在算法的世界里,最简单的解决方案往往是最好的。
我必须承认,我从来看不出她有什么美丽之处。她的脸太瘦了,她的肤色没有光泽,她的五官一点也不好看。她的鼻子缺乏特色;它的线条上没有任何标志。她的牙齿还过得去,但并不出奇;至于她的眼睛,有时被称为很漂亮,我从来没看出什么非凡之处。
过去从未消逝,它甚至还未过去。
So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.
I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.