2024年高考英语快速提⾼阅读能⼒05【科技类】阅读理解20篇（原卷版）.pdfVIP

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Asnake﹣robotdesigner，atechnologist，anextradimensionalphysicistandajournalistwalkintoa

room.Thejournalistturnstothecrowdandasks：Shouldwebuildhousesontheocean？Likeathink﹣tank

panel，membersoftheteamdreamupfar﹣outanswerstothecrucialproblem，suchasself﹣drivinghousing

unitsthatcouldparkontopofoneanotherinthecoastalcitycenter.

ThesettingisX，theenterprisewhichconsidersmorethan100ideaseachyear，inareasrangingfromclean

energytoartificialintelligence.Althoughonlyatinypercentagebecomeprojectswithfar﹣reaching

creativity，theseprojectsexist，ultimately，tochangetheworld，likeWaymo，thebiggestself﹣driving﹣car

company.Inthepast60years，somethingstrangehashappened.Astheacademicstudyofcreativityhasthrived

（蓬勃发展），thelabelinnovationmayhavecoveredeverytinychangeofasodacanoratoothpasteflavor，but

therateofproductivitygrowthhasbeenmostlydecliningsincethe1970s.JohnFernald，aneconomist，pointsout

thatthenotableexceptiontothepost﹣1970declineinproductivityoccurredwhenbusinessesthroughoutthe

economyfinallyfiguredoutthebreakthroughtechnology﹣informationtechnology.JohnFernaldsays，Its

possiblethatproductivitytookoff，becausewepickedallthelow﹣hangingfruitfromtheITwave.Actually，

theworldeconomycontinuestoharvestthebenefitsofIT.Butwherewillthenexttechnologyshockcome

from？

Breakthroughtechnologyresultsfromtwodistinctactivities﹣inventionandinnovation.Inventionis

typicallytheworkofscientistsandresearchersinlabs,whileinnovationisaninventionputtocommercialuse.

Seldomdothetwoactivitiesoccursuccessfullyunderthesameroof.Theytendtothriveinoppositeconditions；

whilecompetitionandconsumerchoiceencourageinnovation，inventionhashistoricallyprogressedinlabsthat

areprotectedfromthepressuretogenerateprofit.

Allowingwell﹣fundedanddiverseteamstotrytosolveb