【TED】是一個(gè)會(huì)議的名稱(chēng),它是英文technology,entertainment, design三個(gè)單詞的首字母縮寫(xiě)。它是社會(huì)各界精英交流的盛會(huì),這里有當(dāng)代最杰出的思想家,這里有當(dāng)代最優(yōu)秀的科學(xué)家,這里有迸發(fā)著最閃耀的思想火花,這里孕育著最光輝的夢(mèng)想。 Jessica Jackley Jessica Jackley is the co-founder of , an online community that helps individuals loan small amounts of money, called microloans, to entrepreneurs throughout the world.
Now I still gave on the outside it looked like I was still quite involved. I gave of my time and my money, I gave when solutions were on sale. The cost of a cup of coffee can save a child's life, right. I mean who can argue with that? I gave when I was cornered, when it was difficult to avoid and I gave, in general, when the negative emotions built up enough that I gave to relieve my own suffering, not someone else's. The truth be told, I was giving out of that place, not out of a genuine place of hope and excitement to help and of generosity. It became a transaction for me, became sort of a trade. I was purchasing something . I was buying my right to go on with my day and not necessarily be bothered by this bad news. And I think the way that we go through that sometimes can, first of all, disembody a group of people, individuals out there in the world. And it can also turn into a commodity, which is a very scary thing. So as I did this, and as I think many of us do this, we kind of buy our distance, we buy our right to go on with our day. I think that exchange can actually get in the way of the very thing that we want most. It can get in the way of our desire to really be meaningful and useful in another person's life and, in short to love.