Jamais Cascio: Tools for building a better world

28,796 views ・ 2009-01-22

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譯者: Jeannie Cheng 審譯者: Shelley Krishna Tsang
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The future that we will create can be a future that we'll be proud of.
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我們所創造的未來可以成為我們自豪的未來
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I think about this every day; it's quite literally my job.
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我每天都在想 - 這基本上是我的工作
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I'm co-founder and senior columnist at Worldchanging.com.
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我是Worldchanging.com 的發起人之一,亦是它們的高級專欄作家
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Alex Steffen and I founded Worldchanging in late 2003,
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Alex Steffen 和我2003年末創立 Worldchanging
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and since then we and our growing global team of contributors
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自此以後,我們和來自不同國家的投稿人
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have documented the ever-expanding variety of solutions
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記錄了非常多元化的方案
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that are out there, right now and on the near horizon.
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不論是已存在的還是正在研製的
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In a little over two years, we've written up about 4,000 items --
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在短短的兩年間, 我們寫了大概四千件物品 --
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replicable models, technological tools, emerging ideas --
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複製模型,科學技術,新興的概念 --
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all providing a path to a future
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這種種都帶領著未來
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that's more sustainable, more equitable and more desirable.
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變成一個更持久,更公平,更理想的世界
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Our emphasis on solutions is quite intentional.
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我們對方案的重視是很刻意的
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There are tons of places to go, online and off,
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若然你想找出最新有關
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if what you want to find is the latest bit of news
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人們如何快速墜落的新聞時
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about just how quickly our hell-bound handbasket is moving.
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你有很多地方可以去,在線或離線
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We want to offer people an idea of what they can do about it.
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我們提供應對的方法
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We focus primarily on the planet's environment,
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我們主要集中在地球的環境上
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but we also address issues of global development,
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但我們亦關注國際發展,
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international conflict, responsible use of emerging technologies,
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國際衝突,有責任地使用新興科技,
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even the rise of the so-called Second Superpower
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甚至於所謂第二超級能源的興起
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and much, much more.
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以及更多更多
01:34
The scope of solutions that we discuss is actually pretty broad,
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我們所討論的方案的範疇其實很廣
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but that reflects both the range of challenges that need to be met
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但可反映我們要面對挑戰的層面和
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and the kinds of innovations that will allow us to do so.
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有哪種新方法我們可以採用
01:45
A quick sampling really can barely scratch the surface,
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一個快速的普查只能隔靴搔癢
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but to give you a sense of what we cover:
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但能給你們對我們所表達的事情一個概念
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tools for rapid disaster relief,
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一個快速減少災難的方法
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such as this inflatable concrete shelter;
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例如這個可充氣的混凝土避難所
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innovative uses of bioscience,
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很有創意地使用生物科學
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such as a flower that changes color in the presence of landmines;
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例如一朵會在有地雷的地方而變顏色的花朵
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ultra high-efficiency designs for homes and offices;
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為房屋和辦公室的超級高效能設計
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distributed power generation using solar power, wind power,
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利用太陽能,風力,海洋的能量
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ocean power, other clean energy sources;
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和其他綠色能源來產生電力
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ultra, ultra high-efficiency vehicles of the future;
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未來世界裡非常超級高效能汽車
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ultra high-efficiency vehicles you can get right now;
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你們現在能夠擁有的超級高效能汽車
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and better urban design,
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和更多更好的城市設計
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so you don't need to drive as much in the first place;
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那時你根本不需要駕車駕那麼遠
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bio-mimetic approaches to design that take advantage of
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仿生學吸取自然界高效能的模式
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the efficiencies of natural models in both vehicles and buildings;
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來設計汽車和建築
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distributed computing projects
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分布式的電子計算系統
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that will help us model the future of the climate.
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幫助我們模擬未來的天氣
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Also, a number of the topics that we've been talking about this week
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我們這星期裡在TED所討論過的話題
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at TED are things that we've addressed in the past on Worldchanging:
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都在以往曾在Worldchanging 裡提及過
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cradle-to-cradle design, MIT's Fab Labs,
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再循環設計,麻省理工的數字製造實驗室
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the consequences of extreme longevity,
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極限長壽的後果
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the One Laptop per Child project, even Gapminder.
