ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonathan Harris - Artist, storyteller, Internet anthropologist
Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris makes online art that captures the world's expression -- and gives us a glimpse of the soul of the Internet.

Why you should listen

Brooklyn-based artist Jonathan Harris' work celebrates the world's diversity even as it illustrates the universal concerns of its occupants. His computer programs scour the Internet for unfiltered content, which his beautiful interfaces then organize to create coherence from the chaos.

His projects are both intensely personal (the "We Feel Fine" project, made with Sep Kanvar, which scans the world's blogs to collect snapshots of the writers' feelings) and entirely global (the new "Universe," which turns current events into constellations of words). But their effect is the same -- to show off a world that resonates with shared emotions, concerns, problems, triumphs and troubles.

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Jonathan Harris: The Web's secret stories

Jonathan Harris談網路上的祕密

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Jonathan Harris具有過人的同情心,希望能探索網路上的情感世界,他所主導的專案就是在網路上蒐集每個人的感覺與渴望。
- Artist, storyteller, Internet anthropologist
Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris makes online art that captures the world's expression -- and gives us a glimpse of the soul of the Internet. Full bio

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So I really consider考慮 myself a storyteller說故事的人.
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我覺得自己是一個說故事的人,
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But I don't really tell stories故事 in the usual通常 way,
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但我說故事的方式和一般人不同,
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in the sense that I don't usually平時 tell my own擁有 stories故事.
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我也不常講自己的故事。
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Instead代替, I'm really interested有興趣 in building建造 tools工具 that allow允許
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我比較常做的是設計一些工具,
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large numbers數字 of other people to tell their stories故事,
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讓世界上的其他許多人
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people all around the world世界.
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都可以講述自己的故事。
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I do this because I think that people actually其實 have a lot in common共同.
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我會這麼做是因為我覺得人們有許多共同點,
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I think people are very similar類似,
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我覺得大部分的人都很相像,
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but I also think that we have trouble麻煩 seeing眼看 that.
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只是大家都沒有發覺而已。
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You know, as I look around the world世界 I see a lot of gaps空白,
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當我觀察了世界上的各種人後,發現了一些差異,
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and I think we all see a lot of gaps空白.
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我相信大家都看得出來這些差異,
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And we define確定 ourselves我們自己 by our gaps空白.
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我們也用這些差異來區別彼此,
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There's language語言 gaps空白,
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像是語言差異、
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there's ethnicity種族 and racial種族 gaps空白, there's age年齡 gaps空白,
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種族及人種差異、年齡差異、
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there's gender性別 gaps空白, there's sexuality性慾 gaps空白,
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性別差異、性向差異、
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there's wealth財富 and money gaps空白, there's education教育 gaps空白,
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財富差異、教育程度差異,
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there's also religious宗教 gaps空白.
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當然還有宗教差異。
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You know, we have all these gaps空白 and I think we like our gaps空白
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就算我們之間存在了這麼多的差異,我們還是喜歡這些差異,
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because they make us feel like we identify鑑定 with something,
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因為這些差異會讓我們產生認同感,
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some smaller community社區.
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形成各個小團體。
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But I think that actually其實, despite儘管 our gaps空白,
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但除了這些差異之外,
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we really have a lot in common共同.
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我真的覺得我們有許多共同點,
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And I think one thing we have in common共同 is a very deep need
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其中一個共同點,就是我們對於表達自己的意見,
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to express表現 ourselves我們自己.
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都有很深的渴望。
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I think this is a very old human人的 desire慾望. It's nothing new.
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我認為這是一種存在已久的人類渴望,不是什麼新聞,
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But the thing about self-expression自我表現
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但一談到自我表達這件事,
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is that there's traditionally傳統 been this imbalance失調
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通常我們就會想到一個不對等的狀況,
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between之間 the desire慾望 that we have to express表現 ourselves我們自己
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那就是我們對於表達自己意見的渴望,
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and the number of sympathetic有同情心 friends朋友
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其渴求程度遠遠大於願意聆聽
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who are willing願意 to stand around and listen.
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我們意見的朋友人數。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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This, also, is nothing new.
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這也不是什麼新聞了。
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Since以來 the dawn黎明 of human人的 history歷史, we've我們已經 tried試著 to rectify糾正 this imbalance失調
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自有人類歷史以來,人類總試圖藉由藝術創造、
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by making製造 art藝術, writing寫作 poems, singing唱歌 songs歌曲,
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寫詩、唱歌、寫些社論投稿到報社、
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scripting腳本 editorials社論 and sending發出 them in to a newspaper報紙,
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或和朋友們八卦一番,來改善這種不對等的狀況,
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gossiping閒聊 with friends朋友. This is nothing new.
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這也不是什麼新聞。
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What's new is that in the last several一些 years年份
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真正的新聞是在過去幾年,
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a lot of these very traditional傳統 physical物理 human人的 activities活動,
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這些傳統人類用來抒發自我的活動,
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these acts行為 of self-expression自我表現, have been moving移動 onto the Internet互聯網.
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全都移到網路上去了。
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And as that's happened發生, people have been leaving離開 behind背後 footprints腳印,
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在網路發達後,人們開始在網路上留下自己的足跡,
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footprints腳印 that tell stories故事 of their moments瞬間 of self-expression自我表現.
