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Prosperity. The first era of the internet, the internet of information,
繁榮?；ヂ摼W的第一個時代，信息的互聯，
brought us wealth but not shared prosperity, because social inequality is growing.
帶給我們財富，但是沒有共享繁榮，因為社會變得日趨不平等。
And this is at the heart of all of the anger and extremism and protectionism and xenophobia and worse
而這是所有的憤怒和極端主義的焦點，還導致了貿易保護主義，仇外心理等
that we're seeing growing in the world today, Brexit being the most recent case.
現在我們見到的現象。英國脫歐就是最近的例子。
So could we develop some new approaches to this problem of inequality?
我們能否針對這不平等的問題想出一些新的解決方案？
Because the only approach today is to redistribute wealth, tax people and spread it around more.
因為現在唯一的方法就是財富的再分配，征稅來減小貧富差距。
Could we pre-distribute wealth?
我們能否對財富進行預先分配？
Could we change the way that wealth gets created in the first place by democratizing wealth creation,
我們能否從源頭上改變財富的創造方式，通過民主化來進行財富創造，
engaging more people in the economy, and then ensuring that they got fair compensation?
吸引更多的人參與經濟，并確保他們得到平等的報酬？
Let me describe five ways that this can be done. Number one:
我將有五點使其可行的方案。第一點：
Did you know that 70 percent of the people in the world who have land have a tenuous title to it?
你們知道世界上70%的土地所有者只是擁有一個脆弱的名頭？
So, you've got a little farm in Honduras, some dictator comes to power,
你在洪都拉斯有個小農場，當獨裁者上臺，
he says, "I know you've got a piece of paper that says you own your farm,
他說："我知道你有一張紙證明你擁有你的農場，
but the government computer says my friend owns your farm."
但是政府的計算機顯示我的朋友擁有你的農場。"
This happened on a mass scale in Honduras, and this problem exists everywhere.
這種事在洪都拉斯屢見不鮮，而這一問題也非常普遍。
Hernando de Soto, the great Latin American economist,
偉大的拉丁美洲經濟學家埃爾南多·德·索托，
says this is the number one issue in the world in terms of economic mobility,
把它列為經濟流動性方面世界頭號問題，
more important than having a bank account,
比起擁有一個銀行賬戶更重要。
because if you don't have a valid title to your land,
因為倘若你對你的土地沒有有效的所有權，
you can't borrow against it, and you can't plan for the future.
你就無法用它來借貸，你就無法計劃于未來。
So today, companies are working with governments to put land titles on a blockchain.
所以現在，公司正在與政府合作將土地所有權置于區塊鏈中。
And once it's there, this is immutable. You can't hack it.
一旦放置完成，它將不再改變。你不能破解它。
This creates the conditions for prosperity for potentially billions of people.
這樣就為數億人的繁榮創造了可能的條件。
