translation.en: Five years ago, for instance, I found myself waking each morning in misty Seattle to what I knew was an impossible question: one desert night, half the world and almost half of history away?
translation.zh: 举个例子，五年前 当我每天在雾气弥漫的西雅图醒来时 总有一个天马行空的问题： 隔着半个世界，半个历史