A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

一个不能归结为日常经验的微小变化的概念,就像一种不能兑换为消费品的货币;它不是一个象征,而是一个骗局。

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I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing.

我记得有一篇文章,我想不起来是谁写的了,是在柏林墙倒塌后写的,说现在柏林墙已经倒塌了,不可能再有阶级战争了。只有有钱的人才会说这样的话。

I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.

我从来没有在网上读过一篇文章下面的评论。人的意思。我是一个人。

Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.

即使是我挖掘的乐队也没有获得大规模消费的历史。

Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy.

能源消耗对我们的环境和经济都很重要。