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Julio Gil - Logistics expert
UPS's Julio Gil thinks that technology is flipping the equation on future cities, and that rural may soon become the new urban.

Why you should listen

Julio Gil is an Industrial Engineering Manager in the Innovation and Advanced Technology Group at UPS Corporate. Gil has spent 15 years driving innovation and logistics improvements at UPS. He is always looking for the next great disruptive technology. As an engineering manager, he has pioneered new technologies for drones, 3D printing, the Internet of Things and wearables. As an inventor, he has developed four patents for drone technology and one for augmented reality applications for sorting processes. Gil holds a master's in law from the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain.

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Julio Gil: Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere

胡李奧.吉爾: 未來科技可以讓你到處體驗城市生活的好處

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不要相信未來的生活趨勢將會圍繞著城市。數據專家胡李奧.吉爾告訴我們,城市化已經到了它循環週期的盡頭。加入了擴增實境、自動運輸,和自產能源等新的發達科技,將會使得更多的人選擇在鄉間居住或工作。跨越城市的藩籬,用超前的思維考慮一下鄉村生活的好處吧。
- Logistics expert
UPS's Julio Gil thinks that technology is flipping the equation on future cities, and that rural may soon become the new urban. Full bio

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Today今天, more than half
of the world's世界 population人口 lives生活 in cities城市.
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如今,世界上超過一半的
人口住在城市裡。
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The urbanization城市化 process處理
started開始 in the late晚了 1700s
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城市化的發展
始於 1700 年代末期,
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and has been increasing增加 since以來 then.
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並持續增加至今。
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The prediction預測 is that by 2050,
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根據預測,到 2050 年時,
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66 percent百分 of the population人口
will live生活 in cities城市
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將會有 66% 的人口住在城市裡,
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and the United聯合的 Nations國家,
the World世界 Health健康 Organization組織,
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聯合國屬下的世界衛生組織,
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the World世界 Economic經濟 Forum論壇, are warning警告 us,
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和世界經濟論壇,警告我們,
00:37
if we don't plan計劃
for the increased增加 density密度,
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如果我們不計劃因應
增加的人口密度,
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current當前 problems問題 in our cities城市,
like inequality不等式, congestion擁塞, crime犯罪
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像不平等、人口擁擠、犯罪等
城市目前面臨的問題,
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can only get worse更差.
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只會變得更糟糕。
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As a result結果, urban城市的 planners規劃者
and city developers開發商
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所以,規劃和發展城市的人
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are putting a lot of effort功夫 and creativity創造力
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砸下大把功夫和創新
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in designing設計 our future未來,
denser更密集, bigger cities城市.
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來設計我們未來人口更密集、
規模更大的城市。
00:57
But I have a different不同 opinion意見.
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可是我有不同的觀點。
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I think urbanization城市化 is actually其實
reaching到達 the end結束 of its cycle週期,
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我認為城市化實際上
已經達到它循環週期的盡頭了,
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and now people are going to start開始
moving移動 back to the countryside農村.
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如今人們開始住回鄉村。
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And you may可能 think,
"But what about the trend趨勢?"
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你或許納悶:「關於那趨勢呢?」
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Well, let me tell you,
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好,讓我來告訴你,
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socioeconomic社會經濟 trends趨勢 don't last forever永遠.
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社會經濟趨勢並不永續。
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You know, 12,000 years年份 ago
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要知道,在一萬兩千年前,
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everybody每個人 was perfectly完美 happy快樂
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每個人都開心地
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roaming漫遊 the land土地, hunting狩獵 and gathering蒐集.
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在土地上漫遊、打獵和聚居。
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And then, the trend趨勢 changes變化,
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然後趨勢變了,
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and the new thing
is to live生活 in a farm農場 and have cattle黃牛,
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農牧業開始發展,
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until直到 it changes變化 again.
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直到趨勢再度改變,
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When we get to the industrial產業 revolution革命.
