Life is insanely robust, though we can make species go extinct, and this is the bad thing. So I always make the point that you can't say, 'Is it too late?' That is the terrible question, because either answer promotes inaction. If it's too late, you don't need to act; if it's not too late, you don't need to act.

  • -- Kim Stanley Robinson 金·斯坦利·罗宾森

尽管我们可以让物种灭绝,但生命是异常强健的,这是件坏事。所以我总是强调,你不能说,‘是不是太晚了?这是一个可怕的问题,因为任何一个答案都会导致无所作为。如果太晚了,你不需要采取行动;如果还不算太晚,你不需要采取行动。

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Upon the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who when on the dawn of victory paused to rest, and there resting died.

在犹豫的平原上漂着无数人的尸骨,他们在胜利的曙光中停下来休息,在那里安息了。

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

人类可以分为三类:一类是不能移动的,一类是可以移动的,一类是可以移动的。

I knew the answer, and of course so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

我知道答案,拉美西斯当然也知道。他有极好的呼吸控制能力,总是走在我前面。

Suicide is not an answer, it's destruction.

自杀不是答案,而是毁灭。