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Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
拉薇艾賈伊: 把不坐視不管變成習慣
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拉薇艾賈伊不害怕說出她的想法或成為群眾中的議異聲音，你也不該害怕。「你的沉默是無法幫助別人的，」這位作家、行動主義者、自稱的職業問題製造者如是說。在這場聰明、振奮的演說中艾賈伊分享了三個問題，當你在該說出來或該沉默之間搖擺不定時，你可以詢問自己。她也鼓勵我們所有人，習慣這種不能坐視不管的感受。
Luvvie Ajayi - Creator
Luvvie Ajayi is an author, speaker and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism. Full bio
Luvvie Ajayi is an author, speaker and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism. Full bio
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00:12
I'm a professional troublemaker.
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我是個職業的問題製造者。
00:14
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:16
As my job is to critique the world,
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我的工作是去批評世界、
00:22
the shoddy systems and the people
who refuse to do better,
who refuse to do better,
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劣質體制，以及拒絕做更好的人，
00:25
as a writer, as a speaker,
as a shady Nigerian --
as a shady Nigerian --
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我是個作家、演說家、
名聲不好的奈及利亞人──
名聲不好的奈及利亞人──
00:29
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
00:30
I feel like my purpose is to be this cat.
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我覺得我的人生目的是要做這隻貓。
（笑聲）
〔至高無上斜眼看人之藝術家〕
〔至高無上斜眼看人之藝術家〕
00:34
(Laughter)
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00:36
I am the person
who is looking at other people,
who is looking at other people,
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我這種人在看其他人的方式是：
00:39
like, "I need you to fix it."
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「我需要你改正。」
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That is me.
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那就是我。
00:42
I want us to leave this world
better than we found it.
better than we found it.
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我要我們在離開這個世界時，
它變得比我們發現它時更好。
它變得比我們發現它時更好。
00:47
And how I choose to effect change
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我選擇用來影響改變的方式
00:50
is by speaking up,
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是把話說出來，
00:51
by being the first
and by being the domino.
and by being the domino.
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當第一個人，當骨牌。
00:55
For a line of dominoes to fall,
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要讓一整排的骨牌倒下，
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one has to fall first,
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得要有一個骨牌先倒下，
00:59
which then leaves the other
choiceless to do the same.
choiceless to do the same.
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它就會讓其他骨牌
沒有選擇只能跟著倒下。
沒有選擇只能跟著倒下。
01:03
And that domino that falls,
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而那倒下的骨牌，
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we're hoping that, OK,
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我們希望，好，
01:07
the next person that sees this
is inspired to be a domino.
is inspired to be a domino.
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下一個看見這狀況的人
能夠被鼓舞，也去成為骨牌。
能夠被鼓舞，也去成為骨牌。
01:12
Being the domino, for me,
looks like speaking up
looks like speaking up
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對我而言，身為骨牌，
就像是大聲說出來，
就像是大聲說出來，
01:15
and doing the things
that are really difficult,
that are really difficult,
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然後去做真的很困難的事情，
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especially when they are needed,
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特別是當必須要去做的時候，
01:19
with the hope that others
will follow suit.
will follow suit.
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且心懷希望，希望他人會跟進。
01:23
And here's the thing:
I'm the person who says
I'm the person who says
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重點是：我就是那個
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what you might be thinking
but dared not to say.
but dared not to say.
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把你可能只敢想不敢說的話
說出來的人。
說出來的人。
01:29
A lot of times people think
that we're fearless,
that we're fearless,
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常常，人們認為我們無所懼，
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the people who do this, we're fearless.
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認為做這些事的人是無所懼的。
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We're not fearless.
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我們並非無所懼。
01:35
We're not unafraid of the consequences
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我們並非不害怕後果
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or the sacrifices that we have to make
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或是我們得要做的犧牲，
01:39
by speaking truth to power.
