the ad board, and graduates of the greatest university in the world,

廣告板，以及世界上最偉大的大學的畢業生。

I'm honored to be here with you today because, let's face it, you accomplished something

我很榮幸今天能和你們在一起，因為，讓我們面對現實吧，你們完成了一些事情。

I never could.

我從來都不能。

If I get through this speech today, it'll be the first time I actually finish something here at

如果我今天能把這篇演講稿寫完 這將是我第一次在這裡真正完成一件事。

Harvard.

哈佛大學。

Class of 2017, congratulations!

2017級的同學們，恭喜你們!

I'm an unlikely speaker today, not just because I dropped out, but because we're technically

我今天是個不可能發言的人 不僅僅是因為我退學了 而是因為我們技術上是

in the same generation.

在同一代人中。

We walked this yard less than a decade apart. We studied the same ideas and slept through the

我們在這個院子裡走了不到十年的時間。我們學習過同樣的思想，睡過同樣的覺。

same Ec10 lectures.

同樣的Ec10講座。

We may have taken different paths to get here, especially if you came all the way from the

我們可能走了不同的道路來到這裡，尤其是你從大老遠的地方來的。

Quad, but today I want to share what I've learned about our generation and the world

四，但今天我想和大家分享一下我對我們這一代人和這個世界的認識。

we're building together.

我們一起建設。

But first, this last couple of days have brought back a lot of good memories.

但首先，這幾天讓我想起了很多美好的回憶。

How many of you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you got that email telling

有多少人還記得，當你收到那封告訴你的郵件時，你在哪裡，你在做什麼？

you that you got into Harvard?

你說你進了哈佛？

I was playing Civilization and I ran downstairs, got my dad, and for some reason, his reaction

我在玩《文明》，我跑到樓下，把我爸叫來，不知為什麼，他的反應是

was to video me opening the email.

是為了視頻我打開郵件。

That could have been a really sad video.

這可能是一個非常悲傷的視頻。

But I swear getting into Harvard is still the thing my parents are most proud of me for.

但我發誓，考上哈佛大學還是我父母最引以為豪的事情。

What about your first lecture at Harvard?

那你在哈佛的第一場演講呢？

Mine was Computer Science 121 with the incredible Harry Lewis.

我的是計算機科學121，有不可思議的哈里-劉易斯。

I was late so I threw on a t-shirt and didn't realize until afterwards it was inside out

我遲到了，所以我穿了一件T恤衫，直到事後才發現是裡面的衣服

and backwards with my tag sticking out the front.

並反過來把我的標籤從前面伸出來。

I couldn't figure out why no one would talk to me -- except one guy, KX Jin, he just went

我不明白為什麼沒有人願意和我說話--除了一個人，金焜耀，他只是去。

with it.

與它。

We ended up doing our problem sets together, and now he runs a big part of Facebook.

最後我們一起做問題集，現在他掌管著Facebook的一大半。

And that, Class of 2017, is why you should be nice to people.

而這，2017級的同學們，就是你們應該對人好的原因。

But my best memory from Harvard was meeting Priscilla.

但我在哈佛最美好的記憶是遇到了普里西拉。

I had just launched this prank website Facemash, and the ad board wanted to "see me".

我剛剛推出這個惡搞網站Facemash，廣告板就想 "見我"。

Everyone thought I was going to get kicked out.

大家都以為我會被踢出局。

My parents came to help me pack.

我父母來幫我收拾行李。

My friends threw me a going away party.

我的朋友們給我開了一個餞行派對。

As luck would have it, Priscilla was at that party with her friend.

運氣好的是，普里西拉和她的朋友一起參加了那個聚會。

We met in line for the bathroom in the Pfoho Belltower, and in what must be one of the

我們在普佛寺鐘樓排隊上廁所，在這裡一定是一個。

all time romantic lines, I said: "I'm going to get kicked out in three days, so we need

所有時間的浪漫線，我說，"我三天後就會被踢出局，所以我們需要"。

to go on a date quickly."

要趕快去約會。"

Actually, any of you graduating can use that line.

其實，你們畢業的人都可以用這句話。

I didn't end up getting kicked out -- I did that to myself.

