Making the Future.

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Marieke Hart. Co-funder of shareyourmeal.net The power of sharing

瑪麗格哈格，荷蘭Share your meal網站共同創辦人。分享的力量

I believe in the power of sharing.

我相信分享的力量

And I would like to share with you why.

而且我想向你們分享為什麼

My story begins with our next door neighbor, Genelva, who loves to cook.

我要從我的隔壁鄰居說起，她叫吉諾瓦，喜歡下廚

At least, that's what we assumed based on the delicious scent coming from her kitchen whenever she was cooking.

至少我們這麼推斷，因為每次她做飯時總是飄來誘人香味

Now meet my husband, Jan Thij, who loves to eat.

這是我的丈夫，楊泰，他喜歡吃

Often he looked at me regretfully when he saw what I had prepared for him on his plate

常常他會可憐兮兮地看著我，當他望著盤中我幫他準備的食物

while smelling whatever was simmering in Genelva's kitchen next door.

同時聞著隔壁吉諾瓦的廚房燉煮食物的香味

So we went and asked Genelva if she would share her meals with us.

所以我們登門拜訪，問吉諾瓦願不願意分享她煮的佳餚

It was a little awkward at first standing there

一開始，站在那有點尷尬

but luckily for us she reacted with great enthusiasm.

但幸運的是，她以滿滿的熱情回應

So the next Saturday, we walked up to her front door with few Euros in our hands and some plates

因此下個周六，我們手握一點歐元和幾個盤子，走向她家門口

and after a nice chat we returned home with some delicious pumpkin soup.

我們相談甚歡，抱著美味的南瓜湯回家

We discovered several great benefits of sharing.

我們發現分享有不少好處

First of course that homemade meal and that you maybe could not have made yourself.

第一個當然就是，你能吃到你或許自己做不來的家常菜

But second, sharing is a great way to get to know your neighbors.

除此之外，分享菜餚是認識鄰居的絕佳方式

And third, cooking for more people is more efficient and so less food has to be wasted.

最後，一次煮給很多人吃比較經濟，不容易浪費食物

From that moment on Genelva cooked for us on a regular basis.

自從那開始，吉諾瓦固定為我們做菜

And we were so passionate about sharing that we decided to build an online platform

而我們則對「分享」著迷，決定創一個網路平台

to enable people from all over the Netherlands and abroad to do it.

讓所有荷蘭人和其他國家的人都能這麼做

That was a year ago.

那是一年前的事

Now, over forty thousand people share food with their neighbors through our platform.

現在，超過四萬人用這個平台和鄰居分享食物

Every evening around four hundred strangers stand in the kitchen of one of their neighbors to share food.

每天晚上，大概有四百個陌生人，站在其中一位鄰居的廚房內分享食物

Sharing is contagious.

分享是有感染力的

Since we started sharing food, I noticed opportunities for sharing everywhere.

自從我們開始分享食物，我隨處都看見分享的機會

And I believe you all have a lot to share as well.

而我也相信你們都有不少可以分享的東西

Let's see hands

我來調查一下

to the cars.

對於汽車

Who of you owns a car?

你們誰有車?

OK. Almost everybody right?

好，幾乎每個人都有對吧?

Did you know that on average a car sits idle twenty three hours a day.

你知道嗎? 每輛車一天平均閒置二十三小時

Why not share it?

那幹嘛不把它和別人分享呢?

I don't love my car as much as the prior speakers do.

不像前面的幾位講者，我沒那麼愛我的車

So why not share it?

所以何不分享?

Another question. Who of you has a book at home that you've already enjoyed and probably won't read again?

另一個問題。你們誰家裡有本你已經看過，且八成不會再看的書?

Hands.

請舉手

I guess everybody.

我猜每個人都有吧

I have tons of those lying around the house.

我家就有一大堆這種書

Probably those books still have value to someone else.

對其他人來說，這些書或許還有價值

Why not swap them?

何不和別人交換?

Last question. Who owns a ladder? Hands again.

最後一個問題，有誰家有梯子? 舉手

Take a second to think back how often you used your ladder in the last year.

請花一秒鐘想想，去年你多常使用這把梯子

I used ours only twice.

我只用了兩次

Why not just borrow one from one of your neighbors?

何不和鄰居借一把就好呢?

We all have a lot to share. That's clear.

我們都有很多可以分享的東西，這點無庸置疑

There's even an entire sharing economy going on.

現在甚至有一整個「分享經濟」

One of the beauties of sharing economy is that access trumps ownership.

