How evil is tech From 紐約時報

最新 02-13

在New York Times讀到一篇反思科技的文章，有些想法可以作為生活中的反思和觀點的儲備；警醒自己不要掉進科技陷阱

當我們談論到科技的時候，直觀的印象就是方便快捷效率高，信息娛樂都不少

就連考題里也探討過宏大的科技問題

Scientific progress has greatly influenced our daily life. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? （2013.3.23 IELTS）

文章中重點討論了針對互聯網技術的幾條批判

It is destroying the young.

社交媒體承諾終結孤獨，事實上卻增加了獨處的時間和更強的社會排斥感

Social mediapromises an end tolonelinessbut actually produces an increase insolitudeand an intenseawareness of social exclusion.

注意loneliness和solitude的區別，social exclusion指感覺被孤立、不重要 (isolated & unimportant)

發簡訊等技術使你掌控自己的社交，但也使交流更淺薄，並減少與世界真正的聯繫

Texting andother technologiesgive you more control overyour social interactions but alsolead tothinnerinteractions and lessreal engagement withthe world.

注意thinner的用法

伴隨智能手機的普及，青少年更少與朋友出去玩、約會和工作

With the spread of the smartphone,teensare much less likely tohang out with friends,to date, and to work.

一些調查和研究表明，花費更多時間在社交網路的高中生表明自己更不開心，抑鬱和自殺的風險也有提高

High school students who spend much time on social media are more likely to say they are unhappy. And thoseheavyusers of social mediaincrease their risk of depression and suicide, like making a plan for how to do it.

It is causing the addiction on purpose, to make money.

科技公司了解什麼會讓人們興奮。遊戲公司經常測試遊戲的不同版本，以找出能夠最大程度吸引我們注意力的那款

Tech companies understand how to make people excited. Game companies often run many tests on several versions just to find out which one will hold our attention for the longest time.

新聞推送被設置成無底洞模式，一頁接一頁永無止境

News feeds arestructuredas 「bottomless bowls」 so that one page view leads down to another and another and so on forever.

許多應用軟體有不定時獎勵，你需要迫使自己不斷查看你的設備，這也促進了上癮行為

Many applications createirregularly timed rewards; you have to check your devicecompulsively, thus encouraging addictive behavior.

It is destroying the deeper forms of consciousness

許多技術對於僅需淺層意識的任務和娛樂非常有用，但通常排除和妨礙的人們取得成功所需要的深層意識

Many technologies are extremely useful for the tasks and pleasures that requireshallower forms of consciousness, but they often crowd out and destroy thedeeper forms of consciousnesspeople need tothrive.