want to go in and out of all the places they are
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想要在不同的场合和地点之间切换,
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because the thing that matters most to them
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因为对他们来说最重要的是
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is control over where they put their attention.
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控制和分配他们的精力。
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So you want to go to that board meeting,
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例如你想去参加董事会议
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but you only want to pay attention
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但是只想关注你感兴趣
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to the bits that interest you.
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的一小部分内容。
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And some people think that's a good thing.
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有人认为这是好事
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But you can end up
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但是长此以往,
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hiding from each other,
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人们就会对别人隐藏自己,
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even as we're all constantly connected to each other.
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即便我们一直保持着彼此间的联系。
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A 50-year-old business man
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一位50岁的商人
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lamented to me
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曾悲哀地告诉我
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that he feels he doesn't have colleagues anymore at work.
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他觉得工作时不再有同事了。
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When he goes to work, he doesn't stop by to talk to anybody,
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他工作时不会停下来和别人说活。
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he doesn't call.
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他不打电话
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And he says he doesn't want to interrupt his colleagues
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他说他不想打断他的同事,
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because, he says, "They're too busy on their email."
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因为,他说:“ 他们都在忙着发邮件。”
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But then he stops himself
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但是然后他停下来,
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and he says, "You know, I'm not telling you the truth.
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他说:“ 其实我没有说实话,”
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I'm the one who doesn't want to be interrupted.
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“ 我也不想让别人打扰我。”
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I think I should want to,
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“ 我觉得我应该想(被打扰)的,”
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but actually I'd rather just do things on my Blackberry."
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“ 但是实际上我更愿意用我的黑莓手机(联系别人)。”
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Across the generations,
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不管哪一代人,
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I see that people can't get enough of each other,
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我发现他们没法从彼此那里得到足够的关注——
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if and only if
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如果他们仅仅
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they can have each other at a distance,
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将彼此保持在一种
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in amounts they can control.
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可以控制的距离范围里。
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I call it the Goldilocks effect:
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我把这种现象称作 Goldilocks 适宜效应:
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not too close, not too far,
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不太近,也不太远,
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just right.
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刚刚好。
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But what might feel just right
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但是对于刚才那位中年商人来说
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for that middle-aged executive
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刚刚好的距离
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can be a problem for an adolescent
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对需要学会与人面对面交流的
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who needs to develop face-to-face relationships.
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青少年来说,却可能太过疏远。
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An 18-year-old boy
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有一个18岁的孩子
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who uses texting for almost everything
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他几乎任何事情都用发短信解决,
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says to me wistfully,
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他惆怅地跟我说
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"Someday, someday,
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“总有一天,
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but certainly not now,
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但是当然不是现在
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I'd like to learn how to have a conversation."
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我会学习一下如何跟人交谈。”
06:26
When I ask people
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我问人们
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"What's wrong with having a conversation?"
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“为什么不面对面交谈?”
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People say, "I'll tell you what's wrong with having a conversation.
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他们回答说:“ 因为面对面交谈
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It takes place in real time
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是实时发生的,
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and you can't control what you're going to say."
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你没法控制你要说什么。”
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So that's the bottom line.
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所以这才是最重要的:
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Texting, email, posting,
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发短信, 写邮件,贴照片发状态
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all of these things
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所有这些
06:49
let us present the self as we want to be.
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都能让我们向别人呈现出我们想变成的样子。
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We get to edit,
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我们可以编辑
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and that means we get to delete,
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就是说我们可以删除,
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and that means we get to retouch,
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可以修改和润色
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the face, the voice,
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我们的面容,声音
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the flesh, the body --
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甚至我们的整个形象
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not too little, not too much,
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让它不少也不多
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just right.
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刚刚好。
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Human relationships
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人类的关系非常丰富
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are rich and they're messy
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也很复杂,
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and they're demanding.
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而且需要技巧和精力来处理。
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And we clean them up with technology.
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我们现在可以用技术使它变简便。
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And when we do,
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在我们做这种简化时
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one of the things that can happen
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一个很可能的问题就是
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is that we sacrifice conversation
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我们为了简便的联系
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for mere connection.
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放弃了面对面的交流。
07:26
We short-change ourselves.
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我们这是自欺欺人。
07:29
And over time,
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长此以往
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we seem to forget this,
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我们似乎忘记了这一点
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or we seem to stop caring.