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仍然對著掌權者大聲說出來。
01:41
What happens is, we feel like we have to,
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實情是，我們覺得我們必須要做，
01:44
because there are too few
people in the world
people in the world
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因為世界上太少人
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willing to be the domino,
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願意做骨牌，
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too few people willing to take that fall.
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太少人願意倒下。
01:50
We're not doing it without fear.
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我們這樣做時也會恐懼。
01:52
Now, let's talk about fear.
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咱們來談談恐懼。
01:54
I knew exactly what I wanted
to be when I grew up.
to be when I grew up.
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我很清楚我長大之後要做什麼。
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I was like, "I'm going to be a doctor!"
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我會說：「我將來要當醫生！」
01:58
Doctor Luvvie was the dream.
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夢想是成為拉薇醫生。
在《小醫師大玩偶》
紅起來之前我就在演它了。
紅起來之前我就在演它了。
02:00
I was Doc McStuffins
before it was a thing.
before it was a thing.
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02:03
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
02:04
And I remember when I went to college,
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我記得，當我上大學，
02:06
my freshman year,
I had to take Chemistry 101
I had to take Chemistry 101
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第一年，我得為我的主修醫學院預科
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for my premed major.
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修基礎化學，
02:13
I got the first and last D
of my academic career.
of my academic career.
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我得到了我學術生涯中的
第一個和最後一個 D。
第一個和最後一個 D。
02:16
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
02:17
So I went to my advisor, and I was like,
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我去找指導教授，我說：
02:20
"OK, let's drop the premed,
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「好，放棄醫學院預科吧，
02:22
because this doctor thing
is not going to work,
is not going to work,
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因為我不可能當醫生的，
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because I don't even like hospitals.
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因為我甚至不喜歡醫院。
02:26
So ..."
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所以……」
02:27
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
02:29
"Let's just consider that done for."
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「就當作已經試過了吧。」
02:31
And that same semester,
I started blogging.
I started blogging.
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同一個學期，我開始寫部落格。
02:34
That was 2003.
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那是 2003 年。
02:35
So as that one dream was ending,
another was beginning.
another was beginning.
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當一個夢想結束後，
另一個夢想又開始了。
另一個夢想又開始了。
02:38
And then what was a cute hobby
became my full-time job
became my full-time job
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本來只是個可愛的嗜好，
2010 年我丟了行銷工作之後，
2010 年我丟了行銷工作之後，
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when I lost my marketing job in 2010.
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這個嗜好就變成了我的全職工作，
02:45
But it still took me two more years
to say, "I'm a writer."
to say, "I'm a writer."
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但我又花了兩年，
才能說出：「我是個作家。」
才能說出：「我是個作家。」
02:48
Nine years after I had started writing,
before I said, "I'm a writer,"
before I said, "I'm a writer,"
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從我開始寫作一直到我說出
「我是個作家」，一共花了九年，
「我是個作家」，一共花了九年，
02:53
because I was afraid of what happens
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因為我害怕沒有了
401k 退休福利計畫
401k 退休福利計畫
02:56
without 401ks,
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之後會發生什麼事，
02:58
without, "How am I going
to keep up my shoe habit?
to keep up my shoe habit?
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沒有「我要如何維持買鞋的習慣啊？
03:01
That's important to me."
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那對我很重要。」
03:02
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
03:03
So it took me that long to own this thing
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我花了那麼長的時間才能承認那就是
03:06
that was what my purpose was.
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我人生的目的。
03:08
And then I realized,
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接著，我了解到，
03:09
fear has a very concrete power
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恐懼的力量非常實在，
03:11
of keeping us from doing and saying
the things that are our purpose.
the things that are our purpose.
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能讓我們不去做、不去說
我們人生的目的。
我們人生的目的。
03:16
And I was like, "You know what?
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而我說：「你知道嗎？
03:18
I'm not going to let fear rule my life.
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我不要讓恐懼主宰我的人生。
03:21
I'm not going to let fear
dictate what I do."
dictate what I do."
