DOUGLAS ADAMS: Parrots, the Universe and Everything
5 人推荐 · 跨 6 个月 · 2014–2025
中文导读
《银河系漫游指南》作者 Douglas Adams 生前在 UCSB 留下的珍贵演讲。他结合自己探访濒危动物的著作《最后一眼》（Last Chance to See），从动物匪夷所思的生存百态切入，风趣而宏大地探讨了人类命运与地球未来。
为什么 HN 推它
粉丝心中公认的 Adams 巅峰演讲之一，语言幽默、底色温柔，既让人捧腹大笑，又让人为物种灭绝与生态困境深深动容。
「一定要从头到尾看完，你之后绝对会回来谢我的。」HN 网友原话：Watch the whole thing. You will thank me later.
英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
Douglas Adams gives a talk at UCSB, recorded shortly before his death, about the odd lives of animals and what they suggest about humanity's future. It draws on his Last Chance to See work and is funny and wide-ranging.
Adams fans repeatedly call it one of his best talks, a funny and moving look at extinction and the environment.
HN 上的提及
Douglas Adams talking, fairly humorously, about extinction
He gave a great talk about it, too
one of his most wonderful talks
Watch the whole thing. You will thank me later.
you absolutely have to watch this hour-long presentation he gave at UC Santa Barbara in 2001