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Boundless Talk 无限的聊
Hosted by Yvonne_黄 · ZH
BT要开启一个全新的英语频道了
在这个频道里，主播们会聚焦在一个话题，全程只讲英文。
感兴趣或者有需要的小伙伴，请马上订阅吧～
Here BT has a brand new channel. In this channel, we only speak English. We will focus on one topic, and every episode won’t last long. If you are interested in that, please click the subscribe button and get started with us.
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是Yvonne和Niki偶尔正经的语音聊天记录。
作为GRE和TOEFL英语老师，我们会经常飙英语，请理解
作为十年闺蜜，我们的聊天方式基本定型，语速会比较快，笑声会比较大，提前预警
也会通过这个私人的平台，分享我们身边有趣的人和事
这个播客的臭毛病很多，比如：
聊天内容看标题
发布时间不确定
邀请嘉宾看心情
总之，是一个主播和内容都很轻松随意的播客，大家也请随意
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BT English04: The Social Dilemma
Mar 8, 2022Tap to summarize2020年，Netflix的一部纪录片《The Social Dilemma》（中文译名：监视资本主义）上线。去年第一次看了这部纪录片，最近又重看了一遍。虽然我觉得自己对于社交媒体和网络世界有一定的认知，对于娱乐向的app有一定的自制力，以及对于网络上的信息有一定的辨识能力；但是当我看完这部纪录片还是有一些新的思考出现了。这期节目想聊聊关于这部纪录片的内容，以及我自己的一些思考。Last year, I watched a documentary film named The Social Dilemma. The film features interviews with many former employees, executives, and other professionals from top tech companies and social media platforms such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. All of these experts talk about something we don't know about this digital world. For example, you think Google or Baidu is just a search box, and Facebook or Weibo or WeChat moment is a place to see what friends are doing. Not exactly. What you don't realize is that there is an entire group of engineers and professionals whose job is using your behavior on the Internet to track you and analyze you. That's called Big Data. Today, I'm gonna say something about this Social Dilemma. I'm Yvonne, and welcome to BT English. Big data, or 大数据, is a very popular concept in our daily life. Did you find something tricky here? We are not human beings any more, we are just data. Yes, we are objectified. But wait a second. Can we blame all the social medias for this objectification? I don't think so. It is we, people, that hand in our information to these social medias. Think about this. How often you are shopping in Taobao? How many things in your apartment are bought online? How long did you spend on the social media platforms everyday? "Oh, it's time to log in Tiktok and Weibo to find something new." We constantly need lots of information and interesting things to lead our life. We just cannot help scrolling cellphone to find next excitement. Of course, there are pros and cons about the Internet. And I'm pretty sure everyone of you can list thousands of benefits we can get from the Internet. But besides these advantages, I wanna say something bad about this cyber world. First of all, "If you are not paying for the product, you are the product." There are lots of free resources online, thanks to the Internet. But you really think all the resources are free? Let me tell you something. You paid for every single thing you got from the Internet even you didn't realize. How can it come? Maybe you would say, "I watched movies online for free, and I could download some academic materials online for free. " How did you get them? You paid attention to some ads which appeared in the middle of the movie; you register your phone number or your email for getting a free academic dissertation. You trade your attention and your private information for the movie and the dissertation. These attention and private information are invaluable products for these tech companies. That's why they could analyze and predict their consumers' psychology. Do you still think you get these resources for free? You paid much more than money. Moreover, we are thrown into a huge competition in the social medias. In other words, the social medias are producing anxieties and depression all the time. Have you ever felt anxious about your job, your weight, your appearance, or relationship with your partner? When you're on social media, you felt unsatisfied with yourself particularly. I do remember one scenario in that movie. After more than ten times retakes, a teenage girl posts a photo on her instagram and waits for some likes. Besides lots of likes, she also got something unwanted. A comment said, "can you make your ears bigger? like an elephant?" Even though this cannot be qualified as a mean word, she still felt embarrassed immediately because of her ears. Even though the person who left the comment didn't mean to offend her, the teenage girl felt hurt actually. You would say "that's a girl issue, she's too sensitive and fragile." But could anybody guarantee that the next generation would have a healthy and holistic mental development under this competitive, anxious, depressed situation. Nobody could. Last but not least, "fake news spread six times faster than true news." These days, I was overwhelmed by news about Russia-Ukraine war. Every morning, I wake up with updated number of how many people died and how many people get injured. Some posts in social media are often inflammatory, exaggerated and distorted. If I wanna know what is exactly happening in Ukraine, I have to pay much more efforts to distinguish truth from the false. Of course, I am not saying these tech companies and social media platforms are all bad. They did bring us lots of convenience and benefits in our modern life. But maybe, we could keep alert to them. For example, buy what you really need, pay for products you want. Be aware of "there's no such thing as a free lunch. " Meanwhile, know who you are, don't let others' opinion influence you that easily. And improve your ability to do critical reasoning. We are not tools or data, but we are using the tools and data. I highly recommend The Social Dilemma to you guys. If you have time to spare, this movie is a good choice. I'm Yvonne and see you around.
