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Nature

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地獄篇 6

Nature is evil. So Nature is not the Light.

— Me@2011.11.14

For example, many animals have to kill each other in order to survive.

Many evil aspects of human nature are designed by Nature. In order to be good, we have to transcend Nature. For example, we can create a society in which we can support each other instead of killing each other.

— Me@2012.10.09

2012.10.09 Tuesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Punishment

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以直報怨 2

Punishment is for avoiding further harm, not revenge, unless revenge has such an effect.

If no further harm is possible, no punishment needed.

— Me@2011.11.11

— Inspired by Bertrand Russell

— Me@2012-09-26 11:06:48 AM

2012.09.26 Wednesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

裝睡的人

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它要塑造的，不是鐵屋中沉睡的人，而是裝睡的人。

因為，沉睡的人，你總有辦法去喚醒。

但是，你永遠沒有辦法喚醒一個裝睡的人！

— 胡清心

2012.09.06 Thursday ACHK

地獄篇 4

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So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.

— Garcin, Act 1, sc. 5

— No Exit (1944)

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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Heaven is also other people.

— Me@2012-09-05 10:30:44 AM

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2012.09.05 Wednesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

The Tree of Knowledge

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Sorrow is Knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.

— LORD BYRON, Manfred

We need both the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life.

Both are crucial.

— Me@2012-08-31 9:51:11 AM 

2012.08.31 Friday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

卡拉 OK, 3

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這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 27 日的對話。

我發覺很難和地球人有精神交流。平日和地球人相處，例如朋友聚會，很難可以有有意義的對話。很多時，企圖說稍為有智力的內容，只會令人反感。

教書的好處是，你可以名正言順地，說一些有意義、有智力的內容，不會受人歧視。

— Me@2012.08.29

2012.08.29 Wednesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

How Not to Die

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Idea babies 3

If you look at a list of US cities sorted by population, the number of successful startups per capita varies by orders of magnitude. Somehow it’s as if most places were sprayed with startupicide.

I wondered about this for years. I could see the average town was like a roach motel for startup ambitions: smart, ambitious people went in, but no startups came out. But I was never able to figure out exactly what happened inside the motel — exactly what was killing all the potential startups.

A couple weeks ago I finally figured it out. I was framing the question wrong. The problem is not that most towns kill startups. It’s that death is the default for startups, and most towns don’t save them. Instead of thinking of most places as being sprayed with startupicide, it’s more accurate to think of startups as all being poisoned, and a few places being sprayed with the antidote.

Startups in other places are just doing what startups naturally do: fail. The real question is, what’s saving startups in places like Silicon Valley?

— Why Startup Hubs Work

— October 2011

— Paul Graham

2012.08.22 Wednesday ACHK

How to be a good leader

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0. Try your best not to be a leader.

1. If you have to, choose people extremely carefully because

1.1 in most of the cases, bad people with a good leader are still bad people.

1.2 General Von Manstein of the German Officer Corps, said that there are only four types of officer. First there the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm. Second, there are the hard working intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered. Third, there are the hard working stupid ones. These people are a menace and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody. Finally, there are the intelligent lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office. — Hubert Crowell

2. Asking “How to be a good leader?” itself is not good because the question is self-centred. Instead, you should ask, “How to get the things done?” or “What is the most effectively way to get the things done?”

Whether being a leader or not is not the main point.

— Me 2011.11.02

2012.08.21 Tuesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

故事連線 1.1.2

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這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 27 日的對話。

博士論文的完成與否，是你能否畢業的唯一標準。無論你為實驗室修理過多少部機器，為本科生解答過多少題問題；無論你編寫的程式質素有多好，你主持的導修課水平有多高；只要你不能完成論文，你就不能得到一個博士學位。

如果拖了六、七、八年，你也畢不到業的話，唯一的出路，可能就是「輟學」，停止攻讀博士學位，改為投身其他行業。問題是，一方面，你已經浪費了人生中，最黃金的那幾年。另一方面，到求職面試時，你很難解釋，為什麼你會中途放棄。你總不可以答：「雖然我做了很多的工作，對實驗室和學生都有很大貢獻，但是未被 教授、大學當局 和 學術界 所承認，所以不能畢業。」即使那是真正的原因。

