How Boredom Can Lead to Your Most Brilliant Ideas | Manoush Zomorodi | TED

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Bighead Ge

My son and the iPhone were born three weeks apart

我兒子在 2007 年六月出生， 和 iPhone 的生日

in June 2007.

差了三週。

So while those early adopters were lined up outside,

所以，當那些想搶先 最早使用的人在外面排隊，

waiting to get their hands on this amazing new gadget,

等著要把玩這新玩具時，

I was stuck at home with my hands full of something else

我被困在家裡，忙著別的事，

that was sending out constant notifications --

那就是不斷的發出通知──

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

a miserable, colicky baby

一個很慘的肚腹絞痛寶寶，

who would only sleep in a moving stroller with complete silence.

只有在移動的嬰兒車裡 且完全安靜時才能入睡。

I literally was walking 10 to 15 miles a day,

我每天真的要走上 10 到 15 英哩，

and the baby weight came off.

所以我的「懷孕胖」都消了。

That part was great.

那部份很棒。

But man, was I bored.

但，天，我好無聊。

Before motherhood, I had been a journalist

在當媽之前，我是個記者，

who rushed off when the Concorde crashed.

在協和式飛機墜毀時要衝去報導。

I was one of the first people into Belgrade

當在塞爾維亞有革命發生時，

when there was a revolution in Serbia.

我是最先到達貝爾格勒的人之一。

Now, I was exhausted.

現在，我累壞了。

This walking went on for weeks.

這步行生活持續了數週。

It was only until about three months in that something shifted, though.

直到約三個月前，有轉變發生了。

As I pounded the pavement,

當我腳步沉重地走在人行道上，

my mind started to wander, too.

我的腦子也開始漫遊了。

I began imagining what I would do when I finally did sleep again.

我開始想像，如果我終於 能再睡覺時我會做什麼。

So the colic did fade,

腹絞痛的確漸漸沒了，

and I finally got an iPhone

最後我也有了支 iPhone，

and I put all those hours of wandering into action.

我把那麼多小時的神遊給實現了。

I created my dream job hosting a public radio show.

我創造了我夢想的工作： 主持一個公共電台的廣播節目。

So there was no more rushing off to war zones,

所以不用再趕去戰區了，

but thanks to my new smartphone,

但，託我的新智慧手機的福，

I could be a mother and a journalist.

我可以同時扮演媽媽以及記者，

I could be on the playground and on Twitter at the same time.

我可以在遊樂場的同時上推特。

Yeah, well, when I thought that,

是啊，當我在想

when the technology came in and took over,

當科技出現並開始主宰，

that is when I hit a wall.

就是我的玩完的時候。

So, I want you to picture this:

請各位想像一下：

you host a podcast, and you have to prove

你在主持一個播客節目，你得證明

that the investment of precious public radio dollars in you

投資在你身上的珍貴公共電台金錢

is worth it.

是值得的。

My goal was to increase my audience size tenfold.

我的目標是要把聽眾數增加十倍。

So one day, I sat down to brainstorm,

有一天，我坐下來腦力激盪，

as you do,

就像你會做的那樣，

and I came up barren.

而我什麼都產不出來。

This was different than writer's block, right?

這和寫作屏障不同，對吧？

It wasn't like there was something there waiting to be unearthed.

不像是有什麼東西在等著被發掘。

就是……什麼都沒有。

There was just nothing.

And so I started to think back:

所以我開始回想：

When was the last time I actually had a good idea?

我上次有個好點子是何時？

Yeah, it was when I was pushing that damn stroller.

是的，是當我在推那 該死的嬰兒車時。

Now all the cracks in my day were filled with phone time.

現在我每天的空檔都被 手機時間佔滿。

I checked the headlines while I waited for my latte.

當我在等拿鐵咖啡時會看看頭條，

I updated my calendar while I was sitting on the couch.

我坐在沙發上時會去更新行事曆。

Texting turned every spare moment

傳訊息讓所有空閒時間轉變成

into a chance to show to my coworkers and my dear husband

一個機會，讓我展現出我多會回應，

what a responsive person I was,

給我同事和我親愛的老公看，

or at least it was a chance to find another perfect couch

或是至少是為我的 Pinterest 網頁尋找

for my page on Pinterest.

另一張完美沙發的機會。

I realized that I was never bored.

我發現，我從來不會無聊。

And anyway, don't only boring people get bored?

但不是只有無聊的人才會無聊嗎？

But then I started to wonder:

但我接著開始想：

What actually happens to us when we get bored?

