纪录片《深入暗网》 第17期 家族史（在线收听）

They can look at the likelihood

他们可以分析概率

that you should be given health insurance

建议你应该买医疗保险

because you come from a family

因为你的家族

that has a history of heart disease.

有心脏病史

They can look at the likelihood

或是基于你每天参与的

that you're going to get Alzheimer's disease

脑力劳动的量

because of the amount of active intellectual entertainment

他们可以分析概率

you take part in on a day-to-day basis.

判断你是否会得阿兹海默症

And when you start giving this level of

当你开始交出生活中

minute control over people's lives,

这种层次的细微控制时

then you allow far too much power over individuals.

那你便是让过多的外界力量来控制个体了

The picture painted is certainly dark

这种情形必然是可怕的

but there is another way.

但也可以另寻出路

It comes from the insights of a scientist

这条路来自一位科学家的深刻见解

whose work once seemed like a footnote

在互联网的历史长河中

in the history of the internet

他的工作曾被看作是无足轻重

until now.

直到如今才被人重视

The story begins in the late '70s in Berkeley, California.

故事始于七十年代末加州大学伯克利分校