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The Trigger
Arthur C. Clarke · 初版 1999 年
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在21世纪中叶,一个科学家团队研发出了终极防御武器——一种能让附近所有硝酸盐炸弹和爆炸物自动引爆的装置。这看似是一项造福人类的发明,能够保护人类免遭大规模杀伤性武器的威胁。然而,当科学家们竭力确保该发明仅用于和平目的时,他们越发清楚地意识到,即便是防御性武器也伴随着道德代价。该装置的首席发明者 Jeffrey Horton 博士必须奋力阻止武器落入暴徒之手——并且很快发现
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……保持清醒、全面审视某样东西的所有用途才是明智的,即便它的最初用例恰好是我们喜欢的。有一部相当不错的科幻小说围绕这个问题展开了探讨,那就是 Arthur C. Clarke 的《The Trigger》:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117844.The_Trigger,如果有人想读读这类题材的话。冒着剧透的风险说一句:它从几个……
…it's wise to soberly consider all the uses of something, even when its initial use case is something we happen to like. A really decent sci fi novel that does some stuff around this question is "The Trigger" by Arthur C. Clarke: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117844.The_Trigger if anyone wants a good read on the subject. Risking a spoiler: it deals with the importance of the question from a couple…
我挺喜欢 Vernor Vinge 的《A Fire Upon the Deep》(深渊上的火)。这本书里关于外星物种及其文明的奇思妙想简直是个宝藏,跟电视上那些“标准外星人”完全两码事。还有 Arthur C. Clarke 的《The Trigger》——讲的是一项意外发现如何引发技术变革,进而改变全世界社会的生活。这是我读过最好的书之一。
I liked Vernor Vinge's "A Fire Upon a Deep". This book is a goldmine of interesting concepts about alien species and their civilisations, completely different from "standard TV aliens". Also "The Trigger" by Arthur C. Clarke - it's a book about how an accidental discovery causes technological change, which transforms life of societies around the world. One of the best books I've ever read.
Arthur C. Clarke 和 Michael P. Kube-McDowell 合著的《The Trigger》就探讨了这个想法,涉及那些最终会成为公开常识的危险信息。虽然这不是书里的核心主线情节,但它……
The book The Trigger by Arthur C. Clarke and Michael P. Kube-McDowell covers that very idea, dealing with dangerous information that will eventually become public knowledge. It's not a main plot point for the book, but it…
这个标题立刻让我想起了 Arthur C. Clarke 的《The Trigger》 mini。
This headline immediately make me think of Arthur C. Clarke's "The Trigger".