比尔·盖茨：达沃斯世界经济论坛讲话Well,thankyouforthatkindintroductionandfortheprivilegeofspeakingtothisforum.Asyouallmayknow,inJulyI'llmakeabigcareerchange.I'mnotworried；IbelieveI'mstillmarketable.(Laughter)I'maself-starter,I'mproficientinMicrosoftOffice.(Laughter)Iguessthat'sit.(Laughter)AlsoI'mlearninghowtogivemoneyaway.So,thisisthelasttimeI'llattendDavosasafull-timeemployeeofMicrosoft.Someofusareluckyenoughtoarriveatmomentsinlifewhenwecanpause,reflectonourwork,andsay:“Thisisgreat.It'sfun,exciting,anduseful；Icoulddothisforever.”Butthepassingoftimeforceseachofustotakestockandask:WhathaveIaccomplishedsofar?WhatdoIstillwanttoaccomplish?Thirtyyearsago,20yearsago,10yearsago,myfocuswastotallyonhowthemagicofsoftwarecouldchangetheworld.Isawthatbreakthroughsintechnologycouldsolvekeyproblems.Andtheydo,increasingly,forbillionsofpeople.Butbreakthroughschangelivesprimarilywherepeoplecanaffordtobuythem,onlywherethereiseconomicdemand,andeconomicdemandisnotthesameaseconomicneed.大家都知道，我的职业生涯将在七月份发生重大转变。不过我不太担心，我想我应该还能找到工作。作为一个自主创业者，我在微软的工作还算称职。我觉得混得还不赖。另外我也开始了赞助慈善事业。这将是我最后一次以微软公司的全职雇员身份来到达沃斯。对于我们中的一些人来说，能够在生命中的某个时刻停下来，反思自己所做的，并说："这份工作太好了。有趣、令人兴奋，而且有用——我可以这样做一辈子。"这实在是一件非常幸运的事情。但是，时间的流逝又迫使我们每个人不得不重新审视并自问：到目前为止我到底成就了什么？在未来我还应该做到哪些？30年前，20年前，甚至直到10年前，我的目标完全放在探索软件的魔力究竟可以如何改变世界上。我相信，科技的进步是解决一切问题的关键。实际上，它们确实是——而且正在越来越深地影响着几十亿人。但是用技术进步来改变生活的前提是，人们可以买得起这些新技术，而且是在经济上产生真实需求的情况下。而在经济学意义上，需求并不等同于需要。1.marketableadj.适于销售的2.proficientadj.精通的Therearebillionsofpeoplewhoneedthegreatinventionsofthecomputerage,andmorebasicneedsaswell,buttheyhavenowayofexpressingtheirneedsinwaysthatmattertothemarket,sotheygowithout.Ifwearegoingtohaveachanceofchangingtheirlives,weneedanotherlevelofinnovation.Notjusttechnologyinnovation,weneedsysteminnovation,andthat'swhatIwanttodiscusswithyouhereinDavostoday.Letmebeginbyexpressingaviewthatsomedonotshare:Theworldisgettingbetter,alotbetter.Insignificantandfar-reachingways,theworldisabetterplacetolivethanithaseverbeen.Considerthestatusofwomenandminoritiesinsociety—virtuallyanysociety—c