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一學童一電腦的計劃,甚至還有Gapminder 的軟件
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As a born-in-the-mid-1960s Gen X-er,
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作為一個在六十年代中出生的X世代人類
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hurtling all too quickly to my fortieth birthday,
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很快踏入四十歲
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I'm naturally inclined to pessimism. But working at Worldchanging
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我是天生傾向悲觀的。但在Worldchanging裡工作
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has convinced me, much to my own surprise,
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出乎我意料地說服我
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that successful responses to the world's problems
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成功的回應世界的問題是
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are nonetheless possible.
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仍然可行的
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Moreover, I've come to realize that focusing only on negative outcomes
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而且,我發現到專注在負面的結果
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can really blind you to the very possibility of success.
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會讓你錯失很多成功的可能性
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As Norwegian social scientist Evelin Lindner has observed,
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正如挪威社會科學家 Evelin Lindner 的評論
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"Pessimism is a luxury of good times ...
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悲觀是好時代的奢侈品 --
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In difficult times, pessimism is
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在艱辛的時代,悲觀是
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a self-fulfilling, self-inflicted death sentence."
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自我滿足,自我給予的死刑
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The truth is, we can build a better world,
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事實上,我們可以創造更美好的世界
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and we can do so right now.
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而我們應坐言起行
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We have the tools: we saw a hint of that a moment ago,
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我們有很多點子: 我們剛剛也看了一些
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and we're coming up with new ones all the time.
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我們經常會發明新的點子
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We have the knowledge,
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我們擁有知識
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and our understanding of the planet improves every day.
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而我們對地球的理解與日俱增
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Most importantly, we have the motive:
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最重要的是,我們有動機
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we have a world that needs fixing, and nobody's going to do it for us.
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我們的地球需要調整。沒有人能代替我們調整這個世界
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Many of the solutions that I and my colleagues seek out
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有很多我和我的團隊每一天所尋找和想出的辦法
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and write up every day have some important aspects in common:
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都有著幾個共同而又重要的觀點
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transparency, collaboration, a willingness to experiment,
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就是:透明,合作,勇於試驗
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and an appreciation of science -- or, more appropriately, science!
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和欣賞科學 -- 或更正確是,科 ~ 學 ~
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(Laughter)
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(笑)
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The majority of models, tools and ideas on Worldchanging
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在Worldchanging裡大部份的模式,工具和創意
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encompass combinations of these characteristics, so I want to give you
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是包含著這些特點的。因此我想為你們介紹
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a few concrete examples of how these principles combine
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一些實在的例子來証明這些原則如何
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in world-changing ways.
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運用在改變世界的方法內
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We can see world-changing values in the emergence of tools
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我們在這些方法中可以看到改變世界的價值觀
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to make the invisible visible -- that is,
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就是把隱藏的呈現在眼前 -- 即是
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to make apparent the conditions of the world around us
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把我們周圍的情況顯示出來
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that would otherwise be largely imperceptible.
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否則別人會察覺不來
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We know that people often change their behavior
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我們知道人們會改變他們的行為
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when they can see and understand the impact of their actions.
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是當他們見到和明白到自己的行為所帶來的影響
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As a small example, many of us have experienced
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舉一個例子,我們很多都曾經歷過
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the change in driving behavior that comes from having
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通過一個精確的哩數顯示器的即時顯示
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a real time display of mileage showing precisely
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表現出駕駛習慣的改變
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how one's driving habits affect the vehicle's efficiency.
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如何影響汽車的性能
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The last few years have all seen the rise of innovations
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在過去幾年間我們見到新的創意如何用在
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in how we measure and display aspects of the world
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我們計算和顯示世界的種種
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that can be too big, or too intangible, or too slippery to grasp easily.
