鉴于我们对稳定气候所需做的已有知识,这一计划就像闯入了一场毫无准备的战争,即便手头已有可用的信息。
Given our knowledge about what needs to be done to stabilize climate, this plan is like barging into a war without having a plan for how it should be conducted, even though information is available.
但是,无论是在混乱和复杂程度上,还是在后续信息的不可靠以及残缺程度上,自然灾害和战争都相差无几。
But disasters are similar to battlefields in their degree of confusion and complexity, and in the consequent unreliability and incompleteness of the information available.
当创造和传播信息的工具被任何普通人都能够随意使用的时候,许多(如果不是大多数)新闻记者将会发现,为拯救他们的职业,他们在进行一场不可能胜利的战争。
When the tools of creation and access are so profoundly democratized, many (if not most) of the pros will find themselves fighting a losing battle to save their careers.
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