梦魇是相信恐吓人们是刺激他们发奋的最好办法,或是环境越残酷,就会有越多人接受挑战。你必须想,你的理想父亲是怎样的?你的理想父亲往往是严厉又温和的,虽然这界限很难画定,我们社会需要的模范性人物是像一个理想父亲,不要走极端,不要完全集权、纯粹纪律,也不要模糊马虎,乱无规章。
The nightmare thought is that frightening people is the best way to get work out of them, and that somehow the crueler the environment, the more people will rise to the challenge. You want to think, who would you like as your ideal dad? And your ideal dad is somebody who is tough but gentle. And it's a very hard line to make. We need fathers, as it were, the exemplary father figures in society, avoiding the two extremes, which is the authoritarian disciplinarian on the one hand, and on the other, the lax, no-rules option.
最终,重要的不是事实,而是我们通过它们揭示的真相。
Sustainability is not a choice anymore; it's a necessity for survival in today's world.
你不必才华横溢,只需在很长很长的时间里,平均比其他人聪明一点点。
写作是一种生活方式,一种存在于世界的方式。
在我们这样的社会中,真正的政治任务是批评那些看似中立和独立的机构的运作;以这样一种方式批评和攻击它们,以至于一直通过它们暗中行使的政治暴力将被揭露。
所有模型都是错误的,但有些是有用的。
Great things never come from comfort zones.