The way to learn about the mind is to reverse-engineer it: to figure out what natural selection designed it to accomplish.

成功的关键是专注于长期目标，不被短期波动所干扰。

"Writing is a way of thinking, a way of understanding the world."

译文：应该将亲近好厌恶等情绪一并抛弃，才能成功地使用权谋之术。