【TED】是一个会议的名称,它是英文technology,entertainment, design三个单词的首字母缩写。它是社会各界精英交流的盛会,这里有当代最杰出的思想家,这里有当代最优秀的科学家,这里有迸发着最闪耀的思想火花,这里孕育着最光辉的梦想。
Adora Svitak
A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy.

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Utopian
Then again, who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren't exactly what the world needs? Maybe you've had grand plans before but stopped yourself, thinking, "That's impossible," or, "That costs too much," or, "That won't benefit me." For better or worse, we kids aren't hampered as much when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things. Kids can be full of inspiring aspirations and hopeful thinking. Like my wish that no one went hungry or that everything were a free kind of utopia. How many of you still dream like that and believe in the possibilities? Sometimes a knowledge of history and the past failures of Utopian ideals can be a burden because you know that if everything were free, then the food stocks would become depleted and scarce and lead to chaos. On the other hand, we kids still dream about perfection. And that's a good thing because in order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.
话说回来,谁能说我们这个世界不正是需要某些类型的非理性思维吗?也许你以前有过宏大的计划,但却半途而废,心想:这个不可能,或代价太高,或这对我不利。不管是好是坏,我们小孩子在思考不做某事的理由时,不太受这些考量的影响。小孩可能会有满脑子的奇思妙想和积极的想法,例如我希望没有人挨饿或者所有东西都是免费的,有点像乌托邦的理念。你们当中有多少人还会有这样的梦想并相信其可能性?有时候对历史及对乌托邦的了解,可能是一种负担,因为你知道假如所有东西都是免费的,食物储备会被清空,而缺失将会导致混乱。另一方面,我们小孩还对完美抱有希望。这是件好事,因为要将任何事情变为现实,你首先得心怀梦想。