TED2018
Simone Giertz: Why you should make useless things
Simone Giertz: 为什么你应该发明毫无用处的东西
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在这场有趣且动人的演讲中，Simone Giertz展示了她有趣的发明。她分享了她的独特技能：制作无用机器人。她发明了切菜机器人、剪发机器人、涂唇膏机器人等等——虽然这些发明几乎从未成功过，但这就是她想说明的论点。“制作无用机器最美丽的部分就是，你不一定知道最棒的答案是什么。”Giertz说。“它使你不再以为自己完全清楚世界如何运行。可能一台牙刷头盔并不是最佳答案，但至少你提出了问题。”
Simone Giertz - Inventor, robotics enthusiast
Simone Giertz runs a YouTube channel about robotics. Full bio
Simone Giertz runs a YouTube channel about robotics. Full bio
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00:13
Hello.
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大家好。
我是Simone。
00:15
My name is Simone.
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00:17
You know how people tell you
if you get nervous when onstage,
if you get nervous when onstage,
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人们总是告诉你
当你在舞台上感到紧张的时候，
当你在舞台上感到紧张的时候，
假想观众都没穿衣服就好了。
00:20
picture people in the audience naked?
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00:23
Like it's this thing that's supposed
to make you feel better.
to make you feel better.
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说的就像这真能让你感觉好点一样。
但是我一直在想——
00:26
But I was thinking --
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在2018年想象你们都没穿衣服
实在有点不太对啊。
实在有点不太对啊。
00:27
picturing all of you naked in 2018
feels kind of weird and wrong.
feels kind of weird and wrong.
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00:33
Like, we're working really hard
on moving past stuff like that,
on moving past stuff like that,
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我们都有在努力克服这样的问题，
所以我们需要一种新方法，
00:36
so we need a new method of dealing with
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来应付舞台恐惧症。
00:38
if you get nervous onstage.
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我意识到，我真正想要的是
00:41
And I realized that what I'd really like
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00:43
is that I can look at you
as much as you're looking at me --
as much as you're looking at me --
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我能跟你们看着我一样看着你们，
只是为了公平一点。
00:47
just to even things out a little bit.
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00:49
So if I had way more eyeballs,
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所以如果我有更多眼睛的话，
00:52
then we'd all be
really comfortable, right?
really comfortable, right?
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那我们就都会很舒服，对吧？
00:55
So in preparation for this talk,
I made myself a shirt.
I made myself a shirt.
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所以为了准备这次演讲
我给自己做了件T恤。
我给自己做了件T恤。
（窸窸窣窣的声音）
00:59
(Rattling)
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01:05
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:09
It's googly eyes.
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这就是大眼睛T恤。
01:12
It took me 14 hours
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花了我14个小时，
01:14
and 227 googly eyes to make this shirt.
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以及227个大眼睛贴片。
01:18
And being able to look at you
as much as you're looking at me
as much as you're looking at me
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能够像你们看着我一样
看着你们这件事，
看着你们这件事，
01:21
is actually only half
of the reason I made this.
of the reason I made this.
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其实只是我制作
这件T恤的部分原因。
这件T恤的部分原因。
01:24
The other half is being able to do this.
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另一半原因是我可以这么玩儿。
01:26
(Googly eyes rattle)
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（大眼睛T恤的响声）
（笑声）
01:27
(Laughter)
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我做过很多这样的事。
01:28
So I do a lot of things like this.
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我发现了一个问题，
就会发明某个解决方法来应对它。
就会发明某个解决方法来应对它。
01:30
I see a problem and I invent
some sort of solution to it.
some sort of solution to it.
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01:34
For example, brushing your teeth.
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比如刷牙这件事：
这就是一件大家都得做，
但是又有点无聊的事，
但是又有点无聊的事，
01:36
Like, it's this thing we all have to do,
it's kind of boring,
it's kind of boring,
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而且没人真正喜欢刷牙。
01:39
and nobody really likes it.
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01:41
If there were any
seven-year-olds in the audience,
seven-year-olds in the audience,
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如果在座有7岁小朋友的话，
01:43
they'd be like, "Yes!"