當我們無聊時，會發生什麼事？

Or, more importantly: What happens to us if we never get bored?

或更重要的：當我們 從不無聊時，會發生什麼事？

And what could happen if we got rid of this human emotion entirely?

如果我們完全擺脫這種 人類情緒，又會發生什麼事？

I started talking to neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists,

我開始和神經科學家及 認知心理學家談這個話題，

and what they told me was fascinating.

他們給我的回覆很棒。

It turns out that when you get bored,

結果是，當你無聊時，

you ignite a network in your brain called the "default mode."

你會點燃你腦中的一個網路， 叫做「預設模式」。

So our body, it goes on autopilot while we're folding the laundry

所以當我們在摺洗好的衣服、 或是走路去上班時，

or we're walking to work,

我們的身體會自動駕駛，

but actually that is when our brain gets really busy.

但其實那時我們的大腦才真的很忙。

Here's boredom researcher Dr. Sandi Mann.

這是研究無聊的學者， 珊蒂曼恩博士。

(Audio) Dr. Sandi Mann: Once you start daydreaming

（語音）珊蒂曼恩博士： 一旦你開始作白日夢，

and allow your mind to really wander,

讓你的大腦真正去神遊，

you start thinking a little bit beyond the conscious,

你會開始有點在意識之外思考，

a little bit into the subconscious,

有點進入到潛意識，

which allows sort of different connections to take place.

這會產生某種不同的連結。

It's really awesome, actually.

這其實真的很棒。

Manoush Zomorodi: Totally awesome, right?

瑪諾什佐摩羅迪：超棒的，對吧？

So this is my brain in an fMRI,

這是用功能性磁振造影 （fMRI）來看我的大腦，

and I learned that in the default mode is when we connect disparate ideas,

我發現，在預設模式時， 我們會連結到迥然不同的點子，

we solve some of our most nagging problems,

我們能解決一些最惱人的問題，

and we do something called "autobiographical planning."

我們會做一件事：「自傳規劃」。

This is when we look back at our lives,

也就是我們會回顧我們的一生，

we take note of the big moments, we create a personal narrative,

記下重要時刻，創造個人化故事，

and then we set goals

接著設定目標，

and we figure out what steps we need to take to reach them.

再想出要哪些步驟 才能達到那些目標。

But now we chill out on the couch also while updating a Google Doc

但現在，我們在沙發上放鬆下來， 同時更新 Google 文件、

or replying to email.

或是回覆電子郵件。

We call it "getting shit done,"

我們稱之為「搞定鳥事」，

but here's what neuroscientist Dr. Daniel Levitin says

但神經科學家丹尼爾拉文提博士

we're actually doing.

說我們其實在做的是……

(Audio) Dr. Daniel Levitin: Every time you shift your attention

（語音）丹尼爾拉文提博士： 每當你把你的注意力從

from one thing to another,

一件事轉移到另一件，

the brain has to engage a neurochemical switch

大腦就得要做一種神經化學轉換，

that uses up nutrients in the brain to accomplish that.

要用掉腦中的營養來完成這轉換。

So if you're attempting to multitask,

所以如果你試著一次進行多工，

you know, doing four or five things at once,

一次做四、五件事，

you're not actually doing four or five things at once,

你其實不是同時在做四、五件事，

because the brain doesn't work that way.

因為大腦不是那樣運作的。

Instead, you're rapidly shifting from one thing to the next,

你其實是快速在幾件事當中轉換，

depleting neural resources as you go.

在過程中用盡神經資源。

(Audio) MZ: So switch, switch, switch, you're using glucose, glucose, glucose.

（語音）瑪諾什：轉換、轉換、轉換， 就是在用葡萄糖、葡萄糖、葡萄糖。

(Audio) DL: Exactly right, and we have a limited supply of that stuff.

（語音）丹尼爾：沒錯， 且葡萄糖的供應是有限的。

MZ: A decade ago, we shifted our attention at work

（語音）瑪諾什：十年前 在工作時，我們每三分鐘

every three minutes.

轉換一次注意力。

Now we do it every 45 seconds,

現在是每 45 秒，

and we do it all day long.

且我們整天都在這麼做。

The average person checks email 74 times a day,

一般人每天會看信 74 次，

and switches tasks on their computer

每天在電腦上切換工作

566 times a day.

566 次。

I discovered all this talking to professor of informatics,

我是從和資訊學教授 葛洛莉亞馬克博士的談話中

Dr. Gloria Mark.

