TED演讲之入门 细菌是怎样交流的(6)

Why this is interesting is because in the past decade we have found that this is not just some anomaly of this ridiculous, 这个发现之所以有趣,是因为在过去十年间,我们发现这种现象不只局限在这种古怪的、 glow-in-the-dark bacterium that lives in the ocean — all bacteria have systems like this. 住在大海中、会在黑暗中发光的细菌,而是所有的细菌都有类似的系统。 So now what we...

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TED演讲之现在或永不 休假的力量(7)

We were asked to design an identity for Casa da Musica, the Rem Koolhaas-built music center in Porto, in Portugal. 音乐之家曾请我们设计标志,就是那个由Rem Koolhaas设计建造的音乐中心,在葡萄牙的波尔图。 And even though I desired to do an identity that doesn't use the architecture, I failed at that. 尽管我想要把这个标志设计得与建筑物造型没关,结果却没有成功。 And mostly al...

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TED演讲之入门 演示'六感'(1)

I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense 有一个问题我思考了很久,就是我们能否进化出一种第六感官。 a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information 这种感官可以让我们快速的、便捷的获得元信息,或者是其他的一些信息, that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the ...

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TED演讲之入门 用前所未有的好方法诠释数字统计(10)

Some countries accept that their databases can go out on the world, 少数联合国机构和几个国家已经开放了数据库, but what we really need is, of course, a search function. 但我们最需要的是数据搜索引擎。 A search function where we can copy the data up to a searchable format and get it out in the world. 依靠搜索引擎,我们先把原始数据复制成可搜索的格式,再把数据发布到全世界。 And ...

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TED演讲之入门 内向性格的力量(7)

Now, of course, this does not mean that we should all stop collaborating 当然了,这并不意味着我们都应该停止合作 and case in point, is Steve Wozniak famously coming together with Steve Jobs to start Apple Computer 恰当的例子呢,是史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克和史蒂夫·乔布斯的著名联手,创建苹果电脑公司, but it does mean that solitude matters and that for some people it is the air that th...

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TED演讲之入门 我们需要谈谈不公(13)

Well I went into the courtroom. And as soon as I walked inside, the judge saw me coming in. 所以我跑到法庭里。我一走进去,法官看见我就说: He said, "Mr. Stevenson, did you write this crazy motion?" “史蒂文森先生,是你写了这个疯案么?” I said, "Yes, sir. I did." And we started arguing. 我说:“是的,先生,是我写的。”然后我们就开始辩论。 And people started c...

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TED演讲之入门 内向性格的力量(6)

Now I think at this point it's important for me to say that I actually love extroverts. 现在我必须申明,我其实非常喜欢外向的人。 I always like to say some of my best friends are extroverts, including my beloved husband. 我很多知心友人都是外向者,我心爱的丈夫也是。 And we all fall at different points, of course, along the introvert/extrovert spectrum. 内向外向就像个光谱,...

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TED演讲之现在或永不 休假的力量(6)

In the beginning, on the first sabbatical, it was rather disastrous. 我的第一个休假初期,事情进展一点也不顺利。 I had thought that I should do this without any plan, 我以为不用计划, that this vacuum of time somehow would be wonderful and enticing for idea generation. 空闲本身就很好,使人创新。 It was not. I just, without a plan, I just reacted to little requests, not work r...

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TED演讲之入门 内向性格的力量(1)

When I was nine years old, I went off to summer camp for the first time. 当我九岁的时候,我第一次去参加夏令营。 And my mother packed me a suitcase full of books, which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do. 我妈妈帮我整理好了我的行李箱,里面塞满了书,这对于我来说是一件极为自然的事情。 Because in my family, reading was the primary group activity. 因为在我的家庭里...

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TED演讲之入门 单一故事的危险性(11)

Every time I am home I am confronted with the usual sources of irritation for most Nigerians: our failed infrastructure, our failed government, 我每次回家的时候,都会面临那些令众多尼日利亚人头疼的事情:失败的基础设施,失败的政府。 but also by the incredible resilience of people who thrive despite the government, rather than because of it. 但与此同时,我也看到了人们面对这个政...

