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随着当今世界生活节奏日益加快，我们似乎一直在不停奔忙。

事情那么多，时间却那么少，我们该怎么办？

里查德·

汤姆金斯着手解决这一问题，并提出了建议。

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1Onceuponatime,technology,wethought,wouldmakeourlives

easier.Machineswereexpectedtodoourworkforus,leavinguswith

ever-increasingquantitiesoftimetowasteawayonidlenessandpleasure.

时间老人成了可怕的老人

理查德·

汤姆金斯

从前，我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。

那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作，我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。

2Butinsteadofliberatingus,technologyhasenslavedus.Innovations

areoccurringatabewilderingrate:

asmanynowarriveinayearasonce

arrivedinamillennium.Andaseachinventionarrives,iteatsfurther

intoourtime.

但技术发展没有把我们解放出来，而是使我们成为奴隶。

新技术纷至沓来，令人目不暇接：

一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。

而每一项新发明问世，就进一步吞噬我们的光阴。

3Themotorcar,forexample,promisedunimaginablelevelsofpersonal

mobility.Butnow,trafficincitiesmovesmoreslowlythanitdidinthe

daysofthehorse-drawncarriage,andwewasteourlivesstuckintraffic

jams.

比如，汽车曾使我们希望个人出行会方便得让人难以想象。

可如今，城市车辆运行得比马车时代还要慢，我们因交通堵塞而困在车，徒然浪费生命。

4Theaircraftpromisednewhorizons,too.Thetroubleis,itdelivered

them.Itsveryexistencecreatedademandfortime-consumingjourneysthat

wewouldneverpreviouslyhavedreamedofundertaking--thetransatlantic

shoppingexpedition,forexample,orthetriptoaconventionontheother

sideoftheworld.

飞机也曾有可能为我们拓展新天地。

问题是，飞机提供了新的天地。

其存在本身产生了对耗时的长途旅行的需求，这种旅行，如越洋购物，或远道前往地球的另一半参加会议，以前我们是根本无法想象的。

5Inmostcases,technologyhasnotsavedtime,butenabledustodo

morethings.Inthehome,washingmachinespromisedtofreewomenfrom

havingtotoiloverthelaundry.Inreality,theyencouragedustochange

ourclothesdailyinsteadofweekly,creatingseventimesasmuchwashing

andironing.Similarly,theweeklybathhasbeenreplacedbythedaily

shower,multiplyingthehoursspentonpersonalgrooming.

在大多数情况下，技术发展并未节省时间，而是使我们得以做更多的事。

在家里，洗衣机可望使妇女摆脱繁重的洗衣劳作。

但事实上，它们促使我们每天，而不是每星期换一次衣服，这就使熨洗衣物的工作量变成原来的7倍。

同样地，每周一次的沐浴为每日一次的淋浴所代替，使得用于个人穿着打扮的时间大大增加。

6Meanwhile,technologyhasnotonlyallowedworktospreadintoour

leisuretime--thelaptop-on-the-beachsyndrome--butaddedthenew

burdenofdealingwithfaxes,sandvoicemails.Ithasalsoprovided

uswiththeopportunitytospe