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The first one is that it liberates us.
第一個好處在于，這樣做能夠使我們解放自我。
When you think about it, using perception instead of categories is much easier said than done.
想一下，依賴自己的覺察力而不是已有的“陌生人”范疇，的確是說起來容易做起來難。
Categories are something our brains use.
分類是我們大腦慣用的伎倆。
When it comes to people, it's sort of a shortcut for learning about them.
對于人這一分類來說，這對學(xué)習(xí)了解他們是某種意義上的捷徑。
We see male, female, young, old, black, brown, white, stranger, friend,
我們看到男性、女性、年輕人、老年人、黑種人、黃種人、白種人、陌生人、朋友……
and we use the information in that box.
然后我們就運用在那一分類之下的信息。
It's quick, it's easy and it's a road to bias.
這種方法很快捷，很簡單，也同時帶來了偏見。
And it means we're not thinking about people as individuals.
這意味著我們沒有把人們看作單獨的個體。
I know an American researcher who travels frequently in Central Asia and Africa, alone.
我認(rèn)識一位經(jīng)常在中亞和非洲獨自旅行的美國研究員。
She's entering into towns and cities as a complete stranger.
她進(jìn)入那些城鎮(zhèn)的時候是完完全全的陌生人。
She has no bonds, no connections. She's a foreigner.
她和別人沒有任何聯(lián)系。就是一個外國人。
Her survival strategy is this: get one stranger to see you as a real, individual person.
她的生存法則是：讓一個陌生人把你當(dāng)作一個真實存在的獨立個體。
If you can do that, it'll help other people see you that way, too.
如果你能做到這樣，其他人也就能夠通過這種方式注意到你。
The second benefit of using our senses has to do with intimacy.
憑自己感覺的另外一個好處與親密感有關(guān)。
I know it sounds a little counterintuitive, intimacy and strangers,
我知道把陌生人和親密感放到一起，聽起來有些有悖直覺，
but these quick interactions can lead to a feeling that sociologists call "fleeting intimacy."
但是這些快速的互動可以帶來一種被社會學(xué)家們稱作“短暫親密”的感覺。
So, it's a brief experience that has emotional resonance and meaning.
所以這是一段有情感共鳴和意義的短暫經(jīng)歷。
