科学与技术的进步并不意味着大多数人生活中智识复杂度的增加。通常恰好相反。
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
每个圣人都有过去,每个罪人都有未来。
"In science, the most exciting phrase to hear is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
The great ideological battles between liberalism and communism, or between democracy and authoritarianism, have been replaced by a general consensus on the desirability of liberal democracy.