了解到這些的。

(Audio) Dr. Gloria Mark: So we find that when people are stressed,

（語音）葛洛莉亞馬克博士： 所以我們發現，當人們有壓力時，

they tend to shift their attention more rapidly.

他們傾向會更快速轉移注意力。

We also found, strangely enough,

我們還發現了一件怪事，

that the shorter the amount of sleep that a person gets,

一個人睡覺的時間越短，

the more likely they are to check Facebook.

他們越可能會去看臉書。

So we're in this vicious, habitual cycle.

我們身處這個惡性習慣循環中。

MZ: But could this cycle be broken?

瑪諾什：但這個循環能被打破嗎？

What would happen if we broke this vicious cycle?

如果我們打破這個 惡性循環，會發生什麼事？

Maybe my listeners could help me find out.

也許我的聽眾能協助我找出答案。

What if we reclaimed those cracks in our day?

如果我們把每天的 空檔時間收回來呢？

Could it help us jump-start our creativity?

能協助我們啟動我們的創意嗎？

We called the project "Bored and Brilliant."

我們把這個專案稱為 「無聊且出色」。

And I expected, you know, a couple hundred people to play along,

我期待會有幾百個人能參與，

but thousands of people started signing up.

但有數千人開始登記。

And they told me the reason they were doing it

他們告訴我，他們想參與的理由，

was because they were worried that their relationship with their phone

是因為他們擔心他們與手機的關係

had grown kind of ... "codependent," shall we say.

有點變成可以說是「依賴共生」。

(Audio) Man: The relationship between a baby and its teddy bear

（語音）男人：嬰兒和他的泰迪熊、

or a baby and its binky

或嬰兒和他的奶嘴間的關係，

or a baby that wants its mother's cradle

或嬰兒已經受夠被陌生人抱時

when it's done with being held by a stranger --

想要媽媽的搖抱，

(Laughs)

（笑聲）

that's the relationship between me and my phone.

那就是我和我的手機之間的關係。

(Audio) Woman: I think of my phone like a power tool:

（語音）女人：我把 我的手機視為強大的工具：

extremely useful, but dangerous if I'm not handling it properly.

它非常有用，但如果 我沒妥當處理就很危險。

(Audio) Woman 2: If I don't pay close attention,

（語音）女人 2： 如果我不非常專注，

我會突然發現我又花了一小時

I'll suddenly realize that I've lost an hour of time

doing something totally mindless.

去做完全不用腦的事了。

MZ: OK, but to really measure any improvement,

瑪諾什：好，但若要測量進步，

we needed data, right?

我們需要資料，對吧？

Because that's what we do these days.

因為現在我們都是這樣做的。

So we partnered with some apps that would measure how much time

所以我們與一些應用程式合作，

它們會測量我們 每天花多少時間在手機上。

we were spending every day on our phone.

If you're thinking it's ironic

如果你覺得這很諷刺，

that I asked people to download another app

因為我要求人們 去下載另一個應用程式，

so that they would spend less time on their phones:

讓他們能花少一點時間在手機上：

yeah, but you gotta meet people where they are.

是的，但你得要到 人所在的地方去找他們。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So before challenge week,

在挑戰週之前，

we were averaging two hours a day on our phones

我們平均是一天花 2 小時在手機上，

and 60 pickups,

拿起手機 60 次，

you know, like, a quick check, did I get a new email?

比如拿起來看一下有沒有新郵件。

Here's what Tina, a student at Bard College,

以下是巴德學院學生蒂娜

discovered about herself.

對她自己的發現。

(Audio) Tina: So far, I've been spending

（語音）蒂娜：目前，我每天

between 150 and 200 minutes on my phone per day,

會花 150 到 200 分鐘在手機上，

and I've been picking up my phone 70 to 100 times per day.

每天拿起手機 70 到 100 次。

And it's really concerning,

這很讓人擔憂，

because that's so much time that I could have spent

因為這麼多時間我本來可以用來

doing something more productive, more creative, more towards myself,

做比較有生產力、有創意、 對我自己有助益的事，

because when I'm on my phone, I'm not doing anything important.

因為當我用手機時， 我並沒有在做重要的事。

MZ: Like Tina, people were starting to observe their own behavior.

瑪諾什：就像蒂娜， 人們開始觀察他們自己的行為。

They were getting ready for challenge week.

他們準備好面對挑戰週了。

And that Monday,

那個星期一，

they started to wake up to instructions in their inbox,

他們開始要遵從 他們收件匣中的指示，

an experiment to try.