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我不要讓恐懼來規定我要做什麼。」
03:24
And then all of these
awesome things started happening,
awesome things started happening,
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接著，很棒的事情開始接連發生，
03:27
and dominoes started to fall.
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骨牌開始倒下。
03:29
So when I realized that,
I was like, "OK, 2015,
I was like, "OK, 2015,
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當我發現時，我說：
「好，2015 年，
「好，2015 年，
03:32
I turned 30,
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我邁入三十歲，
03:33
it's going to be my year
of 'Do it anyway.'
of 'Do it anyway.'
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這年就是我的
『無論如何就去做』年。
『無論如何就去做』年。
03:36
Anything that scares me,
I'm going to actively pursue it."
I'm going to actively pursue it."
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任何讓我害怕的事物，
我就要主動去追求它。」
我就要主動去追求它。」
03:39
So, I'm a Capricorn.
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我是摩羯座。
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I like my feel solidly on the ground.
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我喜歡腳踏實地。
03:45
I decided to take
my first-ever solo vacation,
my first-ever solo vacation,
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我決定要第一次一個人單獨渡假，
03:48
and it was out of the country
to the Dominican Republic.
to the Dominican Republic.
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且是要出國，到多明尼加共和國。
03:51
So on my birthday, what did I do?
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在我生日那天，我做了什麼？
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I went ziplining through
the forests of Punta Cana.
the forests of Punta Cana.
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我去玩鋼索飛行，
穿越蓬塔卡納的森林。
穿越蓬塔卡納的森林。
03:57
And for some odd reason,
I had on business casual.
I had on business casual.
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因為很奇怪的理由，
我穿著商務便裝。
我穿著商務便裝。
04:00
Don't ask why.
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別問為什麼。
04:01
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:03
And I had an incredible time.
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我玩得好開心。
04:05
Also, I don't like being
submerged in water.
submerged in water.
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此外，我不喜歡沉到水裡。
04:07
I like to be, again, on solid ground.
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再說一次，我喜歡腳踏實地。
04:09
So I went to Mexico
and swam with dolphins underwater.
and swam with dolphins underwater.
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所以我去墨西哥，
和海豚在水面下游泳。
和海豚在水面下游泳。
04:15
And then the cool thing
that I did also that year
that I did also that year
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那年我還做了一件很酷的事，
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that was my mountain
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對我很重要，
04:19
was I wrote my book,
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就是我寫了我的書：
04:21
"I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual,"
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《我在評斷你：如何做得更好》
04:23
And I had to own --
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那我現在應該──
04:24
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
04:25
that whole writing thing now, right?
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可以承認寫作這整件事了吧？
04:27
Yes.
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是的。
04:29
But the very anti-me thing
that I did that year
that I did that year
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但在那一年我做了件
非常「反我」的事，
非常「反我」的事，
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that scared the crap out of me --
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把我嚇得半死的事──
04:34
I went skydiving.
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我去跳傘了。
04:37
We're about to fall out of the plane.
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我們正要掉下飛機。
04:39
I was like, "I've done some stupid
things in life. This is one of them."
things in life. This is one of them."
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我在說：「我一生中做過
一些蠢事，這是其中之一。」
一些蠢事，這是其中之一。」
04:42
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:43
And then we come falling down to Earth,
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接著我們就向下落向地球，
04:45
and I literally lose my breath
as I see Earth, and I was like,
as I see Earth, and I was like,
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當我看到地球時，
我真的無法呼吸了，我說：
我真的無法呼吸了，我說：
「我剛剛故意掉出一架
完全沒故障的飛機。」
完全沒故障的飛機。」
04:49
"I just fell out of a perfectly good
plane on purpose."
plane on purpose."
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04:51
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:52
"What is wrong with me?!"
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「我有什麼毛病啊？！」
04:54
But then I looked down at the beauty,
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但接著，我向下看著美景，
04:56
and I was like, "This is
the best thing I could have done.
the best thing I could have done.
