Qiu's Rhetoric（44）
Ma Xiaoqiu:The thought of an unattended supermarket.
看到一则新闻报导，说马云的无人超市在杭州开业了。这在很多人看来，无疑又是一个可喜的高科技成果，但我个人对此事的看法不容乐观。
I read a news report saying that Ma Yun’s unattended supermarket opened in Hangzhou.This is undoubtedly a welcome high-tech achievement in the eyes of many people,but my personal opinion on this matter is not so optimistic.
表面看来，无人超市节省了大量的人力、物力，但这仅仅是商家的利益。从国家乃至整个人类的层面来看，它的出现未必是一件好事。当大量的＂无人化＂取代了＂有人化＂的操作，将造成大量的失业人员，而失业人员的增加，必将给国家和社会造成严重的负担。我们完全没有足够的社会保障能力，我们拿什么来保证这些失业人员的生存和生活问题？与此同时，我们又有什么样的措施和方法，来维持社会的安定团结？这难道不是一个令人十分担心的问题吗？
On the surface,unattended supermarkets save a lot of manpower and material resources,but this is only the interests of businesses.Judging from the perspective of the country and even the entire human population,its appearance is not necessarily a good thing.When a large amount of"unmanned"replaces the"humanization"operation,a large number of unemployed people will be created,and the increase in unemployed people will inevitably impose a serious burden on the country and society.We do not have enough social security capabilities.What are we going to do to ensure the survival and livelihood of the unemployed?At the same time,what kind of measures and methods do we have to maintain social stability and unity?Isn't this a very worrying issue?
中华民族五千多年以来，我们的祖先为我们留下了无数文化遗产和科技发明：指南针、造纸术、印刷术、火药乃至中医等。古人的这些发明创造无一不是遵道而行：＂人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。＂人法地——厚徳载物，地法天——天道酬勤，天法道——天是道的产物。道生万物而本自自然。
The Chinese nation has a history of more than 5,000 years,since then,our ancestors have left us with countless cultural heritage and technological inventions:compasses,papermaking,printing,gunpowder,and even Chinese medicine.The inventions and creations of the ancients were all in accordance with the principle of Tao:“Man acts after the earth,the earth after the heaven,the heaven after the Tao,and The Tao after the nature."Man acts after the earth---great virtue bears great wealth;the earth after the heaven---God rewards the diligent;the heaven after the Tao---the heaven is the product of the Tao.Tao is born of all things,but it is born of the nature.
高科技的发展给人类带来大量便利的同时，人类也在不知不觉中丧失了本来具足的行为能力。没有基本的劳作，一切都来得那容易，将来的人类从外形到智能将是一个怎样的状况？
While the development of the high technology has brought a lot of convenience to the mankind,the human beings have also lost their original abilities to perform without knowing it.It is easy to get everything without basic labor.What kind of situation of the mankind will look like in the future from their external shape to their intelligence?
据古史资料记载，我们上古的人类具备千里眼、顺风耳，但今天有人相信吗？完全不可能相信！我们只会认为那是神话，那是人们想象出来的。但通过目前的社会现象看，试想一下，随着科技的发展，我们完全可以饭来张口，衣来伸手，一切都可以坐享其成，四体不勤，五谷不分。到那时，我们将在丧失功能的同时丧失掉我们几千年的文化。
According to the records of the ancient history,we have ancient people with clairvoyant eyes and ears,but today is there someone believe it?It is impossible to believe!We can only think of it as a myth.It is what the people think of.However,judging from the current social phenomenon,imagine that with the development of science and technology,we can completely open our mouths with food,reach out our hands with clothes,and everything can be enjoyed.Can neither do physical work nor distinguish rice from wheat.By then,we will lose our culture for thousands of years while losing our functions.
当今，科学技术是推动人类进步的必然趋势，但怎样合理化、有序化和科学化的应用，才是我们防微杜渐、防患于未然的关键所在。
Today,science and technology are an inevitable trend to promote human progress.However,how rationalization,ordering,and scientific application are the keys to our preventing before it happens.
2017年7月16日马小秋分享
Ma Xiaoqiu Shared on July 16,2017