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First, a video. Yes, it is a scrambled egg. But as you look at it, I hope you'll begin to feel just slightly uneasy.
首先，來段錄像。對，這是個被攪拌的雞蛋。但是，當你看它的時候，我希望你能開始感受到有一點點的怪異。
Because you may notice that what's actually happening is that the egg is unscrambling itself.
因為你可能注意到了正在發生的是這個雞蛋攪拌的反序過程。
And you'll now see the yolk and the white have separated. And now they're going to be poured back into the egg.
并且你可以看到蛋黃和蛋白分開了。現在它們將返回到蛋殼中。
And we all know in our heart of hearts that this is not the way the universe works.
并且我們內心深處都知道這不是宇宙的運行方式。
A scrambled egg is mush -- tasty mush -- but it's mush.
一個被攪拌的雞蛋是糊狀的，好吃的糊狀，但是它是糊狀的。
An egg is a beautiful, sophisticated thing that can create even more sophisticated things, such as chickens.
雞蛋是一個美麗而復雜的東西,它能創造出更加復雜的東西，比如說小雞。
And we know in our heart of hearts that the universe does not travel from mush to complexity.
并且我們內心深處知道宇宙形成并不僅僅是從混沌到復雜的跨度。
In fact, this gut instinct is reflected in one of the most fundamental laws of physics,
實際上，這宇宙形成感覺上是受一種最基本的物理學原理的影響，
the second law of thermodynamics, or the law of entropy.
熱力學第二定律，又稱熵定律。
What that says basically is that the general tendency of the universe is to move from order and structure
它主要闡述了宇宙的總體趨勢是從有序的、有架構的
to lack of order, lack of structure -- in fact, to mush. And that's why that video feels a bit strange.
到無序的，無架構的，事實上，是混沌的。這也是為什么這段錄像感覺有一點點奇怪。
And yet, look around us. What we see around us is staggering complexity.
然而，看看我們周遭。我們周遭所見的是那么驚人的復雜。
Eric Beinhocker estimates that in New York City alone, there are some 10 billion SKUs, or distinct commodities, being traded.
艾瑞克·比因霍克估計光紐約一個城市就有100億的不同貨物正在被交易。
That's hundreds of times as many species as there are on Earth.
這比現存于地球上的物種數量要多成百倍。
And they're being traded by a species of almost seven billion individuals,
而他們是由一個數量接近70億的物種個體進行交易，
who are linked by trade, travel, and the Internet into a global system of stupendous complexity.
這些個體通過交易、旅行、互聯網關聯到一個極其龐大復雜的全球體系。