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這可以是很大的,或抽象的,或難以容易拿捏的
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Simple technologies, like wall-mounted devices
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簡單的科技,如展示家居的耗電量的
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that display how much power your household is using,
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掛牆裝置
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and what kind of results you'll get if you turn off a few lights --
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和我們關掉幾盞電燈的結果是如何
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these can actually have a direct positive impact
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這些都對我們的能源足跡有著
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on your energy footprint.
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直接和正面的效果
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Community tools, like text messaging, that can tell you
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交流工具,如短訊可以告訴你
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when pollen counts are up or smog levels are rising
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什麼時候花粉指數高或污染指數在上升
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or a natural disaster is unfolding,
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或自然災害正在來臨
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can give you the information you need to act in a timely fashion.
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這些資訊都讓你採取及時的反應
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Data-rich displays like maps of campaign contributions,
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豐富的數據能顯示例如接受政治捐獻的地圖
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or maps of the disappearing polar ice caps,
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或正在消失的北極冰川的地圖
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allow us to better understand the context and the flow
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這些讓我們更加明白事實的背景和
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of processes that affect us all.
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過程是如何地影響我們
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We can see world-changing values in research projects
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我們通過開放資訊和互動的方式
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that seek to meet the world's medical needs
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看到那些尋求滿足醫療需求的研究項目中
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through open access to data and collaborative action.
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想改變世界的價值觀
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Now, some people emphasize the risks of knowledge-enabled dangers,
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現在有些人強調著知識所帶來的危機的風險
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but I'm convinced that the benefits of knowledge-enabled solutions
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而我則確信知識能帶來解決方案的優勢
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are far more important.
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是更加重要的
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For example, open-access journals, like the Public Library of Science,
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例如,開放期刊,如科學公供圖書館
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make cutting-edge scientific research free to all --
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讓尖端的科學研究免費分享給
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everyone in the world.
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世界上所有的人
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And actually, a growing number of science publishers
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事實上,有更多的科學出版商
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are adopting this model.
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正採取這個模式
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Last year, hundreds of volunteer biology and chemistry researchers
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上一年,有過百來自地球各國的
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around the world worked together
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志願生物和化學研究員一同
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to sequence the genome of the parasite responsible
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為一些發展中國家的疾病
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for some of the developing world's worst diseases:
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來把寄生蟲的基因組排序
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African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.
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例如非洲的昏睡病,黑熱病和查加斯病
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That genome data can now be found
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那些基因組的數據都能在
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on open-access genetic data banks around the world,
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全球開放的基因數據庫中找到
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and it's an enormous boon to researchers
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而這是一個對那些尋求治療方法的研究人員
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trying to come up with treatments.
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一個很大的益處
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But my favorite example has to be the global response
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而我最喜歡的一個例子是全球對
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to the SARS epidemic in 2003, 2004, which relied on
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2003,2004年所發生的SARS病毒所作出的反應
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worldwide access to the full gene sequence of the SARS virus.
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這都是有賴於全球把SARS病毒的基因排序公開
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The U.S. National Research Council
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美國國家研究協會
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in its follow-up report on the outbreak specifically
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在其後期檢討報告中特別指出
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cited this open availability of the sequence as a key reason
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這個公開的基因排序是這次能快速地找到
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why the treatment for SARS could be developed so quickly.
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SARS治療的一個最大的原因
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And we can see world-changing values
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而我們能在簡單的流動電話中
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in something as humble as a cell phone.
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看到世界改變的價值
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I can probably count on my fingers the number of people in this room
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我只要用我一雙手便輕易數出
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who do not use a mobile phone --
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在這間房中誰人不用流動電話
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and where is Aubrey, because I know he doesn't?
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Aubrey 在那裡,我知道他是其中之一
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(Laughter)
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(笑)
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For many of us, cell phones have really become
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我們大部份人都認為流動電話
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almost an extension of ourselves,
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已經幾乎變成我們的電話分機
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and we're really now beginning to see the social changes
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而我們開始注意到流動電話
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that mobile phones can bring about.
