STANFORD – California has long been a harbinger of national and global trends (both wonderful and overindulgent), a birthplace of innovation in everything from technology and entertainment to lifestyles. The world’s most important technology companies still make their start – and their headquarters – in California: Apple, Intel, Cisco, Oracle, Google, and Facebook, to name a few in the neighborhood where I teach and live.
发自斯坦福——一直以来，加利福尼亚都堪称一块引领美国本土乃全世界潮流（无论是美好远景还是骄奢之风）的宝地，是科技到娱乐乃至生活方式的创新孵化池。全球最具分量的科技企业——苹果、英特尔、思科、甲骨文，谷歌和脸谱——都从这里萌芽并依然将总部设于此地，而类似的企业在我执教和生活的斯坦福大学附近还有许许多多。