We are not closed, self-regulating systems, but open loops regulated, disciplined, encouraged, reprimanded, supported and validated by the emotional feedback we receive from others.

我们不是一个封闭的自我调节系统，而是一个开环回路系统。我们被他人的情感反馈调节、约束、鼓励、斥责、支持和认可。

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He closed a division that supplied kit for self-service photocopiers, cutting the workforce by more than half.

他关闭了为自助复印机生产工具的部门，削减了一大半的员工。

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Unlike many stress studies that rely on self-reported data, the center's work is based on direct observation, says anthropologist Elinor Ochs, the center's director until it closed last year.

日常生活中心的人类学家Elinor Ochs说，不像那些依赖于自述报告数据的压力研究项目，这次的研究工作是以直接观察为基础。

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Will the best regime be a small closed society ? that through generations has made a supreme sacrifice towards self-perfection? Think of that.

最优的政体会是一个小型封闭的社会吗,经过多代之后，已壮烈地牺牲于自我完善之中,想想这个问题。

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He closed a division that supplied kit for self-service photocopiers, cutting the workforce by more than half.

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