TED2019
Jonny Sun: You are not alone in your loneliness
喬尼•孫: 在孤單方面，你並不孤單
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作家和藝術家喬尼•孫說，對於你的寂寞、悲傷、恐懼展現開放、脆弱，能夠協助你找到慰藉，感覺不那麼孤單。這場誠實的演說中使用了許多他的招牌繪圖，他和大家分享，從旁觀者角度說出關於感受的故事，協助他發掘了一個未預期的社區，在黑暗中找到一絲銀光。
Jonny Sun - Screenwriter, author, artist
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live. Full bio
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live. Full bio
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Hello.
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哈囉。
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I'd like to introduce you to someone.
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我想介紹一個人給大家。
00:17
This is Jomny.
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這是喬姆尼（Jomny）。
00:19
That's "Jonny" but spelled
accidentally with an "m,"
accidentally with an "m,"
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若有人在納悶，原本是「喬尼
（Jonny）」，不小心拼錯了，
（Jonny）」，不小心拼錯了，
00:22
in case you were wondering,
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因為我們都不是完美的。
00:23
because we're not all perfect.
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00:25
Jomny is an alien
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喬姆尼是外星人，
00:27
who has been sent to earth
with a mission to study humans.
with a mission to study humans.
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被派來地球執行研究人類的任務。
00:30
Jomny is feeling lost and alone
and far from home,
and far from home,
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喬姆尼感到失落、
孤單、離家很遠，
孤單、離家很遠，
00:34
and I think we've all felt this way.
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我想我們都曾有過這種感受。
00:37
Or, at least I have.
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至少，我有過。
00:39
I wrote this story about this alien
at a moment in my life
at a moment in my life
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我寫下這個外星人故事時，
是人生中特別感到自己像外星人
一樣隔隔不入的時候。
一樣隔隔不入的時候。
00:42
when I was feeling particularly alien.
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00:44
I had just moved to Cambridge
and started my doctoral program at MIT,
and started my doctoral program at MIT,
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那時我剛搬到劍橋，
開始在麻省理工學院讀博士班，
開始在麻省理工學院讀博士班，
00:47
and I was feeling intimidated and isolated
and very much like I didn't belong.
and very much like I didn't belong.
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我感到害怕、孤立，
且好像我不屬於那裡。
00:53
But I had a lifeline of sorts.
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但我還有救命仙丹。
00:55
See, I was writing jokes
for years and years
for years and years
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我寫了很多年的笑話，
01:00
and sharing them on social media,
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在社交媒體上分享，
01:02
and I found that I was turning
to doing this more and more.
to doing this more and more.
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我發現我開始越寫越多。
01:06
Now, for many people,
the internet can feel like a lonely place.
the internet can feel like a lonely place.
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對很多人來說，
網路是個孤單的地方。
網路是個孤單的地方。
01:10
It can feel like this,
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大家可能會覺得網路是
巨大、無邊際、遼闊的虛無，
巨大、無邊際、遼闊的虛無，
01:11
a big, endless, expansive void
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01:14
where you can constantly call out to it
but no one's ever listening.
but no one's ever listening.
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在那裡，你可以經常對它大喊，
但從來沒有人會聽。
但從來沒有人會聽。
01:18
But I actually found a comfort
in speaking out to the void.
in speaking out to the void.
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但我竟然在對著虛無講出
心聲的過程中找到慰藉。
心聲的過程中找到慰藉。
01:22
I found, in sharing
my feelings with the void,
my feelings with the void,
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我發現，當我和虛無
分享我的感受時，
分享我的感受時，
01:24
eventually the void started to speak back.
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最終，虛無會回話。
01:28
And it turns out that the void
isn't this endless lonely expanse at all,
isn't this endless lonely expanse at all,
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最後發現，這虛無其實完全
不是無盡、孤單的廣闊區域,
不是無盡、孤單的廣闊區域,
01:31
but instead it's full of
all sorts of other people,
all sorts of other people,
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反之，虛無中有著各式各樣的人，
01:34
also staring out into it
and also wanting to be heard.
and also wanting to be heard.
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也都盯著它看，想要被聽見。
01:37
Now, there have been many bad things
that have come from social media.
that have come from social media.
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過去，有不少鳥事
來自於社交媒體。
來自於社交媒體。
01:41
I'm not trying to dispute that at all.
