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1,20世纪前，欧洲人还瞧不起美国。尽管那个时候美国人已经用枪炮赶走了老来要税的英国人，他们仍然对“祖国”很热爱，对英国人唯唯是诺。可是英国人就不然了，1851年伦敦举办的世博会时，英国幽默杂志《笨拙》（Punch）酸酸地说：“在仅有几艘小船组成的船队里，就是美国艺术和制造业的全部家当了……一堆肥皂上面放着几把科尔特左轮手枪，来自辛辛那提的腌菜飘浮在醋蜜上。”提都没提技术水平很高的麦考密克收割机。美国那时候还没有太多的愤青，对这些讽刺打击很有耐心。
1. Before the 20th century, Europeans still looked down on the United States. Although the Americans had driven away the British who were asking for taxes with guns and cannons at that time, they still loved their "motherland" and obeyed the British. But the British were different. At the World Expo held in London in 1851, the British humor magazine Punch said sourly: "In a fleet consisting of only a few small boats, all the assets of American art and manufacturing are there... A few Colt revolvers are placed on a pile of soap, and pickles from Cincinnati float on vinegar and honey." There was no mention of the highly technological McCormick reaper. There were not many angry young people in the United States at that time, and they were very patient with these satirical attacks.
2. Later, the United States fought a civil war, cleared the obstacles, and capitalism flourished. It was time to spit out the pent-up anger. In 1893, the United States held the World Expo in Chicago. This time, the country changed its weapons: the Ferris wheel, Edison electric light, and Kodak film replaced revolvers, and soap and pickles were replaced by amber popcorn, Wrigley gum, and Blue Ribbon beer, showing the world its infinite charm and embarking on the road to becoming a powerful country.
2,后来美国打了内战，扫除了障碍，资本主义蓬勃发展，该是把那口憋着的气吐出来的时候了。1893年，美国在芝加哥办了世博会，这次土枪换炮：菲利斯摩天轮、爱迪生电灯、柯达胶卷替换了左轮手枪，肥皂和腌菜换成了琥珀爆米花、箭牌口香糖、和蓝带啤酒，向世界展现无穷魅力，从此走上强国之途。
3,那个时候美国可是靠高科技，这些东西也是美国人自己造的，货真价实。可是想一想早先移民美国创业的都是什么样的人物? 普林斯顿有教授加特纳（John D. Gartner）著书证明，在艰苦卓绝的情况下，冒着难以克服的困难，飘洋过海来新大陆的几乎都是“躁狂症患者”(hypomania)和他们的后代，比如国父汉密尔顿、福特、卡内基等。美国人中，D4-7等位基因(D4-7 repeat allele)很高。这种基因可能是造成躁狂症的根源。躁狂症状是敢于冒险，精力充沛，工作起来忘掉一切，情绪极度热烈，亢奋和疯狂。
3. At that time, the United States relied on high technology, and these things were made by Americans themselves, and they were genuine. But think about what kind of people were the early immigrants to the United States to start businesses? Princeton professor John D. Gartner wrote a book to prove that under extremely difficult circumstances and insurmountable difficulties, almost all those who crossed the ocean to the New World were "hypomania patients" and their descendants, such as the founding fathers Hamilton, Ford, and Carnegie. Among Americans, the D4-7 allele (D4-7 repeat allele) is very high. This gene may be the root cause of mania. Mania symptoms are daring to take risks, being energetic, forgetting everything when working, and being extremely enthusiastic, excited and crazy.
4If the first large-scale migration of humans out of Africa was the first, then there was a second migration. Although the latter was smaller in scale than the former, it was huge in meaning, and its direction was opposite to the first. If each migration is a screening, the second migration means three screenings based on the genes of multiple tribes.
4,如果人类从非洲走出是第一次大规模的移民，那么曾有过第二次大移民。后者虽然在规模上比前者小，但在意义上是巨大的，它的方向与第一次相反。如果每一次移民就是一次筛选，第二次大移民意味着在多个部落基因基础上，进行了三次筛选。
5,因为从历史上看，一些日耳曼部落当时是因为成吉思汗的入侵，逃出家园，流落在外。他们后来定居在罗马帝国，完成第二次大移民的第一次筛选。罗马帝国崩溃后，他们其中的一些部落又跋山涉水，越过英吉利海峡去大不列颠岛，而完成第二次筛选。从那里，日后，祖先是来自日耳曼部落和安哥拉撒克逊部落的英国人（Englanders specially）的移民者乘坐“五月花号”以及随后的船只，在新世界登陆，完成了第三次筛选。每一次筛选，出走的，都是好动、不安分、情绪容易激动的人，留下循规蹈矩、安分守己、老老实实的人。好动、不安分、情绪激动的基因一次又一次被加强、被放大。三次之后，他们后代的这些特点就非常明显了。
5, Because historically, some Germanic tribes fled their homes and wandered outside because of the invasion of Genghis Khan. They later settled in the Roman Empire, completing the first screening of the second migration. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, some of their tribes traveled across the English Channel to the British Isles, completing the second screening. From there, immigrants whose ancestors were Englishmen (Englanders specially) from Germanic tribes and Angolan Saxon tribes boarded the "Mayflower" and subsequent ships and landed in the New World, completing the third screening. Every time the selection was done, those who left were those who were active, restless, and easily emotional, leaving those who followed the rules, were law-abiding, and honest. The genes for being active, restless, and emotional were strengthened and amplified again and again. After three times, these characteristics of their offspring became very obvious.
