人类发展的亮点
If we’re looking at the highlights of human development, you have to look at the evolution of the organism...Waking Life · 2001 — 第 3 / 13 章 · 3'16" · C1
一个声音把演化讲成越滚越快的过程,时间尺度从二十亿年一路压到一代人。它用 stems from(源自)讲新演化的来处,用 piles on(不断叠加)形容智能与能力越积越快;想聊技术加速、讲清来龙去脉,这两句都用得上。
一个声音从生命、人科动物讲到人类,再讲到种群,把生物的、人类学的、文化的三条线并在一起。它说新演化 stems from(源自)信息,数字的和模拟的两类信息再用神经生物学编织在一起;又说智能 piles on(不断叠加)智能,速度就变了。旧演化里个体只能 at the whim of(任凭…摆布)集体,新演化却可能以个体为中心,甚至让个体不再受时间和空间限制。想用英文讲来源、叠加和受制于人,这几句都能直接搬进讨论。
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not so muchtelescoping naturestems fromsubject to
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任凭…摆布controlled by someone's changing wishes
演讲者对比新旧范式:旧范式里个体被动,只能跟着集体走;at the whim of 把这种无力感说得很狠。
Don't let your schedule be at the whim of every request.别让你的日程被每一个请求随意摆布。
与其说…不如说
层层压缩的特性
源自;由…而来
可能会被…;须经…
不断叠加
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人类发展的亮点
If we’re looking at the highlights of human development, you have to look at the evolution of the organism...与环境的互动
and then at the development of its interaction with the environment.从…开始
Evolution of the organism will begin with the evolution of life...与其说…不如说
演讲者刚讲完生物、人类学、文化三条发展线,话锋一转:眼前看到的是种群变化,而不是个体变化。他用 not so much 把纠正说软,并不全盘否定个体这一层。
Now, what you’ve seen here is the evolution of populations, not so much the evolution of individuals.主语从句:What you’ve seen here 整个作主语,谓语是 is;它不是问句,意思是“你在这里看到的”。
Now, what you’ve seen here is the evolution of populations, not so much the evolution of individuals.重音落 much,not so 轻带过,别三词平均用力。
Now, what you’ve seen here is the evolution of populations, not so much the evolution of individuals.时间尺度
And in addition, if you look at the time scales that's involved here-- two billion years for life,就我们所知
six million years for the hominid, 1 00,000 years for mankind as we know it--层层压缩的特性
前面刚报出二十亿年、六百万年、十万年,数字一路缩短;这里用 telescoping nature 给这种加速一个名字。
you're beginning to see the telescoping nature of the evolutionary paradigm.进化范式
you're beginning to see the telescoping nature of the evolutionary paradigm.在我们经历…的过程中
What that means is that as we go through the new evolution,将要——口语常用;正式写作改成 going to 或 will。
it's gonna telescope to the point we should be able to see it manifest itself...在有生之年
within our lifetime, within this generation.源自;由…而来
讲座从旧进化转到新进化,演讲者用 stems from(源自)说明新演化的源头是信息,再分数字与模拟两类展开。
The new evolution stems from information, and it stems from two types of information: digital and analog.types of 快说时 s 滑进 of,听成一个整块。
The new evolution stems from information, and it stems from two types of information: digital and analog.把两者编织结合 knit 不是织毛衣,而是把两类信息接成一体。
And you knit the two together with neurobiology.相互支持的
as a mutually supportive, noncompetitive grouping.由…生发出来
emanating from the needs and the desires of the individual,任凭…摆布
演讲者对比新旧范式:旧范式里个体被动,只能跟着集体走;at the whim of 把这种无力感说得很狠。
where the individual is just at the whim of the collective.where 定语从句:where 指前面那个过程或范式,补充个体在其中的位置;这里不是问“哪里”。
where the individual is just at the whim of the collective.新人类——讲座里的自造术语;日常别用来称呼人。
So, you produce a neo-human with a new individuality and a new consciousness.不断叠加
讲座接近高潮:智能叠智能、能力叠能力,演讲者用 piles on(不断叠加)让速度感往上冲。
As intelligence piles on intelligence, as ability piles on ability, the speed changes.piles on 的 s 顺势带到 on,别在中间停。
As intelligence piles on intelligence, as ability piles on ability, the speed changes.受时空限制
Parallel existences now with the individual no longer restricted by time and space.with 复合结构:with + 名词 + 过去分词,表示伴随状态:个体不再受时空限制。
Parallel existences now with the individual no longer restricted by time and space.会受…影响(这里指被淡化)
Uh, war, predation, these would be subject to de-emphasis.The new evolution stems from information, and it stems from two types of information: digital and analog.新进化源自信息,而信息有两种:数字与模拟。 两次 stems from 把抽象命题压成清楚的两段式。
As intelligence piles on intelligence, as ability piles on ability, the speed changes.智能叠智能,能力叠能力,速度就变了。 重复 as 句制造加速感,最后三个词收束。
You're seeing a further telescoping of this evolutionary time.你会看到进化时间进一步被压缩。 把时间比作可伸缩望远镜,学术又形象。
It could be the amplification of the individual, the multiplication of individual existences.它也可能是对个体的放大,是个体存在的倍增。 amplification 与 multiplication 并列,未来有了体积感。
Now, what you’ve seen here is the evolution of populations, not so much the evolution of individuals.你在这里看到的是种群的进化,而不太是个体的进化。 not so much 让纠偏留有余地,不把话说死。
这里不是「没有那么多」,而是「与其说…不如说」。原句把重点放在种群的演化上,个体演化不是重点。
用 stems from。台词里说新演化 stems from information,就是「新演化源自信息」。
是「层层压缩的特性」。台词用它形容演化时间越往后越被压缩套叠,尺度越来越短。
说 at the whim of。台词里 the individual is just at the whim of the collective,就是个体只能任凭集体摆布。
不是。这里 subject to 是「可能会被…;须经…」。台词里 these would be subject to de-emphasis,就是这些会被淡化处理。
更准确是「违背直觉的」。台词说新人类式演化的表现可能极其 counter-intuitive,即和直觉相反。
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第 1 章on an even keel搭上小船听人生道理
第 2 章write ourselves off有人替存在主义辩护
正在看 · 第 3 章at the whim of讲课人把演化讲成加速史
第 4 章collective memory两人聊梦境与转世
第 5 章charade独白追问自由意志
第 6 章two sides of the same coin演说号召反抗控制
第 7 章in the middle of nowhere沙漠加油站枪战往事
第 8 章make the best of it讨教清明梦诀窍
第 9 章come out of the moment桌边聊电影与神圣当下
第 10 章be an ant陌生人聊不想当蚂蚁
第 11 章beside the point梦里追问自己醒没醒
第 12 章coauthors of桥上独白谈自我
第 13 章false awakenings梦里醒来还在梦里