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受访者呼吁监管巨头:put the genie back in the bottle

开场就有人把话挑明:问题不在几个坏人,而在整套商业模式。一句 put the genie back in the bottle(已成定局,收不回去)点出局面难逆转,后面又追问我们是否总要 defer to(听命于)最有钱、最有权的人。想聊监管、惯性和利益驱动,这几句现成能用。

发生了什么

有人把话挑明:这些人并不是一开始就打定主意要作恶,问题出在商业模式。一句 put the genie back in the bottle(已成定局,收不回去)把局面说成难逆转;接着一句 at the end of the day(说到底,归根结底),把话收回到营收和用户量必须季季涨。后面又落到监管:我们是否总要 defer to(听命于)最有钱、最有权的人?聊商业伦理、政策监管或公司责任时,这些说法都能直接搬用。

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  • 留意他先给对方面子再反驳的顺序
  • 看 genie、tree、whale 的比喻怎么越铺越大
  • 注意反问句替他省掉了多少解释

留意这几个短语

set out toput the genie back in the bottleat the end of the dayde facto

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put the genie back in the bottle

已成定局,收不回去to undo something already released

关停服务那句话把代价算完——两百亿股东价值、官司——再落到 put the genie back in the bottle,说这些一旦放出去就收不回来。

You can't put the genie back in the bottle once the code is public.代码一旦公开,就再也收不回去了。

本章还有

  • set out to

    一开始就打定主意要

  • at the end of the day

    说到底,归根结底

  • de facto

    事实上的、实际上的

  • defer to

    听从、听命于

  • profit at all costs

    不惜一切代价赚钱

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47 句台词里标了 29 处

俚语 · A2guys

这帮人、这些人——口语里指一群人,正式文件别用,指上级也别用。

I don't think these guys set out to be evil.
短语 · B1a business model that rewards something

靠什么赚钱的那套模式

It's just the business model that has a problem.
短语 · B2in practice, you can't do something

实际操作中、真做起来 不是「练习」或「开业」,是「真到动手的时候」。

But you can't, in practice, put the genie back in the bottle.
发音at the end

at the 轻得几乎黏成一团,重音留到 day 上。

You can make some tweaks, but at the end of the day,
短语 · C1grow quarter over quarter

一个季度接一个季度(环比) 不是「四分之一」,是拿每个季度跟上一个季度比。

you've gotta grow revenue and usage, quarter over quarter. It's...
短语 · B2grow revenue and usage

把营收做上去

you've gotta grow revenue and usage, quarter over quarter. It's...
发音revenue and usage

revenue、usage 各自坐实,中间的 and 只留一点鼻音。

you've gotta grow revenue and usage, quarter over quarter. It's...
俚语 · A2gotta

不得不、得——口语缩写,只用于朋友间或歌词,合同里别出现。

you've gotta grow revenue and usage, quarter over quarter. It's...
语法 · B2The bigger it gets, the harder it is

the…the 比较句:两个 the 各带一个比较级从句,意思是「越…就越…」;后半句的 it 指回前半句那件事。

The bigger it gets, the harder it is for anyone to change.
短语 · B2be trapped by something

被某样东西困住出不来

What I see is a bunch of people who are trapped by a business model,
俚语 · B1a bunch of

一大群、一堆——熟人聊天常用,写报告换成 a number of。

What I see is a bunch of people who are trapped by a business model,
短语 · B2an economic incentive to do something

钱上的利益驱动

an economic incentive, and shareholder pressure that makes it almost impossible to do something else.
语法 · C1shareholder pressure that makes it almost impossible to do something else

定语从句:that 引导的从句挂在 pressure 后面,说明这种压力造成了什么;前面还并列了两个成分,句子才这么长。

an economic incentive, and shareholder pressure that makes it almost impossible to do something else.
短语 · B2something runs the world

支配着世上所有决定 不是真的统治世界,是说所有决定最后都绕不开它。

Financial incentives kind of run the world,
俚语 · B1kind of

可以说是、有点——口语里给自己留余地,正式陈述里删掉更利落。

Financial incentives kind of run the world,
短语 · C1realign the incentives

把金钱激励重新校准 不是「重新排队」,是把利益的方向掰回来。

so any solution to this problem has to realign the financial incentives.
俚语 · B1tons of

海量的、多得吓人——口语夸张说法,正式写作换成 a large amount of。

The phone company has tons of sensitive data about you,
短语 · B1every piece of data on someone

