我们对感觉生物学了解得越多,就越意识到我们的神经系统是多么复杂和精细调节。
The more we learn about sensory biology, the more we realize how intricate and finely tuned our nervous system is.
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
译文 :人的思想是随着身体气血的变化而变化的。四十岁之前具有奋发进取之心,这时虽然见识不多,但是敢于闯荡一番;到四十岁以后,人的心就逐渐稳定下来了,这时已经是见多识广,而且遇到事情都会斟酌一下;六十岁之后,人的思想就开始消极保守了,这时虽然见识广博,但是精力不够。虽然这种情况不一定适用于每个人,但大体上都是如此。古代人们四十岁做官,六七十岁告老还乡,大概是因为这个原因。当然,人们中间也有年纪轻轻却思想消极,无所事事的,无精打采的就像一个垂死之人;也有一些年老之人,性情狂躁,喜欢多事,但这些都不合乎常理。如果把那些遇事风风火火的少年人当做是社会栋梁,而把那些意志消沉的衰老之人当做老成持重的话,那也是错误的。像邓禹年少时就深沉、坚毅,马援虽年老却精神矍铄的人,古代确实有过,但毕竟不是多数!
思想和背景的多样性会带来更好的决策和创新。
When you nurture plants with respect, they reward you with abundance.