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"People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors," he explains, "but it's not simply a clever network of switches."

“人们倾向于把大脑当作是由许多颜色编码的晶体管组成的，”他解释道，“但它不仅仅是一个充满开关的聪明网络。”

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Simply, you can find no substitute — no amount of clever programming — that is worth as much as modular design.

简言之，任何东西——再多么巧妙的编程设计——都比不上模块化设计。

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Are we doomed simply to have hockey-puck like clever floor cleaners?

WSJ: Why Our Service Robots Needn't Look Like Humans

Moreover, the rising tide of inventions that make one country wealthy benefits others that bring those clever ideas to market or simply make use of those products, processes and services.

ECONOMIST: We are all innovators now

Anyone who wants to look clever at a cocktail party can simply make a disparaging remark about American schools and everyone will giggle and nod appreciatively.

FORBES: Why US education deserves our praise (and funding)