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If January 1975 was the dawn of the computer age, then who would be in the best position to take advantage of it?
如果1975年1月是個人計算機時代的黎明，那么，誰又能占據(jù)最佳位置，去享受這個黎明的第一線曙光？
The same principle applies here that applied to the ear of John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
約翰.洛克菲勒和安德魯.卡內(nèi)基時代曾適用的法則現(xiàn)在又開始發(fā)揮作用。
"If you are too old in 1975, then you'd already have a job at IBM out of college,
“如果1975年的時候，你的歲數(shù)比較大，那么，當(dāng)你一從大學(xué)畢業(yè)，就可能開始在IBM上班了，
and once people started at IBM, they had a real hard time making the transition to the new world."
開始在IBM上班后，會經(jīng)歷一段向新世界轉(zhuǎn)變的艱難的過程。
says Nathan Myhrvold, who was a top executive at microsoft for many years.
曾長期在微軟公司擔(dān)任高級管理人員的內(nèi)森.梅爾沃德說道。
"You had this multibillion-dollar company making mainframes, and if you were part of that,
你在這家數(shù)十億美元的公司生產(chǎn)主機，你只是整個工作的一部分，
you'd think, why screw around with these little pathetic computers?
你頭腦里想的是——我為什么每天都要可憐地圍著這樣一臺機器轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去？
That was the computer industry to those people, and it had nothing to do with this new revolution.
那個時代從事計算機工業(yè)的人們，腦子里常常是這個想法，他們絲毫不了解正在進行的變革，
They were blinded by that being the only vision of computing.
他們都被計算機一個方面的假象所蒙蔽，
They made a nice living. it's just said that there was no opportunity to become a zillionaire and make an impact on the world."
他們過著舒適的生活。這自然不可能有機會成為億萬富翁，也不可能影響整個世界。”
If you were more than a few years out of college in 1975, then you belonged to the old paradigm.
假如在1975年的時候，你已經(jīng)從大學(xué)畢業(yè)多年，那么，你最終屬于那個陳舊的年代。
You had just bought a house. You're married. A baby's on the way.
你也許會買一棟房子，會結(jié)婚，然后為人父或者為人母。
You're in no position to give up a good job in pension for some pie-in-the-sky $397 computer kit.
你不可能放棄手中收入豐厚的工作，不可能用自己的退休金購買397美元一臺的微機，對你來說，微機是遙不可及的東西。
So let's rule out all those born before, say, 1952.
所以，那些在1952年之前出生的人，都可以排除在新時代之外。
At the same time, though, you don't want to be too young.
但同樣的，你也不會希望自己年齡太小。
You really want to get in on the ground floor, right in 1975, and you can't do that if you're still in high school.
你希望自己能夠及時趕上1975年的發(fā)展潮流，如果那時候你依舊只是一個中學(xué)生，那你將無所適從。
So let's also rule out anyone born after, say, 1958.
所以，那些在1958年之后出生的人，同樣可以排除在新時代之外。
The perfect age to be in 1975, in other words, is old enough to see the coming revolution but not so old to have missed it.
也就是說，到1975年時，你最好處于這樣的年紀(jì)：不是太年輕，從而能夠趕上這次革命，但又不能太老，不能錯過了這次革命。
Ideally, you'd want to be 20 or 21, which is to say, born in 1954 or 1955.
在1975年，你最好是20歲或者21歲，也就是說你最好出生在1954年或者是1955年。
There is an easy way to test this theory. When was Bill Gates born? October 28, 1955.
驗證這種說法并不難。看看比爾.蓋茨，他是什么時候出生的？1955年10月28日。
