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马歇尔·麦克卢汉的名言“每一次增强也是一种截肢”（“Every extension is also an amputation”）深刻揭示了技术进步的双重性。他认为，技术作为人类能力的延伸，虽然增强了某些功能，却可能削弱或取代其他能力。例如，汽车扩展了我们的移动能力，却减少了我们步行的机会；计算器提高了计算效率，却可能削弱了我们的心算能力。麦克卢汉的这一观点在他的著作《理解媒介：人的延伸》中有详细阐述。
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“最成功的创始人并非一开始就为了创办公司。他们肩负着创造某种近乎宗教的使命，而到了某个时候，他们发现创办公司是实现这一使命最简单的方式。”出自 Sam Altman 的博客文章《Successful People》，发表于 2013 年 3 月 27 日。
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在《全民新闻：种族与美国媒体的史诗故事》一书中，胡安·冈萨雷斯（Juan González）和约瑟夫·托雷斯（Joseph Torres）撰写了一部涵盖美国媒体历史的宏大叙事。事实证明，在新闻媒体集中化的时期，少数群体的境况更为糟糕，而权力分散的时期则与包容性和公平性的进步相呼应。正如作者所解释的那样： 我们对美国媒体历史的考察提供了大量证据，表明每当我们的信息系统高度集中、自上而下控制时，白人种族叙事总是更具毒性和排他性。同样，在媒体系统更加分散和自主的时期，国家的新闻也更加公正和包容。 对冈萨雷斯和托雷斯而言，“去中心化”意味着新闻媒体不仅仅服务于“国内和跨国市场的情报需求”，而是“首先服务于当地社区公民的教育和政治需求”。
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如果我们不加警惕，就可能陷入兰登·温纳（Langdon Winner）所称的“逆向适应”（reverse adaptation）——即“调整人类的目的以匹配现有手段的特性”。简而言之，我们可能会迷失自身的目的和目标，反而为了适应聊天机器人的限制而调整这些目标。 正如温纳在其1977年出版的《Autonomous Technology: Technics-out-of-Control as a Theme in Political Thought》一书中所指出的： “抽象的普遍目的——健康、安全、舒适、营养、住所、出行、幸福等等——变得高度具体化。出行的欲望变成了拥有汽车的欲望；沟通的需要变成了拥有电话服务的必需品；吃饭的需要变成了对冰箱、炉灶和便利超市的需求……一旦个人目的和社会目的如此一致，这种肯定就无可避免了。” 温纳的这段话揭示了技术如何从手段转变为目的，进而重塑人类的价值观和行为模式。
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在《论美国的民主》一书中，亚历克西·德·托克维尔 (Alexis de Tocqueville) 在论述民主制度下统治者的腐败和恶行的一个章节中警告说： “在民主制度中，普通公民看到一个与自己地位相当的人，在短短几年内从默默无闻的地位崛起，获得了财富和权力；这一景象激起他们的惊奇与妒忌，于是他们不禁要问，那个昨天还与他们平等的人，今天怎么就成了他们的统治者。将他的成功归因于他的才能或美德是令人不快的，因为这就等于默认了他们自己在德行或才能上不如他。因此他们倾向于（而且往往是对的）把他的成功主要归咎于他的某些恶行；于是在卑鄙与权力、无德与成功、实利与耻辱这些观念之间，便形成了一种可憎的联系。”
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To solve effectively the problem of retaining and retrieving carefully articulated thought, you have to do your thinking in mnemonic patterns, shaped for ready oral recurrence. Your thoughts must come into being in heavily rhythmic, balanced patterns, in repetitions or antithesis, in alliterations or assonances, in epithetic and other formulary expressions... Serious thought is intertwined with memory systems. (Walter J. Ong, 1982, Orality and Literacy)
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When we truly become ourselves, we are a door that keeps swinging. We are both independent of everything and complementary to everything. Moment after moment, we are always the center of the world. If you have such an experience, if you have existed in this way, you have absolute independence and will not be disturbed by anything.
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I confused freedom with indulgence. I confused honesty with self-disclosure. I confused immorality with individuality.
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Passion is not found; it is created. And to create it, you must be good at something. To be good at something, you first have to start with something you are not good at. Then, you will get better. Then, you will start to enjoy it. Then, people will ask you how you found your passion. The answer is: Start with “not being good at it,” and then persist.
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Why is art beautiful? Because art is useless. Why is life ugly? Because life is full of purposes, goals, and intentions. All paths lead from one point to another.
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All sorrow and suffering, pain and degradation, are also part of life. They are everywhere, just not easily seen. This is not only because they originate from within, but also because most people are trying hard to conceal them, and even more so because acknowledging their existence is so painful: life should be bright, life should be easy.
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The train of life does not travel on a set track; everyone must lay their own rails. Since there is no predetermined path, we need not live in a conventional manner, nor should we allow others to dictate our lives.
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The crisis is approaching us step by step, and the time it takes is much longer than we think. However, once it confronts us, the speed at which it launches an attack is much faster than we imagined. In other words, the formation of a crisis can be a long, protracted process, but its outbreak can happen overnight.
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Change is difficult because we can always quantify what we are going to lose, but we cannot quantify what we might gain.
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We must abandon many things that we are addicted to and stop regarding them as good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, and this very fact will keep being confirmed. Even great souls will be lost unless they disregard what the rabble most desires.
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When writer Henry Miller was writing Tropic of Cancer, he set himself the following 11 rules for living: 1) Do one thing at a time. 2) Do not start a new book. 3) Do not be nervous. Be calm, happy, and uninhibited in what you are doing. 4) Work according to plan, not by mood. 5) If you cannot create, at least you can work. 6) Do a little bit of finishing every day, but do not fertilize. 7) Keep your humanity. Go out with friends, have fun, and drink if you feel like it. 8) Do not be a workhorse. Work is for pleasure. 9) Stop when you want to, but continue the next day. Focus, find the core, and simplify the complex. 10) Do not think about what book you are going to write, but only about the book you are writing. 11) Always prioritize writing. Painting, music, friends, and movies all come second.
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If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel the pain of others, you are human.
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Reading is one of the most leveraged activities in the world. By investing a time equivalent to a working day, you can gain access to the insights that the smartest people have thoroughly studied.
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The best way to heal sorrow is to learn, which is the only thing that is always effective. Learn why the world operates and how it operates. Only this can ensure that the soul is never exhausted, never alienated, never tormented, never fearful or distrustful, and never worried about regrets.
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