TED: Why we ignore obvious problems and how to act on them

以问题开场，提出质疑，引出观点

So what if there were a highly obvious problem right in front of you? One that everyone was talking about, one that affected you directly. Would you do everything within your power to fix things before they got worse? Don’t be so sure. We are all much more likely than any of us would like to admit to miss what’s right in front of our eyes. And in fact, we’re sometimes most likely to turn away from things precisely because of the threat that they represent to us, in business, life and the world.

举例说明(2018经济危机）

-按时间叙述

-用了对话

-加入反转

-运用比喻，gray rhino

分析不同行为背后的原因及如何行动

文化和社会因素。如果你觉得身边的人会帮助你，你极有可能忽视风险。

寻找信息，可以帮助我们提高解决事情的能力。

每一个人都可以改变自己的态度，影响他人。

-运用了排比

How much do you know about a situation, how much are you willing to learn?

We pay attention to what we want to see, what we like, what we agree with.

呼吁行动

So today, I want to invite all of you to ...

......

If you don't see what's in front of you, you're not dumb, you're not ignorant, you're human. And once we all recognize that shared vulnerability, that gives us the power to open your eyes, to see what's in front of us and to act before we get trampled.

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Watch out for problem

Spin out of control

Sound the alarm bell

Something that was unimaginable, unforeseeable and completely improbable. A total surprise.

The less control that we think we have, the more likely we are to downplay it or ignore it entirely.

Mask another problem

Take a fresh look

To be sure

Root cause

It’s no secret that...

How come the conversations are so different?

Get rid of the junks

Paradoxically, this makes many Americans much less open to change and taking good risks.

Keep problems from happening

Black out

Second of all...and that brings me to my third point.

No two of us are the same.

Spark an open and honest conversation

Brutally honest