A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
Science...is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.
科学…与历史和传统的对立是如此之大，以至于它不能被我们的文明所吸收。
When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.
当人们谈到创造超人类智能生物时，他们通常在想象一个人工智能项目。
Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.
啊，创造的过程在科学和艺术中都是同样的秘密。它们完全一样。
The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made.
最新的科学评估显示，如果不做出任何改变，全球变暖的速度将是预测的两倍。
The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.
机器并没有把人从大自然的大问题中孤立出来，而是把人更深地投入到这些大问题中去。
We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.
我们必须学会平衡技术的物质奇迹和人类的精神需求。
First, I do not think there is any silver bullet to solving the technology side of the security equation.
首先，我不认为解决安全等式的技术方面有什么灵丹妙药。
But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.
但是主动编程包括新程序的设计，而不是对旧程序的思考。
Growing up, I wish that I'd had the supplies and laptops and all the new technology that's out right now.
在我的成长过程中，我希望我已经拥有了这些用品、笔记本电脑和现在所有的新技术。
Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living.
研究生毕业后，我曾做过一段时间的科技作家，之后以电脑编码为生。
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
我和诺贝尔一样认为，人类从新发现中得到的好处要多于坏处。
I am eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see.
我的眼睛。我是个机械眼。我，一台机器，正在向你展示一个只有我才能看到的世界。
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The kind of environment that we developed Google in, the reason that we were able to develop a search engine, is the web was so open. Once you get too many rules, that will stifle innovation.
我们开发谷歌的环境，我们能够开发搜索引擎的原因，是网络是如此的开放。一旦你制定了太多的规则，就会扼杀创新。
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。
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?
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。
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。
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。