The idea that observing disorder has an effect on people's behavior is not new.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

And any way, Hobbes, however, was deeply distressed by the outbreak of war, and he spent a great deal of time reflecting on the causes of war and political disorder.

无论如何，霍布斯对战争的爆发,感到深深地压抑，因此他花了大量的时间反思,战争爆发的原因和政治秩序。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

We have to know what to pay attention to People who are not good in focusing their attention on the right things -I'm not just talking about attention deficit disorder, I'm talking about some more high-level question of how you know what you should be paying attention to.

我们需要知道哪些值得注意,那些主次不分的人,我谈论的不仅是注意力不足过动症,还有在面对复杂问题时,你如何知道哪些事情值得关注

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"You know people just dismiss it all the time when in fact it's a clear biological disorder that has very big influences on affected individuals."

VOA: standard.2010.02.11