过去是一个跟随你到任何地方的影子。
The past is a shadow that follows you everywhere.
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
我们以为在使用信息,其实被信息所使用。
Consciousness serves the organism's need to interact effectively with its world.