2018年最棒的十个TED演讲。英语读头条（第485期）

2018年最棒的十个TED演讲。

英语读头条（第485期）
The 10 best TED talks of 2018, according to the head of TED TED组织者称，这些是2018年最棒的十个TED演讲
By Jessica Stillman ︱Dec. 17, 2018
Ever wonder how people get chosen to speak at TED? Well, it's curator Chris Anderson's job to weed through the thousands upon thousands of possibilities and choose who will appear on the event's prestigious main stage. Clearly, the guy is amazing at separating the wheat from the intellectual chaff.
有没有想过那些演讲者是如何被选来在TED的讲台上为大家演讲的？嗯，策划人克里斯·安德森的工作就是从成千上万个候选人中挑选谁能在这个有声望的舞台上出现的。

很显然，这个家伙的眼力不得不说是超级令人感佩的。

Which is why TED fans (or anyone looking to make themselves smarter and more aware in easily digestible 20-minute chunks) should pay attention to Anderson's picks for the 10 best TED talks of 2018. Touching on topics ranging from astronomy to social justice to artificial intelligence, they are guaranteed to change how you think about the world.
这就是为什么TED的粉丝们（或者任何希望自己更聪明、或在20分钟的演讲里获得更易理解的内容的人）应该关注安德森所选出来的2018年度TED最佳的十场演讲，它们涵盖了从天文学、社会公正到人工智能等主题，它们一定会改变你对世界的看法。

1. "How we need to remake the internet," by Jaron Lanier
1、“我们该如何重塑互联网”，Jaron Lanier
"In this visionary talk, Lanier reflects on a 'globally tragic, astoundingly ridiculous mistake' companies like Google and Facebook made at the foundation of digital culture -- and how we can undo it," explains TED.
“在这个富有远见的演讲中，拉尼尔讲述了一个像谷歌和脸书这样的公司在数字文化的基础上所犯下的“全球性的悲剧、令人震惊的、荒谬的错误”，—以及我们如何才能撤消它。

“TED解释说。

2. "A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow," by Kate Raworth
2、“一个健康的经济应该被设计成繁荣，而不是增长”，Kate Raworth
What would an ideal and sustainable economy look like? "Like a doughnut," answers Oxford economist Kate Raworth in this intriguing talk.
一个理想的和可持续的经济会是什么样子?牛津大学的经济学家凯特·拉沃思在这次有趣的演讲中回答说：“应该像个甜甜圈。

”
3. "Is the world better better or worse? A look at the numbers," by Steven Pinker
3、世界是变好了，还是更坏了？看看数字，”史蒂文·平克说。

Bill Gates's favorite author used data to make the case that, despite what you might see on the evening news, the world really is getting better. And if we approach problems correctly, we can make it even better still.
比尔·盖茨最喜欢的作家使用数据来证明，无论你在晚间新闻上看到了什么，这个世界确实正在越变越好。

如果我们用正确的方式来处理问题，我们还可以使这个世界变得更好。

4. "What are the most important moral problems of our time?" by Will MacAskill
4。

我们这个时代最重要的道德问题是什么？”Will MacAskill
Humanity has no shortage of problems. In this talk, the Oxford philosopher and "effective altruism" advocate ponders an important question: Which should we tackle first?
人性从来都不缺乏问题。

在这个演讲中，这位来自牛津大学的哲学家和“有效利他主义”倡导者提出了一个重要问题：我们究竟应该
先解决哪个问题？
5. "What if we ended the injustice of bail?" by Robin Steinberg
5、“如果我们取消这不公正的保释制度会怎样？”Robin Steinberg
"On any given night, more than 450,000 people in the United States are locked up in jail simply because they do not have enough money to pay bail," reports TED. Is that just?
“在任何一个夜晚，美国有超过45万人被关进监狱，就是因为他们没有足够的钱，来支付保释金，”TED报道。

这样公正吗？
6. "Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail," by Ozlem Cekic
6、我为什么要和那些给我发仇恨邮件的人一起喝咖啡？
When Ozlem Cekic was elected in 2007 as the first female Muslim woman to serve in the Danish parliament, her email inbox was flooded with hate mail. At first she ignored it, but then she struck on a radical idea: Why not reach out to the senders and grab a coffee?
2007年，当Ozlem Cekic当选为丹麦议会的第一位穆斯林女性时，她的邮箱里充斥着仇恨邮件。

起初她并没有理睬，但后来她想出了一个激进的主意：为什么不去找那些发信人喝杯咖啡呢？
7. "Why it's worth listening to people you disagree with," by Zachary R. Wood
7、“为什么听听与你意见相左的人的话是值得的”，Zachary R. Wood
"Tuning out opposite viewpoints doesn't make them go away," Wood points out in this talked well suited to our polarized
age. "To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of our humanity."
Wood指出：“排除对立的观点并不会使它们消失。

”在这个演讲中，Wood说，这种观点非常适合我们这个两极分化的时代。

为了在逆境中取得进展，我们需要真诚地致力于加深对人类的理解。

”
8. "Where are all the aliens?" by Stephen Webb
8、“外星人都在哪儿？”，Stephen Webb
The appeal of this one is pretty well summed up by its title. If you've ever wondered why, with billions of stars in the sky, we don't have regular alien visitors, astronomer Stephen Wood offers a bracing answer: We're actually alone in the universe.
这一诉求在它的标题中已经得到了充分的概括。

如果你也曾经设法了解天空中有数十亿颗恒星，怎么会没有外星人定期来访问我们呢？天文学家斯蒂芬·伍德给出了一个令人心旷神怡的答案：在宇宙中，我们其实是很孤独的。

9. "The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system" by Karen J. Meech
《乌瓜穆亚，来自另一个星系的第一位访客》，凯伦·J·米奇
Another one for astronomy fans and star gazers. The tale of how Karen J. Meech and her team raced to understand 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object detected passing through our solar system from somewhere beyond. Is it a hunk of an alien craft, the leftovers of supernova, or something else entirely?
对于天文迷和恒星观察者们来说，这是另外一个有趣的演讲。

这
个故事讲述了凯伦·J·米奇和她的团队如何争先恐后地去理解“乌瓜穆亚”的故事，它是第一个从太阳系以外的地方穿过我们太阳系的星际物体。

它究竟是外星飞船的大块头、超新星的残骸，还是根本就是一个别的什么东西？
10. "How AI can save our humanity" by Kai-Fu Lee
10、“人工智能如何拯救人类”，李开复
"In a visionary talk, computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee details how the U.S. and China are driving a deep learning revolution -- and shares a blueprint for how humans can thrive in the age of AI by harnessing compassion and creativity," explains TED.
TED解释说：“在一次富有远见的演讲中，计算机科学家李开复详细介绍了美国和中国如何推动一场深度学习的革命，并分享了人类如何利用同情心和创造力在人工智能时代茁壮成长的蓝图。

”。