要嘗試一個實驗。

Day one:

第一天：

"Put it in your pocket."

「把它放到你的口袋中。」

Take that phone out of your hand.

讓手機離開你的手。

See if you can eliminate the reflex to check it all day long,

看看能否消除整天 想拿手機看一下的反射動作，

just for a day.

只要一天就好。

And if this sounds easy,

如果聽起來很容易，

you haven't tried it.

那是因為你還沒試過。

Here's listener Amanda Itzko.

以下是聽眾亞曼達以茲柯。

(Audio) Amanda Itzko: I am absolutely itching.

（語音）亞曼達以茲柯： 我真的好癢。

I feel a little bit crazy,

我覺得有點要發狂了，

because I have noticed that I pick up my phone

因為我注意到我隨時 都會拿起我的手機，

when I'm just walking from one room to another,

當我從一個房間走到另一間時，

getting on the elevator,

去搭電梯時，

and even -- and this is the part that I am really embarrassed

甚至──這是要大聲說出來會讓我

to actually say out loud --

我最不好意思的部份──

in the car.

在車上時。

MZ: Yikes.

瑪諾什：真慘！

Yeah, well, but as Amanda learned,

但，就像亞曼達學到的，

this itching feeling is not actually her fault.

這很癢的感覺並不是她的錯。

That is exactly the behavior that the technology is built to trigger.

觸發這行為正是 這種科技建立的目的。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I mean, right?

我的意思是，對吧？

Here's former Google designer, Tristan Harris.

接著這位是前 Google 設計師崔斯坦哈里斯。

(Audio) Tristan Harris: If I'm Facebook or I'm Netflix or I'm Snapchat,

（語音）崔斯坦哈里斯：如果我是 臉書、網飛 (Netflix)、或 Snapchat，

I have literally a thousand engineers

我真的有上千名的工程師，

whose job is to get more attention from you.

致力在得到你更多的注意力。

I'm very good at this,

我很擅長這個，

and I don't want you to ever stop.

我不想要你停下來。

And you know, the CEO of Netflix recently said,

網飛的執行長最近說：

"Our biggest competitors are Facebook, YouTube and sleep."

「我們最大的競爭者是 臉書、YouTube、及睡眠。」

I mean, so there's a million places to spend your attention,

你可以把注意力花在上百萬個地方，

but there's a war going on to get it.

但有場搶奪注意力之戰正在發生。

MZ: I mean, you know the feeling:

瑪諾什：你們知道那種感覺的，

that amazing episode of "Transparent" ends,

《透明家庭》很棒的一集結束了，

and then the next one starts playing

下一集又開始播了，

so you're like, eh, OK fine, I'll just stay up and watch it.

所以你就會想，好吧， 我就熬夜看它吧。

Or the LinkedIn progress bar says you are this close

或是 LinkedIn 的進度條 顯示出你只差一點點，

to having the perfect profile,

就可以有完美的個人檔案，

so you add a little more personal information.

所以你會加上一點個人資訊。

As one UX designer told me,

有一個 UX （使用者經驗） 設計師告訴我，

the only people who refer to their customers as "users"

會把客人稱為「使用者」的人，

are drug dealers and technologists.

只有毒販和技術專家。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

And users, as we know, are worth a lot of money.

你們也知道，使用者很值錢。

Here's former Facebook product manager and author,

以下是臉書的前產品經理及作者，

Antonio García Martínez.

安東尼奧嘉西亞馬丁尼茲。

(Audio) Antonio García Martínez: The saying is, if any product is free

（語音）安東尼奧嘉西亞馬丁尼茲： 有個說法，如果有產品是免費的，

那麼你就是產品； 你的注意力就是產品。

then you're the product; your attention is the product.

但你的注意力值多少錢？

But what is your attention worth?

That's why literally every time you load a page,

這就是為什麼每當你載入一張網頁，

不只是臉書或任何應用程式，

not just on Facebook or any app,

there's an auction being held instantly, billions of times a day,

馬上就會進行一個拍賣， 每天有數十億個拍賣，

for exactly how much that one ad impression cost.

這拍賣是針對那一次 廣告印象值多少。

MZ: By the way, the average person will spend two years of their life

瑪諾什：順便一提， 一般人一生會花兩年的生命

on Facebook.

在臉書上。

So, back to challenge week.

回到挑戰週。

Immediately, we saw some creativity kick in.

馬上，我們就看到創意產生了。

Here's New Yorker Lisa Alpert.

