b. To be “good” something must operate consistently with the laws of reality and contribute to the evolution of the whole; that is what is most rewarded. For example, if you come up with something the world values, you almost can’t help but be rewarded. Conversely, reality tends to penalize those people, species, and things that don’t work well and detract from evolution.
一个东西要“好”,就必须符合现实的规 律,并促进整体的进化,这能带来最大的回报。 例如,如果你发明了某种世界觉得有价值的东 西,你几乎肯定会获得回报。反之,状况不佳、 偏离进化进程的人、物种和事物通常会遭到现实 的惩罚。
In looking at what is true for everything, I have come to believe that:
c. Evolution is the single greatest force in the universe; it is the only thing that is permanent and it drives everything.
进化是宇宙中最强大的力量,是唯一永恒 的东西,是一切的驱动力。
Think of any product, organization, or person you know and you will see that this is true. The world is littered with once-great things that deteriorated and failed; only a rare few have kept reinventing themselves to go on to new heights of greatness. All machines eventually break down, decompose, and have their parts recycled to create new machines. That includes us. Sometimes this makes us sad because we’ve become attached to our machines, but if you look at it from the higher level, it’s really beautiful to observe how the machine of evolution works.
想想你知道的任何产品、组织或人,你就会 知道这是真的。世界上到处都是曾经辉煌但逐渐 衰落和毁灭的东西,只有极少数东西一直在重塑 自身,不断达到伟大的新高度。所有机器最终都 会崩坏、分解,机器的零件会被回收用来制造新 的机器。我们人类也会经历这样的过程。有时这 让我们悲伤,因为我们已经和我们的机器产生了 感情,但如果从更高的层面来看的话,观察机器 如何进化,其实是件很美妙的事。
From this perspective, we can see that perfection doesn’t exist; it is a goal that fuels a never-ending process of adaptation. If nature, or anything, were perfect it wouldn’t be evolving. Organisms, organizations, and individual people are always highly imperfect but capable of improving. So rather than getting stuck hiding our mistakes and pretending we’re perfect, it makes sense to find our imperfections and deal with them. You will either learn valuable lessons from your mistakes and press on, better equipped to succeed —or you won’t and you will fail.
从这个角度,我们可以看到完美是不存在 的,它是一个目标,激发永不停息的进化过程。 假如自然或任何东西是完美的,它就不会进化。 生物、组织和个人总是高度不完美的,但都拥有 改善的能力。所以,与其顽固地隐藏我们的缺 点,假装自己是完美的,还不如找出并应对我们 的缺陷。你可以从自己犯的错误中获得教益,不 断坚持,为成功做出更好的准备,否则就将失 败。
deteriorate
英 [dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt] 美 [dɪˈtɪriəreɪt]
vi. 恶化,变坏
vt. 恶化
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