we are the envy of the rest of the universe It's not so much that immortality, what the rest of them have, is unattractive or boring.

我们是宇宙其他生命羡慕的对象,不是说其他生命所拥有的不朽，是没有吸引力的，是让人厌烦的。

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It's perfectly fine, but they envy us for our finite lifespans, because what we've got and they don't have is something that's for each individual rare-- something that's not lasting, something that's precious in that way.

不朽很好，但他们羡慕我们的有限寿命，因为我们有而他们没有的是,对每个人来说稀有的东西-,不会永远持久的东西，从那个层面讲珍贵的东西。

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And from the fact, even if we were to agree with it, that it would've been better if we hadn't been born-- instead of feeling sorry for unborn Larry, Larry perhaps we should envy unborn Larry; that's what the pessimists say-- even if that were true, it wouldn't follow that suicide was an appropriate response.

从这个事实讲，即使我们同意，我们没有出生更好-,与其为没出生的Larry感到遗憾，也许我们应该嫉妒未出生的;,这正是悲观主义者的观点-,即使这是对的，也得不出自杀是适合的回应的结论。

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