我最終沒有被踢出局--是我自作自受。

Priscilla and I started dating.

Priscilla和我開始約會。

And, you know, that movie made it seem like Facemash was so important to creating Facebook.

而且，你知道，那部電影讓人覺得Facemash對創建Facebook是如此重要。

It wasn't.

不是這樣的

But without Facemash I wouldn't have met Priscilla, and she's the most important person in my

但如果沒有Facemash，我就不會遇到Priscilla，她是我最重要的人。

life, so you could say it was the most important thing I built in my time here.

生活，所以你可以說它是我在這裡的時間裡最重要的東西，我建立了。

We've all started lifelong friendships here, and some of us even families.

我們都在這裡開始了終生的友誼，有的甚至是家庭。

That's why I'm so grateful to this place.

所以我很感謝這個地方。

Thanks, Harvard.

謝謝，哈佛

Today I want to talk about purpose.

今天我想談談目的。

But I'm not here to give you the standard commencement about finding your purpose.

但我不是來給你一個標準的關於找到你的目標的開場白。

We're millennials.

我們是千禧一代。

We'll try to do that instinctively.

我們會努力做到這一點，本能地。

Instead, I'm here to tell you finding your purpose isn't enough.

相反，我在這裡告訴你，找到自己的目標是不夠的。

The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose.

我們這一代人面臨的挑戰是創造一個人人都有目標感的世界。

One of my favorite stories is when John F Kennedy visited the NASA space center, he

我最喜歡的一個故事是當約翰-肯尼迪參觀美國宇航局的航天中心時，他...

saw a janitor carrying a broom and he walked over and asked what he was doing.

看到一個看門人拿著掃帚，他走過去問他在幹什麼。

The janitor responded: "Mr. President, I'm helping put a man on the moon".

看門人的回答是："總統先生，我在幫助把一個人送上月球"。"總統先生，我正在幫助把一個人送上月球"。

Purpose is that feeling that you are a part of something bigger than yourself, that you are

目的是感覺到你是比你自己更大的一部分，你是...

needed, and you have something better ahead to work for.

需要的，而你有更好的東西未來的工作。

Purpose is what creates true happiness.

目的是創造真正的幸福。

You're graduating at a time when this is especially important.

你在畢業的時候，這個尤為重要。

When our parents graduated, purpose reliably came from your job, your church, your community.

當我們的父母畢業時，目的可靠來自於你的工作、你的教會、你的社區。

But today, technology and automation are eliminating many jobs.

但如今，技術和自動化正在淘汰許多工作。

Membership in communities is declining.

社區的成員正在減少。

Many people feel disconnected and depressed, and are trying to fill a void.

很多人感覺到了隔閡和壓抑，都想填補空虛。

As I've traveled around, I've sat with children in juvenile detention and opioid addicts,

在我四處旅行的過程中，我曾與少年犯拘留所的孩子和阿片類藥物成癮者坐在一起。

who told me their lives could have turned out differently if they just had something

誰告訴我，他們的生活可能會變成不同的 如果他們只是有東西

to do, an after school program or somewhere to go.

要做的事，課後活動或去的地方。

I've met factory workers who know their old jobs aren't coming back and are trying to

我見過工廠的工人，他們知道自己的老工作不會再回來了，正試圖... ...

find their place.

找到自己的位置。

To keep our society moving forward, we have a generational challenge -- to not only create

為了使我們的社會不斷向前發展，我們面臨著一代人的挑戰 -- -- 不僅要創建

new jobs, but create a renewed sense of purpose.

新的工作崗位，但創造了新的目標感。

I remember the night I launched Facebook from my little dorm in Kirkland House.

我還記得我在柯克蘭大廈的小宿舍裡推出Facebook的那個晚上。

I went to Noch's with my friend KX.

我和朋友KX一起去了諾奇家。

I remember telling him I was excited to connect the Harvard community, but one day someone

我記得我告訴他，我很高興能連接哈佛社區，但有一天有人

would connect the whole world.

將連接整個世界。

The thing is, it never even occurred to me that someone might be us.