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我說：「這是我所能
做的事情當中最棒的了。
做的事情當中最棒的了。
04:58
This was an amazing decision."
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這是個了不起的決定。」
05:01
And I think about the times
when I have to speak truth.
when I have to speak truth.
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我想到我得要說實話的那些時候。
05:04
It feels like I am falling
out of that plane.
out of that plane.
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感覺就像我從那架飛機上落下。
05:07
It feels like that moment
when I'm at the edge of the plane,
when I'm at the edge of the plane,
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感覺就像是我身在
飛機邊緣上的那一刻，
飛機邊緣上的那一刻，
05:10
and I'm like, "You shouldn't do this,"
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我說：「你不該這樣做。」
05:12
but then I do it anyway,
because I realize I have to.
because I realize I have to.
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但我還是做了，
因為我知道我得要做。
因為我知道我得要做。
05:15
Sitting at the edge of that plane
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坐在那架飛機的邊緣，
05:17
and kind of staying on that plane
is comfort to me.
is comfort to me.
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且對我來說，待在飛機上是舒適的。
05:20
And I feel like every day
that I'm speaking truth
that I'm speaking truth
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我感覺就像是每天我都在說出真相，
05:22
against institutions and people
who are bigger than me
who are bigger than me
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來對抗比我巨大的制度和人，
05:25
and just forces that are
more powerful than me,
more powerful than me,
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他們就是比我更強大的力量，
我感覺就像我要從那架飛機上落下。
05:27
I feel like I'm falling out of that plane.
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05:29
But I realize comfort is overrated.
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但我了解到，舒適被高估了。
05:31
Because being quiet is comfortable.
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因為，安靜不出聲很舒適。
05:34
Keeping things the way
they've been is comfortable.
they've been is comfortable.
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讓事物保持過去一直以來的樣子，
很舒適。
很舒適。
05:38
And all comfort has done
is maintain the status quo.
is maintain the status quo.
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舒適能做的，就是維持現狀。
05:40
So we've got to get comfortable
with being uncomfortable
with being uncomfortable
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我們得用感到不舒適的方式
來得到舒適，
來得到舒適，
05:43
by speaking these hard truths
when they're necessary.
when they're necessary.
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要在必要的時候，
說出這些難說出口的真相。
說出這些難說出口的真相。
05:46
And I --
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而我……
05:48
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
05:51
And for me, though, I realize
that I have to speak these truths,
that I have to speak these truths,
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不過，對我來說，
我了解到我得要說出這些真相，
我了解到我得要說出這些真相，
05:55
because honesty is so important to me.
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因為誠實對我相當重要。
05:57
My integrity is something I hold dear.
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我非常重視我的廉正。
05:59
Justice -- I don't think justice
should be an option.
should be an option.
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正義──我不認為
正義應該是個選項。
正義應該是個選項。
我們應該一直要有正義。
06:01
We should always have justice.
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06:03
Also, I believe in shea butter
as a core value, and --
as a core value, and --
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此外，我相信乳油木果油是核心價值
（註：有保濕功能），
（註：有保濕功能），
06:06
(Laughter)
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06:08
and I think the world would be better
if we were more moisturized.
if we were more moisturized.
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我認為，如果我們能更滋潤，
世界就會變得更好。
世界就會變得更好。
06:12
But besides that, with these
as my core values,
as my core values,
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除此之外，因為我有這些核心價值，
06:15
I have to speak the truth.
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我得要說出真相。
06:16
I have no other choice in the matter.
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在這件事上我沒得選擇。
06:18
But people like me,
the professional troublemakers,
the professional troublemakers,
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但像我這樣的人，職業問題製造者，
06:20
should not be the only ones who are
committed to being these dominoes
committed to being these dominoes
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不應該是唯一投入
去擔任這些骨牌的人、
去擔任這些骨牌的人、
06:24
who are always falling out of planes
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總是從飛機上落下的人，
06:25
or being the first one to take this hit.