分享經濟其中一個特點是，管道遠比擁有權重要

You don't need to own everything yourself that you want to use.

你不需擁有所有你需要的東西

Sharing is not new.

分享其實不是什麼新鮮事

We've been sharing since the beginning of mankind.

自古以來，人類一直都懂得分享

But now sharing is taking place on a much larger scale.

但現在「分享」以更大規模取代舊有模式

And this sharing economy is stimulated by some key drivers.

分享經濟是由幾個重要因素所催生的

Of course, economic depression.

當然包括：經濟蕭條

People have less trust in big companies.

人們對大公司缺乏足夠信任

There's an increasing awareness of environmental concerns.

環保意識提高

And there's a renewed need for local community, more of "we" and less "me", "me", "me".

地方社群再興，強調「我們」，而不是「我」、「我」、「我」

And of course, there is online technology

當然也是因為有了網路

which enables trust between strangers

讓陌生人間能產生信任

and matches supply and demand with an efficiency never before encountered in history.

更能用前所未有的高效率方式，曝光供給、滿足需求

These are all important factors to explain the growth of the sharing economy.

這些都能解釋分享經濟何以成長

But I believe there's more to the power of sharing.

但我相信分享隱含更多力量

Even when the economy picks up,

就算經濟復甦

and hopefully the planet is saved,

地球得救

sharing will still be big.

分享仍會存在

There's a count...there's a psychology behind sharing that so counter-intuitive we tend to forget.

分享背後的心理作用，有點出乎意料，所以我們常常忘記

Are you ready?

準備好了嗎?

Sharing makes you happy.

答案揭曉：分享讓人快樂

The mere act of sharing can really brighten your day.

僅僅是分享這個動作就能點亮你的一天

In the case of our home cooks,

對煮婦煮夫而言

being able to contribute something meaningful to someone else by sharing your passion for cooking

他們能靠分享對下廚的熱忱，做些有意義的事

the satisfaction you get from all the thank-yous

得到各種感謝而滿足

the unexpected meetings of new people

意想不到地認識新朋友

and of course for our foodies being able to eat the delicious meal without having to cook yourself.

當然，和鄰居分享食物也讓我們這些食客們，不用開伙，就能吃到好吃的料理

One of our cooks home cooks, Kim, sent me an email.

其中一位煮婦，金，寄給我一封電子郵件

She says, "Sharing food guarantees a positive day."

她說：分享食物保證我美好、正向的一天

I cook for my neighbors once a week

我一周為鄰居們做菜一次

and I now even beforehand that that evening I will go to bed feeling happy.

現在，就連在做菜的前一晚，睡覺前我都感到開心

Or Stefan, another home cook.

或史岱芬，另一位煮夫

He says, "when neighbors come for their food, my kids, Jano and Luka,

他說：當鄰居上門時，我的小孩，亞諾和盧卡

can't wait to open the door and invite the neighbors into our kitchen."'

都等不及開門，邀請他們進廚房

I'm very proud of my kids when I see how much they enjoy being hospitable towards our neighbors.

我看到孩子們扮演好客的主人，讓我很驕傲

And then there is Elana

接著還有依拉娜

a Russian home cook

一個俄羅斯籍煮婦

living in the Netherlands for thirteen years.

在荷蘭居住達十三年

She says to me, for the first time I feel at home here

她告訴我：這是我第一次覺得，在荷蘭有家的感覺

because I can contribute to community

因為我可以為社區做點什麼

and get to know people living in my neighborhood.

同時認識社區裡的鄰居

She was able to reduce her antidepressant of her cooking for neighbors for only two months.

單單靠著替鄰居做飯，兩個月下來，她降低了抗憂鬱劑的使用量

Woh, talk about the power of sharing.

哇，這就是分享的力量

Sharing makes you happy.

分享讓人開心

I will go one step further.

不僅如此

Even "thinking" about sharing makes you happy.

就連「想著」分享這件事也能讓人雀躍

Well thinking about sharing,

在分享的過程中

the reward system center in your brain's activated

腦內的「獎勵系統」被激發

and the lovely chemical dopamine is released

促進快樂賀爾蒙「多巴胺」的分泌

the same stuff your body creates when you are having sex.

這跟做愛時大腦製造的東西是一樣的

So, if we all spend the next minute thinking about all the things that we will share this coming week

所以，如果我們全都在接下來的一分鐘內，想想未來一周內能和人分享的所有東西

and it can be everything

任何東西都可以

we will all leave this room with a big smile on our faces

那麼離開時，每個人臉上一定都會掛著笑容

Thank you very much.

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