The year in ideas: TED Talks of 2014

譯者: Zhiting Chen 審譯者: Geoff Chen

Chris Hadfield: It is incredibly powerful to be on board one of these things.

Chris Hadfield: 有幸登上宇宙飛船， 震撼人心。

(Engine roars)

（引擎發動的聲音）

It's an entirely different perspective.

這是完全不同的視角。

You're not looking up at the universe.

你不再是抬頭仰望星空。

You and the Earth are going through the Universe together.

你和地球一起在宇宙中翱翔。

Fabien Cousteau: I think the oceans still hold quite a few secrets,

Fabien Cousteau: 我想， 海洋仍然保有很多秘密。

but if we're to explore the final frontier on this planet,

如果想要探索地球上 這未知的邊界，

we need to live there.

我們就要住在那裡。

[Journeyed around the world.]

「環球旅行」

Vincent Moon: I felt the need to travel and to discover some other music,

Vincent Moon：我想去旅行， 去發掘其他各式各樣的音樂，

to explore the world,

去探索這個世界，

and actually it was also this idea of nomadic cinema that I had in mind.

正是我腦中不時出現的遊牧民族電影。

Daria van den Bercken: Recently, I flew over a crowd of thousands of people

Daria Van Den Bercken：最近在巴斯， 我在數千人頭頂上漂浮著，

in Brazil, playing music by George Frideric Handel.

彈奏喬治·弗裡德里希·亨德爾的曲目。

I also drove along the streets of Amsterdam.

我駕駛穿越阿姆斯特丹的街道。

I fell in love with the music,

我熱愛音樂，

and I wanted to share it with as many people as possible.

我想儘可能多地和人們分享這份熱情。

Ben Saunders: It was a journey, an expedition in Antarctica,

Ben Saunders：這趟旅程， 是對南極洲的探索，

the coldest, windiest, driest,

南極洲是地球上最冷，最大風，最乾，

and highest-altitude continent on Earth.

海拔最高的洲。

[And even traveled back in time.]

「甚至回到過去。」

Allan Adams: Keep looking further and further,

Allan Adams：繼續向前看，再向前看，

and then finally you see a faint, fading afterglow,

你終會看到一個模糊，褪色的餘暉，

and it's the afterglow of the Big Bang.

那正是宇宙大爆炸的餘暉。

[We took bold steps forward.]

「我們向着未來勇敢邁步。」

Hugh Herr: We the people need not accept our limitations,

Hugh Herr：我們人類不應該 受制於我們的限度，

but can transcend disability through technological innovation.

我們要通過科技創新 超越殘疾的束縛。

[Helped medicine get personal.]

「讓醫藥更加人性化。」

Leana Wen: When doctors are willing to step off our pedestals,

Leana Wen：當醫生們走下神壇，

take off our white coats and show our patients who we are

脫去白大褂， 讓病人認識真實的我們，

and what medicine is all about,

了解醫藥是什麼，

that's when we begin to overcome the sickness of fear.

那時我們就能克服恐懼。

That's when we establish trust.

建立醫患信任。

Manu Prakash: It starts with a single sheet of paper.

Manu Prakash： 這只是一張卡紙。

What you see here is all the possible components

這些則是組裝一個 功能性，明視野，螢光顯微鏡

to build a functional, bright-field and fluorescence microscope.

所需的全部組件。

Jorge Soto: Catching cancer early is basically the closest thing we have

Jorge Soto：對癌症的及早發現， 是我們所能做的

to a silver-bullet cure against it,

最好的治癒癌症的良方，

and that is why my team and I have decided to begin this journey,

這就是我和我的團隊 決心開始這一段旅程的原因，

to try to make cancer detection at the early stages

試圖在癌症早期的時候做出診斷

easier, cheaper, smarter, and more accessible.

更簡單，更便宜，更聰明 也更易操作。

[We re-examined power.]

