TED演讲：内向性格的力量(7)

 　　Now, of course, this does not mean that we should all stop collaborating¹ 当然了，这并不意味着我们都应该停止合作

　　and case in point, is Steve Wozniak famously coming together with Steve Jobs to start Apple Computer 恰当的例子呢，是史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克和史蒂夫·乔布斯的著名联手，创建苹果电脑公司，

　　but it does mean that solitude² matters and that for some people it is the air that they breathe. 但是这并不意味着和独处有重大关系。并且对于一些人来说，这是他们赖以呼吸生存的空气。

　　And in fact, we have known for centuries about the transcendent power of solitude. 事实上，几个世纪以来我们已经非常明白独处的卓越力量。

　　It's only recently that we've strangely begun to forget it. 只是到了最近，非常奇怪，我们开始遗忘它了。

　　If you look at most of the world's major religions, you will find seekers -- Moses, Jesus, Buddha³, Muhammad 如果你看看世界上主要的宗教，你会发现探寻者--摩西，耶稣，佛祖，穆罕默德

　　seekers who are going off by themselves alone to the wilderness⁴, 那些独身去探寻的人们，在大自然的旷野中独处，思索，

　　where they then have profound epiphanies and revelations that they then bring back to the rest of the community. So, no wilderness, no revelations. 在那里，他们有了深刻的顿悟和对于奥义的揭示，之后他们把这些思想带回到社会的其他地方去。因此，没有旷原，就没有启示。

　　This is no surprise, though, if you look at the insights of contemporary psychology⁵. 尽管这并不令人惊讶，如果你注意到现代心理学的思想理论。

　　It turns out that we can't even be in a group of people without instinctively⁶ mirroring, mimicking⁷ their opinions. 它反映出来我们甚至不能和一群人待在一起，而不去本能地模仿他们的意见与想法。

　　Even about seemingly personal and visceral things like who you're attracted to, 甚至是看上去私人的，发自内心的事情，像是你被谁所吸引，

　　you will start aping the beliefs of the people around you without even realizing that that's what you're doing. 你会开始模仿你周围的人的信仰，甚至都觉察不到你自己在做什么。

　　And groups famously follow the opinions of the most dominant⁸ or charismatic person in the room, 我们尤其容易，在小圈圈里追随能言善道的角色。

　　even though there's zero correlation⁹ between being the best talker and having the best ideas -- I mean zero. 即使最会说话的人，也并不见得是最有想法的人。根本就不会是。

　　So... You might be following the person with the best ideas, but you might not. 所以说...你可能正在支持最有想法的人，也可能不是。

　　And do you really want to leave it up to chance? 难道你真的不想有雪亮的双眼？

　　Much better for everybody to go off by themselves, generate their own ideas freed from the distortions of group dynamics,  我们何不用自己的双脚走入孤独，领会属于自己的思想，不被群众思想控制，

　　and then come together as a team to talk them through in a well-managed environment and take it from there. 然后再互相合作，在一个健全的环境讨论交流，共同创造成果。

1 collaborating   

合作( collaborate的现在分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
• He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福？汤姆逊学习，而且也是在和他合作。

2 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

3 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

4 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

6 instinctively   

adv.本能地

参考例句：

• As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近，她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 mimicking   

v.（尤指为了逗乐而）模仿( mimic的现在分词 )；酷似

参考例句：

• She's always mimicking the teachers. 她总喜欢模仿老师的言谈举止。
• The boy made us all laugh by mimicking the teacher's voice. 这男孩模仿老师的声音，逗得我们大家都笑了。 来自辞典例句

8 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

9 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。