"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."
I used to walk down the street like I was a star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.
There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.
人们不禁会感到这些数学公式拥有独立的存在和自己的智慧,它们比我们更聪明,甚至比它们的发现者更聪明。
可持续性不是一种选择,而是我们对后代的责任。