来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：资本主义：成功、危机与改革 第5集 第5集》

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  historical time on this dimension measured,
  这个轴表示历史时间
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  let's say in centuries,
  以世纪为单位吧
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  or in human generations if you prefer,
  或者以人的一代为单位
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  and on the vertical axis the total shared store of knowledge
  竖轴是这个社会
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  that that society accumulates,
  知识的总和
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  knowledge as trivial as how to manufacture a toothbrush
  小到牙刷的生产
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  or as complex as how to operate a great university.
  大到大学的运营
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  The accumulation of that knowledge is, Hayek says,
  海耶克说政府机构分散的自由社会中
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  accelerated exponentially
  这些知识
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  by disbursed agency, by freedom.
  能以指数速度增长叠加
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  The rate of accumulation grows
  在自由社会中
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  in an exponential curve with a free society.
  增长速度成指数弧线