Kapur notes, none of us like to fail, no matter how often Silicon Valley entrepreneurs praise the beneficial effects of an idea that fails or a start-up company that crashes and burns.

卡普尔指出，我们都不喜欢失败，不管硅谷的企业家们多么经常地赞扬那些失败想法或崩溃毁掉的初创公司所传达的有益影响。

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Lifestreams have not yet replaced the desktop on personal computers, as Mr Gelernter had hoped. Indeed, a software start-up to implement the idea folded in 2004.

生活日志尚未如格勒恩特尔先生所愿代替个人电脑桌面成为主流，实际上，为实现这一想法，人们开发过一款软件，但是在2004年时不幸夭折。

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"The idea is to start with human stem cells and end up with a functioning organ."

该构思是以人类干细胞开始，以器官的正常运作而结束。

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During his stay in the hospital, the finance professional came up with the idea to start a film festival.

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