以下是紐約客麗莎艾波特。

(Audio) Lisa Alpert: I was bored, I guess.

（語音）麗莎艾波特： 我想我是很無聊。

So I suddenly looked at the stairway that went up to the top of the station,

所以我突然看向樓梯， 它通往車站的頂端，

and I thought, you know,

我心想，你知道的，

I had just come down that stairway, but I could go back up

我剛從那樓梯下來， 但如果我能再爬上去，

and then come back down and get a little cardio.

然後再下來，就能做一點心肺運動。

So I did,

所以我就做了，

and then I had a little more time, so I did it again and I did it again,

然後，我還有點時間，所以我 再做了一次，又再做了一次，

and I did it 10 times.

我一共做了十次。

And I had a complete cardio workout.

我有了個很完整的心肺訓練。

I got on that R train feeling kind of exhausted,

我上了 R 線列車，覺得好累，

but, like, wow, that had never occurred to me.

但，哇，我從來沒有這樣過。

How is that possible?

這怎麼有可能？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

MZ: So creativity, I learned, means different things to different people.

瑪諾什：我發現，對不同的人， 創意的意義是不同的。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

But everyone found day three's challenge the hardest.

但每個人都覺得第三天的挑戰最難。

It was called "Delete that app."

它叫做「刪掉那程式。」

Take that app -- you know the one;

把那個程式──你知道是哪個；

that one that always gets you, it sucks you in --

總是能攻破你的那個程式── 它總是把你吸進去──

take it off your phone,

把它從你的手機上刪了，

even if just for the day.

即使一天也好。

I deleted the game Two Dots and nearly cried.

我刪了 Two Dots 這個遊戲， 還差點哭了。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Yeah, Two Dots players know what I'm talking about.

Two Dots 玩家知道我在說什麼。

But my misery had good company.

但我的慘狀並不孤單。

(Audio) Man 2: This is Liam in Los Angeles,

（語音）男人 2： 我是洛杉磯的連恩，

and I deleted Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat and Vine

我從我的手機上刪了推特、 臉書、Instagram、Tumblr、

Snapchat、還有 Vine，

from my phone

in one fell swoop.

一氣呵成。

And it was kind of an embarrassingly emotional experience at first.

說來尷尬，一開始 這是很情緒化的經驗。

It felt weirdly lonely to look at that lock screen

看見鎖定螢幕上面沒有新的通知，

with no new notifications on it.

有種詭異的寂寞感。

But I really liked deciding for myself

但我真的很喜歡為我自己決定

when to think about or access my social networks,

何時去想或是去用我的社交網路，

not giving my phone the power to decide that for me.

不要讓我的手機有權來為我決定。

So thank you.

所以，謝謝你。

(Audio) Woman 3: Deleting the Twitter app was very sad,

（語音）女人 3：刪掉 推特程式是很讓人感傷的，

and I feel I maybe, over the last year when I've been on Twitter,

我覺得，也許過去一年 我用推特的日子中，

have developed an addiction to it,

我開始對它成癮，

and this "Bored and Brilliant" challenge has really made me realize it.

而這個「無聊且出色」挑戰 讓我了解到這一點。

After a brief period of really horrible withdrawal feeling,

在一段短暫的恐怖退縮感之後，

like lack-of-caffeine headache,

那就像缺乏咖啡因時的頭痛，

I now feel lovely.

我現在感覺很美好。

I had a lovely dinner with my family,

我和家人吃了頓美好的晚餐，

and I hope to continue this structured use of these powerful tools.

我希望能持繼結構性地 去使用這些強大的工具。

(Audio) Woman 4: I don't have that guilty gut feeling

（語音）女人 4： 我沒有那種罪惡直覺感，

I have when I know I'm wasting time on my phone.

當我在手機上浪費時間時才會有。

Maybe I'll have to start giving myself challenges and reminders like this

也許我會開始在每天早晨 給我自己像這樣子的挑戰和提醒。

every morning.

瑪諾什：我的意思是， 對啊，這就是進展。

MZ: I mean, yes, this was progress.

I could not wait to see what the numbers said

我等不及看看在那週結束之後

at the end of that week.

數字會怎麼說。

But when the data came in,

但當資料進來時，

it turned out that we had cut down,

結果是，平均來說，

on average,

我們減少的時間是

just six minutes --

6 分鐘──

from 120 minutes a day on our phones

本來一天花 120 分鐘在手機上，

to 114.

減少到 114 分鐘。

Yeah. Whoop-de-do.

