I'veneverbeentoPrincetonbefore, and I arrived a dayagoandhadtheopportunitytowalkaroundandlookattheplaceandlookatthetown, andtocallPrincetonpicturesqueistopay a complimenttothepicturesoftheworld.
I sawsomebodytakingtheirrubbishout, andtherubbishwas a sortofweatheredorangecratebrokenupand a 1930s rustedfan, andthatwaswhattheywereputtingoutonthesidewalk.
Whatyou'veachievedhere, youhaven't justlearned a bodyofknowledge, you'velearnedhowtolearn.
ここで達成したことは、単に知識を学んだだけでなく、学び方を学んだということだ。
You'velearnedthevalueoflearning, and I cansay, inallhonesty, 20 yearson, I'm a muchbetterstudentnowthan I waswhen I wasatcollege, and I thinkthesamewillbetrueformostofyou, intruth.
As a believerintheconceptofinception, as a believerintheideathatyoucanplanttheseedofanideathatwillgrowintosomethingmoresubstantialovertime, I dofeelsomeresponsibilitytotryandsaysomethingtoyouthatyouwouldcarryforwardandmighthelpyouinsomeway.
So I thoughtbacktotheworldofmygraduation, whenEmmaand I weresittingthere 20-oddyearsago, and I thoughtaboutwhatweretheproblemsoftheworld, whatweretheterriblethingswefaced, racism, incomeinequality, warfare.
Andthetruthis, I thinkwe'vefailedtoaddress a lotofthefundamentals, possiblyfor a goodreason, andthatreasonis I thinkwewentoutintotheworldbelievingthatifwecouldconnecttheworld, ifwecouldallowthefreeexchangeofideasacrossgeographicalboundaries, economicboundaries, ifwecouldalltalk, theseproblemswouldgoaway.
Before I goanyfurther, I havetoacknowledgetheironythat I amsomeonewhomade a film, halfofwhichissetinthecabinofanairplanewherepeoplearedealingwithrealitieswithinrealities.
Andthatmakes a statementthatperhapsalllevelsofrealityareequallyvalid.
そしてそれは、おそらく現実のすべてのレベルが等しく有効であるということを表明している。
Thecameramovesovertothespinningtop, andjustbeforethespinningtopappearstobewobbling, there's a cuttoblack, and I skipoutofthebackofthetheaterbeforepeoplecatchme.
Andthere's a very, verystrongreactionfromtheaudience, usually a bitof a groan, butthepointis, objectively, itmatterstotheaudienceinabsoluteterms, eventhoughwhatthey'rewatchingis a fiction, isitsownvirtualreality.
Wearefirmlyembeddedinthebeliefthatwehavechangedtheworldinallkindsofincredibleways, andwehaveallkindsofwaysofsellingthistoyou, andweusefancywordslikedisruption, whichisessentially a formofsortofeconomicnihilism, wherebyyoujudgethevalueof a companybyhowmuchitcanstopothercompaniesmakingmoneyratherthanwhattheyactuallymakethemselves.
That's thereforthoseofyougoingintofinance, bytheway, justtryingtolay a littlegroundworkthere.
ちなみに、これはこれから金融業界を目指す人たちのためにあるんだ。
Andweusewords, slipperywords, likealgorithm.
そして私たちは、アルゴリズムというような滑りやすい言葉を使う。
Okay.
オーケー。
Now, ifyouhearsomeoneusethewordalgorithm, andthey'renot a mathematicsprofessoror a computerscientist, they'reprobablytryingtoobscurewhatitistheyactuallydo, whattheircompanydoes.