Writers' Stories (Week 9) (点我^_^）

Hi, I hope this website can help with your writing a little bit.

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
— Stephen King

A. 两篇扩展阅读

（上课提到的两篇文章，我复制了网页版，大家可以在手机上看）

1- Here’s Google’s Secret to Hiring the Best People
谷歌的人力资源部门的主管，从公司的角度分析如何更好的，更高效的，更科学的招聘人才。

这个片段是说面试官经常会出现的 Confirmation Bias：

They create a situation where an interview is spent trying to confirm what we think of someone, rather than truly assessing them. Psychologists call this confirmation bias, “the tendency to search for, interpret, or prioritize information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs or hypotheses.” Based on the slightest interaction, we make a snap, unconscious judgment heavily influenced by our existing biases and beliefs. Without realizing it, we then shift from assessing a candidate to hunting for evidence that confirms our initial impression.

2- Is Google Making Us Stupid
四六级作文经常出现批判科技的负面影响和局限（technology’s negative impacts and limitations），这篇文章可以给我们提供很多有趣的，生动的素材。

比如开头作者描述自己的切身感受，描述自己思考习惯的变化。

My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I’d spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose. That’s rarely the case anymore. Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text. The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle.

B. 普利策奖

普利策奖官网(Pulitzer Prize)
美国最权威的新闻奖项，号称新闻界的诺贝尔奖。

这是今年的获奖名单。大家还可以找往年获奖的作品，找一些自己感兴趣的去读。上课我们还会再说一点和普利策奖相关的话题。对新闻感兴趣的同学可以说说你们自己的感受或想法。

这是美联社（Associated Press）今年的获奖系列报道（Public Service）。讲述的是印尼的被当作奴隶般使用的渔民：AP Investigation: Are slaves catching the fish you buy?

普利策网站上可以看到整个系列的八篇文章和相关的新闻视频。

by Associated Press

BENJINA, Indonesia — The Burmese slaves sat on the floor and stared through the rusty bars of their locked cage, hidden on a tiny tropical island thousands of miles from home.

Just a few yards away, other workers loaded cargo ships with slave-caught seafood that clouds the supply networks of major supermarkets, restaurants and even pet stores in the United States.

C. 人文，科技

下面是上课提到的一些，我个人觉得对大家很有帮助的，网站和博客

1. 《黑客与画家》的作者，格雷汉姆的文章，关于科技，创业的博客: Paul Graham’s Essays。 如果想在手机上浏览，可以先看一下这篇文章的复制版 How to make Pittsburg a Startup Hub
2. 经济学家，金融时报专栏作家Tim Harford的专栏 Tim Harford

   这是金融时报中文版翻译他的一篇文章 “客观”只是一种错觉
   这是英语原文 Delusions of objectivity
   如果打不开可以看我复制的这个备份 Delusions of objectivity

3. 分析商业，科技的作者 Ben Thompson 的文章
4. 卫报文化版，科技版
5. 大西洋月刊文化版

大家阅读过以上介绍的那篇文章，有什么想法和评论的话，欢迎发在评论区里面，或者发到QQ群里面。

大家发现有哪个链接有问题的话，麻烦和我说下。谢谢。