I remember, I decided to write my "Why the World Isn't Flat" article, because I was being interviewed on TV in Mumbai, and the interviewer's first question to me was, "Professor Ghemawat, why do you still believe that the world is round?" And I started laughing, because I hadn't come across that formulation before.  And as I was laughing, I was thinking, I really need a more coherent response, especially
我记得，当我决定去写 《为何世界不是“平”的》，是因为 我在孟买电视台接受采访， 主持人问我的第一个问题就是， “沃特教授，为什么你坚持相信， 这个世界是圆的呢？”我忍不住笑了， 因为我以前还没有想过这种说法。 我在笑的同时，也陷入了沉思， 面对这个问题我确实需要更多的回应，特别是