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我完全沒有想要爭執這一點。
01:43
To be online at any given point
is to feel so much sadness
is to feel so much sadness
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在任何時候上網，
都會感受到大量的悲傷、
都會感受到大量的悲傷、
01:47
and anger and violence.
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憤怒，和暴力。
01:49
It can feel like the end of the world.
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感覺可能就像是世界末日。
但，同時，我也很矛盾，因為
但，同時，我也很矛盾，因為
01:51
Yet, at the same time, I'm conflicted
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01:53
because I can't deny the fact
that so many of my closest friends
that so many of my closest friends
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我無法否認，事實上，
我最親的朋友當中有許多
我最親的朋友當中有許多
01:56
are people that I had met
originally online.
originally online.
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一開始都是我在網路上認識的。
02:00
And I think that's partly because
there's this confessional nature
there's this confessional nature
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我想，有部分原因是因為社交媒體
有種告解的本質。
02:03
to social media.
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02:05
It can feel like you are writing
in this personal, intimate diary
in this personal, intimate diary
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感覺就像是你在寫
一本親密的個人日記，
一本親密的個人日記，
02:09
that's completely private,
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完全是私人的，
02:11
yet at the same time you want
everyone in the world to read it.
everyone in the world to read it.
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同時，你又希望
全世界的人都能讀它。
全世界的人都能讀它。
02:14
And I think part of that, the joy of that
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我認為，這當中的喜悅
02:17
is that we get to experience things
from perspectives from people
from perspectives from people
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是來自於我們能夠從和我們自己
完全不同的人的視角來體驗事物，
02:20
who are completely
different from ourselves,
different from ourselves,
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02:22
and sometimes that's a nice thing.
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有時，這是件好事。
02:24
For example, when I first joined Twitter,
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比如，我剛加入推特時，
我發現我關注的人當中有許多
02:26
I found that so many of the people
that I was following
that I was following
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02:29
were talking about mental health
and going to therapy
and going to therapy
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在談論心理健康和接受治療時，
02:31
in ways that had none of the stigma
that they often do
that they often do
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並沒有我們面對面談論這些議題時
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when we talk about these issues in person.
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所帶有的負面印象。
02:37
Through them, the conversation
around mental health was normalized,
around mental health was normalized,
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透過他們，關於心理健康的
談話變得很正常，
談話變得很正常，
02:41
and they helped me realize
that going to therapy was something
that going to therapy was something
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他們協助我了解到，
去接受治療是對我有幫助的。
去接受治療是對我有幫助的。
02:44
that would help me as well.
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02:46
Now, for many people,
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對許多人來說，
02:47
it sounds like a scary idea
to be talking about all these topics
to be talking about all these topics
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在網路上如此公開、
開放地談論這些主題
開放地談論這些主題
02:52
so publicly and so openly on the internet.
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似乎是種很可怕的想法。
02:55
I feel like a lot of people
think that it is a big, scary thing
think that it is a big, scary thing
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我覺得有很多人認為，
在你還不是完全成形之前就上網，
那是很可怕的大事。
那是很可怕的大事。
03:00
to be online if you're not
already perfectly and fully formed.
already perfectly and fully formed.
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03:04
But I think the internet can be
actually a great place to not know,
actually a great place to not know,
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但我認為，網路的未知性
反而是很棒的，
反而是很棒的，
03:07
and I think we can
treat that with excitement,
treat that with excitement,
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我認為我們能帶著興奮去看待它，
03:11
because to me there's something
important about sharing your imperfections
important about sharing your imperfections
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因為，對我來說，
重要的是要將你的不完美、
重要的是要將你的不完美、
03:16
and your insecurities
and your vulnerabilities
and your vulnerabilities
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你的缺乏安全感、
你的脆弱分享出去
你的脆弱分享出去
03:19
with other people.
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分享給其他人。
03:22
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
03:23
Now, when someone shares
that they feel sad or afraid
that they feel sad or afraid
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比如，當某個人分享說
他很悲傷、害怕，或孤單，
03:27
or alone, for example,
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03:29
it actually makes me feel less alone,
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其實會讓我覺得沒有那麼孤單了，
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not by getting rid of any of my loneliness
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並不是因為我擺脫了
我的任何孤單，
我的任何孤單，
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but by showing me that I am not alone
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而是因為在感到孤單
這件事情上，我並不孤單。
這件事情上，我並不孤單。
03:36
in feeling lonely.
