世界上最强大的思想
The most powerful idea in the world
William Rosen · 初版 2010 年
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“在《The Most Powerful Idea in the World》一书中，William Rosen 讲述了那些推动工业革命的关键人物及其背后的核心动力——蒸汽机的故事。在此过程中，他深入探讨了一个长久以来令历史学家着迷的问题：究竟是什么让18世纪的英国成为了孕育发明家的沃土？Rosen 给出的答案聚焦于前一个世纪已被确立于英国法律之中的一个简单概念：人们有权拥有自己的思想并从中获利。”——封面第2页。
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我去年读了威廉·罗森（William Rosen）的《世界上最强大的思想》（The Most Powerful Idea in the World），非常喜欢。表面上讲的是蒸汽机，但书名所指的思想其实是专利制度。
I read The Most Powerful Idea in the World by William Rosen last year and really enjoyed it. Ostensibly its about the steam engine, but the idea referenced in the title is really patents.
你可能会对威廉·罗森的《世界上最强大的思想》这本书感兴趣。大家通常倾向于把工业革命归功于蒸汽机等技术进步，或是英国拥有煤炭等等。那些固然重要，因为蒸汽…
You might be interested in the book "The most Powerful Idea in the World" by William Rosen. It's common to point to technological advancements such as steam which gave way to the Industrial Revolution, that Britain had coal etc. And that's definitely important because steam…
插一句题外话：如果有人想读一本关于蒸汽历史、发明创新、专利制度等方面的优秀非虚构书籍——我极力推荐威廉·罗森的《世界上最强大的思想：蒸汽、工业与发明的故事》
tangent: if anyone wants to read a good non-fiction book about the history of steam, invention, the patent system, etc -- i can recommend William Rosen's book "The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention"
…这篇文章让我想起了比尔·盖茨对衡量成果的强调——这里引用盖茨基金会2013年公开信[1]中的一段话：-------------- 盖茨引言开始 --------------- 假期里我读了威廉·罗森的《世界上最强大的思想》，这本精彩的纪实著作记录了驾驭蒸汽动力所经历的无数创新。其中最重要的创新包括一种测量发动机能量输出的新方法，以及一把被称为……
…article reminds me of Bill Gate's emphasis on measuring outcomes - here's a quote from the Gates Foundation 2013 letter [1]: -------------- Begin Gates Quote --------------- Over the holidays I read The Most Powerful Idea in the World, a brilliant chronicle by William Rosen of the many innovations it took to harness steam power. Among the most important were a new way to measure the energy output of engines and a micrometer dubbed…
有一本关于蒸汽机历史的不错书，叫《世界上最强大的思想》，它相当有说服力地回答了这个问题。
There's a decent book on the history of steam engines called "The Most Powerful Idea in the World" which answers the question fairly convincingly.
我基本赞同你的观点，但针对你说的“没有版权也能创作出伟大艺术”这点，我想挑个刺。《世界上最强大的思想》基本论证了这样一个观点：正是知识产权促成了工业革命。我在这里就不打算全面概括或为其全盘辩护了，但我认为它提出了一个极有说服力的论据，证明……
I tend to agree with your takeaway, but I want to pick a nit on your point about great art being made without copyright. "The Most Powerful Idea in the World" basically makes the case that intellectual property is what enabled the Industrial Revolution. I won't try to summarize or defend the entire thing here, but I think it makes a very compelling case that…