时差N小时:数位时代对情绪的影响

Harvard University professor John Palfrey recentlyspoke in Taipei on the subject of youth andcontemporary media, the digital age, andparenting. I read the news on his lecture with care."(Palfrey) said it is down to parents and schools todetermine which life skills-human interaction,argument making, [or] analysis-children shoulddevelop. Digital content can be a powerful tool tosupport those goals..."

哈弗大学教授约翰?帕尔弗里近日在台北就青年、当代媒体、数位时代和父母对子女的教育等问题发表讲话。我用心阅读了关于他演讲的新闻。帕尔弗里说道，总是由家长和学校来决定孩子应该朝哪项技能方面发展——反应能力，辩论能力或是分析能力。数字内容是个能实现这些目标的强大工具。

I would like to put in a word for the first skill, human interaction.

我想用一个字来概括第一项技能，反应能力。

One deficiency from which I feel many college students suffer these days is in self-knowledge and an understanding of how their words and actions affect others. That may beanother way to speak of "EQ," or "emotional quotient."

我能体会到当今许多大学生在自我认知和觉察自己的言行对别人的影响方面很匮乏。换句话说，就是“EQ”，或者“情商”低。

"IQ" designates a student's ability to grasp and express ideas and to know how to putknowledge to good use, so it follows that EQ points to people's understanding of themselves andtheir impact on those around them.

“IQ”代表的是学生领会和表达观点的能力，知道怎么学以致用的能力，因此EQ则是指人们对自身，及自己对周围人的影响的理解能力。

I sometimes wonder if too many of our young friends are overly computer literate, even asthey are starving inwardly from loneliness and alienation. How many college students inTaiwan are more adept at Internet use and software than they are at human relationships? Toomany, I am afraid.

我时常在想，是不是我们许多年轻朋友过于精通电脑文化，甚至他们的饥饿感是来自于孤独和寂寞。有多少台湾大学生对于互联网和软件的使用越来越熟练，却日渐疏于人际关系呢?恐怕有很多。