In February 2024 OpenAI unveiled Sora, which turns a sentence into a minute of photorealistic video. By learning physics — light, shadow, occlusion — it blurred the line between generated and filmed footage.
博主厄本用「理性决策者 vs 即时满足猴子」的比喻解剖拖延症:猴子只想「简单快乐」,而「恐慌怪兽」只在截止日期前觉醒。最可怕的是「无截止日期的拖延」——人生规划、健康、陪伴家人。
核心观点
拖延分两种:有截止日期(有恐慌怪兽救场)与无截止日期(危险)
「即时满足猴子」抢占方向盘,理性人只能眼睁睁看着
拖延 ≠ 懒:它是情绪管理问题,不是时间管理问题
演讲技巧点评
手绘简笔画(猴子、恐慌怪兽、'黑暗游乐场')全场唯一道具,把抽象心理可视化
自我爆料(毕业论文拖了 90 天)制造共鸣与笑声
结尾从搞笑急转严肃:'我们不会永远活着'——喜剧底色上的重击
English 详解
Tim Urban turns procrastination into an unforgettable cartoon: a Rational Decision-Maker, an Instant Gratification Monkey and the Panic Monster. Deadlines have a saviour; life plans do not. The funniest talk on this list — until its sobering final minute reminds us that we are not immortal.
Founded in 1472 in Munich, LMU is one of Germany's oldest and highest-ranked universities and a member of the elite U15 group. Strong in physics, medicine and the humanities, it has produced more than 40 Nobel laureates.
The brightest port city of the southern hemisphere, Sydney sets the white sails of the Opera House against the Harbour Bridge. Surfers at Bondi Beach and café culture capture the relaxed Australian way of life.
These thin wooden writing tablets were found at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall, and date to around AD 100. Soldiers' wives wrote invitations, officers requested leave, and accounts were kept in ink on wood. They are the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain — and one even mentions the word 'birthday'.
an institution of higher education offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees
📖 原文例句
“The claimants are hoping to get compensation of about 500,000 rand (£23,000), said Daniel Leader, a partner with the UK law firm Leigh Day, which is advising the South African legal team, led by Lawyers For Human Rights, an NGO. ‘We continue to suffer’: victims of apartheid-era Sharpeville massacre demand compensation Claim relating to 1960 attack on hundreds of protesters part of wave of …”
a mountain or hill with an opening through which lava, rock fragments, and gas erupt from the earth's crust
📖 原文例句
“Skip to content British Broadcasting Corporation Home News Sport Business Technology Health Culture Arts Travel Earth Audio Video Live Site search Home News Sport Business Technology Health Culture Arts Travel Earth Audio Video Live Weather Newsletters Volcano eruption leaves 170,000 passengers stranded in Indonesia 7 hours ago ShareSave Add as preferred on Google Toby Mann Watch: Lava fountain …”
A senior member of the Christian clergy, typically in charge of a diocese
📖 原文例句
“The claimants are hoping to get compensation of about 500,000 rand (£23,000), said Daniel Leader, a partner with the UK law firm Leigh Day, which is advising the South African legal team, led by Lawyers For Human Rights, an NGO. ‘We continue to suffer’: victims of apartheid-era Sharpeville massacre demand compensation Claim relating to 1960 attack on hundreds of protesters part of wave of …”
Something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering
📖 原文例句
“Mofokeng is among three claimants suing the South African government, in a case filed on Thursday, for compensation for the massacre.”
词根 · com- 共同,一起 · -tion 名词后缀
搭配: compensation package · financial compensation
同义: reparation · remuneration
global/ˈɡloʊbl/ adj.
全球的,全世界的;全面的,整体的
relating to the whole world
📖 原文例句
“Volcano eruption leaves 170,000 passengers stranded in Indonesia More than 170,000 airline passengers are stranded after ash was detected in airspace near Jakarta following the eruption… Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/6Next imagePrevious imageToggle caption Print subscriptions Search jobs Sign in Eur Europe edition UK edition US edition Australia edition International …”
“If they do these things they must learn their lesson the hard way.” In July 1961, in response to victims filing compensation claims, the white minority regime passed a law indemnifying the government and anyone acting under its authority for any actions taken “in good faith for the prevention or suppression of internal disorder, the maintenance or restoration of good order, public safety or …”
“Commenting on the deal, UCU general secretary, Jo Grady, said the university’s financial decisions and strategic priorities had contributed to its current position, arguing that staff had repeatedly been asked to absorb the consequences.”
“According to Indonesia's meteorological agency BMKG, ash reached as far as 20,000ft (6,000m) on Java on east of the volcano, and 50,000ft (15,000m) west of the volcano on the Sumatra side.”