問題是，我從來沒有想過有人可能是我們。

We were just college kids.

我們只是大學生。

We didn't know anything about that.

我們對此一無所知。

There were all these big technology companies with resources.

有這些大的科技公司的資源。

I just assumed one of them would do it.

我只是認為他們中的一個人會這樣做。

But this idea was so clear to us -- that all people want to connect.

但這個想法對我們來說是如此的清晰--所有人都想聯繫。

So we just kept moving forward, day by day.

於是，我們就這樣一天天地往前走。

I know a lot of you will have your own stories just like this.

我知道很多人都會有自己的故事，就像這樣。

A change in the world that seems so clear you're sure someone else will do it.

這個世界的改變，看起來很清晰，你確信別人會做。

But they won't.

但他們不會。

You will.

你會的

But it's not enough to have purpose yourself.

但自己有目標是不夠的。

You have to create a sense of purpose for others.

你要給別人創造一種目標感。

I found that out the hard way.

我發現，這是很難的方式。

You see, my hope was never to build a company, but to make an impact.

你看，我的希望從來不是建立一家公司，而是希望能產生影響。

And as all these people started joining us, I just assumed that's what they cared about

當所有這些人開始加入我們時，我就認為他們關心的是這個問題

too, so I never explained what I hoped we'd build.

也是，所以我從來沒有解釋過我希望我們會建立什麼。

A couple years in, some big companies wanted to buy us.

幾年來，一些大公司想收購我們。

I didn't want to sell.

我不想賣。

I wanted to see if we could connect more people.

我想看看我們是否能聯繫更多的人。

We were building the first News Feed, and I thought if we could just launch this, it

我們正在建立第一個新聞聯播，我想如果我們能推出這個，它就會成為一個新的新聞聯播。

could change how we learn about the world.

可以改變我們瞭解世界的方式。

Nearly everyone else wanted to sell.

幾乎所有人都想賣掉。

Without a sense of higher purpose, this was the startup dream come true.

沒有更高的目標感，這是創業者的夢想成真。

It tore our company apart.

這讓我們公司分崩離析。

After one tense argument, an advisor told me if I didn't agree to sell, I would regret

在一次緊張的爭吵後，一位顧問告訴我，如果不同意出售，我會後悔的

the decision for the rest of my life.

我餘生的決定。

Relationships were so frayed that within a year or so every single person on the management

關係非常緊張，在一年多的時間裡，管理層的每一個人都

team was gone.

隊走了。

That was my hardest time leading Facebook.

那是我上司Facebook最困難的時候。

I believed in what we were doing, but I felt alone.

我相信我們正在做的事情，但我感到孤獨。

And worse, it was my fault.

更糟糕的是，這是我的錯。

I wondered if I was just wrong, an imposter, a 22 year-old kid who had no idea how the

我想知道我是不是錯了，一個冒牌貨，一個22歲的孩子，不知道怎麼會有這樣的事情。

world worked.

世界工作。

Now, years later, I understand that *is* how things work with no sense of higher purpose.

多年後的今天，我明白了，*是事情的運作方式，沒有更高的目標感。

It's up to us to create it so we can all keep moving forward together.

要靠我們自己去創造，這樣我們才能一起不斷前進。

Today I want to talk about three ways to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose:

今天我想說說創造一個人人都有目標感的世界的三個方法。

by taking on big meaningful projects together, by redefining equality so everyone has the

通過共同承擔有意義的大項目，通過重新定義平等，使每個人都有

freedom to pursue purpose, and by building community across the world.

追求目標的自由，並通過在全世界建立社區。

First, let's take on big meaningful projects.

首先，我們要做有意義的大項目。

Our generation will have to deal with tens of millions of jobs replaced by automation

我們這一代人將不得不面對數以千萬計的工作崗位被自動化取代的問題

like self-driving cars and trucks.

比如自動駕駛汽車和卡車。

But we have the potential to do so much more together.

但我們有潛力一起做得更多。

Every generation has its defining works.

每一代人都有其決定性的作品。

More than 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon \\'96 including that janitor.

有三十多萬人努力把一個人送上月球 包括那個看門人。

Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio.

