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Jonny Sun - Screenwriter, author, artist
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live.

Why you should listen

Jonny Sun never felt that the multi-hyphenate description of screenwriter/humorist/author/artist/researcher/technologist made much sense. He is a writer for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman and is currently writing the screenplay for an original idea with Fox Family and Chernin Entertainment. He also wrote and illustrated the best-selling graphic novel Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, illustrated Lin-Manuel Miranda's GMorning, Gnight! and regularly writes online.

Sun is currently pursuing a PhD at MIT, where he's studying social media communities and making art about artificial intelligence with the metaLAB at Harvard. He helped develop The Laughing Room, a self-aware sitcom set that plays a laugh track based on what participants say in the room. His work explores how technology interfaces with our lived, human experiences, believing that this critical eye on technology is essential to the stories we tell about contemporary life.

Sun's work comes from deeply personal places, asking: "Does anyone else feel this way too?" He seeks to feel less alone in the world and to try to help others feel less alone, too -- by making things that connect to people, and then connect people; by making work that helps people feel seen and find each other. 

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TED2019

Jonny Sun: You are not alone in your loneliness

强尼·孙: 你的孤独并不孤单

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作家兼艺术家强尼·孙(Jonny Sun)说,面对孤独、悲伤和恐惧,能保持公开、脆弱,可以让人们感到心安、减少孤独感。强尼·孙通过这个坦诚的演讲,展示了他的标志性插画,讲述了他如何通过分享局外人的故事,无意中进入了一个意想不到的社区,并且在黑暗中找到一丝曙光。
- Screenwriter, author, artist
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live. Full bio

