Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
克里斯多夫阿特蓋卡: 被領養如何成就了我
TED Fellow Christopher Ategeka is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for humanity and the planet. Full bio
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from the African continent?
when I was very, very young.
effects of poverty,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
this particular program worked,
這個專案的運作方式是:
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
成為木工、機械工、
these 25 dollars a month
to college instead."
in America instead."
and applied for the visa.
彷彿就像是昨天。
with this piece of paper in my hand,
that someone might steal it.
to put it in a plastic bag,
把它放進一個塑膠袋,
and put it in there."
挖一個洞,把它放進去。」
"Maybe someone saw me."
「也許我剛有被人看到。」
with me the entire night --
整晚都把它放在身邊。
an anxiety-filled night.
just like another speaker said,
to fly to another country.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
最漂亮的女人朝我走來,
I have no idea what I'm doing.
我不知道我在做什麼。
let alone with this damn towel --
更何況這條該死的毛巾。
could do in that situation:
都可能這麼做的事情:
everyone else is doing.
from my village to the airport that day.
開了七小時的車到機場。
everyone else is doing,
that when she came by to pick it up,
因為我覺得好尷尬,
所有潛能都發揮出來。
everything from scratch:
所有一切,從零開始:
that's a refrigerator --
and different culture.
of their own biological children.
a lot of time with me.
很多時間和我在一起。
of jealousy with their children.
with your love and affection --
愛及感情扯上關係──
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
最好的學術機構之一。
who embrace multiculturalism,
experience multiculturalism.
體驗多文化主義。
that will enrich their life,
那會讓他們的生活更豐富,
and the racism of this world today,
世界上的偏執和種族主義,
inclusive, connected world
包容、有連結的世界,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher Ategeka - Serial entrepreneurTED Fellow Christopher Ategeka is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for humanity and the planet.
Why you should listen
Like Batman, Christopher Ategeka witnessed the death of both his parents as a child. He grew up with immense hardships but managed to navigate an experience that left him equipped with valuable skills.
Ategeka is a serial entrepreneur, engineer and a pioneer in the unintended consequences of technologies ("UCOT") movement. He is the founder and Managing Director at LyfBase, the world's first center for the unintended consequences of technology. Ategeka coined and popularized the term "UCOT" (unintended consequences of technology) in the tech sector and the concept of "UCOT" evangelism. Before that, he founded Health Access Corps, a non-profit that works to establish sustainable health care systems on the African continent. He has been invited to speak at the Clinton Global Initiative and United Nations, and he's won many international awards for his work; he was named a 2016 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a 2017 TED Fellow. His work has been featured in many major media publications both locally and internationally such as BBC, Forbes, and NPR. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science, and Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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