數百萬志願者為世界各地的兒童接種了小兒麻痺症疫苗。

Millions of more people built the Hoover dam and other great projects.

還有數百萬人修建了胡佛大壩和其他偉大的工程。

These projects didn't just provide purpose for the people doing those jobs, they gave

這些項目不僅為從事這些工作的人提供了目的性，還為他們提供了

our whole country a sense of pride that we could do great things.

我們整個國家的自豪感，我們可以做偉大的事情。

Now it's our turn to do great things.

現在輪到我們做大事了。

I know, you're probably thinking: I don't know how to build a dam, or get a million

我知道，你可能在想我不知道如何建造一個水壩， 或者得到一百萬美元。

people involved in anything.

牽扯到任何事情的人。

But let me tell you a secret: no one does when they begin.

但我告訴你一個祕密：沒有人在開始的時候會這樣做。

Ideas don't come out fully formed.

思想沒有完全成型。

They only become clear as you work on them.

它們只有在你努力的時候才會變得清晰。

You just have to get started.

你只需要開始。

If I had to understand everything about connecting people before I began, I never would have

如果我在開始之前就必須瞭解關於連接人的一切，我永遠不會

started Facebook.

開始了Facebook。

Movies and pop culture get this all wrong.

電影和流行文化把這一切都搞錯了。

The idea of a single eureka moment is a dangerous lie.

單一的尤里卡時刻的想法是一個危險的謊言。

It makes us feel inadequate since we haven't had ours.

這讓我們覺得自己不夠好，因為我們還沒有得到我們的。

It prevents people with seeds of good ideas from getting started.

這讓有好點子種子的人無從下手。

Oh, you know what else movies get wrong about innovation?

哦，你知道電影在創新方面還有什麼錯誤嗎？

No one writes math formulas on glass.

沒有人在玻璃上寫數學公式。

That's not a thing.

這不是一個東西。

It's good to be idealistic.

做個理想主義的人是好的。

But be prepared to be misunderstood.

但要做好被誤解的準備。

Anyone working on a big vision will get called crazy, even if you end up right.

任何一個人都會被人說成是瘋子，即使你最後是對的。

Anyone working on a complex problem will get blamed for not fully understanding the challenge,

任何人在研究一個複雜的問題時，都會因為沒有完全理解挑戰而受到責備。

even though it's impossible to know everything upfront.

儘管前期不可能知道一切。

Anyone taking initiative will get criticized for moving too fast, because there's always

任何主動出擊的人都會因為行動太快而受到責備，因為總是會有

someone who wants to slow you down.

有人想讓你慢下來。

In our society, we often don't do big things because we're so afraid of making mistakes

在我們的社會中，我們常常因為怕犯錯而不做大事

that we ignore all the things wrong today if we do nothing.

如果我們什麼都不做，就會忽視今天所有的問題。

The reality is, anything we do will have issues in the future.

現實是，我們做任何事情將來都會有問題。

But that can't keep us from starting.

但這不能阻止我們開始。

So what are we waiting for?

那我們還等什麼呢？

It's time for our generation-defining public works.

是我們這一代人定義的公共工程的時候了。

How about stopping climate change before we destroy the planet and getting millions of

不如在我們破壞地球之前，阻止氣候變化，並讓數百萬的人

people involved manufacturing and installing solar panels?

參與制造和安裝太陽能電池板的人？

How about curing all diseases and asking volunteers to track their health data and share their

治好所有的疾病，並要求志願者跟蹤自己的健康數據，分享自己的健康數據，怎麼樣？

genomes?

基因組？

Today we spend 50x more treating people who are sick than we spend finding cures so people

今天，我們花在治療病人上的錢比花在尋找治療方法上的錢多50倍，所以人們...

don't get sick in the first place.

首先不要生病。

That makes no sense.

這沒道理啊

We can fix this.

我們可以解決這個問題。

How about modernizing democracy so everyone can vote online, and personalizing education

怎麼樣實現民主現代化，讓每個人都能在網上投票，實現教育的個性化。

so everyone can learn?

好讓大家都能學會？

These achievements are within our reach.

