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Technology
Unfortunately, computers are...stupid. Unlike human beings, computers possess the truly profound stupidity of the inanimate.
不幸的是,电脑是…愚蠢的。与人类不同的是，计算机拥有无生命的真正深刻的愚蠢。
Computers rather frighten me, because I never did learn to type, so the whole thing seems extraordinarily complicated to me.
电脑让我很害怕，因为我从来没有学过打字，所以整个事情对我来说似乎非常复杂。
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?
Fuel cell vehicles run on clean-burning hydrogen and are three times more efficient than the traditional combustible engine.
燃料电池汽车使用清洁燃烧的氢，其效率是传统可燃发动机的三倍。
Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition.
无数的困惑和绝望的感觉总是出现在伟大的技术和文化转型时期。
Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science.
当然，科学有两条路可走;它的产品可以用来做好事，也可以用来做坏事。但科学是没有回头路的。
There is a definite argument to be made that videogames are becoming an art form put together by artists of different types.
有一个明确的论点是，电子游戏正在成为一种由不同类型的艺术家组合在一起的艺术形式。
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。
Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question "How?" but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question "Why?"
科学能够很好地回答“如何”这个问题，但当你问“为什么”这个问题时，它会变得非常困惑。
Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
科幻小说家预见到了不可避免的事情，尽管问题和灾难可能是不可避免的，但解决方案并非如此。
There were certain questions about the foundations of morals that advances in science all threaten to make more complicated.
关于道德基础的某些问题，随着科学的进步，这些问题都有可能变得更加复杂。
We need a data network that can easily carry voice, instead of what we have today, a voice network struggling to carry data.
我们需要一个能够轻松传输语音的数据网络，而不是我们今天所拥有的，一个难以传输数据的语音网络。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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?