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或者没有人在乎这一点了。
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I was caught off guard
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Stephen Colbert问过这样一个
07:40
when Stephen Colbert
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让我猝不及防的
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asked me a profound question,
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深刻的问题。
07:46
a profound question.
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非常深刻。
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He said, "Don't all those little tweets,
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他说:“ 难道那些
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don't all those little sips
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微小的简短的
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of online communication,
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在线交流的片段
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add up to one big gulp
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加在一起不能等同于
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of real conversation?"
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真正的交谈吗?”
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My answer was no,
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我的回答是“不能”。
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they don't add up.
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那些片段不能整合在一起。
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Connecting in sips may work
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以这种小片段的方式交流
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for gathering discrete bits of information,
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可能可以收集到那些精心修饰过的信息,
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they may work for saying, "I'm thinking about you,"
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可能表达 “ 我在想你 ”,
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or even for saying, "I love you," --
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甚至表达 “我爱你”,
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I mean, look at how I felt
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的确, 想象一下
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when I got that text from my daughter --
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接到女儿那条短信时我有多么高兴。
08:31
but they don't really work
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但是那些小片段
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for learning about each other,
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很难让我们互相了解,
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for really coming to know and understand each other.
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真正地了解和理解对方。
08:39
And we use conversations with each other
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我们在与彼此交谈的同时
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to learn how to have conversations
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也学习着如何
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with ourselves.
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同自己交流。
08:47
So a flight from conversation
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所以放弃面对面交谈
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can really matter
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确实有着很大的影响,
08:51
because it can compromise
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因为这会损害
08:53
our capacity for self-reflection.
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我们自我反省的能力。
08:55
For kids growing up,
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对于孩子们来说
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that skill is the bedrock of development.
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这项能力是成长的一个重要的基石。
09:01
Over and over I hear,
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我一次又一次地听到:
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"I would rather text than talk."
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“比起说话我更愿意发短信。”
09:06
And what I'm seeing
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我所看到的也是
09:08
is that people get so used to being short-changed
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人们如此习惯于自欺欺人,
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out of real conversation,
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so used to getting by with less,
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如此习惯于逃向更少更浅的交流,
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that they've become almost willing
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以至于他们几乎越来越希望
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to dispense with people altogether.
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躲开别人。
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So for example,
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比如说,
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many people share with me this wish,
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很多人跟我讲过这样的愿望,
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that some day a more advanced version of Siri,
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有一天,更高版本的Siri,
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the digital assistant on Apple's iPhone,
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(苹果公司iphone的智能语音助手)
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will be more like a best friend,
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会更像一个好朋友,
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someone who will listen
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一个当别人都无暇顾及你时
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when others won't.
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还耐心聆听的挚友。
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I believe this wish
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我相信这样的愿望
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reflects a painful truth
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反映了过去15年间
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that I've learned in the past 15 years.
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我了解到的一个痛苦的事实:
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That feeling that no one is listening to me
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那种 “没有人愿意听我倾诉” 的感觉
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is very important
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在我们与科技的关系里
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in our relationships with technology.
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起了重要的作用。
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That's why it's so appealing
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这是解释了为什么我们这么喜欢
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to have a Facebook page
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脸谱页面
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or a Twitter feed --
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或者推特页面。
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so many automatic listeners.
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上面有这么多自动生成的听众呀!
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And the feeling that no one is listening to me
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而且那种没人倾听的感觉
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make us want to spend time
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使我们更愿意和
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with machines that seem to care about us.
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看似关心我们的机器待在一起。
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We're developing robots,
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我们在开发一种
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they call them sociable robots,
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被称作“社会性机器人” 的产品,
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that are specifically designed to be companions --
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它们是专门设计来
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to the elderly,
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陪伴老人,
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to our children,
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孩子,
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to us.
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甚至我们每个人的。
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Have we so lost confidence
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我们已经对给予彼此关怀
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that we will be there for each other?
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毫无信心了吗?(要转而依赖机器人?)
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During my research
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我的有一项在
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I worked in nursing homes,
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疗养院进行的研究,
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and I brought in these sociable robots
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我们把 “社会性机器人” 带到疗养院里
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that were designed to give the elderly
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希望它们可以给予老人
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the feeling that they were understood.
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被理解的温暖感。
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And one day I came in
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一天,我走进疗养院
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and a woman who had lost a child
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看到一位失去孩子的妇女
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was talking to a robot
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正在对着
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in the shape of a baby seal.
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一个小海豹形状的机器人说话。
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It seemed to be looking in her eyes.