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也就是留下可以表達自我的各種故事。
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And so what I do is, I write computer電腦 programs程式
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而我所做的,就是撰寫一些電腦程式,
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that study研究 very large sets of these footprints腳印,
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蒐集大量的故事文章,
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and then try to draw conclusions結論 about the people who left them --
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然後試圖在這些文章背後找出某些蛛絲馬跡,
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what they feel, what they think,
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我想知道這些人的感受、想法,
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what's different不同 in the world世界 today今天 than usual通常,
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我也想知道現在的世界和以往究竟有何不同,
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these sorts排序 of questions問題.
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我想知道這類問題的答案。
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One project項目 that explores探討 these ideas思路,
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有一個專案就是在探討這些問題,
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which哪一個 was made製作 about a year ago,
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我們在一年以前開啟了這個專案,
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is a piece called We Feel Fine.
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「我們覺得很好」專案。
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This is a piece that every一切 two or three minutes分鐘
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這個程式會每隔二到三分鐘,
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scans掃描 the world's世界 newly-posted新發布 blog博客 entries
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上網蒐尋最新發佈的部落格文章,
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for occurrences事件 of the phrases短語 "I feel" or "I am feeling感覺."
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我們設定的關鍵字是「我覺得...」或「我感到...」,
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And when it finds認定 one of those phrases短語,
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只要找到這種關鍵字,
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it grabs爭奪 the sentence句子 up to the period,
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程式就會把那句話擷取下來,
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and then automatically自動 tries嘗試 to deduce推斷 the age年齡, gender性別
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然後開始自動分析發表文章的人,看他的年齡、
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and geographical地理 location位置 of the person that wrote that sentence句子.
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性別和所在的城市為何。
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Then, knowing會心 the geographical地理 location位置 and the time,
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一旦知道作者的城市和發表文章的時間,
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we can also then figure數字 out the weather天氣
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我們就可以相對應地找出
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when that person wrote the sentence句子.
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作者在寫這個句子時的天氣如何。
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All of this information信息 is saved保存 in a database數據庫
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我們把所有的資訊都儲存在資料庫裡,
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that collects收集 about 20,000 feelings情懷 a day.
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每天約可收集到二萬筆各種人們的感覺資訊。
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It's been running賽跑 for about a year and a half.
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這個專案已經進行了一年半左右,
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It's reached到達 about seven-and-a-half七和半 million百萬 human人的 feelings情懷 now.
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蒐集到約750萬則人們的感覺,
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And I'll show顯示 you a glimpse一瞥
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我來讓各位看看
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of how this information信息 is then visualized可視化. So this is We Feel Fine.
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這些資訊畫成圖表的樣子,這就是「我們覺得很好」,
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What you see here is a madly發狂 swarming蜂擁 mass of particles粒子,
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各位所看到的是一大群小點點,
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each of which哪一個 represents代表 a single human人的 feeling感覺
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每一個點就代表某個人的感覺,
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that was stated聲明 in the last few少數 hours小時.
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這是我們在前幾個小時所蒐集到的感覺。
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The color顏色 of each particle粒子 corresponds對應 to the type類型 of feeling感覺 inside --
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點點的顏色就代表感覺的類型,
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so that happy快樂, positive feelings情懷 are brightly明亮地 colored有色.
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像是快樂、正面的感覺就用明亮的色彩,
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And sad傷心, negative feelings情懷 are darkly黑暗 colored有色.
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悲傷、負面的感覺就用灰暗的顏色。
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The diameter直徑 of each dot
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每一個小點的直徑
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represents代表 the length長度 of the sentence句子 inside,
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就代表那個句子的長度,
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so that the large dots contain包含 large sentences句子,
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句子愈長,圓點就愈大,
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and the small dots contain包含 small sentences句子.
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小的點點就表示句子很短。
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Any dot can be clicked點擊 and expanded擴大. And we see here,
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每個小點都能用滑鼠點開,看到句子內容,像是:
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"I would just feel so much better
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「如果我能踡進他的臂彎,
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if I could curl捲曲 up in his arms武器 right now and feel his affection感情 for me
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讓他擁抱我,我就能感受到他的愛意包圍著我,
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in the embrace擁抱 of his body身體 and the tenderness壓痛 of his lips嘴唇."
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感受到他溫柔的唇,我就會覺得好過一點。」
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So it gets得到 pretty漂亮 hot and steamy潮濕 sometimes有時
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有時人類的情緒
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in the world世界 of human人的 emotions情緒.
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是可以很火熱也很煽情的,
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And all of these are stated聲明 by people:
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這些全都是網路上的人所寫的文字:
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"I know that objectively客觀地 it really doesn't mean much,
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「我知道客觀上來說這不算什麼,
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but after spending開支 so many許多 years年份 as a small fish in a big pond池塘,
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但在一個大池塘裡當了那麼多年的小魚之後,
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it's nice不錯 to feel bigger again."
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我很高興能覺得自己又變成了一條大魚。」
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The dots exhibit展示 human人的 qualities氣質. They kind of have their own擁有 physics物理,
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這些小點把每個人的情緒都表露出來,像是有自己的個性一般,
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and they swarm一群 wildly瘋狂 around, kind of exploring探索 the world世界 of life.
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成為一個又一個的群體,又有點像是真實人生的縮影。
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And then they also exhibit展示 curiosity好奇心.
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這些小點也呈現出某種趣味,
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You can see a few少數 of them are swarming蜂擁 around the cursor光標 right now.
