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The conventional wisdom about our world today is that this is a time of terrible decline.
關于當今世界的傳統觀點認為：這是一個急劇衰退的時代
And that's not surprising, given the bad news all around us,
而這也并不令人奇怪，考慮到我們身邊無處不在的壞消息
from ISIS to inequality, political dysfunction, climate change, Brexit, and on and on.
從伊斯蘭國到不平等，政治機能失調、氣候變化、英國脫歐等等
But here's the thing, and this may sound a little weird.
但我是這么想的，而我的想法可能聽起來有些奇怪
I actually don't buy this gloomy narrative, and I don't think you should either.
我對那些沮喪的觀點并不買帳，并且我希望你們也一樣
Look, it's not that I don't see the problems.
并不是說我沒有看到那些問題
I read the same headlines that you do.
我也跟你們看一樣的頭條
What I dispute is the conclusion that so many people draw from them, namely that we're all screwed
我所質疑的是很多人從這些頭條中得出的結論，即我們把一切都搞砸了
because the problems are unsolvable and our governments are useless. Now, why do I say this?
因為這些問題都無解，而我們的政府又沒有用。那么我為什么要說些呢？
It's not like I'm particularly optimistic by nature.
并不是說我生性特別的樂觀。
But something about the media's constant doom-mongering
而是媒體的那種不斷地執拗于問題
with its fixation on problems and not on answers has always really bugged me.
而不是解決之道的悲觀論調一直困擾著我
So a few years ago I decided, well, I'm a journalist,
因此幾年前我決定，嗯，既然我是一名記者
I should see if I can do any better by going around the world and actually asking folks
那么我應該看看是否可以通過周游世界并問問各地的人們
if and how they've tackled their big economic and political challenges.
他們是否并且是如何解決他們所面臨的大的經濟和政治挑戰的
And what I found astonished me.
而我的發現震驚了我
It turns out that there are remarkable signs of progress out there, often in the most unexpected places,
原來已經有了很多顯著的進步的跡象，并且經常是在那些出人意料的地方
and they've convinced me that our great global challenges may not be so unsolvable after all.
而這也使我確信我們面臨的那些重大全球挑戰，也許并不是那么的完全無解。