這些成就都是我們力所能及的。

Let's do them all in a way that gives everyone in our society a role.

讓我們以一種讓社會上的每個人都能發揮作用的方式來做這些事情。

Let's do big things, not only to create progress, but to create purpose.

我們做大事情，不僅要創造進步，更要創造目標。

So taking on big meaningful projects is the first thing we can do to create a world where

是以，承擔有意義的大項目是我們能做的第一件事，以創造一個世界，在那裡

everyone has a sense of purpose.

每個人都有一種使命感。

The second is redefining equality to give everyone the freedom they need to pursue purpose.

二是重新定義平等，讓每個人都有追求目標的自由。

Many of our parents had stable jobs throughout their careers.

我們的很多父母在職業生涯中都有穩定的工作。

Now we're all entrepreneurial, whether we're starting projects or finding or role.

現在我們都是創業者，不管是創業項目還是尋找或者角色。

And that's great.

這很好。

Our culture of entrepreneurship is how we create so much progress.

我們的企業文化就是這樣創造了這麼多的進步。

Now, an entrepreneurial culture thrives when it's easy to try lots of new ideas.

現在，當人們很容易嘗試很多新想法時，創業文化就會蓬勃發展。

Facebook wasn't the first thing I built.

Facebook並不是我建立的第一個東西。

I also built games, chat systems, study tools and music players.

我還建立了遊戲、哈拉系統、學習工具和音樂播放器。

I'm not alone.

我不是一個人

JK Rowling got rejected 12 times before publishing Harry Potter.

JK羅琳在出版《哈利波特》之前被拒絕了12次。

Even Beyonce had to make hundreds of songs to get Halo.

連碧昂絲都要做上百首歌曲才能得到光環。

The greatest successes come from having the freedom to fail.

最大的成功來自於有失敗的自由。

But today, we have a level of wealth inequality that hurts everyone.

但今天，我們的財富不平等程度傷害了所有人。

When you don't have the freedom to take your idea and turn it into a historic enterprise,

當你沒有自由把你的想法變成一個歷史性的企業。

we all lose.

我們都輸了。

Right now our society is way over-indexed on rewarding success and we don't do nearly

現在我們的社會過於注重對成功的獎勵，而我們做得還遠遠不夠。

enough to make it easy for everyone to take lots of shots.

足以讓大家輕鬆拍出很多照片。

Let's face it.

面對現實吧

There is something wrong with our system when I can leave here and make billions of dollars

我可以離開這裡，賺幾十億，我們的制度有問題。

in 10 years while millions of students can't afford to pay off their loans, let alone start

在10年內，數百萬學生無力償還貸款，更不用說開始。

a business.

一家企業。

Look, I know a lot of entrepreneurs, and I don't know a single person who gave up on

你看，我認識很多企業家，我不知道一個人誰放棄了對

starting a business because they might not make enough money.

創業，因為他們可能賺不到足夠的錢。

But I know lots of people who haven't pursued dreams because they didn't have a cushion

但我知道有很多人沒有追求過夢想，因為他們沒有緩衝的餘地。

to fall back on if they failed.

如果他們失敗了，可以依靠。

We all know we don't succeed just by having a good idea or working hard.

我們都知道，不是有一個好的想法或者努力就能成功的。

We succeed by being lucky too.

我們的成功也是靠運氣。

If I had to support my family growing up instead of having time to code, if I didn't know I'd

如果我不得不養家餬口，而不是有時間碼字，如果我不知道自己會。

be fine if Facebook didn't work out, I wouldn't be standing here today.

如果Facebook沒有成功，我今天就不會站在這裡了。

If we're honest, we all know how much luck we've had.

如果說實話，我們都知道自己有多幸運。

Every generation expands its definition of equality.

每一代人都會擴大其對平等的定義。

Previous generations fought for the vote and civil rights.

上一代人為了選票和民權而奮鬥。

They had the New Deal and Great Society.

他們有新政和大社會。

Now it's our time to define a new social contract for our generation.

現在是我們為我們這一代人確定新的社會契約的時候了。

We should have a society that measures progress not just by economic metrics like GDP, but