你成為自己的太陽了嗎?

Lottery, Luck, and Decision.

“有些人总是盼望着某种于外界的影响来改变他们的人生甚至一切。

但这些人什么都不会做;他们只会坐在那里,希望着在他们人生的某一天里机会和成功会自然地到达他们的门外按铃。

或者,更糟的是,他们会用本来已经不多的工资来买彩票,祈求着某一天幸运会到达;祈求着上万的财富会出现在他们的银行账户里。


但幸运不是白来的。


幸运更像是从正确的选择里产出的一种东西。

跟霉运一样,两者都像是多米诺:一旦一件事出现问题,之后的一切都连带着错误,反之亦然。

正确的选择之所以带来好运是因为选对了之后的一连串事情都会自然地顺利。

有些人会一直都做出错误的选择,当然有些人可以一直都做出正确的。这不得不让我们思考,“如何才能让一直做错误选择的人选择正确的?”

想象当一个计算机上面的按钮全都被换时一个人走过来用这个计算机来算数。可想而知计算机最后的出来的答案是错误的因为这个计算机上的按钮全被换掉过。而一个经常做出错误选择的人就像这个系统一样,一直得出错误的答案。

A person in this situation can either (1)carry on to make wrong decision, or (2) let someone else who makes right decision to do the thinking. The first choice is only a repetition of the "calculator" scenario, for the person continues to make bad decisions wherever he goes. However, for the second choice there is a difference: the person no longer makes wrong decision. When there is a gain, it is always concomitant with a cost. Since the person is no longer makes any decision, the another person becomes his choice-making-guy. This is equivalent to losing freedom psychologically, or becoming in other words, being enslaved. Nevertheless, although decision-making is restricted, the amount of freedom physically is unaffected..."


-文中提到的其二选择我有些不懂为啥没有“to educate oneself". 个人觉得这大概是因为 bad decision makers 在意识到自己的问题时时常太晚(成年后),而回到学校重新进行不知多少年的教育往往不是一个可通的选择。

-最后停在了enslavement上,话题太深全凭记忆来重述臣妾做不到:(


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