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- Feb 26, 20262 min
EP47 The_Evolution_of_the_Internet
The Evolution of the InternetWhen the Internet was first created in the late 1960s, it was only used by scientists and researchers.当互联网在二十世纪六十年代末被创造出来时，它只被科学家和研究人员使用。It was designed as a way for computers to share information across long distances.它的设计目的是让计算机能够在长距离间共享信息。At that time, there were no websites, no email, and certainly no social media.当时还没有网站、电子邮件，更没有社交媒体。By the 1980s, the Internet had grown larger and began to connect universities and organizations around the world.到了二十世纪八十年代，互联网的规模扩大，开始连接世界各地的大学和机构。In the early 1990s, the invention of the World Wide Web changed everything.在九十年代初，万维网的发明彻底改变了一切。Suddenly, anyone could create a webpage and share information easily.突然间，任何人都能轻松创建网页并分享信息。In the beginning, web pages were simple — mostly text with a few pictures.最初的网页非常简单——主要是文字，配上几张图片。As technology improved, websites became more colorful, interactive, and dynamic.随着技术的发展，网站变得更加丰富多彩、互动且动态。In the late 1990s, email became a popular way for people to communicate.在九十年代后期，电子邮件成为人们交流的流行方式。Soon after, instant messaging and chat rooms appeared, allowing real-time communication.不久之后，即时通讯和聊天室出现，让人们能够实时交流。In the 2000s, the rise of social media changed how people used the Internet.在二十一世纪初，社交媒体的兴起改变了人们使用互联网的方式。Websites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter allowed users to share their thoughts, photos, and videos instantly.像Facebook、YouTube和Twitter这样的网站让用户可以即时分享想法、照片和视频。Smartphones made the Internet even more accessible.智能手机让互联网变得更加易于使用。People no longer needed to sit at a desk to go online — they could connect anywhere, anytime.人们不再需要坐在桌前上网——他们可以随时随地连接网络。Modern Internet use goes far beyond communication.现代互联网的用途远不止于交流。It allows us to shop, study, watch movies, attend meetings, and even control home devices.它让我们能够购物、学习、看电影、开会，甚至控制家用设备。Just like the telephone evolved from a simple device into a powerful communication tool,就像电话从简单的装置发展成强大的通讯工具一样，<p style="color:#333333;font-weight:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:30px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;hyphens:auto;text-align:justify;" data-flag="n
- Jul 30, 20231 min
EP46 girl with the pearl earings
7/30 Is she turning towards you or away from you , no one can agree . She is a mysterious subject of (Dutch ) master Jan Vermeer’s, girl with the pearl earring . A painting (often referred to ) as the mona lisa of the north . Belong to a (Dutch ) styles of the (idealized ) ,sometimes overly (expressive ) paintings (known as tronies ) . The girl with the pearl earring, has the allure and subtlety characteristic of Vermeer’s work. Vermeer’s treatment of light and shadow , (or chiaroscuro ) ,uses (a dark flat) background to (further spotlight her three dimensionality , instead of being like a set piece , in a (theatrical narrative ) scenes she become a psychological subject, her eye contact and slightly (parted) lips , as if she is about say something , draw us into her gaze . Dutch 荷兰的idealized 理想化的tronies 特写肖像画chiaroscuro 明暗对比法theatrical 戏剧化的narrative 记叙文的gaze 凝视
- Jul 29, 20231 min
EP45 Trauma
7/29Trauma , is an experience that is constructed like any other experience os constructed . That is doesn’t trivialize , that just shows you the real power of predictions in the economy of your everyday life . What’s happening when (an adverse ) experience become traumatic ? The brain is weighing that experience very heavily in its future predictions . From (a metabolic ) standpoints ,it’s always better to predict and correct than it is to react, the traumatic event is re-experienced again and again and again , which only strengthen those connections and only make those predictions more likely in the future , the reason why a brain would do this is to avoid missing a threat .trivialize 重要的
- Jul 23, 20232 min
EP44 Barbie
It’s just fun and gorgeous , and it’s (see through ) so we can see each other ,all the barbies in their own barbie dream houses wake up in the morning , and then can wave at each other . This is a product of so many discussions , so many references , I can’t even tell you the meeting we’ve had about the pink . We sat with all these difference kinds of pinks and we were like what is pink ,how does the pink interact . Because we didn’t want it to be so classy that it didn’t . When I was a litter girl , I like the pinkest brightest thing . Because barbie was invented in 1959 , and it felt like we can ground everything in that look , 1950 soundstage musicals. (Gene Kelly ) or (Vincente Minnelli) ,like those kind of wonderful fake but emotionally ) artificial spaces . One thing that those soundstage musical did so well were beautiful artificial skies . There is a sort of surrealness of the (gradation) of the colorYou can light (them into these intense colors ,you can light pink and orange form the bottle ,the blue from the top , you can really go (kind of expressionistic ) with it surrealness. 超现实gradation 渐变层次expressionistic 表现主义
