本周发现 Synthesis Week 的更新迟迟没有收到，于是询问了 Synthesis 的管理团队，最后终于收到了本周的简要说明。以下是迟到的 Synthesis Week——
游戏 | Play
自然选举 | Natural Election
详情 | Details
对孩子而言，理解谈判的基础意味着理解其核心冲突：你应该透露哪些信息，以及应该隐藏哪些信息？在“自然选举”中，团队努力让他们的动物候选人当选为市长。问题在于：信息不完全。团队可以花费资金来研究各种选民群体的喜好和厌恶，或者他们可以在一个独特的“使节房间”里与其他团队的代表进行谈判。当然，谈判涉及战略价值、清晰沟通和信任。换句话说，这是现实世界中的人际关系、商业和政治中的关键技能。
For young people, understanding the basics of negotiation means understanding its central conflict: what information should you reveal and which information should you conceal? In Natural Election, teams work to get their animal candidate elected as mayor. The problem? Incomplete information. Teams can either spend their funds to research the likes and dislikes of various electoral groups — or they can negotiate with representatives of other teams in a unique “ambassador room”. Of course, negotiation involves strategic value, clear communication, and trust. In other words, key skills in real-world relationships, businesses, and politics.
讨论 | Discussions
我说得太多了 | I’ve Said Too Much
“自然选举”显然是虚构的，但谈判却非常真实。因此，在本周的讨论课上，我们将展示六种假设场景，从体育和友谊到国际外交和政策制定，让学生决定最好的谈判方式。是完全透露信息、不透露任何信息，还是介于两者之间？答案自然是“视情况而定”。但这取决于什么？为什么？这里没有对错的答案，只有来自世界各地孩子们的有趣对话。
Natural Election is clearly fictional, but negotation is very much real. So for this week’s Discussion session, we’ll present six hypothetical scenarios, from sports and friendships to international diplomacy and policy-making, and let students decide the best way to negotiate the situation. Is it better to reveal everything, give nothing away, or somewhere in between? The answer, naturally, is “it depends.” But on what? And why? No right or wrong answers here, just interesting conversations with kids from around the world.
同Synthesis Admin的对话记录
William: I am writing to inquire about the “This Week at Synthesis” update. I used to receive these weekly updates regularly, but I haven’t received the email for this week. I am wondering if it is on the way or if there might be an issue with my subscription. Could you please check and let me know the status of this week’s update? I appreciate your assistance in resolving this matter.
SynAdmin: Thank you for bringing this up. There has been a delay this week and at this point I am not sure if it will make sense to send one out as we are more than half way through the week. We are truly sorry about that.
William: Could you please provide some details about this week’s play activities and especially the discussion topics? I need this information as I am sending out the weekly message to the parents and teachers here. I appreciate your assistance.
SynAdmin: Here is the raw version of the email that was supposed to go out this week.