Wars are often driven by social differences and economic inequalities between different groups, which spark into open conflict.

不同群体之间的社会差异和经济不平等常常引发战争，引发公开冲突。

And perpetual bluntness is draining; humans constantly finesse and massage the messages they send in order to avoid open conflict.

并且总是直率会令人精疲力竭；为了避免公开的冲突，人类不断地巧妙处理推敲他们传递的信息。

North and South Korea haven't been involved in open conflict since 1953 when an armistice ended the fighting in the Korean War.

自1953年朝鲜战争签订停战协议起朝韩两国一直没有过公开冲突。

But given that we are now in a pretty open conflict situation, I think it's extraordinarily difficult to predict in which way this is going to go.

但是，鉴于我们现在处于一个相当开放的冲突局势中，我认为难以预测这将会以何种方式发展。