Just like the lottery would make a very little difference to our wellbeing.

就像中了彩票,对我们是否幸福影响甚微。

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Very little difference-- where we are, where we live, income levels, lottery, tenure, getting into our dream college, getting our dream job for you seniors-- you may have just gotten it.

微乎甚微的区别-,我们在哪里，我们生活在哪里，收入水平，是否中彩票，是否取得终身职位，入读理想中大学，找到理想工作，大四学生-,可能已经找到。

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As you may know, there's yet another organization where we could group this in units of four but for all intents and purposes-- there are a few nuances to it-- four is simply a multiplication of two.

也许你知道的,还有另外一种组织方式,我们可以四拍一组,但是不论出于什么动机或者目的,这其中的区别甚微,四拍就是两拍的简单相乘

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You want to spend your time and energy pursuing the most inefficiently priced asset classes because there's an enormous reward for identifying the top quartile venture capitalist and almost no reward for being in the top quartile of the high- quality bond universe.

你应该投入所有的时间和精力,去追逐最不能有效定价的资产,因为在那里才能通过一流的风投经理人,获得巨额的投资回报,而在债券市场,即使债券优质,经理人一流,回报微乎甚微

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Or are you going to say that that will only take us so far, and it's the conditions that are messed up, and we have to do something about the conditions to make it easier for people to make healthier choices?

还是认为上述做法见效甚微,问题关键在于混乱的饮食环境,我们应该先改善周遭环境,使得人们更容易作出更为健康的选择

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Why is it that when we see these law partners, or medical partners, or whatever it happens to be, or students together on a homework assignment, why is it we tend to get inefficiently little effort when we start figuring out the strategy and working through the game?

为什么这些律师事务所的律师,医疗合伙人或者其他类似的机构,还有一起做作业的学生,当我们研究过这些策略和博弈后,为何这样的组合往往是收效甚微的

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External circumstances matter very little. Very little.

外部环境影响甚微。

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Very little advances were made.

事实证明进展甚微。

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With very little effect.

但收效甚微。

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Overpromising. Under-delivering.

夸大其词，效果甚微。

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