TED经典演讲 | 心理学家:怎样的时间观念才是健康的?

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I want to share with you some ideas aboutthe secret power of time, in a very short time.

我想跟你们分享一些对时间的神秘力量的看法，当然是在很短的时间内。

Video: All right, start the clock please.30 seconds studio. Keep it quiet please. Settle down. It's about time. Endsequence. Take one. 15 seconds studio. 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,three, two ...

视频：好的，开始计时。30秒倒计时保持安静。注意时间。结束倒计时。15秒倒计时 10，9，8，7 6，5，4，3，2......

Philip Zimbardo: Let's tune into theconversation of the principals in Adam's temptation. "Come on Adam, don'tbe so wishy-washy. Take a bite." "I did." "One bite, Adam.Don't abandon Eve." "I don't know, guys. I don't want to get introuble." "Okay. One bite. What the hell?" (Laughter)

Philip Zimbardo: 让我们来看看这段对话是有关“亚当的诱惑” 。快，亚当，别磨磨唧唧的，就咬一口，我已咬过了 就一口，亚当。不要放弃夏娃 我不知道啊 我真的不想惹麻烦 好吧，就一口。能怎么样？（笑声）

Life is temptation. It's all aboutyielding, resisting, yes, no, now, later, impulsive, reflective, present focusand future focus. Promised virtues fall prey to the passions of the moment.

生活中充满了诱惑。而且到处都是：屈服或反抗是、不是、现在、随后、冲动、沉稳专注现在和展望未来激情时刻一旦到来，道德束缚将皆被打破。

Of teenage girls who pledged sexualabstinence and virginity until marriage -- thank you George Bush -- themajority, 60 percent, yielded to sexual temptations within one year. And mostof them did so without using birth control. So much for promises.

那些承诺婚前无性行为的女孩——这里感谢下小布什总统，大多数，大概百分之六十的人在一年之内就违背了自己的承诺。而这些人几乎没采取任何“安全措施” 。多么多的承诺啊。

Now lets tempt four-year-olds, giving thema treat. They can have one marshmallow now. But if they wait until theexperimenter comes back, they can have two. Of course it pays, if you likemarshmallows, to wait. What happens is two-thirdsof the kids give in totemptation. They cannot wait. The others, of course, wait. They resist thetemptation. They delay the now for later.