每一条数据、一点不落

It gives them a fiscal reason to not acquire every piece of data on the planet.
短语 · B2run way behind on something

远远跟不上

The law runs way behind on these things,
短语 · B2the rights and privileges of a group

权利与特权(常一起用)

but what I know is the current situation exists not for the protection of users, but for the protection of the rights and privileges of these gigantic, incredibly wealthy companies.
语法 · C1not for the protection of users, but for the protection of the rights

not…but…对举:先否掉一个说法,再给出真正的答案:不是为了保护用户,而是为了保护巨头。

but what I know is the current situation exists not for the protection of users, but for the protection of the rights and privileges of these gigantic, incredibly wealthy companies.
发音gonna defer to

gonna 赶过去,defer to 顺势黏上,别一个词一个词蹦。

Are we always gonna defer to the richest, most powerful people?
短语 · B1there are times when something matters more

有些时候确实会…

Or are we ever gonna say, "You know, there are times when there is a national interest.
短语 · C1undermine something

一点一点侵蚀民主 undermine 字面是挖墙脚,这里是慢慢掏空。

These markets undermine democracy, and they undermine freedom, and they should be outlawed.
短语 · B2inevitable destructive consequences

破坏性的后果

Because they have inevitable destructive consequences.
短语 · B2short-term thinking based on something

只顾眼前的思路

This is short-term thinking based on this religion of profit at all costs, as if somehow, magically,
短语 · C1act in one's own interest

只算自己那一份好处 不是「自私的兴趣爱好」,是「只顾自己划算」。

each corporation acting in its selfish interest is going to produce the best result.
短语 · B2the last straw that makes someone act

让人忍无可忍的最后一件事 不是真的稻草,是忍到头的那一下。

What's frightening, and what hopefully is the last straw that will make us wake up as a civilization to how flawed this theory has been in the first place
发音can be mined

can be 压到最轻,mined 落下来要干脆。

Our attention can be mined.

看懂「受访者呼吁监管巨头」

发音重点

  • at the end — at the 轻得几乎黏成一团,重音留到 day 上。
  • revenue and usage — revenue、usage 各自坐实,中间的 and 只留一点鼻音。
  • gonna defer to — gonna 赶过去,defer to 顺势黏上,别一个词一个词蹦。
  • can be mined — can be 压到最轻,mined 落下来要干脆。
But you can't, in practice, put the genie back in the bottle.

但事实上,你没法把妖怪重新塞回瓶子里。 用一个童话画面说清技术不可逆,比「无法撤销」这种公文词有力得多。

The bigger it gets, the harder it is for anyone to change.

它越大,任何人想改变它就越难。 把规模与惰性压进一个对称句里,念出来就有因果的推力。

Are we always gonna defer to the richest, most powerful people?

我们难道永远都要听最有钱、最有权的人的话吗? 一个反问把整章的顺从问题翻出来,richest 与 most powerful 并排,不解释也懂。

These markets undermine democracy, and they undermine freedom, and they should be outlawed.

这些市场侵蚀民主、侵蚀自由,就该被取缔。 重复同一个动词把两条罪状并排摆出,最后一句短促定性,收得像法槌。

Our attention can be mined.

我们的注意力是可以被开采的。 五个词把采矿搬到注意力上,短得像广告语,却把整章的比喻全收回来。

关于这一章的问题

put the genie back in the bottle 是什么意思?

意思是「已成定局,收不回去」。台词里用来说某项服务一旦铺开,现实中没法像把妖怪塞回瓶子那样恢复原状。

「听命于」用英语怎么说?

可以说 defer to。台词里问的是:我们是否总要 defer to 最有钱、最有权势的人。

at the end of the day 是什么语气?

它是「说到底,归根结底」的意思,语气是把前面的话收住、下结论,常放在转折后。台词里后面接的就是收入和用户量必须季季涨。

「不惜一切代价赚钱」英语怎么说?

用 profit at all costs。台词把它称作一种「信条」,批评只盯着利润、不管后果的短视思路。

de facto governments 是什么意思?

de facto 是「事实上的、实际上的」。台词说,在没有监管、没有规则、没有竞争时,这些公司实际上就成了政府。

「注意力被当成矿来开采」英语怎么说?

说 Our attention can be mined。mine 本来是采矿,这里把注意力说成可以开采的资源。

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