And that's also how people find ways to break the second law, because somehow they've messed up on what their system is.

这就说明了某些人是如何想到办法,“打破“第二定律的，因为他们以各种方式搞错了,他们的系统的定义。

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It's about how so many plans in finance are messed up by rare events that suddenly appear out of nowhere.

书中提到金融界中突然出现的小概率事件,怎样搞砸了无数计划

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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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Anyway, as we've whined before, what's messed up is that TiVo (and others) have to get FCC approval to add new innovations to their products in the first place.

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"My foot's (messed) up, but other than that, I feel great, " he said, chuckling.

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