And you know, we're young and unemployed,

basically the longest route we can possibly take.

And somewhere in the middle of South Dakota,

"What's up with the Chinese character I keep seeing by the side of the road?"

"路邊那個一直出現的中文字到底是什麼?"

There's actually a gentleman in the front row

正如現在坐在第一排的這三位男士

who's doing a perfect imitation of her look.

because she figures out what I'm talking about.

Right, the famous Chinese character for picnic area.

沒錯，這就是代表野餐區的那個中文字

I've spent the last five years of my life

and what all of this can tell us about human nature.

This might strike you as a strange career move,

or at least to avoid thinking about the possibility

We all know everybody in this room makes mistakes.

我們都知道這裡的每個人都曾經犯錯

The human species, in general, is fallible -- okay fine.

suddenly all of this abstract appreciation of fallibility

and I can't actually think of anything I'm wrong about.

And the thing is, the present tense is where we live.

we go on family vacations in the present tense;

we go to the polls and vote in the present tense.

So effectively, we all kind of wind up traveling through life,

I think it's a problem for each of us as individuals,

and I think it's a problem for all of us collectively as a culture.

我認為我們身為群體，這也造成了文化問題

is, first of all, talk about why we get stuck

moral, intellectual and creative leap you can make.

One reason, actually, has to do with a feeling of being wrong.

or actually, let me ask you guys something, because you're right here:

but they're answers to a different question.

How does it feel to realize you're wrong?

當你意識到你犯錯的時候，你的感覺如何？

Realizing you're wrong can feel like all of that and a lot of other things, right?

意識到你犯錯了就會有剛剛所說的這些感覺，不是嗎？

I mean it can be devastating, it can be revelatory,

like my stupid Chinese character mistake.

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