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他们肯定会大喊“就是这样！”
01:46
So what about if you had
a machine that could do it for you?
a machine that could do it for you?
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那么要不要来一台
自动帮你刷牙的机器呢？
自动帮你刷牙的机器呢？
01:54
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
01:58
I call it ...
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我给它取了名，
02:02
I call it "The Toothbrush Helmet."
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叫做“牙刷头盔”。
02:05
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
02:09
(Robot arm buzzing)
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（机器人的手臂声）
02:12
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
（掌声）
02:15
(Applause)
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02:19
So my toothbrush helmet is recommended
by zero out of 10 dentists,
by zero out of 10 dentists,
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10位牙医中，有0位
推荐了我的牙刷头盔，
推荐了我的牙刷头盔，
它也肯定不算颠覆
牙医界的伟大发明，
牙医界的伟大发明，
02:23
and it definitely did not
revolutionize the world of dentistry,
revolutionize the world of dentistry,
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02:27
but it did completely change my life.
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但它确实改变了我的生活。
因为3年前我做出了这个头盔，
02:30
Because I finished making this toothbrush
helmet three years ago
helmet three years ago
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02:34
and after I finished making it,
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完成制作之后，
我在客厅架起了摄像机，
02:36
I went into my living room
and I put up a camera,
and I put up a camera,
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录了一个7秒长的头盔操作视频。
02:38
and I filmed a seven-second
clip of it working.
clip of it working.
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02:41
And by now,
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现在，
02:43
this is a pretty standard
modern-day fairy tale
modern-day fairy tale
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这成了一个标准的现代版童话：
一个女孩在网上发帖，
02:45
of girl posting on the internet,
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02:48
the internet takes the girl by storm,
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跟上了互联网浪潮，
02:50
thousands of men voyage
into the comment sections
into the comment sections
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数以千计的男人们涌进评论区，
02:53
to ask for her hand in marriage --
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邀请她进入婚姻殿堂——
（笑声）
02:55
(Laughter)
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而她无视了他们所有人，
创立了一个YouTube频道，
创立了一个YouTube频道，
02:56
She ignores all of them,
starts a YouTube channel
starts a YouTube channel
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继续搭建机器人。
02:58
and keeps on building robots.
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03:01
Since then, I've carved out this little
niche for myself on the internet
niche for myself on the internet
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从那时起我在互联网上为自己
发掘出了这么一个商机：
发掘出了这么一个商机：
无用机器发明者。
03:05
as an inventor of useless machines,
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因为大家都知道，
03:07
because as we all know,
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成为你所在行业顶尖人物的
最简单方法，
最简单方法，
03:09
the easiest way
to be at the top of your field
to be at the top of your field
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03:12
is to choose a very small field.
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就是选择一个非常小的行业。
03:15
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
03:17
(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
03:21
So I run a YouTube channel
about my machines,
about my machines,
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所以我在运营一个
关于我的机器的YouTube频道，
关于我的机器的YouTube频道，
03:24
and I've done things
like cutting hair with drones --
like cutting hair with drones --
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我有试过用无人机剪头发——
03:27
(Drone buzzes)
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（无人机噪声）
03:29
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
03:31
(Drone crashes)
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（无人机坠毁）
03:32
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
03:34
(Drone buzzes)
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（无人机噪声）
03:35
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
03:37
(Applause)
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（掌声）
03:39
To a machine that helps me
wake up in the morning --
wake up in the morning --
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我还做过一台闹钟机器——
（闹铃声）
03:42
(Alarm)
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（笑声）
03:44
(Laughter)
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03:49
(Video) Simone: Ow!
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（视频）Simone：噢！
还有这台帮我切菜的机器。
03:50
To this machine
that helps me chop vegetables.
that helps me chop vegetables.
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03:53
(Knives chop)
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（切菜声）
03:57
I'm not an engineer.
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我不是个工程师，
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I did not study engineering in school.
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我没学过工程学，
04:00
But I was a super ambitious
student growing up.
student growing up.