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有些聚集在這個游標附近,
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You can see some other ones那些
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有一些則聚集在
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are swarming蜂擁 around the bottom底部 left corner of the screen屏幕
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螢幕左下角
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around six words. Those six words represent代表 the six movements運動
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那六個字附近。那六個字代表了「我們覺得很好」
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of We Feel Fine. We're currently目前 seeing眼看 Madness瘋狂.
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的六種面向,我們現在看到的是狂亂,
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There's also Murmurs雜音, Montage剪輯, Mobs小怪, Metrics度量 and Mounds土墩.
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還有喃喃自語、剪輯、分類、數據和山丘圖。
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And I'll walk步行 you through通過 a few少數 of those now.
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接下來我會一一介紹。
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Murmurs雜音 causes原因 all of the feelings情懷 to fly to the ceiling天花板.
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喃喃自語會把每個人的感覺從螢幕上方放下來,
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And then, one by one, in reverse相反 chronological實足 order訂購,
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由新到舊,一個一個呈現出來,
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they excuse藉口 themselves他們自己, entering進入 the scrolling滾動 list名單 of feelings情懷.
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每一個都排列在捲軸式清單裡,
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"I feel a bit better now."
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「我覺得好過多了。」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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"I feel confused困惑 and unsure不確定 of what the hell地獄 I want to do."
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「我覺得很困惑,完全不知道自己要做什麼。」
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"I feel gypped上當受騙 out of something awesome真棒 here."
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「我覺得自己被這些假象給騙了!」
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"I feel so free自由; I feel so good."
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「我覺得很自由、很好!」
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"I feel like I'm in this fog多霧路段 of depression蕭條 that I can't get out of."
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「我覺得自己被一片愁雲慘霧所籠罩,完全走不出去。」
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And you can click點擊 any of these to go out and visit訪問 the blog博客
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你只要點開這些小點點,就可以連回這些語句
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from which哪一個 it was collected. And in that way,
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原先所在的部落格,
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you can connect with the authors作者 of these statements聲明
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你可以和這些語句的作者聯絡,
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if you feel some degree of empathy同情.
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表達你的同情。
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The next下一個 movement運動 is called Montage剪輯.
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下一個面向是剪輯,
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Montage剪輯 causes原因 all of the feelings情懷 that contain包含 photographs照片
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也就是把附有照片的感覺剪輯下來,
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to become成為 extracted提取 and display顯示 themselves他們自己 in a grid.
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一格一格地呈現出來。
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This grid is then said to represent代表 the picture圖片 of the world's世界 feelings情懷
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我們可以把這些一格一格的照片視為過去幾個小時
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in the last few少數 hours小時, if you will.
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這個世界的心情寫照,
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Each of these can be clicked點擊 and we can blow打擊 it up.
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每一張照片都可以點開,
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We see, "I just feel like I'm not going to have fun開玩笑
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你會看到:「我覺得如果不是和你在一起,
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if it's not the both of us." That was from someone有人 in Michigan密歇根州.
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世界就不會那麼有趣。」這是密西根某個人寫的,
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We see, "I feel like I have been at a computer電腦 all day."
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還有,「我覺得自己好像已經打了一整天的電腦。」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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These are automatically自動 constructed using運用 the found發現 objects對象:
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這些都是用我們找到的句子自動剪輯下來的,
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"I think I feel a little full充分."
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「我覺得有點飽。」
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The next下一個 movement運動 is called mobs小怪.
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下一個面向叫做分類,
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Mobs小怪 provides提供 different不同 statistical統計 breakdowns故障
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我們將過去幾個小時內所蒐集到的感覺句子,
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of the population人口 of the world's世界 feelings情懷 in the last few少數 hours小時.
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以統計分析的方式加以分類,
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We see that "better" is the most frequent頻繁 feeling感覺 right now,
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我們會看到「好多了」是目前出現頻率最高的感覺,
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followed其次 by "good," "bad," "guilty有罪," "right," "down," "sick生病" and so on.
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接下來是很好、糟糕、罪惡感、正確、沮喪及不舒服等。
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We can also get a gender性別 breakdown分解.
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我們還可以依性別分類,
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And we see that women婦女 are slightly more prolific多產的
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我們會發現,女性談論情感的頻率,
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talking about their emotions情緒 in the last few少數 hours小時 than men男人.
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在過去這幾個小時裡是比男性稍高一些。
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We can do an age年齡 breakdown分解, which哪一個 gives us a histogram直方圖
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我們還可以依年齡分類,我們可以看到這個長條圖,
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of the world's世界 emotional情緒化 distribution分配 by age年齡.
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呈現出全世界依年齡分類的情緒發洩分佈狀況。
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We see people in their twenties二十多歲 are the most prolific多產的,
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我們發現,二十多歲的年輕人頻率最高,
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followed其次 by teenagers青少年, and then people in their thirties三十年代,
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接下來是青少年,然後是三十多歲的人,
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and it dies out very quickly很快 from there.
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再後面的人就幾乎沒有發表什麼情緒。
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In weather天氣, the feelings情懷 assume承擔 the physical物理 characteristics特點
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我們會以各種天氣的特徵
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of the weather天氣 that they represent代表,
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來代表各種不同的感覺,
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so that the ones那些 collected on a sunny晴朗 day
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像是旋轉的渦旋就代表了充滿陽光的日子,
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swirl漩渦 around as if they're part部分 of the sun太陽.
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因為那渦旋就像是陽光的一部分;
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The cloudy多雲的 ones那些 float浮動 along沿 as if they're on a breeze微風.