「我們重新審視權力。」

Eric Liu: The problem we face today, here in America in particular,

Eric Liu：我們今天所遇到的問題， 尤其是在當今美國，

but all around the world,

還有全世界，

is that far too many people are profoundly illiterate in power.

就是有太多的人們對權力的極度無知。

Pia Mancini: If Internet is the new printing press,

Pia Mancini：如果網路是新的紙媒，

then what is democracy for the Internet era?

那麼在網絡時代的民主是什麼？

Jeremy Heimans: Let's for a second talk about what new power isn't.

Jeremy Heimans：讓我們來討論一下 新勢力不是什麼。

New power is not your Facebook page.

新勢力不是你的臉書頁面。

Just ask Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad.

去問問敘利亞的獨裁者 巴沙爾·阿薩德吧，

I assure you that his Facebook page

我向你保證，他的臉書頁面

has not embraced the power of participation.

並沒有實現參與的權力。

[Re-defined success.]

「重新定義成功。」

Simon Anholt: We don't admire countries primarily because they're rich,

Simon Anholt：我們崇拜國家 從不是因為它們富有，

because they're powerful, successful,

因為它們強權，成功，

modern, or technologically advanced.

現代化，或者是科技超前。

We primarily admire countries that are good.

我們尊崇好的國家。

Michael Green: GDP is a tool to help us measure economic performance.

Michael Green： GDP 能夠幫助我們 測量經濟績效。

It's not a measure of our well-being.

但 GDP 不能測量我們的幸福。

[Reckoned with rising inequality.]

「看待上升的不平等。」

Nick Hanauer: No free and open society can long sustain

Nick Hanauer：沒有自由開放的社會

this kind of rising economic inequality.

能長期忍受這般不斷上升的經濟不平等。

It has never happened. There are no examples.

從未發生過。 沒有先例。

You show me a highly unequal society,

你展示一個高度不平等的社會，

and I will show you a police state or an uprising.

我將會展示一個警察國家或是一場革命。

Thomas Piketty: When inequality gets too extreme,

Thomas Piketty：當不平等變得極度嚴重，

then it becomes useless for growth.

那麼增長就毫無意義了。

Charmian Gooch: My wish is for us to know who owns and controls companies

Charmian Gooch：我的願望是，讓公眾知曉 誰擁有，並掌管這些公司

so that they can no longer be used anonymously against the public good.

這樣公司就不能匿名侵害公眾利益。

[Wrestled with the power of big data.]

「與大數據的力量鬥爭。」

Kenneth Cukier: We have to be the master of this technology, not its servant.

Kenneth Cukier：我們必須精通這項科技 成為它的主人而不是僕人。

We are just at the outset of the big data era.

我們正處於大數據時代的開端。

Jennifer Golbeck: By liking that Facebook page,

Jennifer Golbeck： 通過給臉書頁面按贊，

or by sharing this piece of personal information,

或者是分享一篇你的個人資訊，

you've now improved my ability to predict whether you're using drugs

你就幫助我提高了 預測你是否吸毒，

or whether you get along well in the workplace.

或者是，你在工作場合人緣怎樣。

Anne Milgram: I wanted to introduce data and analytics

Anne Milgram：我想要將數據和分析

and rigorous statistical analysis into our work.

還有嚴密的統計分析 結合到我們的工作中。

In short, I wanted to moneyball criminal justice.

簡短來說，我先要在刑事司法領域 點球成金。

[And debated the right to privacy.]

「開展關於隱私權的論戰。」

Glenn Greenwald: The United States and its partners,

Gleen Greenwald：美國和它的夥伴

unbeknownst to the entire world, has converted the Internet

在全球毫不知情的情況下

into an unprecedented zone of mass, indiscriminate surveillance.

將網絡轉變成空前未有的 對大眾無差別監視的空間。

Richard Ledgett: This is not NSA running off and doing its own things.

