Name: 過去十年最糟糕的 10 項決定 (10 Worst Decisions of the Last Decade)
Uploaded: 2025-05-23T05:15:23.000Z
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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most consequential and or significant failures of judgment between 2015 and now.

歡迎來到 WatchMojo，今天我們將為您盤點 2015 年至今最具影響或最重要的判斷失誤。

In June 2023, the submersible Titan imploded in the North Atlantic Ocean during an undersea expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five on board.

2023 年 6 月，泰坦號潛水器在一次查看泰坦尼克號殘骸的海底探險中，在北大西洋發生內爆，船上五人全部遇難。

Somewhere along the journey, 3.8 kilometers down into the hostile depths of the North Atlantic Ocean, catastrophe struck.

在深入北大西洋深處 3.8 公里的某個地方，災難降臨了。

Among the casualties was Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate.

海洋之門公司的首席執行官斯托克頓-拉什（Stockton Rush）也成為了犧牲品。

Concerns had been expressed about Titan and its fitness for deep sea expeditions as far back as 2018, but ultimately ignored.

早在 2018 年，就有人對土衛六及其是否適合深海探險表示過擔憂，但最終被忽視了。

That same year, the company's chief pilot, David Lockridge, was fired and sued for raising a long list of safety concerns.

同年，該公司的首席飛行員大衛-洛克裡奇（David Lockridge）被解僱，並因提出一長串安全問題而遭到起訴。

If someone raised a safety concern, as the chief pilot did, they were not only not listened to, they were silenced.

如果有人像首席飛行員那樣提出安全問題，他們不僅不會被傾聽，反而會被壓制。

Communication with its mothership was lost after 93 minutes and debris was discovered days later.

與母艦的通訊在 93 分鐘後中斷，幾天後碎片被發現。

What exactly occurred to cause the implosion is unclear, but what is clear is that five lives could have been saved if proper safety precautions had been taken.

導致內爆的具體原因尚不清楚，但可以肯定的是，如果採取了適當的安全預防措施，五條人命本可以保住。

Well, there must have been something wrong with it, because five people are dead.

肯定是出了什麼問題，因為有五個人死了。

Well, we don't know exactly what happened.

It could have been a number of different things that caused the implosion.

In 2017, the most talked about music festival wasn't Coachella, Lollapalooza, or Bonnaroo.

2017 年，最受關注的音樂節不是 Coachella、Lollapalooza 或 Bonnaroo。

Instead, it was the Fire Festival, and the discussion was not positive, to say the least.

反倒是火把節，大家的討論至少可以說並不積極。

The Fire Festival was billed as a luxury destination music experience with beachside parties, fancy bungalows, and food from celebrity chefs, but instead, this is what they saw.

火祭被譽為奢華的目的地音樂體驗，包括海濱派對、豪華平房和名廚美食，但他們看到的卻是這樣的景象。

Organized by businessman Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule to promote the Fire Booking app, it was set to take place in the Bahamas on two separate weekends in April and May.

該活動由商人比利-麥克法蘭（Billy McFarland）和說唱歌手 Ja Rule 為推廣 Fire Booking 應用程序而組織，定於 4 月和 5 月的兩個週末在巴哈馬舉行。

You see the supermodels on jet skis, and you're thinking, like, wow, I really want to be there.

你看到超級名模坐在水上摩托艇上，就會想，哇，我真想去那裡。

Influencers like Kendall Jenner promoted the festival on social media.

肯達爾-詹娜（Kendall Jenner）等 "影響者 "在社交媒體上對音樂節進行了宣傳。

However, poor organization and budget issues led to numerous acts withdrawing.

然而，由於組織不力和預算問題，許多行為方退出。

When attendees arrived on the festival grounds, they were greeted by disaster-relief tents and cheese sandwiches.

當參加者抵達節日場地時，迎接他們的是救災帳篷和奶酪三明治。

於是我發了一條推特，看看這個。

And do you see this luxury cheese sandwich?

