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So if you think about what it means to learn arithmetic or to learn to read,
因此，如果你思考學(xué)習(xí)算術(shù)和閱讀意義何在，
you're actually, literally rewriting your own brain.
那實(shí)際上你就是在重寫你自己的大腦。
You're changing the microstructure of your brain as you go along.
你在學(xué)習(xí)的過(guò)程中，也正在改變大腦的微型結(jié)構(gòu)。
So in a broad sense, we don't need to think about technology as only little gadgets,
所以，廣義而言，我們不必認(rèn)為技術(shù)只是一些小裝置，
like these things here,
如上面列舉的那些。
but even institutions and techniques, psychological methods and so forth.
還應(yīng)包括甚至像制度，技能，心理學(xué)方法等等。
Forms of organization can have a profound impact on human nature.
組織機(jī)構(gòu)的不同形式可對(duì)人類本質(zhì)產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)影響。
Looking ahead, there is a range of technologies that are almost certain to be developed sooner or later.
遙望未來(lái)，一系列技術(shù)遲早會(huì)被研發(fā)出來(lái)。
We are very ignorant about what the time scale for these things are,
雖然我們對(duì)這些技術(shù)何時(shí)面世一無(wú)所知，
but they all are consistent with everything we know about physical laws, laws of chemistry, etc.
但它們必然與我們所知的一切知識(shí)相一致，包括物理定律、化學(xué)定律等等。
It's possible to assume, setting aside a possibility of catastrophe,
我們可以假定，排除人類遭受大災(zāi)難的可能性，
that sooner or later we will develop all of these.
遲早我們都會(huì)發(fā)展出所有這些技術(shù)。
And even just a couple of these would be enough to transform the human condition.
而且，僅僅這其中的幾項(xiàng)就足夠改變?nèi)祟惖奶幘场?/div>
So let's look at some of the dimensions of human nature that seem to leave room for improvement.
那么，讓我們看看人類本質(zhì)中哪些部分是有進(jìn)步空間的。
Health span is a big and urgent thing,
壽命長(zhǎng)短是一個(gè)巨大而緊迫的問(wèn)題，
because if you're not alive,
因?yàn)槿绻闼懒耍?/div>
then all the other things will be to little avail.
那么所有其他事情都一無(wú)所用了。
Intellectual capacity -- let's take that box,
智力——看那個(gè)方框，
which falls into a lot of different sub-categories:
它可以分為許多不同的子目錄
memory, concentration, mental energy, intelligence, empathy.
記憶力，注意力，精神能量，理解力，情感共鳴。
These are really great things.
這些都是非常美妙的東西。
Part of the reason why we value these traits is that they make us better at competing with other people
我們之所以重視這些特質(zhì)，一方面是因?yàn)樗鼈兡芰钗覀冊(cè)谂c他人的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中處于更有利的位置，
they're positional goods.
所以它們是地位商品。
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| psychological | [.saikə'lɔdʒikəl] |
想一想再看 adj. 心理(學(xué))的 |
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| profound | [prə'faund] |
想一想再看 adj. 深?yuàn)W的，深邃的，意義深遠(yuǎn)的 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| span | [spæn] |
想一想再看 n. 跨度，跨距，間距 |
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| scale | [skeil] |
想一想再看 n. 鱗，刻度，衡量，數(shù)值范圍 |
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| gadgets | [gæ,dʒets] |
想一想再看 n. 小配件；小工具（gadget的復(fù)數(shù)） |
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| improvement | [im'pru:vmənt] |
想一想再看 n. 改進(jìn)，改善 |
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| capacity | [kə'pæsiti] |
想一想再看 n. 能力，容量，容積; 資格，職位 |
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| assume | [ə'sju:m] |
想一想再看 vt. 假定，設(shè)想，承擔(dān); (想當(dāng)然的)認(rèn)為 |
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| range | [reindʒ] |
想一想再看 n. 范圍，行列，射程，山脈，一系列 |
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| catastrophe | [kə'tæstrəfi] |
想一想再看 n. 大災(zāi)難，大禍，徹底失敗 |
聯(lián)想記憶 |