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所帶來的社會轉變
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You may already know some of the big-picture aspects:
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你或許已經知道其中的一些大觀點
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globally, more camera phones were sold last year
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全球在上一年的相機電話
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than any other kind of camera,
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比任何一種相機更好賣
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and a growing number of people live lives mediated through the lens,
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有更多的人生活依賴著
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and over the network -- and sometimes enter history books.
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鏡頭和網路裡 -- 甚至有時進入歷史書籍中
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In the developing world, mobile phones have become economic drivers.
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在發展中國家,流動電話是經濟的驅動者
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A study last year showed a direct correlation
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去年有一個研究顯示
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between the growth of mobile phone use
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在非洲的流動電話使用的增長
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and subsequent GDP increases across Africa.
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和其國民生產總值是有直接的關係
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In Kenya, mobile phone minutes
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在肯亞,流動電話的分鐘
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have actually become an alternative currency.
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已變成另一種流通的貨幣
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The political aspects of mobile phones can't be ignored either,
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而流動電話的政治角色亦不容忽視
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from text message swarms in Korea helping to bring down a government,
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從韓國因大量的文字短訊而令政府下台
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to the Blairwatch Project in the UK,
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到在英國的貝利亞計畫
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keeping tabs on politicians who try to avoid the press.
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令那些躲避傳媒的政治家無所遁形
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(Laughter)
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(笑)
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And it's just going to get more wild.
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而這只會越加瘋狂
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Pervasive, always-on networks, high quality sound and video,
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普遍的,永久連線,高清畫面和聲音
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even devices made to be worn instead of carried in the pocket,
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甚至乎那些穿在身上而不是攜帶在口袋裡的電子工具
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will transform how we live on a scale that few really appreciate.
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只會在我們不甚欣賞的方式改變我們的生活
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It's no exaggeration to say that the mobile phone
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如果說流動電話是世界
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may be among the world's most important technologies.
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一項最重要的科技也不為過態
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And in this rapidly evolving context,
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在這迅速發展的時代下
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it's possible to imagine a world in which the mobile phone becomes
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我們可以想像到這個世界流動電話已
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something far more than a medium for social interaction.
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遠超過一個社交互動的工具
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I've long admired the Witness project,
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我很久以前便很羨慕Witness 這個方案
08:32
and Peter Gabriel told us more details about it on Wednesday,
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而在星期三Peter Gabriel 在他的感動人心的演講中
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in his profoundly moving presentation.
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告訴我有關這個方案的詳情
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And I'm just incredibly happy to see the news
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我真的是對Witness 將設立一個網路平台
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that Witness is going to be opening up a Web portal
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以供用家在網上
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to enable users of digital cameras and camera phones
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上載數碼相機和電話相機的影片
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to send in their recordings over the Internet,
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而非單靠手提錄象機
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rather than just hand-carrying the videotape.
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這個消息無比的高興
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Not only does this add a new and potentially safer avenue
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這不單只增加了一個新的又更安全的途徑
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for documenting abuses,
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來防止資訊的濫用
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it opens up the program to the growing global digital generation.
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亦可開放一個程式給予我們新增的全球電子的世代
09:02
Now, imagine a similar model for networking environmentalists.
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現在,讓我們幻想一個網絡環保論者的模式
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Imagine a Web portal collecting recordings and evidence
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幻想一個網路平台在收集
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of what's happening to the planet:
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正在這個地球發生的錄象和證據
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putting news and data at the fingertips of people of all kinds,
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把這些新聞和數據放在一個所有人
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from activists and researchers
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從激進者和研究員
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to businesspeople and political figures.
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至商界和政界都能垂手可得的地方
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It would highlight the changes that are underway,
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把那些正在進行的改變突顯出來
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but would more importantly give voice
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更重要的是給
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to the people who are willing to work
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那些願意為新世界,美好世界而努力的人
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to see a new world, a better world, come about.
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發聲
09:28
It would give everyday citizens
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這將會給平凡的人
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a chance to play a role in the protection of the planet.
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一個機會去扮演保護地球的角色
09:33
It would be, in essence, an "Earth Witness" project.
