day.

一天。

You would think that I am dumb because there is no way that a smart, intelligent person

你會認為我是個啞巴，因為一個聰明的、有智慧的人不可能做到

like you is manipulated without realising that.

像你這樣的人是被操縱而不自知的。

I am not here undermining anyones intelligence, but thats the point of manipulation.

我不是在這裡破壞任何人的智商，但這是操縱的重點。

The moment you realize you are manipulated, its no longer a manipulation.

當你意識到自己被操縱的那一刻，它就不再是操縱了。

The problem is that, the foundation of media is based on manipulation and since we are

問題是，媒體的基礎是建立在操縱的基礎上，而我們既然是。

living in this advanced world of technology and social media.

生活在這個先進的技術和社交媒體世界裡。

We are all victims one way or another.

我們都是這樣或那樣的受害者。

Let me just explain.

讓我來解釋一下。

Whenever you watch the news or come across headlines when you are scrolling through your

每當你看新聞或在滾動瀏覽新聞標題時，你就會發現，你在看新聞。

newsfeed.

新聞聯播。

The news are always negative and dramatic as if we are living in the worst period of

新聞總是負面和戲劇性的，好像我們生活在最糟糕的時期。

human history.

人類歷史。

The economy is about to collapse, the immigrants are talking over our jobs or the neighbouring

經濟要崩潰了，移民說要搶我們的飯碗，要不就搶鄰居的飯碗。

country is about to attack us.

國家即將攻擊我們。

And that really gives you the impression that the world is heading in the wrong direction.

而這真的讓你感覺到，這個世界正在朝著錯誤的方向發展。

But the truth is that, the world has never been better or safer as its today.

但事實是，這個世界從來沒有像今天這樣美好或安全。

In the last 100 years, humanity has progressed so much that billions of people have been

在過去的100年裡，人類取得了巨大的進步，數十億人被

lifted our of poverty, life expectancy has grown all around the world and violence has been reduced significantly.

擺脫了貧困，世界各地的生活水準提高了，暴力事件顯著減少。

In fact, This is how fast the economy has been growing.

事實上，這就是經濟發展的速度。

Most of the growth has happened in the last few decades.

大部分的增長都發生在過去的幾十年裡。

Over half of the world's population has been living in extreme poverty 60 years ago for example, and now that number is below 10 percent.

60年前，世界上一半以上的人口生活在極端貧困中，而今該數字低於10%。

But thats not the impression you are given when you watch the news.

但這不是你看新聞時的印象。

The problem is that, in 19th century.

問題是，在19世紀。

People in advertising and journalism realised that if they framed their stories and appealed

廣告業和新聞業的人意識到，如果他們把故事框架化，並吸引了更多的人，他們就會有更多的機會。

with FEAR, they could grab much more attentions.

與FEAR，他們可以吸引更多的注意力。

Because the emotion of FEAR is so powerful that we find it difficult to control.

因為fear的情緒非常強大，我們很難控制。

So they started shifting our attention from latest crime, financial crisis to the next

所以他們開始把我們的注意力從最新的犯罪，金融危機轉移到下一個問題上。

scandal.

醜聞。

Go to any news websites and you will find that 90 percent of their headlines are targeted

去任何一個新聞網站，你會發現他們90%的標題都是有針對性的。

on your emotions of fear.

在你恐懼的情緒上。

For example, these experts have been claiming that dollar is going to collapse in the next

例如，這些專家一直宣稱，美元將在未來崩盤。

few years.

幾年。

Or the financial crisis that will happen next year is completely going to destroy US economy.

或者明年發生的金融危機將徹底摧毀美國經濟。

But that next year never seem to happen.

但明年似乎永遠不會發生。

Of course these experts have a point to certain expend but the way its framed is absolutely

當然，這些專家的某些花費是有道理的，但其框架的方式絕對是

misleading just to grab your attention.

誤導性只是為了吸引你的注意力。

Or let's take an example of Trump.

還是以特朗普為例。

Whether you like him or not.

不管你喜不喜歡他。

He constantly uses this strategy to grab attention of the public.

他不斷用這種策略來吸引公眾的注意力。

After all, he has been on television for decades and thats how he got famous in the first place.

畢竟他上了幾十年的電視，當初就是這樣出名的。

The only thing that we all remember from his presidential campaign is that he wanted to

在他競選總統的過程中，大家唯一記得的是，他想。

build a wall to stop all of immigrants from taking over our jobs, which never happened.

修建一堵牆來阻止所有的移民搶走我們的工作，這從來沒有發生過。

In fact, he constantly talks about how the entire world wants to rip off US and take

事實上，他經常說，整個世界都想從美國身上撕下來，拿著

advantage of it, especially this particular country (Chine).

的優勢，尤其是這個特殊的國家（奇納）。

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to put him down if you are a trump supporter.

不要誤會，如果你是川普的支持者，我並不是要貶低他。

Thats how the media and politics has always been working.

這就是媒體和政治一直以來的運作方式。

The point of this video is to tell you that.

這個視頻的重點就是告訴你。

Don't be driven by fear because there will always be someone who will take advantage

不要被恐懼所驅使，因為總有一些人會佔便宜

of it and you will always be mislead.

的，你永遠會被誤導。

Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed this video, thanks for watching, and I will catch you

無論如何，希望你們喜歡這個視頻，謝謝你們的觀看，我會追上你們的。

in the next one.

在下一個。