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我們到來工業革命。
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Actually其實, that is what started開始
the urbanization城市化 process處理.
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實際上,那是城市化發展的起始。
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And you know what triggered觸發 it?
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你知道是什麼觸發的嗎?
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Steam蒸汽 power功率, machines,
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是蒸汽動力、機械、
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new chemical化學 processes流程 --
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新的化學加工,
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in two words, technological技術性 innovation革新.
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總結成兩個字,就是科技創新。
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And I believe technology技術
can also bring帶來 the end結束 of this cycle週期.
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我也相信科技也會終止這個循環。
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I've been working加工 on innovation革新
for most of my career事業.
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我的大半職涯一直在創新。
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I love it. I love my job工作.
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我愛創新,我愛我的職業,
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It allows允許 me to work with drones無人駕駛飛機,
with 3D printers打印機 and smart聰明 glasses眼鏡,
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我的工作用到無人機、
3D 列印機,和智能眼鏡,
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and not just those you can buy購買 in the shop
but also prototypes原型.
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不只是商場裡買得到的成品,
還包括樣板原型。
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It's a lot of fun開玩笑 sometimes有時.
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有時候非常的有趣。
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Now, some of these technologies技術
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其中的一些科技
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are opening開盤 new possibilities可能性
that will radically根本 change更改
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正在開創新的遠景,
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the way we did things before
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我們做事的方式將會在
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and in a few少數 years年份,
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短短幾年內從本質上產生巨變,
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they may可能 allow允許 us
to enjoy請享用 the benefits好處 of city life
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使我們得以享受城市生活的好處,
02:24
from anywhere隨地.
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不論身在何處。
02:26
Think about it.
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思考一下!
02:27
If you could live生活 in a place地點
with a lower降低 crime犯罪 rate
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如果你能住在犯罪率低、
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and more space空間
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空間大、
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and a lower降低 cost成本 of living活的
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消費低、
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and less traffic交通,
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交通不擁擠的地方;
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of course課程 many許多 people would want that,
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那當然是許多人的盼望,
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but they feel they don't have a choice選擇.
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但他們未必有這樣的選項,
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You have to live生活 in the city.
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只好住在城市裡。
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Well, in the past過去,
people moved移動 to the cities城市
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好,過去人們移居城市
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not because they loved喜愛 the city itself本身
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不是因為他們喜歡城市本身,
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but for the things
you could have in a city,
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而是為了在城市裡能得到的東西:
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more job工作 opportunities機會,
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更多就業機會、
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easier更輕鬆 access訪問 to services服務 and goods產品
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更容易獲得服務設施、
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and a rich豐富 social社會 life.
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以及更豐富的社交生活。
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So let's dive潛水 deeper更深.
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讓我們進一步探討。
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More jobs工作 and career事業 opportunities機會.
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城市裡有更多的就業和陞遷機會
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Is that still true真正 today今天,
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今天仍然是事實,
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because the office辦公室 people
are starting開始 to realize實現
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因為那些白領階級開始意識到
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that working加工 in the office辦公室
and being存在 in the office辦公室
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在公司裡工作和「待」在公司裡
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may可能 not be the same相同 thing anymore.
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不盡然是同一回事了。
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According根據 to a study研究
by Global全球 Workplace工作 Analytics分析,
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根據全球就業分析的研究,
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more than 80 percent百分 of the US workforce勞動力
would like to work from home.
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超過 80% 的美國勞動者
願意在家工作。
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And do you know how much it costs成本
for a company公司 to even have an office辦公室?
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你可知道公司設立一間辦公室
得要花多少錢嗎?
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11,000 dollars美元 per employee僱員 per year.
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每個員工一年要花 11,000 美元。
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If only half of those workers工人
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如果半數的員工
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would telework遠程辦公
even 50 percent百分 of the time,
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有一半的時間遠距工作,
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the savings in the states狀態
would exceed超過 500 billion十億 dollars美元,
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可為美國省下超過五百億美元,
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and it could reduce減少 greenhouse溫室 gases氣體
by 54 million百萬 tons.
