D1-170311-ZERO to ONE / Preface-1 (Daily task for JER 2.5)
《ZERO to ONE》中:
有哪些让人眼前一亮的金句?
如何让这些句子“为我所用”?
如何用最简单的词句组合出最精准地道的表达?
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通读
About Innovation
Doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1.
About Technology
Technology is miraculous because it allows us to do more with less, ratcheting up our fundamental capabilities to a higher level.
About College students
College students can become extremely skilled at a few specialties, but many never learn what to do with those skills in the wider world [1]. My primary goal in teaching the class was to help my students see beyond the tracks laid down by academic specialties to the broader future [2] that is theirs to create.
详解
Innovation
Doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1.
“1 to n” & “0 to 1”
这两个概念可以很好地帮助你回答“What's innovation?”。进一步地,不妨利用Bill Gates & an operating system,Larry Page or Sergey Brin & a search engine的例子,来详细说明哪些实现从0到1突破的人们如何占据了first mover advantage(先发优势),从而论证创新的重要性。
Technology
Technology is miraculous because it allows us to do more with less, ratcheting up our fundamental capabilities to a higher level.
to do more with less
这么解释Technology,真是太精妙了啊。如何用最简单的词句组合出最精准地道的表达?这就是最佳范例。
ratchet
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College students
College students can become extremely skilled at a few specialties, but many never learn what to do with those skills in the wider world [1]. My primary goal in teaching the class was to help my students see beyond the tracks laid down by academic specialties to the broader future [2] that is theirs to create.
上文加粗部分会在谈及大学教育时派上用场:
[1] 可用于谈论长期待在象牙塔里,缺乏实践经验的小朋友。
[2] 可用于谈论大学通识教育的重要性,也可说明“行万里路”的重要性:不同的路径,为我们提供了广阔的可能性。你会渐渐了解,当把目标设在Z点时,我未必需要老老实实循着ABC~Z的路径,可以先到达甲乙,甚至从α到β,再到Z。
Likewise, all ways lead to ROME.
Humans are distinguished from other species by our ability to work miracles. @Peter Thiel