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I... I am 62 years old, getting older every minute, the more this conversation goes on...The Social Dilemma · 2020 — 第 12 / 14 章 · 2'35" · C1
聊文明会不会完蛋：willful ignorance
有人被问「你最担心什么」，只答 civil war（内战），还说照现在这个路子再走二十年，人类会因为 willful ignorance（故意装不懂）毁掉自己的文明。想认真聊一个沉重话题、点出问题出在「明知却不看」，这两句都用得上。
发生了什么
访谈一开头，一位六十二岁的人自嘲越聊越老，说等这些事成真自己多半不在了，还承认 this scares me to death（这事把我吓坏了），又反问：是我 overreacting to a situation（对情况反应过度）吗？接着有人被问「你最担心什么」，先答 civil war（内战），说照现在这样再走二十年，可能会因为 willful ignorance（故意装不懂）毁掉文明。后面有人说科技同时是乌托邦和反乌托邦，还提到点赞按钮的初衷是「让世界多一点正能量和爱」。
这场戏看什么
- 留意老人停顿和自嘲怎样缓和尖锐问题
- 注意讲者连续 probably 列举灾难的节奏
- 看 utopia 与 dystopia 并置后的转折
留意这几个短语
all this shitthankful for itoverreact to somethingwillful ignorance
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willful ignorance
故意装不懂chosen unawareness
讲者一条条列出文明会怎么走到崩溃，其中一句把病根说成 willful ignorance（故意装不懂）：不是无知，是明知却选择不看。
The report failed because of willful ignorance of the safety data.那份报告失败，是因为对安全数据故意视而不见。
本章还有
- all this shit
这堆烂事
- thankful for it
为此庆幸
- overreact to something
对某事反应过度
- view it as existential
视为生死攸关
- wake up from the matrix
看穿虚假现实
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这场对话越拖越久
I... I am 62 years old, getting older every minute, the more this conversation goes on...已经不在人世
I'm probably gonna be dead and gone, and I'll probably be thankful for it, when all this shit comes to fruition.成为现实
I'm probably gonna be dead and gone, and I'll probably be thankful for it, when all this shit comes to fruition.and 只留轻轻的 n，dead 和 gone 两个实词放重音。
I'm probably gonna be dead and gone, and I'll probably be thankful for it, when all this shit comes to fruition.烂事、破事——熟人之间发泄不满用；正式场合和陌生人面前别用。
I'm probably gonna be dead and gone, and I'll probably be thankful for it, when all this shit comes to fruition.将要——口语快说形式；写作和正式发言别用。
I'm probably gonna be dead and gone, and I'll probably be thankful for it, when all this shit comes to fruition.把某人吓坏了 不是真的吓死，是夸张说法
Because... Because I think that this scares me to death.看法一样
Do... Do you... Do you see it the same way?对某事反应过度
老人刚说完自己被吓坏，马上用 overreact to something（对某事反应过度）反问：是不是自己把不了解的事想得太严重。
Or am I overreacting to a situation that I don't know enough about?对某事了解得够多
Or am I overreacting to a situation that I don't know enough about?最短的时间范围
I think, in the... in the shortest time horizon...当前现状
If we go down the current status quo for, let's say, another 20 years...插入语：let's say 插在数字前，表示‘比方说’，让预测像举例，去掉不影响主干。
If we go down the current status quo for, let's say, another 20 years...故意装不懂
讲者一条条列出文明会怎么走到崩溃，其中一句把病根说成 willful ignorance（故意装不懂）：不是无知，是明知却选择不看。
we probably destroy our civilization through willful ignorance.应对…的挑战
We probably fail to meet the challenge of climate change.结果状语从句：so that 引出前面削弱民主造成的结果：结果跌进某种失能状态，不是目的。
We probably degrade the world's democracies so that they fall into some sort of bizarre autocratic dysfunction.视为生死攸关
讲者列完一长串“可能”后停顿，用 view it as existential（视为生死攸关）收束，语气比前面更重。