你看到這個豪華奶酪三明治了嗎？

McFarland pleaded guilty to wire fraud and received a six-year prison sentence, being released in 2022.

麥克法蘭承認犯有電信詐騙罪，並被判處六年監禁，於 2022 年獲釋。

He and Ja Rule were also hit with a $100 million class-action lawsuit.

他和 Ja Rule 還遭到了 1 億美元的集體訴訟。

We didn't break the law on the execution of the festival.

我們在執行節日活動時沒有違法。

I'm not gonna comment on any criminal, ongoing criminal proceedings.

我不會對任何正在進行的刑事訴訟發表評論。

Hillary Clinton not campaigning in Wisconsin.

希拉里-克林頓沒有在威斯康星州競選。

Throughout the 2016 U.S. presidential election, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the odds-on favorite against her opponent, former host of The Apprentice, Donald Trump.

在整個 2016 年美國總統大選中，前國務卿希拉里-克林頓是她的對手、《學徒》節目前主持人唐納德-特朗普的最大熱門。

When I was in the Senate, I had a number of trade deals that came before me, and I held them all to the same test.

當我在參議院任職時，有許多貿易協議擺在我面前，我都對它們進行了同樣的檢驗。

它們能為美國創造就業機會嗎？

And are they good for our national security?

它們對我們的國家安全有利嗎？

After her loss, there was much speculation as to why.

她去世後，人們紛紛猜測原因。

While there are numerous potential factors to consider, one clear blunder was Clinton's failure to campaign in Wisconsin, part of the blue wall of Midwestern states' key to electoral victory.

雖然有許多潛在因素需要考慮，但一個明顯的失誤是克林頓沒有在威斯康星州開展競選活動，而威斯康星州是中西部各州藍牆的一部分，是選舉勝利的關鍵。

Hillary Clinton hasn't been in the Badger State since March, and if she doesn't come back, it will be historic.

希拉里-克林頓自三月以來就沒有來過獾州，如果她不回來，那將是歷史性的。

That apparently is the first time this has happened since 1972, when Richard Nixon decided not to visit the state during his reelection campaign.

這顯然是自 1972 年理查德-尼克松（Richard Nixon）決定在競選連任期間不訪問該州以來第一次發生這種情況。

This wasn't the only previously blue state that Trump had flipped, but it did speak to an overconfidence among Clinton and the Democratic establishment that turned a seemingly surefire victory into a shocking defeat.

這並不是特朗普翻盤的唯一一個前藍州，但它確實說明了克林頓和民主黨建制派的過度自信，將一場看似穩操勝券的勝利變成了一場令人震驚的失敗。

People running for public office not being completely truthful is nothing new, but dishonesty to the extent of George Santos is truly mind-boggling.

競選公職的人不完全說實話並不是什麼新鮮事，但喬治-桑托斯這種不誠實的程度確實令人匪夷所思。

I hope I can earn your vote on November 8th.

我希望我能在 11 月 8 日贏得你們的選票。

Weeks after his victory to New York's 3rd Congressional District in the 2022 midterm elections, it was revealed that numerous aspects of Santos' backstory had been completely fabricated.

在 2022 年中期選舉中，桑托斯贏得了紐約第三國會選區的選舉，幾周後，人們發現桑托斯的許多背景故事都是完全捏造的。

Among these falsehoods were his having worked for Goldman Sachs, producing Broadway musicals Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, and his mother working in the World Trade Center and surviving the September 11th attacks.

這些虛假資訊包括他曾為高盛集團工作、製作百老匯音樂劇《蜘蛛俠大破天幕殺機》，以及他的母親曾在世貿中心工作並在 "9-11 "襲擊中倖存。

She was in the South Tower, and she made it out.

我媽媽與癌症抗爭，直到去世。

But we now know that his mother was not in New York and was not even in this country during 9-11.

