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I first heard about Tulsa Remote, I felt like it was kismet. I was thinking about leaving the Bay area where I was living in San Francisco.
我第一次听说塔尔萨远程搬家计划时，觉得这简直是天意。我当时正考虑离开我居住的旧金山湾区。

And so, I was searching around for, you know, different locations like researching where, you know, what's the cost of living like? What is the quality of life like in different cities?
我四处在找新城市，研究那个城市的生活成本是怎么样的？ 不同城市的生活质量有什么差异？

And I looked at all the, kind of, obvious things that I think people migrate from California to, which were Portland, Austin, Seattle.
我研究了所有那种我觉得人们从加州搬去的热门目的地，也就是波特兰，奥斯汀，西雅图。

And, you know, I just kept coming up with the fact that those cities have, kind of, been overplayed at this point.
我越来越发现，有些时候这些城市的好处其实被夸大了。

And when I was doing this research, an article for Tulsa Remote popped up in my news feed, and I thought, like, that's super interesting.
在我进行这项研究时，一篇关于塔尔萨远程搬家计划的文章出现在我的新闻推送中，我想这真是太有趣了。

Ten thousand dollars to move somewhere. But then I was also, had to, like, take a step back and go "Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma?"
一万美元就能搬到别的地方。但随后我也得退一步想：“俄克拉何马州塔尔萨市到底在哪儿？”

Tulsa Remote is an innovative program which seeks to bring remote workers from across the country with various diverse skill sets in order for them to have an opportunity to join our community.
塔尔萨远程搬家计划是一项创新项目，旨在吸引来自全国各地、拥有各类不同技能的远程工作者，让他们有机会加入我们的社区。

The program was created as it's truly an additive talent program which brings people with jobs to Tulsa in order to see a better life for themselves and their families.
该项目之所以被创立，是因为它确实是一个增益型人才项目，旨在吸引有工作的人来到塔尔萨，以便为自己和家人创造更好的生活。

I made this list and I said, you know "What do I need? Do I need 700 restaurants? No, I probably need, like, three restaurants.
我列了一个清单：“我需要什么？我真的需要住在一个有700家餐厅的城市里吗？不，我大概只需要三家餐厅。

Do I need all of these bars? No, but I do want some culture. I do want a sense of community.
我需要大城市的灯红酒绿吗？不，但我确实想要一些文化氛围。我需要一种社区的温馨感。

I would like, you know, a reasonable cost of living, the ability to buy a house."
我想要合理的生活成本，能买得起房子。”

I never anticipated even when I was flying out here, that it was something that I was seriously considering.
在坐飞机的途中我甚至都没想到我会真的来这里发展。

I was, kind of, like, "This is interesting. I'm going to go with an open mind. I'm going to see what this is about. But probably, like, this is probably not going to happen."
我当时想：“这挺有意思的，我会抱着开放的心态去试试，看看这里有什么机会，也可能跟我想的完全不一样。”

And by the end of three days, I was sitting there with another participant that had come to visit and we looked at each other, we said, he was from New York and we said, "Are we doing this? Are we actually going to move to Tulsa, Oklahoma?"
三天结束时，我和另一个搬来这里的人坐在一起，我们面面相觑，他是纽约人，然后问我：“我们真的要搬到俄克拉荷马州的塔尔萨去吗？”

Over half of our applications come from California and New York. And those folks are looking for a higher quality of life. They're looking for more space.
我们超过一半的申请来自加利福尼亚州和纽约州。他们都在追寻更高的生活质量。他们想要更宽敞的空间。

They're looking for the ability to purchase a home. They're looking for the opportunity to engage more deeply with the community.
他们在寻求购房的能力，也在寻求与社区更紧密的关系。

They're looking for that presence where they know people by their first names. And that's something that Tulsa can provide.
他们想要那种能直呼人名的亲切感。这些都是塔尔萨可以提供的。

I rolled into town and I immediately had 50 plus connections. I can't imagine, like, trying to make that solo move to a new town as a remote worker.
我刚到镇上，立刻就加了50多个好友。我没法想象，作为一个外地工作者只身一人搬进新城市。

And how do you even start making those connections, right? I mean, we had instant community built-in already for us.
你究竟该如何开始建立起人际关系呢？我们本来就已经有了现成的即时社群。

