硅蛇油
Silicon snake oil
Clifford Stoll · 初版 1995 年
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为什么值得读
- 警惕当时对互联网的过度炒作并指出虚假承诺
- 促使读者反思比网络技术更紧迫的现实社会问题
- 站在今天回望早期预判能获得独特的历史参照
也许我们互联的网络世界并非通向自由的万能之门。它会不会是对现实的一种逃避与分散？一个将我们的注意力与资源从社会问题中引开的鸵鸟洞？一种鼓励被动而非主动参与的技术滥用？我开始提出诸如此类的问题，而且我并非第一个发问的人。——Preface。
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说实话，我真不明白搞这种暗箱操作换来的销售到底有什么用。克利福德·斯托尔的《硅谷毒药》（Silicon Snake Oil），虽然听起来有点卢德主义（反对技术进步），但绝对值得一读。现实中有些问题远比这更值得关注，比如基础卫生设施和初等教育普及。
I honestly don't understand how a back-room deal that results in a sale like this going to help. Clifford Stoll's Silicon Snake Oil, though it sounds a bit luddite is worth a read. There are problems that deserve far more attention like basic hygiene and access to primary education.
……嗨大了药，觉得把地球上的每个人和另外所有人全都连起来是个绝妙的主意。哦等等……不开玩笑了，这让我想起了克利福德·斯托尔的书《硅谷毒药》（Silicon Snake Oil）。我真想重读一遍。我知道，他曾因为做出极度离谱的预测（比如“没人会在互联网上用信用卡”）而被喷得体无完肤，但我很想站在如今这一头重新去读一读……
…dropped acid and decided it’d be a great idea to connect every person on the planet to every other person on the plant. Oh wait... Kidding aside, this brings back memories of Clifford Stoll’s book, “Silicon Snake Oil.” I’d love to read it again. I know, he’s been panned for making really wrong predictions (“no one’s gonna use a credit card over the internet”), but I’d love to read it again standing on the other side…
他的续作《硅谷毒药：对信息高速公路的反思》（Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway）也是一本好书 [0]。遗憾的是，我们作为一个整体，并没有听进去他对那些互联网狂热宣传提出的警告。在很多……
His follow-up book "Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway" was also a great read [0]. It's a shame that collectively we couldn't heed some of his warnings about the hype we were being sold about the Internet. In many…
克利福德·斯托尔是对的。去读读《硅谷毒药》（Silicon Snake Oil），感叹一下他的先见之明吧。
Clifford Stoll was right. Read Silicon Snake Oil and marvel at his prescience.
……网络？（绝对不是你以为的那个人！）计算机和网络真的应该进课堂吗？为什么网络承诺了那么多，兑现的却这么少？来源：http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stoll/silicon_snake_oil.html
…networks? (it's not who you think!) Do computers and networks really belong in the classroom? Why does the network promise so much, yet deliver so little? Source: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stoll/silicon_snake_oil.html
我也投《硅谷毒药》（Silicon Snake Oil）一票。斯托尔指出了一个关键：计算机固然很好，但在 6 到 16 岁之间除外，因为在这个阶段，电脑根本无法替代像实地考察这类亲身体验。
Another vote for Silicon Snake Oil. Stoll makes the point that computers are great except for between the ages of 6 and 16, when they can't replace experiences such as actually going on a field trip.