TED演讲：休假的力量(7)

We were asked to design an identity for Casa da Musica, the Rem Koolhaas-built music center in Porto, in Portugal. 音乐之家曾请我们设计标志，就是那个由Rem Koolhaas设计建造的音乐中心，在葡萄牙的波尔图。 And even th

TED演讲：休假的力量(6)

In the beginning, on the first sabbatical, it was rather disastrous. 我的第一个休假初期，事情进展一点也不顺利。 I had thought that I should do this without any plan, 我以为不用计划， that this vacuum of time somehow would

TED演讲：休假的力量(5)

If I look at my cycle, seven years, one year sabbatical, it's 12.5 percent of my time. 看看我的周期，干七年，休一年，是我百分之12.5的时间。 And if I look at companies that are actually more successful than mine, 看看比我更成

TED演讲：休假的力量(4)

Then there is a coffee table. I also did a coffee table. It's called Be Here Now. It includes 330 compasses. 我还设计了这张茶几，起名叫现在到此。它里面装了330个指南针。 And we had custom espresso cups made that hide a magn

TED演讲：休假的力量(3)

I am not a religious person myself, but I did look for nature. 我不信教，但我尊重自然。 I had spent my first sabbatical in New York City. Looked for something different for the second one. 我的第一个长修假是在纽约市度过的，

TED演讲：休假的力量(10)

And the idea of course was to make the type so precious that as an audience you would be in between 我们的构思，是把图样做得很精美，要令观赏者觉得难以决定， Should I really take as much money as I can? Or should I leave th

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(7)

And I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. 我倾慕大学教授的学识，但我们不应该用这样一个头衔作为衡量一个人成功与否的分水岭。 They'r

TED演讲：揭露海底惊奇(3)

Cuttlefish. I love cuttlefish. This is a Giant Australian Cuttlefish. 墨鱼，我很喜欢墨鱼。这是一只巨型澳大利亚墨鱼。 And there he is, his droopy little eyes up here. But they can do pretty amazing things, too. 看它，看它那双

TED演讲：揭露海底惊奇(2)

But I want to jump up to shallow water now and look at some creatures that are positively amazing. 不过我现在还是想说说浅水里的世界，来看看那些神奇的生物。 Cephalopods -- head-foots. As a kid I knew them as calamari, mostl

TED演讲：揭露海底惊奇(1)

We're going to go on a dive to the deep sea, 好了，我们即将潜入海底深处。 and anyone that's had that lovely opportunity knows that for about two and half hours on the way down, 任何一个有过这种美妙机会的人都知道，在这两

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(12)

What I think it comes to is this: Al Gore spoke the other night about ecology and the revolution that was triggered by Rachel Carson. 现在，我想说的是：AL Gore曾在这里做过一次演讲，内容是关于生态学以及Rachel Carson引发的

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(11)

But as they went out of the room, he turned on the radio that was sitting on his desk. 但医生在出去时，把在办公桌上的收音机打开了。 And when they got out room, he said to her mother, Just stand and watch her. 在他们走出房间

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(10)

And the third thing about intelligence is, it's distinct. 培养好学生的第三个原则就是个性化。 I'm doing a new book at the moment called Epiphany, 我目前在写本书，书名叫《顿悟》， which is based on a series of interview

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(8)

And the second is academic ability, which has really come to dominate our view of intelligence, 第二点，学术能力已经成为衡量好学生的主要标准， because the universities designed the system in their image. 这种标准是那些大学

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(6)

But something strikes you when you move to America and travel around the world: 但搬到美国后，有些事使我印象深刻： Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects. Every one. 如果你周游世界，你会发现每个

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(5)

How annoying would that be? Must try harder. 多么不可思议。你要努力学习。 Being sent to bed by his dad, you know, to Shakespeare, Go to bed, now! And put the pencil down. 你能想象他父亲边说边把他抱上床，现在该睡觉了，

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(4)

What these things have in common is that kids will take a chance. 以上例子的共同点就是孩子们愿意冒险。 If they don't know, they'll have a go. Am I right? 对于未知的事物，他们愿意去尝试。难道不是吗？ They're not

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(3)

I heard a great story recently -- I love telling it -- of a little girl who was in a drawing lesson. 最近我听到一个很不错的故事。我很愿意讲讲这个故事，说的是一个小女孩正在上绘画课。 She was six, and she was at

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(2)

But if you ask about their education, they pin you to the wall. 但如果你要他们谈谈他们的受教育经历，他们会把你钉到墙上。 Because it's one of those things that goes deep with people, am I right? 因为这些事情都涉及个

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(11)

The other point: It's about taking responsibility. 另外的一个关键问题，是关于承担责任的问题。 For so much of my life, I wanted something else to make me happy. 我在生活的大部分时间里都努力使自己高兴。 I though