They helped us, you know, even with simple things. "I don't know how to change my driver's license." You know, like, people from the program would help us with this.
他们可以事无巨细提供帮助。“我不知道怎么换驾照。”这个项目里的人会帮我们处理这种事。

The ten-thousand-dollar headline number for Tulsa Remote grabs attention.
搬来即送一万美元的口号确实吸引了很多关注。

However, the disbursement of the checks really just de-risks the proposition of moving to Tulsa.
但是这笔钱实际上只是降低了迁往塔尔萨这一提议的风险。

We found that people come for many different reasons. Cost of living, quality of life, ease, lack of pollution, all kinds of reasons.
我们发现人们来这里有很多不同的原因：生活成本，生活质量，便捷程度，污染少。

I felt so at home that I have now purchased a home here because it is affordable.
我觉得很自在，所以现在已经在这里买了房子，因为这里房价实惠。

I purchased a home. I got a boyfriend. I mean, I feel like I'm the Tulsa Remote success story.
我买了一套房子，交了一个男朋友。我觉得自己就是塔尔萨远程搬家计划的成功案例

When it comes to magic, there's no logical solution why did that coin vanish from your hand? Then, the next things is, do it again or do something else miraculous.
魔术是无法用逻辑来解释的，比如为什么那枚硬币会从你手里凭空消失？接下来要做的就是，要么再变一次，要么表演点别的神奇的魔术。

Is magic real or is magic an illusion? I'd like to show you what comes to mind just as an example. And we're just going to use these three half-dollars right here.
魔术是真的，还是只是障眼法？我想向你们展示一下我脑海中浮现的想法，仅作为例子。我手上有三个50美分的硬币，

Focus on this first one. Three coins, two hands, no sleeves, no bracelets.
先看第一个，三个硬币，两只手，没有袖子，没有手饰。

So, you think of things happening that's impossible, but you're making the impossible possible and you're also creating astonishment.
你想到的是不可能发生的事，但你正在把不可能变成可能，你也在创造奇迹。

So, when you think about magic, you have to think about creativity and most importantly, making the impossible possible.
当你谈到魔术的时候，你会想到创造力，最重要的是，把不可能变成可能。

What is real? So, I got started in magic, not when I was young like most people.
什么是真实的？跟大多数魔术师不同，我不是很小就开始学魔术的。

I got started in magic when I was in graduate school at Penn State studying health education research.
我是在宾州州立大学研究生院学习健康教育研究期间开始学习魔术的。

It was just a hobby for me, something to do to just to pass the time, card tricks.
扑克牌魔术对我来说只是个爱好，是用来打发时间的消遣罢了。

Me and a group of friends, we used to get together and do card tricks.
我和一群朋友经常聚在一起玩扑克牌魔术。

So, I just took a leap of faith and I just said I'm going to give myself one year.
我就鼓起勇气放手一试，给自己一年的时间。

If it doesn't work out in one year, I'll just go back to school, get a job and just continue on with life.
如果一年后还没成功，我就回学校，找个班上，继续过日子。

Well, one year ended up being 16 years and I haven't looked back yet. So, that's when I decided I want to do magic full time.
一年最终变成了16年，而我至今没有回头过。就是在那个时候，我决定要全职从事魔术表演。

I believe that every artist should use their platform to talk about greater issues beyond their art.
我认为艺术家应该在舞台上探讨超越其艺术本身的更宏大的议题。

So, there's some elements in my show that are subtle and then some that are not subtle, that I speak about those issues and I let people into my world and what I think about it.
我的节目里有些元素是含蓄的，有些则不那么含蓄，我会谈论那些问题，让观众走进我的世界，了解我的想法。

For example, I was performing in Iowa one time. It was at a college campus but it was two hours outside, two-and-a-half hours outside of Des Moines, Iowa.
例如，有一次我在爱荷华州演出。演出地点在一个大学校园里，但距离爱荷华州得梅因市有两个半小时的路程。

I get there. I set up. I'm behind the curtain. I peek out. 500 people here.
我到了之后，站在幕帘后面偷偷往外瞥，观众居然有500人。