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但我从小就是个
特别有远大志向的学生。
特别有远大志向的学生。
04:04
In middle school and high school,
I had straight A's,
I had straight A's,
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无论初中高中我一路拿的都是A，
04:06
and I graduated at the top of my year.
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而且我毕业那年还是名列前茅的。
04:09
On the flip side of that,
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但另一面是，
04:10
I struggled with very severe
performance anxiety.
performance anxiety.
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我当时有非常严重的表现焦虑。
这是一封当时我写给我兄弟的邮件。
04:14
Here's an email I sent
to my brother around that time.
to my brother around that time.
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04:17
"You won't understand
how difficult it is for me to tell you,
how difficult it is for me to tell you,
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“你不会明白，
光是告诉你这件事，
光是告诉你这件事，
对我来说有多难。
04:20
to confess this.
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04:21
I'm so freaking embarrassed.
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实在是太难堪了。
04:22
I don't want people
to think that I'm stupid.
to think that I'm stupid.
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我不希望人们觉得我是个傻子。
04:25
Now I'm starting to cry too.
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我现在居然还开始哭了。
04:26
Damn."
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真讨厌。”
04:28
And no, I did not accidentally burn
our parents' house down.
our parents' house down.
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别误会，我可没有不小心
把爸妈的房子烧了。
把爸妈的房子烧了。
04:31
The thing I'm writing about in the email
and the thing I'm so upset about
and the thing I'm so upset about
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信里面那件让我
如此焦虑不安的事其实是，
如此焦虑不安的事其实是，
04:36
is that I got a B on a math test.
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有一次数学测验我只拿了B。
所以这两种情况之间
一定发生了什么事情。
一定发生了什么事情。
04:39
So something obviously happened
between here and here.
between here and here.
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04:43
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
04:48
One of those things was puberty.
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其中一件是青春期的到来。
04:50
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
04:51
Beautiful time indeed.
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非常美丽的时期。
04:53
But moreover,
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但除此之外，
04:54
I got interested in building robots,
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我开始对搭建机器人感兴趣，
04:56
and I wanted to teach myself
about hardware.
about hardware.
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我还想自学硬件知识。
但搭建需要硬件的东西，
尤其是当你是在自学的时候，
尤其是当你是在自学的时候，
04:59
But building things with hardware,
especially if you're teaching yourself,
especially if you're teaching yourself,
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是一件非常困难的事情。
05:03
is something that's really
difficult to do.
difficult to do.
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05:05
It has a high likelihood of failure
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失败几率非常高，
05:07
and moreover,
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并且，
这很有可能让你
觉得自己超级智障。
觉得自己超级智障。
05:08
it has a high likelihood
of making you feel stupid.
of making you feel stupid.
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05:11
And that was my biggest fear at the time.
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而那就是我当时最大的恐惧。
05:14
So I came up with a setup that would
guarantee success 100 percent of the time.
guarantee success 100 percent of the time.
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所以我做了一个一定能
保证100%成功率的设定。
保证100%成功率的设定。
根据我的设定，
失败可能性几乎为零。
失败可能性几乎为零。
05:20
With my setup, it would be
nearly impossible to fail.
nearly impossible to fail.
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05:24
And that was that instead
of trying to succeed,
of trying to succeed,
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我打算再试着获得成功，
05:27
I was going to try to build
things that would fail.
things that would fail.
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我要制作一个肯定失败的机器。
05:31
And even though I didn't
realize it at the time,
realize it at the time,
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尽管我当时并没有意识到，
05:33
building stupid things
was actually quite smart,
was actually quite smart,
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但实际上，制作一无是处东西
其实还是个挺聪明的点子。
其实还是个挺聪明的点子。
05:37
because as I kept on
learning about hardware,
learning about hardware,
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因为当我对硬件的学习
更加深入的时候，
更加深入的时候，
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for the first time in my life,
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我人生中第一次，
05:41
I did not have to deal
with my performance anxiety.
with my performance anxiety.
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不用应对自我表现方面的焦虑。
05:44
And as soon as I removed
all pressure and expectations from myself,
all pressure and expectations from myself,
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并且当我卸除了所有
对自己的压力与期待后，
对自己的压力与期待后，
05:48
that pressure quickly
got replaced by enthusiasm,
got replaced by enthusiasm,
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压力很快就被热情取代，
05:52
and it allowed me to just play.
