There are things we say when we catch the eye of a stranger or a neighbor walking by. 当我们看到一个陌生人或者一个邻居走过的时候，我们会寒暄几句。 We say, "Hello, how are you? It's a beautiful day. How do you feel?" 我们会说：“你好。最近怎么样
I run a design studio in New York. 我在纽约开一家设计工作室。 Every seven years, I close it for one year to pursue some little experiments, 每七年我都关闭一年，让我进行一些小实验， things that are always difficult to accomplish durin
And for me it's a balance between the technique and a concept that pushes the boundaries of anatomy as a way to know thyself, 我觉得重点是要平衡技巧和突破解剖学自我认知的理念， which is why the work of Michael Reedy struck me
So, enough scientists in other disciplines are really asking people to help, and they're doing a good job of it. 足够多的科学家在其它领域正寻求大家帮忙，而且大伙也干的不错。 For instance, there's eBird, where amateur birdwatchers
All right, pick one, last quest: Shake someone's hand for six seconds, 很好，选一个，最后一个使命：和任何一个人握手6秒钟 or send someone a quick thank you by text, email, Facebook or Twitter. Go! 或者通过短信、邮件、Facebook、Twitter，说
And while a few Indonesians have recently joined ISIS, 虽然最近还是有些印尼人加入伊斯兰国 their number is tiny, far fewer in per capita terms than the number of Belgians. 但他们的数量是非常少的，按人均来计算比比利时要少得多 Try to think of one
About a year ago, I asked myself a question: "Knowing what I know, why am I not a vegetarian?" 大概在一年前左右，我问了我自己一个问题：“我明明知道这些资讯，为什么我不是个素食者？” After all, I'm one of the green guys: I grew up with hippie p
The conventional wisdom about our world today is that this is a time of terrible decline. 关于当今世界的传统观点认为：这是一个急剧衰退的时代 And that's not surprising, given the bad news all around us, 而这也并不令人奇怪，考虑到我们身边无处不在的坏
In the coming years, I became a medical student. 后来几年，我去了医学院读书。 One of every hundred children born worldwide has some kind of heart disease. 我得知，世界上每一百个新生儿中就会有一个患有某种心脏疾病。 There's a part of this proble
When I opened Mott Hall Bridges Academy in 2010, my goal was simple: open a school to close a prison. 在2010年我开办了莫特馆桥学院，我的目标很简单：创办一所学校，以关闭一所监狱。 Now to some, this was an audacious goal, because our scho
If we really want to close the gender wage gap, maybe we should start by opening up the payroll. 如果我们真的想消除性别薪资差距，可能需要从公开工资单开始。 If this is what total market failure looks like, then openness remains th
Cryptocurrencies are based on a special field of mathematics called cryptography. 加密货币是基于一种特殊的数学算法，称为密码学。 Cryptography is the study of how to secure communication, and it's about two really important
Technology is also not going to change who you choose to love. 同样科技也改变不了你的择偶对象。 I study the biology of personality, and I've come to believe that we've evolved four very broad styles of thinking and b
But as they went out of the room, he turned on the radio that was sitting on his desk. 但医生在出去时，把在办公桌上的收音机打开了。 And when they got out, he said to her mother, "Just stand and watch her." 在他们走出房间后，医生对她妈妈说
Of course, you've just heard and you already know that we're running out of antibiotics. 当然，你一定听说过，而且你早就知道了，我们快要没有有效的抗生素了。 Bacteria are incredibly multi-drug-resistant right now, and that's because al
So this is what happens. They come in, they spit into a vial, for two minutes, we say, "You need to do this or this." 这就是实际的情况。他们走了进来，他们把唾液吐到一个小瓶子里，维持一个姿势达两分钟，我们说：“你需要这么做，或者这么做。” They don't look at pi
Now, this is often caricatured, as I have here, as a fear that armies of malicious robots will attack us. 现在我们时常会看到这样一些讽刺漫画，我们总会担心受到一些不怀好意的机器人军队的攻击。 But that isn't the most likely scenario. 但这不是最可能出现的
Think about having surgery. 比如做手术。 Your doctor has to make sure that you are meaningfully and knowingly consenting to that medical procedure. 医生需要确认你了解并同意医疗程序。 This is not the type of consent like wit
Abuse trickles down from the top of the ladder to the bottom. 从上到下，一层层的力量滥用。 Women and children, especially the poor, are at the bottom. 女性和儿童，尤其是贫穷的，就这样处于底层。 Even the most destitute of men have someo
I remember the very first time I went to a nice restaurant, a really nice restaurant. 我还记得第一次走进一家很棒的餐厅，非常高档。 It was for a law firm recruitment dinner, and I remember beforehand the waitress walked aro
