主題詞 : work

why : the technology of ideas 思維技術(shù)

Human nature will be changed by the theories we have that are designed to explain and help us understand human beings.

We design human nature by designing the institutions within which people live and work.

積累:

1.drag ourselves out of bed 掙扎著起床

2.descriptive adj. 描寫的，說明的，敘述的；描述性的（學(xué)科）

3.we are not just being descriptive.

翻譯:背后的含義大家懂的。

（字面意思:不是我們所描述的那樣）

4.the overwhelming majority of people

絕大多數(shù)人

5.shrink into despair 陷入絕望

6.表示原因的句子:

That is the role that ideas play in shaping us as human beings, and this is why idea technology may be the most profoundly important technology that the science gives us.這就是思想在將我們塑造成人類過程中所起的作用，這就是為什么思維技術(shù)也許是科學(xué)賦予我們的。

7.factory system 工廠制度

8.be consistent with 和...一致

9.assembly lines 生產(chǎn)線