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03:38
And as a writer and as an artist,
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身為作家和藝術家，
03:40
I care very much about making
this comfort of being vulnerable
this comfort of being vulnerable
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我非常在乎要把這種
坦承脆弱的舒適感變成是
坦承脆弱的舒適感變成是
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a communal thing, something that we
can share with each other.
can share with each other.
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一種公共的東西，
我們能和彼此分享的東西。
我們能和彼此分享的東西。
03:47
I'm excited about
externalizing the internal,
externalizing the internal,
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我很興奮能夠把內在的東西外化，
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about taking those invisible personal
feelings that I don't have words for,
feelings that I don't have words for,
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把那些我無法用言語
形容的無形感受
形容的無形感受
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holding them to the light,
putting words to them,
putting words to them,
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帶到陽光底下，賦予它們字詞，
03:57
and then sharing them with other people
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再把它們跟其他人分享，
03:58
in the hopes that it might help them
find words to find their feelings as well.
find words to find their feelings as well.
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希望也能夠幫助其他人
找到言語來形容他們的感受。
找到言語來形容他們的感受。
04:02
Now, I know that sounds like a big thing,
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我知道這聽起來像是件大事，
04:05
but ultimately I'm interested
in putting all these things
in putting all these things
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但，最終，我感興趣的
是把上述所有這些
是把上述所有這些
04:07
into small, approachable packages,
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通通放入容易取得的小包裝當中，
04:10
because when we can hide them
into these smaller pieces,
into these smaller pieces,
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因為如果我們能把它們藏在
這些比較小的東西當中，
這些比較小的東西當中，
04:13
I think they are easier to approach,
I think they're more fun.
I think they're more fun.
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就比較容易取得它們，比較好玩。
它們就能更容易協助我們
了解我們共有的人性。
了解我們共有的人性。
04:15
I think they can more easily help us
see our shared humanness.
see our shared humanness.
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04:18
Sometimes that takes the form
of a short story,
of a short story,
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比如，有時用的形式是短篇故事，
04:21
sometimes that takes the form of
a cute book of illustrations, for example.
a cute book of illustrations, for example.
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有時，用的形式是
可愛的圖畫故事書。
可愛的圖畫故事書。
有時，用的形式是我
丟到網路上的愚蠢笑話。
丟到網路上的愚蠢笑話。
04:24
And sometimes that takes the form
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04:26
of a silly joke
that I'll throw on the internet.
that I'll throw on the internet.
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04:29
For example, a few months ago,
I posted this app idea
I posted this app idea
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比如，幾個月前，
我張貼了一個想法，
我張貼了一個想法，
是一個溜狗服務的應用程式，
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for a dog-walking service
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04:34
where a dog shows up at your door
and you have to get out of the house
and you have to get out of the house
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當狗出現在你家門口時，
你就得要走出門
你就得要走出門
04:37
and go for a walk.
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去散散步。
04:39
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:42
If there are app developers
in the audience,
in the audience,
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如果觀眾當中有
應用程式開發工程師，
應用程式開發工程師，
04:44
please find me after the talk.
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請在演講結束後來找我。
04:46
Or, I like to share every time
I feel anxious about sending an email.
I feel anxious about sending an email.
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或者，每當我對於寄送電子郵件
感到焦慮時，我就會分享。
感到焦慮時，我就會分享。
04:50
When I sign my emails "Best,"
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我在信末寫「祝好（best）」，
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it's short for "I am trying my best,"
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其實是「我在盡力做好
（best）」的簡寫，
（best）」的簡寫，
04:54
which is short for "Please don't hate me,
I promise I'm trying my best!"
I promise I'm trying my best!"
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也就是「請不要恨我，
我保證我在盡力而為！」的簡寫。
我保證我在盡力而為！」的簡寫。
04:58
Or my answer to the classic icebreaker,
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或者我對於傳統破冰方式的回應，
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if I could have dinner with anyone,
dead or alive, I would.
dead or alive, I would.
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如果我能和任何人共進晚餐，
不論死活，我都願意。
不論死活，我都願意。
05:04
I am very lonely.
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我非常寂寞。
05:05
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:09
And I find that when
I post things like these online,
I post things like these online,
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我發現，當我在網路上
張貼這些東西，
張貼這些東西，
05:13
the reaction is very similar.
