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Information in and of itself is simply not enough. It's not enough and what we need in addition to our information highway is a transformation highway. Transformation high way,
信息本身还不够 还不够 而我们除了信息高速公路外还需要转变高速公路 是在转变高速公路
Or transformation back roads, to come through the fast increasing pace. Because as we'll talk about next time,
还是转变乡村小道上 来经历快速增长的步伐 因为就像我们下次课会说到的那样
Rates of depression are on the rise, rates of anxiety are on the rise, not just in this country, globally.
抑郁率呈上升趋势 焦虑率呈上升趋势 不只是在这个国家 是全球化的现象
It's literally global epidemic. And to deal with it, more information will just not do.
简直就是全球传染病 而为了应对它 更多的信息也并不够
Just not enough. Here is Archibald macleish. He was a poet, was a Harvard professor,
并不够 下面是Archibald MacLeish的话 他生前是一位诗人 是哈佛的教授
"What is wrong is not the great discoveries of science-- information is always better than ignorance, no matter what information or what ignorance.
"错的不是科学的重大发现 有信息永远比无知强 不管是什么样信息和什么样无知
What is wrong is the belief behind the information, the belief that information will change the world. It won't."
错在于信息背后的信念 认为信息会改变世界的信念 但它不会"
Just adding it and filling up our containers with more and more stuff. More and more information, more and more data. It's just not enough.
往我们的容器里增加 装上越来越多的东西 越来越多的信息 越来越多的数据 还是不够
We need more than that. This class will take a humanistic approach. Let me read you a quick excerpt by Abraham Maslow who talks about this approach,
我们需要更多 本课程将采用一种人性的方法 我来给你们读一小段Abraham Maslow的话
"If one took a course or picked up a book on the psychology of learning, most of it, in my opinion, would be beside the point -
"如果有人上了一门关于心理学学习的课 或者看了一本这方面的书 大部分内容 在我看来 是与重点无关的
That is, beside the 'humanistic' point. Most of it would present learning as the acquisition of associations, of skills and capacities that are external and not intrinsic to the human character,
也就是 与人性无关 大部分内容把学习展现为获得联想 技能和能力 这些对于人的性格 人的个性
To the human personality, to the person himself." External refers to information. Internal refers to the transformation,
人本身来说只是外在而并非本质的" 外在是指信息 内在是指转变
The changing of the form. And when we talk about transformation, actually mean it quite literally--
形态的改变 当我们谈到转变时 实际上是非常字面的说法
Changing of the form, changing of the brain as we'll talk about. We'll talk about meditation for instance.
形态的改变 大脑的改变 我们一会就谈到 比如我们会谈到冥想
We know our brain today can actually change through MRI studies since 1998. A new concept came up which is Neurogenesis or Neuroplasticity, meaning our brain actually changes and transforms.
1998年通过的核磁共振研究我们知道大脑可以被改变 一个新的概念叫做神经形成或者神经可塑性 是指我们的大脑实际上会改变和转变
