在上个世纪90年代,我们目睹了个人电脑对人们的巨大效用,但是这种成功同时造成了新的困局。如果富人的孩子拥有计算机而穷人的孩子却不能时,这种科技会加剧不平等。而这与我们的核心理念相抵触。
Technology should benefit everyone.
科技应当惠及万众。
So we worked to close the digital divide. I made it a priority at Microsoft, and Melinda and I made it an early priority at our Foundation. Donating personal computers to public libraries to make sure that everyone had access.
因此我们应当努力缩小这种差距。我将它定位为微软的首要任务,也是我和梅琳达在建立基金会之初的首要任务。为公众图书馆捐献个人电脑从而确保人人都能有机会使用。
The digital divide was a focus of mine in 1997, when I took my first trip to South Africa. I went there on business so I spent most of my time in meetings in downtown Johannesburg. I stayed in the home of one of the richest families in South Africa.
当我在1997年首次出访南非时,我便开始关注“数码鸿沟”。因公事出差的我将大部分时间都花费在约翰内斯堡的市区开会中。当时我住在南非最富裕的一户家庭中。
It had only been three years since the election of Nelson Mandela marked the end of apartheid. When I sat down for dinner with my hosts, they used a bell to call the butler. After dinner, the women and men separated and the men smoked cigars. I thought, good thing I read Jane Austen, or I wouldn't have known what was going on. (Laughter).
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