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Hello你好.
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大家好。
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I'd like to introduce介绍 you to someone有人.
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我要给你们介绍一个人。
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This is Jomny约姆尼.
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这是Jomny。
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That's "Jonny强尼" but spelled拼写
accidentally偶然 with an "m,"
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我解释一下,应该叫"Jonny",
但是"n"不小心拼成了"m",
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in case案件 you were wondering想知道,
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人无完人嘛。
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because we're not all perfect完善.
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Jomny约姆尼 is an alien外侨
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Jomny是外星人。
00:27
who has been sent发送 to earth地球
with a mission任务 to study研究 humans人类.
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他被送到地球研究人类。
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Jomny约姆尼 is feeling感觉 lost丢失 and alone单独
and far from home,
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他远离家乡,又孤独又彷徨。
00:34
and I think we've我们已经 all felt this way.
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这种感觉大家都不陌生吧。
00:37
Or, at least最小 I have.
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至少,对我来说并不陌生。
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I wrote this story故事 about this alien外侨
at a moment时刻 in my life
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曾有一段时间,
我感觉自己就像个外星人,
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when I was feeling感觉 particularly尤其 alien外侨.
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于是写下了这个外星人的故事。
00:44
I had just moved移动 to Cambridge剑桥
and started开始 my doctoral博士生 program程序 at MITMIT,
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那时我才搬到剑桥,
刚开始我的MIT博士课程,
00:47
and I was feeling感觉 intimidated吓倒 and isolated孤立
and very much like I didn't belong属于.
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感觉势单力薄、孤立无援,
觉得自己不属于那里。
00:53
But I had a lifeline生命线 of sorts排序.
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但我有一些自救方法。
00:55
See, I was writing写作 jokes笑话
for years年份 and years年份
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那时我已经连续多年
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and sharing分享 them on social社会 media媒体,
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在社交网络上分享我编的笑话,
01:02
and I found发现 that I was turning车削
to doing this more and more.
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而且随着孤独感的增加,
我分享的笑话越来越多。
01:06
Now, for many许多 people,
the internet互联网 can feel like a lonely孤独 place地点.
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我知道对很多人而言,
网络是个孤独的地方。
01:10
It can feel like this,
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就像这里一样,
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a big, endless无穷, expansive广阔 void空虚
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宽广、无穷的一片空虚。
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where you can constantly经常 call out to it
but no one's那些 ever listening.
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你可以在这里大声呼喊,
但没人听到。
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But I actually其实 found发现 a comfort安慰
in speaking请讲 out to the void空虚.
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但我在向空虚说话之后,
找到了慰藉。
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I found发现, in sharing分享
my feelings情怀 with the void空虚,
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我发现,向空虚分享我的感觉以后,
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eventually终于 the void空虚 started开始 to speak说话 back.
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我得到了空虚的回应。
01:28
And it turns out that the void空虚
isn't this endless无穷 lonely孤独 expanse广阔 at all,
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我发现这片空虚,
其实并非无穷孤寂的空间,
01:31
but instead代替 it's full充分 of
all sorts排序 of other people,
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而是充满着不同的人,
01:34
also staring凝视 out into it
and also wanting希望 to be heard听说.
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这些人也在望着这片空虚,
并且希望自己的心声得到回应。
01:37
Now, there have been many许多 bad things
that have come from social社会 media媒体.
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确实,社交网络上充斥着不良信息。
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I'm not trying to dispute争议 that at all.
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这一点我无法否认。
01:43
To be online线上 at any given特定 point
is to feel so much sadness
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网络时时刻刻
让我们感觉到无比的悲伤、
01:47
and anger愤怒 and violence暴力.
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愤怒和暴力。
01:49
It can feel like the end结束 of the world世界.
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有时,感觉就像世界末日。
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Yet然而, at the same相同 time, I'm conflicted冲突
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但同时,我也很矛盾,
01:53
because I can't deny拒绝 the fact事实
that so many许多 of my closest最近的 friends朋友
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因为我也无法否认,
我许多特别亲近的朋友,
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are people that I had met会见
originally本来 online线上.
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都是通过网络认识的。
02:00
And I think that's partly部分地 because
there's this confessional忏悔 nature性质
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我觉得其中一部分原因,
是社交网络的自白属性。
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to social社会 media媒体.
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It can feel like you are writing写作
in this personal个人, intimate亲密 diary日记
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在网络写非常私人、
亲密的日记,
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that's completely全然 private私人的,
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可以是完全隐私的,
02:11
yet然而 at the same相同 time you want
everyone大家 in the world世界 to read it.
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但同时你又希望
全世界的人都能读到。
02:14
