I arrived at IBM with a firmly held conviction that this technology is one of those transformational technologies that comes along every hundred years or so and changes everything in our society.

到IBM任职时，我有一个坚定的信念：信息技术是一项划时代的技术；这样的技术一百年左右才会出现一次，而且它的到来会改变人类社会的一切。

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This technology is one of those transformational technologies that comes along every hundred years or so and changes everything in our society.

信息技术是一项划时代的技术，这样的技术100年左右才会出现一次，而且它的到来会改变人类社会的一切。

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Its capacity to constantly reinvent itself makes it the backbone of transformational changes within societies.

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As a consequence, they may tend to shy away from game-changing ideas or transformational changes as they lack the luxury of timeframe to see the results of their efforts happen.

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But sadly, some of my friends who were willing to acknowledge we need to lead in all those areas and make transformational changes, they're unwilling to take what I admit are difficult steps to make this transformation.

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