But in this world of followers, we have forgotten to lead ourselves.

但在这个充斥着盲从者的世界里，我们忘记了要做己的领导者。

If a grown-up is a babe in the woods, he is defenseless and naive.

如果一个成年人是" a babe in the woods（幼稚盲从的人）" ，那他毫无戒备之心且天真无邪。

I do not say that you should be hard hearted or unkind, and refuse to hear the cry of need; but you must not try to eradicate poverty in any of the conventional ways.

我这样说的意思并不是要你做一个铁石心肠的人，冷酷地拒绝他人的求助，而是想让你道，你绝对不能再盲从于统的消除贫困的方式，因为那绝对无法从根本上消除贫困。

They don't want you to follow other people's guts.

他们不希望你盲从他人的直觉。

It's like crowdsourced a little bit, and are really there to divide people into an us and a them, special enlightened crypto people on the inside who understand this language and sort of these unenlightened sheeple on the outside who don't.

这有点像众包，目的是将人们分成我们和他们，内部是一群特别开明的加密货币人士，他们理解这种语言，而外部则是那些不开明的盲从者。

This did not mean, however, that he was a lockstep yes man for the administration and indeed is on record as being, quote, on several occasions sharply critical of and even opposed to the administration.

然而，这并不意味着他是政府中一个盲从的“是”先生，事实上，有记录显示他在多个场合都曾尖锐批评甚至反对政府的政策。

Start practicing the leadership that your mother been putting into you and get out the follow lane 'cause following, you're gonna follow the wrong people.

开始实践你母亲一直在培养的领导力，走出盲从的圈子，因为跟风只会让你追随错误的人。

Unplug yourself from follow-the-follower groupthink and virtually ignore what everyone else in your industry is saying, except the ones everyone agrees are crazy.

摆脱盲从的群体思维，几乎无视行业内其他人的言论，除非大家一致认为那些观点疯狂至极。

They are out of reach for 99% of us, so it is better to just forget about them.

这些外部影响始终存在，不过我们当然也有办法应对它们。首先要审慎，不要盲从流行的审美标准。这些标准，我们之中99%的人都是达不到的，所以最好不要理会它们。