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這就是"地球見證"這計劃的精髓
09:37
Now, just to be clear, in this talk I'm using the name "Earth Witness"
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現在,讓我呈清,這個演講我用了"地球見證"作為
09:40
as part of the scenario, simply as a shorthand,
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一個例子, 簡單地表達
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for what this imaginary project could aspire to,
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虛擬計劃是怎樣地被渴求
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not to piggyback on the wonderful work of the Witness organization.
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而不是扛負在Witness機構的精彩的工作上
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It could just as easily be called, "Environmental Transparency Project,"
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這可以只隨便地叫作 "環境透明計畫"
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"Smart Mobs for Natural Security" --
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或 "聰明民眾守護自然資源"
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but Earth Witness is a lot easier to say.
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但地球見證有更容易說明一切
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Now, many of the people who participate in Earth Witness
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現在有很多人參與地球見證的工作
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would focus on ecological problems, human-caused or otherwise,
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他們集中在生態的問題上,人為的或其他方面的
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especially environmental crimes
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尤其環境罪行
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and significant sources of greenhouse gases and emissions.
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和大量的溫室氣體和排放
10:13
That's understandable and important.
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這是容易理解和重要的
10:15
We need better documentation of what's happening to the planet
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我們需要更好的把地球正在發生的事情上存檔
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if we're ever going to have a chance of repairing the damage.
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以為我們將來有機會去修復這些損害
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But the Earth Witness project wouldn't need to be limited to problems.
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但地球見證不單局限於問題上
10:24
In the best Worldchanging tradition,
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在Worldchanging 的傳統上
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it might also serve as a showcase for good ideas, successful projects
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這亦應成為好點子的示範
10:31
and efforts to make a difference that deserve much more visibility.
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成功的計劃和為改變而付出的努力是值得加許的
10:35
Earth Witness would show us two worlds:
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地球見證展示了兩個世界
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the world we're leaving behind,
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我們過往的世界
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and the world we're building for generations to come.
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和我們為下一代而建議的世界
10:42
And what makes this scenario particularly appealing to me is
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而這個計劃吸引我的是
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we could do it today.
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我們可以在今天做到
10:46
The key components are already widely available.
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最重要的構成要素而呈現在眼前
10:48
Camera phones, of course, would be fundamental to the project.
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相機電話,當然是這個計劃的基本
10:51
And for a lot of us, they're as close as we have yet
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而對於我們很多人來說,它是經常開著
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to always-on, widely available information tools.
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廣泛的接受資訊
10:58
We may not remember to bring our digital cameras with us
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我們可能會忘記帶數碼相機
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wherever we go, but very few of us forget our phones.
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但我們很少忘記帶電話
11:04
You could even imagine a version of this scenario
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你可能想像到一個
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in which people actually build their own phones.
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人們自己創造其電話的方案
11:10
Over the course of last year, open-source hardware hackers
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在過去的幾年間,開放硬件資源的駭客
11:13
have come up with multiple models
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提供了幾款不同的模式以供
11:15
for usable, Linux-based mobile phones,
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Linux 模式的流動電話使用
11:18
and the Earth Phone could spin off from this kind of project.
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而地球電話可成為這類計劃的副產品
11:22
At the other end of the network, there'd be
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在網絡的另一端有一個伺服器
11:24
a server for people to send photos and messages to,
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供人們傳送圖片和訊息
11:27
accessible over the Web, combining a photo-sharing service,
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在互聯網中使用,把這些圖片分享的服務
11:31
social networking platforms and a collaborative filtering system.
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和社交聯誼的平台和合作的過濾的系統結合
11:36
Now, you Web 2.0 folks in the audience know what I'm talking about,
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現在,你們這些網絡2.0的各位都知道我在說什麼
11:39
but for those of you for whom that last sentence
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但那些認為我剛才所說的
11:41
was in a crazy moon language, I mean simply this:
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好像是外星話的人,我只是想說
11:46
the online part of the Earth Witness project
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地球見證計劃的在線那部份
11:49
would be created by the users, working together and working openly.
