CNN之父75岁了
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你装了心脏起搏器？ 没错。几个月前装的，而且装了两个。我觉得稍微好了一些，但我仍然非常容易感到疲倦。 和50岁的特德•特纳相比，你会怎样描述现在已经75岁的自己？ 50岁时我精力更旺盛。反过来说，75岁的我可能比50岁时多了一点儿智慧和决断力，因为我有了更多的经验。但我其实没什么变化。左右我的仍是同样的信条。 是什么信条？ 嗯，我们需要做出很多改变才能在接下来的50年中生存下来。我们面临着巨大的麻烦。比如，世界上有数以千计而且一触即发的核武器。波及多个国家的事故或者地震可能让我们消失。世界也可能遭到毁灭。如果俄罗斯向美国和其他目标发射核武器，而美国又以数千枚核武器进行回击，地球上的生命就会遭遇灭顶之灾。 特德，10年前我为《财富》杂志写一篇名叫《飘》的封面文章时采访过你。那时你对我说：“我觉得人类在50年内灭绝的可能性是50%。”你仍然这样认为吗？ 50年还没到。我要说，我基本上还是这样想的。核武器是最直接的威胁。而全球气候变化以及对地球环境和资源的破坏是另一个巨大威胁。它的影响来的稍微慢一些，但还是非常有可能在50年内看到它所产生的后果。（财富中文网） 译者：Charlie |
You have a pacemaker? I do. I had it put in a few months ago. I have two. I feel a little better. But I still get exhausted real easily. How would you describe yourself today at 75 compared to Ted Turner at 50? I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy. And what is that? Well, we need to make a lot of changes in order to survive another 50 years. We're in a lot of trouble. For one thing, we've got thousands of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. An accident or an earthquake could cross wires and off we go. And that would be the destruction of the world. If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth. Ted, I interviewed you for a Fortune cover profile called "Gone With the Wind" 10 years ago. In 2003 you said to me, "I think the chances are fifty- fifty that humanity will be extinct in 50 years." Do you still believe that? Fifty years aren't up yet. I'd say that's generally the case. The nuclear threat is the most imminent threat. But global climate change and environmental destruction of the earth and our resource base, that's the other great threat. It works a little bit slower, but it would still work at a 50-year time frame very possibly. |
