British Quest for Uniqueness versus American Egocentrism
British Quest for Uniqueness versus American Egocentrism
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英国人对独特性的追求与美国人的自我中心主义
作者：
E. Garfield
Sm，-在我看来，主要文章”会有灾难吗？”（Natnre，223，550; 1969）奇怪地忽略了要点。该声明的最后两句话是：“过去世纪的记录表明，技术是如何繁荣的，生活质量是如何在这一过程中得到改善的。没有理由说同样的事情不应该在未来几十年发生，即使这份文件听起来有点像一个食谱，让你的蛋糕和吃它。“但是，你在那里所说的事实，不正是几乎肯定会造成大规模人口过剩和随之而来的饥荒的原因吗？你提到的那些次要问题可能会证明一种盲目乐观的态度是正确的;技术繁荣的辩证后果，在文章中被默默地忽略了，hardl，v do。
Sm,-It seems to me that the leading article" Will there be Catastrophe?"(Natnre, 223, 550; 1969) curiously misses the essential point. The last two sentences of that statement read:" The record of the past century shows how technology has prospered and how tho quality of life has in the process improved. There is no reason why tho same should not happen in the decades ahead, even if this docs sound a little like a recipe for having your cake and eating it." But isn't it the very facts which you there state that will be the cause of virtually certain overpopulation on an immense scale and consequent famine? The minor issues to which you refer may justify a pollyannish attitude; the dialectic consequences of technological prosperity, passed over silently in the article, hardl, v do.