TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(2)
You know, I grew up in the inner city, 要知道，我是在市区长大的， and there were kids who were failing in schools 56 years ago when I first went to school, 当时，很多学生在学业上就已经一事无成了，那可是在56年前，
TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(3)
Now look, I'm a technology fan, but I have to admit to you all I'm a little old. 我是一个技术发烧友，但我得承认我年纪是大了点。 So I was a little slow, and I did not trust technology, and when they first came out with those new
TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(4)
You know, I always wonder, who makes up those rules? 我一直都挺郁闷的，到底是谁制定这样的臭规定啊？ For years I went to -- Look, I went the Harvard Ed School. I thought I knew something. 多年以来，我一直会去哈佛的E
TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(5)
Here's what we know. We know that the problem begins immediately. Right? 以下是我们所知道的东西。我们知道，问题很快就会来的。对吧？ This idea, zero to three. 我们来谈谈婴儿从出生到三岁的变化情况。 My wi
TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(6)
But when they really get pushy, people really get pushy, I say, I do it because you do it for your kid. 但是当他们变得有进取心时，我们就会变得更有进取心，我说：我这样做就像你们为自己的儿子做的原因一样。
TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(7)
Because in my older years, I've become somewhat of a clairvoyant. 到了我这把年纪，我可以说是已经开了慧眼了。 I can predict school scores. You take me to any school. 我可以很容易地预测到某所学校的成绩的。只要你
TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(8)
If you think about technology, imagine if that's how we thought about technology. 如果我们来看一看技术，试想如果这就是我们对技术的看法。 Every time something didn't work, we just threw in the towel and said, Let's forget it
TED演讲:我们不要一成不变的教育(9)
When the country cares about something, we'll spend a trillion dollars without blinking an eye. 当一个国家在乎一些事了，我们就算花一万亿美元也不会眨一下眼睛的。 When the safety of America is threatened, we will spend a
TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(1)
I've been thinking a lot about the world recently and how it's changed over the last 20, 30, 40 years. 最近我常常思考我们的世界以及它在过去的20，30，40年里经历了何等的转变。 Twenty or 30 years ago, if a chicken caught
TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(2)
So in a nutshell, that's the challenge that we all face today at this interesting point in history. 所以简单来说，这就是我们所有人今天面临的挑战，在这个有意思的历史时期。 That's clearly what we've got to do next. 这很
TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(3)
This is clearly not a good arrangement. We clearly need to change it. 这明显不是个良好的形势。我们明显需要改变现状。 We clearly need to find ways of encouraging countries to start working together a little bit better. 我们明显
TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(4)
But actually, aren't most of us not really so very good at empathy? 但事实上，我们大多数人难道不是缺乏同情心吗？ Oh sure, we're very good at empathy when it's a question of dealing with people who kind of look like us 当然，我
TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(5)
And so you may say, well, given all of that, why then doesn't it work? 你可能说，就算这样，为什么不奏效呢？ Why can we not make our politicians change? Why can't we demand them? 为什么我们无法让政党改变？为什么我们无
TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(6)
So a couple of years ago, I thought I would take some time out and speak to that gigantic database and ask it, 所以几年以后，我认为我可以抽出些时间来跟那个庞大的数据库聊聊，问问它， why do some people prefer one cou
TED演讲:哪个国家对世界最有益(7)
And you're waiting for me to tell you which one comes top. 你在等我告诉你哪个国家是第一名。 And I'm going to tell you, but first of all I want to tell you precisely what I mean when I say a good country. 我会告诉你，但首先让我