但我們現在知道，他的母親並不在紐約，甚至在 9-11 期間都不在這個國家。

These revelations immediately made him a pariah in Congress, and he became the sixth representative and first Republican in U.S. history to be expelled.

這些爆料立即讓他成為國會的棄兒，他也成為美國曆史上第六位被驅逐的眾議員和第一位被驅逐的共和黨人。

Had a more thorough vetting process been done, it's likely Santos would have never gotten as far as he did.

如果審查過程更加徹底，桑托斯很可能就不會走得那麼遠。

I'm George Santos, and I approve this message.

我是喬治-桑托斯，我準許了這條資訊。

Cryptocurrency has been a massive source of discussion over the last decade, advocates arguing it as a source of great financial opportunities for investors, while skeptics warning of instability and lack of regulations.

過去十年來，加密貨幣一直是人們熱議的話題，支持者認為加密貨幣為投資者帶來了巨大的金融機遇，而懷疑者則警告說加密貨幣存在不穩定性和缺乏監管。

One columnist who's covered this intensively sums it up like this.

一位深入報道此事的專欄作家這樣總結道。

If you are running a scam, you will be drawn to crypto.

如果你正在進行一場騙局，你就會被加密貨幣所吸引。

You are running a confidence game, and crypto offers the most efficient market for turning confidence into money.

您正在進行一場信心遊戲，而加密貨幣是將信心轉化為金錢的最有效市場。

One of the most cautionary tales came from the short-lived story of FTX, a crypto exchange co-founded by Sam Bankman Freed in 2019.

最值得警惕的故事之一來自山姆-班克曼-弗裡德（Sam Bankman Freed）於 2019 年聯合創辦的加密貨幣交易所 FTX 的短命故事。

You know, honestly, from our perspective, it sometimes feels like the world is just going sort of in slow motion around us and that we're going at, you know, about an average speed.

老實說，從我們的角度來看，有時會覺得世界就像在我們身邊慢動作一樣，而我們的速度，你知道，大約是平均速度。

The company seemed poised to revolutionize the crypto industry with numerous celebrity endorsements.

該公司似乎準備通過眾多名人代言來徹底改變加密貨幣行業。

However, this all came undone in 2022 when the company collapsed and Bankman Freed was charged with multiple counts of fraud.

然而，2022 年公司倒閉，班克曼-弗裡德被控多項欺詐罪，這一切都化為烏有。

In 2019, until earlier this year, Bankman Freed and his co-conspirators stole billions of dollars from FTX customers.

2019 年，直到今年年初，班克曼-弗裡德及其同夥從 FTX 客戶那裡竊取了數十億美元。

Investors ended up losing an estimated $8 billion collectively, and Bankman Freed was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

投資者最終共損失了約 80 億美元，班克曼-弗裡德被定罪並判處 25 年監禁。

You know, honestly, if I look back on myself, I think I got a little cocky.

老實說，回想起來，我覺得自己有點自大。

露絲-巴德-金斯伯格（Ruth Bader Ginsburg）不會下臺。

Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was widely regarded as an inspiring figure.

露絲-巴德-金斯伯格（Ruth Bader Ginsburg）被廣泛認為是一位鼓舞人心的人物。

I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

我將忠實地履行我即將擔任的職務。

The duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

However, her legacy would be in a much better place if she had stepped down during Barack Obama's second term as president, allowing him to choose her successor on the bench.

不過，如果她能在奧巴馬第二任總統任期內卸任，讓奧巴馬選擇她的繼任者，她的遺產將會得到更好的保護。

If the Republicans take the Senate in November, President Obama's ability to pick her successor would be greatly constrained.

如果共和黨在 11 月拿下參議院，奧巴馬總統挑選她的繼任者的能力將受到極大限制。

If a Republican wins the presidency in 2016, a conservative would then be taking her place.

