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The entire economic team, all the way up to president Xi Jinping himself,
所有的經濟小組，一直到習近平總書記本人，
talk very specifically and clearly about financial risks as gray rhinos, and how they can tame them.
都會很清晰具體地講述經濟風險，并用上灰犀牛的比喻，并且討論他們會怎樣制服它。
Now, to be sure, China and the US have very, very different systems of government, which affects what they're able to do or not.
很明顯，中國和美國有著差異很大的政府系統，這影響著他們的能力范圍，
And many of the root causes for their economic problems are totally different.
并且兩個國家的經濟問題根源也完全不同。
But it's no secret that both countries have problems with debt, with inequality and with economic productivity.
雖說如此，兩國都存在問題已不是秘密，例如債務，不平等和經濟生產力。
So how come the conversations are so different? You could actually ask this question, not just about countries, but about just about everyone.
到底為何這些對話如此不同？其實這個問題不僅適用于國家，也適用于每個人。
The auto companies that put safety first and the ones that don't bother to recall their shoddy cars until after people die.
那些把安全放在第一位的汽車公司，和一些從不考慮召回他們的劣質汽車的公司，直到有人喪命。
The grandparents who, in preparing for the inevitable -- the ones who have the eulogy written, the menu for the funeral lunch.
那些為不可避免的離世而做準備的祖父母——那些已經將寫好悼詞和葬禮午餐菜單的。
My grandparents did. And everything but the final date chiseled into the gravestone.
我的祖父母就這樣做了。包括所有其他的事情，除了刻到墳墓上的最后日期。
But then you have the grandparents on the other side, who don't put their final affairs in order,
但當你又有與我相反的祖父母，他們不規劃自己臨終時的事情，
who don't get rid of all the junk they've been hoarding for decades and decades and leave their kids to deal with it.
他們不輕易擺脫掉那些他們已經囤積了數十載的廢舊物品，并且留給他們的子女去解決。
So what makes the difference between one side and the other? Why do some people see things and deal with them, and the other ones just look away?
那么兩種方式的差別在哪里？為什么有的人會注意到問題并解決，而其他人僅會無視？
