he coined this wonderful term second nature.

他还创造了"第二自然"一词
That we're beginning to think about social life

当我们开始思考社会生活
as if it were natural, as if it would have the power of nature;

仿佛它就是自然的拥有自然的力量
the economic laws look like lightening. You know?

经济规律看起来就像是闪电
Like, you know, this force-- like earthquakes. Right?

这种力量就像是地震
You can't do virtually nothing about an earthquake.

面对地震你几乎无能为力
If we can't predict what we can't predict,

如果我们不能对那些未知的事物做出预料
we can just get into our car and get out of it. Right?

我们只能开着车去避开它
But even we cannot really predict earthquakes.

然而即使我们不能预报地震
That's one of the problems. Right?

那只是其中一个问题
Well now we can predict when a hurricane is coming.

即使如今我们已能够预报飓风何时到来
What can we do?

我们还是我能为力