You probably cannot imagine a world
你们可能无法想象一个
without texting, emailing, blogging, friending, tweeting, googling
没有发信息 发电子邮件 写博文 互粉 发推文 谷歌搜索
and yes watching YouTube videos
以及观看YouTube视频的世界
probably when you are supposed to be studying on D-level
特别是在D层学习的时候
I just learned that
我刚知道这个说法
Yet, none of those verbs existed when I was in my cap and gown
我身着学位服毕业那年 这些动词都不存在
and now the world has over 2 billion people doing those things every day
而现在 世界上每天都有超过20亿人在做这些事情
Back then, only really bad things went viral
当年 只有很糟糕的事才会像病毒一样扩散
like mono
例如传染性单核细胞增多
things you definitely did not want
这些东西你们显然不希望沾上边
Now things, videos, like David after Dentist or Psy Gangnam Style
现在 很多视频 如大卫拔牙之后 Psy的江南Style
or you know, the recent video, a cat's rescuing kids from vicious dogs go viral
还有最近猫从恶狗那里救下小孩的视频 都在疯狂扩散
That proves it. The world has changed a lot since I graduated
这证明了 世界自我毕业以来发生了重大变化
The acceleration of technological progress is unmatched in our history
技术进步的加速在人类历史上是空前的
And it's not going to slow down
它不会减缓
It's only going to speed up
只会提速
So I want to share a few stories, 3 stories from my life
我希望分享我人生中的三个故事
and how I think they can help you
讲讲它们对大家可能有什么帮助
in the new, fast-moving world that you're about to enter
在你们即将步入的这一个快速变化的新世界中
I joined Google during the height of the first .com boom in the late 1990s
我加入谷歌是在第一次.com繁荣鼎盛的1990年代
Now I know this seems like ancient time to you guys
你们肯定觉得这是很古老的年代
but it really was not that long ago
但实际上 当时离现在并没过多久
At the time, I was newly married
当时我刚结婚
and my husband and I decided to buy a house which was a huge decision
我和丈夫决定买一栋房子 这是很重大的决定
We could barely afford the mortgage
我们还房贷有些吃力
So we decided we would rent part of our house and the garage
于是决定将房子的一部分以及车库出租
