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TED演讲让我们来谈谈死亡
Look,Ihadsecondthoughts,really,aboutwhetherIcouldtalkaboutthistosuchavitalandaliveaudienceasyouguys.ThenIrememberedthequotefromGloriaSteinem,whichgoes,"
(Laughter)So--(Laughter)
Sowiththatinmind,I'
mgoingtosetabouttryingtodothosethingshere,andtalkaboutdyinginthe21stcentury.Nowthefirstthingthatwillpissyouoff,undoubtedly,isthatallofusare,infact,goingtodieinthe21stcentury.Therewillbenoexceptionstothat.Thereare,apparently,aboutoneineightofyouwhothinkyou'
reimmortal,onsurveys,but--(Laughter)Unfortunately,thatisn'
tgoingtohappen.
TED演讲英语:
让我们来谈谈死亡
WhileIgivethistalk,inthenext10minutes,ahundredmillionofmycellswilldie,andoverthecourseoftoday,2,000ofmybraincellswilldieandnevercomeback,soyoucouldarguethatthedyingprocessstartsprettyearlyinthepiece.
Anyway,thesecondthingIwanttosayaboutdyinginthe21stcentury,apartfromit'
sgoingtohappentoeverybody,isit'
sshapinguptobeabitofatrainwreckformostofus,unlesswedosomethingtotryandreclaimthisprocessfromtheratherinexorabletrajectorythatit'
scurrentlyon.
Sothereyougo.That'
sthetruth.Nodoubtthatwillpissyouoff,andnowlet'
sseewhetherwecansetyoufree.Idon'
tpromiseanything.Now,asyouheardintheintro,Iworkinintensivecare,andIthinkI'
vekindoflivedthroughtheheydayofintensivecare.It'
sbeenaride,man.Thishasbeenfantastic.Wehavemachinesthatgoping.There'
smanyofthemupthere.AndwehavesomewizardtechnologywhichIthinkhasworkedreallywell,andoverthecourseofthetimeI'
veworkedinintensivecare,thedeathrateformalesinAustraliahashalved,andintensivecarehashadsomethingtodowiththat.Certainly,alotofthetechnologiesthatweusehavegotsomethingtodowiththat.
Sowehavehadtremendoussuccess,andwekindofgotcaughtupinourownsuccessquiteabit,andwestartedusingexpressionslike"
lifesaving."
Ireallyapologizetoeverybodyfordoingthat,becauseobviously,wedon'
t.Whatwedoisprolongpeople'
slives,anddelaydeath,andredirectdeath,butwecan'
t,strictlyspeaking,savelivesonanysortofpermanentbasis.
Andwhat'
sreallyhappenedovertheperiodoftimethatI'
vebeenworkinginintensivecareisthatthepeoplewhoseliveswestartedsavingbackinthe'
70s,'
80s,and'
90s,arenowcomingtodieinthe21stcenturyofdiseasesthatwenolongerhavetheanswerstoinquitethewaywedidthen.
Sowhat'
shappeningnowisthere'
sbeenabigshiftinthewaythatpeopledie,andmostofwhatthey'
redyingofnowisn'
tasamenabletowhatwecandoaswhatitusedtobelikewhenIwasdoingthisinthe'
80sand'
90s.
Sowekindofgotabitcaughtupwiththis,andwehaven'
treallysquaredwithyouguysaboutwhat'
sreallyhappeningnow,andit'
sabouttimewedid.Ikindofwokeuptothisbitinthelate'
90swhenImetthisguy.ThisguyiscalledJim,JimSmith,andhelookedlikethis.Iwascalleddowntothewardtoseehim.Hisisthelittlehand.Iwascalleddowntothewardtoseehimbyarespiratoryphysician.Hesaid,"
Look,there'
saguydownhere.He'
sgotpneumonia,andhelookslikeheneedsintensivecare.Hisdaughter'
shereandshewantseverythingpossibletobedone."
Whichisafamiliarphrasetous.SoIgodowntothewardandseeJim,andhisskinhistranslucentlikethis.Youcanseehisbonesthroughtheskin.He'
svery,verythin,andheis,indeed,verysickwithpneumonia,andhe'
stoosicktotalktome,soItalktohisdaughterKathleen,andIsaytoher,"
DidyouandJimevertalkaboutwhatyouwouldwantdoneifheendedupinthiskindofsituation?
Andshelookedatmeandsaid,
"
No,ofcoursenot!
Ithought,"
Okay.Takethissteady."
AndIgottalkingtoher,andafterawhile,shesaidtome,"
Youknow,wealwaysthoughtthere'
dbetime."
Jimwas94.(Laughter)AndIrealizedthatsomethingwasn'
thappeninghere.Therewasn'
tthisdialoguegoingonthatIimaginedwashappening.Soagroupofusstarteddoingsurveywork,andwelookedatfourandahalfthousandnursinghomeresidentsinNewcastle,intheNewcastlearea,anddiscoveredthatonlyoneinahundredofthemhadaplanaboutwhattodowhentheirheartsstoppedbeating.Oneinahundred.Andonlyonein500ofthemhadplanaboutwhattodoiftheybecameseriouslyill.AndIrealized,ofcourse,thisdialogueisdefinitelynotoccurringinthepublicatlarge.
Now,Iworkinacutecare.ThisisJohnHunterHospital.AndIthought,