我们都是自己经历的囚徒,而自由的关键在于理解这些经历。
If not me, who? If not now, when?
当现有约束被放松时,经济增长就会发生,这使得个人能够追求以前无法获得的机会。
I love playing with the physicality of books - flaps, holes, different sizes.
That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.
不要试图把生活变成一个以自己为中心的数学问题,一切都得出相等的答案。当你好的时候,坏事仍然可能发生。如果你不好,你仍然可能幸运。
Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.
技术本身不是目的,而是手段,最终要服务于玩家的体验。
打开纠缠在一起的绳结的最好方法,不是要去「解开」绳结,而是要不断地把松动的部分拉得更宽。尽可能把那团乱麻弄大、弄松、弄开。当你打开绳结的时候,它们就会自行解开。这招适用于绳索、线、软管、毛线或者电线。
The best way to untangle a knotty tangle is not to “untie” the knots, but to keep pulling the loops apart wider and wider. Just make the mess as big, loose and open as possible. As you open up the knots they will unravel themselves. Works on cords, strings, hoses, yarns, or electronic cables.
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."