Doing that in terms of the contents gives you a subtotal, but that subtotal is no longer the entire story.

把生活内容相加能得到部分之和，但是这个部分之和不再是整体。

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So first we get the content subtotal; then we add some extra points for the mere fact that you're alive.

首先我们得到生活内容的部分总和;,然后再添加你活着的额外分数。

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Now, notice that since we are adding extra positive facts, extra positive points, for the fact that you're alive, even if the contents subtotal is negative, the grand total could still be positive.

由于我们添加了额外的积极事物，额外的正数，因为你活着，就算生活内容的部分总和是负数，但它的总和可能仍然是正数。

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10 Even if your content subtotal was negative ten, that doesn't mean you're not better off alive, because negative ten plus the extra hundred points for the mere fact that you're alive is still going to give you a positive total, 90 plus 90.

就算你的生活内容部分总和是，那也不意味着你活得不够好，因为-10加上额外的100分说明了,你活着得到的总和仍然是正数，超过。

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