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漂浮在微風裡的粒子,就代表了陰天;
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The rainy多雨的 ones那些 fall秋季 down as if they're in a rainstorm暴雨,
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像暴風雨般落下的代表雨天;
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and the snowy似雪 ones那些 kind of flutter to the ground地面.
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在地上飄動的就代表下雪天。
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Finally最後, location位置 causes原因 the feelings情懷 to move移動 to their positions位置
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最後,我們會把從世界各地蒐集而來的感覺語句,
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on a world世界 map地圖 showing展示 the geographical地理 distribution分配 of feelings情懷.
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依其地點放回到世界地圖上,以看出地理上的分佈狀況。
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Metrics度量 provides提供 more numerical數字的 views意見 on the data數據.
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數據則是以將資料以數據方式呈現,
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We see that the world世界 is feeling感覺 "used"
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可以看到,現在網路上,覺得「被利用了」
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at 3.3 times the normal正常 level水平 right now.
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的人數是平常的3.3倍;
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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They're feeling感覺 "warm" at 2.9 times the normal正常 level水平, and so on.
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覺得「很溫暖」的則是平常的2.9倍,
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Other views意見 are also available可得到.
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還有其他的數據,
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Here are gender性別, age年齡, weather天氣, location位置.
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像是性別、年齡、天氣和地理位置等。
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The final最後 movement運動 is called Mounds土墩.
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最後一個面向稱為山丘圖,
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It's a bit different不同 from the others其他.
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和前面幾個稍微有點不一樣,
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Mounds土墩 visualizes可視化 the entire整個 dataset數據集 as large, gelatinous凝膠狀 blobs斑點
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山丘圖是把整個資料庫描繪成一個很大的膠狀團塊,
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which哪一個 kind of jiggle輕搖.
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還會抖動個不停,
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And if I hold保持 down my cursor光標, they do a little dance舞蹈.
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如果我把滑鼠往下滑,他們就會像跳舞一樣抖動。
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We see "better" is the most frequent頻繁 feeling感覺, followed其次 by "bad."
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我們發現「好多了」是目前出現頻率最高的,後面接著的是「糟糕」,
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And then if I go over here, the list名單 begins開始 to scroll滾動,
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如果我往後移,整個清單就會開始轉動,
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and there are actually其實 thousands數千 of feelings情懷 that have been collected.
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你會看到我們蒐集到數以千計的感覺。
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You can see the little pink cursor光標 moving移動 along沿,
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你可以看到這個小小的粉紅色游標,
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representing代表 our position位置.
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代表我們現在所在的位置,
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Here we see people that feel "slipping滑倒," "nauseous噁心," "responsible主管."
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像是有人覺得「變糟了」、「厭惡」、「負責任的」。
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There's also a search搜索 capability能力,
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裡面還有搜尋功能,
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if you're interested有興趣 in finding發現 out about a certain某些 population人口.
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可以讓你找到某一個特定的族群,
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For instance, you could find women婦女 who feel "addicted上癮"
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舉例來說,你可以搜尋在孟加拉的陰天時,
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in their 20s when it was cloudy多雲的 in Bangladesh孟加拉國.
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有「沈迷」感的二十歲女性。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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But I'll spare備用 you that.
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這些就留給你們自己去發掘吧...
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So here are some of my favorite喜愛 montages蒙太奇 that have been collected:
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接下來我要給各位看看我最喜歡的幾張剪輯:
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"I feel so much of my dad alive in me that there isn't even room房間 for me."
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「我覺得父親還活在我心裡,佔據了我所有的心念。」
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"I feel very lonely孤獨."
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「我覺得很孤單。」
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"I need to be in some backwoods邊遠地區 redneck鄉下人 town
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「我覺得自己在偏遠農民的眼中,
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so that I can feel beautiful美麗."
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才算漂亮。」
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"I feel invisible無形 to you."
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「我覺得你眼裡沒有我。」
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"I wouldn't不會 hide隱藏 it if society社會 didn't make me feel like I needed需要 to."
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「我不會遮掩,除非你們逼我這樣做。」
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"I feel in love with Carolyn卡羅琳." "I feel so naughty淘氣."
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「我覺得我愛上了卡洛琳。」「我是個頑皮鬼。」
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"I feel these weirdoes怪人 are actually其實 an asset財富 to college學院 life."
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「我覺得這些怪胎真是大學校園裡的寶。」
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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"I love how I feel today今天."
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「我喜歡今天的感覺。」
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So as you can see, We Feel Fine uses使用 a technique技術
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各位可以看到,「我們覺得很好」所運用的技術,
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that I call "passive被動 observation意見."
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是我稱之為「被動觀察」的技術,
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What I mean by that is that it passively被動 observes觀察 people
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也就是我們從旁被動地觀察人群,
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as they live生活 their lives生活. It scans掃描 the world's世界 blogs博客
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看他們是怎麼過活的。我們掃視全世界的部落格,
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and looks容貌 at what people are writing寫作,
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看看每個人在寫些什麼,
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and these people don't know they're being存在 watched看著 or interviewed採訪.
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但這些部落格主並不知道有人在觀察他們,
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And because of that,
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也因為這樣,
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you end結束 up getting得到 very honest誠實, candid坦率, sincere真誠 responses回复
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我們得到的是最真誠、最坦白、最真摯的反應,
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that are often經常 very moving移動.
