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.
Game design requires knowing what to keep and what to discard; not all good ideas fit together.
Patience and precision are the unsung heroes of scientific progress.
生活是一系列的时刻,有些好,有些坏,但都很重要。
最具韧性的农场是与自然合作,而非对抗自然的农场。
In a world of asymmetric information, the design of mechanisms to ensure transparency and fairness is crucial.