隨著新技術的出現(xiàn)，人們應該考慮一下下面的問題：仔細地考慮科技所可能帶來的雙重影響。
With the emergence of new technology, people should consider the following problems: carefully consider the possible double effects of technology.
什么將會得到加強？什么將會被削弱？什么將會被取代？它會給我們帶來什么樣的新機遇？
What will be strengthened? What will be weakened? What will be replaced? What new opportunities will it bring us?
我們從高情感到高科技，從手寫到電腦打字的轉變與人們對于電腦的神化有很大關系，電腦似乎已經成為我們這個時代解決一切問題的萬能良方。當然，它一定能夠彌補我們在教育方面的不足。美國中小學的教育質量在下降？那就在每個教室里都放上一臺電腦這個信息時代的偉大標志吧。這樣問題就解決了。幾十年來，人們對于為每個教室都配置一臺電腦的呼聲就一直沒有停止。但是人們是否已經仔細思考過電腦會給教育的真正目的帶來的影響呢？教育的真正目的應該是讓孩子學會如何學習，這是他們可以繼續(xù)終生學習生涯的惟一方式。我們在一直呼吁引入先進科技，但是卻沒有考慮過它的教育價值。
Our transformation from high emotion to high technology, from handwriting to computer typing has a lot to do with people's deification of computers. Computers seem to have become a panacea for all problems in our era. Of course, it will certainly make up for our deficiencies in education. Is the quality of primary and secondary education declining in the United States? Then put a computer in every classroom, the great symbol of the information age. This will solve the problem. For decades, people have been calling for a computer in every classroom. But have people thought about the impact of computers on the real purpose of education? The real purpose of education should be to let children learn how to learn, which is the only way for them to continue their life-long learning career. We have been calling for the introduction of advanced technology, but we have not considered its educational value.
在不久的將來，某個產品所包含的高情感，比如它的設計和所包含的藝術價值，將會逐漸把它與其他相似科技含量產品區(qū)分開來。
In the near future, the high emotion contained in a product, such as its design and artistic value, will gradually distinguish it from other similar technology products.
這個對于電腦和詩人的比喻代表了我對于社會發(fā)展的觀點：我們不僅需要大力推進智力發(fā)展，而且還要支持和培養(yǎng)情感與精神能力。我們非常需要在它們之間達到平衡——高科技與高情感之間的平衡。這個世界的科技水平越發(fā)達，我們就越需要藝術家和詩人。
This metaphor for computers and poets represents my view on social development: we need to not only vigorously promote intellectual development, but also support and cultivate emotional and spiritual abilities. We really need to balance them - the balance between high technology and high emotion. The more advanced the technology in the world, the more we need artists and poets.
今年年初，有一次我在波士頓洛根機場（Boston’s Logan Airpor）乘飛機。由于飛機晚點造成了航班延誤，我們這群同病相憐的乘客只好坐下來等待。我的對面坐的是一家人：年輕的父母和他們的兩個孩子。他們很少說話，至少那位年輕的父親是這樣的，他看起來極度不耐煩。突然，他的手機響了起來。他立刻直起身來，一下來了精神，接電話的聲音十分響亮：“你好，你好?！?/p>
At the beginning of this year, I was flying at Boston's Logan Airport. Due to the delay of the flight, our group of fellow passengers had to sit down and wait. Opposite me is a family: young parents and their two children. They seldom spoke, at least for the young father, who looked extremely impatient. Suddenly, his cell phone rings. He got up straight at once, refreshed, and answered with a loud voice: "Hello, hello."
我看著他，意識到他被這個電話拯救了，從百無聊賴中被拯救從來，從家庭責任中被拯救出來。在我看來，這個年輕的父親與科技的關系似乎出現(xiàn)了問題。當目睹這一過程時，我想全美國肯定有許多人們在等待他人把自己從面前的事務中拯救出來。
I looked at him and realized that he had been saved by the phone, from boredom, from family responsibility. In my opinion, there seems to be something wrong with the relationship between this young father and technology. When witnessing this process, I think there must be many people in the United States waiting for others to save themselves from the affairs in front of them.
盲目沖動
Blind impulse
許多公司由于擔心新技術會給競爭對手帶來新的機遇，因此都在不停地更新自己。而更新需要資金，而且所需的資金總是要比他們預計的要多。人們總是會在科技方面投入大量人力和物力，卻忽視了自身的作用。IBM第一代大批量生產的主機360在20世紀60年代初炙手可熱，就是因為所有的公司都認為主機對于公司來說是必需品。IBM銷售人員戲謔地說自己的顧客都是由于“擔心、不確定和疑惑”（或者簡稱為FUD）而購買產品的。人們往往覺得：“我們總不能無所事事。不管是對是錯，我們都必須做點什么?！碑敃r公司間普遍流傳的一種觀點就是，要想在新的技術時代的競爭中獲勝，公司必須配備自己的主機。人們經常會因為擔心落伍而盲目花錢，過去和現(xiàn)在都是如此。
Many companies are constantly updating themselves for fear that new technologies will bring new opportunities to their competitors. Renewal requires money, and it always requires more than they expected. People always invest a lot of human and material resources in science and technology, but ignore their own role. IBM's first mass-produced mainframe 360 became popular in the early 1960s, because all companies believed that the mainframe was a necessity for the company. IBM salesmen jokingly say that their customers buy products because of "worry, uncertainty and doubt" (or FUD for short). People often think: "we can't do nothing. Whether it's right or wrong, we have to do something. " At that time, there was a popular view among companies that in order to win the competition in the new technology era, companies must be equipped with their own mainframe. People often spend money blindly for fear of falling behind, both in the past and now.
科技是巨大的推動力，但并非真空狀態(tài)下的推動力
Technology is a great driving force, but not a driving force in a vacuum
科技是巨大的推動力，但是必須是在與人們的需求和人性達到平衡的時候！
Technology is a huge driving force, but it must be in balance with people's needs and human nature!
