A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
The more the data banks record about each one of us, the less we exist.
数据库对我们每个人的记录越多，我们的存在就越少。
Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.
有些人真的被科技所吸引，我把他们比作艺术家。
You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt.
你在巡航，然后技术发生了变化。你必须适应。
We're just now starting to get a feel for what it can really do for us.
我们现在才刚刚开始了解它究竟能为我们做些什么。
Most people are awaiting Virtual Reality; I'm awaiting virtuous reality.
大多数人都在等待虚拟现实;我在等待美好的现实。
To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.
对我来说，新鲜咖啡的味道是最伟大的发明之一。
People who say that the Internet is the bubble are incredibly misguided.
那些说互联网是泡沫的人是极其错误的。
Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.
在印刷术被发现之前，一个世纪等于一千年。
I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.
我认为麦金塔电脑证明了每个人都可以有位图显示。
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.
请注意，我并不是建议忽视或减少人工智能研究的资助。
With the evolution of technology, kids really need to be computer-savvy.
随着科技的发展，孩子们真的需要精通电脑。
Language was a huge expansion of that capacity to deal with information.
语言极大地扩展了处理信息的能力。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.
信息技术的最大好处是它使人们能够做他们想做的事情。它让人们变得有创造力。它让人们更有效率。它让人们学习他们以前认为自己学不到的东西，所以从某种意义上说，这一切都是关于潜力的。
Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.
技术给了我们力量，但它没有也不能告诉我们如何使用这种力量。多亏了科技，我们可以在世界各地即时交流，但它仍然不能帮助我们知道该说什么。
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.
发明的进步赋予了人类一个世纪前最大胆的想象所无法想象的力量。
Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.
人类的每一项发明、每一件工具、每一件仪器、每一件器物、每一种为使用而设计的物品，都是从非常简单的开始发展起来的。
Wouldn't it be great if the technology we used to take care of ourselves was as good as the technology we use to make money?
如果我们用来照顾自己的技术和我们用来赚钱的技术一样好，那不是很棒吗?
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
对于一项成功的技术，现实必须凌驾于公共关系之上，因为自然是不会被愚弄的。