You know, I... I really do view it as existential.定语从句：that 从句修饰 people；what it was like 作 know 的宾语，指过去的样子。
Is this the last generation of people that are gonna know what it was like before this illusion took place?what it was 三词轻快带过，like 稍重，别逐词咬清。
Is this the last generation of people that are gonna know what it was like before this illusion took place?看穿虚假现实
讲者借 matrix 发问：人若不知道自己身处其中，又怎么 wake up from the matrix（看穿虚假现实）？语气是反问也是无力。
Like, how do you wake up from the matrix when you don't know you're in the matrix?一片悲观绝望
讲者意识到自己和对方的话听起来像 one-sided（一面倒的）doom and gloom（一片悲观绝望），于是先承认这种印象再转折。
one-sided doom and gloom.快进到当下 借用播放器快进，表示把时间拉到今天
The idea that, fast-forward to today, and teens would be getting depressed when they don't have enough likes, or it could be leading to political polarization was nowhere on our radar.完全没想到
讲者回忆做点赞按钮时只想传播正能量，说青少年抑郁、政治极化这些后果 nowhere on our radar（完全没想到）。
The idea that, fast-forward to today, and teens would be getting depressed when they don't have enough likes, or it could be leading to political polarization was nowhere on our radar.政治两极分化
The idea that, fast-forward to today, and teens would be getting depressed when they don't have enough likes, or it could be leading to political polarization was nowhere on our radar.on our 快说时容易连成一串，radar 放重音。
The idea that, fast-forward to today, and teens would be getting depressed when they don't have enough likes, or it could be leading to political polarization was nowhere on our radar.看懂「聊文明会不会完蛋」
发音重点
- dead and gone — and 只留轻轻的 n，dead 和 gone 两个实词放重音。
- what it was like — what it was 三词轻快带过，like 稍重，别逐词咬清。
- on our radar — on our 快说时容易连成一串，radar 放重音。
I'm probably gonna be dead and gone, and I'll probably be thankful for it, when all this shit comes to fruition.我大概会死掉、不在了，等这堆破事真成了现实，我多半还会为此庆幸。 用粗话和‘庆幸’把绝望说成黑色幽默，自嘲里带警告。
Like, how do you wake up from the matrix when you don't know you're in the matrix?就像，当你不知道自己身处矩阵之中，你又怎么从中醒来？ 用流行文化比喻把‘不自知’说成死结，反问有穿透力。
we probably destroy our civilization through willful ignorance.我们可能会因为故意装聋作哑，亲手毁掉自己的文明。 把灾难归因于‘选择不知道’，比单纯无知更刺人。
Is this the last generation of people that are gonna know what it was like before this illusion took place?这会是最后一代还记得幻觉出现之前是什么样子的人吗？ 把技术改变日常说成‘幻觉’，一代人的记忆成了分界线。
The idea that, fast-forward to today, and teens would be getting depressed when they don't have enough likes, or it could be leading to political polarization was nowhere on our radar.当时我们完全没想到，快进到今天，青少年会因为点赞不够而抑郁，或者这会导致政治极化。 一句话把好心做产品与后果失控并置，nowhere on our radar 极有反思力。
关于这一章的问题
willful ignorance 是什么意思？
指「故意装不懂」：明明能知道，却选择不去看。台词里说，人类可能正是这样亲手毁掉文明。
overreact to something 是什么意思？
意思是「对某事反应过度」。说话的人自己也拿不准，反问对方：是我 overreacting to a situation，还是真该担心。
「视为生死攸关」英语怎么说？
view it as existential。existential 在这里不是「存在主义的」，而是「关乎存亡的」；原话说 I really do view it as existential。
「完全没想到」英语怎么说？
nowhere on our radar。radar 是雷达，不在雷达上就是压根没被想到；聊点赞按钮时，说话的人用它说当年没人料到今天的局面。
doom and gloom 语气重吗？
意思是「一片悲观绝望」，偏口语但语气不轻。说话的人先说自己讲的听着像一面倒的 doom and gloom，紧接着一句「不对」，再补上科技同时是乌托邦和反乌托邦。
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