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還可減少 5400 萬噸的
溫室氣體排放,
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That is the equivalent當量
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這就相當於
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of 10 million百萬 cars汽車
off the streets街道 for a whole整個 year.
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街道上一年少了
一千萬汽車的排放量。
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But even though雖然 most people
would want to telework遠程辦公,
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但即使大多數人想遠距辦公,
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current當前 technology技術
makes品牌 the experience經驗 isolating隔離.
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當前的科技讓人感到與世隔離,
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It's not comfortable自在.
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讓人感到不舒服,
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It doesn't feel like being存在 there.
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和在辦公室裡的感覺不一樣。
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But that is going to change更改
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但這會因融入兩種
新興的科技而改變:
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by the convergence收斂 of two technologies技術:
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augmented增強 reality現實 and telepresence網真 robots機器人.
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擴增實境科技,和遠端臨場機器人。
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Augmented增強 reality現實 already已經 today今天
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如今的擴增實境科技
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allows允許 you to take your office辦公室
environment環境 everywhere到處 with you.
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能讓你把辦公室的氛圍
帶到每個地點,
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All you need is a wearable穿戴式 computer電腦,
a pair of smart聰明 glasses眼鏡,
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只需要一台電腦和一副智能眼鏡,
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and you can take your emails電子郵件
and your spreadsheets電子表格
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你就可以帶著郵件和電子圖表
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with you wherever哪裡 you go.
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到處走了。
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And video視頻 conferences會議 and video視頻 calls電話
have become成為 very common共同 these days,
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如今視訊會議和通話變得十分普遍,
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but they still need improvement起色.
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但仍有改進的空間。
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I mean, all those little faces面孔
on a flat平面 screen屏幕,
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我的意思是,那些顯示在
平面螢幕上的小小臉孔,
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sometimes有時 you don't
even know who is talking.
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有時候你根本不知道到底誰在講話。
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Now, we already已經 have something
way better than static靜態的 videocalls視頻呼叫:
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現在我們已有比
靜態視訊通話更好的東西:
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your average平均 telepresence網真 robot機器人.
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遠端臨場機器人。
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I call it tablet片劑 on a stick.
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我稱它為桿子上的平板電腦。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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You can control控制, you can move移動 around,
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你可以控制它、隨意移動它,
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you can control控制 what you're looking at.
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可以控制你的視線範圍。
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It's way better, but far from perfect完善.
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這是改進了的產品,
但是離完美還遠得很。
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You know how they say
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你們知道常言道
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that most human人的
communication通訊 is nonverbal非語言?
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多數人以無聲交流吧?
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Well, the robot機器人 doesn't
give you any of that.
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但機器人可不會無聲交流,
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It looks容貌 like an alien外僑.
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它看上去就像是個外星人。
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But with advances進步 in augmented增強 reality現實,
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但是透過擴增實境,
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it will be easy簡單 to wrap the robot機器人
in a nice不錯 hologram全息照相
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可以很輕易地把機器人
用個好的全息投影包裝起來,
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that actually其實 looks容貌
and moves移動 like a person.
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使它看起來像人,動起來像人,
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That will do it.
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那就夠了。
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Or else其他, forget忘記 the robot機器人.
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或者這樣,別管機器人,
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We go full充分 VRVR,
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我們用全副的虛擬實境,
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and everybody每個人 meets符合 in cyberspace網絡空間.
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每個人都在網路世界裡相遇。
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Give it a couple一對 of years年份
and that will feel so real真實,
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再過幾年的時間,
就會逼真到讓你辨不出
它和現實世界有任何差別。
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you won't慣於 tell the difference區別.
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So what was the next下一個 reason原因
why people move移動 to cities城市?
