美国人文与科学院院士颁授典礼上的演讲辞.pdf

athematics Education 数 学 教 育 美国人文与科学院院士颁授典礼上的演讲辞 A speech for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 陶哲轩 / 文 谢敏仪 / 译 下月，我将会到波士顿的美国人文与科学院(The American Next month, I am scheduled to give a short speech (three to Academy of Arts and Sciences) ，在一年一度的院士颁授典礼 five minutes in length) at the annual induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston. This is 上发表约3-5 分钟的简短演讲。这次演讲有别于以往我做过 a bit different from the usual scientific talks that I am used to 的科学报告，因为现场并没有投影机、黑板和其它教辅器材， giving; there are no projectors, blackboards, or other visual aids 而且，在场的院士有一半是人文学者，一半则是科学家，另 available, and the audience of Academy members is split evenly 外还有一些是工商业界及政界人士。这次的演讲体验想必既 between the humanities and the sciences (as well as people 新奇又有趣。（我上一次的演讲是在1985 年。） in industry and politics), so this will be an interesting new experience for me. (The last time I gave a speech was in 1985.) 我的演讲题目是 「网络辅助技术对学术界未来的影响」（题 My chosen topic is on the future impact of internet-based 材与我最近就同一主题做的报告有点相似）。以下是演讲辞， technologies on academia (somewhat similar in theme to my 虽然这个版本篇幅很长，但是到了真正演讲的时候，内容应 recent talk on this topic). I have a draft text below the fold, though it is currently too long and my actual speech is likely to 该会容大幅删减 （10 月12 日更新：简化版本详见本文末）， be a significantly abridged version of the one below [Update, 欢迎读者就演讲的总体内容提出意见与建议。