Name: TED】大衛-卡梅倫。下一個政府時代（David Cameron：The next age of government）。 (【TED】David Cameron: The next age of government (David Cameron: The next age of government))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:56:20.000Z
Duration: 14 min 33 s

過去簡單式

Someone once said that politics is, of course, "showbiz for ugly people."

有人曾經說過，“政治是醜人的演藝圈。”

進階程度副詞句型

So, on that basis, I feel like I've really arrived.

所以，基於這樣的論調，我是來對地方了。

to 不定詞

The other thing to think of is what an honor it is, as a politician,

另一種説法是，這是一個政治家無上的光榮。

to give a TED talk, particularly here in the U.K.,

來TED演講，特別是在這裡（英國），

where the reputation of politics, with the expenses scandal, has sunk so low.

因爲最近的醜聞，使政治的聲譽跌倒了新低點

There was even a story recently that scientists had thought about

最近甚至有一個故事說，科學家們想要

actually replacing rats in their experiments with politicians.

and they said, "Well, there's no shortage of politicians,

and, after all, there are some things that rats just won't do."

此外，有些賤事，老鼠還做不出來哩。

Now, I know you all love data, so I'm starting with a data-rich slide.

好，我知道大家都喜歡數據，所以我就用這張投影片作開場

This, I think, is the most important fact to bear in mind

in British politics or American politics,

這是我的全球政府支出赤字統計鐘

and, as you can see, it's 32 trillion and counting.

你可以看得到，現在是32兆，持續增加中。

that there's one question in politics at the moment above all other,

在現在的政治上最迫切的問題是：

and it's this one: How do we make things better without spending more money?

我們如何能用更少的錢而做得更好？

Because there isn't going to be a lot of money to improve public services,

因爲不會有足夠的錢來改善公共服務

or to improve government, or to improve so many of the things

或來改善政客們掛在嘴上的這些事。

So what follows from that is that if you think it's all about money --

所以如果你還是一直認爲這是有關金錢

you can only measure success in public services

成功就是花更多的錢在公共服務、

in health care and education and policing by spending more money,

you can only measure progress by spending money --

如果你以爲花更多的錢就是進步

you're going to have a pretty miserable time.

But if you think a whole lot of other things matter that lead up to well being --

但是如果你把其他一些事也考慮進來

things like your family relationships, friendship, community, values --

像是家庭關係、友情、社區、價值，

then, actually, this is an incredibly exciting time to be in politics.

那麽，這是一個令人興奮的從政時期。

And the really simple argument I want to make tonight,

the really straightforward argument is this:

That if we combine the right political philosophy, the right political thinking,

如果我們能結合正確的政治哲學、思想

with the incredible information revolution that has taken place,

and that all of you know so much more about than I do,

和一些我不知道但你們專長的事

I think there's an incredible opportunity to actually remake politics,

remake government, remake public services,

再造政府、再造公共服務的時候

and achieve what's up on that slide, which is a big increase in our well-being.

並達到像那張投影片上，全民福祉的大增進。

That's the argument I want to make tonight.

So, starting with the political philosophy.

Now I'm not saying for a minute that British Conservatives have all the answers.

我並不是說英國保守黨，對所有問題都有解答

But there are two things at heart that I think drive a conservative philosophy

但是在保守黨的哲學裏，有兩件事，

that are really relevant to this whole debate.

The first is this: We believe that if you give people

第一個，我們相信，如果你給人們

更多的權力去掌握他們的生命，

then actually, you can create a stronger and better society.

那麽，你就能創造更好更壯的社會。

And if you marry this fact with the incredible abundance

of information that we have in our world today,

現今世界裏十分充裕的資訊相結合

I think you can completely, as I've said,

remake politics, remake government, remake your public services.

我們能全面地重造政治、政府、和公共服務。

The second thing we believe is we believe in going with the grain of human nature.

第二件事，我們相信要順從人性

Politics and politicians will only succeed

if they actually try and treat with people as they are,

rather than as they would like them to be.

Now, if you combine this very simple, very conservative thought --

現在，如果你將這個很簡單的保守想法

with all the advances in behavioral economics,

跟行爲經濟學上的發展相結合的話

some of which we were just hearing about,

again, I think we can achieve a real increase in well-being,

那麽，我想我們真的可以在全體福祉上有進步

在更強健的社會裏有更多的快樂

without necessarily having to spend a whole lot more money.

Now, why do I think now is the moment to make this argument?

爲什麽我會覺得現在是提這個論點的時候？

Well, I'm afraid you're going to suffer a short, condensed history lesson

很抱歉我要跟你們上一段濃縮的歷史課

about what I would say are the three passages of history:

the pre-bureaucratic age, the bureaucratic age

and what we now live in, which I think is a post-bureaucratic age.

還有我們現在的時代，後官僚體系期。

is that we have gone from a world of local control,

then we went to a world of central control,

and now we're in a world of people control.

現在我們是在一個人民管制的世界

Local power, central power, now, people power.

地方政權、中央政權、到現在，人民政權

Now, here is King Cnut, king a thousand years ago.

這是克努特國王，是一千年前的一個王

Thought he could turn back the waves; couldn't turn back the waves.

以爲他可以駕馭波浪。事實上不行的

because if you were king a thousand years ago,

while it still took hours and hours and weeks and weeks to traverse your own country,

光穿越你的領地就要很長的時間

You weren't in charge of policing, justice, education, health, welfare.

治安、司法、教育、國民健康、社會福利你都管不到的

You could just about go to war and that was about it.

你大概只能發動一些戰爭而已吧

an age in which everything had to be local.

在這時期所有的事都是地方處理的

You had to have local control because there was no nationally-available information

因爲沒有全國性的資訊系統，所以所有的事物都是地方管理

the lovely picture of the British Industrial Revolution.

Suddenly, all sorts of transport, travel information were possible,

突然間，所有的交通、旅遊、資訊都變得可能了

and this gave birth to, what I like to call, the bureaucratic age.

這就產生了我所謂的，官僚體系期。

And hopefully this slide is going to morph beautifully. There we are.

希望這張投影片能解釋得清楚，像這裡

Suddenly, you have the big, strong, central state.

突然間，有了一個龐大、有力的中央政府

It was able -- but only it was able -- to organize

health care, education, policing, justice.

來統籌健保、教育、治安、司法

And it was a world of, as I say, not local power, but now central power.

所以我說這不再是地方， 而是中央集權

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