A generation ago young people aspired to become lawyers and doctors. Now they yearn to be the next Oscar winner or celebrity pop star.
三十年前，年轻人都渴望成为律师或者医生。现在的年轻人则梦想成为下一位奥斯卡奖得主或成为流行歌星。

But one university psychologist has warned this is wreaking havoc with our self-image and undermining our sense of self-worth.
但是一位大学心理学家警告说，这种名人崇拜将会严重干扰我们对自我形象的认识、破坏我们的自我价值感。

Over recent years people around the world have been suffering from an increasing fear of their own 'insignificance', according to Dr Carlo Strenger of Tel Aviv University.
特拉维夫大学的卡罗•斯特兰博士说，近年来，世界各地的人们越来越忧心地感觉到自己的渺小。

He began an interdisciplinary project on the phenomenon 10 years ago, after noticing a surge of this fear in his own patients. His findings, presented in a new book, notes hundreds of research projects that have charted an unprecedented increase in levels of anxiety and depression.
十年之前，当斯特兰博士发现他的病人中有越来越多的人陷入对自身渺小的忧虑之后，他就该现象展开了一个跨学科研究项目。他分析了上百个研究项目之后发现，人们的焦虑和抑郁水平都在以前所未有的速度上升。这一研究成果发表在他的新书上。

By using a wide-ranging framework Dr Strenger thinks he has pinpointed the cause. 'The impact of the global infotainment network on the individual is to blame,' he said.
通过这一涉及多个领域、涵盖面很广的研究，斯特兰博士认为他已经发现了导致该现象的原因。他说：“全球化的资讯娱乐网络对个人的影响是罪魁祸首。”

'A new species is born: homo globalis - global man - and we are defined by our intimate connection to the global infotainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people on scales of wealth and celebrity into an obsession.'
“一个新物种——世界人——诞生了。作为这一新物种，我们的身份贵贱取决于我们与全球资讯娱乐网络的关系亲疏。在这一网络的影响下，我们按财富和知名度给人们划分等级，并沉迷于其中。”

As humans we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a 'global village' we are comparing ourselves with the most 'significant' people in the world - and finding ourselves wanting.
斯特兰博士说，作为人类，我们自然而然地会和身边的人做比较。但是现在我们住在了“地球村”，我们比较的对象是全世界最受关注的人，这样一对比就发现了自己的不足。

Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media 'This creates highly unstable self-esteem and an unstable society,' Dr Strenger said.
如今，即使是那些成就卓越的人也会经常觉得自己跟媒体描述的成功人士比起来显得渺小，斯特兰博士说，“这种渺小的感觉导致了极度脆弱的自尊和不稳定的社会。”