很长一段时间以来，一直有关于文化文明即将死亡的警告。
There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time.
可能有人固执地认为，考虑如此长的时间跨度可能比考虑即将到来的未来更容易。
Perhaps willfully, it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.
我花了两年时间来培育这个团体，很快就获得了成功，但不到六个月，我就面临着即将失去这一切的未来。
I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had become successful very fast, but within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all.
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