I was like, "Oh my gosh. Okay, I know exactly what I'm going to say." As soon as the emcee announced me, I walked on stage.
我当时心想：“天呐，我完全知道我要说什么了。”主持人一报出我的名字，我就走上了舞台。

The first words out of my mouth is, "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to the show. When I got off the plane this morning, the Black population increased by 100 percent."
我开口说的第一句话是：“女士们，先生们，谢谢各位今天的捧场。今天早上我下飞机时，美国的黑人人口又翻了一番。”

Now, it came off as a joke but as they say, there's truth in comedy. That's proof that some stereotypes are true.
现在，这听起来像是个玩笑，但正如人们所说，喜剧中蕴含着真理。这证明了有些刻板印象是真实的。

And it resonated with everyone because they realized, wow, this is not a diverse town.
这引起了所有人的共鸣，因为他们意识到，这不是一个多元化的城镇。

Wow, I've never seen a Black magician before, but we've always been out there.
我以前从没见过黑人魔术师，但是黑人魔术师一直都有。

As a matter of fact, one part of my show, I'll talk about the very first American-born magician by the name of Richard Potter.
事实上，作为演出的一部分，我都会介绍美国的第一位魔术师，理查德·波特。

So, prior to Houdini, prior to Doug Henning, prior to David Copperfield, prior to David Blaine, the very first magician on American soil was a Black man.
在胡迪尼之前，在道格·亨宁之前，在大卫·科波菲尔之前，在大卫·布莱恩之前，美国本土的第一位魔术师是一位黑人。

And that's something to be proud about because people like Richard Potter, Henry Box Brown, Hiawatha Johnson Jr., these are all African American magicians. If I could see it, I could be it.
这是值得骄傲的事情，因为理查德·波特、亨利·博克斯·布朗、小海华沙·约翰逊都是非裔美国魔术师。如果我可以看到他们的成就，我也可以成为他们。

We were at the Union at the university. That's basically a place where people come and relax and you check your emails and your class schedules.
我们是在大学学生会认识的。 那基本上是个大家来放松的地方，还能查收邮件，查看课程表。

And I just happened to see this head of curly hair and I had to get closer to her.
我突然看到了一名卷发靓女，就想走近去看看。

And the closer I got, the better she looked. And I had to introduce myself. So, here we are 20 years later.
离得越近，她看起来就越美。我就开始介绍我自己。到现在我们在一起已经20年了。

I have three kiddos. Isaac is our oldest. Ian is our middle child. Isabella is our youngest.
我们有三个孩子，艾萨克是老大，伊恩是老二，伊莎贝拉是最小的。

She's seven-and-a-half. We homeschool them. We have for the last five-and-a-half years.
伊莎贝拉现在七岁半。我们在家教育他们。过去五年半我们一直如此。

Our children, they do have the best of both worlds in having a Black father and a white mother. In life, they don't have to think about choosing a side.
我们的孩子有黑人父亲和白人母亲，确实能从两种文化中受益良多。在生活中，他们不必考虑要站在哪一边。

I'm originally from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines which is in the eastern Caribbean.
我来自加勒比海东部的圣文森特和格林纳丁斯。

I was evacuated due to a volcano in 1979. I was seven years old at that time, came to United States, lived in New York City for a few years.
我在1979年因火山爆发而被疏散。那时我七岁，来到美国，在纽约市住了几年。

And I also was in the military myself. The only questions that the kids have asked us about race is, "Dad, why is your skin darker than Mom's?"
我也曾在军队服役。孩子们问过的唯一关于种族的问题是：“爸爸，为什么你的皮肤比妈妈的深？”

And, so, I went ahead and took a DNA test and I explained all that to them. Daddy is 50 percent Nigerian. Daddy is 25 percent from Sierra Leone.
然后我就会拿出DNA检测报告，跟他们一一解释。我说，爸爸有50%的尼日利亚血统，25%的塞拉利昂血统。

Daddy is 11 percent Scottish. Daddy has four percent Native American. Daddy has three percent Asian. So, I break it down for them.
11%的苏格兰血统， 4%的印第安人血统，还有3%的亚洲血统。我会跟他们慢慢解释。

As far as what we're teaching them, it's what's appropriate for their age.
至于我们教给他们的内容，都是适合他们年龄的。