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永遠都最感人。
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And this is a technique技術 that I usually平時 prefer比較喜歡 in my work
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這是我最喜歡的技術,
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because people don't know they're being存在 interviewed採訪.
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因為大家並不知道自己是受訪的對象,
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They're just living活的 life, and they end結束 up just acting演戲 like that.
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他們的日子還是照過,所以才會有這些反應。
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Another另一個 technique技術 is directly questioning疑問 people.
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另外一個技術是直接詢問人們的感覺,
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And this is a technique技術 that I explored探討 in a different不同 project項目,
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這個技術是我在另一個專案上開發出來的技術,
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the Yahoo雅虎! Time Capsule膠囊,
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也就是「Yahoo!時空膠囊」,
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which哪一個 was designed設計 to take a fingerprint指紋 of the world世界 in 2006.
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原先是為了蒐集2006年全世界每個人的手印而設計,
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It was divided分為 into ten very simple簡單 themes主題 --
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其中有十個非常簡單的主題,
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love, anger憤怒, sadness and so on --
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像是愛、憤怒、悲傷等等,
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each of which哪一個 contained a single, very open-ended打開端 question
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我們為每一個主題設計了一個開放式的問題,
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put to the world世界: What do you love? What makes品牌 you angry憤怒?
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我們會問:你愛什麼?你為什麼生氣?
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What makes品牌 you sad傷心? What do you believe in? And so on.
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你為什麼悲傷?你信仰什麼?這一類的。
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The time capsule膠囊 was available可得到 for one month online線上,
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那時我們線上開放「時空膠囊」為期一個月,
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translated翻譯 into 10 languages語言, and this is what it looked看著 like.
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翻成十國語言,這就是「時空膠囊」,
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It's a spinning紡織 globe地球,
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像個旋轉的球體,
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the surface表面 of which哪一個 is entirely完全 composed of the pictures圖片
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球體的表面覆滿了
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and words and drawings圖紙 of people
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大家上傳到「時空膠囊」
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that submitted提交 to the time capsule膠囊.
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的照片、文字和插圖,
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The ten themes主題 radiate輻射 out and orbit軌道 the time capsule膠囊.
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那十個主題發射出光芒,繞行這個「時空膠囊」。
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You can sift through通過 this data數據 and see what people have submitted提交.
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你可以點選這些資料,看大家都上傳了什麼,
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This is in response響應 to, What's beautiful美麗? "Miss小姐 World世界."
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像是針對「什麼最美?」這個問題,就有人上傳「環球小姐」。
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There are two modes模式 to the time capsule膠囊.
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「時空膠囊」有二個模式,
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There's One World世界, which哪一個 presents禮物 the spinning紡織 globe地球,
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現在這個轉動的是一個模式,稱為「一個世界」,
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and Many許多 Voices聲音, which哪一個 splits拆分 the data數據 out into film電影 strips帶子
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另一個模式是「不同聲音」,以底片的方式呈現,
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and lets讓我們 you sift through通過 them one by one.
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你可以一個一個點選這些影片。
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So this project項目 was punctuated打斷 by a really amazing驚人 event事件,
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這個專案還舉辦了一個令人讚歎的活動,
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which哪一個 was held保持 in the desert沙漠 outside Albuquerque阿爾伯克基 in New Mexico墨西哥
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活動地點選在新墨西哥州的黑梅茲.帕布羅市郊的沙漠裡,
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at the JemezJemez Pueblo普韋布洛, where for three consecutive連續 nights,
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一連舉辦了三天,
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the contents內容 of the capsule膠囊 were projected預計 onto the sides雙方
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「時空膠囊」的內容全被投射在
10:19
of the ancient Red Rock Canyon峽谷 walls牆壁,
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紅岩峽谷的古老岩石上,
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which哪一個 stand about 200 feet tall. It was really incredible難以置信.
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那塊岩石約有60公尺高,真的很壯觀!
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And we also projected預計 the contents內容 of the time capsule膠囊
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我們還把「時空膠囊」裡的內容,
10:26
as binary二進制 code using運用 a 35-watt-瓦 laser激光 into outer space空間.
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轉成二進位制,以35瓦的雷射光向太空投射,
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You can see the orange橙子 line leaving離開 the desert沙漠 floor地板
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你可以看到有一道橘色的光束從沙漠中
10:32
at about a 45 degree angle角度 there. This was amazing驚人
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以45度角向天空發射,那真的很棒!
10:34
because the first night I looked看著 at all this information信息
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就在我第一晚在那裡看這些內容時,
10:38
and really started開始 seeing眼看 the gaps空白 that I talked about earlier --
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真的就看到了我先前所談的各項人類差異,
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the differences分歧 in age年齡, gender性別 and wealth財富 and so on.
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像是年齡差異、性別差異和財富差異等,
10:44
But, you know, as I looked看著 at this more and more and more,
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但當我看得愈久,
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and saw these images圖片 go across橫過 the rocks岩石,
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看著這些影像投射在岩石上,
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I realized實現 I was seeing眼看 the same相同 archetypal原型 events事件
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我愈發現我看的是相同的事情,
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depicted描繪 again and again and again.
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只是一次又一次由不同的人演出而已,
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You know: weddings婚禮, births出生, funerals葬禮, the first car汽車, the first kiss,
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就像是婚禮、小孩出生、葬禮、買第一部車、初吻、
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the first camel駱駝 or horse -- depending根據 on the culture文化.