- Jul 22, 20232 min
EP43 favorite comfort food
I am from new York , and my favorite comfort food is grilled cheese , growing up as a picky eater , (grilled cheese ) was the number 1 thing that I could get from every single family member and every single restaurant . And It be almost the exact same every single time . It reminds me of being best friend with my mom . My favorite comfort food is congee , a type of rice porridge , there are also many different types of congee . And I’ve had it plain . with dried scallops ，with preserved egg and salted pork, and just whitefish .growing up , my mother would make this for breakfast somedays ,and she will also make it for me when I was sick , and I couldn’t keep any solid foods down . My favorite comfort food is Lahmajun, it is a thin flatbread , almost like pizza , that’s (enjoyed in and ) around the middle east . It’s typically made by taking small dough balls and flatting them into really thin pieces , and them it’s topped with beef or lamb , some vegetables ,and spices , and then it cooked in oven for just a few minutes . My family and I typically buy a dozen or so of them from Armenia bakeries or grocery stores here in LA , because they make them really tasty plain 清淡的scallops 干贝flatbread 小面包干Flat 平坦的oven 烤炉
- Jul 16, 20232 min
EP42 cute aggressive
Watching a kitten fumbling around , it might feel as if you’ve never encountered anything so devastatingly adorable in your mortal live . But you may also feel the conflicting urge to squeeze or smush the kitten . This urge which phycologists call cute aggression ,is a surprisingly common one estimate to affect about a half of all adults . Cut aggression is importantly not link to the actual intention to do harm, instead it seems to result from emotional overload . Some scientist think the cute things (elicited) such positive emotions from certain people ,that the experiences becomes overwhelming . They hypothesize that sightly aggressive discordant thoughts ,are the brain’s way of putting the brake on, and regulating those intense feelings , not getting you to actually eat a kitten . elicited 引出hypothesize 假设estimate to affect 估计影响discordant 不和谐的
- Jul 15, 20232 min
EP41 how to diet
7/15Diet is the behavior that’s been studied the most in terms of trying to affect thing like aging and longevity.There really three components of diet that seem to be impacting aging :So the first is. How much we eat , the second is what we eat , and the third is when we eat . So in terms of how much we eat , a lot of science went into this idea of caloric restriction . Caloric restriction isn’t a starvation .it’s usually just about a 20 precent reduction in the overall caloric intake . The other thing , that has been study , is this concept of what we eat , a lot of research has gone into whether things like plant-based diet are actually beneficial to aging and longevity, there seems to be some evidence ,that eating less animal products , more fruit ,veggies , more wholefoods ,it’s going to be better overall . But what scientists found , is actually fasting can (con mimic ) some of the benefits , that we’ve seen with (caloric restriction ) , so if people can perhaps minimize their eating to a small window , we think (that this can actually recapitulate ) a lot of benefits , that we are saying in the caloric restriction studies .
- Jul 8, 20232 min
EP40 Grit
7/8In all those very different contexts ,one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success . And it wasn’t social (intelligences ), wasn’t good looks , physical health , and it wasn’t IQ . It was grit . Grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals . So far the best idea I’ve heard about building grit in kids , is something called growth (mindset ) ,this is an idea developed at sanford university by (Carol Dweck ) . And it is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed .that it can change with your effort . Doctor (Dweck ) had shown that when kids read and learn about the brain . And how it changes and grows in response to challenge , they are must more likely to preserver when they fail. Because they don’t believe that failure is permanent condition
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