It can be frivolous, but it doesn't have to be.

快乐可能是的，但也不一定如此。

And without that, if we forget that which I think we are being encouraged to all the time, we are bound to fall into the abyss of nihilism and meaninglessness.

如果没有这些，如果我们忘记了一直激励着我们的事情，我们注定会陷入虚主和的深渊。

To get around this quick and senseless end, we'll add another modification.

为了避开这个快速而的结局，我们再进行修改。

This rendered mathematics meaningless and drove him insane.

这代表数学是的，并且害他发了疯。

That sounds fine, wonderful – real nonsense. Do more.

真正的——那听上去不错，精彩。做更多。

Maybe you feel like you spent too much of your year not giving the right energy, not giving enough love, enough generosity, or not being proactive enough on your goals, but there's still ten seconds left on the round.

也许你觉得今年把太多的时间用在的事情上，没有付出足够的爱，足够的慷慨，或者没有足够主动地去完成你的目标，但是在这最后一轮你还有" 十秒钟" 。

" It is the very nature of a game to have no object, " no point, " except amusement, " Says Scalia, " That is what distinguishes games" He says, " from productive activity."

“运动的本质即目的，”，“只是娱乐，”萨卡利亚说，“这正是运动和生产活动的不同之处。”

Of all places, unnecessary movements are hard to ignore in an interview.

与其它相比，的小动作在面试中是要引起重视的。

All this for a stupid, meaningless game?

这一切都只为了一场、愚蠢的比赛？

We have 'empty', 'game changer' and 'hot air'.

我们有“的”、“规则改变者”和“空话”。

" Pointless" is an adjective that means having no point, sense or purpose.

“Pointless”是一个形容词，思是的、没思的或没有目的。

It's all senseless activity as far as I can tell.

据我所知，这些都是的活动。

The outcome -- well, the study did find that the dog's brain activity was much stronger when they heard nonsense words instead of actual speech in any language.

结果是——这项实验确实发现，当狗听到的话而不是任何语言的实际内容时，它们的大脑活动要强得多。

To them, much of life in nineteen-fifties America was empty and meaningless.

对他们来说，20世纪50年代美国的大部分生活既空虚又。

There's so many players in her home country that competing on brand is futile.

在她家乡，竞争者众多，品牌竞争已。

From the earliest unintelligible babble to the emergence of a very first word.

从最初并实际的牙牙学语直到一个完整单词的出现。

You will resist pointless temptations and avoid impulsive detours, because you no longer have to make decisions about the direction of your life or your work.

抵制的诱惑，避免冲动的弯路，因为你不再需要去决定生活、工作的方向。

Why bother with all this talk about meaning and meaninglessness.

为什么要为这些关于和的谈论而烦恼。

Well, for starters, your life is hemmed in by ancient, pointless rules.

首先，整个人生都被腐朽、的教限制住了。

Today we talk about pointless, useless actions.

今天，我们谈论的是、用的行为。