有史以來最…的
Companies like Google and Facebook are some of the wealthiest and most successful of all time.The Social Dilemma · 2020 — 第 1 / 14 章 · 2'35" · C1
幾位受訪者算了筆賬:谷歌、Facebook 不向我們收錢,是廣告商在付錢,所以 We're the thing being sold(我們才是被賣掉的那樣東西)。一句 rakes in money(大把撈錢)形容它怎麼賺錢,一句 competing for your attention(爭奪你的注意力)說清它們在搶什麼。想聊網際網路生意經,這幾句夠用。
沒有人物衝突,是幾位受訪者輪流對著鏡頭拆解同一件事:矽谷最賺錢的公司賣的不是硬體軟體,而是使用者。有人先丟擲 rakes in money(大把撈錢),說這些公司靠一臺巨型計算機就財源滾滾;接著用 in the business of(本行就是做某事)點明最近十年它們的本行變成了賣使用者;隨後一句 competing for your attention(爭奪你的注意力)說明它們爭的到底是什麼。想跟人解釋免費軟體怎麼賺錢,或者寫東西評價平臺經濟,這幾個說法都能直接用。
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留意這幾個短語
rakes in moneyNice, simple businessin the business oftrite
本章短語
大把撈錢earns a lot of money quickly
有人把大公司說成一臺「巨型計算機」,語氣半開玩笑,緊接著用 rakes in money 點出它進賬又快又輕鬆;隨後話鋒一轉,追問這些錢到底從哪來。
That silly mobile game rakes in money on skins alone.那款看起來很傻的手遊光靠皮膚就大把撈錢。
挺不錯的簡單生意
本行就是做某事
說濫了的、老生常談的
爭奪你的注意力
說得有點過於簡單了
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有史以來最…的
Companies like Google and Facebook are some of the wealthiest and most successful of all time.rakes 末尾的 s 直接滑進 in,快說時幾乎連成一個詞。
They just have this giant computer that rakes in money, right? Uh...在某個領域的投資人
So, I've been an investor in technology for 35 years.把東西賣給客戶
The first 50 years of Silicon Valley, the industry made products-- hardware, software-- sold 'em to customers. Nice, simple business.them 的口語說法——熟人之間隨口說,正式寫作要寫 them
The first 50 years of Silicon Valley, the industry made products-- hardware, software-- sold 'em to customers. Nice, simple business.為某樣東西掏錢
It's a little even trite to say now, but... because we don't pay for the products that we use, advertisers pay for the products that we use.you're 常弱化為 /jər/,輕輕滑過不停頓,重音留給後面的 not;if 與 you're 順著一口氣連起來。
The classic saying is: "If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product."主語從句:what 引導的從句整體當主語,is 後面才是他們沒意識到的內容。
But what they don't realize is they're competing for your attention.琢磨出、想明白怎麼做
Let's figure out how to get as much of this person's attention as we possibly can.儘可能地多拿到
Let's figure out how to get as much of this person's attention as we possibly can.讓你拿出(時間、錢)
How much time can we get you to spend?get you to 三個詞擠成一拍,中間別停頓,重音留給 life 和 give。
How much of your life can we get you to give to us?說得通、想得明白
When you think about how some of these companies work, it starts to make sense.把某樣東西當成…
There are all these services on the Internet that we think of as作為…的交換、拿…換來
They pay in exchange for showing their ads to us.重音壓在 too 上,little 輕輕帶過,才聽得出「過頭」的分量。
That's a little too simplistic.某個方面發生的變化
It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behavior and perception that is the product.強調句:It's…that… 把那一長串名詞短語框住,強調的是「這點改變」,不是注意力。
It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behavior and perception that is the product.定語從句:that 從句修飾 nothing else,could be called 是被動,表示「能被稱作」。
There's nothing else on the table that could possibly be called the product.靠某樣東西賺錢
That's the only thing there is for them to make money from.朝著你想要的方向
If you can go to somebody and you say, "Give me $10 million, and I will change the world one percent in the direction you want it to change..."值一大筆錢
It's the world! That can be incredible, and that's worth a lot of money.For the last ten years, the biggest companies in Silicon Valley have been in the business of selling their users.過去十年,矽谷最大的那些公司,做的生意就是把使用者賣掉。 把「賣使用者」說得像一樁普通行當,越平靜越刺人。
The classic saying is: "If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product."有句經典的說法:如果你沒為產品付錢,那你就是產品。 前後半句對稱,一句話把免費平臺的賬翻了個面。
But what they don't realize is they're competing for your attention.但人們沒意識到的是,它們爭的正是你的注意力。 用「沒意識到」輕輕一轉,刷手機就變成一場爭奪。
How much of your life can we get you to give to us?我們能讓你把生命中的多少,交給我們? 把「使用時長」換成「你的人生」,一個問句就讓人後背發涼。
We're the product. Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers.我們就是產品。我們的注意力,就是被賣給廣告商的那件產品。 兩句話把結論釘死:先說人,再說人被賣的那部分。
就是「大把撈錢」。臺詞裡說這些公司只有一臺巨型計算機,卻能源源不斷地賺進大錢,這個片語形容的就是賺錢又多又快。
in the business of。臺詞裡說矽谷最大的公司最近十年 in the business of selling their users,意思就是它們的本行變成了賣使用者。
指「察覺不到的、極細微的」。臺詞說的是你行為和認知上那種緩慢、細微到你自己都感覺不到的改變。
a little too simplistic。覺得某個解釋把問題講得太乾脆、省掉了關鍵部分,就可以用它回一句,意思是「說得有點過於簡單了」。
就是「爭奪你的注意力」。臺詞說很多人只把谷歌當搜尋框、把 Facebook 當看朋友照片的地方,沒意識到這些公司搶的其實是你的注意力。
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第 2 章human futures人的行為被當成期貨賣
第 3 章dial up the ads擰旋鈕調高廣告投放
第 4 章fall prey to拼趣總裁也放不下手機
第 5 章let the record show晚飯桌上的手機賭約
第 6 章conflate發言者拆解點贊焦慮
第 7 章a mind of its own後臺演算法密謀拉回使用者
第 8 章reckon with拿維基百科比喻資訊流
第 9 章tilt the floor研究稱假新聞快六倍
第 10 章weaponizing social media平臺成了說服武器
第 11 章digital Frankensteins訪談裡反駁技術威脅論
第 12 章willful ignorance聊文明會不會完蛋
第 13 章put the genie back in the bottle受訪者呼籲監管巨頭
第 14 章set in stone科技從業者反思技術走偏