Text |Zhan Runyan (WeChat*** Lao Zhan rambling).
One day, Bridan's donkey found two piles of grass. The two piles of grass were on the left and right sides, and they were both edible, but the donkey was in a dilemma, because when it came to the grass on the left, it suddenly felt that the grass on the right was very good in color, so it ran to the right. But when I got to the right, I suddenly noticed that although the color of the grass here was good, it was not as good as the variety on the left, so it went back to the left. When I got to the left, I felt that the grass here was not as fresh as the one on the right, so I might as well go to the right. When I went to the right, I found that there was not as much grass here as on the left. The donkey came and went several times, and the donkey always wandered in hesitation, and finally, he did not eat any grass, and was finally starved to death on the way back and forth.
This fable is mainly about harm, the consequences of bad things, and what caused this evil effect, but it is not pointed out, perhaps this is Buridan's intention to leave suspense. Later, an expert pointed out that the key point of the "Buridan choice" was that it did not make the correct ordering.
If the old donkey can be sorted by color, he should eat the grass on the right first. If you sort by variety, you should eat the grass on the left. If neither of these two are used as a criterion, it can also sort the amount of grass as a criterion, so that the grass on the left can be eaten first. No matter what sort is done, the donkey can eat grass, but the donkey just doesn't do any sorting, so it ends up failing.
Nowadays, we are in the era of information big, the truth of the information is false, it is often difficult to determine, and sometimes it can make people anxious to suffocate.
For example, when we are choosing a career, we are quite clear about what we want, but when we will see a lot of information, after hearing the advice of family and many well-meaning friends, we are at a loss, we don't know what our career selection criteria are, so we start to submit resumes randomly, and before we know it, we will live like this for the rest of our lives.
Another example is when we choose a boyfriend and girlfriend, sometimes we feel that we want to pursue beauty or handsomeness in our hearts;Later, I heard from parents that it is best to be stable and a little more mature when choosing a boyfriend and girlfriend;Later, the "girlfriends" said that they should find a responsible person who is good to them;Later, friends and colleagues around me said that they wanted to find someone with better family conditions, so that their future life would not be so tiring, and it would be better ......to have a car and a houseIn the end, I don't know what kind of man or woman I want. As a result, those who are singles are still singles, and those who are leftover women are still leftover women.
So, I think,Information is important to us, but it is more important to be good at using information and sorting it so as not to fall into the trap of "Buridan Choice".
Zhan Runyan, a promoter of reading culture.