Today’s dynamic complexity, in which a science-based, fast-changing global economy makes so many more phenomena interdependent, prevents us from foreseeing the future through linear extrapolations of the past. The only certainty is that the future will be defined by scientific progress and innovation, which cannot be known ahead of time.
今天，世界充满了动态的复杂性，基于科学、快速变迁的全球经济使得如此之多的现象互相交错，以至于我们无法通过根据过去的线性外推来预测未来。唯一确定的是，未来将由科学进步和创新决定，但科学进步和创新是无法预知的。