我认为人们对信息最根本的误解

And the basic misconception, l think,

在于信息与真相之间的联系

is this link between information and

truth.

有些人认为

People think,

如果我接收了很多信息

'Okay, if l get a lot of information,

就获得了真相

this is the raw material of truth

信息越多代表着获取的知识就越多And more information will mean moreknowledge.

但事实并非如此And that's not the case大多数信息的功能并非传递真相most information is not about thetruth.

信息的基本功能是连接is to connect.

当你回望历史时And when you look at history你会发现很多时候you see that very often.将人们联结起来最简单的方式the easiest way to connect people不是真相is not with the truth.

因为真相是代价高昂的稀有信息because the truth is a costly and rarekind of information.

而且往往是错综复杂的the truth tends to be complicated

真相有时会令人不适and it tends to be uncomfortable

甚至令人痛苦and sometimes painful!