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科技
Technology
My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential.
我的父亲是一位发明家，我认为我一直对科技抱有乐观的看法，或者至少对它的潜力抱有乐观的看法。
History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise.
历史一再表明，当一种新方法或材料可用时，就会产生新的用途。
You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.
你必须明白，当移动图像刚开始出现时，人们想要的是声音、颜色、大屏幕和深度。
Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence.
科技就像我们呼吸的空气一样无处不在，所以我们不再意识到它的存在。
Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.
有些带鼓机的唱片听起来是假的和塑料的。这完全取决于你如何使用这些工具。
Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
在家录音可以消除演示阶段，也可以消除演播室中的演示阶段。
The rotation of the polarization plane is extraordinarily small in all gases, thus also in sodium vapour.
极化平面的旋转在所有气体中都非常小，因此在钠蒸气中也是如此。
Radio killed variety and TV killed radio, and the internet will kill television and it will go on and on.
广播扼杀了综艺，电视扼杀了广播，互联网也将扼杀电视，而且还会继续下去。
The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.
随着科技和便捷的旅行将不同的文化融合在一起，而不是将它们同质化，世界变得越来越复杂。
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
我们已经安排了一个文明，在这个文明中，最重要的元素都深深地依赖于科学和技术。
Graphics has lately made a great shift towards machine learning, which itself is about understanding data.
图形学最近向机器学习发生了重大转变，机器学习本身就是关于理解数据的。
One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.
医学面临的最大挑战之一是将信息技术融入我们的实践。
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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。
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 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。
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。
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。
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?