TED演讲:如何用创新来克服危机?(4)
And to explain why this is so, I have a question. 为了解释为什么会是这样，我先问一个问题。 Suppose that there are two diseases: one of them is rare, the other one is common, but if they are not treated they are equally severe. 假设
TED演讲:如何用创新来克服危机?(5)
Alright. Well if larger markets increase the incentive to produce new ideas, how do we maximize that incentive? 好。那么，如果市场越大，创新的动力越大，我们如何能最大限度地发挥这一动力呢？ It's by having one worl
TED演讲:如何用创新来克服危机?(6)
But consider the following: if the world as a whole were as wealthy as the United States is now 但是，请大家考虑一下：如果整个世界都象现在的美国一样富裕， there would be more than five times as many scientists and enginee
TED演讲:如何用创新来克服危机?(7)
Now you can see some of the reasons why I'm optimistic. Globalization is increasing the demand for ideas, the incentive to create new ideas. 现在你可以理解我为什么对此充满信心。全球化在增大对创新的需求，这是创新的动
TED演讲:如何用创新来克服危机?(8)
Here is GDP per capita from 1900 to 1929. Now let's imagine that you were an economist in 1929, trying to forecast future growth for the United States, 这是人均国内生产总值从1900年到1929年。让我们想象一下，在1929年，如果你是
TED演讲:如何用创新来克服危机?(9)
Moreover, as everyone knows, look -- it's energy, not oil, which counts. And higher oil prices mean a greater incentive to invest in energy R and D. 此外，正如大家都知道，能源，而不是石油，是最重要的。而且，油价越高，投
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(1)
Imagine being unable to say, I am hungry, I am in pain, thank you, or I love you. 想象一下不能说出我饿了，我好疼 谢谢以及我爱你的情形。 Being trapped inside your body, a body that doesn't respond to commands. Surrounded by p
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(2)
Meanwhile, my mind began knitting itself back together. Gradually, my awareness started to return. 但是同一时间，我的意识开始逐渐缓慢复原，慢慢的，我的意识开始恢复了。 But no one realized that I had come back to life
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(3)
I was completely powerless to change anything in my life or people's perceptions of me. 我无法改变生命中的任何事情，对改变别人对我的认知也无能为力。 I was a silent, invisible observer of how people behaved when they thou
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(4)
Perhaps my parents could have found out and could have helped. 也许我的父母本能够发现并给我帮助。 But the years of constant caretaking, having to wake up every two hours to turn me, 但是经年累月的康复照看，不得不每两个
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(5)
Seeing my father walk through the door to collect me was the best moment of the day. 每次看到父亲穿过大门进来接我的一刻，都是那一天最美好的时候。 My mind became a tool that I could use to either close down to retreat fro
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(6)
In myself, I had a ready audience, and I believed that by expressing my thoughts and wishes, others would listen, too. 在我身体里有一个现成的观众，我相信只要表达思想和愿望，其他人也可以听到。 But as I began to comm
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(7)
However, I longed to share my life with someone. 但是，我渴望与他人分享我的生活。 I remember staring out the window as my dad drove me home from work, thinking I have so much love inside of me and nobody to give it to. 我记得爸爸接
TED演讲:一段无人了解的经历(8)
Being given a means of communication changed everything. 有了交流的方式，一切都改变了。 I used the power of words and will to challenge the preconceptions of those around me and those I had of myself. 我用语言的力量挑战了来自
TED演讲:推特需要如何改变(1)
What worries you right now? You've been very open about lots of issues on Twitter. 你现在担心什么？一直以来你都敞开探讨推特上的问题。 What would be your top worry about where things are right now? 对于现在的情况，你最
