The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington recently issued projections for longevity by country in 2050. Among the top 20 for living to a ripe old age are rich ones like Switzerland and Singapore. East Asia is also represented by South Korea and Japan, long...
The most famous living value investor,Warren Buffettfiled his first tax return in 1944 at age 14, declaring earnings fromhis boyhood paper route. He first bought shares in a textile company called Berkshire Hathaway in 1962, becoming the majority shareholder by 1965. Buffett expanded the company'...
Now his dream has come true.The power of the Yangtze River, which is the world's third longest river, has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam. 如今,他的理想变成了现实,世界第三长河——长江的水力已经被三峡大坝很好地利用了。 The Three Gorges Dam, which is the biggest construction project...
This paper dissects the fundamental paradox of modern education: In an era where AI can complete 80% of standardized cognitive labor, why do we still mass-produce "human hard drives" through rote memorization? When material abundance has surpassed the imagination of ancient emperors, why does our...
David Alworth: I don't think that we turn to Gatsby in the 21st century for the same reasons that people did in the 1950s and 60s. But I do think that we still turn to it for some of the lessons that are perennial: lessons about what it means to be living in this complex, dive...
首先我想说的是,Michael Singer 的书的一个特点是有点啰嗦,老先生总怕人听不懂,就把臣服、或者叫顺其自然这事掰开了、揉碎了来回来去地给你讲。他的这种车轱辘唐僧式叙事让他丢掉了一部分读者。他的前两本书 《臣服实验》和《清醒地活》主要通过他自己的经历和思考来讲述什么是顺其自然。我们常常被 "无为”...
Building a human community with a shared futureis the way forward for all the world’s peoples. 万物并育而不相害,道并行而不相悖。 An ancient Chinese philosopher observed that“all living things may grow side by side without harming one anothe...
The Love of Beauty爱美The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. ...
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness 演讲者:Robert Waldinger 语言:英语 简介:2014 |幸福是什么?金钱,名望,或者成就感?哈佛大学开展了一次史上对成人发展研究最长的一次研究项目:从1938年开始,至今75年间,他们跟踪记录了724位男性,从少年到老年,年复一年地询问和记载他们的工作...
The global village is getting smaller – the longest distance between two places on earth has been reduced to a flight of no greater than 24 hours, and our planet is becoming flat – one tap on a mobile phone connects us to the other side of the world in a split second. This is an...