As it proceeds, first the people who are already called, they no longer have any need to take things seriously.

随着时间的推移，首先是那些已经被叫到的人，他们不再需要认真对待点名了。

It's not only about things being formal and known, it's also about workers understand that you take these things seriously.

这不仅是正式和互相告知的事情，也是关于工人们理解你认真对待这些事情。

Because if you take things seriously, they matter.

如果你遇到的问题很严重 他们就会发难。

So you're gonna take this thing seriously? Absolutely.

你真的会当回事 绝对会。

And could any one really think that he does not treat the whole thing seriously?

真的会有人认为他没有认真对待整件事吗？

And there's a great phrase that the philosopher Alan Watts used which is about approaching things sincerely versus approaching things seriously.

哲学家 Alan Watts 有一句很好的话来形容真诚对待事物和严肃对待事物。

Why not make funny noises to remind you to stop taking things seriously or learn some silly jokes, just to tell when times get hard?

为什么不发出有趣的声音来提醒自己不必太当真，或者学一些愚蠢的笑话，当生活艰难的时候说出来？

Do you think the key decision makers in Washington, who you've been speaking to, have they succumbed to magical thinking or do they take the nuclear thing seriously?

你认为华盛顿的主要决策者，你一直在和谁说话，他们是屈服于神奇的想法还是认真对待核问题？