Our always-on world of social media may result in more connections.

我们一直在线的社交媒体世界可能会带来更广的人脉。

Powerful devices and always-on access.

强大的设备和不间断的访问。

New research out of the University of Illinois suggests that this social pressure to be always-on and always on the go may lead us to act, but only accidentally in productive ways (if at all).

伊利诺斯大学的最新研究显示，这些社会压力只是会促使我们动起来，但是却很少达成最终期盼的结果。

Time management is essential in our high-speed, always-on culture, yet most advice you'll find on this topic is pretty vague.

时间管理在如今这个高效地，不断发展地文化氛围中是非常重要的。但是迄今为止关于时间管理的建议仍是很模糊的。

It would be an inexpensive (cheap enough to lose), always-on device with deep, hi-res color, e-ink, and a touchscreen.

它应该不贵（便宜到丢了也不可惜），待机时间长，高分辨率，电子墨水，还有一个触摸屏。

This always-on environment is training our kids to value themselves based on the number of likes they get and the types of comments that they receive.

这种永远在线的环境将我们的孩子训练成要靠通过他们获得的点赞数量和收到的评论来肯定自己的价值。

Many companies are built on timed data dumps, with the timing affecting workflow and cash flow, but the always-on generation will soon pressure businesses to provide real-time online information.

很多公司都是建立在定时数据转存（data dumps）上的，时机会对工作流程和现金流产生影响。

A partial solution is relatively simple: replacing the always-on red lights with blinking ones could cut the deaths by as much as 70 percent.

局部的解决方案相对简单：用闪烁的红灯代替永远不灭的红灯，这能很大程度地降低死亡率（高达百分之七十）。

To meet that need, utilities buy consistent always-on power from the large, cheap coal and nuclear power plants that are the backbone of the electric grid.

为了满足这一需求，公用事业单位购买稳定可用的电能总是会选择大规模而廉价的煤电厂和核电厂，它们才是电网的支柱。

But malls do contribute an outsized portion of the heat-trapping gases from buildings, given their need for immense amounts of heating and cooling as well as always-on lighting.

但由于商场里暖气、冷气轮番上阵，光照全年无休，商场的确在建筑聚热气体排放方面占据了过大的比重。