Play is what happens when you stop trying to optimize everything #TEDTalks

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   We are living through a play deprivation crisis.

   我们正经历一场游戏匮乏的危机。

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   We've systematically removed everything that makes play what it is—the spontaneity, the freedom, the wonder—from all parts of adult life, and replaced it with efficiency and achievement.

   我们系统性地移除了构成游戏本质的一切——自发性、自由、惊奇——从成人生活的所有部分，并用效率和成就取而代之。

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   And in doing so, we're losing the very survival skills that we need the most right now.

   这样做，我们正在失去当下最需要的生存技能。

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   Things like our capacity to adapt, imagine, and even feel alive.

   比如我们的适应能力、想象力，甚至感受活力的能力。

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   But over time, without play, stress can compound, and then burnout can become chronic.

   但随着时间的推移，没有游戏，压力会累积，然后倦怠可能变成慢性问题。

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