机器之美
Machine Beauty
David Gelernter · 初版 1997 年
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当一样东西运转得十分顺畅时，你能感觉得到；它带有一种恰如其分的感觉。我们称这种合理性为美，而它理应成为设计中最重要的核心要素。这种领悟正是 David Gelernter 论证精妙的随笔集 Machine Beauty 的精髓所在，该书将美定义为极简与力量的精妙结合。你可以在包豪斯椅子、胡佛水坝或1930年左右的 Emerson 收音机上见到这种美。相比之下，太多当代的科技专家才思枯竭，转而诉诸噱头和花哨功能；他们罕有实现真正结构性巧思的能力。没有哪个领域比这里更……
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《Mirror Worlds》这书很值得一读。我书架上就摆着它，旁边是他写的另一本书《Machine Beauty》。我之前还真不知道他是大学炸弹客（Unabomber）的受害者，真倒霉啊。
Mirror Worlds (the book) is a great read. I have it on my shelf next to his other book, Machine Beauty. I didn't know he was a victim of the Unabomber, that's unfortunate.
“Steven Jobs 或许算不上发明家，但值得称道的是，他能慧眼识美，并懂得其重要意义。”——David Gelernter，写于其 1998 年的著作《Machine Beauty》。就在上面这句引文翻过大约十页的地方，Gelernter 相当详细地描述了这场诉讼所涉及的几乎全部内容，比如一种非常类似于 Time Machine 的 Finder 界面的“时间旅行”隐喻的运用，…
"Steven Jobs may be no inventor, but to his credit he recognized elegance when he saw it and understood its significance." -- David Gelernter, in his 1998 book Machine Beauty. About ten pages after the above quote, Gelernter describes pretty much everything this suit was about in some detail, e.g. a use of the "time travel" metaphor very much like Time Machine's Finder interface,…
……路德维希·维特根斯坦。在计算领域，美比在其他任何技术领域都要重要，因为软件太复杂了。美是对抗复杂性的终极防线。——David Gelernter，《Machine Beauty》，Basic Books (1998)。傻瓜无视复杂性；务实者忍受复杂性；专家规避复杂性；天才消除复杂性。——Alan Perlis。计算机系统中最便宜、最快、最可靠的组件是……
…Ludwig Wittgenstein Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. -- David Gelernter, "Machine Beauty", Basic Books (1998) Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; experts avoid it; geniuses remove it. -- Alan Perlis The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components of a computer system are…
太神奇了。我刚才真的正躺在床上读《Machine Beauty》这本书的第三章，看到提到了 Clifford Stoll 的小婴儿，觉得名字耳熟就去搜了搜。当然我之前在 HN 上就见过那些漂亮的玻璃瓶，于是我又回去看书了。放下书之后……
This is amazing. I was literally reading the 3rd chapter of the book "Machine Beauty" in bed, saw the baby Clifford Stoll mentioned and looked it up because it sounded familiar. Of course I've seen the beautiful glass bottles here on HN before, so I went back to my book. After putting…