According to the "Way Dependence Theory", a system's future can be predicted by the comparison and contrast of its history and current situation.

按照“路径依赖”学说的理论，我们可以从一项制度的过去看到它的现在，从而预测它的未来。

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There is a way to disconnect economic growth from ever-deepening oil dependence.

那就是存在一条破解经济增长就得依赖石油的途径。

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So in this form you've seen this kind of dependence before in a very explicit way.

利用这种形式，你就可以很清晰的看出，这种依赖形式的原因。

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Then, as social opprobrium is displaced by acceptance followed by imitation, unproductive dependence becomes a way of life.

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To conservation-minded home or business owners, the turbines are an investment in clean energy and one way to ease America's dependence on foreign oil.

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Be that as it may, the case they make against the path-dependence paradigm as a way to see the world could hardly be stronger: it is a big idea that simply fails to stand up.

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