In his view, Luddism was, indeed, a fallacy when productivity improvements were still on the relatively flat, or slowly rising, part of the exponential curve.

他认为，在生产率增加还比较平缓(指数曲线的做下部分)的当时，勒德主义的确是个谬论。

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But even if increased openness is in part to thank for the apparent hike in hacking, there has still been an exponential rise in the number of cyber threats.

但是即使增长的公开性，部分来源普通的失误被业余黑客抓到，职业的黑客攻击数量仍在增加。

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But after two centuries of technological improvements, productivity has "turned the corner" and is now moving rapidly up the more vertical part of the exponential curve.

但积累了两个世纪的技术进步后，生产力增速达到“拐点”并正沿着指函数曲线陡峭段迅速上升。

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As doublings accumulate, however, and technology moves into the steep part of the exponential curve, great leaps become possible.

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In the early years of the ICT revolution, during the flat part of the exponential curve, progress seemed interesting but limited in its applications.

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