To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes.

  • -- Alex Campbell 亚历克斯·坎贝尔

实际上,征服自然就是消除一切自然障碍和人类准则,用人为的、捏造的等价物来代替自然过程。

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Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends.

啊,夏天——期待已久的慵懒、漫长的日子,没有责任,充满可能性。这是一个寻找昆虫,掌握倒立,练习游泳,征服树木,探索角落和裂缝,结交新朋友的时间。

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either.

我们可以相信我们知道世界应该走向何方。但是,除非我们与客户保持联系,否则我们的世界模型可能会偏离现实。当然,创新是无法替代的,但创新也无法替代保持联系。

The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one. The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of recent experience in the physical sciences, for this barrier does not exist.

世界只给我一次,不存在也不感知。主语和宾语只有一个。由于最近在物理科学方面的经验,不能说它们之间的障碍已经被打破,因为这种障碍并不存在。

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

每一个艺术家的目标都是通过人为的手段来捕捉运动,也就是生命,并把它固定住,这样一百年后,当一个陌生人看到它时,它又动了起来,因为这就是生命。

To jump and break the sound barrier will not be a mere record breaking experience or another extreme event that ends once the mission is accomplished.

跳跃并打破音障将不仅仅是破纪录的经历,也不仅仅是任务完成后结束的另一个极端事件。

I knew I had to conquer it before I saw Nefret again, or I would take her by the shoulders and shake her, and demand that she love my son!

我知道我必须克服它,否则我就会抓住她的肩膀,摇晃她,要求她爱我的儿子!

The best substitute for experience is being sixteen.

经验最好的替代品是十六岁。

The artificial is always innocent.

人造的总是无辜的。