The crisis—particularly the credit crunch and the destruction of more than $13 trillion of household wealth—has wrecked the American shopping machine and changed the nature of the world’s imbalances.

此次危机，特别是信贷紧缩和超过13万亿美元个人财富的流失已重创美国这架消费机器，并改变了世界不平衡的性质。

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“The idea of a man-made machine chopping a bird in half creates a visceral reaction, ” he said, “while the idea of a predator with its prey in its mouth — well we’ve seen that on the Nature Channel.

人造机器把鸟锯成两半，这种观点激发了人类的本能反应；而捕食者口中含着的猎物这一观点，我们会视之为自然的本性。

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"The idea of a man-made machine chopping a bird in half creates a visceral reaction," he said, "while the idea of a predator with its prey in its mouth - well we've seen that on the Nature Channel."

人造机器把鸟锯成两半，这种观点激发了人类的本能反应；而捕食者口中含着的猎物这一观点，我们会视之为自然的本性。

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Ultimately he welcomes technology going beyond what nature intended, exploring the full range of possibilities in the human-machine interface.

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