These big thinkers, and many more over the course of last week, reminded us that, though they spoke at a conference renowned for its technological prowess, our tools are only virtuous when coupled with the Platonic ideal of the examined life. Our identities, relationships, and good work, may be fed, nurtured, and amplified by the gadgets at our fingertips, but they most vividly come to life in the precious, white spaces that punctuate our otherwise overscheduled, overconnected lives.
【英语四六级相关重点单词及短语】big wig 【俚】大人物;大亨;要人distraction n. 注意力分散;分心radical adj. 激进的;彻底的disempower v. 剥夺权力;力量剥夺;使失去影响力indiscriminately adv. 不加选择地;任意地stare into 凝视pass by 经过;逝去discerning adj. 有辨识能力的;眼光敏锐的pop up 突然出现instantaneous adj. 瞬间的;即时的flabbergasting adj. 令人大吃一惊的animatedly adv. 精力旺盛地;活生生地relay v. 转播;转发distillation n. 精华;蒸馏haiku n. 俳句(日本一种无韵节的三行诗)
reminisce v. 追忆;回忆tease v. 取笑;戏弄add up to 意味着intervention n. 介入;调停;妨碍pit crew 后勤维修人员virtuous adj. 有效力的;正直的;有道德的couple with 与结合;伴随Platonic adj. 柏拉图哲学的;不切实际的;理想的amplify v. 扩大;放大;详述
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