TED分享 --- 贫穷的根源是什么？
What are the root causes of poverty? --- 贫穷的根源是什么？
Why do the poor make so many poor decisions? ... the underlying assumotion is the same: there’s something wrong with them. If we could just change them, If we could just teach them how to live thier lives, if they would only listen.
为什么穷人总是做出不理智的抉择？... 基本的假设是一致的：大家都认为穷人是有问题的人。认为只要能改造他们，只要指导他们如何生活，只要穷人们听从就好了
Scarcity mentality. It turns out that people behave differently when they perceive a thing to be scarce. And what that thing is doesn’t much matter -- whether it’s enough time, money or food.
匮乏心理。就是说，当人们意识到缺少某种东西时，行为就会改变。至于是什么东西，并不那么重要,不管是时间，金钱还是食物
You could compare it to a new computer that’s running 10 heavy programs at once. It gets slower and slower, making errors. Eventually, it freezes -- not because it’s a bad computer, but because it has too much to do at once. The poor have the same problem. They’re not making dumb decisions because they are dumb, but because they’re living in a context in which anyone would make dumb decisions.
你可以把它比喻成一台新计算机，同一时间让它跑十个重负荷软件，最后它会越跑越慢,并且开始出现错误，结果最后宕机了... 这不是因为计算机很烂，是因为它同时要运算太多指令所致。穷人也有一样的困扰：他们不是因为笨才做出笨的决定,而是因为他们的生活环境，那种谁都会犯错的时空背景
Poverty is not a lack of knowledge.
贫穷不限于知识的匮乏
The essence of poverty is annihilates the future.
平穷的本质 是摧毁了未来
It’s an incredibl simple idea: basic income guarantee.
一个非常简单的概念：保障基本收入
When it comes to poverty, we, the rich, should stop pretending we know best. We should stop sending shoes and teddy bears to the poor to people we have never met. And we should get rid of the vast industry of paternalistic bureaucrats when we could simply hand over their salaries to the poor they’re supposed to help.
当面对贫穷问题时，我们较富裕的人不应该自以为是的认为懂得更多，不要再寄送鞋子和泰迪熊给那些都没见过的穷苦人，我们应该破产父权统治形式的官僚作风，我们只需要把薪水直接交给想帮助的穷人就好了
I know that many of you may feel pessimistic about a future of rising inequality and climate change. But it’s not enough to know what we’re against. We also need to be for something.
很多人或许感到悲观，对于未来，感到日愈增加的不平等以及气候变化，但是光了解我们要对抗什么是不够的, 我们还需要进一步的为目标奋斗。
I believe in a future. Where the value of your work is not determined by the size of your paycheck, but by the amount of happiness you spread and the amount of meaning you give.
我相信有那么一个未来，工作的价值不决定于你薪水有多高，而在于你传播的幸福有多少，还有你带给他人的意义有多少
I believe in a future. Where the point of education is not to prepare you for another useless job，but for a life well-lived.
我相信有那么一个未来，在那里教育的重心不是为了没用的工作做准备而是为了好好的活出人生而努力
I believe in a future. Where an existence without poverty is not a privilege but a right we all deserve.
我相信有那么一个未来，在那里 没用穷人存在 不是一种特权，而是我们大家都应该拥有的权力。
结尾感想
如果我算是被给予的一方，我倒是乐意直接接收现金就是啦，但看过的多少扶贫计划，都会意识到，很多时候的人们难以自救：深远的大山，荒废的土地，缺少的人才。需要帮助的人们缺钱，却也不只缺钱。正是困难，正是伟大。所以很多故事让我们潸然泪下。
感叹的一点是，当演讲者说出实验是给与人们基本资金，哪怕不工作也有保障时，我却会下意识任务这一定会是失败的实验，因为一定会有“先懒带动后烂”。结果并不像我想的那般，小时候常常听说乌托邦的社会，大家各司其职，合理分工合理收获，但需要极高的个人品德，社会品德。也总认为所谓的乌托邦，美好的社会是未来的而非现在，才意识到自己本身就离美好越来越远....
或许是连着上这么久的班了，或许有点恍惚
