TED中英官方演讲稿-ArielGarten_2011XKnow thyself, with a brain scanner.docxVIP

1.The maxim, Know thyself “了解你自己”这句名言2.has been around since the ancient Greeks. 最早出现在古希腊3.Some attribute this golden world knowledge to Plato, others to Pythagoras. 有人将这句永恒的真理归功于柏拉图 有人认为是毕达哥拉斯提出来的4.But the truth is it doesnt really matter which sage said it first, because its still sage advice, even today. 但其实这究竟是哪位圣人提出来的并不重要 因为在当今，这仍然是圣人的建议5.Know thyself. “了解你自己”6.Its pithy almost to the point of being meaningless, but it rings familiar and true, doesnt it? 这句话十分精炼 几乎精炼到没有意义的地步 但是这听起来却很熟悉又有道理，不是么？7.Know thyself. “了解你自己”8.I understand this timeless dictum as a statement about the problems, or more exactly the confusions, of consciousness. 我认为这个永恒不变的格言 是对意识相关的问题，或者更确切的说，是对意识的混乱性 的宣言9.Ive always been fascinated with knowing the self. 我总是对了解自己非常感兴趣10.This fascination led me to submerge myself in art, study neuroscience and later to become a psychotherapist. 这种迷恋让我沉浸在艺术的海洋里 然后学习了神经系统科学 后来成为了一名精神治疗师11.Today I combine all my passions as the CEO of InteraXon, a thought-controlled computing company. 今天我将所有的热情 投入到InteraXon公司CEO的工作中 这是一个思维控制计算公司12.My goal, quite simply, is to help people become more in tune with themselves. 我的目标很简单 就是帮助人们更了解 他们自己13.I take it from this little dictum, Know thyself. 我这个理念来自于这个精炼的名言 “了解你自己”14.If you think about it, this imperative is kind of the defining characteristic of our species, isnt it? 仔细想想， 这句话有点像是对我们人类特点的解释， 不是么？15.I mean, its self-awareness that separates Homo sapiens from earlier instances of our mankind. 我是说，自我意识 使我们现代人类 区别与早期人类。16.Today were often too busy tending to our iPhones and iPods to really stop and get to know ourselves. 今天我们过分沉溺于 iPhone和iPod这些东西， 所以没办法真正了解自己。17.Under the deluge of minute-to-minute text conversations, emails, relentless exchange of media channels and passwords and apps and reminders and Tweets and tags, 我们生活中充斥着大量短信 电子邮件、持续不断的媒体信息、 密码、apps、事件提醒、推特、标签，18.we lose sight of what all this fuss is supposed to be about in the first place: ourselv