One way or another,

無論以何種方式

we will end up in a system that's not based on money

我們最終將生活在一個 並非以金錢為基礎的

as we know it today.

體系之中

Why?

為什麼呢?

Because that will be realized, in the future, by historians

因為在未來 歷史學家們將會瞭解

as the total and pivotal cause

金錢是摧毀我們所謂文明的

of the destruction of civilization as we know it.

總括核心因素

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We're not born with prejudice,

我們並非生來即帶偏見

and bigotry, and anger, and greed.

偏執 憤怒 和貪婪

It's really generated and nurtured by the environment that we live in.

這些是由我們的生活環境所產生和誘導的

That's why we feel that unless you change your environment,

這就是為何我們覺得 除非你改變你的環境

and change the experiences, we'll get the same aberrant

同時改變經驗 否則在人們身上 我們將看到同樣的

behavior within people, unless the environment is changed.

異常行為 除非環境有所改變

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People always ask, "How much will it cost to put up these new cities?"

人們總是問："建造這些新城市要耗費多少錢?"

"Do we have the resources to do it?"

"我們有資源去完成嗎?"

That's the question.

這句話才是重點

Not, "How much does it cost?"

而不是"需要耗費多少錢?"

That's the old question, during the monetary system.

這是只有金融貨幣體系內才會有的舊問題

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I don't want to see humanity suffer,

我不想目睹人類受苦

I don't want to see the population

我不想目睹人口

start to shrink because of our lack of energy and food.

因為我們缺乏能源和糧食而開始減少

I don't want to see these things happen,

我不想目睹這些事情發生

but I know, sadly, that a good portion of it is gonna happen,

但傷心的是 我知道一大部份這類的情況將會發生

until people start to wake up and recognize

直到人們開始覺醒 並認知到

a new paradigm that's on the horizon

另一端的新模式

that we must drive forward to as fast as humanly possible.

我們一定要以力所能及的速度地向它邁進

People don't understand the tremendous advantages,

人們不瞭解智慧地利用科技

that technology, if used intelligently

所帶來的龐大優勢

if we use the same kind of intelligence

如果我們使用投注在軍事開發上

that we use in military development,

同樣的人類智慧

we could have solved many social problems years ago.

原本在許多年前 我們就能解決許多的社會問題了

We don't.

但我們沒有去做

Because of the separate disciplines of science.

因為科學分成各種學科了

The Venus Project

金星計劃

The Venus Project is not only about cities though.

金星計劃不只是關於城市

If we took the same people and moved them into beautiful cities,

如果我們把同樣的人群移至美麗的城市裡

without a change of direction,

而沒有改變行動的方向

a change of social design, and a value system,

沒有改變社會的設計 價值體系

we'd still have wars, poverty, hunger, crime, and territorial disputes.

則我們仍將有戰爭 貧窮 飢餓 犯罪 和領土紛爭

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So, I hate to sound condescending and negative,

我討厭聽起來傲慢和消極

I hate to throw out all this rhetoric

我討厭丟出所有這些措辭

but, I'm fairly irritated at this point,

但我此刻真的相當惱怒

and I try not to be.

而我試著不要如此

I just want to make it understood that the entire system

我只是想讓人們明白 我們生活於其中的體系簡直是虛偽

that we live in is a sham. It's a false system.

這是一個騙局

Falsivity defined by the fact that it cannot be sustained.

其錯誤性由它的不永續而暴露

It's that simple.

就這麼簡單

And we propose a Resource Based Economy.

我們提議一個資源導向型經濟

I hope everyone watching this film will go to

我希望所有看過這部影片的人們會去登錄

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and understand what we're doing.

並瞭解我們正在做的事情

I hope everyone out there will understand that,

我希望每個人都將瞭解到

either we change or we die.

我們要不就去改變 要不就等著滅亡

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It's amazing how simple their associative system is.

驚人的是 人們所聯想到的體系是多麼單純

People say, you know, they think they had a conscience

你懂的 當提到那些打開毒氣室閥門的傢伙

guys who turned the gas chambers on.

人們認為他們還算是有良心的

They had no conscience, didn't bother them at all.

但他們沒有良心 一點兒都沒有

Not at all.

一點兒都沒有

The guy that didn't sleep well was the humanist, troubled by all this.

睡不好覺的是人道主義者 他們受這些困擾之苦

See, the humanist doesn't understand

人道主義者不瞭解

that a human being can be conditioned

人們會慣於受到制約

to cut up people, torture them, do anything,

去砍傷他人 折磨他們 做出任何過分的事

anything, without feeling any kind of pain at all.

而完全不覺得內疚

In fact, waiting for the next event.

事實上 只是在等著下一個事件而已

Nobody out there is to be blamed for their behavior,

我想說的是 沒有人要為了他們的行為

is what I'm trying to say.

而受責備

Wake Up! Time is Now!

覺醒吧! 就是現在!

Join the Movement

加入這個運動

The Zeitgeist Movement

時代精神運動

For The Venus Project

為了金星計劃