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这个机器人看上去像在看她的眼睛,
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It seemed to be following the conversation.
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看上去像听得懂她说话,
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It comforted her.
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它可以给她安慰,
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And many people found this amazing.
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很多人都觉得这种技术很棒。
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But that woman was trying to make sense of her life
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但是那位妇女居然在试图让
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with a machine that had no experience
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一个对人类的生活轨迹
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of the arc of a human life.
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毫无感受的机器理解她!
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That robot put on a great show.
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那个机器人只是完成了一场很棒的表演。
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And we're vulnerable.
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我们是如此脆弱,
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People experience pretend empathy
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会把伪装的同情和共鸣
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as though it were the real thing.
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当作真的。
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So during that moment
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在那位妇女沉溺于
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when that woman
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机器人带给她的
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was experiencing that pretend empathy,
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伪装的同情的时候,
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I was thinking, "That robot can't empathize.
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我在想:“ 那个机器人不可能真正地同情。”
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It doesn't face death.
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它不用面对死亡,
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It doesn't know life."
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它也根本不懂人生。
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And as that woman took comfort
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看到这位从机器人的陪伴
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in her robot companion,
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中寻找安慰的妇女,
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I didn't find it amazing;
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我一点都不觉得这技术先进,
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I found it one of the most wrenching, complicated moments
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我发现那是我这15年的工作里
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in my 15 years of work.
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最复杂,最纠结,最不是滋味的时刻。
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But when I stepped back,
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但是当我退一步来看,
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I felt myself
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我感到自己就在
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at the cold, hard center
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这场完美风暴
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of a perfect storm.
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冰冷无情的中心。
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We expect more from technology
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我们对于技术的期望越来越多
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and less from each other.
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对彼此的期望却越来越少。
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And I ask myself,
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我问自己:
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"Why have things come to this?"
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“为什么会这样呢?”
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And I believe it's because
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我相信,原因是技术
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technology appeals to us most
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最吸引我们的地方
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where we are most vulnerable.
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正是我们最脆弱的一方面。
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And we are vulnerable.
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我们都很脆弱——
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We're lonely,
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我们很孤独
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but we're afraid of intimacy.
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却又害怕亲密的关系。
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And so from social networks to sociable robots,
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所以我们研发社交网站和 “社会性机器人”
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we're designing technologies
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这样的技术
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that will give us the illusion of companionship
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使我们可以在不需要真正友情的情况下
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without the demands of friendship.
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体验被关心和陪伴的幻觉。
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We turn to technology to help us feel connected
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我们借助技术找到和别人保持联系的感觉
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in ways we can comfortably control.
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并且可以舒服地控制这种联系。
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But we're not so comfortable.
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但是其实我们并没有这么舒服,
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We are not so much in control.
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也没能很好地控制。
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These days, those phones in our pockets
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如今,我们口袋中的手机
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are changing our minds and hearts
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正在改变我们的想法和我们的心灵,
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because they offer us
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缘于它们带来了三种
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three gratifying fantasies.
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让人兴奋的错觉
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One, that we can put our attention
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一,我们可以把精力分配到
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wherever we want it to be;
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任何我们想关注的地方;
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two, that we will always be heard;
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二, 总会有人倾听我们;
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and three, that we will never have to be alone.
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三,我们永远都不用独自一人。
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And that third idea,
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这第三种
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that we will never have to be alone,
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“我们永远不用独处” 的错觉
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is central to changing our psyches.
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对于改变我们的心理状态是最关键的。
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Because the moment that people are alone,
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因为当人们独处的时候,
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even for a few seconds,
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即使只有几秒钟,
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they become anxious, they panic, they fidget,
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他们也会变得焦虑,恐慌,坐立难安,
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they reach for a device.
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因而转向那些电子设备。
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Just think of people at a checkout line
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想想在人们在排队的时候,
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or at a red light.
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等红灯的时候。
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Being alone feels like a problem that needs to be solved.
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独处像是变成了一个亟待解决的问题。
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And so people try to solve it by connecting.
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所以人们试着用联系别人的方法解决它。
13:32
But here, connection
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但是这种联系
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is more like a symptom than a cure.
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更像是一种症状而不是真正的治疗。
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It expresses, but it doesn't solve,
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它表达着我们的焦虑,
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an underlying problem.
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却没有解决根本的问题。
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But more than a symptom,
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但是它又不仅仅是一种症状——
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constant connection is changing
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频繁的联系改变着人们
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the way people think of themselves.
