In business, as in life, good leaders hope for the best and plan for the worst. There’s a reason that experts refer to the regular expansion and contraction of the economy as the business cycle. 商业中和生活中一样，优秀的领导抱最好的希望，做最坏的打算。专家们称经济周期是经济规律性的扩张和收缩是有原因。 Even producers of the most recession-proof products—toiletries, beer, funeral services—need to consider how rising and falling consumer sentiment will…
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MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has released a video of their ongoing work using input from muscle signals to control devices. 麻省理工学院的计算机科学和人工智能实验室发布了一个正在进行的项目的视频，利用肌肉信号输入控制设备。 Their latest involves full and fine control of drones, using just hand and arm gestures to navigate through a series of rings. 最新进展是对无人机进行全面精细控制，只用手和胳膊的动作就能控制它穿过一系列圆环。 This work is impressive not just because…
DetailsThere will come a time in everyone’s life when they will choose to stop working and must determine how much income they’ll require from their retirement savings. 每个人生命中都会迎来这个时期——要选择停止工作并确定养老金会带来多少收入。 Those who are fortunate will have a large nest egg to draw from and can live comfortably and without worry. But that’s not true for everyone. 幸运的人会有一大笔养老金，可以高枕无忧，但并非人人如此。…
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Netflix and Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company have announced their latest film: “Becoming,” a documentary that follows Michelle as she goes on tour to promote her bestselling memoir of the same name. 网飞和贝拉克·奥巴马、米歇尔·奥巴马夫妇的制片公司联合宣布要推出最新的电影：《成为》，这部纪录片讲述了米歇尔巡回宣传她的同名畅销回忆录的旅程。 Although the documentary was directed by Nadia Hallgren, it sounds like the film had extensive access to and input from Michelle…
DetailsI’ve lived in my condo for 15 years now—long enough that I don’t even see it anymore. I started dreaming about moving into a house, where I was bound to be happier. 我在我的公寓住了15年，时间太长了，我都甚至都没有好好看看它。我开始梦想着能够搬进独栋的房子，那样的话我应该会更加开心。 I fixated on little yellow houses somewhere in the suburbs of Chicago and watched for them from the train on my commute.…
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A few years ago, after exhibiting a rather odd assortment of symptoms, I went to see a doctor. 几年前，我发现自己有些奇怪症状，就去看医生。 15 minutes later I was diagnosed with a progressive, painful, long term, incurable disease that affects, among other things, your internal organs (like the heart and lungs) and is one of the leading causes of complete…
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In a kitschy bar in Cambridge, he asked to sit at my table, though later he would insist that I made the first move. 在剑桥的一间俗气的酒吧，他借坐我旁边，尽管后来他非说是我先对他有意思的。 I was intrigued by his tattoos. 我觉得他的纹身很有意思。 He thought I went to Harvard. 他以为我在哈佛上学。 All we had in common was that we’d both almost stayed home. 我们唯一的共同点是：我们本来都更愿意待在家里。 Friends had dragged…
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Schools around the world have closed their doors because of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving more than 1.5 billion children stuck at home. While it’s a great inconvenience for many, it has created a spike in demand for online learning. 全球学校受新冠疫情影响都停课了，有超过15亿学生宅在家。虽然对很多人来说现在生活很不方便，但在线学习的需求量却激增。 Educational institutions are introducing online courses and some education technology startups are temporarily offering free…
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Airbnb is about to go on a cleaning binge. 爱彼迎要大扫除了。 The home-sharing service, under pressure from the coronavirus crisis, said Monday that it is establishing a new recommended “cleaning protocol” with the goal of reassuring both rental property hosts and their guests. 迫于新冠疫情的压力，这家家庭共享服务公司在周一说正在建立一个新的推荐的“清洁协议”，目的是要保证出租房屋的主人和客人的安全。 Airbnb said in a statement that the optional protocol will offer guidance…
Details1. If someone pissed you off, what you should focus on is not how they did it but how you can manage your own emotion. 如果有人惹怒了你，你需要注意的不是他们到底做了什么，而是你应该如何控制自己的情绪。 2. Don’t be the one who always complains. Nobody likes someone like that. Everyone will finally leave you if you do. 别总是抱怨这个抱怨那个。没有人喜欢这样的人。如果你这么做，所有人最终都会离开你。 3. There are problems that you have…
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