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Is it unrealistic for them to hope or think that that child loves them, as some might, as most, wish?
對于家長來說，他們希望或者認為自己的孩子也許能夠愛他們，這是不是比較不現實？
Well let me tell you, that child will be loyal,
假如家長這么做，孩子會變得很孝順
and if your house is burning down, they're going to get you out of it.
假如家里著火了，他們會把你救出來
Wow. So, most people, if you ask them what are they most passionate about,
我跟很多人聊天，當我問及“你對什么最有熱情”這個問題的時候
they'd say things like, "My kids" or "My lover."
他們說是我的孩子以及我的愛人
What are you most passionate about?
你對什么最為熱情呢？
I'm passionate about that the things I do are going to make the world a better place.
我對于我所做的事情感到十分熱情，并且希望這些事情可以讓世界變得更美好
When I have a mother of an autistic child say,
當我聽到有母親說
"My kid went to college because of your book, or one of your lectures," that makes me happy.
“我的孩子現在上大學了，多虧你的書呢，多虧你的講座呢。”這是我最開心的時刻
You know, the slaughter plants, I've worked with them in the '80s; they were absolutely awful.
在80年代我在屠宰場工作的時候，那里非常的糟糕
I developed a really simple scoring system for slaughter plants
我開發了一個非常簡單的記分工具
where you just measure outcomes: How many cattle fell down?
只需計算產出，如有多少的牛跌倒了
How many cattle got poked with the prodder?
多少的牛被趕牛棒子捅過
How many cattle are mooing their heads off?
有多少牛哞哞叫個不停
And it's very, very simple.
非常非常簡單
You directly observe a few simple things.
就只關注一些很小的事情
It's worked really well.
并且運作的相當好
I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world.
看到事情發生實際的改變，我心里非常高興，
We need a lot more of that, and a lot less abstract stuff.
我們需要更多這樣簡單的東西，而不是抽象的東西
When we were talking on the phone,
我們電話里聊的時候，
one of the things you said that really astonished me was you said one thing
你講到的一個事情讓我感到很驚訝
you were passionate about was server farms. Tell me about that.
因為你說你有熱情的是服務器農場。能詳細說一下嗎？
Well the reason why I got really excited when I read about that, it contains knowledge.
因為我知道那里蘊含了知識
It's libraries.
它就是圖書館
And to me, knowledge is something that is extremely valuable.
對我來說，知識就是非常寶貴的一種東西
So, maybe, over 10 years ago now our library got flooded.
也許十年后我們的圖書館會變得非常大
And this is before the Internet got really big.
那還是互聯網尚未急劇增長的時候
And I was really upset about all the books being wrecked,
每當我看到有人損毀書籍的時候
because it was knowledge being destroyed.
我都會感到非常的憤怒，因為那就是知識啊
And server farms, or data centers are great libraries of knowledge.
而服務器農場或數據中心就是巨大的知識圖書館
Temple, can I just say it's an absolute delight to have you at TED.
坦普女士，我們有幸邀請到您來TED，真的十分高興
Well thank you so much. Thank you.
謝謝。謝謝大家。
