财富精英励志演讲 05:我生命中的三个故事(5)

[00:01.16] This was the closest I 've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. 这是我距离死亡最近的一次，我希望它也是未来几十年里我离死亡最近的一次。 [00:07.17] Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. 经历了这件事，死亡对我而言已经不再只是一种有益却仅限于纯粹想象的概念，因此我可以更加确信地跟你们谈起我对死亡的看法：没有人想要死， [00:18.35] Even people who want to go to heaven do not want to die to get there. 即使人们想上天堂, 他们也不会为了去那里而死， [00:22.43] And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. 但是死亡是我们共同的终点，从来没有人能够逃脱它。 [00:28.38] And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. 而这也是合理的，因为死亡很可能是生命最好的一项发明， [00:35.25] It is Life's change agent. 它是生命变化的推动者， [00:37.02] It clears out the old to make way for the new. 它清除老朽而为新生代开路。 [00:40.16] Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. 现在的你们就是新生代，但是在不久之后的某天，你们就会渐渐变成老朽而被清除出人生的舞台。 [00:48.49] Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. 抱歉说得这么夸张，但是这是事实。 [00:52.57] Your time is limited, so do not waste it living someone else's life. 你的时间有限，别浪费生命过别人的生活。 [00:58.19] do not be trapped by dogma? which is living with the results of other people's thinking. 要被教条所束缚，因为那是别人生活的目的。 [01:03.29] do not let the noise of others ' opinions drown out your own inner voice. 别让其他人的不同意见压过你自己内心的声音。 [01:07.39] And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. 最重要的是，要勇于追随自己的内心和直觉， [01:11.56] They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. 它们其实早已知道你想要成为什么，除此以外都是次要的。 [01:21.38] When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. 当我年轻的时候，有一份非常精彩的刊物，叫做《全球概览》，那是我们那一代人视为圣经的读物之一。 [01:38.38] It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. 它由斯图尔特·布兰德在离这里不远的门洛帕克创办，他把诗意带进杂志，赋予它鲜活的生命力。 [01:46.35] This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. 那是在1960年代末，这本刊物全部由打字机、剪刀和宝丽来相机制作出来。 [01:55.01] It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. 有点像平装版的谷歌，但早于谷歌问世35年。这就是理想主义，充满着整洁的工具和伟大的奇想。 [02:05.41] Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. 斯图尔特和他的团队出版了几期《全球概览》之后，顺其自然地出版了最后一期。 [02:13.42] It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. 那是1970年代中期，而我正如你们这般年纪。 [02:18.55] On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, 在最后一期的封底上，是一条清晨乡间小路的照片， [02:24.37] the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. 如果你富有冒险精神，它可能就是你要搭车的那种小路。 [02:29.13] Beneath it were the words:" Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. 照片下面是一行字：“求知若饥，虚心若愚”。那就是他们停刊的临别赠言。 [02:37.20] Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. 求知若饥，虚心若愚。 [02:40.26] And I have always wished that for myself. 我总是对自己抱着这样的期望。 [02:43.57] And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. 而现在，在你们毕业即将踏上新生活的一刻，我也这样祝愿你们。 [02:49.15] Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. 求知若饥，虚心若愚。 [02:52.13] Thank you all very much. 非常感谢你们。

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