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會是由用戶所創造,公同製作和公共開放
11:54
That's enough right there to start to build a compelling chronicle
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這已經足夠去開始建立一個令人矚目的敘述
11:59
of what's now happening to our planet, but we could do more.
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有關地球正在發生的事情,但我們可以做更多
12:03
An Earth Witness site could also serve as a collection spot
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在地球見證的網頁可以成為一個結集的地方
12:06
for all sorts of data about conditions around the planet
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把有關地球的所有狀況的數據
12:09
picked up by environmental sensors that attach to your cell phone.
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經過環保的感應器挑選然後連到流動電話中
12:12
Now, you don't see these devices as add-ons for phones yet,
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現在我們還未見到電話有這些附加程式
12:15
but students and engineers around the world
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但世界各地的學生們和工程師
12:17
have attached atmospheric sensors to bicycles and handheld computers
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已把這些大氣中的感應器連在單車,手提電腦
12:20
and cheap robots and the backs of pigeons --
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廉價的機械人和白鴿的背上
12:24
that being a project that's actually underway right now at U.C. Irvine,
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而這個計劃其實正在加州大學歐文分校展開
12:27
using bird-mounted sensors
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利用架在雀鳥身上的感應器
12:29
as a way of measuring smog-forming pollution.
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去量度形成煙霧的污染物
12:32
It's hardly a stretch to imagine putting the same thing
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這不難想像相同的物件
12:34
on a phone carried by a person.
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放在人們隨身攜帶的電話裡
12:37
Now, the idea of connecting a sensor to your phone is not new:
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在電話接駁感應器並不新鮮
12:41
phone-makers around the world offer phones that sniff for bad breath,
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電話製造商提供一個能測口氣的電話
12:44
or tell you to worry about too much sun exposure.
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或告訴你不要過份接觸陽光
12:47
Swedish firm Uppsala Biomedical, more seriously, makes
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瑞士 Uppsala Biomedical 公司製造了一個
12:51
a mobile phone add-on that can process blood tests in the field,
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在流動電話來進行血液測試的附加程式
12:55
uploading the data, displaying the results.
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把資料上載和顯示結果
12:57
Even the Lawrence Livermore National Labs have gotten into the act,
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甚至乎 Lawrence Livermore National Labs 參與計劃
13:01
designing a prototype phone
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設計了一個電話的初型
13:03
that has radiation sensors to find dirty bombs.
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用輻射感應器來找出炸彈
13:06
Now, there's an enormous variety of tiny, inexpensive sensors
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市場上有很多不同的細小廉價的感應器
13:09
on the market, and you can easily imagine someone putting together
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你很容易想像有一些人把它加在電話上
13:13
a phone that could measure temperature, CO2 or methane levels,
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來量度氣溫,二氧化碳或甲烷的水平
13:16
the presence of some biotoxins --
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來檢測生化污染的存在
13:18
potentially, in a few years, maybe even H5N1 avian flu virus.
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有機會在幾年間可能能測試H5N1禽流感的病毒
13:24
You could see that some kind of system like this
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你可以見到類似的系統
13:26
would actually be a really good fit
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其實與Larry Brilliant 的 InSTEDD 計劃
13:28
with Larry Brilliant's InSTEDD project.
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很一致
13:31
Now, all of this data could be tagged with geographic information
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所有的數據可附加在地理的資訊上
13:34
and mashed up with online maps for easy viewing and analysis.
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和混在網上地圖以供瀏覽和分析
13:38
And that's worth noting in particular.
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最值得關注是
13:40
The impact of open-access online maps over the last year or two
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開放式在線地圖在過去一兩年裡的
13:43
has been simply phenomenal.
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影響是非常的驚人的
13:45
Developers around the world have come up with
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在世界各地的發展家發明了
13:47
an amazing variety of ways to layer useful data on top of the maps,
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很不可思異的方法來把有用的數據放在地圖上
13:50
from bus routes and crime statistics
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從公車路線和罪案數字
13:52
to the global progress of avian flu.