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我就可以只是瞎玩了。
05:54
So as an inventor,
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所以，作为一个发明者，
我对人们很难做到的事情很感兴趣。
05:56
I'm interested in things
that people struggle with.
that people struggle with.
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05:58
It can be small things or big things
or medium-sized things
or medium-sized things
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可以是小事，大事，
或者二者之间的事。
或者二者之间的事。
06:02
and something like giving a TED talk
presents this whole new set of problems
presents this whole new set of problems
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而做一场TED演讲，
带来了一系列我能解决的
带来了一系列我能解决的
06:06
that I can solve.
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全新问题。
06:08
And identifying a problem
is the first step in my process
is the first step in my process
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而发现问题则是搭建
06:11
of building a useless machine.
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一个无用机器的第一步。
06:13
So before I came here,
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在我来这里之前，
06:15
I sat down and I thought of some
of the potential problems I might have
of the potential problems I might have
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我坐下来好好思考了一番演讲时
06:18
in giving this talk.
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可能遇到的问题：
06:20
Forgetting what to say.
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忘词，
06:23
That people won't laugh --
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没人笑——
06:24
that's you.
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说的就是你哦。
06:27
Or even worse,
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或者更糟的是，
你们笑错地方了，
06:28
that you'll laugh at the wrong things --
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06:31
that was an OK part to laugh at,
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这里你们其实是可以笑的，
06:33
thank you.
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谢谢。
（笑声）
06:34
(Laughter)
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或者我一紧张就会手抖，
06:35
Or that when I get nervous,
my hands start shaking
my hands start shaking
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我还非常清楚这一点。
06:37
and I'm really self-conscious about it.
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06:39
Or that my fly has been
open this entire time
open this entire time
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或者我的裤子拉链一直都没拉上，
06:43
and all of you noticed but I didn't,
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所有人都注意到了，就我没有。
但它是拉好的，所以没事了。
06:45
but it's closed so we're
all good on that one.
all good on that one.
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06:48
But one thing I'm actually really
nervous about is my hands shaking.
nervous about is my hands shaking.
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我最担心的就是手抖这个问题了。
我还记得我小时候
06:51
I remember when I was a kid,
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在学校做演讲时，
06:53
giving presentations in school,
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我会在一张纸上准备讲稿，
06:55
I would have my notes on a piece of paper,
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并将纸贴到一个笔记本上，
06:57
and I would put a notebook
behind the paper
behind the paper
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这样人们就看不出纸在颤抖了。
07:01
so that people wouldn't be able
to see the paper quivering.
to see the paper quivering.
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我做过很多演讲。
07:04
And I give a lot of talks.
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07:07
I know that about half of you
in the audience are probably like,
in the audience are probably like,
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我知道你们中有一半听众
都可能这么想：
都可能这么想：
07:11
"Building useless machines is really fun,
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“制作无用机器确实挺好玩，
但这怎么可能是商机呢？”
07:13
but how is this in any way
or form a business?"
or form a business?"
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演讲就是其中的一部分，
07:15
And giving talks is a part of it.
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组织者一定会在讲台上
给你放杯水，
给你放杯水，
07:17
And the arrangers always put out
a glass of water for you onstage
a glass of water for you onstage
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这样你渴的时候就有水喝了。
07:20
so you have something to drink
if you get thirsty,
if you get thirsty,
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07:23
and I always so badly
want to drink that water,
want to drink that water,
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我每次都超级想喝那杯水，
07:27
but I don't dare to pick the glass up
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但我没有勇气拿起杯子，
因为人们可能就看出我的手在抖。
07:28
because then people might be able
to see that my hands are shaking.
to see that my hands are shaking.
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07:32
So what about a machine
that hands you a glass of water?
that hands you a glass of water?
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那么要不要来一台
递给你一杯水的机器呢？
递给你一杯水的机器呢？
07:36
Sold to the nervous girl
in the googly-eye shirt.
in the googly-eye shirt.