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或是最先成為箭靶的人。
06:27
People are so afraid
of these acute consequences,
of these acute consequences,
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人們很害怕這些急性後果，
06:30
not realizing that there are many times
when we walk in rooms
when we walk in rooms
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以致於他們沒發現，
很多時候，當我們走進房間，
很多時候，當我們走進房間，
06:33
and we are some of the most
powerful people in those rooms --
powerful people in those rooms --
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我們是那些房間中最強大的人──
06:36
we might be the second-most powerful,
third-most powerful.
third-most powerful.
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我們可能是第二強大、第三強大。
06:39
And I firmly believe
that our job in those times
that our job in those times
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而我堅信，在那些時候，我們的工作
06:42
is to disrupt what is happening.
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是要阻斷正在發生的事。
06:44
And then if we're not the most powerful,
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如果我們不是最強大的人，
06:46
if two more of us band together,
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如果再有兩個我們的人團結起來，
06:48
it makes us powerful.
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就能讓我們變強大。
06:49
It's like cosigning
the woman in the meeting,
the woman in the meeting,
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就像是在會議中的女性連署，
06:52
you know, the woman
who can't seem to get her word out,
who can't seem to get her word out,
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你知道的，似乎無法發聲的女性，
06:55
or just making sure that other person
who can't make a point
who can't make a point
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或是就只是確保無法
說出重點的另一個人
說出重點的另一個人
06:58
is being heard.
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能被聽見。
07:00
Our job is to make sure
they have room for that.
they have room for that.
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我們的工作是確保
他們有那樣的空間。
他們有那樣的空間。
07:03
Everyone's well-being
is community business.
is community business.
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每一個人的幸福都是整個社群的事。
07:05
If we made that a point,
we're understand that,
we're understand that,
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如果我們強調那點，
我們就會了解，
我們就會了解，
07:07
for the times when we need help,
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如果我們確實曾幫助過別人，
07:09
we wouldn't have to look around so hard
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當我們需要協助的時候，
07:11
if we made sure
we were somebody else's help.
we were somebody else's help.
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我們就不用那麼辛苦四處尋找了。
07:14
And there are times when I feel like
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有些時候，我會覺得
07:16
I have taken very public
tumbles and falls,
tumbles and falls,
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我時常在眾人前挑戰權威，
但失敗。
但失敗。
07:20
like the time when I was asked
to speak at a conference,
to speak at a conference,
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像有一次，我被邀請
到會議上演說，
到會議上演說，
07:22
and they wanted me to pay my way there.
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他們要我自費過去那裡。
07:26
And then I did some research
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我接著做了些研究，
07:27
and found out the white men
who spoke there got compensated
who spoke there got compensated
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發現在那裡演說的白人能得到補助，
07:30
and got their travel paid for.
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他們不用自己付旅費。
07:32
The white women who spoke there
got their travel paid for.
got their travel paid for.
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到那裡演說的白種女性，
一樣不用自己付旅費。
一樣不用自己付旅費。
07:35
The black women who spoke there were
expected to actually pay to speak there.
expected to actually pay to speak there.
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而去那裡演說的黑人女性，
則被認為應該要自費前往。
則被認為應該要自費前往。
07:40
And I was like, "What do I do?"
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我說：「我要怎麼做？」
07:42
And I knew that if I spoke up
about this publicly,
about this publicly,
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我知道如果我公開說出這件事，
我可能要面對財務上的損失。
07:45
I could face financial loss.
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07:47
But then I also understood
that my silence serves no one.
that my silence serves no one.
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但我也了解，我的沉默
是無法幫助別人的。
是無法幫助別人的。
07:50
So I fearfully spoke up about it publicly,
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所以我很恐懼地公開說出了這件事，
07:53
and other women started
coming out to talk about,
coming out to talk about,
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其他女性也開始站出來談論：
07:56
"I, too, have faced
this type of pay inequality."
this type of pay inequality."