Richard Ledgett：這不是美國國安局 自說自話的行為。

This is a legitimate activity of the United States foreign government

這是美國海外政府 正當合法的活動，

that was agreed to by all the branches.

是經由所有部門分支同意通過的。

Edward Snowden: We don't have to give up our privacy to have good government.

Edward Snowden：我們不需要放棄 我們的隱私，以求獲得更好的政府。

Keren Elazari: I think we need hackers,

Keren Elazari：我想，我們需要駭客，

and in fact, they just might be the immune system for the information age.

事實上，駭客也許就是 這個資訊時代的免疫系統。

[We empathized with those who suffer.]

「我們對那些人間苦難感同身受」

Melissa Fleming: Every day, 32,000 people

Melissa Fleming：每一天， 三萬兩千人

will be forcibly displaced from their homes.

被逼離開自己的家。

Kimberley Motley: And what justness means to me,

Kimberley Motley：公正對我來說是什麼呢，

it's using laws for their intended purpose, to protect.

就是遵照法律準則 使用法律保護需要被保護的人。

Eman Mohammed: My work is not meant to hide the scars of war

Eman Mohammed：我的工作不是 刻意隱藏戰爭的傷痕

but to show the full frame of unseen stories of Gazans.

而是展示加沙那些不為人知故事的全貌。

Sebastian Junger: I've been covering wars for almost 20 years,

Sebastian Junger： 我採訪戰爭相關話題近 20 年了，

and one of the remarkable things

這其中最令我印象深刻的是

is how many soldiers find themselves missing it.

那麼多戰士發聲自己在思念戰爭。

Kevin Briggs: In my experience, it's not just the talking that you do,

Kevin Briggs：我的經驗告訴我， 我們需要的不僅是講授，

but the listening.

更多的是傾聽。

Listen to understand.

傾聽從而理解。

[Recognized creativity as a constant pursuit.]

「認識到創意是永遠的追求。」

Sting: Day after day, you face a blank page and nothing's coming,

Sting：日復一日， 你看著面前的空白紙，沒有一絲靈感，

and those days turn to weeks and weeks to months,

就這樣，數天，數週，數個月，

and pretty soon, those months have turned into years with very little to show.

很快，數個月變成數年，仍然成就了了。

Mark Ronson: You have to take an element of those things

Mark Ronson：你可以使用 舊物件中的一些部件

and bring something fresh and new to it.

然後加入新的元素。

Sarah Lewis: Mastery is about sacrificing for your craft

Sarah Lewis：卓越是為了自己的才華 做出犧牲，

and not for the sake of crafting your career.

而不是為了開發自己的事業。

Elizabeth Gilbert: The only trick is that you've got to identify

Elizabeth Gilbert：唯一的訣竅就是 你需要辨別

the best, worthiest thing that you love most,

你最愛的東西中最好的 最有價值的那個，

and then build your house right on top of it

接著以那為基礎建立自己的家

and don't budge from it.

不要妥協讓步。

[We watched language evolve.]

「我們關注語言的發展。」

Jamila Lyiscott: Let there be no confusion

Jamila Lyiscott： 讓我們不再疑惑，

Let there be no hesitation

讓我們不再猶豫，

This is not a promotion of ignorance

這不是在推進愚昧

This is a linguistic celebration

這是語言的慶典。

Jill Shargaa: Webster's dictionary defines the word "awesome"

Jill shargaa: 韋氏字典 將“Awesome” （厲害）這個詞

as fear mingled with admiration or reverence.

定義為敬畏，參雜著 尊重或崇敬。

With that in mind, was your Quiznos sandwich awesome?

記著這個定義， 你的奎茲諾斯三明治有沒有那麼厲害？

Anne Curzan: Multi-slacking is the act of having

Anne Curzan：multi-slacking 這個詞 指的是一種行為

multiple windows up on your screen

在你的電腦螢幕上好幾個窗口同時開著，

so it looks like you're working when you're actually goofing around on the web.

