Name: 【TEDx】TED-Ed：如何成為一個社會學家：一個激進的「同理心」實驗 (A radical experiment in empathy: Sam Richards at TEDxPSU)
Uploaded: 2014-05-31T04:10:16.000Z
Duration: 19 min 16 s

"What is sociology?" and I tell them it's the study of the way

我告訴他們這是對社會學的研究

in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.

中，人類被他們看不到的東西所塑造。

And they say "So, how can I be a sociologist?"

他們會說"那麼，我怎麼能成為一個社會學家呢"

"How can I understand those invisible forces?"

"我怎麼能理解那些無形的力量呢"

It all begins with empathy. Take yourself out of your shoes and put yourself

這一切都始於同理心。把自己從你的鞋子裡拿出來，把自己

So I imagine my life if a hundred years ago, China had been

所以我想象著我的生活，如果在一百年前，中國已經是

and they came to the United States in search of coal.

And they found it, and in fact they found lots of it right here.

他們找到了，事實上他們在這裡就找到了很多。

And pretty soon they began shipping that coal ton by ton,

很快他們就開始一噸一噸地運煤。

rail car by rail car, boat load by boat load back to China

軌交車，船裝車，船裝車回國。

And they got fabulously weatlthy in doing so.

而且他們在這樣做的過程中得到了很好的鍛鍊。

They built beautiful cities all powered on that coal.

他們建立了美麗的城市，所有的動力都來自於這些煤炭。

And back here in the United States we saw economic despair, depravation.

而在美國，我們看到的是經濟上的絕望，墮落。

This is what I saw. I saw people struggling to get by,

這就是我看到的。我看到人們在掙扎著過日子。

not knowing what was what and what was next.

不知道什麼是什麼，下一步是什麼。

I say, "How is it possible that we can be so poor in the United States,

我說，"我們美國怎麼可能這麼窮。

because the coal is such a wealthy resource. It's so much money?"

因為煤炭是如此豐富的資源。它'這麼多錢嗎"

And I realize because the Chinese ingratiated themselves

with a small ruling class here in the United States

在美國的少數統治階級的支持下

who stole all of that money and all of that wealth for themselves.

誰偷走了所有的錢和所有的財富為自己所用。

And the rest of us, the vast majority of us struggle to get by.

而我們剩下的人，絕大部分人都在苦苦掙扎。

And the Chinese gave this small ruling elite loads

而中國人給了這個小的統治精英們很多東西

of military weapons and sophisticated technology in order to insure

軍事武器和尖端技術，以確保其安全。

that people like me would not speak out against this relationship.

像我這樣的人是不會反對這種關係的。

And they did things like train Americans to help protect the coal.

他們還做了一些事情，比如訓練美國人幫助保護煤炭。

And everywhere were symbols of the Chinese.

And back in China? What do they say in China? Nothing.

那回中國呢？在中國他們怎麼說？什麼都不說

They don't talk about us. They don't talk about the coal.

他們不談論我們。他們不'談煤。

If you ask them they'll say, "Well, you know, the coal?

如果你問他們，他們'會說，"嗯，你知道，煤？

我們需要煤。我的意思是，來吧。 "

"I'm not going to turn down my thermostat. You can't expect that."

"我'不會調低我的恆溫器。你不能期望這樣."

as do lots of average people, and we fight back.

和很多普通人一樣，我們也要反擊。

And it gets really ugly and the Chinese respond in a very ugly way.

而這一切變得非常醜陋，中國人的反應也非常醜陋。

And before we know it they've sent in the tanks

在我們意識到之前，他們已經派來了坦克。

and they've sent in the troops and lots of people are dying.

和他們'已經發送的軍隊 和很多人都死了。

And it's a very, very difficult situation.

而這是一個非常非常困難的情況。

So, can you feel me? Can you imagine what you would feel

那麼，你能感覺到我嗎？你能想象你會有什麼感覺嗎？

Can you imagine walking out of this building and seeing a tank

你能想象走出這棟樓，看到一輛坦克嗎？

sitting out there or a truck full of soldiers.

