If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology.

  • -- Clifford D. Simak 西马克·克利福德

如果人类要在目前的野蛮状态之外继续下去,就必须找到一条新的道路,一种以技术以外的其他方法为基础的新文明。

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People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.

人们有时告诉我,比起文明,他们更喜欢野蛮。我怀疑他们是否进行了足够长的试验。就像亚历山大的人们一样,他们对文明感到厌倦;但所有的证据都表明,野蛮行为的无聊程度要大得多。

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

很多公司都选择了裁员,也许这对他们来说是正确的。我们选择了一条不同的道路。我们的信念是,如果我们继续把优秀的产品放在顾客面前,他们就会继续掏钱。

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

毕竟,文明的定义是我们所禁止的,而不是我们所允许的。

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

我的想象中没有比继续为艺术而活更美好的幸福了。