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TED演讲之入门 我们需要谈谈不公(3)

And then she said, "I just need you to promise me three things, Bryan." I said, "Okay, Mama." 接着她说:“我想让你向我保证三件事。”我说:“好的外婆。” She said, "The first thing I want you to promise me is that you'll always love your mom." 她说:“第一,我想让你保证你会永远爱你的妈妈。” She said, "That's my baby girl, and you have to ...

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TED演讲之现在或永不 为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死(6)

And the second point I want to make, the final point, is that — and it's actually been a theme of TEDMED 我想说的第二点,也是最后一点,实际上就是TEDMED的主题– that joy is so important to your health, that very few of these behaviors will stick with me unless there's some sense of pleasure and joy in them. 快乐对人的健康非常重要,要不是这些行为可以带给我快...

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TED演讲之入门 肢体语言塑造你自己(10)

What do you do before you go into a job interview? 你在面试工作之前会怎么做? You do this. You're sitting down. You're looking at your iPhone — or your Android, not trying to leave anyone out. 你会这样,对吧?你会坐下来。你盯着自己的iPhone或者安卓手机,转移自己的视线。 You're looking at your notes, you're hunching up, making yourself small, 你看着自己的...

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TED演讲之现在或永不 我为什么划船横渡太平洋(1)

Hi, my name is Roz Savage and I row across oceans. 大家好,我是罗兹·萨维奇,我划船穿越大洋。 Four years ago, I rowed solo across the Atlantic, and since then, 四年前,我曾独自划船横渡了大西洋,之后, I've done two out of three stages across the Pacific, from San Francisco to Hawaii and from Hawaii to Kiribati. 我又完成了跨越太平洋的两个阶段,从旧金山到夏威夷,以及从夏威...

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TED演讲之现在或永不 休假的力量(8)

So it will always fit together, conceptually, of course. 所以在概念的层面而言,它们一定能互相配合。 If Zappa's music is performed, it gets its own logo. 如果演出Zappa的音乐,它会有自己独特的标志。 Or Philip Glass or Lou Reed or the Chemical Brothers, who all performed there, get their own Casa da Musica logo. 或Philip Grass,或Lou Reed,或Chemical Brothers,谁在那里表演...

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TED演讲之现在或永不 我为什么划船横渡太平洋(6)

So, how do you top rowing across the Atlantic? 你怎么才能超越横渡大西洋? Well, naturally, you decide to row across the Pacific. 很自然,你会决定横渡太平洋。 Well, I thought the Atlantic was big, but the Pacific is really, really big. 我知道大西洋很大,但是太平洋是非常非常大。 I think we tend to do it a little bit of a disservice in our usual maps. 我认为我们应该对平常的地图...

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TED演讲之入门 细菌是怎样交流的(1)

Bacteria are the oldest living organisms on the earth. 细菌是地球上最古老的生物。 They've been here for billions of years, and what they are are single-celled microscopic organisms. 它们已经存在数十亿年了,它们是单细胞微生物。 So they are one cell and they have this special property that they only have one piece of DNA. 它们特征是只有一个细胞,还有就是它们只有一份DNA。 T...

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TED演讲之入门 内向性格的力量(5)

Okay, same thing is true in our workplaces. 在职场上何尝不是如此。 Now, most of us work in open plan offices, without walls, where we are subject to the constant noise and gaze of our coworkers. 我们大多在开放的空间工作,没有隔阂,我们持续暴露于嘈杂的声音跟同事的目光下。 And when it comes to leadership, introverts are routinely passed over for leadership positions, 而关于领...

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TED演讲之入门 内向性格的力量(8)

Now if all this is true, then why are we getting it so wrong? 如果这一切都是真的,我们为何错的一塌糊涂? Why are we setting up our schools this way, and our workplaces? 我们为何把学校跟职场架设成这样? And why are we making these introverts feel so guilty about wanting to just go off by themselves some of the time? 我们为何要让这些内向者,因为想有独立自处的时间而感到无所适从...

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TED演讲之入门 学校扼杀创造力(2)

But if you ask about their education, they pin you to the wall. 但如果你要他们谈谈他们的受教育经历,他们会把你“钉到墙上”。 Because it's one of those things that goes deep with people, am I right? 因为这些事情都涉及个人的隐私,对吗? Like religion, and money and other things. 比如宗教信仰,薪水等。 So I have a big interest in education, and I think we all do. 我对教育特别...

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