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買第一隻駱駝或馬,就看是在什麼文化之下,
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And it was really moving移動. And this picture圖片 here was taken採取
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那真的很感人!這張照片是在最後一晚照的,
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the final最後 night from a distant遙遠 cliff懸崖 about two miles英里 away,
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我們在三公里外的一個岩石上拍下這張照片,
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where the contents內容 of the capsule膠囊 were being存在 beamed橫梁 into space空間.
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我們可以看到那些載有影片內容的光束被投射到外太空去,
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And there was something very moving移動
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看著我們人類的各種喜怒哀樂
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about all of this human人的 expression表達 being存在 shot射擊 off into the night sky天空.
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被投射到夜晚的天空上,真的很感人!
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And it started開始 to make me think a lot about the night sky天空,
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我開始想到許多關於夜空的事,
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and how humans人類 have always used the night sky天空
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人類不是早在很久以前就利用夜空
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to project項目 their great stories故事.
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來講述許多偉大的故事嗎?
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You know, as a child兒童 in Vermont佛蒙特, on a farm農場 where I grew成長 up,
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我小的時候住在佛蒙特,我是在農場長大的,
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I would often經常 look up into the dark黑暗 sky天空
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我常會看著漆黑的天空,
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and see the three star belt of Orion獵戶座, the Hunter獵人.
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看著獵戶座腰帶上的那三顆星,
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And as an adult成人, I've been more aware知道的
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到我長大之後,我更常想到
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of the great Greek希臘語 myths神話 playing播放 out in the sky天空 overhead高架 every一切 night.
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希臘神話每天都在夜空裡上演:
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You know, Orion獵戶座 facing面對 the roaring咆哮 bull公牛.
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獵戶座正對著咆哮的金牛座,
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Perseus英仙座 flying飛行 to the rescue拯救 of Andromeda仙女星座.
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柏修斯飛去拯救安朵美達(仙女座),
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Zeus宙斯 battling作戰 Chronos克羅諾斯 for control控制 of Mount安裝 Olympus奧林巴斯.
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宙斯為了奪取奧林帕斯的控制權而大戰柯羅諾斯,
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I mean, these are the great tales故事 of the Greeks希臘人.
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這些都是偉大的希臘神話,
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And it caused造成 me to wonder奇蹟 about our world世界 today今天.
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讓我聯想到現在的世界,
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And it caused造成 me to wonder奇蹟 specifically特別,
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讓我特別想到
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if we could make new constellations星座 today今天,
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如果現代的我們能創造新的星座,
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what would those look like? What would those be?
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那會長什麼樣子?我們又會怎麼命名?
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If we could make new pictures圖片 in the sky天空, what would we draw?
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如果我們能在天空上作畫,我們會畫什麼?
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What are the great stories故事 of today今天?
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現在最偉大的故事是什麼?
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And those are the questions問題 that inspired啟發 my new project項目,
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這些問題讓我又開始了一項新的專案,
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which哪一個 is debuting開張 here today今天 at TEDTED.
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這個專案還沒有對外公開,
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Nobody's沒有人的 seen看到 this yet然而, publicly公然.
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今天在TED算是首度露面,
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It's called Universe宇宙: Revealing揭示 Our Modern現代 Mythology神話.
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專案名稱為「宇宙」,以現代神話的型式表現,
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And it uses使用 this metaphor隱喻 of an interactive互動 night sky天空.
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並引用互動式夜空的概念。
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So, it's my great pleasure樂趣 now to show顯示 this to you.
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我很高興能為各位介紹這個專案,
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So, Universe宇宙 will open打開 here.
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現在,這是「宇宙」的開始畫面。
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And you'll你會 see that it leads引線 with a shifting star field領域,
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你會看到一個可以移動的星空,
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and there's an Aurora極光 Borealis北歐化工 in the background背景,
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背後有北極光做背景,
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kind of morphing變形 with color顏色. The color顏色 of the Aurora極光 Borealis北歐化工
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顏色會變化,北極光的顏色
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can be controlled受控 using運用 this single bar酒吧 of color顏色 at the bottom底部,
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可以用下方的顏色區塊來控制,
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and we'll put it down here to red.
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我們來把顏色改成紅色。
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So you see this kind of -- these stars明星 moving移動 along沿.
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你會看到這些星星在移動,
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Now, these aren't just little points of light, little pixels像素.
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這些不只是小光點而已,
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Each of those stars明星 actually其實 represents代表
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套句某個人說過的話,
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a specific具體 event事件 in the real真實 world世界 --
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每一顆星星都代表著
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a quote引用 that was stated聲明 by somebody, an image圖片,
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真實世界所發生的事情,像是一張照片、
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a news新聞 story故事, a person, a company公司. You know,
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一個故事、一個人或一間公司,
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some kind of heroic英勇 personality個性.
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有點英雄主義的味道。
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And you might威力 notice注意 that as the cursor光標 begins開始
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當游標指到某些星星時,
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to touch觸摸 some of these stars明星, that shapes形狀 begin開始 to emerge出現.
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你會看到某種形狀漸漸顯示出來,
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We see here there's a little man walking步行 along沿, or maybe a woman女人.
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像這裡就是一個小人在走路,或許是女人也說不定;
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And we see here a photograph照片 with a head.
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而這裡,則是一張大頭照;
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You can start開始 to see words emerging新興 here.
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有些字句會浮現出來,
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And those are
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這些就是星座,
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the constellations星座 of today今天.
