PA Media 巴拉克·奥巴马警告称，在线平台正在煽动人们的愤怒和恐惧 18 分钟前 巴拉克·奥巴马告诉格拉斯哥的观众，尽管现代世界面临巨大挑战，但希望值得为之奋斗。
PA Media Barack Obama warned that online platforms were stoking anger and fear in people 18 minutes ago Barack Obama has told an audience in Glasgow that hope is worth fighting for despite big challenges facing the modern world.
美国第44任总统表示，近年来在线平台的重点已转向煽动愤怒和恐惧的内容，但他认为走向极端主义的趋势“并非不可避免”。
The 44th president of the United States said online platforms had shifted in recent years to focus on content that stoked anger and fear, but he believes a drift to extremism is "not inevitable".
他在与英国记者兼作家萨特南·桑赫拉对话时，面对OVO Hydro场馆12,150人的观众发表了这些言论，这是他英国三场演讲之一。
The comments came as he addressed an OVO Hydro crowd of 12,150 people while in conversation with British journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera, part of three speaking dates in the UK.
他回顾了自己在白宫的时光，并审视了美国及更广阔世界面临的政治和社会挑战。
He reflected on his time in the White House and examined the political and social challenges facing the US and the wider world.
奥巴马表示，在他2008年总统竞选期间，当时社交媒体和技术正在兴起，他曾将其视为希望的灯塔。但他指出，那些能够围绕民主或人权动员人们的积极力量和工具，也可能被仇恨团体利用。他说它们“既能将人们联结起来做好事，也能用于做坏事”。
Obama said that during his presidential campaign in 2008, when social media and technology was gaining traction, he had seen them as a beacon for hope But he said the same positive forces and tools that could mobilise people around democracy or human rights could also be used by hate groups. He said they "connected people for good, but also for ill".
他说道：“事实证明，我们大脑中的爬行动物部分确实会被愤怒、恐惧、怨恨以及有人想害你的感觉所吸引。”
"It turns out that the reptilian side of our brain really gets attracted to anger, fear, resentment and the sense that someone is out to get you," he said.
“所以，很多社交媒体和我们的信息都是围绕这一点展开的。”但这位前总统已经在贝尔法斯特发表过讲话，并将在周四晚上出现在曼彻斯特，他表示走向极端主义的趋势“并非不可避免”。
"So a lot of social media and a lot of our information is informed around that." But the former president, who has already spoken in Belfast and will appear in Manchester on Thursday night, said that a drift towards extremism was "not inevitable".
他补充道：“二战结束后，至少在美国，当然在欧洲也是如此，联邦政府表示‘我们将制定一些规则，因为我们已经看到像希特勒那样的人手中的宣传能造成什么后果。’
He added: "After World War Two, at least in the United States and certainly in Europe as well, the federal government said 'we're going to set up some rules because we've seen what propaganda can do in the hands of somebody like Hitler.
‘我们可以看到大谎言和错误信息如何扭曲事实、煽动愤怒和挑起暴力。所以我们将让这些人承担责任。’”“我们选择不这样做。”
"We can see how big lies and misinformation can distort and enrage and incite violence. So we're going to hold these folks responsible'." "We have not chosen to do that."
前总统在OVO Hydro发表讲话。奥巴马，他一直担任总统直至2016年，表示在言论自由与监管之间必须达到一种“关键平衡”。
The former President was speaking at the OVO Hydro Obama, who was president until 2016, said there was a "critical balance" that must be struck between free speech and regulation.
但这位65岁的前总统表示，世界及其领导人需要寻找机制和新制度，以允许严肃的辩论和分歧，同时帮助人们理清基本事实。
But the 65-year-old said that the world and its leaders are going to need to find mechanisms and new institutions to allow rigorous debate and disagreement while helping people sort out basic facts.
他说：“如果我要为政治如此两极化以及为何我们在许多地方看到民粹主义上升而责备某事，那正是因为每天涌入我们大脑的信息。”奥巴马表示，这导致年轻人感到沮丧，而“我们大脑目前所处的状态并不是健康的饮食”。
He said: "If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day." Obama said this resulted in young people feeling discouraged, and that "it's not a healthy diet that our brains are on at the moment".
他补充说，他担心随着人工智能的发展，区分真假将变得更加困难，而他认为这将使民主难以正常运作。
He added that he feared this could become even worse with AI making it hard to distinguish between what is true and what is not, something he believes will make democracy hard to function.
奥巴马表示人们忘记了过去的教训。谈到希望时，奥巴马被问及他是否仍相信多年前他引用的一句马丁·路德·金 Jr.的话——即道德宇宙的弧线虽然漫长，但最终会趋向正义。
Obama says people forget lessons from the past Speaking about hope, Obama was asked if he still believed in a Martin Luther King Jr phrase he quoted years ago, about the arm of the moral universe being long, but ultimately bending towards justice.
前总统表示，他仍然坚持这句话，并认为希望是一种人们必须主动做出的“近乎神学的”选择。
The former president said that he still stands by the quote and argued that hope is an active "almost theological" choice people must make.
他说：“这是一个关于我们如何面对和珍惜在地球上有限时间的决定。”他告诉观众，他认为人们相信改变是可能的，这样更健康。
He said: "It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet." He told the audience he believes it is healthier for people to believe that change is possible.
“我认为，当我们以此为基础行动时，事情并不总是如愿，但随着时间的推移，情况确实会变得更好，”他说。
"I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better," he said.
奥巴马还表示，人类似乎存在一个循环：人们忘记过去学到的教训，然后开始把事情视为理所当然。
Obama also said there seems to be a cycle in humanity where people forget lessons learned from the past and start to take things for granted.
“我们开始思考，也许我们的政客在公开场合使用的语言，煽动仇恨并把某些人——移民、犹太人、黑人或同性恋者——当作替罪羊，这不过是谈笑风生，只是幽默。”他说，人们会忘记这种言论可能导致何种后果，从而变得更不宽容。
"We start thinking 'maybe using language in public from our politicians that fosters hatred and scapegoats certain people – immigrants, Jews, or blacks or gays – that's just talk, it's humour'." He said people forget where that can lead to, with them becoming less tolerant.
奥巴马告诉观众，世界将面临“重大挑战”，但他认为“我们可以做得更好”，让世界变得更好仍然值得为之奋斗。巴拉克·奥巴马 格拉斯哥
Obama told the audience that the world is going to be dealing with "big challenges", but he said he thinks "we can be better" and that making the world better remains worth fighting for. Barack Obama Glasgow