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在今天的西方知识界中,不幸的原因之一是:许多人,特别是那些从事文化工作的人,找不到独立运用自己才能的机会,而只得受雇于由庸人、外行把持的富有公司,被迫制作那些荒诞无聊的东西。如果你去问英国或美国的记者,他们是否相信他们为之奔走的报纸政策,我相信,你会发现只有少数人相信,其余的人都是为生计所迫,才将自己的技能出卖给那些有害无益的事业。这样的工作不能给人带来任何的满足,并且当他勉为其难地从事这种工作时,他会使自己变得如此玩世不恭,以至于他从任何事物中都不再能够获得完全的满足。我不能指责从事这种工作的人,因为舍此他们就会挨饿,而挨饿是不好受的。不过我还是认为,只要
One of the unfortunate reasons in today’s western intelligentsia is that many people, especially those who work in culture, can not find the chance to use their talents on their own and can only be hired by the wealthy Company, forced to make those absurd things. If you ask reporters in Britain or the United States whether they believe in the newspaper policy they are running for, I believe you will find that only a few believe that the rest are forced by their livelihoods to sell their skills to those Unprofitable cause. Such a work can not bring any satisfaction to anyone, and he will become so cynical that he will cease to be completely satisfied with anything, when he does his job with such difficulty. I can not blame those who are engaged in this kind of work, for they will starve, and starvation is unpleasant. But I still think so long as