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「我也有面臨到這種
付費不平等的問題。」
付費不平等的問題。」
07:59
And it started a conversation
about discriminatory pay practices
about discriminatory pay practices
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接著開啟了一個對談，內容是在談
這個會議所參與的歧視性支付做法。
08:02
that this conference was participating in.
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08:04
I felt like I was the domino
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當我讀到一位公眾人物的自傳時，
08:07
the time I read a disturbing
memoir by a public figure
memoir by a public figure
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我感到很不舒服，
寫了篇關於它的文章，
寫了篇關於它的文章，
08:09
and wrote a piece about it.
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我覺得我就是骨牌。
08:11
I knew this person was more powerful
than me and could impact my career,
than me and could impact my career,
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我知道這個人比我強大，
這事可能會衝擊我的職涯，
這事可能會衝擊我的職涯，
08:15
but I was like, "I've got to do this.
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但我說：「我得做這件事。
08:17
I've got to sit at the edge of this plane,
maybe for two hours."
maybe for two hours."
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我得要坐在這架飛機的邊緣上，
也許坐個兩小時。」
也許坐個兩小時。」
08:20
And I did. And I pressed
"Publish," and I ran away.
"Publish," and I ran away.
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而我做了。我按下「發佈」，
然後趕快逃走。
然後趕快逃走。
08:22
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
我回來看到一篇瘋狂轉傳的貼文，
08:23
And I came back to a viral post
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08:25
and people being like, "Oh my God,
I'm so glad somebody finally said this."
I'm so glad somebody finally said this."
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人們在說：「我的天，
我好高興終於有人這麼做了。」
我好高興終於有人這麼做了。」
08:29
And it started a conversation
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它帶起了交談，
08:31
about mental health and self-care,
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談到心理健康和自我照護，
08:33
and I was like, "OK. Alright.
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我說：「好。
08:35
This thing that I'm doing,
I guess, alright, it's doing something."
I guess, alright, it's doing something."
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我在做的這件事，我想，
好，它應該有影響。」
好，它應該有影響。」
08:39
And then so many people
have been the domino
have been the domino
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接著，好多人都成了骨牌，
08:43
when they talk about how
they've been assaulted by powerful men.
they've been assaulted by powerful men.
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他們談論到自己如何
被強大的人給攻擊。
被強大的人給攻擊。
08:47
And it's made millions of women
join in and say, "Me Too."
join in and say, "Me Too."
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結果讓數百萬女性加入，
說出「我也是」。
說出「我也是」。
08:52
So, a shout-out to Tarana Burke
for igniting that movement.
for igniting that movement.
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這是對於塔拉納柏克
點燃那運動的大喊。
點燃那運動的大喊。
08:55
(Applause)
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09:01
People and systems count on our silence
to keep us exactly where we are.
to keep us exactly where we are.
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人和體制要靠我們的沉默，才能
把我們維持在我們現在的位置。
把我們維持在我們現在的位置。
09:08
Now, being the domino sometimes
comes down to being exactly who you are.
comes down to being exactly who you are.
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有時，成為骨牌可以歸結成
成為你真正的自己。
成為你真正的自己。
09:14
So, I've been a shady somebody
since I was three.
since I was three.
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我從三歲以來，就一直名聲不好。
09:17
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
09:18
This is me on my third birthday.
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這是我三歲生日的照片。
09:20
But I've been this girl all my life,
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但我一生都一直是這個女孩，
09:23
and I feel like
even that's been the domino,
even that's been the domino,
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我覺得，就連那也是在當骨牌，
09:25
because in a world
that wants us to walk around
that wants us to walk around
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因為在這個世界，想要我們四處走動
09:27
as representatives of ourselves,
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來當我們自身代表的世界中，
09:29
being yourself can be a revolutionary act.
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做自己可能就是個革命性的舉動。
09:32
And in a world that wants us to whisper,
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在一個想要我們低語的的世界中，
09:34
I choose to yell.