坐在那裡或滿載阿兵哥的卡車。

Just imagine what you would feel because you know why they're here

想象一下你會有什麼感覺，因為你知道他們為什麼在這裡。

and you know what they're doing here, and you just feel the anger

你知道他們在這裡做什麼， 你只是覺得憤怒

and you feel the fear. Okay? If you can, that's empathy.

你就會感到恐懼好嗎？ - 如果可以，那就是同理心。如果你能，這就是同理心。

That's empathy. You've left your shoes and stood in mine.

這就是同理心。你已經離開了你的鞋子，站在我的鞋子裡。

And you gotta feel that. Okay, so that's the warmup. That's the warmup.

你要感受到這一點。好了，所以這就是熱身。這就是熱身。

Now we're going to have the real radical experiment.

現在我們'要進行真正的激進實驗。

And so for the remainder of my talk what I want you to do

所以在我剩下的演講中，我想讓你們做的是：

is put yourselves in the shoes of an ordinary Arab Muslim

是把自己放在一個普通的阿拉伯穆斯林的立場上。

living in the Middle East, in particular in Iraq.

生活在中東，特別是伊拉克的人。

perhaps you're a member of this middle class family in Baghdad.

也許你'是巴格達這個中產階級家庭的成員。

And what you want is the best for your kids.

而你想要的是對你的孩子最好的。

You want your kids to have a better life.

你希望你的孩子有更好的生活。

And you watch the news. You pay attention. You read the newspaper.

而你看新聞。你關注。你看報紙。

You go down to the coffee shop with your friends.

你和你的朋友們一起去了咖啡店。

And you read the newspapers from around the world,

and sometimes you even watch satellite CNN from the United States

有時你甚至可以從美國看衛星CNN。

so you have a sense of what the Americans are thinking.

這樣你就知道美國人在想什麼了。

But really you just want a better life for yourself.

但其實你只是想讓自己過上更好的生活。

That's what you want. You're Arab Muslim living in Iraq.

這就是你想要的。你是生活在伊拉克的阿拉伯穆斯林。

You want a better life for yourself. So here, let me help you.

你想讓自己過上更好的生活。所以，在這裡，讓我來幫助你。

Let me help you with some things that you might be thinking.

讓我幫你解決一些你可能會想到的問題。

Number one, this incursion into your land these past twenty years and before?

第一，這次入侵你的地盤這二十年來和之前？

The reason anyone's interested in your land in particular the United States?

有人對你的土地特別是美國感興趣的原因是什麼？

But it's all about oil. You know that. Everybody knows that.

但這都是為了石油。你知道的每個人都知道。

People here back in the United States know it's about oil.

回到美國這裡的人都知道是關於石油的。

It's because somebody else has a design for your resource.

這'是因為別人對你的資源有設計。

It's your resource. It's not somebody else's, right? It's your land.

這是你的資源。這不是別人的，對嗎？這是你的土地。

It's your resource. Somebody else has a design for it.

這是你的資源。別人有一個設計。

And you know why they have a design? You know why they have their eyes set on it?

你知道他們為什麼會有設計嗎？你知道他們為什麼會盯上它嗎？

Because they have an entire economic system that's dependent on that oil.

因為他們有一個完整的經濟體系，'的依賴石油。

Foreign oil. Oil from other parts of the world that they don't own.

外國石油。來自世界其他地方的石油，他們並不擁有。

And what else do you think about these people?

Well, the Americans, they're rich! Come on, they live in big houses, they have big cars,

好吧，美國人，他們很有錢!來吧，他們住在大房子裡，他們有大車。

they have blonde hair, blue eyes. They're happy. You think that.

他們有金色的頭髮，藍色的眼睛。他們很快樂你認為。

It's not true, of course, but that's the media impression. That's like what you get?

當然，這不是真的，但這是媒體的印象。這'就像你得到的？

And they have big cities and the cities are all dependent on oil.

而且他們有大城市，城市都是依靠石油。

Poverty, despair, struggle. Look, you don't live in a wealthy country.

貧窮、絕望、掙扎。你看，你不生活在一個富裕的國家。

This is what you see -- you see people struggling to get by.

這就是你所看到的 -- 你看到的是人們為了生存而掙扎。

I mean it's not easy. You see a lot of poverty and you feel something about this.

我的意思是它'不容易。你看到很多貧困，你對這個有感覺。