A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
It's as if our electric grid didn't even have fences around it. This is disgraceful what we do, and what we don't do, to protect the Internet.
就好像我们的电网周围没有栅栏一样。为了保护互联网，我们所做的和不做的都是可耻的。
If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.
如果我们试图阻碍新技术的发展，我们就有效地确保了最负责任的方面不会开发这些技术。
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
我们的发明往往是漂亮的玩具，分散我们的注意力从严肃的事情。它们只是改进的手段，以达到未改进的目的。
The stone age was marked by man's clever use of crude tools; the information age, to date, has been marked by man's crude use of clever tools.
石器时代的特点是人类巧妙地使用粗糙的工具;迄今为止，信息时代的标志是人类对聪明工具的粗暴使用。
Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology.
科技让设计变得更加令人兴奋，色彩、墙纸、纹理、面料，这些都是没有科技就不可能创造出来的。
There are so many ways to heal. Arrogance may have a place in technology, but not in healing. I need to get out of my own way if I am to heal.
治愈的方法有很多。傲慢或许在科技领域有一席之地，但在治疗领域却没有。如果我想痊愈，我需要走出自己的路。
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
现代物理学不可能用完全决定论来预测任何事情，因为它从一开始就涉及概率。
The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.
只要我们愿意，这些发明和伟大的发现已经打开了整个大陆相互交流和交流的大门。
We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.
我们不能继续无视这样一个事实:我们必须真正拥抱绿色就业、新技术和替代能源。
Flipping a boring lecture from the classroom to the screen of a mobile device the same dehumanizing chatter, just wrapped up in fancy clothing.
把一场枯燥的讲座从教室里翻到移动设备的屏幕上，同样是毫无人性的喋喋不休，只不过是裹在花哨的衣服里。
Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.
不要放弃你的常识。想想你在做什么，以及技术如何能增强它。不要先考虑技术。
Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be also a story.
首先，让我们明白，一个科幻小说故事必须是一个科学主题的阐述，它也必须是一个故事。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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?
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 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。
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。
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?
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。