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Something as dramatic as our identity has now become a matter of choice, as this slide is meant to indicate.
如今像我們的性別身份這類的事都成了選擇的話題了，就像這張幻燈片試圖說明的那樣。
We don't inherit an identity; we get to invent it.
現在我們的性別不是從父母那里繼承下來，而是由自己來發明。
And we get to re-invent ourselves as often as we like.
這樣我們就可以隨心所欲地的重新塑造自己的性別身份。
And that means that every day, when you wake up in the morning, you have to decide what kind of person you want to be.
這也意味每天早上你醒來，你先得對今天你想做個什么樣的人，男的還是女的做出決定。
With respect to marriage and family,
在婚姻家庭方面，
there was a time when the default assumption that almost everyone had is that you got married as soon as you could,
在過去每個人到了年齡就結婚，這幾乎是理所當然的事，
and then you started having kids as soon as you could.
然后就是盡快生兒育女。
The only real choice was who, not when, and not what you did after.
唯一你需要選擇的就是和誰結婚，而不是什么時候結，也不是結婚以后做什么。
Nowadays, everything is very much up for grabs.
而如今呢，所有的事都可以拿來挑挑揀揀。
I teach wonderfully intelligent students, and I assign 20 percent less work than I used to.
我教的是一群優秀又聰明的學生，可是現在我給他們布置的作業比從前少了五分之一。
And it's not because they're less smart, and it's not because they're less diligent.
這不是因為他們（比以前的學生）笨，也不是因為他們不那么勤奮。
It's because they are preoccupied, asking themselves, "Should I get married or not? Should I get married now?
原因是他們現在腦子都裝滿了各種事情，總是在問自己：我到底該結婚還是不該結婚？是該現在結？
Should I get married later? Should I have kids first, or a career first?"
還是以后再說？我是該先要孩子，還是先顧事業？
All of these are consuming questions. And they're going to answer these questions,
這些都是費腦筋的問題。這些問題他們都必須回答，
whether or not it means not doing all the work I assign and not getting a good grade in my courses.
不論他們是做還是不做我布置的功課，也不論他們在我的課上拿個什么成績。
And indeed they should. These are important questions to answer.
他們的確應該去想這些問題。因為這都是些重要問題。
Work -- we are blessed, as Carl was pointing out,
如今做工作，像卡爾先前說的，我們真的是有福氣，
with the technology that enables us to work every minute of every day from any place on the planet -- except the Randolph Hotel.
技術的進步使得我們可以在一天的任何時間，在地球的任一角落工作，當然這個蘭多夫旅店除外。
