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And then, when someone says "well I'm optimistic; I think the world is a good place", that person — what? Are you out of your mind?
如果有人说，"我是乐观主义者，我觉得世界很美好"什么？你脑子不正常了吗
You are detached Pollyanna. Just look at all the terrible things in the world.
你不切实际，你盲目乐观。你看看这世界发生的可怕事情
How can you be in such a world — how can you be optimistic? How can you be positive?
在这样一个世界里，你怎么乐观，你怎么积极
How can you talk about joy and happiness? And positive psychology in a world like this? You must be Pollyannish.
快乐幸福从哪谈起？在这样的一个世界里谈幸福心理学。你太盲目乐观了
You know, in many ways, the message of Thomas Hobbes is correct: you know, life is short, brutish, nasty and poor.
很大程度上来说托马斯·霍布斯的话说得没错，人生短暂，残酷，可悲

And that seems much more likely to be true than an optimistic sense of life.
在现代世界，这种悲观情绪比乐观情绪更切合实际
Let's look at some of the headlines. I got these just a couple of weeks ago as I was preparing for this particular lecture.
我们来看看几个新闻头条。这是我几周前为本节课备课时找来的新闻头条
So Venezuela. A missing jet. Flight delays.
委内瑞拉，飞机失踪，航班延误
Ok, this is the elections. Fresh violence in Kosovo. So a new state is created, and there is violence. You know, this is the focus.
选举，科索沃再次发生暴动。新国家诞生，发生暴力事件。我们关注的却是暴力
Hundreds of home damaged by quake. And so on. Turkey launches incursion into Iraq. Blood dual for Oscar.OK,
地震毁了几百个家园。土耳其入侵伊拉克。（《血色将至》《老无所依》）两部电影竞逐奥斯卡
that's a good one I guess. Yeah. Tori Spelling dishes... OK, let's move on.
这算是好消息。托瑞·斯培林……继续。

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我们来到这个世上，到底追求什么才是最重要的？他坚定地认为：幸福感是衡量人生的唯一标准，是所有目标的最终目标。塔尔博士在哈佛学生中享有很高的声誉，受到学生们的爱戴与敬仰，被誉为"最受欢迎讲师"和"人生导师"。