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就是現代版的星座。
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And I can turn them all on,
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我可以把他們全都點開,
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and you can see them moving移動 across橫過 the sky天空 now.
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你會看到他們在天空上移動。
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This is the universe宇宙 of 2007, the last two months個月.
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這是2007年最後二個月的宇宙天空,
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The data數據 from this is global全球 news新聞 coverage覆蓋
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這些是全世界數以千計的媒體
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from thousands數千 of news新聞 sources來源 around the world世界.
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所播報出來的新聞。
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It's using運用 the APIAPI of a really great company公司 that I work with
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這個專案所使用的應用程式界面是由和我合作的
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in New York紐約, actually其實, called DaylifeDaylife.
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在紐約的Daylife公司。
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And it's kind of the zeitgeist時代精神 view視圖 at this level水平
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這裡所呈現出來的,有點像是過去幾個月來
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of the world's世界 current當前 mythology神話 over the last couple一對 of months個月.
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世界發展軌跡的縮影,
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So we can see where it's emerging新興 here, like President主席 Ford,
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我們可以看看這裡有些什麼,像是福特總統、
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Iraq伊拉克, Bush襯套. And we can actually其實 isolate隔離 just the words --
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伊拉克、布希等。我們還可以把字句單獨挑出來,
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I call them secrets秘密 -- and we can cause原因 them to form形成
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我稱之為「祕密」,這樣就可以產生一個
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an alphabetical拼音 list名單. And we see Anna安娜 Nicole妮可 Smith工匠
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按照字母排列的清單,我們可以看到安娜.妮可.史密斯
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playing播放 a big role角色 recently最近.
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最近很出風頭;
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President主席 Ford -- this is Gerald杰拉爾德 Ford's福特 funeral葬禮.
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福特總統--這是吉拉德.福特的葬禮。
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We can actually其實 click點擊 anything in Universe宇宙
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我們可以在「宇宙」裡點選任何一點,
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and have it become成為 the center中央 of the universe宇宙,
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讓這一點變成宇宙的中心,
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and everything else其他 will enter輸入 its orbit軌道.
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其他的東西則會進入它的軌道。
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So, we'll click點擊 Ford, and now that becomes the center中央.
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現在我們點選福特,它就變成了中心,
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And the things that relate涉及 to Ford enter輸入 its orbit軌道
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和福特相關的新聞就會進入軌道,
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and swirl漩渦 around it.
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繞著它轉。
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We can isolate隔離 just the photographs照片, and we now see those.
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我們也可以把照片挑出來,就像這樣,
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We can click點擊 on one of those
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點選其中一張照片,
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and have the photograph照片 be the center中央 of the universe宇宙.
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那張照片就會成為宇宙的中心,
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Now the things that relate涉及 to it are swirling紛飛 around.
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和它相關的新聞就會繞著它轉。
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We can click點擊 on this and we see this iconic標誌性的 image圖片
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點選這裡,就會看到一張經典照片,
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of Betty貝蒂 Ford kissing接吻 her husband's丈夫 coffin棺材.
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貝蒂.福特親吻她丈夫的棺材。
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In Universe宇宙, there's kind of no end結束. It just goes infinitely無限地,
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在宇宙裡,一切都沒有盡頭,每件事都會無限延伸,
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and you can just kind of click點擊 on stuff東東.
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有許多項目可以點選。
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This is a photographic攝影 representation表示, called Snapshots快照.
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這裡陳列的是照片,我們稱之為「剪影」,
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But we can actually其實 be more specific具體 in defining確定 our universe宇宙.
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我們可以更明確地定義這個宇宙,
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So, if we want to,
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所以如果我們想要的話,
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let's check out what Bill法案 Clinton's克林頓 universe宇宙 looks容貌 like.
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我們可以看看柯林頓的宇宙長什麼樣子,
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And let's see, in the past過去 week, what he's been up to.
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我們來看看在過去幾週裡,他都在做些什麼。
14:50
So now, we have a new universe宇宙, which哪一個 is just constrained受限
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好,我們有一個新的宇宙了,這個宇宙包含了
14:53
to all things Bill法案 Clinton克林頓.
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柯林頓的一切活動,
14:55
We can have his constellations星座 emerge出現 here.
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我們可以把他的星座放在這裡,
14:58
We can pull out his secrets秘密,
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把他的祕密點選出來,
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and we see that it has a lot to do with candidates候選人,
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我們可以看到他的新聞都是有關總統候選人
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Hillary希拉里, presidential總統, Barack巴拉克 Obama奧巴馬.
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希拉蕊和歐巴馬的新聞,
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We can see the stories故事
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我們會看到
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that Bill法案 Clinton克林頓 is taking服用 part部分 in right now.
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現在柯林頓也參與其中了,
15:10
Any of those can be opened打開 up.
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所有的新聞都可以點選開來,
15:12
So we see Obama奧巴馬 and the Clintons克林頓 meet遇到 in Alabama阿拉巴馬.
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你看到歐巴馬和柯林頓在阿拉巴馬會面,
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You can see that this is an important重要 story故事;
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那是一則很重要的新聞,
15:16
there are a lot of things in its orbit軌道. If we open打開 this up,
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所以又有很多新聞環繞著它,如果我們點開來看,
15:20
we get different不同 perspectives觀點 on this story故事.
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我們就會看到這則新聞的其他面向。
15:23
You can click點擊 any of those to go out and read the article文章
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點選任何一則新聞,就能看到全文及其出處
15:25
at the source資源. This one's那些 from Al Jazeera半島電視台.