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对自己的理解。
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It's shaping a new way of being.
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它催生了一种的新的生活方式。
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The best way to describe it is,
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对此最好描述是,
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I share therefore I am.
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“我分享,故我在。”
13:56
We use technology to define ourselves
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我们用技术来定义自己,
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by sharing our thoughts and feelings
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——分享我们的想法和感觉,
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even as we're having them.
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甚至在我们刚刚产生这些想法的时候。
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So before it was:
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所以以前,情况是
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I have a feeling,
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我有了一个想法,
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I want to make a call.
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我想打电话告诉别人。
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Now it's: I want to have a feeling,
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现在,事情变成了,我想要有个想法,
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I need to send a text.
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所以我需要发短信告诉别人。
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The problem with this new regime
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这种 “我分享,故我在”
14:17
of "I share therefore I am"
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的问题在于
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is that, if we don't have connection,
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如果我们跟别人断了联系,
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we don't feel like ourselves.
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我们就感觉不再是自己了。
14:23
We almost don't feel ourselves.
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我们几乎感觉不到自己的存在了。
14:25
So what do we do? We connect more and more.
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所以我们怎么办呢? 我们的联系越来越多。
14:28
But in the process,
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但是与此同时
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we set ourselves up to be isolated.
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我们也把自己隔绝起来。
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How do you get from connection to isolation?
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为什么联系会导致隔绝呢?
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You end up isolated
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原因是
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if you don't cultivate the capacity for solitude,
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没有培养独处的能力——
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the ability to be separate,
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一种可以与外界分离,
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to gather yourself.
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集中自己的思想的能力。
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Solitude is where you find yourself
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在独处中,你可以找到自己
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so that you can reach out to other people
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这样你才能很好的转向别人,
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and form real attachments.
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与他们形成真正的联系。
14:54
When we don't have the capacity for solitude,
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当我们缺乏独处能力的时候,
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we turn to other people in order to feel less anxious
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我们联系别人仅仅是为了减少焦虑感
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or in order to feel alive.
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或者为了感觉到自己还活着。
15:02
When this happens,
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这时候,
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we're not able to appreciate who they are.
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我们并不真正地欣赏别人,
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It's as though we're using them
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而这好像是把他们当作
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as spare parts
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支撑我们脆弱的自我感的
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to support our fragile sense of self.
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备用零件。
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We slip into thinking that always being connected
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我们简单地认为总和别人保持联系
15:17
is going to make us feel less alone.
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就能让我们不那么孤单。
15:21
But we're at risk,
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但是这是有风险的,
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because actually it's the opposite that's true.
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因为事实恰好相反。
15:26
If we're not able to be alone,
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如果我们不能够独处,
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we're going to be more lonely.
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我们会更加孤单。
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And if we don't teach our children to be alone,
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而如果我们不能教会我们的孩子独处,
15:33
they're only going to know
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他们只能学会
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how to be lonely.
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如何体验孤独。
15:37
When I spoke at TED in 1996,
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1996年我在 TED 演讲,
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reporting on my studies
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报告我关于
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of the early virtual communities,
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早期虚拟社区的研究时曾说:
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I said, "Those who make the most
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“那些对于网络世界
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of their lives on the screen
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最为投入的人
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come to it in a spirit of self-reflection."
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是带着一种自我反省的精神上网的。”
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And that's what I'm calling for here, now:
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这也是我现在想要呼吁的
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reflection and, more than that, a conversation
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我们需要一些反思,更甚者是,展开对话
15:58
about where our current use of technology
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讨论我们目前对技术的应用
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may be taking us,
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会将我们带向何方,
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what it might be costing us.
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会让我们失去什么。
16:05
We're smitten with technology.
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我们被技术(带来的错觉)迷住了,
16:08
And we're afraid, like young lovers,
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而且我们就像年轻的恋人一样
16:11
that too much talking might spoil the romance.
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害怕说太多话会毁掉浪漫的气氛。
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But it's time to talk.
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但是是时候该交谈了。
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We grew up with digital technology
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数字技术伴随我们长大,
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and so we see it as all grown up.
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所以我们也认为技术已经很成熟。
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But it's not, it's early days.
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实则不然,它还在起步阶段。
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There's plenty of time
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我们还有很多的时间
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for us to reconsider how we use it,
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来反思我们应当如何应用它,
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how we build it.