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大家遷徙到城市居住的
另一個原因是什麼呢?
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Access訪問 to services服務 and goods產品.
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為要能夠得到更多的服務和物品,
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But today今天 you can do all that online線上.
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但是現在你都可以在網上解決。
05:49
According根據 to a study研究 made製作 by comScorecomscore,
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根據網站數據測量公司
comScore 的一份研究,
05:52
online線上 shoppers消費者 in the US last year
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去年美國的網購者
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did more than half
of their retail零售 purchases購買 online線上,
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在網上採購過半的零售品,
05:59
and the global全球 market市場 for e-commerce電子商務
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全球市場的網上貿易額
06:02
is estimated預計 to be
at two trillion dollars美元.
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估計將達到兩兆美元。
06:06
And it's expected預期 to reach達到 2.38
by the end結束 of 2017,
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預期在 2017 年底
可望達到 2.38 兆美元,
資料來自市場研究機構
eMarketer。
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according根據 to eMarketeremarketer.
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Now, from a logistics後勤 standpoint立場,
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從物流的立場來看,
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density密度 is good for deliveries交付.
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密度有利於送貨。
06:20
Supplying提供 goods產品
to a shopping購物 mall購物中心 is easy簡單.
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把貨物供應給商場很簡單,
06:23
You can send發送 big shipments出貨量 to the shop,
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把一大批的貨物寄到商店,
06:26
and people will go there, pick it up
and take it home themselves他們自己.
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然後顧客上門提貨自己帶回家。
06:29
E-commerce電子商務 means手段 we need to ship onesies連體衣
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網路貿易代表單件商品
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and have them home delivered交付.
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必須被直接寄到顧客的家中,
06:34
That's more expensive昂貴.
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運費貴得多了。
06:35
It's like the difference區別 between之間
having a birthday生日 party派對 for 20 people
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就好比是邀請二十個人
來參加生日派對,
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or bringing使 a piece of the cake蛋糕
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或是將每塊生日蛋糕
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to each of your 20 friends朋友 at their place地點.
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分別送到二十個人的家中。
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But at least最小 in the city,
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但至少在城市裡,
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they live生活 close to each other.
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人們住得相對近,
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Density密度 helps幫助.
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人口密度是有利的。
06:50
Now, e-commerce電子商務 deliveries交付
in the countryside農村,
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而網購郵寄包裹到鄉下
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those take forever永遠.
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需要很長的時間才能到貨。
06:57
The truck卡車 sometimes有時 needs需求 to drive駕駛 miles英里
between之間 one address地址 and the next下一個 one.
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有時候卡車得要
開長距離到下一個地址,
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Those are the most expensive昂貴
deliveries交付 of all.
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那是所有遞送中最貴的了。
07:07
But we already已經 have a solution for that:
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但是我們已經有解決方案了:
07:09
drones無人駕駛飛機.
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無人機。
07:11
A vehicle車輛 carrying攜帶 a squadron of drones無人駕駛飛機.
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一輛車載著一隊的無人機。
07:14
The driver司機 does some of the deliveries交付
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司機只需要遞送一部分,
07:16
while the drones無人駕駛飛機 are flying飛行
back and forth向前 from the truck卡車 as it moves移動.
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而在卡車遞送的過程中,
由無人機來回送貨。
07:19
That way, the average平均 cost成本
for delivery交貨 is reduced減少,
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這樣一來,減少了平均的遞送花費,
07:22
and voila:
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瞧:
07:24
affordable實惠 e-commerce電子商務 services服務
in the countryside農村.
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鄉村也可以有實惠的網路貿易服務。
07:28
You will see:
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你會看到:
07:30
the new homes家園 of our teleworkers遠程工作人員
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在遠距辦公者住家的院子裡
07:31
will probably大概 have
a drone無人駕駛飛機 pod in the yard.
