A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.
人类用自己的五种感官探索周围的宇宙，称之为探险科学。
I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.
我不认为人们购买科技产品是因为他们背后的人的个性。
Kids today are technologically sophisticated. In many families, they are far ahead of their parents.
如今的孩子在技术上很成熟。在许多家庭中，他们远远超过了他们的父母。
Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.
除非你用大锤砸电视，否则你将无法成为一个独立的人。
Technology should be an important ingredient. It may be and should be a tool for social development.
技术应该是一个重要的组成部分。它可能是而且应该是社会发展的工具。
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free.
技术和奴隶制的区别在于，奴隶们完全意识到他们不是自由的。
Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
电动汽车不会席卷市场，但它将是一个逐步的改善。
We developed simple test tools to optimize imaging parameters. No company was interested in our idea.
我们开发了简单的测试工具来优化成像参数。没有公司对我们的想法感兴趣。
If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.
如果你给黑客一个新玩具，他会做的第一件事就是把它拆开，弄清楚它是如何工作的。
People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy.
人们在音乐方面正接近电子水平;虽然并不是所有的事情都能勾起我的幻想。
We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.
我们可以以更低的成本种植农作物，因为分子制造技术的成本本来就很低。
Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.
一旦一项新技术席卷你，如果你不是压路机的一部分，你就是道路的一部分。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。