這看起來好像你在工作， 而實際上你在網上四處漫遊。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

[We saw the future.]

「我們見到了未來。」

Nicholas Negroponte: So my prediction is that we are going to ingest information.

Nicholas Negroponte：我對未來的預測是 人類將能夠向體內注射資訊。

You're going to swallow a pill and know English.

你將能夠吞一顆藥丸 就會說英語。

You're going to swallow a pill and know Shakespeare.

你將能夠吞一顆藥丸 就會通曉莎士比亞。

[And most importantly

「最重要的是，我們看到最好的自己」

we saw the best versions of ourselves.]

「最重要的是，我們看到最好的自己」

Dan Gilbert: Human beings are works in progress

Dan Gilbert：人類在不斷向前

that mistakenly think they're finished.

卻錯誤地認為自己完蛋了。

Isabel Allende: "Tell me, what is it that you plan to do

Isabel Allende：“告訴我， 你的計劃是什麼，

with your one wild and precious life?"

你要怎樣度過這瘋狂且珍貴的一生？”

Me, I intend to live passionately.

我，我將會滿懷激情地生活下去。

Ziauddin Yousafzai: People ask me, what special is in my mentorship

Ziauddin Yousafzai：人們問我， 我對女兒馬拉拉的教育有什麼特別之處

which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and poised.

是什麼使得馬拉拉如此英勇， 勇敢且泰然自若。

I tell them, don't ask me what I did.

我告訴他們，不要問我做了什麼。

Ask me what I did not do.

而要問我沒做什麼。

I did not clip her wings.

我沒有剪斷她的翅膀。

Zak Ebrahim: Violence isn't inherent in one's religion or race.

Zak Ebrahim：暴力並不隨著 人的宗教或種族與生俱來。

I choose to use my experience to fight back against terrorism,

我想要用我的經歷來對抗恐怖主義，

against the bigotry.

對抗偏執。

Mellody Hobson: I think it's time for us to be comfortable

Mellody Hobson：我想，是時候讓我們

with the uncomfortable conversation about race.

適應這些讓人不舒服的種族話題。

We cannot afford to be color blind.

我們不要無視膚色，

We have to be color brave.

而是要勇敢地面對差異。

Geena Rocero: My deepest truth

Geena Rocero：我心底最實質信念

allowed me to accept who I am. Will you?

讓我接受真實的自己。那你呢？

Shaka Senghor: So what I'm asking today

Shaka Senghor：我今天提出這樣的請求

is that you envision a world

想像有一個世界，

where men and women aren't held hostage to their past,

所有人都能對自己的過去沒有敵意，

where misdeeds and mistakes don't define you for the rest of your life.

我們犯過的錯誤和罪行 都不能定義我們生命餘下的時光。

Maysoon Zayid: I gotta tell you, I got 99 problems and palsy is just one.

Maysoon Zayid：我必須告訴你們， 我有 99 個毛病，麻痺只是其中之一。

If there was an Oppression Olympics, I would win the gold medal.

如果有個壓抑奧林匹克， 我估計能拿金牌。

I'm Palestinian, Muslim,

我是巴勒斯坦人，穆斯林，

I'm female, I'm disabled, and I live in New Jersey.

我是女人，我是殘疾人， 我住在新澤西。

(Laughter) (Applause)

（笑聲）（掌聲）

Gabby Giffords: Be a leader. Set an example.

Gabby Giffords：做一名領袖， 樹立標準，

Be passionate.

充滿熱情，

Be courageous. Be your best.

鼓起勇氣，做最好的自己。

Andrew Solomon: Forge meaning, build identity,

Andrew Solomon： 鑄造意義，建立身份，

and then invite the world to share your joy.

然後邀請全世界來分享你的快樂。

[What will 2015 bring?]

「2015會帶來什麼？」

[Explore the talks in this video at YearInIdeas.TED.com/2014]

「片中完整影片列表請前往 YearInIdeas.TED.com/2014 」