Notes:
aboriginal 土著的,原始的
quarry 猎物,来源,挖掘
stingray 黄貂鱼
cut off from sth
throw it into reverse
plonk n. 拨琴弦的动作或声音;一记重击;vt. 用力丢下或放下;
straight 海峡
assembly line 装配线
literally
graphite 石墨
With language we have to transfer ideas that we understand with each other.
What is relevant to a society is how well people are communicating their ideas, and how well they're cooperating, not how clever the individuals are.
interchange (两人等)交换
incremental 增加的,增值的
crowd source 众包
bottom-up world 自上而下的世界
elite 精英
2013-09-26 (55min) Title: When ideas have sex Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex.html Matt Ridley: http://www.ted.com/speakers/matt_ridley.html;
Where do ideas come from? (5 talks): http://www.ted.com/playlists/20/where_do_ideas_come_from.html;
Notes: aboriginal 土著的,原始的 quarry 猎物,来源,挖掘 stingray 黄貂鱼 cut off from sth throw it into reverse plonk n. 拨琴弦的动作或声音;一记重击;vt. 用力丢下或放下; straight 海峡 assembly line 装配线 literally graphite 石墨 With language we have to transfer ideas that we understand with each other. What is relevant to a society is how well people are communicating their ideas, and how well they're cooperating, not how clever the individuals are. interchange (两人等)交换 incremental 增加的,增值的 crowd source 众包 bottom-up world 自上而下的世界 elite 精英