I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.

  • -- Ray Kurzweil 雷库兹韦尔

我是一个发明家。我之所以对长期趋势感兴趣,是因为一项发明必须在它完成的地方有意义,而不是在它开始的地方。

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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.

伟大的发现和进步总是需要许多人的合作。我可能因为开辟了这条道路而受到赞扬,但当我看到后来的发展时,我觉得这是别人的功劳,而不是我自己的。

The programme has ended, something has finished, and he has a sense of something having finished its course, and then all of a sudden he turns away and this other thing has just finished its course, this other person.

课程结束了,有些东西结束了,他有一种完成课程的感觉,然后突然他转过身去,另一个东西刚刚结束课程,这个人。

The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done.

现实世界不会奖励完美主义者。它奖励完成任务的人。

It is not often that the real world conjures worse than what we can imagine.

现实世界往往比我们想象的更糟。

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.

我不喜欢潮流。他们倾向于让每个人看起来都一样。

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

你必须知道如何逆时代潮流而行。

I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author.

我认为自己是一个发明家、企业家和作家。

Have common sense and stick to the point.

要有常识,不要拐弯抹角。