本篇阅读材料 TED的绝妙创意 关闭科技 选自《时代》(原文标题：TheSurprisingBigIdeaatTED: TurnOffTechnology 2012.3.6)。如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作英语泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步
ItsaTEDtradition: whenthestagelightsgoupatthebeginningofatalk, thelittlegadgetsgoawayiPhones, iPads, andBlackberriesallhavetobepowereddown, evenbythetechbigwigswhowereinattendance, includingAmazonsJeffBezos, LinkedInsReedHoffman, andGooglesMarissaMayer. Fullylistenwithouttechnologicaldistraction. Thoughitsoundssimple, itwasthemostradicalmessagebeingspreadatTED 2012.
Asurprisingnumberofthisyearswidevarietyofspeakersseemedtobejoiningoneanotherinaresoundingchorus, acallreally, forarenaissanceintechnologicaldiscernment. Technologyispowerful, thethinkingwent, butitactuallydisempowersuswhenweuseitaddictivelyandindiscriminately. Andfurther, whatreallymattersisthewaysinwhichourtechnologicaladvancementsallowustoconnectmoredeeplyandwidelywithrealhumanbeings.
TheleaderofthepackwasdefinitelyMITprofessorandauthorofAloneTogether, SherryTurkle. Shedescribedthebleakrealitymanyofuslivein, bywhichwestareintoourscreensbigandsmallwhileoursensual, viscerallivespassusby. Ourveryemotionalcores, sheexplains, arebeingalteredbyourinabilitytodisconnectfromthedigitalworld. Butitsnottoolate, accordingtoTurkle: Wegrewupwithdigitaltechnologysoweseeitasallgrownup. Itsnot. Inotherwords, westillhavetimetodevelopourcapacitytobediscerningwhenitcomestothoseglowingscreens.
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