6, In this way, it seems that the scientists' analysis that the D4-7 allele accounts for a high proportion of American genes (this is the so-called "success" gene) is not groundless.
6,这样看来，科学家分析出来美国人的基因中，D4-7等位基因占比例很高（这是所谓的“成功”基因），并非空穴来风。
7,美国人的祖先都是不安分的人，他们的后代也是创业者、企业家和管理人员的人选，可是他们不能务实，不能把自己埋没在日常劳动的烦琐中。因此，他们就去非洲和亚洲，买来甚至抢来奴隶为他们干艰苦的体力。
7, The ancestors of Americans were all restless people, and their descendants were also candidates for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, and managers, but they could not be pragmatic and could not bury themselves in the tediousness of daily labor. Therefore, they went to Africa and Asia to buy or even rob slaves to do hard physical work for them.
8, When the world entered the 20th century, science and technology developed unprecedentedly, and physical labor was gradually replaced by machines. The coolies from Africa could not adapt to the needs of the new situation, and mental labor needed to be completed by human resources. It coincided with the First and Second World Wars, and the old world was in chaos. The stable and prosperous United States has attracted many scientists at the forefront of world science and technology, as well as experts and technicians from all walks of life, through its preferential immigration policy, and they continue to study in the new world (Einstein came to Princeton at this time). With strong scientific and technological strength and the gold standard replacing the silver standard, the Americans took over the position of hegemony from the British in one fell swoop.
8,世界进入二十世纪，科学技术空前发展，体力劳动逐渐被机器所代替，非洲来的苦力不能适应新形势的需要，脑力劳动需要有人源来完成。恰逢一二次大战，旧世界兵荒马乱。安定、富庶的美国靠优惠的移民政策，吸引了不少世界科学技术前沿的科学家，以及各行各业的专家和技术人员，由他们在新世界里继续钻研（爱因斯坦就是这个时候来到普林斯顿）。科技力量雄厚，又靠着金本位取代银本位，美国人从英国人那里一举夺过霸主的位子。
9,美元是关键。各行各业的尖端都由外国人来搞了，那些土生土长的，最聪明的美国人都在哪里？华尔街上！华尔街上的报酬很高，那里的职业挑战性很强，吸引敢于冒险，精力充沛的工作狂和情绪亢奋的人，那里是真正的美国人，真正的精英，他们具有D4-7等位基因，他们是躁狂症患者的后代。
9, The US dollar is the key. The cutting edge of all walks of life is done by foreigners. Where are those native-born and the smartest Americans? On Wall Street! The pay on Wall Street is very high, and the careers there are very challenging, attracting adventurous, energetic workaholics and emotionally excited people. There are real Americans, real elites, who have the D4-7 allele, and they are the descendants of patients with mania.
10, Therefore, it seems that mastering "hard" knowledge and working hard are not important. Anyway, all kinds of talents in the world are trying their best to get here. The application standards for prestigious American universities have become "softer". Students are required to be versatile, adventurous, and have leadership skills. Academic performance is secondary. This is the true American offspring. As a result, it seems that the educational policies of primary and secondary schools have changed. Since the 1970s, the scores of American primary and secondary school students have always ranked at the bottom in international unified examinations. American decision-makers are not worried at all.
10,因此，看起来掌握“硬”的知识、奋发图强不重要了，反正世界上各种人才都在削尖脑袋往这里钻。美国名牌高校的申请标准“软”了，都是要多才多艺、勇于冒险、具有领导魄力，学习成绩次要，这是真正意义上的美国后代。这样下来，似乎中小学校的教育方针都改变了。从20世纪70年代起，国际统考中，美国中小学生的成绩总是排在后面。美国的决策人物一点也不犯愁。
11,接着计算机和互联网时代到来。美国的微软、苹果、因特尔、戴尔……后来的阿尔法、亚马逊、面书（Facebook的正确翻译）……层出不穷，远远走在世界的前面。
11, Then the computer and Internet era arrived. Microsoft, Apple, Intel, Dell... and later Alpha, Amazon, Facebook (the correct translation of Facebook)... emerged in an endless stream, far ahead of the world.
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