And I think part部分 of that, the joy喜悦 of that
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我认为,在其中有一些乐趣,
02:17
is that we get to experience经验 things
from perspectives观点 from people
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那就是我们可以从跟自己完全不同
02:20
who are completely全然
different不同 from ourselves我们自己,
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的人的视角,去体验,
02:22
and sometimes有时 that's a nice不错 thing.
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而有些时候,这种体验是好的。
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For example, when I first joined加盟 Twitter推特,
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比如,我最初加入推特时,
发现很多我关注的人,
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I found发现 that so many许多 of the people
that I was following以下
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were talking about mental心理 health健康
and going to therapy治疗
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都在探讨心理健康、心理咨询,
而他们在网上的探讨,
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in ways方法 that had none没有 of the stigma柱头
that they often经常 do
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when we talk about these issues问题 in person.
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往往没有面对面探讨
面临的种种困难。
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Through通过 them, the conversation会话
around mental心理 health健康 was normalized标准化,
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通过他们,关于心理健康的
话题变得正常,
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and they helped帮助 me realize实现
that going to therapy治疗 was something
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他们也帮我认识到,
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that would help me as well.
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咨询心理医生也可以帮助到我。
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Now, for many许多 people,
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我知道对许多人来说,
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it sounds声音 like a scary害怕 idea理念
to be talking about all these topics主题
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在网络上公开、毫不保留地
探讨这些话题
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so publicly公然 and so openly公然 on the internet互联网.
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想想就很恐怖。
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I feel like a lot of people
think that it is a big, scary害怕 thing
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许多人认为,如果你本身
不是一个完美、健全的人,
03:00
to be online线上 if you're not
already已经 perfectly完美 and fully充分 formed形成.
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那在网上就是一件
很恐怖的事情。
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But I think the internet互联网 can be
actually其实 a great place地点 to not know,
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但我认为,网络上的
这种未知是好的,
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and I think we can
treat对待 that with excitement激动,
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我们可以用一种
新奇的心态看待它,
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because to me there's something
important重要 about sharing分享 your imperfections缺陷
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因为对我来说,
分享自己的不完美是重要的,
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and your insecurities不安全感
and your vulnerabilities漏洞
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和他人分享自己的不安和脆弱,
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with other people.
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也是必要的。
【我就像一颗洋葱,一层层拨开以后,
是一个更渺小、更胆怯的洋葱】
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(Laughter笑声)
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03:23
Now, when someone有人 shares分享
that they feel sad伤心 or afraid害怕
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当他人分享他们的悲伤、害怕,
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or alone单独, for example,
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或是孤独的时候,
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it actually其实 makes品牌 me feel less alone单独,
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这其实让我感觉没有那么孤单了。
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not by getting得到 rid摆脱 of any of my loneliness孤单
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他们没有让我摆脱
孤独的状态,
却让我认识到,
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but by showing展示 me that I am not alone单独
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我的孤独并不孤单。
03:36
in feeling感觉 lonely孤独.
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03:38
And as a writer作家 and as an artist艺术家,
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作为一个作家、艺术家,
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I care关心 very much about making制造
this comfort安慰 of being存在 vulnerable弱势
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我很重视让人们能够一起、
无所顾虑地向他人
分享自己的脆弱。
03:43
a communal公社 thing, something that we
can share分享 with each other.
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03:47
I'm excited兴奋 about
externalizing具体化 the internal内部,
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让我激动的是,
将内在的东西外化,
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about taking服用 those invisible无形 personal个人
feelings情怀 that I don't have words for,
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将我不能用言语表达
的无形的情感,
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holding保持 them to the light,
putting words to them,
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公之于众,为它们赋予文字,
03:57
and then sharing分享 them with other people
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并且和他人分享,
希望它们能为他人
的情感赋予文字。
03:58
in the hopes希望 that it might威力 help them
find words to find their feelings情怀 as well.
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我知道这些话很大,
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Now, I know that sounds声音 like a big thing,
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但我最终感兴趣的是把这些大事,
04:05
but ultimately最终 I'm interested有兴趣
in putting all these things
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04:07
into small, approachable亲切 packages,
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分成小而易懂的小事,
04:10
because when we can hide隐藏 them
