This is what economists and sociologists call "social capital."

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Well, basically, the way to find that out is you ask people and people have--psychologists and sociologists have collected dream reports.

很简单，想知道就要问他们了,心理学家和社会学家,收集了梦境报告。

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The issue of connection has social factors and it's one answer that sociologists give for why it's good to go to Yale.

连接性这个问题是有社会因素的,社会学家给出过一个答案,为什么去耶鲁读大学是好事。

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And that's closer, but the interesting answer sociologists come to is it's not so much you develop powerful friends; rather, you develop powerful acquaintances.

这个答案更接近了，但社会学家给出的有趣答案,并不是你能结交到有权势的朋友;,而是你能结交到有权势的相识之人。

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Historians and sociologists have brought in things back to the questions that Milgram was interested in and argue-- and this is controversial-- the extent to which obedience really is a good model for acts of genocide.

历史学家和社会学家,对于米尔格林姆感兴趣的这些问题,提出了一些新观点-,非常有争议的观点-,他们认为某种程度上，服从确实是,种族灭绝的一个模式。

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And sociologists point out that for a lot of aspects of your life, like getting a job, acquaintances matter, connections matter, and the connections you establish by going to a place like Yale hold you in good stead for the rest of your life, above and beyond any intellectual qualities that this place may offer.

社会学家指出，在你生活里很多方面，例如找工作，相识的人很重要，关系很重要，你去一个像耶鲁这样的地方建立的关系,能为你的余生带来好处，比这个地方教给你的知识更有好处。

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