The other thing about modern society and why it causes this anxiety, is that we have nothing at its center that is non-human. We are the first society to be living in a world where we don't worship anything other than ourselves. We think very highly of ourselves, and so we should; we've put people on the Moon, done all sorts of extraordinary things. And so we tend to worship ourselves.
现代社会让我们焦虑的另一个缘故是,我们除了人类以外没有其它重心。我们是从古至今的第一个无神社会,除了我们自己以外,我们不膜拜任何事物,我们对自己评价极高,为什么不呢,我们把人送上月球,达成了许多不可思议的事,我们习惯崇拜自己。
最深刻的技术是那些消失的技术。它们将自己编织到日常生活的结构中,直到与之无法区分。
译文:鸟的羽毛尚未丰满,就不能展翅高飞。
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.
一旦心灵被启蒙,就无法再次变得黑暗。
浅陋的人,不能和他谈论深奥的见解;愚蠢的人,不能和他谋划有智慧的事。井底之蛙,不能和它谈论东海的快乐。
它们不是纪念碑,而是脚印。纪念碑只会说'至少我到了这里',而脚印会说'这是我再次移动时所在的地方'。