A lot of the changes are so gradual that they don't even qualify as news, or even as interesting: they're so mundane that we just take them for granted. But history shows that it's the mundane changes that are more important than the dramatic 'newsworthy' events.

  • -- Robert D. Kaplan 卡普兰

很多变化都是循序渐进的,它们甚至不算是新闻,甚至不像新闻那么有趣:它们是如此平凡,以至于我们把它们视为理所当然。但历史表明,平凡的变化比戏剧性的“新闻价值”事件更重要。

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There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.

仍然有一种感觉,认为女性的写作属于较低的写作类别,认为在育儿室或卧室里发生的事情不如战场上发生的事情重要,认为女性所知道的知识属于较低的知识类别。

A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense.

一个时代的标志与其说是争论的观点,不如说是被认为理所当然的观点。一个时代的特征取决于不需要防御的东西。

I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me.

我想我已经开始认为信息很容易就能在我周围传播。

I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference.

我想重要的是要有所作为。