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Let's talk about thrift. Thrift is a concept where you reduce, reuse and recycle, but yet with an economic aspect I think has a real potential for change.
讓我們說說節儉。節儉是一個關于減少使用，重復利用，回收再利用的一個概念，但在經濟方面，我覺得它可以帶來真正的改變。
My grandmother, she knew about thrift. This is her string jar. She never bought any string.
我的祖母，她知道怎么節儉。這是她放皮筋兒的罐子，她從來不買皮筋兒，
Basically, she would collect string. It would come from the butcher's, it would come from presents.
只是收集它們。這些皮筋兒來自于肉鋪，或者是禮品包裝。
She would put it in the jar and then use it when it was needed.
她會把繩子存到罐子里，當需要用時，再取出來。
When it was finished, whether it was tying up the roses or a part of my bike, once finished with that, it'd go back into the jar.
用完后，不管是用它來扎玫瑰花束，還是我的自行車部件，用完后它就會重新回到罐子中。
This is a perfect idea of thrift; you use what you need, you don't actually purchase anything, so you save money.
這是一個很棒的節約理念；你只用你需要的，不用去買太多東西，所以能省不少錢。
Kids also inherently know this idea. When you want to throw out a cardboard box, the average kid will say, "Don't!
孩子們天生就知道如何節儉，當你想丟棄一個紙箱時，孩子一般會說，“別扔！
I want to use it for a robot head or for a canoe to paddle down a river."
我想用來做機器人的頭，或者做成獨木舟去漂流。”
They understand the value of the second life of products.
他們知道產品二次利用的價值。
So, I think thrift is a perfect counterpoint to the current age which we live in.
我認為節儉與我們當今所處的時代完美對應。
All of our current products are replaceable. When we get that bright, new, shiny toy, it's because, basically, we got rid of the old one.
目前我們所有的產品都是可替代的。當我們得到一件嶄新的、閃亮的玩具，是因為我們把舊的丟掉了。
The idea of that is, of course, it's great in the moment, but the challenge is, as we keep doing this, we're going to cause a problem.
沒錯，當時的感覺很美好，但如果我們一直這么做，就會產生一個問題。
