拯救世界的是人,不是科技_BEC初级作文

拯救世界的是人,不是科技

Technology is marvellous, but it has had little or nothing to do with the best things about the world. And it will play a minor role in casting out humanity’s worst demons: poverty, ignorance and madness. What do I mean by the best things? The outlawing of racism; rights for disabled people; emancipation for women. The primacy of reason; the dwindling of superstition. Democracy, social security, animal rights, greater life expectancy and, yes, capitalism.

科技很了不起。但它与这世界最美好的东西没什么关系。它在赶走人类最糟糕的魔鬼（贫穷、无知和疯狂）上只会发挥次要的作用。我所指的最美好的东西是什么？从法律上禁止种族主义；残疾人权益；女性解放。理性至上；迷信失势。民主、社会保障、动物权益、延长寿命，没错，还有资本主义。

Sure, hygiene and medicine are technology, but the idea to distribute their benefits to all through innovations such as sewers, socialised medicine and refrigeration could only come from human empathy and creativity.

当然，卫生和医学属于科技的范畴，但是要把它们的果实通过下水管道、社会化医疗和冷藏传播给全人类，就只能依靠人类的同理心和创造力了。

Technology, from electric lighting to washing machines to the internet, has aided progress. But it is only part of the future. Machines help solve the “how”, not the “what” nor the “why”.