The past does not have to define the future.

仅靠技术无法拯救我们——重要的是我们如何应用它。

The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

在小说领域，每个角色都是人类状况的反映，是我们自身复杂性和矛盾的镜子。