We don't put them in that environment where they can be harmed or anyone can share their negativity with them. So, we protect our children.
我们不会把他们置于可能会受到伤害或者被传递负面情绪的环境中。我们会保护我们的孩子。

They're still trying to learn how to do their multiplication tables, you know. So, the issue of slavery and systemic racism, you know, that's not at their level at this point.
他们还在努力学习乘法表。关于奴隶制和结构性种族歧视的问题，前还不在他们的认知层面上。

But we're not clueless that it's there. And in due time, as those discussions come into play, he's like you're old enough, you're mature enough, it's time for you to learn this.
但我们并非对它一无所知。到了适当的时候，随着那些讨论逐步展开，他就会说，你年纪够大了，也足够成熟了，是时候让你了解这件事了。

And it may come up because our child has a question, or it may come up because of something they're exposed to.
可能那时候，他们自己会遇到这些问题， 或者可能暴露在那样的环境当中。

Couple months ago, there was protests right here in our neighborhood.
几个月前，我们社区这里就发生过抗议活动。

They chose South Lincoln neighborhoods, where we live, because they felt that they needed to expose South Lincoln.
他们选择了我们居住的南林肯社区，因为他们觉得有必要揭露南林肯的情况。

So, the kids got to see that first-hand right here at the end of our street and what that looked like and it was a peaceful protest.
孩子们在街道尽头亲眼看到了这一切， 看到这些游行是怎么一回事，那是一场和平抗议。

But then when they see something on the news that's violent and people are literally hurting each other and causing vandalism, that's not a peaceful protest. That's literally riots.
可后来当他们在新闻上看到暴力示威， 人们互相伤害，损害公物，那就不是和平抗议了，这完全是暴动。

And so, I've talked to them about knowing that we live in Nebraska and in some regards their exposure looks very, very different than if we lived on the East or the West Coast.
我已经和他们谈过，要知道我们住在内布拉斯加州，他们接触到的东西和东海岸或西海岸的情况可能完全不一样。

People collect all sorts of things. I collect fridge magnets, so my fridge has slowly become a colourful map of everywhere I've been. I also have fond memories of collecting rocks and shells from the beach with my mum when we’d visit the coast in summer. It’s true that some people collect natural objects such as fossils and interesting stones, while others bring home souvenirs from their travels. There are also people collecting miniature versions of real commercial products and tiny replicas of familiar objects, for example scaled-down retro toys, classic board games and action figures. In this way, collectables can be both decorative and functional, giving us something nostalgic to look at or fiddle with when bored.
人们收集各种各样的东西。 我收集冰箱贴，所以我的冰箱慢慢地变成了一张彩色地图，上面写着我去过的任何地方。 当我们夏天去海岸时，我也有和妈妈一起从海滩收集岩石和贝壳的美好回忆。 确实，有些人收集化石和有趣的石头等自然物品，而另一些人则将旅行中的纪念品带回家。 还有人收集真实商业产品的微型版本和熟悉物品的微型复制品，例如缩小版复古玩具、经典棋盘游戏和动作玩偶。 这样，收藏品就可以兼具装饰性和功能性，让我们在无聊时可以看看或摆弄一些怀旧的东西。

But why do people have such a strong desire to collect things? One explanation is that collecting gives us a sense of order and achievement. Happiful, a mental health and wellbeing magazine, wrote that adding to a collection creates a sense of progress and accomplishment. According to an article published in the Journal of Consumer Research, titled Seeking Structure in Collections: Desire for Control Motivates Engagement in Collecting, collecting can help people feel more in control. It explains that collections can become an extension of our identity. The things we collect reflect our hobbies, interests and loyalties.
但为什么人们有如此强烈的收藏欲望呢？ 一种解释是，收藏给我们一种秩序感和成就感。 《幸福》是一本心理健康和幸福杂志，它写道，添加收藏可以带来进步和成就感。 根据发表在《消费者研究杂志》上的一篇题为《寻求收藏中的结构：控制欲激发人们参与收藏》的文章，收藏可以帮助人们感觉更有控制力。 它解释了收藏可以成为我们身份的延伸。 我们收集的东西反映了我们的爱好、兴趣和忠诚度。