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可能就會裝置著無人機的卡座。
07:35
So once一旦 the final最後 mile英里 delivery交貨
is not a problem問題,
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一旦最後一里路的遞送不再是問題,
07:38
you don't need to be in the city
to buy購買 things anymore.
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你就不需要在城市裡買東西了。
07:42
So that's two.
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那是第二個理由。
07:43
Now, what was the third第三 reason原因
why people move移動 to cities城市?
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人們移居到城市的
第三個原因是什麼?
07:46
A rich豐富 social社會 life.
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是豐富的社交生活。
07:48
They would need to be
in the city for that these days.
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如今,豐富的社交生活
得要待在城市裡。
07:51
Because people these days,
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現在的人交友、
07:53
they make friends朋友,
they chat, gossip八卦 and flirt調情
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交流、八卦和調情,
07:56
from the comfort安慰 of their sofa沙發.
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都能窩在自家的沙發裡做,
07:58
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
08:00
And while wearing穿著 their favorite喜愛 pajamas睡衣.
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身上穿著自己喜歡的睡衣。
08:02
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
08:03
There are over two billion十億
active活性 social社會 media媒體 users用戶 in the world世界.
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現在全世界有二十億
活躍的社交媒體用戶。
08:08
In a way, that makes品牌 you think
like we are connected連接的
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從某種方面來看,我們互相聯繫著,
08:11
no matter where we are.
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不管我們身在那裡。
08:13
But OK, not completely全然.
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但好吧,不盡然如此。
08:15
Sometimes有時 you still need
some real真實 human人的 contact聯繫.
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有時候還是需要一些
真正人與人之間的交流的。
08:19
Ironically諷刺地, the city,
with its population人口 density密度,
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諷刺的是,雖然城市有高人口密度,
08:23
is not always the best最好 for that.
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但卻不總是適合交友的地方。
08:26
Actually其實, as social社會 groups become成為 smaller,
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事實上,社交圈越小就越牢固。
08:29
they grow增長 stronger.
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08:31
A recent最近 study研究 made製作 in the UK聯合王國
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英國國家數據庫的近期研究
08:33
by the Office辦公室 for National國民 Statistics統計
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08:35
showed顯示 a higher更高 life satisfaction滿意 rating評分
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顯示居住在農村的人
08:38
among其中 people living活的 in rural鄉村 areas.
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有更高的生活幸福指數。
08:42
So as people settle解決 in the countryside農村,
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人們定居於鄉村,
08:45
well, they will buy購買 local本地 groceries雜貨,
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他們買當地的雜貨、
08:48
fresh新鮮 groceries雜貨, foodstuff食品,
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新鮮的雜貨、食物,和維修服務。
08:50
maintenance保養 services服務.
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08:52
So handymen雜工, small workshops研討會,
service服務 companies公司 will thrive興旺.
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使水電工、小商鋪和服務公司興旺。
08:58
Maybe some of the industrial產業
workers工人 from the cities城市
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可能有些城市工人
09:00
displaced流離失所 by the automation自動化
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被自動化取代而失了業,
09:02
will find a nice不錯 alternative替代 job工作 here,
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會在鄉村找到更好的
替代工作而遷居。
09:05
and they will move移動 too.
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09:07
And as people move移動 to the countryside農村,
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當人們移居鄉間會怎樣呢?
09:09
how is that going to be?
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09:11
Think about autonomous自主性,
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試想獨立自主的生活:
09:14
off-the-grid現成的,格 houses房屋 with solar太陽能 panels面板,
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房子裝有自給自足的太陽能板,
09:16
with wind turbines渦輪機
and waste浪費 recycling回收 utilities公用事業,
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有風力發電機、
垃圾廢水回收再利用的設備,
09:20
our new homes家園 producing生產 their own擁有 energy能源
and using運用 it to also power功率 the family家庭 car汽車.
