It's a reverse value proposition: the more we feel threatened, the more energy we spend defending, restoring, and asserting our value, and the less energy we have available to create value.

这是一个关于价值的逆命题：我们越觉得受到威胁，就会花更多的精力来防御、恢复和确认我们的价值，这样就剩下越少的精力来创造价值。

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And I think that one of the things that we will discuss at this meeting is the reverse of that proposition.

我认为我们将在这个会议上讨论的一件事是把这种说法反过来。

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