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Feb 18, 2022Tap to summarizeY: OK. Here it is. I'd like to introduce a brand new channel to you guys, a brand new English channel. In this channel Niki or Yvonne, or Niki and Yvonne will focus on one topic. And every episode won't last long. If you guys are interested in that, if you wanna get some improvements in your oral English or English listening, please click the subscribe button and get your journey started with us. N: OK...Am I allowed to speak right now? Yeah, congratulations. Y: So, this is...N: This is Niki.Y: And this is Yvonne. N&Y: Welcome to today's BT English. Y: Not familiar with the new title. And ...Yas, so we got a brand new channel. And umm...from which we can talk...get started about the story. It's Niki that had this idea first. N: oh, yeah. Y: So, why do you wanna do an English Channel, an English Podcast. N: Because I just want to express myself.Y: in English.N: Yep, in English. Y: Coz you are an English teacher. N: No, not because i am an English teacher, just because I am used to it. I am used to this language. Not because I teach it. Y: ummm, OK. So how about the situation now?N: What situation now?Y: Your English Podcast situation. N: emm. It is pretty healthy. The name of it is Niki的英文语音备忘录。Y: Yep, if someone's new here, welcome... you're more than welcome to subscribe both the channel, Boundless Talk and Niki的英文语音备忘录 in 小宇宙，only in 小宇宙。N: Yeah, currently, only in 小宇宙。And if you guys are just finding or seeking for my podcast, you guys can just click into my personal profile. And you can see that right now I have two affiliated podcasts. The other one is actually the English Podcast. And you guys can just follow me on the channel as well. Y: Yes. N: But for Boundless Talk, we are gonna continue the form of...Y: Long conversation.N: Probably long conversation, two people discussing and talking... and things like that. Y: Yes. So, till now, what do you...any differences between Boundless Talk and your English Channel. N: Um... I think that...Em, in my English...well, are we making, like an interview...Y: Yes. Let's do it, a brief interview. And Yvonne is interview(ing) Niki right now. N: So the difference is that I feel like, my own English podcast explores something deeper, like in my heart. It focuses on something in your own... like heart, in your internal world. I suppose to exploring the outside world. But I felt like Boundless Talk is more like maybe discussing some of the phenomenon that is going on in the society. Or you know, just...Y: Exchange ideas, somtimes. N: Exchange ideas, or just have some fun together. And...Y: Had some fun? I think Boundless Talk is all about deep, serious consideration about the public topic, OMG, so am I wrong?N: OMG, you can just check out your own podcast list, like all the list. I think a lot of things, we are just...we...discussing nothing. And we were just having fun. We actually don't pay so much attention on these social... Y: No, I didn't. I paid a lot of attention...N: But we didn't discuss quite a lot in Boundless Talk. Y: Social, public, public questions. N: We didn't discuss quite a lot in Boundless Talk. I mean, just now, you said Boundless Talk should be about those, like more serious social issues on the broad perspective. Y: Maybe not exactly the social issues. But I take it very serious. And I really talk what I wanna...what I was thinking about the question or issue, or my deeply feel about something. N: Okay.Y: I take it serious. I don't think it's "having fun". Of course, I had fun from doing that things. But meanwhile, I go through my ideas through our communication. N: Okay, it's the difference. I mean, my podcast is exploring like something happening inside of my heart, and just my heart. And sometimes, I would like to share some of my ideas to the listeners. And if you find that kind of...like...may be practical in your own life too, you can just directly take it away. And I'm gonna be very delighted about it. But in contrast, Boundless Talk is, you know something about our discussion on some certain issues. I feel like, yeah, that is the difference. Y: Yes, yes...and... Okay, I think that's done. That's what I wanna...This is just a brief introduction about the new channel. And introduce Niki's own podcast. And again, to the new guys, new friends, you are more than welcome to subscribe both the channel. And if you're only interested in the English speaking, you can go straight to Niki's podcast. N: Okay. Y: Okay. That's all for today. N&Y : So bye, this is the BT English.
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