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科技
Technology
If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.
如果你认为这项技术是不可行的，你就不用担心它可能会做什么和它的潜力是什么。
Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.
我们的产业在技术上投入了如此多的资金，也许是时候投资于人才和人才了。
When I'm out and about, I'll text or email myself from my phone. A smart phone is a great tool for a writer.
当我外出走动时，我会用手机给自己发短信或电子邮件。对于作家来说，智能手机是一个很好的工具。
It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.
大众传媒的出现使在社会范围内使用宣传技术成为可能。
The Internet feeds off the main press, and the main press feeds off the Internet. They're working in tandem.
互联网依赖于主流媒体，主流媒体也依赖于互联网。他们在协力工作。
The term science means something quite different for our generation than it did not so many generations ago.
“科学”一词对我们这一代的意义，与许多代以前相比，已经大不相同了。
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。
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
技术是如此有趣，但我们可以淹没在我们的技术。信息的迷雾能驱逐知识。
I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help.
我认为它做得很好。我很高兴看到半导体的浓度。我想这会有帮助。
Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.
在信息社会中，技术考虑对于建筑和城市来说是非常重要的。
The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
我们看到即将到来的新技术将带来重大好处，将大大减轻人类的痛苦。
Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.
贸易不是商品。贸易就是信息。货物放在仓库里，直到信息把它们移走。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。