into these smaller pieces,
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因为我们可以
把大事隐藏在小事里,
这样就更方便理解,也更有趣。
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I think they are easier更轻松 to approach途径,
I think they're more fun开玩笑.
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这种方式很容易帮助我们
看到我们共同的人性。
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I think they can more easily容易 help us
see our shared共享 humanness为人.
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有时这些小事,
以故事的形式呈现,
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Sometimes有时 that takes the form形成
of a short story故事,
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有时是可爱的插画书。
04:21
sometimes有时 that takes the form形成 of
a cute可爱 book of illustrations插图, for example.
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04:24
And sometimes有时 that takes the form形成
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有时它们是
我网上发布的傻乎乎的笑话。
04:26
of a silly愚蠢 joke玩笑
that I'll throw on the internet互联网.
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For example, a few少数 months个月 ago,
I posted发布 this app应用 idea理念
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举个例子,几个月前,
我提出了一个新应用的提议:
遛狗服务,
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for a dog-walking狗散步 service服务
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where a dog shows节目 up at your door
and you have to get out of the house
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狗来到你家门前,
你必须出门遛狗,
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and go for a walk步行.
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顺便散散步。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑)
如果现场有应用开发人员,
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If there are app应用 developers开发商
in the audience听众,
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04:44
please find me after the talk.
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等会儿我们可以聊一聊。
04:46
Or, I like to share分享 every一切 time
I feel anxious about sending发出 an email电子邮件.
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再举个例子,
我会分享每次我发邮件的焦虑。
邮件落款“最好的(best)”,
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When I sign标志 my emails电子邮件 "Best最好,"
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it's short for "I am trying my best最好,"
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指的是“我尽了最好的努力”,
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which哪一个 is short for "Please don't hate讨厌 me,
I promise诺言 I'm trying my best最好!"
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全称是“千万别恨我,
我真的尽了最大的努力!”
04:58
Or my answer回答 to the classic经典 icebreaker破冰船,
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再比如,
我对一个经典问题的回答:
如果我可以和任何一个人吃饭,
不管活人还是死人,
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if I could have dinner晚餐 with anyone任何人,
dead or alive, I would.
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我都愿意,我太孤单了。
05:04
I am very lonely孤独.
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05:05
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑)
05:09
And I find that when
I post岗位 things like these online线上,
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我发现,把这些笑话
在网上发布以后,
得到的回应大体相同。
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the reaction反应 is very similar类似.
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人们聚到一起,分享快乐,
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People come together一起 to share分享 a laugh,
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05:17
to share分享 in that feeling感觉,
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分享感情,
05:18
and then to disburse支付 just as quickly很快.
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然后快速消失。
05:20
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
05:22
Yes, leaving离开 me once一旦 again alone单独.
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对,我又孤单一人了。
05:26
But I think sometimes有时 these
little gatherings聚会 can be quite相当 meaningful富有意义的.
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不过我认为这些小型聚会
是非常有意义的。
05:30
For example, when I graduated毕业
from architecture建筑 school学校
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举例说,我从建筑学校毕业,
05:33
and I moved移动 to Cambridge剑桥,
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搬到剑桥以后,
05:34
I posted发布 this question:
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我发布了这个问题:
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"How many许多 people in your life
have you already已经 had
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“你和生命里的多少人,
05:38
your last conversation会话 with?"
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已经不会有交流了?”
05:40
And I was thinking思维 about
my own拥有 friends朋友 who had moved移动 away
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我当时心里在想
那些搬走的朋友们,
05:44
to different不同 cities城市
and different不同 countries国家, even,
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他们去了不同的城市,甚至国家,
我也在想,和他们
保持联系会有多难。
05:47
and how hard it would be
for me to keep in touch触摸 with them.
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之后,网上的其他人开始
分享他们自己的故事。
05:50
But other people started开始 replying回复
and sharing分享 their own拥有 experiences经验.
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05:53
Somebody talked about a family家庭 member会员
they had a falling落下 out with.
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有人说自己和家人闹翻了,
有人说自己心爱的人去世了,
05:56
Someone有人 talked about a loved喜爱 one
who had passed通过 away
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quickly很快 and unexpectedly不料.
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一切都发生得很突然,
很出人意料。
06:00
Someone有人 else其他 talked
about their friends朋友 from school学校
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有人说他们学校里的朋友
06:03
who had moved移动 away as well.
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也搬走了。
06:04
But then something really nice不错
started开始 happening事件.
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在这之后,
发生了一些奇妙的事,
06:07
Instead代替 of just replying回复 to me,
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人们不只回应我的推文,
06:09
people started开始 replying回复 to each other,
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也开始回应彼此的评论,
06:11
and they started开始 to talk to each other
