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If January 1975 was the dawn of the computer age, then who would be in the best position to take advantage of it?
如果1975年1月是个人计算机时代的黎明，那么，谁又能占据最佳位置，去享受这个黎明的第一线曙光？
The same principle applies here that applied to the ear of John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
约翰.洛克菲勒和安德鲁.卡内基时代曾适用的法则现在又开始发挥作用。
"If you are too old in 1975, then you'd already have a job at IBM out of college,
“如果1975年的时候，你的岁数比较大，那么，当你一从大学毕业，就可能开始在IBM上班了，
and once people started at IBM, they had a real hard time making the transition to the new world."
开始在IBM上班后，会经历一段向新世界转变的艰难的过程。
says Nathan Myhrvold, who was a top executive at microsoft for many years.
曾长期在微软公司担任高级管理人员的内森.梅尔沃德说道。
"You had this multibillion-dollar company making mainframes, and if you were part of that,
你在这家数十亿美元的公司生产主机，你只是整个工作的一部分，
you'd think, why screw around with these little pathetic computers?
你头脑里想的是——我为什么每天都要可怜地围着这样一台机器转来转去？
That was the computer industry to those people, and it had nothing to do with this new revolution.
那个时代从事计算机工业的人们，脑子里常常是这个想法，他们丝毫不了解正在进行的变革，
They were blinded by that being the only vision of computing.
他们都被计算机一个方面的假象所蒙蔽，
They made a nice living. it's just said that there was no opportunity to become a zillionaire and make an impact on the world."
他们过着舒适的生活。这自然不可能有机会成为亿万富翁，也不可能影响整个世界。”
If you were more than a few years out of college in 1975, then you belonged to the old paradigm.
假如在1975年的时候，你已经从大学毕业多年，那么，你最终属于那个陈旧的年代。
You had just bought a house. You're married. A baby's on the way.
你也许会买一栋房子，会结婚，然后为人父或者为人母。
You're in no position to give up a good job in pension for some pie-in-the-sky $397 computer kit.
你不可能放弃手中收入丰厚的工作，不可能用自己的退休金购买397美元一台的微机，对你来说，微机是遥不可及的东西。
So let's rule out all those born before, say, 1952.
所以，那些在1952年之前出生的人，都可以排除在新时代之外。
At the same time, though, you don't want to be too young.
但同样的，你也不会希望自己年龄太小。
You really want to get in on the ground floor, right in 1975, and you can't do that if you're still in high school.
你希望自己能够及时赶上1975年的发展潮流，如果那时候你依旧只是一个中学生，那你将无所适从。
So let's also rule out anyone born after, say, 1958.
所以，那些在1958年之后出生的人，同样可以排除在新时代之外。
The perfect age to be in 1975, in other words, is old enough to see the coming revolution but not so old to have missed it.
也就是说，到1975年时，你最好处于这样的年纪：不是太年轻，从而能够赶上这次革命，但又不能太老，不能错过了这次革命。
Ideally, you'd want to be 20 or 21, which is to say, born in 1954 or 1955.
在1975年，你最好是20岁或者21岁，也就是说你最好出生在1954年或者是1955年。
There is an easy way to test this theory. When was Bill Gates born? October 28, 1955.
验证这种说法并不难。看看比尔.盖茨，他是什么时候出生的？1955年10月28日。
