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阿尔贝特·爱因斯坦曾宣称,他从不考虑未来。“未来稍纵即至,”他说道。《外交政策》决定不让16位最主要的思想家享有这种不进行思考的奢侈(这里选了11位思想家的观点)。相反,为了纪念创刊35周年,让他们就世人认为理所当然但可能在未来35年内消失的观念、价值观和制度进行推测。他们的回答所涉及的领域各不相同,从道德和宗教到地缘政治和技术。我们可能乐意看到某些这样的“濒危物种”退场,但另外一些人将感到忧伤。所有这些领域都将留下痕迹。
Albert Einstein once declared that he never considered the future. “The future is coming, ” he said. The “foreign policy” decided not to allow the 16 most important thinkers to enjoy this non-thinking luxury (electing 11 thinkers here). Instead, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of its founding, let them speculate on the concepts, values and institutions that people regard as a matter of course but may disappear in the next 35 years. Their responses vary from one area to another, ranging from ethics and religion to geopolitics and technology. We may be happy to see some such “endangered species” exit, but others will feel sad. All these areas will leave traces.