However, not everyone believes collecting is beneficial. Advocates of minimalism argue that owning fewer possessions improves wellbeing. As Beverley D'Silva reported for the BBC, the simplicity associated with a minimalist lifestyle may even contribute to greater happiness. From this perspective, filling our homes with collections can seem more like unnecessarily hoarding clutter. There is also an important distinction between thoughtfully curating your collection and simply accumulating more possessions. The Journal of Consumer Research article warns that some collectors can be drawn into excessive spending, especially when companies release new or rare additions to collections that were once considered complete. In those cases, collecting may be driven less by passion and more by pressure.
然而，并非所有人都认为收集是有益的。 极简主义的倡导者认为，拥有更少的财产可以改善幸福感。 正如 Beverley D'Silva 为 BBC 报道的那样，与极简主义生活方式相关的简单甚至可能有助于增加幸福感。 从这个角度来看，在我们的家里堆满收藏品似乎更像是不必要地囤积杂物。 精心策划你的收藏和简单地积累更多财产之间也有一个重要的区别。 《消费者研究杂志》的文章警告说，一些收藏家可能会陷入过度消费，特别是当公司为曾经被认为完整的收藏品推出新的或罕见的补充品时。 在这些情况下，收藏可能更多地受到压力而非激情的驱动。

Despite this, collecting remains as popular as ever. Perhaps the reason collecting endures is simple – collections tell stories. And displaying these collections can be just as satisfying as finding them. Happiful describes collections as a kind of self-portrait, reflecting our interests, personality and memories. Whether it's fridge magnets, shells or action figures, the real value often lies not in the objects themselves, but in the memories and meanings attached to them.
尽管如此，收藏仍然一如既往地流行。 也许收藏经久不衰的原因很简单——藏品讲述故事。 展示这些藏品就像找到它们一样令人满意。 Happiful 将收藏描述为一种自画像，反映我们的兴趣、个性和记忆。 无论是冰箱贴、贝壳还是人偶，真正的价值往往不在于物体本身，而在于它们所附加的记忆和意义。

While mice with partly-human brains might sound a Kafkaesque experiment, the scientists say that these are not mice that think like humans, rather they're animals that are altered so that some of their brain tissue is human.
虽然拥有部分人类脑组织的小鼠听起来像是一场 “卡夫卡式” 的实验，但科学家表示，这些小鼠并不会像人类一样思考。更准确地说，它们只是经过改造的动物，其部分脑组织来源于人类。

The researchers engineered mice to develop almost none of their own cerebralcortex, that's the outer layer that's sometimes referred to as grey matter. It handles higher-level thinking, memory and senses. They then used skin cells taken from humans, reprogrammed them and grew them into pieces of brain-like tissue called organoids – collections of connected living brain cells. When these organoids were implanted into the mice, they formed connections with the rest of the brain and the spinal cord, functioning like brain tissue.
通过基因工程手段，研究人员让这些小鼠几乎不发育自身的大脑皮层。大脑皮层就是大脑的外层，有时也被称为 “灰质”，负责高级思维活动、记忆和感觉处理。随后，研究人员用取自人类的皮肤细胞，将其重新编程，培育成名为 “类器官” 的类脑组织。类器官由相互连接的活体脑细胞组成。这些类器官被植入小鼠后，与大脑的其它区域和脊髓建立了连接，并发挥与脑组织相似的功能。

Having working human brain cells inside a living animal, the scientists say, gives them a new way to understand the biological causes and develop treatments for brain disorders, including dementia, epilepsy and cerebral palsy. The study raises questions about what it means to change the brain of an animal and exactly how theselaboratorymice will experience the world. So, there'll be ongoing discussions weighing the scientific value of these mice against these ethical challenges.
科学家表示，在活体动物的大脑中植入能正常发挥功能的人类脑细胞，为他们理解脑部疾病的生物学成因、开发新疗法提供了新途径，这些疾病包括痴呆、癫痫和脑瘫。该研究也引发了一些质疑，例如改变动物的大脑意味着什么，以及这些实验小鼠究竟会如何感知和体验世界。因此，如何权衡这些小鼠的科学价值与伴随而来的伦理挑战，相关讨论还将持续下去。