关键要点
- 人应该做什么?——应该帮助他人、照顾世界;这是 PG 给出的直接答案。
- 但当他自问时,脑中跳出的答案是做出好的新东西(Make good new things)。
- 做出好的新东西是想清楚了的最佳证明——行动检验思想。
- 这是一种实现全部潜能意义上的应该:能做出惊人东西的人,大概就该去做。
- 如果你觉得自己能做出很棒的东西,别犹豫,直接去做。
—— 本文选自东西书院 dongxishuyuan.com
PG 原话
那么人应该做什么?人应该帮助他人,照顾世界。
So what should one do? One should help people, and take care of the world.
一个人想清楚了的最佳证明,就是做出好的新东西。
the best proof that one has thought well, is to make good new things.
如果你觉得自己能做出很棒的东西,你大概应该直接去做。
if you think you can make something amazing, you should probably just go ahead and do it.
出处
- 英文原题:What to Do(2025年3月)
- 原文:https://www.paulgraham.com/do.html
- 本书院编译 · 底本为 paulgraham.com 英文原典
中文为本书院编译(意译),关键英文术语保留原文;英文引文逐字核验为原典连续子串。
延伸阅读 · 跨篇互见
品牌时代靠人工稀缺维持:想穿越周期,就追随真正有趣的问题,而不是追随品牌。
Follow the problems.
fields have natural rhythms that are beyond the power of individuals to resist.
场景交集:决策、选择方向、专注出处:The Brand Age · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
努力要瞄准问题的硬核(真正的中心,而非共识的中心);并找到自己真正感兴趣、适合的领域,对自己彻底诚实。
Working hard means aiming toward the center to the extent you can.
The best test of whether its worthwhile to work on something is whether you find it interesting.
场景交集:决策、选择方向、专注出处:How to Work Hard · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
城市与野心上:伟大的城市向你发送信息
伟大的城市吸引野心家,并不动声色地告诉你:你可以做得更多;环境之力连达芬奇都打不过,别高估自己对环境的抵抗力。
Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder.
What matters in Silicon Valley is how much effect you have on the world.
场景交集:决策、选择方向出处:Cities and Ambition · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
东西正在拥有你:极简的经济学
东西已经不值钱了:它的价值不是省了多少钱,而是你从使用中得到多少。
What I didnt understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasnt the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it.
In fact, worse than worthless, because once youve accumulated a certain amount of stuff, it starts to own you rather than the other way around.
场景交集:决策、专注出处:Stuff · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
本区为 L2 延展案例(跨篇互见):PG 其他原典中的相关论述,仍属原典直读;引文均为逐字核验。解读与主编观点见 L3(筹备中)。