A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
如果量子力学还没有给你带来深刻的震撼，那么你还没有理解它。
I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.
我几乎认为灭绝人类是科学的最终命运。
Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.
在机器出现之前，人们真正拥有的唯一娱乐形式是人际关系。
I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.
我试着写我们今天的生活，我们如何使用语言，技术，我们的身体。
Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly.
即使与手机或电视的发展相比，网络也发展得很快。
I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.
我一直对小玩意和技术感兴趣，我一直是一个读者。
I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved.
我认为光盘拷贝保护存在一些无法解决的问题。
It's cloaked in cultural mumbo jumbo, but I assure you that it is very hard science.
它被隐藏在文化的胡言乱语中，但我向你保证，这是非常困难的科学。
The combination of hatred and technology is the greatest danger threatening mankind.
仇恨和技术的结合是威胁人类的最大危险。
I don't think we use television the way we should or the way the inventors intended.
我认为我们用电视的方式不应该是我们应该用的方式，也不应该是发明者想用的方式。
I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.
我讨厌坐飞机。知道为什么吗?因为没有人真正了解飞机是如何工作的。
On a two week road trip I know I can get by better with no underwear than no laptop.
在为期两周的自驾游中，我知道不穿内衣也比没有笔记本电脑要好。
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You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.
你可能不认为程序员是艺术家，但编程是一种极具创造性的职业。它是基于逻辑的创造力。
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。
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。
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?
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。
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。