比尔盖茨谈《未来之路》25年后：做出的正确和错误的预测(5)

但随着数字技术使在家工作更加容易，你可以减少通勤。这会让住在离办公室更远的地方更具吸引力，在那里你可以负担得起比在市中心更大的房子。这也减少了特定时间在道路上的汽车数量。随着时间的推移，这些转变将意味着我们城市的工作和构造方式都会发生重大改变。
We’re starting to see some of these effects come into play now， as office workers stay home because of COVID-19。 Microsoft recently announced a policy recognizing that doing some work from home （for less than 50 percent of the time） will be standard even after the pandemic is over and their offices open back up。 I think this trend will accelerate in the coming years。
当上班族因为新冠肺炎疫情而留在家中，我们正看到这其中的一些影响开始起作用。微软最近宣布了一项政策，认可即使在大流行结束并且办公室重新开放之后，员工在家办公（不超过百分之五十的时间）也将符合规定。我认为这种趋势将在未来几年中加速发展。
The Road Ahead has a lot in common with my new book， How to Avoid a Climate Disaster。 Both are about how technology and innovation can help solve important problems。 Both share glimpses into the cutting-edge technology I get to learn about。
《未来之路》与我的新书《如何避免一场气候灾难》有很多共同点。两者都谈论了技术和创新如何帮助解决重要的问题，都分享了我学习到的对于尖端技术见解。
One thing is different： The stakes are higher with climate change。 As passionate as I am about software， the effort to avoid a climate disaster has。 Failing to get this right will have bad consequences for humanity。 But you can also see the glass as half full。 There are huge opportunities to solve this problem， eliminate our greenhouse gas emissions， and create new industries that make clean energy available and affordable for everyone—including people in the world’s poorest countries。