是啊，好讚呀。

So I went back to the scientists feeling kind of low,

所以我回頭找那些科學家， 感覺很沮喪，

and they just laughed at me,

他們只是笑我，

and they said, you know, changing people's behavior

他們說，你知道嗎，在這麼短時間

in such a short time period

去改變人的行為，

was ridiculously ambitious,

是很有雄心但也很荒謬，

and actually what you've achieved is far beyond what we thought possible.

其實你的成就已經遠超過 我們認為可能達成的。

Because more important than the numbers, were the people's stories.

因為比數字更重要的，是人的故事。

They felt empowered.

他們覺得被賦予能力。

Their phones had been transformed

他們的手機被轉換了，

from taskmasters

從工頭

back into tools.

轉回了工具。

And actually, I found what the young people said most intriguing.

而且，我發現年輕人的說詞最有趣。

Some of them told me

有些年輕人告訴我，

that they didn't recognize some of the emotions

他們無法認出在挑戰週內

that they felt during challenge week,

他們感受到的一些情緒，

because, if you think about it,

因為，如果你試想一下，

if you have never known life without connectivity,

如果你從來就不知道 沒有連結的人生是怎樣的，

you may never have experienced boredom.

你可能從來沒有體驗過無聊。

And there could be consequences.

那是可能會有後果的。

Researchers at USC have found -- they're studying teenagers

南加大的研究者發現── 他們的研究對象是

who are on social media while they're talking to their friends

會在和朋友說話或做功課時，

or they're doing homework,

同時用社交媒體的青少年，

and two years down the road, they are less creative and imaginative

兩年時間過去後， 他們對於自己的未來

about their own personal futures

會比較沒創意和想像力，

and about solving societal problems, like violence in their neighborhoods.

對於解決社會問題，如街坊暴力， 也比較沒創意和想像力。

And we really need this next generation

我們真的需要這下一個世代

to be able to focus on some big problems:

能夠專注在大問題上：

climate change, economic disparity,

氣候改變、經濟失衡、

massive cultural differences.

大量文化差異。

No wonder CEOs in an IBM survey

難怪在 IBM 的調查中，總裁們

identified creativity as the number one leadership competency.

認為最重要的領導能力是創意。

OK, here's the good news, though:

不過，好消息是：

In the end, 20,000 people did "Bored and Brilliant" that week.

最終，20,000 人在那週 做了「無聊且出色」。

Ninety percent cut down on their minutes.

90% 縮減了他們的分鐘數，

Seventy percent got more time to think.

70% 有比較多時間思考。

People told me that they slept better.

他們告訴我，他們睡得更好。

They felt happier.

他們感到更快樂。

My favorite note was from a guy who said he felt like he was waking up

我最喜歡的說詞是， 有個人說他感覺好像

from a mental hibernation.

從精神冬眠中甦醒。

Some personal data and some neuroscience

一些個人資料和一些神經科學

gave us permission to be offline a little bit more,

讓我們能在線下待久一點點，

and a little bit of boredom gave us some clarity

且一點無聊會讓我們看得更清楚，

and helped some of us set some goals.

並協助我們設定一些目標。

I mean, maybe constant connectivity

我是說，也許在幾年之後，

won't be cool in a couple of years.

經常性連結不會那麼酷了。

But meanwhile, teaching people, especially kids,

但這期間，教導人們，特別是孩童，

how to use technology to improve their lives

如何用科技來改善他們的生活

and to self-regulate

並且自我規範，

needs to be part of digital literacy.

必須要成為數位能力的一部份。

So the next time you go to check your phone,

下次你再去看你的手機，

remember that if you don't decide how you're going to use the technology,

切記，如果你沒有決定 你要如何用那科技，

the platforms will decide for you.

平台就會為你做決定。

And ask yourself:

記得自問：

What am I really looking for?

我到底在找什麼？

Because if it's to check email, that's fine -- do it and be done.

因為如果是去看郵件，沒問題， 去做，然後做完就好。

But if it's to distract yourself from doing the hard work

但如果是讓自己從需要深刻思考的

that comes with deeper thinking,

努力工作中分心，

take a break,

休息一下，

stare out the window

看看窗外，

and know that by doing nothing

要知道，什麼都不做時，

you are actually being your most productive and creative self.

其實是最有生產力及創意的時候。

It might feel weird and uncomfortable at first,

一開始可能感覺很怪且不舒服，

but boredom truly can lead to brilliance.

但無聊真的可以帶來出色。

Thank you.

謝謝大家。

(Applause)

（掌聲）