如果共和黨人在 2016 年贏得總統大選，保守派將取代她的位置。

The court's oldest judge, Ginsburg had faced a wide array of health issues, including multiple cancer diagnoses.

作為法院最年長的法官，金斯伯格曾面臨各種健康問題，包括多次癌症診斷。

It became especially concerning during Donald Trump's presidency due to his ability to choose her successor.

在唐納德-特朗普擔任總統期間，由於他有能力選擇她的繼任者，這一點變得尤其令人擔憂。

Ginsburg passed away in September 2020, and Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett assumed office the following month, further strengthening the conservative majority in the court.

金斯伯格於 2020 年 9 月去世，特朗普提名的艾米-科尼-巴雷特（Amy Coney Barrett）於次月就職，進一步鞏固了保守派在法院中的多數地位。

In October 2022, billionaire Elon Musk finalized his purchase of social networking platform Twitter for a $44 billion all cash deal.

2022 年 10 月，億萬富翁埃隆-馬斯克以 440 億美元的全現金交易完成了對社交網絡平臺 Twitter 的收購。

According to some technology analysts, it simply came down to cash and a lack of other suitors to potentially take the company private or buy a majority share.

一些技術分析師認為，這僅僅是因為現金問題，以及缺乏其他可能將公司私有化或購買多數股份的收購者。

Changes soon were underway, including rebranding of the platform as X and making blue verified check marks available for purchase, making it easy for public figures to be impersonated.

變革很快就開始了，包括將平臺重新命名為 "X"，並提供藍色驗證標記，使公眾人物很容易被冒充。

Some users began to abuse the service and impersonate athletes, brands, celebrities, even Musk himself.

一些用戶開始濫用這項服務，冒充運動員、品牌、名人，甚至馬斯克本人。

Content moderation was greatly scaled back, allowing hate speech and disinformation to run rampant.

內容審核大幅縮減，導致仇恨言論和虛假資訊橫行。

Advertisers and users both left in droves and mass layoffs and resignations had a drastic effect on internal morale.

廣告商和用戶都紛紛離開，大規模裁員和辭職對內部士氣產生了巨大影響。

Just over time, these things build up and the site will become more abusive, more extreme and less reliable over time.

只是隨著時間的推移，這些東西會逐漸積累起來，網站也會隨著時間的推移變得越來越濫、越來越極端、越來越不可靠。

Two years after Musk's purchase, investment company Fidelity estimated that under Musk, the company's value had plunged nearly 80%.

在馬斯克收購公司兩年後，投資公司富達（Fidelity）估計，在馬斯克的上司下，公司價值暴跌了近 80%。

I hope it is.  In June 2016, a referendum was held in the UK to determine whether or not the country would stay in the European Union.

我希望如此。  2016 年 6 月，英國舉行了決定是否留在歐盟的全民公投。

Supporters of the measures cited economic and immigration concerns.

這些措施的支持者提出了經濟和移民問題。

Britain wants its government to have greater power and be able to block EU legislation, especially when it comes to its financial sector.

英國希望其政府擁有更大的權力，能夠阻止歐盟立法，尤其是在涉及其金融部門時。

But it also wants to cut benefits to EU migrants, find ways to reduce internal EU migration, negotiate trade deals faster.

但它也希望削減歐盟移民的福利，想方設法減少歐盟內部移民，加快貿易協議談判。

Ultimately, the measure put forward by then Prime Minister David Cameron, who anticipated its failure, passed with nearly 52% of the vote.

最終，由時任首相戴維-卡梅倫（David Cameron）提出的這項預計會失敗的措施以近 52% 的票數獲得通過。

The total number of votes cast in favor of leave was 17,410,742.

贊成離開的總票數為 17 410 742 票。

Though the negative effects of leaving the EU weren't immediately clear, they soon were made apparent.

雖然脫離歐盟的負面影響並不明顯，但很快就顯現出來了。

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