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如何发展它。
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I'm not suggesting
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我并不是说
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that we turn away from our devices,
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我们应该抛弃我们的电子设备,
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just that we develop a more self-aware relationship
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我只是建议我们应当与电子设备,
16:37
with them, with each other
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与别人,也与自己,
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and with ourselves.
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建立更加有自我意识的关系。
16:42
I see some first steps.
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我们可以从这些方面开始改变:
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Start thinking of solitude
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把独处
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as a good thing.
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当做一件好事,
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Make room for it.
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为它留出空间。
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Find ways to demonstrate this
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向你的孩子们说明
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as a value to your children.
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独处的价值。
16:55
Create sacred spaces at home --
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在家里开辟出专门的空间,
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the kitchen, the dining room --
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例如厨房或者客厅,
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and reclaim them for conversation.
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用于和家人交谈。
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Do the same thing at work.
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在工作中也可以这样。
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At work, we're so busy communicating
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我们在工作时总是忙于(浅层的)联系,
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that we often don't have time to think,
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以至于没有时间思考,
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we don't have time to talk,
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也没有时间谈论
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about the things that really matter.
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那些真正重要的事情。
17:14
Change that.
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是时候改变了。
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Most important, we all really need to listen to each other,
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最重要的是,我们真的需要聆听彼此,
17:20
including to the boring bits.
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包括说的那些无聊的细节。
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Because it's when we stumble
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因为正是在我们结巴,迟疑,
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or hesitate or lose our words
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找不到合适的词的时候,
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that we reveal ourselves to each other.
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我们才向对方展现出真实的自我。
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Technology is making a bid
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技术正在试图
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to redefine human connection --
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重新定义人们的联系——
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how we care for each other,
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例如我们怎样关心别人,
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how we care for ourselves --
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和关心自己——
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but it's also giving us the opportunity
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但是它也给了我们机会来
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to affirm our values
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确认我们的价值观
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and our direction.
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和发展方向。
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I'm optimistic.
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对此我很乐观。
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We have everything we need to start.
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我们拥有做这种改变所需的一切。
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We have each other.
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我们身边有彼此,
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And we have the greatest chance of success
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而且我们有很大的几率成功,
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if we recognize our vulnerability.
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只要我们意识到我们的脆弱性
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That we listen
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——我们会轻信
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when technology says
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技术能
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it will take something complicated
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“将复杂的事情变简单”
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and promises something simpler.
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的这种脆弱性。
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So in my work,
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在我的工作中,
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I hear that life is hard,
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我常常听到 “生活很难”,
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relationships are filled with risk.
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“人际关系充满风险” 云云。
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And then there's technology --
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然后技术出现了,
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simpler, hopeful,
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更简单,充满希望,
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optimistic, ever-young.
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乐观而充满朝气。
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It's like calling in the cavalry.
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就像天降一位专家,解决所有烦恼。
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An ad campaign promises
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一个系列广告这样说:
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that online and with avatars,
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在线使用虚拟形象(avartar) 系统,
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you can "Finally, love your friends
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你 “最终就可以爱你的朋友,
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love your body, love your life,
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爱你自己,爱你的生活,
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online and with avatars."
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如此简单。”
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We're drawn to virtual romance,
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我们被虚拟的爱情吸引,
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to computer games that seem like worlds,
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被电脑游戏营造的奇幻世界吸引,
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to the idea that robots, robots,
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也被 “机器人将会变成我们
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will someday be our true companions.
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最好的伴侣” 的想法所吸引。
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We spend an evening on the social network
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我们晚上泡在社交网站上,
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instead of going to the pub with friends.
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而不是和现实中的朋友去酒吧玩。
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But our fantasies of substitution
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但是我们对于这些
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have cost us.
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网络替代品的幻想已经使我们失去了很多。
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Now we all need to focus
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如今,我们需要专注于找到
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on the many, many ways
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可以让科技
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technology can lead us back
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将我们带回
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to our real lives, our own bodies,
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现实生活的方法——
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our own communities,
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带回到我们的身体,我们的圈子,
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our own politics,
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我们的社会,我们的政治,
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our own planet.
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我们自己的星球。
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They need us.
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它们需要我们。
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Let's talk about
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让我们来关注和讨论
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how we can use digital technology,
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如何运用数字技术,
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the technology of our dreams,
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那些我们梦想的神奇技术,
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to make this life
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来帮助我们回归这样的生活,
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the life we can love.
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充满爱的生活。
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Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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