Therefore, the life skill you need most is not the mastery of specific technologies, but mastery of the technium as a whole -- how technology in general works.

因此，你需要的生活技能不是掌握某项具体的技术，而是从总体上掌握一些技能----即工程技术是如何工作的。

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In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because "the general principles of taste are uniform in human nature", the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent.

哲学家大卫·休谟在1757年的一篇文章中谈到，因为人类的审美具有共同性，所以一些艺术作品的价值可能是永恒的。

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I know how it works in general terms.

我大致知道其中的运作原理。

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