If you ask an economist what’s driven economic growth， it’s been major advances in things that mattered – the mechanization of farming， mass manufacturing， things like that. The problem is， our society is not organized around doing that.
如果你问一个经济学家，什么驱动着经济增长，他定会提出一些慎重的意见作为答复——农业机械化、大规模生产，诸如此类。但问题是，我们的社会组织不是靠这些事情建立起来的。
对时机的把握是天才的标志。
简帛研究不仅需要文献学技能，还需要对历史背景的深刻理解。
孔子说：“读书不想事，越学越糊涂；想事不读书，越想越头痛。”
The discovery of topological insulators has opened up a new frontier in condensed matter physics, where the interplay of symmetry and topology leads to novel quantum states of matter.
成功的衡量标准不仅仅是利润，还有我们创造的积极影响。
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
机械和节省劳力的装置只有在降低制造成本时才具有价值。
I believe in the power of the individual to change society.