In 1932, the Bank of France asked the United States to convert their holdings from dollars into gold. 1932年时，法兰西银行向美国提出申请，希望把银行中的美元兑换成黄金。 But it was too inconvenient to think about actually shipping a
Now, with RFIDs and other things -- whatever technology it is, it doesn't really matter. 到那个时候，我们使用无线射频辨识系统（RFID）但用什么技术都无妨。 The point is that everything will have embedded in it some sensor connecting
We recently saw a case where some researchers made the H5N1 avian influenza virus more potent. 我们最近观察到一个案例，发现一些研究员将H5N1禽流感病毒变得更强效。 It already has a 70 percent mortality rate if you get it, but it's ha
I study the future of crime and terrorism, and frankly, I'm afraid. I'm afraid by what I see. 我研究的是犯罪和恐怖主义的未来。坦白地说，我感到害怕。我对我在研究中了解到的事情感到害怕。 I sincerely want to believe that technology can bring us the
So how will criminals abuse this? Well, with synthetic biology you can do some pretty neat things. 那么罪犯将如何滥用这项技术呢？利用合成生物学，你能做一些相当优雅的事情。 For example, I predict that we will move away from a plant-based
But perhaps that's not the case. Perhaps instead, it's the distortions brought to us of what's really going on. 但事实或许并不是这样，我们所接受的信息是被扭曲的。 Perhaps the tremendous progress we've made over the last centu
So let me go through those three things. First of all, we have all these things in our hands. 让我一一说明。第一，我们手上握着不少东西， We think they're all separate devices, but in fact, every screen in the world is loo
Underpinning much of this is technology, and of late, exponentially growing technologies. 而这一切的基础是科技。和近代指数式增长的科技。 My good friend Ray Kurzweil showed that any tool that becomes an information technolog
Of course, it's not just about stealing things. There are other avenues of technology that criminals can exploit. 当然，不单单是偷取东西。还有很多的科技途径可供罪犯开发。 Many of you will remember this super cute video from the
(Video) Announcer: Threats, in the wake of Bin Laden's death, have spiked. （视频）播音员：在本拉登被击毙后，恐怖威胁数量激增。 Famine in Somalia. Announcer Three: Police pepper spray. 索马里出现饥荒。警察使用胡椒喷雾。 Vicious cartels. Causti
We consistently underestimate what criminals and terrorists can do. 我们一直低估了罪犯和恐怖分子能做到的事情。 Technology has made our world increasingly open, and for the most part, that's great, but all of this openness
So, the last thing I want to talk about is this idea that we're going to be codependent. 最后一个概念是，相互依存。 It's always going to be there, and the closer it is, the better. If you allow Google to, it will
If you look at what happened -- this little black line is as fast as man ever flew, 如果你看一看发生了什么 -- 这条小黑线和人们曾经飞行的速度一样快， and the red line is top-of-the-line military fighters and the blue line is commer
As I should have shown this earlier, it will not be humans who witness the end point of the sun; it will be creatures as different from us as we are from bacteria. 我前面曾指出的一点是，人类将不能见证太阳的最后生命时刻，那时的生物与我们
We're now entering to the third stage, which is what I'm talking about, and that is where we link the data. 现在我们要进入第三阶段，我们连接资料的地方。 So, I don't know what the name of this thing is. I'm calling it the o
We need not just campaigning physicists, but we need biologists, computer experts and environmentalists as well. 我们不仅需要参加竞选的物理学家，还需要有生物学家，计算机专家和环境保护者们共同参与。 And I think academics and independent entrep
Let's take a snapshot at aviation. And there was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. 让我们迅速回览一下航空工业。曾有四年短暂的美好时期，那时发生了许多奇迹。 It started in 1908, when the Wright
Law enforcement is currently a closed system. It's nation-based, while the threat is international. 执法活动在当下仍属一个封闭的系统。它虽以国家为基础，但威胁是国际性的。 Policing doesn't scale globally. At least, it hasn't, and our cu
I want to start off by saying, Houston, we have a problem. We're entering a second generation of no progress in terms of human flight in space. 我想从这里开始，休斯顿，我们有个问题。我们已经有二十年没有进展了，在人类太空飞行方面。 In fact, we'
In fact, some years ago, Bill Joy wrote an article expressing tremendous concern about robots taking us over, etc. 事实上在几年前，比尔乔伊在一篇文章中表达了对机器人将取代我们的极大关注，等等。 I don't go along with all that, but it's inte
