The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

-- Charles Babbage 巴贝奇

工具和机器之间的区别不能很精确地加以区分;在对这些术语的普遍解释中，也没有必要非常严格地限制它们的可接受性。

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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.

让人们保持被动和顺从的明智方法是严格限制可接受意见的范围，但允许在这个范围内进行非常活跃的辩论。

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People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.

人们会问我为什么要做我正在做的事情，但我总是告诉他们我只是喜欢滑冰。没有其他解释。

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The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process.

服装、家具、房子、房间、街道、城市的设计都是同一个过程。

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The universe is simple; it's the explanation that's complex.

宇宙很简单;这个解释很复杂。

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Small changes can make a big difference.

小的改变可以带来很大的不同。

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