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新家使用自產的電源,
用來給自家的汽車充電。
09:26
I mean, cities城市 have always been regarded認為
as being存在 more energy-efficient高效節能,
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我的意思是,城市一向
被視為更有效地使用能源,
09:30
but let me tell you,
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但是讓我告訴你,
09:31
repopulating再增殖 the countryside農村
can be eco生態 too.
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居民返居鄉間,也可以變得環保。
09:36
By now, you're probably大概 thinking思維
of all the advantages優點 of country國家 living活的.
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現在你可能想著鄉居的好處。
09:41
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
09:43
I did it myself.
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我自己就移居到鄉間。
09:44
Six years年份 ago, my wife妻子 and I,
we packed打包 our stuff東東,
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六年前,妻子和我打包了家當,
09:48
we sold出售 our little apartment公寓 in Spain西班牙,
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賣了我們在西班牙的小公寓,
09:50
and for the same相同 money
we bought a house with a garden花園
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用那些錢買了一個有花園的房子,
09:55
and little birds鳥類 that come
singing唱歌 in the morning早上.
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每天早上都能聽見鳥在唱歌。
09:57
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
09:59
It's so nice不錯 there.
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那個環境太好了!
10:01
And we live生活 in a small village,
not really the countryside農村 yet然而.
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我們住的小村莊還不算太鄉下。
10:04
That is going to be my next下一個 move移動:
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但那是我下一步的計畫:
10:07
a refurbished翻新 farmhouse農家,
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整修一個農場,
10:09
not too far from a city, not too close.
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離城市不遠也不近,
10:12
And now we'll make sure
to have a good spot for drones無人駕駛飛機 to land土地.
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確保有個無人機降落的地點。
10:15
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
10:16
But hey, that's me.
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不過,嘿,那是我的盤算,
10:18
It doesn't have to be you,
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未必是你的。
10:19
because it would seem似乎
like I'm trying to convince說服 somebody
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因為看起來好像我在嘗試說服你們
10:22
to come join加入 us in the country國家.
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跟我一起移居到鄉間生活。
10:23
I'm not.
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我可沒有。
10:25
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
10:26
I don't need more people to come.
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我不要更多人住進來。
10:28
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
10:30
I just think they will
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我只是認為人們會移居鄉間,
10:31
once一旦 they realize實現 they can have
the same相同 benefits好處 the city has.
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一旦他們意識到鄉間
和城市有同樣的好處。
10:36
But if you don't like the country國家,
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但是如果你不喜歡鄉村,
10:37
I have good news新聞 for you, too.
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我也有好消息要告訴你。
10:39
Cities城市 will not disappear消失.
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城市不會消失。
10:42
But as people move移動 out,
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但是當人們遷出,
10:43
a lower降低 density密度 will help them
recover恢復 a better flow and balance平衡.
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降低的人口密度
有助於城市的管理和平衡。
10:49
Anyway無論如何, I guess猜測 now
you have some thinking思維 to do.
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不管怎麼樣,我猜你們會思考的。
10:53
Do you still think
you need to live生活 in the city?
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你們仍覺得需要住在城市裡嗎?
10:56
And more importantly重要的,
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更重要的是,
10:58
do you want to?
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你們「想要」住在城市裡嗎?
11:00
Thank you very much.
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謝謝大家!
11:02
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Lucy Jiang
Reviewed by Helen Chang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julio Gil - Logistics expert
UPS's Julio Gil thinks that technology is flipping the equation on future cities, and that rural may soon become the new urban.

Why you should listen

Julio Gil is an Industrial Engineering Manager in the Innovation and Advanced Technology Group at UPS Corporate. Gil has spent 15 years driving innovation and logistics improvements at UPS. He is always looking for the next great disruptive technology. As an engineering manager, he has pioneered new technologies for drones, 3D printing, the Internet of Things and wearables. As an inventor, he has developed four patents for drone technology and one for augmented reality applications for sorting processes. Gil holds a master's in law from the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain.

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