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You probably cannot imagine a world
你們可能無法想象一個
without texting, emailing, blogging, friending, tweeting, googling
沒有發信息 發電子郵件 寫博文 互粉 發推文 谷歌搜索
and yes watching YouTube videos
以及觀看YouTube視頻的世界
probably when you are supposed to be studying on D-level
特別是在D層學習的時候
I just learned that
我剛知道這個說法
Yet, none of those verbs existed when I was in my cap and gown
我身著學位服畢業那年 這些動詞都不存在
and now the world has over 2 billion people doing those things every day
而現在 世界上每天都有超過20億人在做這些事情
Back then, only really bad things went viral
當年 只有很糟糕的事才會像病毒一樣擴散
like mono
例如傳染性單核細胞增多
things you definitely did not want
這些東西你們顯然不希望沾上邊
Now things, videos, like David after Dentist or Psy Gangnam Style
現在 很多視頻 如大衛拔牙之后 Psy的江南Style
or you know, the recent video, a cat's rescuing kids from vicious dogs go viral
還有最近貓從惡狗那里救下小孩的視頻 都在瘋狂擴散
That proves it. The world has changed a lot since I graduated
這證明了 世界自我畢業以來發生了重大變化
The acceleration of technological progress is unmatched in our history
技術進步的加速在人類歷史上是空前的
And it's not going to slow down
它不會減緩
It's only going to speed up
只會提速
So I want to share a few stories, 3 stories from my life
我希望分享我人生中的三個故事
and how I think they can help you
講講它們對大家可能有什么幫助
in the new, fast-moving world that you're about to enter
在你們即將步入的這一個快速變化的新世界中
I joined Google during the height of the first .com boom in the late 1990s
我加入谷歌是在第一次.com繁榮鼎盛的1990年代
Now I know this seems like ancient time to you guys
你們肯定覺得這是很古老的年代
but it really was not that long ago
但實際上 當時離現在并沒過多久
At the time, I was newly married
當時我剛結婚
and my husband and I decided to buy a house which was a huge decision
我和丈夫決定買一棟房子 這是很重大的決定
We could barely afford the mortgage
我們還房貸有些吃力
So we decided we would rent part of our house and the garage
于是決定將房子的一部分以及車庫出租
