'Jeff, what does Day 2 look like?' 'Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1.' To be sure, this kind of decline would happen in extreme slow motion. An established company might harvest Day 2 for decades, but the final result would still come.
‘杰夫,第二天是什么样子的?’‘第二天是停滞。然后是无关紧要。然后是痛苦的衰退。然后是死亡。这就是为什么我们总是在第一天。’确实,这种衰退会以极其缓慢的速度发生。一个成熟的公司可能会收割第二天几十年,但最终结果仍然会到来。
文字的力量在于它们可以创造世界。
Our greatest asset isn't beneath the ground, but the people who work above it.
上帝是完美的诗人。
我们对黑洞了解得越多,就越意识到我们还有多少未知。
The world is so full of simple, obvious, and beautiful things that it's a wonder anyone ever bothers to invent anything at all.
Small improvements, consistently applied, lead to massive change over time.