It's good to be idealistic. But be prepared to be misunderstood. Anyone working on a big vision will get called crazy, even if you end up right. Anyone working on a complex problem will get blamed for not fully understanding the challenge, even though it's impossible to know everything upfront. Anyone taking initiative will get criticized for moving too fast, because there's always someone who wants to slow you down.

其实，理想主义是好事，但你要做好被误解的准备。胸怀大志的人都会被称为疯子，即使你最终获得成功。你想解决复杂的问题，别人就会说你不自量力，即便你不可能事先了解一切。任何先行一步的人都会因为步子太快而受到批评，因为总是有人想让你慢下来。

不要因为害怕犯错就停止前进。

In our society, we often don't do big things because we're so afraid of making mistakes that we ignore all the things wrong today if we do nothing. The reality is, anything we do will have issues in the future. But that can't keep us from starting.

在社会中，我们并不经常做一些了不起的事，因为我们害怕犯错。如果我们什么都不做，我们就忽视了今天所有的问题。事实上，我们做的任何事情将来可能都会有问题。但这不能阻止我们开始。

Let's do them all in a way that gives everyone in our society a role. Let's do big things, not only to create progress, but to create purpose.

我们要做一些了不起的事，让社会中的每个人都找到自己的角色。不仅要创造进步，更要创造目标。

重新定义平等

扎克伯格呼吁重新定义平等，给人们更多的自由和帮助，去追求自己真正想做的事情。

JK Rowling got rejected 12 times before publishing Harry Potter. Even Beyoncé had to make hundreds of songs to get Halo. The greatest successes come from having the freedom to fail.

J.K.罗琳在出版《哈利波特》之前被拒绝了12次，即使碧昂丝也不得不在数百首歌曲之后，才有了今天Halo这首歌获得的光环。最大的成功来自于我们享有失败的自由。

Halo：此处双关，既指碧昂斯的歌“Halo”，也比喻她获得的成功光环。

Every generation expands its definition of equality. Previous generations fought for the vote and civil rights. They had the New Deal and Great Society. Now it's our time to define a new social contract for our generation.

每一代人的成长都扩大了平等的定义。前几代人争取投票权和民权，于是他们争取到了罗斯福新政和“伟大社会”（1964年，美国总统约翰逊的施政目标）。现在到了我们为这一代人定义新的社会契约的时候了。

We should have a society that measures progress not just by economic metrics like GDP, but by how many of us have a role we find meaningful.

我们的社会不应该光凭GDP这样的经济指标来衡量进步，更应该看有多少人发挥了有意义的作用。

And as technology keeps changing, we need to focus more on continuous education throughout our lives.

随着技术的不断变化，我们要更多地关注继续教育，活到老，学到老。

And yes, giving everyone the freedom to pursue purpose isn't free. People like me should pay for it. Many of you will do well and you should too.

是的，赋予每个人追求目标的自由，这并非不需要代价。像我这样的人应当为此付费。在你们之中，许多人将来都会做得很好，当然，你们也应该为之付费。

不过，这样的付出，并不局限于金钱，人们也可以花一些时间去帮助别人，创造更多可能性。

But it's not just about money. You can also give time.

但这也不仅限于金钱。你也可以奉献时间。

We can all make time to give someone a hand. Let's give everyone the freedom to pursue their purpose -- not only because it's the right thing to do, but because when more people can turn their dreams into something great, we're all better for it.

花一点时间，去帮助其他人，这点每个人都可以做到。通过此举，每个人都有实现人生目标的自由——不仅因为这样做是正确的，更因为当人们可以把梦想变为伟大的现实时，我们每个人都会变得更好。

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建立社群

世界上的每一个人都不是独立的个体，这代人可以一起行动起来终止贫困、疾病，顺应全球化的发展。

Purpose doesn't only come from work. The third way we can create a sense of purpose for everyone is by building community. And when our generation says "everyone", we mean everyone in the world.

目标不仅来自于工作。去创造目标感的第三种方式是建立社群， 而当我们这一代人说“每个人”的时候，我们指的是世界上的每一个人。

Every generation expands the circle of people we consider "one of us". For us, it now encompasses the entire world.

每一代人都扩大了我们认同的“自己人”。对我们来说，现在这指的是整个世界。

要解决全球性的大问题，没有任何一个国家可以“单打独斗”。

We get that our greatest opportunities are now global -- we can be the generation that ends poverty, that ends disease. We get that our greatest challenges need global responses too -- no country can fight climate change alone or prevent pandemics. Progress now requires coming together not just as cities or nations, but also as a global community.