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Is "better off" finding a secure job that you can count on for the rest of your life? Those are nearly extinct.
是找到了一個穩定的工作，一輩子都不用愁，就意味著“生活安逸”嗎？這種情況幾乎不存在。
People move jobs, on average, every 4.7 years, and it's estimated that by 2020, nearly half of Americans will be freelancers.
人們平均4.7年就換一個工作，并且，預計到2020年會有將近半數美國人是自由職業者。
OK, so is better off just a number? Is it about earning as much as you possibly can?
好吧，所以生活安逸只是由一個數字衡量的嗎？是意味著賺的越多越好嗎？
By that singular measurement, we are failing.
用這種單一的衡量方式，我們都算不上生活安逸。
Median per capita income has been flat since about 2000, adjusted for inflation.
從2000年開始，去除通貨膨脹因素，人均收入中位數一直偏低。
All right, so is better off getting a big house with a white picket fence? Less of us are doing that.
好吧，所以是不是買一棟豪宅，圍一圈白色尖樁籬笆，就意味著生活安逸了？這樣做的人越來越少了。
Nearly five million people lost their homes in the Great Recession,
在經濟大衰退期間，將近500萬人無家可歸
and even more of us sobered up about the lengths we were willing to go
甚至更多的人清楚的意識到買房的困難
or be tricked into going, in many predatory cases -- to hold that deed.
或者說，從鼓吹買房的陷阱中清醒過來。
Home-ownership rates are at their lowest since 1995.
從1995年至今，住房自有率處于最低水平。
All right, so we're not finding steady employment, we're not earning as much money, and we're not living in big fancy houses.
好吧，所以我們沒有穩定的工作，沒有賺那么多錢，沒有豪宅
Toll the funeral bells for everything that made America great.
為讓美國強大的一切敲響喪鐘。
But, are those the best measurements of a country's greatness, of a life well lived?
然而這些是衡量一個國家強大與否生活安逸與否的最佳標準嗎？
What I think makes America great is its spirit of reinvention.
我認為，是再創造的精神，使美國強大。
In the wake of the Great Recession, more and more Americans are redefining what "better off" really means.
大衰退之后，越來越多的美國人開始重新定義“生活安逸”。
Turns out, it has more to do with community and creativity than dollars and cents.
他們發現，“生活安逸”和社區生活與創新聯系更加緊密，而不是錢。