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就卖给穿大眼睛T恤的
那位紧张女孩！
那位紧张女孩！
实际上我得把这T恤脱了，
因为我有个玩意儿要展示——
因为我有个玩意儿要展示——
07:39
Actually, I need to take this off
because I have a thing --
because I have a thing --
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07:43
(Googly eyes rattle)
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（大眼睛们窸窸窣窣）
07:51
Oh.
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噢
（叮当声）
07:52
(Clanking)
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（笑声）
07:54
(Laughter)
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08:05
I still don't know what to call this,
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我还是不知道给它起什么名字。
08:08
but I think some sort of
"head orbit device,"
"head orbit device,"
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就叫“头部环绕仪”之类的吧。
08:12
because it rotates
this platform around you
this platform around you
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因为这个平台会绕着你的头旋转，
你想放什么东西上去都可以。
08:15
and you can put anything on it.
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比如放一台摄像机，
你就可以拍到你整个头部的照片。
你就可以拍到你整个头部的照片。
08:16
You can have a camera;
you can get photos of your entire head.
you can get photos of your entire head.
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这是一台非常多功能的机器。
08:20
Like it's really --
it's a very versatile machine.
it's a very versatile machine.
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（笑声）
08:24
(Laughter)
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08:26
OK, and I have --
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好了。
比如你们还可以把零食放上去啊，
08:28
I mean, you can put
some snacks on it, for example,
some snacks on it, for example,
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08:30
if you want to.
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如果你想的话。
我这有些爆米花。
08:31
I have some popcorn here.
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你就这么放一点上去。
08:33
And you just put a little bit like that.
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08:39
And then you want to --
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如果你想——
08:40
there's some sacrifices for science --
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这有一些科学的牺牲品——
08:43
just some popcorn falling on the floor.
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一些爆米花掉地上了。
08:46
Let's do the long way around.
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我们来绕个大圈吧。
08:47
(Robot buzzes)
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（机器声）
08:49
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
08:51
And then you have a little hand.
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这儿有只小手。
08:53
You need to adjust the height of it,
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你得把高度调整一下，
耸耸肩就可以。
08:54
and you just do it by shrugging.
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08:56
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
（掌声）
08:58
(Applause)
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08:59
It has a little hand.
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这就是小手。
（手掌拍打声）
09:00
(Hand thwacks)
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（笑声）
09:02
(Laughter)
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（掌声）
09:03
(Applause)
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09:11
I just bumped my mic off,
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我把麦克风拍掉了，
09:14
but I think we're all good.
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但应该没事儿。
09:17
OK, also I need to chew this popcorn,
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好的， 我先把爆米花咽下去，
09:19
so if you guys could
just clap your hands a little bit more --
just clap your hands a little bit more --
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所以你们再鼓一会掌好了。
09:22
(Applause)
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（掌声）
09:26
OK, so it's like your own
little personal solar system,
little personal solar system,
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这就像个私人迷你太阳系，
09:29
because I'm a millennial,
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因为我是千禧一代，
09:31
so I want everything to revolve around me.
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所以我希望所有东西都围着我转。
09:34
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
09:37
Back to the glass of water,
that's what we're here for.
that's what we're here for.
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回到那杯水的问题，
那是我们来到这里的原因。
那是我们来到这里的原因。
09:39
So, I promise -- I mean, it still has --
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我保证，它里头还有——
09:41
it doesn't have any water in it,
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这杯子里面没有水，
09:43
I'm sorry.
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抱歉。
09:44
But I still need to work
on this machine a little bit
on this machine a little bit
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但我还得调整一下这个机器，
09:49
because I still need to pick up the glass
and put it on the platform,
and put it on the platform,
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因为我还是得
拿起杯子放到平台上，
拿起杯子放到平台上，
但如果你的手在抖，
09:52
but if your hands
are shaking a little bit,
are shaking a little bit,
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没有人能注意到了，
09:54
nobody's going to notice
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因为你身上正穿着一台
很迷人的机器呢。
很迷人的机器呢。
09:56
because you're wearing
a very mesmerizing piece of equipment.
a very mesmerizing piece of equipment.