and share分享 their own拥有 experiences经验
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并且分享自己的经历
06:14
and comfort安慰 each other
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来安慰彼此、
06:16
and encourage鼓励 each other
to reach达到 out to that friend朋友
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鼓励彼此,
06:19
that they hadn't有没有 spoken to in a while
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联络许久不联系的朋友,
或是闹翻了的家人。
06:21
or that family家庭 member会员
that they had a falling落下 out with.
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06:23
And eventually终于, we got
this little tiny microcommunitymicrocommunity.
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结果,一个微型社区就这样形成了。
06:28
It felt like this support支持 group formed形成
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我们就像组成了互助小组,
06:31
of all sorts排序 of people coming未来 together一起.
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组员是各式各样的人。
06:33
And I think every一切 time we post岗位 online线上,
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我认为我们每一次
在网上发布消息,
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every一切 time we do this, there's a chance机会
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都是一个机会,
06:38
that these little
microcommunities微群落 can form形成.
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让微型社区成形。
06:40
There's a chance机会 that all sorts排序
of different不同 creatures生物
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这个机会让不同背景的人
06:44
can come together一起 and be drawn together一起.
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聚到一起、互相吸引。
06:47
And sometimes有时, through通过
the muck粪肥 of the internet互联网,
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并且,有时候在网络的淤泥中,
06:49
you get to find a kindred亲属 spirit精神.
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你能找到一个相似的灵魂。
06:53
Sometimes有时 that's
in the reading the replies回复
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有时你阅读别人的回复,
06:56
and the comments注释 sections部分 and finding发现
a reply回复 that is particularly尤其 kind
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在评论区读到一个相当友善、
06:59
or insightful见地 or funny滑稽.
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有洞察力、或是好笑的评论。
07:01
Sometimes有时 that's
in going to follow跟随 someone有人
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有时你关注某人,
07:04
and seeing眼看 that they
already已经 follow跟随 you back.
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并发现他们已经关注了你。
07:07
And sometimes有时 that's in looking at someone有人
that you know in real真实 life
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有时你看着现实生活中的熟人
07:10
and seeing眼看 the things that you write
and the things that they write
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在网上撰写的内容,
07:13
and realizing实现 that you share分享 so many许多
of the same相同 interests利益 as they do,
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发现你们有这么多的共同爱好,
07:17
and that brings带来 them
closer接近 together一起 to you.
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并因此走得更近。
07:19
Sometimes有时, if you're lucky幸运,
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有时,如果走运的话,
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you get to meet遇到 another另一个 alien外侨.
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你会遇到另一个外星人。
【当两个外星人在异乡相遇,
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[when two aliebns阿利本斯 find each other
in a strange奇怪 place地点,
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异乡就变得更像故乡】
07:27
it feels感觉 a litle利特尔 more like home]
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但我也担心,因为我们都清楚,
07:29
But I am worried担心, too,
because as we all know,
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07:31
the internet互联网 for the most part部分
doesn't feel like this.
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网络给人的主要感觉不是这样的。
07:34
We all know that for the most part部分,
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我们知道很大程度上来讲,
07:36
the internet互联网 feels感觉 like a place地点
where we misunderstand误解 each other,
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网络就像是一个
让我们彼此误解的地方,
07:39
where we come into conflict冲突
with each other,
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一个让我们彼此发生冲突,
07:44
where there's all sorts排序 of confusion混乱
and screaming尖叫 and yelling大呼小叫 and shouting叫喊,
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又充斥着各式各样的
困惑和歇斯底里的地方,
07:49
and it feels感觉 like
there's too much of everything.
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所有这些东西都太多了。
网络就像是一片混乱,
07:52
It feels感觉 like chaos混沌,
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07:53
and I don't know how to square广场 away
the bad parts部分 with the good,
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我不知道怎么把好坏分开,
07:57
because as we know and as we've我们已经 seen看到,
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因为我们所知道、看到的坏事,
07:59
the bad parts部分 can really, really hurt伤害 us.
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可能会真的、真的伤害到我们。
08:04
It feels感觉 to me that the platforms平台
that we use to inhabit居住于 these online线上 spaces空间
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似乎我们使用的这些社交平台,
08:09
have been designed设计
either ignorantly无知 or willfully故意
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就是为了无知和恶意设计的,
08:12
to allow允许 for harassment骚扰 and abuse滥用,
to propagate传播 misinformation误传,
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这些平台允许骚扰和滥用,
传播虚假信息,
08:15
to enable启用 hatred and hate讨厌 speech言语
and the violence暴力 that comes from it,
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让恨意、恶言恶语,
和由此带来的暴力横行,
08:19
and it feels感觉 like
none没有 of our current当前 platforms平台
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似乎所有现今的社交平台,
08:22
are doing enough足够
to address地址 and to fix固定 that.
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都没有尽力采取措施
来解决这个问题。
08:24
But still, and maybe
probably大概 unfortunately不幸,
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但是,像许多人一样,
08:28
I'm still drawn to these online线上 spaces空间,
as many许多 others其他 are,
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我还是义无反顾地,
受到网络空间的吸引,
08:32
because sometimes有时 it just feels感觉
like that's where all the people are.