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得到的反應都很類似。
05:15
People come together to share a laugh,
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大家齊聚一堂，分享歡笑，
在那樣的感覺中分享，
然後就一哄而散。
然後就一哄而散。
05:17
to share in that feeling,
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05:18
and then to disburse just as quickly.
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05:20
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:22
Yes, leaving me once again alone.
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是的，又再次丟下我一個人。
05:26
But I think sometimes these
little gatherings can be quite meaningful.
little gatherings can be quite meaningful.
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但我認為，有時這些
小小相聚是很有意義的。
小小相聚是很有意義的。
05:30
For example, when I graduated
from architecture school
from architecture school
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比如，當我從建築學校畢業時，
05:33
and I moved to Cambridge,
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我搬到劍橋，我貼出了這個問題：
05:34
I posted this question:
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05:36
"How many people in your life
have you already had
have you already had
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「你人生中有多少人，
你已經結束了和他們
最後的交談？」
最後的交談？」
05:38
your last conversation with?"
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05:40
And I was thinking about
my own friends who had moved away
my own friends who had moved away
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我在想的是我自己過去，
那些搬到其他城市、
那些搬到其他城市、
甚至其他國家的朋友，
05:44
to different cities
and different countries, even,
and different countries, even,
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以及我和他們保持聯絡有多困難。
05:47
and how hard it would be
for me to keep in touch with them.
for me to keep in touch with them.
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但其他人開始回應，
分享他們自己的經歷。
分享他們自己的經歷。
05:50
But other people started replying
and sharing their own experiences.
and sharing their own experiences.
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有人談到他們失和的家人。
05:53
Somebody talked about a family member
they had a falling out with.
they had a falling out with.
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有人談到突然
未預期就過世的愛人。
未預期就過世的愛人。
05:56
Someone talked about a loved one
who had passed away
who had passed away
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05:59
quickly and unexpectedly.
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也有人談到學校認識的朋友
後來搬家離開。
後來搬家離開。
06:00
Someone else talked
about their friends from school
about their friends from school
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06:03
who had moved away as well.
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06:04
But then something really nice
started happening.
started happening.
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但，接著，好事開始發生了。
06:07
Instead of just replying to me,
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大家不只是回覆我，
也開始回覆彼此，
也開始回覆彼此，
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people started replying to each other,
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and they started to talk to each other
and share their own experiences
and share their own experiences
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開始和彼此交談，
分享他們自己的經歷，
分享他們自己的經歷，
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and comfort each other
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並安慰彼此，
06:16
and encourage each other
to reach out to that friend
to reach out to that friend
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鼓勵彼此去聯絡那位他們
很久沒有交談的朋友，
很久沒有交談的朋友，
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that they hadn't spoken to in a while
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或者和他們失和的那位家人。
06:21
or that family member
that they had a falling out with.
that they had a falling out with.
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06:23
And eventually, we got
this little tiny microcommunity.
this little tiny microcommunity.
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最終，我們成了小型的微社區。
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It felt like this support group formed
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感覺這個支持團體是由
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of all sorts of people coming together.
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各式各樣的人所組成的。
06:33
And I think every time we post online,
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每當我們在網路上發文，
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every time we do this, there's a chance
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每當我們這麼做，
就有機會形成這種微社區。
就有機會形成這種微社區。
06:38
that these little
microcommunities can form.
microcommunities can form.
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06:40
There's a chance that all sorts
of different creatures
of different creatures
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有可能各式各樣的不同生物
06:44
can come together and be drawn together.
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會聚在一起，被吸引在一起。
06:47
And sometimes, through
the muck of the internet,
the muck of the internet,
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有時，透過網路的淤泥，
06:49
you get to find a kindred spirit.
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你會找到一個志同道合的人。
06:53
Sometimes that's
in the reading the replies
in the reading the replies
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有時，是在閱讀別人的回應
06:56
and the comments sections and finding
a reply that is particularly kind
a reply that is particularly kind
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以及留言區，找到特別親切、
有洞見，或有趣的回覆。
06:59
or insightful or funny.
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07:01
Sometimes that's
in going to follow someone
in going to follow someone
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有時，是去關注某人，
07:04
and seeing that they
already follow you back.
already follow you back.
