because I think it wields a double edge sword.

因為我認為它揮舞著一把雙刃劍。

On the one hand, we live pretty distracted lives today.

一方面，我們今天的生活相當分心。

We're pulled in so many directions between the texts alerts

我們在簡訊提醒之間被拉到了許多方向。

and the emails and the Snapchat and Instagram.

以及電子郵件、Snapchat和Instagram。

It's a lot.

這是一個很大的問題。

And if we're distracted, we can't pay attention.

如果我們分心，我們就不能注意。

If I can't pay attention, I can't make new memories.

如果我不能注意，我就不能創造新的記憶。

If I don't give something, my attention,

如果我不給東西，我的注意力。

my brain can't form a memory of it.

我的大腦無法形成對它的記憶。

Your brain wakes up and pays attention to

你的大腦被喚醒並注意到

what's new and surprising and "Whoa, that's emotional!

什麼是新的和令人驚訝的，以及 "哇，那是情感！"。

That's never happened before!"

這以前從未發生過！"

If I want to have a lot of memories for what happened

如果我想為所發生的事情擁有大量的記憶

in my life, I need to be available to what's happening.

在我的生活中，我需要對正在發生的事情保持清醒。

And so if I'm always on my phone and I'm looking down,

是以，如果我總是在手機上，而且我在往下看。

my best friend from kindergarten might be in the line

我在幼兒園時最好的朋友可能也在這一行

in Starbucks in front of me,

在我面前的星巴克。

and I won't notice and have a chance

而我不會注意到並有機會

to have that happy reunion,

以實現這種快樂的重逢。

because my attention in my head is buried in my phone.

因為我腦子裡的注意力都埋在手機裡了。

There's definitely downside to social media

社交媒體肯定有弊端

with respect to mood disorders and bullying and self image

在情緒障礙和欺凌及自我形象方面

and all of that.

以及所有這些。

Yet, there's a lot of upside as well.

然而，也有很多上升空間。

Your chronology of what happened can be captured

你對所發生的事情的時間順序可以被記錄下來

there quite nicely, somewhat like a photo album,

在那裡相當不錯，有點像一本相冊。

but even more in depth,

但甚至更深入。

because now I've got the photos with the captions.

因為現在我已經得到了帶有說明的照片。

I can have people tagged.

我可以讓人貼上標籤。

I can be geotagged for the location.

我可以用地理標籤來定位。

All of that information, the comments can be a rich trigger,

所有這些資訊，評論可以是一個豐富的觸發點。

an association, a cue,

一種聯想，一種提示。

that can remind me of that event and day in my life.

這能讓我想起我生命中的那件事和那一天。

So, in going through your profile page

是以，在瀏覽你的個人資料頁面時

on Facebook or Instagram,

在Facebook或Instagram上。

it's a nice way of this visual diary of revisiting

這是重溫視覺日記的一種很好的方式。

and reinforcing and strengthening your memories

並鞏固和加強你的記憶

for what happened.

為所發生的事情。

I don't have to remember everything.

我不需要記住所有的事情。

Having a word stuck on the tip

有一個詞卡在提示上

of your tongue is a normal glitch in memory retrieval.

你的舌頭，是記憶檢索中的一個正常故障。

It's just a byproduct of how our brains are organized.

這只是我們大腦組織方式的一個副產品。

If I can't remember the name of an actor in a movie,

如果我記不住電影中一個演員的名字。

I can Google it and I'm not making my memory any weaker.

我可以用谷歌搜索，我不會讓我的記憶力變弱。

It's not gonna give me something called "digital amnesia".

它不會給我帶來一種叫做 "數字失憶症 "的東西。

This is an urban myth.

這是一個城市神話。

You can look up his name and then read more about him.

你可以查一下他的名字，然後閱讀更多關於他的資訊。

And now I'm building more associations,

而現在我正在建立更多的聯想。

and it might lead me into having a conversation later

並可能導致我以後有一個談話的機會

and learning even more.

並學習更多。

Interestingly, young people don't

有趣的是，年輕人並不

perseverate on this notion that they need

執著於這種觀念，認為他們需要

to come up with it by themselves.

自己想出了這個辦法。

I think because young people have been tethered

我認為因為年輕人已經被拴住了

to devices since childhood,

自小就對設備感興趣。

they don't hesitate in outsourcing the job.

他們毫不猶豫地將工作外包了。

So, I don't need to know all the details

所以，我不需要知道所有的細節

of the Peloponnesian War.

的伯羅奔尼撒戰爭。

I can look it up and use that information

我可以查找並使用這些資訊

to think about things and make connections

思考問題並建立聯繫

and have conversations and live a fuller life in some ways.

並進行對話，在某些方面過著更充實的生活。

So, with respect to technology today,

是以，就今天的技術而言。

life is an open-book test.

生活是一個開放性的測試。

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