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科技
Technology
Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.
努力学习，这样你才能掌握技术，这让我们掌握自然。
Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off.
遥远的重播变成了即时重播，未来的重播不会太遥远。
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
令人震惊的是，我们的技术已经超越了我们的人性。
You know that clicker? It's going to change the world more than any other thing.
你知道那个遥控器吗?它将比任何其他事情更能改变世界。
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
从互联网上获取信息就像从消防栓里喝水一样。
Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming.
每个行业的公司都需要假设软件革命即将来临。
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
如果我们知道我们在做什么，就不会被称为研究，对吗?
A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.
如果一个科学家不能证明他所取得的成就，他就一事无成。
We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.
我们的律师既不懂技术，也不懂资产负债表。
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.
永远不要担心理论，只要机器做它应该做的。
Man is a tool-using animal... Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.
人是一种会使用工具的动物……没有工具，他什么也不是;有了工具，他就是一切。
I grew up before computers. Computers are changing things, not all for the good.
我是在电脑出现之前长大的。电脑正在改变一些事情，但并不都是好的。
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All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
人类创造的所有最伟大的技术发明——飞机、汽车、电脑——很少提到他的智力，但却充分说明了他的懒惰。
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?
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
尽管技术上有了很大的进步，但归根结底还是一个男人或一个女人和麦克风，播放音乐，分享故事，谈论问题——与观众交流。
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。
People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?
人们今天比以往活得更长。他们过着更快乐的生活，拥有更多的知识和信息。所有这些都是通信技术的结果。有什么不好的?
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
我们拥有的，而机器没有的，是展示智慧的能力。