Perhaps willfully, it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.

不过很有意思的是推测一万年后的事物往往比推测明天要发生什么容易得多。

On a geological timescale, life appeared very quickly.

在地质时间尺度上，生命出现得非常快。

These familiar timescales mark the passing of our lives.

这些我们熟悉的时间尺度标志了我们的过去。

It gives you a kind of timescale to follow through.

它给了你一种完成工作的时序表。

Let me give you a sense of the timescale at work here.

让我来对所涉及的 时间标度做一下说明。

With AGI, something like this could happen again, but on a shorter timescale.

AGI的出现使得类似的事情可能会再次发生，但变化所需的时间会更短。

But songs can reveal how two populations interact on a much faster timescale.

但歌声能揭示两个种群在更短时间内如何进行互动。

It shows you connectivity potentially on yearly timescales, which is what genetics information doesn't.

“这展示了每年潜在的联系时间表，这是基因信息无法做到的。”

It swings wildly, increasing and decreasing its rate by huge amounts on very short timescales.

它剧烈地波动，在极短的时间尺度上大幅度地增加或减少它的速率。

Life below freezing also operates on a different timescale, which puts our human lifespans into perspective.

冰层以下的生命也在不同的时间尺度上运行，这让我们从不同的角度看待人类的寿命。