時差N小時:數(shù)位時代對情緒的影響

Harvard University professor John Palfrey recentlyspoke in Taipei on the subject of youth andcontemporary media, the digital age, andparenting. I read the news on his lecture with care."(Palfrey) said it is down to parents and schools todetermine which life skills-human interaction,argument making, [or] analysis-children shoulddevelop. Digital content can be a powerful tool tosupport those goals..."

哈弗大學(xué)教授約翰?帕爾弗里近日在臺北就青年、當(dāng)代媒體、數(shù)位時代和父母對子女的教育等問題發(fā)表講話。我用心閱讀了關(guān)于他演講的新聞。帕爾弗里說道，總是由家長和學(xué)校來決定孩子應(yīng)該朝哪項(xiàng)技能方面發(fā)展——反應(yīng)能力，辯論能力或是分析能力。數(shù)字內(nèi)容是個能實(shí)現(xiàn)這些目標(biāo)的強(qiáng)大工具。

I would like to put in a word for the first skill, human interaction.

我想用一個字來概括第一項(xiàng)技能，反應(yīng)能力。

One deficiency from which I feel many college students suffer these days is in self-knowledge and an understanding of how their words and actions affect others. That may beanother way to speak of "EQ," or "emotional quotient."

我能體會到當(dāng)今許多大學(xué)生在自我認(rèn)知和覺察自己的言行對別人的影響方面很匱乏。換句話說，就是“EQ”，或者“情商”低。

"IQ" designates a student's ability to grasp and express ideas and to know how to putknowledge to good use, so it follows that EQ points to people's understanding of themselves andtheir impact on those around them.

“IQ”代表的是學(xué)生領(lǐng)會和表達(dá)觀點(diǎn)的能力，知道怎么學(xué)以致用的能力，因此EQ則是指人們對自身，及自己對周圍人的影響的理解能力。

I sometimes wonder if too many of our young friends are overly computer literate, even asthey are starving inwardly from loneliness and alienation. How many college students inTaiwan are more adept at Internet use and software than they are at human relationships? Toomany, I am afraid.

我時常在想，是不是我們許多年輕朋友過于精通電腦文化，甚至他們的饑餓感是來自于孤獨(dú)和寂寞。有多少臺灣大學(xué)生對于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和軟件的使用越來越熟練，卻日漸疏于人際關(guān)系呢?恐怕有很多。