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以至全球蔓延的禽流感
13:55
Earth Witness would take this further, linking what you see
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地球見證把它帶到另一層次,把你們可以見到的
13:58
with what thousands or millions of other people see around the world.
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連到世界各地成千上萬的人那裡
14:02
It's kind of exciting to think about what might be accomplished
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當你想像這些可能發生和可以實現
14:05
if something like this ever existed.
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這將會是非常興奮的事情
14:08
We'd have a far better -- far better knowledge
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我們有一個更好,比在衛星系統
14:10
of what's happening on our planet environmentally
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和少量的政府的感應網絡
14:12
than could be gathered with satellites
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更能清楚知道
14:14
and a handful of government sensor nets alone.
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我們的地球在環境的範疇裡正在發生什麼
14:17
It would be a collaborative, bottom-up approach
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這將會是一個合作,由下而上的方法
14:19
to environmental awareness and protection,
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來加強環境覺悟和保護
14:22
able to respond to emerging concerns in a smart mobs kind of way --
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從而使聰明的民眾回應這些新興的問題
14:25
and if you need greater sensor density, just have more people show up.
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如何你想要更大的回響,你要更多人的加入
14:28
And most important,
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最重要的是
14:31
you can't ignore how important mobile phones are to global youth.
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我們不能忽視流動電話是如何地對全球的年輕人的重要性
14:35
This is a system that could put the next generation
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這是一個系統我們用在下一代的身上
14:38
at the front lines of gathering environmental data.
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在前線收集環保的數據
14:41
And as we work to figure out ways to mitigate
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當我們為了想出方法來
14:44
the worst effects of climate disruption,
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減輕氣候失調的壞影響時
14:46
every little bit of information matters.
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每一個資訊都來得重要
14:49
A system like Earth Witness would be a tool for all of us
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類似世界見證的系統將會是我們
14:53
to participate in the improvement of our knowledge and, ultimately,
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用來參與改善我們的知識和
14:57
the improvement of the planet itself.
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最終改善世界的工具
14:59
Now, as I suggested at the outset,
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現在,好像我開端所建議
15:01
there are thousands upon thousands of good ideas out there,
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在某處有著成千上萬的好點子
15:04
so why have I spent the bulk of my time
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我為什麼花了我很多時間
15:06
telling you about something that doesn't exist?
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告訴你一些不存在的事情
15:09
Because this is what tomorrow could look like:
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因為這是我們的將來:
15:12
bottom-up, technology-enabled global collaboration
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由下而上,利用科技驅使全國合作
15:17
to handle the biggest crisis our civilization has ever faced.
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來應付我們文明的最大危機
15:21
We can save the planet, but we can't do it alone -- we need each other.
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我們可以拯救這地球,但我們不能獨個兒進行 -- 我們需要彼此
15:25
Nobody's going to fix the world for us, but working together,
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沒有人能幫我們傷理這個地球,只有共同合作
15:29
making use of technological innovations and human communities alike,
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利用科技革新和人類的群組
15:32
we might just be able to fix it ourselves.
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我們可能把它修理
15:36
We have at our fingertips a cornucopia of compelling models,
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我們很容易便得到令人注目的模式
15:39
powerful tools, and innovative ideas
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有效的工具和創新的點子
15:42
that can make a meaningful difference in our planet's future.
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而這些都能有意義的改變地球的將來
15:44
We don't need to wait for a magic bullet to save us all;
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我們不需要等待一個靈丹妙藥來拯救我們
15:48
we already have an arsenal of solutions just waiting to be used.
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我們已經聚集一堆的方案等待我們使用
15:52
There's a staggering array of wonders out there,
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在某處有大量驚人的好奇心
15:54
across diverse disciplines, all telling us the same thing:
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在不同的範疇裡,告訴我們相同的東西
15:57
success can be ours if we're willing to try.
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如果我們肯嘗試,成功就是我們的
16:00
And as we say at Worldchanging,
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而我們說在Worldchanging裡
16:02
another world isn't just possible; another world is here.
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另外的世界不只是可行,而且另外的世界就在這裡
16:06
We just need to open our eyes. Thank you very much.
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