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1、Unit4 PygmalionⅠ.阅读理解(2018北京海淀区期末)IsTechnologyMovingTooFast?Differingfundamentallyfromthepriortechnologiessuchastelephone,televisionandautomobile,whicharebetterknownaslock-in,thenewtechnologies—computers,biotechnologyandnanotech(纳米技术)—areself-accelerati
2、ng.Thismeansthattheproductsoftheirownprocessesenablethemtodevelopevenmorerapidly.Sincetheydrivealmostwholesectorsofsociety,creatingunstable,unpredictableandunreliableconditions,thereisagrowingpublicconcernthatperhapswhatcivilizationneedsisaNOT-SO-FASTbu
3、tton.Supportersoftechnologicaldeterminismmakeastrongcaseforlettingself-acceleratingtechnologiesfollowtheirownlifecycle.Rapiddevelopmentincomputertechnology,theypointout,hasseparatedroboticsandtheInternet—tothegreatbenefitofindustryandhumancommunications
4、.Besides,itisn’tsoeasyforafreesocietytoputthebrakesontechnology.Evenifonecountrydecidedtoabandonthenexttechnologicalrevolution,anothercountry,wouldgladlytakeitup.However,therearecomfortingsituationsinwhichtechnologymaybrakeitself.Intheagingpopulationoft
5、hedevelopedworld,manypeoplearealreadytiredoftryingtokeepupwiththelatestcoolnewtech.Youth-driventechaccelerationcouldbeinterpretedassimpleyouthfulstupidity—short-sightedandshort-lived.Themarketforchangecoulddryup,andlock-inmightagainbecomethenorm.Stressa
6、ndgreattirednessmakepowerfuldecelerators.Changethatistoorapidcanbedeeplydivisive.Ifonlyelite(精英)cankeepup,therestofuswillgrowincreasinglypuzzledabouthowtheworldworks.Wecanunderstandnaturalbiology,complexasitis,becauseitholdsstill.Buthowwillweeverbeablet
7、ounderstandquantumcomputing(量子计算)ornanotechnologyifitscomplexitykeepsacceleratingawayfromus?Constanttechnologicalrevolutionmakesplanningdifficult,andasocietythatstopsplanningforthefutureislikelytobecomeafragilesociety.Itcouldexperienceviolenteconomicunr
8、est.Itcouldslipintowarsfoughtwithcruelnewweapons.Itswidespreadnewtechnologiescouldfailinmassiveorhorribleways.Alltheseconstant,worryingsmallfailurescouldweakenthewholesocialprogress.Withsomanypowerfulforcesinplay,technologycouldh
