被视为行为系统的人类其实相当简单。我们行为表面上的复杂性很大程度上反映了我们所处环境的复杂性。
Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.
文化是一个群体在解决外部适应和内部整合问题的过程中逐渐习得的东西。
The sole duty of the awakened is to find oneself, become oneself, and forge one’s own path.
停在港口的船是安全的，但那不是造船的目的。
"The only thing we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
在每个词中，都有一个等待被发现的世界。
We may need to postulate new fundamental laws to explain consciousness.
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it adjusts them.