这种我们能创造一个每个人的能力都忠实地被分级,好的就到顶端,坏的就到底部,而且保证过程毫无差错,这是不可能的。这世上有太多偶然的契机,不同的机运,出身,疾病,从天而降的意外等等,我们却无法将这些因素分级,无法完全忠实的将人分级。
The idea that we will make a society where literally everybody is graded, the good at the top, bad at the bottom, exactly done as it should be, is impossible. There are simply too many random factors: accidents, accidents of birth, accidents of things dropping on people's heads, illnesses, etc. We will never get to grade them, never get to grade people as they should.
A proof is a repeatable experiment in persuasion.
无论多么聪明的人,在他年轻时都曾说过或做过一些事情,后来回想起来会感到不快,以至于如果可能的话,他会很高兴地从记忆中抹去。
We are all chapters in the great book of life.
Leadership in the oil and gas sector today requires balancing short-term demands with long-term sustainability vision.
If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.