关键要点
- 再过几十年,能写字的人不会太多——写作将成为稀缺技能。
- 世界将分裂为 writes(会写的)和 write-nots(不会写的)两个阶层。
- 更深的分裂是 thinks vs think-nots:不写作的思考只是我以为我在思考。
- 写作不是传达想法的工具,而是产生想法的方式——放弃写作等于放弃思考。
- 给年轻人的建议:在还能学的时候,把写作练好。
—— 本文选自东西书院 dongxishuyuan.com
PG 原话
再过几十年,能写字的人不会太多。
in a couple decades there wont be many people who can write.
结果将是一个分裂为会写与不会写的世界。
The result will be a world divided into writes and write-nots.
如果你不写作就思考,你只是以为自己在思考。
If youre thinking without writing, you only think youre thinking.
出处
- 英文原题:Writes and Write-Nots(2024年10月)
- 原文:https://www.paulgraham.com/writes.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
写作不只是传达想法,更是产生想法;写不好就想不好,读不好就写不好。
writing is not just a way to convey ideas, but also a way to have them.
A good writer will almost always discover new things in the process of writing.
场景交集:写作、学编程、专注出处:The Need to Read · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
好文章有两个标准:写得好听、想法正确——而好听的文字更可能是对的。
There are two senses in which writing can be good: it can sound good, and the ideas can be right.
I think writing that sounds good is more likely to be right.
场景交集:写作、学编程、专注出处:Good Writing · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
最好的essay写最重要的、能给人惊喜的话题;写作是把想法从模糊变坏、再修好的递归过程。
The best essay would be on the most important topic you could tell people something surprising about.
Writing converts your ideas from vague to bad. But thats a step forward, because once you can see the brokenness, you can fix it.
场景交集:写作、专注出处:The Best Essay · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
有用的写作=真实、重要、新颖、有力四项相乘;Morris 技巧——拿不准的句子不发表,是保证真实的秘诀。
Useful writing tells people something true and important that they didnt already know, and tells them as unequivocally as possible.
You cant ensure that every idea you have is good, but you can ensure that every one you publish is, by simply not publishing the ones that arent.
场景交集:写作、专注出处:How to Write Usefully · 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)。