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2008年3月4日 星期二
Bill Gates 對貧窮的睇法
But taking a serious look back … I do have one big regret.
但是，如果現在嚴肅地回憶起來，我確實有一個真正的遺憾。
I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world – the appalling disparities of health, and wealth, and opportunity that condemn millions of people to lives of despair.
我離開哈佛的時候，根本沒有意識到這個世界是多麼的不平等。人類在健康、財富和機遇上的不平等大得可怕，它們使得無數的人們被迫生活在絕望之中。
I learned a lot here at Harvard about new ideas in economics and politics. I got great exposure to the advances being made in the sciences.
我在哈佛學到了很多經濟學和政治學的新思想。我也了解了很多科學上的新進展。
But humanity''s greatest advances are not in its discoveries – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity – reducing inequity is the highest human achievement.
但是，人類最大的進步並不來自於這些發現，而是來自於那些有助於減少人類不平等的發現。不管通過何種手段——民主制度、健全的公共教育體系、高質量的醫療保健、還是廣泛的經濟機會——減少不平等始終是人類最大的成就。
I left campus knowing little about the millions of young people cheated out of educational opportunities here in this country. And I knew nothing about the millions of people living in unspeakable poverty and disease in developing countries.
我離開校園的時候，根本不知道在這個國家裡，有幾百萬的年輕人無法獲得接受教育的機會。我也不知道，發展中國家裡有無數的人們生活在無法形容的貧窮和疾病之中。
It took me decades to find out.
我花了幾十年才明白了這些事情。
You graduates came to Harvard at a different time. You know more about the world''s inequities than the classes that came before. In your years here, I hope you''ve had a chance to think about how – in this age of accelerating technology – we can finally take on these ine
But you and I have both.
但是，你們和我在經濟上有實力，在政治上能夠發出聲音。
We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism – if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. We also can press governments around the world to spend taxpayer money in ways that better reflect the values of the people who pay the taxes.
Should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems?
我們最優秀的人才是否在致力於解決我們最大的問題？
Should Harvard encourage its faculty to take on the world''s 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?
哈佛是否鼓勵她的老師去研究解決世界上最嚴重的不平等？哈佛的學生是否從全球那些極端的貧窮中學到了什麼……世界性的飢荒……清潔的水資源的缺乏……無法上學的女童……死於非惡性疾病的兒童……哈佛的學生有沒有從中學到東西？
Should the world''s most privileged people learn about the lives of the world''s least privileged?
那些世界上過著最優越生活的人們，有沒有從那些最困難的人們身上學到東西？
我們可以讓市場更好地為窮人服務，如果我們能夠設計出一種更有創新性的資本主義制度——如果我們可以改變市場，讓更多的人可以獲得利潤，或者至少可以維持 生活——那麼，這就可以幫到那些正在極端不平等的狀況中受苦的人們。我們還可以向全世界的政府施壓，要求他們將納稅人的錢，花到更符合納稅人價值觀的地 方。
但是，如果現在嚴肅地回憶起來，我確實有一個真正的遺憾。
I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world – the appalling disparities of health, and wealth, and opportunity that condemn millions of people to lives of despair.
我離開哈佛的時候，根本沒有意識到這個世界是多麼的不平等。人類在健康、財富和機遇上的不平等大得可怕，它們使得無數的人們被迫生活在絕望之中。
I learned a lot here at Harvard about new ideas in economics and politics. I got great exposure to the advances being made in the sciences.
我在哈佛學到了很多經濟學和政治學的新思想。我也了解了很多科學上的新進展。
But humanity''s greatest advances are not in its discoveries – but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity – reducing inequity is the highest human achievement.
但是，人類最大的進步並不來自於這些發現，而是來自於那些有助於減少人類不平等的發現。不管通過何種手段——民主制度、健全的公共教育體系、高質量的醫療保健、還是廣泛的經濟機會——減少不平等始終是人類最大的成就。
I left campus knowing little about the millions of young people cheated out of educational opportunities here in this country. And I knew nothing about the millions of people living in unspeakable poverty and disease in developing countries.
我離開校園的時候，根本不知道在這個國家裡，有幾百萬的年輕人無法獲得接受教育的機會。我也不知道，發展中國家裡有無數的人們生活在無法形容的貧窮和疾病之中。
It took me decades to find out.
我花了幾十年才明白了這些事情。
You graduates came to Harvard at a different time. You know more about the world''s inequities than the classes that came before. In your years here, I hope you''ve had a chance to think about how – in this age of accelerating technology – we can finally take on these ine
But you and I have both.
但是，你們和我在經濟上有實力，在政治上能夠發出聲音。
We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism – if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. We also can press governments around the world to spend taxpayer money in ways that better reflect the values of the people who pay the taxes.
Should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems?
我們最優秀的人才是否在致力於解決我們最大的問題？
Should Harvard encourage its faculty to take on the world''s 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?
哈佛是否鼓勵她的老師去研究解決世界上最嚴重的不平等？哈佛的學生是否從全球那些極端的貧窮中學到了什麼……世界性的飢荒……清潔的水資源的缺乏……無法上學的女童……死於非惡性疾病的兒童……哈佛的學生有沒有從中學到東西？
Should the world''s most privileged people learn about the lives of the world''s least privileged?
那些世界上過著最優越生活的人們，有沒有從那些最困難的人們身上學到東西？
我們可以讓市場更好地為窮人服務，如果我們能夠設計出一種更有創新性的資本主義制度——如果我們可以改變市場，讓更多的人可以獲得利潤，或者至少可以維持 生活——那麼，這就可以幫到那些正在極端不平等的狀況中受苦的人們。我們還可以向全世界的政府施壓，要求他們將納稅人的錢，花到更符合納稅人價值觀的地 方。
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