why did I stop at $100? Because I could go way beyond $100 and

为什么只捐100美元呢我远可以捐更多
if all these people that are dying, why am I not doing that?

那么多的人徘徊在生死线上我却无大作为
You start to think of justifications and excuses

人们试着为自己的行为找各种理由
that come to your mind. Maybe you don't want to read this book

但是一旦你读了这本书
because he shoots them all down--all these justifications.

你就会发现这些理由都是不堪一击的
One of the justifications is futility. You say,

你可能担心你的捐款不过是徒劳
well these poor people in these less developed countries--

发展中国家那么多的穷人
you really can't help them anyway because it'll all get lost or

你没法帮助每一个人的
the population will increase and there will be more dying people.

他们会过度生育从而带来更多的死亡
Anyway, he dismisses that; you have to read it.

但是作者驳斥了这种观点你要读一下
It's a rationalization that we don't spend too much money--

我们这种行为是合理的
too much time on. We don't dwell on it

我们不愿意花时间也不愿意花钱