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因为有时候我感觉
所有人都在网上。
08:36
And I feel silly愚蠢
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有时候我觉得自己傻乎乎,
08:38
and stupid sometimes有时
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甚至于愚蠢,
08:40
for valuing价值评估 these small moments瞬间
of human人的 connection连接 in times like these.
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因为我如此珍视那些
人类联系的短小时刻。
08:45
But I've always operated操作 under this idea理念
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但我一直有一个原则,
08:47
that these little moments瞬间 of humanness为人
are not superfluous多余.
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这些短小时刻并不多余。
08:52
They're not retreats务虚会
from the world世界 at all,
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它们不代表对外部世界的规避,
08:54
but instead代替 they're the reasons原因
why we come to these spaces空间.
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而是我们使用网络空间的原因。
08:57
They are important重要 and vital重要
and they affirm确认 and they give us life.
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它们重要、必不可少,
帮我们肯定、帮我们生活。
09:02
And they are these tiny,
temporary临时 sanctuaries避难所
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它们是微小的庇护所,
09:05
that show显示 us that we are not
as alone单独 as we think we are.
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让我们知道自己
没有想象中孤单。
09:09
And so yes, even though虽然 life is bad
and everyone's大家的 sad伤心
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所以,没错,
尽管生活艰难、众人忧郁,
09:12
and one day we're all going to die --
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有一天我们终将死去——
09:15
[look. life is bad. everyones大家 sad伤心.
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【你看,生活艰难,众生皆苦,
09:17
We're all gona戈纳 die, but i alredy阿尔雷迪 bought
this inflatable充气 bouncey弹跳 castle城堡
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人固有一死,我这个
充气城堡就在你面前,
09:20
so are u gona戈纳 take Ur乌尔 shoes off or not]
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还不快把鞋脱了?】
09:22
I think the inflatable充气 metaphorical隐喻
bouncy有弹性 castle城堡 in this case案件
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这句话中的“充气”
比喻有弹性的城堡,
09:26
is really our relationships关系
and our connections连接 to other people.
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比喻了我们的人际关系、
我们和他人的联系。
09:34
And so one night,
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有一天晚上,
09:35
when I was feeling感觉 particularly尤其 sad伤心
and hopeless绝望 about the world世界,
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我感到特别难过,
对世界无比失望,
09:39
I shouted喝道 out to the void空虚,
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我对着网络的虚无、
09:41
to the lonely孤独 darkness黑暗.
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孤独的黑暗大喊:
09:42
I said, "At this point,
logging记录 on to social社会 media媒体
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”现在这个时候上社交网络,
09:45
feels感觉 like holding保持 someone's谁家 hand
at the end结束 of the world世界."
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就好像在世界尽头
握着一个人的手。”
09:48
And this time, instead代替 of
the void空虚 responding响应,
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这次回应我的不是空虚,
09:51
it was people who showed显示 up,
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而是网络上的人们,
09:53
who started开始 replying回复 to me and then
who started开始 talking to each other,
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他们回复我,
并且彼此交谈,
09:57
and slowly慢慢地 this little
tiny community社区 formed形成.
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渐渐地,这个小社区形成了。
10:00
Everybody每个人 came来了 together一起 to hold保持 hands.
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每个人在一起手拉手。
10:03
And in these dangerous危险 and unsure不确定 times,
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当我们深处生命中
10:08
in the midst中间 of it all,
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危险、迷茫的时刻,
10:10
I think the thing that we have
to hold保持 on to is other people.
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我觉得,我们需要拉着别人的手。
10:14
And I know that is a small thing
made制作 up of small moments瞬间,
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我知道这是短小的时刻、
微小的举动,
10:19
but I think it is one tiny,
tiny sliver裂片 of light
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但我认为这是无尽黑暗中的
10:22
in all the darkness黑暗.
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一丝小小的曙光。
10:24
Thank you.
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谢谢。
10:25
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
10:30
Thank you.
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谢谢。
10:31
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by psjmz mz
Reviewed by Homer Li

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonny Sun - Screenwriter, author, artist
Jonny Sun wears many hats, creating work across multiple fields and modes that speaks to the increasingly expansive society in which we live.

Why you should listen

Jonny Sun never felt that the multi-hyphenate description of screenwriter/humorist/author/artist/researcher/technologist made much sense. He is a writer for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman and is currently writing the screenplay for an original idea with Fox Family and Chernin Entertainment. He also wrote and illustrated the best-selling graphic novel Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, illustrated Lin-Manuel Miranda's GMorning, Gnight! and regularly writes online.

Sun is currently pursuing a PhD at MIT, where he's studying social media communities and making art about artificial intelligence with the metaLAB at Harvard. He helped develop The Laughing Room, a self-aware sitcom set that plays a laugh track based on what participants say in the room. His work explores how technology interfaces with our lived, human experiences, believing that this critical eye on technology is essential to the stories we tell about contemporary life.

Sun's work comes from deeply personal places, asking: "Does anyone else feel this way too?" He seeks to feel less alone in the world and to try to help others feel less alone, too -- by making things that connect to people, and then connect people; by making work that helps people feel seen and find each other. 

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