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這則是來自半導電視台的報導。
15:28
We can also see the superstars超級巨星. These would be the people
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我們還可以看看其他相關的明星,
15:32
that are kind of the looming若隱若現 heroes英雄 and heroines女主角
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也就是在柯林頓的宇宙中,
15:35
in the universe宇宙 of Bill法案 Clinton克林頓. So there's Bill法案 Clinton克林頓, Hillary希拉里,
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相關的英雄配角們,像是柯林頓、希拉蕊、
15:38
Iraq伊拉克, George喬治 Bush襯套, Barack巴拉克 Obama奧巴馬, Scooter摩托車 Libby利比 --
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伊拉克、布希、歐巴馬、史古托.利比等,
15:42
these are kind of the people of Bill法案 Clinton克林頓.
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這些都是環繞在柯林頓身旁的配角。
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We can also see a world世界 map地圖, so this shows節目 us the geographic地理 reach達到
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我們也可以來看看世界地圖,看看柯林頓在過去一週
15:49
of Bill法案 Clinton克林頓 in the last week or so.
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到過什麼地方,
15:50
We can see he's been focused重點 in America美國
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像是他最近在待在美國,
15:52
because he's been campaigning競選, probably大概,
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或許是因為要參加競選活動的關係,
15:54
but a little bit of action行動 over here in the Middle中間 East.
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但他在中東也有短暫露面。
15:56
And then we can also see a timeline時間線.
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我們也可以來看看他的時間安排,
15:58
So we see that he was a bit quiet安靜 on Saturday星期六,
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我們會看到他在星期六的活動好像很少,
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but he was back to work on Sunday星期日 morning早上,
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但星期日一早就會回復活躍,
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and actually其實 been tapering尖細 off since以來 then this week.
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但活動量從星期日後就逐漸減少。
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And it's not limited有限 to just people or dates日期,
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在這個宇宙裡,不僅可以指定人物或日期,
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but we can actually其實 put in concepts概念 also.
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還可以指定某種概念,
16:10
So if I put in climate氣候 change更改 for all of 2006,
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像是我可以輸入2006年的氣候變遷,
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we'll see what that universe宇宙 looks容貌 like.
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看看相關的新聞是什麼。
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Here we have our star field領域. Here we have our shapes形狀.
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這就是這個主題的星空、形狀、
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Here we have our secrets秘密.
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和祕密。
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So we see again, climate氣候 change更改 is large:
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氣候變遷這個主題真的很大,
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Nairobi內羅畢, global全球 conference會議, environmental環境的.
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涵蓋奈洛比、全球會議及環保議題等,
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And there are also quotes報價 that you can see,
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如果你對氣候變遷相關的經典名句有興趣,
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if you're interested有興趣 in reading about quotes報價 on climate氣候 change更改.
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也可以點選看看有什麼經典名句,
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You know, this is really an infinite無窮 thing.
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這是一個無窮無盡的世界。
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The superstars超級巨星 of climate氣候 change更改 in 2006:
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2006年氣候變遷的配角包括
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United聯合的 States狀態, Britain英國, China中國. You know,
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美國、英國、中國,
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these are the towering參天 countries國家 that kind of define確定 this concept概念.
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其實就是這些國家定義出氣候變遷這個概念的。
16:41
So this is a piece that demands需要 exploration勘探.
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這個宇宙很值得大家探索。
16:44
This will be online線上 in several一些 days, probably大概 next下一個 Tuesday星期二.
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過幾天這個程式就會上線,或許會在下星期二,
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And you'll你會 all be able能夠 to use it and kind of explore探索
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你可以利用這個程式來探索
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what your own擁有 personal個人 mythology神話 might威力 be.
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你個人的神話故事。
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You'll你會 notice注意 that in DaylifeDaylife -- rather, in Universe宇宙 --
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你會注意到,Daylife這家公司,或者說「宇宙」這個程式,
16:58
it supports支持 both the notion概念 of a global全球 mythology神話,
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不只可以讓你看到全球的神話故事,
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which哪一個 is represented代表 by something as broad廣闊 as, say, 2007,
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涵蓋了2007年全部的事件,
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and also a personal個人 mythology神話.
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也可以讓你看到個人的神話故事。
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As you search搜索 for the things that are important重要 to you in your world世界,
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你可以上去搜尋對你而言重要的新聞,
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and then see what the constellations星座 of those might威力 look like.
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看看由那些新聞所組成的星座長什麼樣子。
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So it's been a pleasure樂趣. Thank you very much.
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很高興能在這裡演說,謝謝各位!
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Marie Wu
Reviewed by Adrienne Lin

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonathan Harris - Artist, storyteller, Internet anthropologist
Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris makes online art that captures the world's expression -- and gives us a glimpse of the soul of the Internet.

Why you should listen

Brooklyn-based artist Jonathan Harris' work celebrates the world's diversity even as it illustrates the universal concerns of its occupants. His computer programs scour the Internet for unfiltered content, which his beautiful interfaces then organize to create coherence from the chaos.

His projects are both intensely personal (the "We Feel Fine" project, made with Sep Kanvar, which scans the world's blogs to collect snapshots of the writers' feelings) and entirely global (the new "Universe," which turns current events into constellations of words). But their effect is the same -- to show off a world that resonates with shared emotions, concerns, problems, triumphs and troubles.

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