We humans are very good at figuring out ways to make scarce things desirable. But we do have an opportunity - and hence a duty - shared by no previous human generation: to make a world by 2050 in which nearly everyone has enough food to avoid hunger, enough clothing to keep warm, and enough shelter to remain dry - plus a super-broadband Internet connection.
我们人类最擅长想尽办法，让稀缺的事物变得供不应求。但我们也的确面对着前辈们从未有过的机会，因此也成了义不容辞的责任：到2050年缔造一个大同世界，那里人人都有食物可以果腹、衣物能够御寒、房屋可以居住－还有超宽带因特网连接。这一轮人类纸牌游戏的赌注特别巨大。