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接著發現他們也同樣在關注你。
07:07
And sometimes that's in looking at someone
that you know in real life
that you know in real life
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有時，是看著真實
人生中你認識的人，
人生中你認識的人，
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and seeing the things that you write
and the things that they write
and the things that they write
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看著你寫的東西及他們寫的東西，
發現你和他們有這麼多共同興趣，
07:13
and realizing that you share so many
of the same interests as they do,
of the same interests as they do,
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07:17
and that brings them
closer together to you.
closer together to you.
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縮短了他們與你之間的距離。
07:19
Sometimes, if you're lucky,
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有時，如果你很幸運，
07:21
you get to meet another alien.
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你會遇見另一位外星人。
07:24
[when two aliebns find each other
in a strange place,
in a strange place,
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〔當兩個外星人
在奇怪的地方找到彼此，
在奇怪的地方找到彼此，
07:27
it feels a litle more like home]
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那地方就會更像家一點。〕
07:29
But I am worried, too,
because as we all know,
because as we all know,
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但，我也會擔心，
因為我們都知道，
因為我們都知道，
07:31
the internet for the most part
doesn't feel like this.
doesn't feel like this.
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大多數的情況下，
網路感覺並不是這樣子的。
網路感覺並不是這樣子的。
07:34
We all know that for the most part,
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我們都知道，大多數的
情況下，網路感覺是
情況下，網路感覺是
07:36
the internet feels like a place
where we misunderstand each other,
where we misunderstand each other,
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一個讓我們誤解彼此的地方，
07:39
where we come into conflict
with each other,
with each other,
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在那裡，我們和彼此產生衝突，
07:44
where there's all sorts of confusion
and screaming and yelling and shouting,
and screaming and yelling and shouting,
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在那裡有各種困惑、
尖叫、吶喊、吼叫，
尖叫、吶喊、吼叫，
07:49
and it feels like
there's too much of everything.
there's too much of everything.
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且感覺起來什麼都太多了。
感覺很混亂，我不知道要如何
用好的部分來處理壞的部分，
用好的部分來處理壞的部分，
07:52
It feels like chaos,
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07:53
and I don't know how to square away
the bad parts with the good,
the bad parts with the good,
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07:57
because as we know and as we've seen,
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因為，如我們所知、所見，
07:59
the bad parts can really, really hurt us.
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壞的部分真的真的能夠傷害我們。
08:04
It feels to me that the platforms
that we use to inhabit these online spaces
that we use to inhabit these online spaces
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我覺得，我們用來
經營這些網路空間的平台，
經營這些網路空間的平台，
08:09
have been designed
either ignorantly or willfully
either ignorantly or willfully
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不論是有意或無意，都是被設計來
08:12
to allow for harassment and abuse,
to propagate misinformation,
to propagate misinformation,
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允許騷擾和辱罵、傳播錯誤資訊、
08:15
to enable hatred and hate speech
and the violence that comes from it,
and the violence that comes from it,
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讓怨恨和仇恨言論以及它們
所造成的暴力都成為可能，
所造成的暴力都成為可能，
08:19
and it feels like
none of our current platforms
none of our current platforms
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感覺好像目前所有的平台
08:22
are doing enough
to address and to fix that.
to address and to fix that.
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都不夠努力去處理、修復這些。
08:24
But still, and maybe
probably unfortunately,
probably unfortunately,
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也許這是很不幸的事，但我仍然
08:28
I'm still drawn to these online spaces,
as many others are,
as many others are,
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和許多人一樣會被
這些網路空間所吸引，
這些網路空間所吸引，
08:32
because sometimes it just feels
like that's where all the people are.
like that's where all the people are.
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因為，有時，感覺好像
所有的人都在那裡。
所有的人都在那裡。
有時我會覺得自己
很愚蠢、很愚笨，
很愚蠢、很愚笨，
08:36
And I feel silly
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08:38
and stupid sometimes
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08:40
for valuing these small moments
of human connection in times like these.
of human connection in times like these.
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因為我很珍惜這種
小小的人類連結時刻。
小小的人類連結時刻。
08:45
But I've always operated under this idea
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但我在做的時候，
都不忘一個想法，
都不忘一個想法，
08:47
that these little moments of humanness
are not superfluous.
are not superfluous.
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這些人性的小小時刻並非多餘的。
08:52
They're not retreats
from the world at all,
from the world at all,
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它們完全不是在躲避世界，
反而是我們來到這些空間的理由。
08:54
but instead they're the reasons
why we come to these spaces.
why we come to these spaces.
