It's no accident that democracy and theater emerged around the same time in ancient Athens. 无怪乎民主和剧院同时出现于古代雅典。 Both of them yank the individual out of the enclosure of her private self. 民主和戏剧都把个体从私我中分
What kind of world do we want? This is a fundamental question that most of us are asking. 到底我们需要怎么样的世界？这是一个我们常常扪心自问的问题。 Does it make sense to participate in the existing world order? 这对已有世界秩序行得通吗？ We
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
What we need today is an electoral culture that is about being together together, in person, in loud and passionate ways, 我们今天需要的是一种选举文化，人与人之间面对面交流思想，喧闹而又激情四射， that instead of being "eat your vegetabl
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 lo
Every new media technology raises privacy concerns. 每个新的媒体技术都会引起隐私问题。 In fact, in the US the very first major debates about privacy were in response to technologies that were relatively new at the tim
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 thes
We did a report: "How to Make Nuclear Cheap." 我们做了一个报告：《如何降低核能价格》。 In particular, the thorium reactor shows a lot of promise. 具体来说，钍反应堆带来了光明的前景。 So when the climate scientist, James Hansen, 所以当环境科学家詹姆
So what would apes like ourselves do in this circumstance? 那在这种情况下，像我们这样的“大猩猩”还能有什么用呢？ Well, we'd be free to play Frisbee and give each other massages. 我们可以悠闲地玩飞盘，给彼此做按摩。 Add some LSD and some questio
Thank you so much. It's really scary to be here among the smartest of the smart. 非常感谢。站在你们这些绝顶聪明的人之间让我感到有一点可怕。 I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion. 我将会在这里讲述关于激情的故事。 There's a Jewish saying tha
And here's what it feels like to be a kid in this checklisted childhood. 那么在清单式童年中长大的孩子是怎样的呢。 First of all, there's no time for free play. 首先，他们没有自由玩耍的时间。 There's no room in the afternoons, because ev
So when we went through the numbers, and just added that up 当我们查看这些数据的时候，把它们加起来， how much nuclear do we see China and India bringing online over the next 15 years, 未来15年内，中国和印度会建多少核电站呢？ how much do we
We did it in the larger culture, and we're doing it in marriage. 在其他文化中我们已经这么做了，现在我们把它带到婚姻中。 Right, no question about it. But it's interesting, the millennials actually want to be very good parents 是的
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
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
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
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, real
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
Let's take a closer look in the United States. 让我们来看看美国。 Over the last couple of years -- really 2013, 2014 -- we prematurely retired four nuclear power plants. 在过去的几年里，尤其是2013、14年，我们过早报废了四个核电站。 They
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
