里德的观点：黄仁勋犯了很多错误，但真正让他跌倒的，是过度卷入华盛顿特区。
Reed’s view Jensen Huang made a lot of mistakes, but the one that really brought him down was getting too involved in DC.
优秀技术人员的技能，与擅长政治的人截然相反。技术人员必须提前数年，有时甚至数十年进行思考。一旦找到制胜公式，他们就会孤注一掷。
The skillset of a great technologist is the opposite of someone who’s great at politics. Technologists have to think years, sometimes decades in advance. When they figure out a winning formula, they bet everything on it.
在华盛顿，这是一种非常糟糕的运作方式。那里的事物遵循两年一届的选举周期运行，对任何单一理念、派系或意识形态的承诺，一旦政治风向改变，就会成为负担。
That’s a really bad way to operate in Washington, where things move on two-year election cycles and commitment to any one idea, faction, or ideology is a liability if and when the political winds change.
当唐纳德·特朗普第二次当选总统时，世界似乎突然变得截然不同。白宫以史无前例的方式对商业敞开大门。对许多科技人士来说，这难以抗拒（埃隆·马斯克和马克·安德里森也陷入了这个陷阱）。
When Donald Trump was elected president for a second term, it seemed like the world was suddenly a fundamentally different place. The White House was open for business in a way never seen in history. It was irresistible for a lot of tech people (Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen also fell into this trap).
有一段时间，黄仁勋似乎是少数在华盛顿取得成功的技术人员之一。他与总统的友谊帮助推进了他的世界观——美国应该将其技术出口到世界各地，甚至包括中国。但这一切都是海市蜃楼。政治人士明白，这永远不会持续，最终将以听证会、调查和起诉告终。这对科技行业的许多人来说，都是一个令人震惊的意外。
For a while, it seemed like Huang was one of the few technologists to find success in DC. His friendship with the president helped advance his worldview — that America should export its technology around the world, even to China. But it was all a mirage. Political people understood this would never last, and it would end in hearings, investigations, and prosecutions. This has all come as a shocking surprise to many in the tech industry.
英伟达在政策立场上采取激进态度，部分原因是得到了总统的支持。它本应谨慎使用这种影响力，不仅仅是为了得到自己想要的东西，还应在政坛两边结交更多盟友。
Nvidia was aggressive in its policy positions in part because it had the backing of the president. It should have used that influence sparingly, and not just to get what it wanted but to make more allies on both sides of the political aisle.
到目前为止，针对黄仁勋的基本指控尚未得到证实。导致这场麻烦的所谓间谍可能根本不是间谍。科技行业的许多人感到愤怒，想要反击。这是错误的直觉。在科技行业，不懈的获胜意志或许是每个操盘手最可贵的品质。但在华盛顿，你永远无法真正获胜。你只能输。
So far, the underlying allegations against Huang are unproven. The alleged spy who led to this mess may not even be a spy. And many in the tech industry are angry and want to fight back. That’s the wrong instinct. In the tech industry, the relentless will to win is perhaps the most redeeming quality of every operator. In DC, you can’t ever really win. You can only lose.
英伟达丑闻和中期选举后科技行业的危机，正是我们提出“硅谷与世界”会议构想的原因。该会议将于下周在行业核心地带举行。我们将邀请来自世界各地的领袖，打破硅谷的泡沫，让它变得更具世界眼光。我认为，这是媒体行业会议有史以来最强大的演讲者阵容，我希望原定发言的黄仁勋能够重新考虑。如果你想参加，著名的Palantir首席执行官亚历克斯·卡普是另一位与特朗普和华盛顿关系密切的首席执行官，他向Politico Playbook表示，自己是“进步派”和终身民主党人。
The Nvidia scandal and the post-midterm tech industry peril are exactly the reason we came up with the idea for our convening, Silicon Valley & The World, which takes place next week in the heart of the industry. We’re bringing leaders in from around the globe to burst Silicon Valley’s bubble and make it a more worldly place. We have what I think is the best lineup of speakers ever assembled at a media industry convening and I hope Jensen Huang, who was supposed to speak, will reconsider. If you’d like to Notable Palantir CEO Alex Karp, another CEO that developed close ties to Trump and Washington, told Politico Playbook that he is a “progressive” and a lifelong Democrat.