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它們很重要、至關重要，
它們肯定、給了我們人生。
它們肯定、給了我們人生。
08:57
They are important and vital
and they affirm and they give us life.
and they affirm and they give us life.
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09:02
And they are these tiny,
temporary sanctuaries
temporary sanctuaries
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它們是小小的臨時避難所，
09:05
that show us that we are not
as alone as we think we are.
as alone as we think we are.
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讓我們知道，我們並沒有
自己所想的那麼孤單。
自己所想的那麼孤單。
09:09
And so yes, even though life is bad
and everyone's sad
and everyone's sad
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所以，是的，雖然人生很糟，
且人人都很悲傷，
且人人都很悲傷，
09:12
and one day we're all going to die --
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且有我們遲早都會死去——
09:15
[look. life is bad. everyones sad.
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〔聽著。人生很糟。
人人都很悲傷。
人人都很悲傷。
09:17
We're all gona die, but i alredy bought
this inflatable bouncey castle
this inflatable bouncey castle
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我們都會死去，但我已經
買下了這充氣城堡，
買下了這充氣城堡，
09:20
so are u gona take Ur shoes off or not]
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所以你要不要把你的鞋子脫掉？〕
09:22
I think the inflatable metaphorical
bouncy castle in this case
bouncy castle in this case
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我認為，在這個例子中，
充氣城堡的比喻
充氣城堡的比喻
09:26
is really our relationships
and our connections to other people.
and our connections to other people.
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其實就是我們的關係，
我們和他人的連結。
我們和他人的連結。
09:34
And so one night,
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有一天晚上，
09:35
when I was feeling particularly sad
and hopeless about the world,
and hopeless about the world,
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我感到特別悲傷，對世界絕望，
09:39
I shouted out to the void,
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我對著虛無、孤單的黑暗大叫，
09:41
to the lonely darkness.
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09:42
I said, "At this point,
logging on to social media
logging on to social media
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我說：「在這個時點登入社交媒體
09:45
feels like holding someone's hand
at the end of the world."
at the end of the world."
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感覺就像是在世界的盡頭
握住某個人的手。」
握住某個人的手。」
09:48
And this time, instead of
the void responding,
the void responding,
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這次，回應的並不是虛無，
09:51
it was people who showed up,
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而是在那裡出現的人，
09:53
who started replying to me and then
who started talking to each other,
who started talking to each other,
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他們開始回應我，
接著開始和彼此交談，
接著開始和彼此交談，
09:57
and slowly this little
tiny community formed.
tiny community formed.
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慢慢地，這個小社區就形成了。
10:00
Everybody came together to hold hands.
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大家都來了，手牽著手。
10:03
And in these dangerous and unsure times,
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在這危險、不確定的時代，
10:08
in the midst of it all,
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在所有的事物當中，
10:10
I think the thing that we have
to hold on to is other people.
to hold on to is other people.
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我認為我們要抓住
不放的，是其他人。
不放的，是其他人。
10:14
And I know that is a small thing
made up of small moments,
made up of small moments,
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我知道這是由小時刻
所形成的小東西，
所形成的小東西，
10:19
but I think it is one tiny,
tiny sliver of light
tiny sliver of light
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但，我認為它是在所有的黑暗中
10:22
in all the darkness.
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一絲小小的銀光。
10:24
Thank you.
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謝謝。
10:25
(Applause)
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10:30
Thank you.
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謝謝。
10:31
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonny Sun - Screenwriter, author, artistJonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live.
Why you should listen
Jonny Sun never felt that the multi-hyphenate description of screenwriter/humorist/author/artist/researcher/technologist made much sense. He is a writer for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman and is currently writing the screenplay for an original idea with Fox Family and Chernin Entertainment. He also wrote and illustrated the best-selling graphic novel Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, illustrated Lin-Manuel Miranda's GMorning, Gnight! and regularly writes online.
Sun is currently pursuing a PhD at MIT, where he's studying social media communities and making art about artificial intelligence with the metaLAB at Harvard. He helped develop The Laughing Room, a self-aware sitcom set that plays a laugh track based on what participants say in the room. His work explores how technology interfaces with our lived, human experiences, believing that this critical eye on technology is essential to the stories we tell about contemporary life.
Sun's work comes from deeply personal places, asking: "Does anyone else feel this way too?" He seeks to feel less alone in the world and to try to help others feel less alone, too -- by making things that connect to people, and then connect people; by making work that helps people feel seen and find each other.
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