摘自TED演讲：
There's a quote that i keep coming back to,by Saint-Exupery.
我要引用一句圣埃克苏佩里的一句话
He said,"if you want to build a ship,
他说：如果你想要造一艘船
don't drum up your men to collect wood and give orders and distribute the work.
不要雇人去收集木头不要发号施令也不要分配任务
Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
而是去激发他们对海洋的渴望
In other words, i claim,
换句话说，我认为
if we really want to improve our judgement
如果我们真的想去提高判断力
as individuals and societies,
不管是作为个人还是社会
what we need most is not more instruction in logic
我们最需要的不是更多逻辑上
or rhetoric or probalility or economics,
修辞上、概率上或经济上的指导
even though those thing are quite valuable.
即便这些东西也都很有价值
We need to change the way we feel.
我们需要改变我们感觉事务的方式
We need to learn how to feel pround instead of ashamed
我们应该感到自豪而不是羞愧
when we notice we might have been wrong about something.
当我们注意到自己可能在某件事情上出错的时候
We need to learn how to feel intrigued instead of defensive
我们应该感到好奇而不是抵触
when we encounter some information that contradicts our beliefs.
当我们遇到某些事情与我们的信仰相冲突时
Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs?
你是渴望保护你的信仰？
Or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?
还是渴望尽自己所能去看清这个世界？
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