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1、比尔盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲比尔盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲 (2)(2)2007 年比尔盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲 Remarks of Bill Gates, Harvard Commencement 2007(4)作者:唯途英语 来源: 更新日期:2011-4-4 13:00:21 点击:175I remember going to Davos some years back and sitting on a global health panel that was discussing ways to save millions of lives. Millions! Th
2、ink of the thrill of saving just one persons life then multiply that by millions. Yet this was the most boring panel Ive ever been on ever. So boring even I couldnt bear it.What made that experience especially striking was that I had just come from an event where we were introducing version 13 of so
3、me piece of software, and we had people jumping and shouting with excitement. I love getting people excited about software but why cant we generate even more excitement for saving lives?You can 2007 年比尔盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲 Remarks of Bill Gates, Harvard Commencement 2007(1)2007 年比尔盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲 Remarks
4、 of Bill Gates, Harvard Commencement 2007(3)2007 年比尔盖茨在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲 Remarks of Bill Gates, Harvard Commencement 2007(2)t get people excited unless you can help them see and feel the impact. And how you do that is a complex question.Still, Im optimistic. Yes, inequity has been with us forever, but th
5、e new tools we have to cut through complexity have not been with us forever. They are new they can help us make the most of our caring and thats why the future can be different from the past.The defining and ongoing innovations of this age biotechnology, the computer, the Internet give us a chance w
6、eve never had before to end extreme poverty and end death from preventable disease.Sixty years ago, George Marshall came to this commencement and announced a plan to assist the nations of post-war Europe. He said: “I think one difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that th
7、e very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear appraisement of the situation. It is virtually impossible at this distance to grasp at all the real significance of the situation.”Thirty years after Marshall made
8、 his address, as my class graduated without me, technology was emerging that would make the world smaller, more open, more visible, less distant.The emergence of low-cost personal computers gave rise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and communicating.The magical
9、thing about this network is not just that it collapses distance and makes everyone your neighbor. It also dramatically increases the number of brilliant minds we can have working together on the same problem and that scales up the rate of innovation to a staggering degree.At the same time, for every
10、 person in the world who has access to this technology, five people dont. That means many creative minds are left out of this discussion smart people with practical intelligence and relevant experience who dont have the technology to hone their talents or contribute their ideas to the world.We need
11、as many people as possible to have access to this technology, because these advances are triggering a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, corporations, smaller organizations, and even individuals
12、 to see problems, see approaches, and measure the impact of their efforts to address the hunger, poverty, and desperation George Marshall spoke of 60 years ago.Members of the Harvard Family: Here in the Yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world.What for?There is no que
13、stion that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of Harvard have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world. But can we do more? Can Harvard dedicate its intellect to improving the lives of people who will never even hear its name?Let me make a req
14、uest of the deans and the professors the intellectual leaders here at Harvard: As you hire new faculty, award tenure, review curriculum, and determine degree requirements, please ask yourselves:Should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems?Should Harvard encourage its faculty to
15、 take on the worlds worst inequities? Should Harvard students learn about the depth of global poverty the prevalence of world hunger the scarcity of clean water the girls kept out of school the children who die from diseases we can cure?Should the worlds most privileged people learn about the lives
16、of the worlds least privileged?These are not rhetorical questions you will answer with your policies.My mother, who was filled with pride the day I was admitted here never stopped pressing me to do more for others. A few days before my wedding, she hosted a bridal event, at which she read aloud a letter about marriage that she had written to Melinda. My mother was very ill with cancer at the time, but she saw one more opportunity t
