在文明世界中,进展应有意义,而不单是简单的赚越来越多的钱。
Progress in a civilized world should mean something more than simply making more and more money.
过去两年间,奥巴马四处夸夸而谈,都说要清扫华盛顿这个”奥吉亚斯牛圈”2,封死权钱间的”旋转门”,提高精神文明水平。
Throughout two years of high-flown speechifying he promised to clean the Augean stables of Washington, close the revolving door between power and money and raise ethical standards.
我强调这点的原因是为了让你们理解在合理的时间内抵达那里所需要的巨大能量.你不仅必须飞得很快 还要快到接近物理定律所允许的极限.为了达到那种速度 你消耗的能量将超过当今整个人类文明一年所用的能量(减速时也一样).所以底线是:钱 一大笔钱.
Almost as fast as the absolute laws of physics perm it. And you have to use more energy to reach that speed (and then slow back down) than all of human civilization is currently using in a year.
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