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我選擇吶喊。
09:37
(Applause)
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09:42
When it's time to say these hard things,
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當到了該說出難以說出口的話時，
09:44
I ask myself three things.
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我會問我自己三件事。
09:46
One: Did you mean it?
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第一：你是認真的嗎？
09:48
Two: Can you defend it?
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第二：你能為它辯護嗎？
09:51
Three: Did you say it with love?
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第三：你是否帶著愛而說？
09:53
If the answer is yes to all three,
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如果三個答案都是「是」，
09:55
I say it and let the chips fall.
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我就會說出來，不顧後果。
09:59
That's important.
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那很重要。
10:00
That checkpoint with myself
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我自己設的這種檢查方式
10:02
always tells me, "Yes,
you're supposed to do this."
you're supposed to do this."
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總是告訴我：
「是的，你該做這件事。」
「是的，你該做這件事。」
10:06
Telling the truth --
telling thoughtful truths --
telling thoughtful truths --
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說出真相
──說出考慮周到的真相──
──說出考慮周到的真相──
10:09
should not be a revolutionary act.
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不該是種革命性的舉動。
10:12
Speaking truths to power
should not be sacrificial, but they are.
should not be sacrificial, but they are.
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對有權力的人說出真相，
不該是種犧牲，但偏偏就是。
不該是種犧牲，但偏偏就是。
但我認為，如果我們更多人能
選擇為了大我而這麼做，
選擇為了大我而這麼做，
10:16
But I think if more of us chose
to do this for the greater good,
to do this for the greater good,
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10:19
we'd be in better spaces
than we are right now.
than we are right now.
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我們的景況會比現在更好。
10:23
Speaking of the greater good,
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說到大我，
10:25
I think we commit ourselves
to telling truths to build bridges
to telling truths to build bridges
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我認為，我們要致力去
說出真相來建立橋樑，
說出真相來建立橋樑，
10:28
to common ground,
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來連結共同點，
10:30
and bridges that aren't based
on truth will collapse.
on truth will collapse.
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不是以真相為基礎
所搭起的橋樑一定會垮。
所搭起的橋樑一定會垮。
10:33
So it is our job,
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所以，我們的工作、
10:35
it is our obligation, it is our duty
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我們的義務、我們的責任，
10:38
to speak truth to power, to be the domino,
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就是要有權者說出真相，要當骨牌，
並不只是在很困難時要做──
10:41
not just when it's difficult --
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10:43
especially when it's difficult.
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在很困難時更特別一定要做。
10:45
Thank you.
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謝謝。
10:46
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Luvvie Ajayi - CreatorLuvvie Ajayi is an author, speaker and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism.
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A 14-year blogging veteran, Luvvie Ajayi is the voice behind the blog AwesomelyLuvvie.com, where she covers all things pop culture with razor-sharp commentary and wit. Her debut book, I'm Judging You: The Do Better Manual, was released in September 2016, and was an instant New York Times best-seller.
Ajayi is Executive Director and co-founder of The Red Pump Project, a national nonprofit that educates women and girls of color about HIV/AIDS. They’ve earned a Congressional Record from the U.S. House of Representatives and Resolutions by the Illinois State Senate as well as the City Council of Chicago. The University of Illinois alum is a sought-after speaker who has spoken at the Obama White House, MAKERS Conference, SXSW, Social Media Week, among others. She has interviewed bosses like Oprah Winfrey, Geena Davis and Shonda Rhimes. She also runs AwesomelyTechie.com, a site for writers, small business owners and everyday people looking to use technology to make their lives easier as an extension of her marketing expertise.
Ajayi was selected to Oprah Winfrey’s inaugural Supersoul 100 list, voted as the Influencer of the Year at the 2016 Iris Awards and was chosen as a 2015 Black Innovator by XFINITY Comcast. She is committed to using her voice for pop culture critique and gender and racial justice.
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