and dramatized and then threaded together, you know, to create an emotional thriller.

再戲劇化地交織在一起，創造出情緒上的驚悚片。

It's about the way that technology --

這是關於科技 ——

all these screens in our lives can bring us closer and then can also keep us farther apart from each other.

科技一方面讓我們的關係更加親密，另一方面也讓我們更加疏離。

And the movie's not just about technology,

電影不只是談論科技，

it's also about the way in which we communicate with each other.

更關於我們彼此溝通的方式，

About how people talk to each other.

關乎到人們如何與彼此交談。

And that was very interesting to me and very important to me to explore,

我對此有極大的興趣，而探索這對我來說尤其重要，

the way in which we communicate.

探究我們溝通的方式。

And, to me, ultimately the movie's much more about the power of human communication than about technology.

對我來說，這部電影最終探討人彼此溝通的力量，多過於科技。

Technology is neither good nor bad.

科技不好也不壞。

It is a reflection of us, you know.

它只是反映人性。

Technology puts -- makes bombs and it can put us on Mars.

科技製造炸彈，也讓我們登上火星。

I've met people who are very distractible people who were always on their phones.

我曾遇過很容易分心的人們，他們總是掛在電話上。

They were distractible people to begin with.

他們是最容易開始分心的人>

And I've met wonderfully calm and wise people who keep their phones in their pockets,

我也遇過平靜且明智的人們，總是將手機收在口袋，

and especially during dinner.

晚餐時更如此。

Those were calm and centered people.

他們平靜，且以人為中心。

So I don't think technology makes us do anything.

因此，我覺得科技不會「強迫」我們做任何事。

I think it's our personalities that are, you know, expressed through all these devices that we have.

我覺得這些科技裝置只是體現了人性。

And that's one of the things the film tries to explore.

這也是這部電影嘗試挖掘的其中一件事。

We've never been able to be as close with all these people everywhere in our lives on different continents before as we have now.

過去我們不曾像現在一般，能與其他大陸上的人們如此親近。

And that's very exciting.

這實在叫人興奮。

But when you are connected to thousands of people,

但當你與無數人們有關聯時，

it's hard to find time for the people that you really want to connect with, you know.

反而很難找到時間好好與真正想相處的人聯繫。

So that's just one of the ways in which the duality of technology affects, you know, our attention span.

這只是其中一個科技一體兩面的例子，它會影響我們的專注力。

I mean, we've never been in the history of mankind connected with so many people.

我指的是在過去，歷史上人類從未能與如此多人聯繫。

We've never been asked to focus on so many different things until this time -- right now.

我們過去從未被要求同時專注於許多事情上，直到現在。

Now we are, you know, it is so easy to talk to 200, 300 people in a day.

現今，我們能輕易地在一天內與兩、三百多人溝通。

So it's an exciting time I think for us humans.

所以我覺得，現在對人類來說是個令人興奮的時代。

But with it comes...

但它也帶來了...

Sorry... so sorry.

抱歉，真的很抱歉。

That was Samantha's phone that just went off and gave us a little interlude.

那是莎曼莎的手機響了，帶來個小插曲。

That was an ironic technological interruption.

真是諷刺，科技中斷現實的例子。

It was. But I think it's really exciting.

對，但我還是覺得這非常令人振奮。

You know, I love technology.

我熱愛科技。

I'm excited that I was alive when the Internet exploded.

我很高興在我有生之年網路如此發達。

This is not an anti-technology movie at all,

這完全不是一部反科技的電影，

but it's asking questions that I think everyone is asking every day.

但它提出了許多人天天都想問的問題。

How much time do you spend on the Internet?

你花多少時間上網？

Or how much time do you spend on your phone?

或你花多少時間用手機？

How much time do you spend connected with those hundred people as opposed to those hundred people, you know.

你花多少時間與這上百人聯繫，相對於那上百人？

Who do you really give your time and your attention to?

你願意為了誰花時間與精力？

These are decisions we have to make now every day

現在，我們每天都必須面對這些問題，做出決定。

whereas, you know, 10, 20 years ago we didn't have to make those decisions, you know.

十幾、二十年前是不需要考量這些的。

We just sort of hung out with whoever was in front of us.

那時，我們就只需要與眼前的人互動就好了。