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科技
Technology
I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.
我并不真的相信魔鬼的存在，但如果魔鬼是谎言之父，那么他肯定发明了互联网。
From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.
从拍摄地的第一刻起，我就对拍摄音效的技术方面充满了好奇。
Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.
技术……是一件奇怪的事。它一只手给你带来伟大的礼物，另一只手却在背后捅你一刀。
I don't think many people anticipated how the Internet was going to revolutionize the way we disseminate information.
我认为很多人没有预料到互联网将如何彻底改变我们传播信息的方式。
The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.
互联网本应通过连接我们所有人而使每个人变得同质化。相反，它允许的是兴趣筒仓。
Suppose our ancestors had discovered nuclear power in the middle ages, and had decided to bury their radioactive fuel.
假设我们的祖先在中世纪发现了核能，并决定埋葬他们的放射性燃料。
I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
我过去常常坐在家里用电脑写作。喝完纽贝里之后，我可能有一半以上的时间都在路上。
If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery.
如果有技术进步而没有社会进步，人类的苦难几乎会自动增加。
As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
鹰被带着自己羽毛的箭射死，世界的手也被自己的技能所伤。
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
人们不懂电脑。电脑是神奇的盒子，可以做很多事情。人们相信电脑告诉他们的。
If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.
如果要在国际上交换信息，就必须加强数据保护。这是一个硬币的两面。
An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in.
很多成功的科技公司最终进入的市场都与他们刚起步时略有不同。
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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。
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。
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。
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?
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。