to be future-conscious,

要有未來意識。

which means we push back short-termism.

這意味著我們推倒了短期主義。

We think about the ramifications

我們思考的後果是

of our day-to-day actions

我們的日常行動的

and the impact they will have on future generations.

以及他們將對後代產生的影響。

What that does is it not only helps us develop new ways

這樣做的目的是，它不僅幫助我們開發新的方式

of being that help us in the here and now,

的存在，在此時此地幫助我們。

but it also pushes back the despair

但它也推回了絕望的情緒

that we all feel in the intertidal moment.

我們都在潮間帶時刻感受到了這一點。

Cause more often than not what happens is

因為更多時候發生的情況是

we react very quickly

我們的反應非常迅速

And what the reaction is gonna do

以及反應要做什麼

is give us a kind of short-term answer

是給我們一種短期的答案

'cause that's what we want.

因為那是我們想要的。

We can only cognitively take on so much at one point in time

我們在一個時間點上只能承擔這麼多的認知。

and then we wanna get things off of our plate.

然後我們想把事情從我們的盤子裡拿出來。

We have that drive-it's a heuristic.

我們有這種動力--這是一種啟發式的方法。

We don't, more often than not, wanna deal

我們往往不願意處理

with doing something that will be seen

做一些會被看到的事情

as a sacrifice for the longer term.

作為一個長期的犧牲品。

Everything from walking downstairs and saying,

從走到樓下說的一切。

"Oh my God, I'm hungry right now.

"哦，我的上帝，我現在很餓。

I could make a really healthy meal

我可以做一個非常健康的飯菜

or I could have that pint of ice cream."

或者我可以吃那一品脫冰淇淋。"

Right? That's at the most basic level.

對嗎？這是在最基本的層面上。

Or the other thing has been in romantic relationships

或者另一件事已經在浪漫的關係中

where I'm like, "Well, I don't know

我想，"嗯，我不知道

if this is necessarily the one for me,

如果這一定是適合我的那一個。

but we do have this amazing trip

但我們確實有這個驚人的旅行

planned two weeks from now."

計劃從現在開始的兩個星期。"

What Long Path is asking us to do is

長路》要求我們做的是

to take a pause and say,

暫停一下並說。

"Is that the right thing to do given where we are right now

"鑑於我們現在的處境，這樣做對嗎？

as an individual or a society?"

作為一個人或一個社會？"

So for people who are too busy surviving,

所以對於那些忙於生存的人來說。

just take a second and pause.

只需花點時間，暫停一下。

Though even if you are living paycheck to paycheck

儘管即使你是靠工資生活的人

and you are on the margins, how you act and behave matters.

而你處於邊緣地帶，你的行為和表現很重要。

You are still impacting future generations

你仍然在影響著未來的世代

and those around you.

和你周圍的人。

It may not be as grandiose and as amazing

它可能沒有那麼宏偉，沒有那麼驚人

if someone has 50 million followers on Instagram

如果有人在Instagram上有5000萬的追隨者

and they're living and acting Longpath.

而他們的生活和行為是Longpath。

They're gonna have a different influence

他們會有不同的影響

than someone's living paycheck to paycheck.

比起那些靠工資生活的人。

So that is correct.

所以這一點是正確的。

Longpath can be privileging in that way,

Longpath可以以這種方式獲得特權。

but it doesn't necessarily mean

但這並不一定意味著

that those who are living paycheck to paycheck

那些靠工資為生的人

or on the margins can't be thinking

或在邊緣的人不能思考

and acting in a way that doesn't uphold a certain value set

並以不堅持某種價值取向的方式行事

that makes the world better.

使世界更美好。

If we look at actually where we are as a planet,

如果我們看一下實際上我們作為一個星球所處的位置。

who's actually causing the most damage to the climate,

誰是真正對氣候造成最大損害的人。

it actually is those that are most privileged.

實際上是那些最享有特權的人。

Those of us who are at a place of privilege

我們這些處於特權地位的人

are more often than not willing to take the shortcut

他們往往願意走捷徑

because the incentives are there that allow us,

因為有激勵措施，允許我們這樣做。

not just the knowledge to get away with it,

而不僅僅是為了擺脫它的知識。

but it doesn't impact us as much

但它對我們的影響不大

because there's always something to kind of take its place.

因為總是有一些東西來取代它的位置。

So what we have to do is realize that even though shortcuts

是以，我們要做的是認識到，即使捷徑

have an additive effect in the same way

有相同的加法效應

there's an additive effect of being a great human over time,

隨著時間的推移，成為一個偉大的人，有一個附加的效果。

taking the short path over and over again

屢試不爽

also has a negative additive effect.

也有負面的補充作用。

There's a time and a place for short-termism.

短期主義是有時間和地點的。

The question is how do we quell that desire

問題是我們如何平息這種慾望

and the probabilities that we'll do it more,

以及我們會做得更多的概率。

so we can do more kind of long-term thinking and acting?

所以我們可以做更多的長期思考和行動？

It's on all of us to actually act

我們每個人都要實際行動起來

in such a way where we see ourselves

以這種方式，我們看到自己

with all kind of having our hands

與所有類型的有我們的手

on that much larger steering wheel.

在那個大得多的方向盤上。

Those with privilege

有特權的人

have to actually enact Longpath even more so,

必須實際制定Longpath甚至更多。

but it doesn't mean that anyone can't do it

但這並不意味著任何人都不能這樣做

in one small way, shape, or form in their own life.

在他們自己的生活中，以一種小小的方式、形狀或形式。