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哈佛教授乔丹·彼得森：你的善良必须带点锋芒

如果你只是天真 如果你只是善良

If you're just naive if you're just nice

如果你从没伤害过任何人

If you'd never hurt anyone

你连只苍蝇都不会伤害

You'd never hurt a fly

你没有能力做出这些事情

You don't have the capability for any of that

为什么别人要认真对待你呢?

Why would anyone ever take you seriously

你最多不过是个

You're just you're a

被驯化的动物

domestic animal at best

而且无足轻重

and a rather contemptible one at that

这样是很奇怪的

and it's a very strange thing

因为我们通常不会意识到

because you wouldn't think that

拥有作恶的能力

the revelation of the capacity for evil

其实是觉醒善意的先决条件

is a precondition for the realization of good

你必须认真对待

You have to be serious about

这些事情

These sorts of things

这不是儿戏对吧

It's not the game of a child right

这是一个成熟的成年人的游戏

It's the game of a fully developed adult