the way I behave, the way I speak,

我的行為方式，我的說話方式。

the things I do, are the same as our private selves.

我所做的事情，與我們的私人自我是一樣的。

At its best, public opinion holds a mirror to us

在最好的情況下，輿論為我們提供了一面鏡子

and it reflects exactly who we are.

而且它恰恰反映了我們是誰。

What 'collective illusions' do to that relationship

集體幻覺 "對這種關係的影響

is turn it into a funhouse of mirrors,

是把它變成一個有趣的鏡子屋。

which is fatal to free society.

這對自由社會是致命的。

It's not just that we're misreading a few people,

這不僅僅是我們誤讀了幾個人。

it is that the majority thinks the majority

它是指大多數人認為大多數人

believe something that they don't.

相信一些他們不相信的東西。

We are all part of creating and sustaining the illusion.

我們都是創造和維持幻象的一部分。

We've known about collective illusions

我們已經知道了集體幻覺

for over 100 years, but here's the thing⁠—

100多年來，但事情是這樣的 --

our cultural and technological conditions have changed

我們的文化和技術條件已經改變

to make creating and sustaining collective illusions so easy

使得創造和維持集體幻覺如此容易

that they've just proliferated at a scale

他們只是在一個規模上增殖了

we've never seen before in history.

我們在歷史上從未見過。

We have found them almost everywhere we look⁠—

我們幾乎在所有的地方都發現了它們--

from the kind of lives we want to live,

從我們想過的那種生活。

to the country we want to live in,

到我們想生活的國家。

to the way we want to treat each other

到我們想對待對方的方式

and even what we expect out of our institutions.

甚至是我們對我們的機構的期望。

And our job is to dismantle them

而我們的工作是拆除它們

so that when we see ourselves in public opinion,

以便當我們在公眾輿論中看到自己的時候。

we are seeing ourselves for who we really are.

我們看到自己的真實面目。

If you create the enabling conditions

如果你創造了有利條件

that allow everyday people

讓普通人

to reveal who they really are to each other,

揭示他們彼此之間的真實身份。

social change can happen at a scale and pace

社會變革能夠以一定的規模和速度發生

that would otherwise seem unimaginable.

否則，這似乎是不可想象的。

And here's how we do that.

這裡是我們如何做到這一點的。

- This series is brought to you by Stand Together:

- 這個系列是由 "團結 "帶來的。

a community of changemakers tackling our biggest challenges.

一個由變革者組成的社區，應對我們最大的挑戰。