其他行業，通常也不會有這種「抹煞功勞」情況。例如，我以前做教師時，如果花了一天時間，批改了一堆試卷，不會有人問我：「那有什麼學術價值？」

如果上司問我：「你昨天做了什麼？」我可以直接答：「批改了兩班學生的試卷。」而毋須擔心有人為難：「雖然你為學校做了很多實事，但是因為它們不是什麼研究新發現，所以不會被承認，而你今個月亦不會有任何薪金。」

（安：你的意思時，不鼓勵年青人，攻讀研究院？）

不是。研究工作，有其獨特的至尊好處。我反而覺得，每個人都應花兩年時間，經歷一次。換句話說，你可以考慮，先讀一個研究式的碩士，然後才盤算，自己適不適合再攻讀博士。

不過，你要留意，無論是攻讀碩士還是博士，你在之前選擇指導教授時，都要格外小心。你要保證，你的指導教授，有品德和有才能，幫你把與論文課題沒有直接關係的工作，全部推開。當然，那樣可靠的教授，萬中無一。

— Me@2012.08.20

2012.08.20 Monday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

故事連線 1.1.1

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這段改編自 2010 年 3 月 27 日的對話。

攻讀博士學位的最大問題是，你花得最多時間的，將會是那些「技術細節」和「沉悶工序」。而大部分的「技術細節」和「沉悶工序」，偏偏沒有所謂的「學術價值」，導致不能寫進博士論文當中。

例如，你花了大約一個月，才千辛萬苦地為實驗室訂購到，你研究題目全部所需的實驗儀器。另外，做實驗時，其中一部電腦壞了，你花了一整天去修理。

然後，你再發現，實驗所用的其中一個電腦程式有嚴重錯誤，導致實驗不能繼續。但是，那個程式不是你編寫的，而原作者又已在很久前，離開了實驗室。他有留下的源程式碼（source code）。可惜，那堆源程式碼共有二萬多行，而中間又沒有任何說明文件，指引你如何修改。你花了一星期，終於聯絡到原作者。

但是，他說，那程式是他在三年前寫下的，細節已經忘記了。於是，你企圖說服你博士論文的指導教授，原本的實驗是可以避免的，因為你想到一個有類似效果的實驗，而又可以避開那個有嚴重錯誤的程式。不幸，教授堅持，原本的實驗至關重要，無論如何，一定要完成。結果，由於教授的「無論如何」，你要再花三個月的時間，由零開始，寫過一個全新的程式，去代替原本的程式。

中途，你還要為本科生準備導修課和批改功課。只要你稍為有良知，要為那些導修課，維持最起碼的質素，你就已經要投放，全部工作時間中的，至少五份之一。

除了做研究和指導本科生外，你還有自己的課要上，自己的試要考。

試想想，以上的劇情，你又怎可以寫進博士論文呢？

— Me@2012.08.17

2012.08.17 Friday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Earn respect

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Prisons: How do you earn more respect in prison?

James Houston, inmate San Quentin

There was a time when I believed respect was about others seeing me as a tough guy. Over the years with maturity as well as help from programs like the TRUST and The Last Mile, my belief system has been challenged and as a direct result, my belief system has changed.

Now I see in prison, as well as in the free world, respect starts with self. Since my belief system has changed, the way I interact in my environment has changed, and the way my environment interacts with me has also changed. I no longer hide or run away from how I really feel. I don’t gossip or talk about people behind their back. I try as best I can to remain fair and impartial.

I can’t say that it gains respect with everyone. I can say it gains my respect with those who have respect for themselves.

All communications between inmates and external channels are facilitated by approved volunteers since inmates do not have access to the internet. This program with Quora is part of The Last Mile San Quentin. Twitter: @TLM
Post ‧ 9:57 on Thu Aug 02 2012

http://www.quora.com/Prisons/How-do-you-earn-more-respect-in-prison

2012.08.12 Sunday ACHK