Chinese's fascination with mobile phones is almost unparalleled. Whether it's on the bus, high-speed rail, airport, or on the streets, there are always many people who keep staring at their mobile phones, and sometimes even traffic accidents occur because of this. This is not a good sign, and signs of cognitive loss have already begun to appear.
- Xu Xiaonian
- Xu XiaonianWen.
In the age of information, we can see all kinds of articles from the Internet, and in my daily work and life, I often receive "swiping articles" from alumni. These articles are very popular on the web and on social **, but I always tell them:"Read less on WeChat and read more. ”
The reason I say this is because, in my opinion, the vast majority of swiping articles on the Internet do not help to establish a framework for a person to read, understand, and analyze. On the contrary, these articles will also give you the illusion that if you read them, you will have knowledge. Actually, it's notThe more you read these articles, the more likely you are to become ignorantBecause your analytical and inductive skills are impacted by the shocking tone and chaotic logic in the post, you unconsciously give up independent thinking, choose to go with the flow and lose your judgment, and eventually only get lost in these so-called analytical articles that are passed around by everyone.
Just because you have information doesn't mean you have knowledge. The transformation from information to knowledge requires an analytical and comprehensive framework, that is, to establish a systematic logical relationship between information. If there is no such framework, then the information will always be scattered, of low value, and will always stay in the perceptual stage, and cannot rise to the level of cognition.
How do you convert perception into cognition to avoid being drowned in fragmented network information?I think the first thing is to read. Reading is more important than ever.
Although reading is also a way to obtain information, the main purpose of reading is to acquire knowledge and establish a learning method**. The author has refined the information he has obtained into knowledge, which is not only easy for readers to absorb, but also helps readers to refer to his methods to analyze and sort out information in their own work and life, think about and summarize the logical relationship between things, gradually deepen their understanding of things, and better solve the practical problems they face on the basis of understanding.
I noticed a phenomenon,Chinese's fascination with mobile phones is almost unparalleled. Whether it's on the bus, high-speed rail, airport, or on the streets, there are always many people who keep staring at their mobile phones, and sometimes even traffic accidents occur because of this. This is not a good phenomenon, if you continue to rely on the network as the main ** of knowledge, then you will end up with fragmented, unorganized information. If we mistake this fragmented information for knowledge, we may become more and more ignorant and even lose the ability to perceive.
Signs of cognitive loss have already begun to appear. For example, there are often two completely different opinions on the same thing on the Internet, who is right and who is wrong, because of the lack of judgment, some netizens and readers will be confused. This judgment ability is what we call cognitive ability, and the core of cognitive ability is the framework for analysis and summary.
Actually, I am not opposed to everyone reading online articles, but these articles should not be used as the main ** of knowledge, but only as a ** information**. The Internet is characterized by fast reading, and it is impossible for the author to tell you his observations and understandings in a relatively complete logical framework.
Also alarming is the tendency to chase bestsellers. I often tell CEIBS alumni that you don't have to read the top 10 best-selling booksBooks sold in airport bookstores, just flip through them, or just ignore them.
Since online articles and bestsellers can't be used as the main knowledge**, what kind of books should we read?Our systematic analysis and synthesis capabilities come from the best of the bestThe answer is classic.
Those who know Xu Xiaonian know that he never recommends books easily, and rarely writes a recommendation preface for a book, but Friedman's "Free Choice" made him write a recommendation preface of up to 6,000 words. That's the charm of the classics!The people from the publishing house read it and said that they were afraid that some content needed to be deleted, but he refused, saying that if it was deleted, it would not be published. In the end, the publisher also bravely compromised.
Friedman was able to explain the esoteric principles of economics in the most simple way possible, especially in his book Free Choice. The works of most economics experts are often obscure, but the book "Free Choice" is completely different, summarizing the core content of economics in simple terms, so to speakThe most popular economics classic of all time.
- Xu XiaonianThe God that economists believe in is the market, and the person who understands the market best is Friedman. Friedman's theory is simple, popular, and at the same time rigorous and profound.
Zhou Qiren:As dull as I am, I didn't find anything difficult to understand when I read Friedman for the first time. The only question is, how can he explain the principles of economics so clearly, accurately and categorically?
Zhang Weiying:One of the books that influenced me the most in college was Milton Friedman's "Free Choice", and I read it several times, and I almost broke it. After graduating, when I joined the Commission for Physical Reform, my colleagues in the institute often jokingly called me "Wei Yingdeman".
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