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When our parents graduated, that sense of purpose reliably came from your job, your church, your community.
在你父母畢業的時候，目標很大程度上來自工作、教會、社區。
But today, technology and automation are eliminating many jobs.
但是今天，技術和自動化正在代替很多工作，
Membership in communities has been declining.
社區成員的人數也一直在下降。
And a lot of people are feeling disconnected and depressed, and are trying to fill a void in their lives.
許多人感到沮喪，感到自己不被需要，努力著在填補他們生命中的空白。
As I've traveled around, I've sat with children in juvenile detention and opioid addicts,
我旅行的時候，曾和許多被拘留或嗑藥成癮的孩子們坐在一起，
who told me that maybe their lives would have turned out differently if they just had something to do, and after school program or somewhere to go.
他們告訴我如果他們有事可做，可以參加課后活動或者有地方可去，他們的人生也許會變得很不一樣。
I've met factory workers who know their old jobs aren't coming back and are trying to find their path ahead.
我也遇到過很多工廠的工人，他們沒法再從事之前的工作了，他們在試圖找到自己前進的道路。
For our society to keep moving forward, we have a generational challenge,
為了社會的進步，我們這代人身負挑戰，
to not only create new jobs, but create a renewed sense of purpose.
不僅僅是創造新的工作，還要飽有使命感。
I remember that night I launched Facebook from that little dorm in Kirkland House.
我還記得在Kirkland House的小宿舍中做出臉書的那晚，
I went to Noch's with my friend KX.
我和我的朋友KX去了Noch。
And I remember telling him clearly that I was excited to connect the Harvard community, but one day someone would connect the whole world.
我清楚地記得我告訴他，我很開心能把哈佛的社群連接起來，但是未來有一天，會有人把整個世界都連接起來。
The thing is, it never even occurred to me that someone might be us.
我完全沒有想到這個人會是我們。
We were just college kids. We didn't know anything about that.
當時我們還只是大學生，還并不了解什么。
There were all these big technology companies with all these resources. and I just assumed one of them would do it.
那些大型技術公司有很多資源，我認為其中某一個大公司一定會做到這一點的。
But this idea was so clear to us -- that all people want to connect.
但是我們對于建立互聯的這個想法是非常清晰的，
So we just kept working on it, day after day after day.
所以我們一直在朝這個方向努力前進。
And I know that a lot of you are gonna have your own stories just like this.
我知道你們中的很多人也會有類似的故事。
A change in the world that seems so clear that you're sure someone else is going to do it.
你似乎很肯定有人要改變世界，
But they are not. You will.
然而他們并沒有，而你會。
But it's not enough to have that purpose yourself.
但是，光有目標是不夠的。
You also have to create a sense of purpose for others.
你還必須擁有心系他人的目標。
