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钱锺书 《围城》:“时间已经遗忘了这条路途。”
When someone tells you about the peak year of human history, the period of time when things were good before things went downhill, it will always be the years of when they were 10 years sold — which is the peak of any human’s existence.
On vacation go to the most remote place on your itinerary first, bypassing the cities. You‘ll maximize the shock of otherness in the remote, and then later you’ll welcome the familiar comforts of a city on the way back.
There is no limit on better. Talent is distributed unfairly, but there is no limit on how much we can improve what we start with.