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从思想到语言的深度Issue 12　　Anyone can make things bigger and more complex. What requires real effort and courage is to move in the opposite direction——in other words, to make things as simple as possible.　　Whether making things simple requires greater effort and courage than making them bigger and more complex depends on the sort of effort and courage. Indisputably, the many complex technological marvels that are part-and-parcel of our Lives today are the result of the extraordinary cumulative efforts of our engineers, entrepreneurs, and others. And, such achievements always call for the courage to risk failing in a large way. Yet, humans seem naturally driven to make things bigger and more complex; thus refraining from doing so, or reversing this natural process, takes considerable effort and courage of a different sort, as discussed below.　　精华：Indisputably,…part-and-parcel of = necessity/essentiality of…不可或缺的部分　　The statement brings immediately to mind the ever-growing and increasingly complex digital world. Todays high-tech firms seem compelled to boldly go to whatever effort is required to devise increasingly complex products, for the ostensible purpose of staying ahead of their competitors. Yet, the sort of effort and courage to which the statement refers is a different one——bred of vision, imagination, and a willingness to forego near term profits for the prospect of making lasting contributions. Surely, a number of entrepreneurs and engineers today are mastering that courage, and are making the effort to create far simpler, yet more elegant,technologies and applications, which will truly make our lives simpler in sharp contrast to what computer technology has delivered to us so far.　　精华：seem compelled to boldly go to whatever effort is required to for the ostensible purpose of…stay ahead of…　　a different one——bred of vision, imagination, and a willingness to forego near term profits for the prospect of making lasting contributions in sharp contrast to what compu