TED演讲:信息就是食物(5)

And I began to start thinking of myself as we start having mash-ups of fact and fiction, docu-dramas, mockumentaries, whatever you call it.

这时我开始想我们逐渐开始将现实和虚构混合在一起，发展出了纪录剧情片，伪纪录片，名字并不重要。

Are we going to reach the stage where information has a percentage for fact associated with it?

在未来的某个阶段我们会不会给信息标上一个事实比例呢？

We start labeling information for the fact percentage?

用事实比例来标记不同的信息？

Are we going to start looking at what happens when your information source is turned off, as a famine?

如果信息的源头被阻断在信息饥荒中，又会发生什么呢？

Which brings me to the final element of this.

这也是我最后想探讨的一个问题。

Clay Shirky once stated that there is no such animal as information overload¹, there is only filter failure.

ClayShirky曾经说过世界上不存在信息过载，只有过滤失败。

I put it to you that information, if viewed from the point of food, is never a production issue; you never speak of food overload.

我认为，如果从食物的角度思考，信息的问题不在于生产；没有人会说食物过剩。

Fundamentally it's a consumption issue. And we have to start thinking about how we create diets within ourselves,

从根本上说，这是一个摄入的问题。我们必须开始思考我们如何用合理的饮食习惯

exercise within ourselves, to have the faculties² to be able to deal with information, to have the labeling to be able to do it responsibly.

和身体锻炼帮助身体处理消化各类信息，确保信息得到准确有效的标记。

In fact, when I saw "Supersize Me," I starting thinking of saying,

事实上，我看《大号的我》的时候就在想，

What would happen if an individual had 31 days nonstop Fox News? Would there be time to be able to work with it?

如果一个人连续看三十一天不眠不休的看福克斯新闻会怎么样？他会有时间消化这些信息吗？

So you start really understanding that you can have diseases, toxins³, a need to balance your diet,

这样你就会明白你可能会得病、中毒，你需要平衡你的饮食，

and once you start looking, and from that point on, everything I have done

一旦开始这样想，从那个时刻开始，与信息有关的事情：“

in terms of the consumption of information, the production of information, the preparation of information,

信息的摄入、信息的生产、信息的处理，

I've looked at from the viewpoint of food. It has probably not helped my waistline any because I like practicing on both sides.

我都从食物的角度去思考。这可能让我的腰围愈发可观因为无论是信息还是食物我都喜欢亲身实验。

But I'd like to leave you with just that question:

最后，我还是希望将这样一个问题留给你们：

If you began to think of all the information that you consume the way you think of food, what would you do differently?

如果从食物的角度看待你接受的所有信息，你会做出怎样的改变？

Thank you very much for your time.

谢谢大家。

1 overload   

vt.使超载；n.超载

参考例句：

• Don't overload the boat or it will sink.别超载，否则船会沉。
• Large meals overload the digestive system.吃得太饱会加重消化系统的负担。

2 faculties   

n.能力( faculty的名词复数 )；全体教职员；技巧；院

参考例句：

• Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他虽年届九旬，但头脑仍然清晰。
• All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中，你的全部才能已起到了作用。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 toxins   

n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
• Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》