the more likely you are to take care of your present self.

你就越有可能照顧好你現在的自己。

Right now, I would say a majority of us

現在，我想說我們中的大多數人

are not thinking in a future-conscious way,

沒有以未來意識的方式進行思考。

we're thinking very much in the present.

我們在很大程度上是在考慮現在。

The more aligned I am with the future version of me,

我與未來版本的我越是一致。

the more likely I am to save for retirement,

我就越有可能為退休儲蓄。

the more likely I am to eat and exercise,

我就越有可能進食和運動。

the more likely I am to behave in a more ethical

我就越有可能以更有道德的方式行事。

and pro-social way in my relationships with other people.

在我與其他人的關係中，以親社會的方式行事。

The fact of the matter is now though, at a societal level,

但現在的事實是，在社會層面上。

we have to be future-conscious in mass

我們必須要有未來的大眾意識

at a much higher level than we're used to

在一個比我們所習慣的更高的水準上

because once we can solve for that,

因為一旦我們可以解決這個問題。

we can solve for the moment that we're in,

我們可以解決我們所處的時刻。

and then start to solve for some of the bigger problems

然後開始解決一些更大的問題

we're facing as a society.

我們作為一個社會所面臨的問題。

It's hard to think like that,

這樣想是很難的。

but the more you are connected

但你越是連接

to the future self version of yourself,

到未來的自我版本的自己。

the more likely you are

你就越有可能

to bring the future into the present.

把未來帶到現在。

One of the things that we're trying to do at Longpath

我們在Longpath努力做的一件事是

is get people to connect to their future self.

是讓人們與未來的自己聯繫起來。

But here's the thing:

但事情是這樣的。

it's really, really tough to do,

這真的非常非常難做到。

and we know that even when we examine people's brains.

而且我們知道，即使我們檢查人們的大腦也是如此。

So Hal Hershfield at UCLA, along with his team,

所以加州大學洛杉磯分校的哈爾-赫斯菲爾德和他的團隊一起。

has done an amazing set of experiments and interventions.

已經做了一套驚人的實驗和干預措施。

When he puts people into an fMRI machine,

當他把人放入fMRI機器時。

and he looks at the brain,

而他看的是大腦。

he'll say, "Think of yourself right now,"

他會說："現在就想想你自己吧。"

this part of the brain will light up.

大腦的這一部分會亮起來。

And then he'll say, "Think of Matt Damon,"

然後他會說，"想想馬特-達蒙"。

you know, someone famous that everybody knows,

你知道，大家都知道的著名人物。

and this part of my brain will light up.

而我大腦的這一部分會亮起來。

Then he says, "Okay, Ari,

然後他說，"好吧，阿里。

now think of yourself

現在想想自己

And you know what happens?

而你知道會發生什麼嗎？

This part of my brain lights up.

我大腦的這一部分亮了起來。

So I had this vague idea of future Ari 10 years from now,

所以我對10年後的阿里有一個模糊的想法。

but I'm as connected to him, the future Ari,

但我和他，未來的阿里一樣有聯繫。

as I am to Matt Damon.

就像我對馬特-達蒙一樣。

Then what we do is we pull folks outta the fMRI

然後我們所做的就是把人們從fMRI中拉出來。

and we'll do a series of interventions.

而且我們會做一系列的干預措施。

He will actually scan an individual's face and body,

他將實際掃描一個人的臉和身體。

then he will age them about 10 years

然後他將把它們陳化10年左右

and he'll put them into a virtual reality room.

他將把他們放入一個虛擬現實房間。

And as current Ari is walking around the VR room,

而作為當前阿里在VR房間裡走動。

I'll actually look in the mirror

我真的會照照鏡子

and see my aged self

並看到年邁的自己

The visual field when coupled with emotions

視覺領域與情緒結合在一起時

is the strongest anchor

是最強的錨

to how we actually connect to something.

到我們如何實際連接到一些東西。

So when we think about how we are going to change

是以，當我們考慮到我們要如何改變

and better connect with our future self,

並更好地與我們未來的自己聯繫。

it's these interventions, that actually having us visualize

正是這些干預措施，實際上讓我們看到了

and feel and emote and in many ways

和感覺和情感，並在許多方面

embody with our future self,

體現在我們未來的自己身上。

that allows us to have that almost perfect overlap

這使我們能夠有這種幾乎完美的重合

between today Ari and future Ari.

今天的阿里和未來的阿里之間。

So, when I go downstairs at night and I'm hungry,

所以，當我晚上下樓時，我很餓。

there's two Ari's that are in the kitchen

有兩個阿里在廚房裡。

looking at the open door of the freezer.

看著打開的冰櫃門。

There's Amygdala Ari

有Amygdala Ari

looking at the pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

看著那一品脫的Ben and Jerry's冰激凌。

I want that right now,

我現在就想這樣。

I don't know where my next meal comes from.

我不知道我的下一頓飯從哪裡來。

There's a prefrontal cortex part of Ari that says,

阿里有一個前額皮層的部分，它說。

"That's not in your best interest,

"這不符合你的最佳利益。

you're not gonna like the way you look or feel

你不會喜歡你的樣子或感覺的

in the weeks and months to come."

在未來的幾周和幾個月裡"。

Future-conscious is actually pushing that forward

未來意識實際上是在推動這個問題的發展

and saying, "Okay, we know we have these emotions,

並說，"好吧，我們知道我們有這些情緒。

these drives for short-term satisfaction,

這些驅動器的短期滿足。

but we can overcome them."

但我們可以克服它們。"

If more people were to bring a Longpathian mindset

如果有更多的人帶著龍鳳胎的心態

into what they do in their day-to-day,

融入到他們的日常工作中去。

that would literally lead us

這將真正地引導我們

to a kind of step change in how society operates.

對社會運作方式的一種階梯式變化。

How is what I am doing now

我現在所做的事情是怎樣的

going to impact seven generations from now?

將會影響到七代以後的人？

Imagine how our entire global economy would operate

想象一下，我們的整個全球經濟將如何運作

if we had that as an underlying mission statement

如果我們把它作為一個基本的任務聲明

to both our actions and our strategies

對我們的行動和戰略都是如此

to how we move forward as a society.

對我們如何作為一個社會向前發展。

So it would literally evolve us into a way

是以，它將從字面上把我們演化成一種方式

where we were moving forward almost at an exponential rate-

我們在那裡幾乎是以指數的速度向前發展------。

in the same way that were exponential with technology,

在同樣的方式下，技術是指數級的。

we'd be exponential with our morals

我們的道德將是指數級的

and values in the way that we live.

在我們的生活方式中，我們的生活方式和價值觀。