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目前为止一切正常。
09:59
So, we're all good.
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很好。
10:00
OK.
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10:02
(Robot buzzes)
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（机器声）
10:03
(Singing)
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（歌声）
10:05
Oh no, it got stuck.
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哦不，它卡住了。
10:08
Isn't it comforting that even robots
sometimes get stage fright?
sometimes get stage fright?
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连机器都会犯舞台恐惧症，
是不是很让人放松啊？
是不是很让人放松啊？
10:12
It just gets stuck a little bit.
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它只是有一点点卡住 。
10:15
It's very human of them.
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非常人性化哦。
10:17
Oh wait, let's go back a little bit,
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等一下，我们倒回去一点。
10:20
and then --
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然后——
10:21
(Glass falls)
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（玻璃杯触地声）
10:23
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
活在这个时代真好，是吧？
10:25
Isn't it a beautiful time to be alive?
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10:27
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
10:29
(Applause)
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（掌声）
10:36
So as much as my machines can seem
like simple engineering slapstick,
like simple engineering slapstick,
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我的机器看起来
像是在用工程学做简单的恶搞，
像是在用工程学做简单的恶搞，
10:41
I realize that I stumbled
on something bigger than that.
on something bigger than that.
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但我意识到我触及到了
一些比这更重要的事。
一些比这更重要的事。
制造机器时往往无法
表现得开心或谦逊。
表现得开心或谦逊。
10:44
It's this expression of joy and humility
that often gets lost in engineering,
that often gets lost in engineering,
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对我而言，用这种方式学硬件，
10:49
and for me it was a way
to learn about hardware
to learn about hardware
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是不会受到表现焦虑症干扰的。
10:52
without having my performance
anxiety get in the way.
anxiety get in the way.
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10:56
I often get asked if I think I'm ever
going to build something useful,
going to build something useful,
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经常有人问我，我以后会不会
制作一些有用的东西？
制作一些有用的东西？
可能有一天我会。
10:59
and maybe someday I will.
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11:02
But the way I see it,
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但我觉得，
11:03
I already have
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我早已做到了。
11:05
because I've built myself this job
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这份工作是我为自己创造出的。
11:08
and it's something that I could
never have planned for,
never have planned for,
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这是我无法计划出来的。
11:11
or that I could --
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或者——
11:12
(Applause)
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（掌声）
11:18
It's something that I could
never have planned for.
never have planned for.
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这是我永远也无法计划出的。
相反，这一切的发生
只是因为我对这个工作充满热情，
只是因为我对这个工作充满热情，
11:20
Instead it happened just because
I was enthusiastic about what I was doing,
I was enthusiastic about what I was doing,
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并且我在与他人分享我的热情。
11:24
and I was sharing that enthusiasm
with other people.
with other people.
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对于我，那就是制作
无用机器最美的部分。
无用机器最美的部分。
11:26
To me that's the true beauty
of making useless things,
of making useless things,
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因为你已经承认，
11:30
because it's this acknowledgment
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11:32
that you don't always know
what the best answer is.
what the best answer is.
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你不一定知道最好的答案是什么。
11:35
And it turns off that voice in your head
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它让你不再盲目认为
自己已经完全了解世界怎么运作。
自己已经完全了解世界怎么运作。
11:37
that tells you that you know
exactly how the world works.
exactly how the world works.
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11:41
And maybe a toothbrush helmet
isn't the answer,
isn't the answer,
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可能一台牙刷头盔并不是标准答案，
11:43
but at least you're asking the question.
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但至少你提出了问题。
11:45
Thank you.
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谢谢。
11:46
(Applause)
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（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Simone Giertz - Inventor, robotics enthusiastSimone Giertz runs a YouTube channel about robotics.
Why you should listen
Simone Giertz is a Swedish inventor, YouTuber and robotics enthusiast. She is world-renowned for her useless machines and has risen to the very top of the field -- mainly because the field is very tiny and not of interest to the general populace. Giertz has set out to automate everything from brushing teeth to cutting hair and has more than one million subscribers on YouTube.
Simone Giertz | Speaker | TED.com