2025年3月1日 星期六

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今天討論了旅行的意義

以不同的層面和截然不同的角度做了討論





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我們常常開玩笑,旅行無非就是從自己待膩的地方,去到別人待膩的地方。所以,旅行的意義到底是什麼?

有人說,人的一生至少要有兩次衝動,一次為奮不顧身的愛情,一次為說走就走的旅行。也有人說,旅行,有三重境界,分別是觀天地、遇眾生、看見自己。在筆者看來,旅行的意義無外乎以下幾種。

看山看水。人生在世,總要跋山涉水去看看不同的風景,雪山草原、椰林海風、長河落日、小橋流水、異域風光、人間煙火……李白用一生遊遍名山大川,寫就了流傳至今的不朽詩篇;徐霞客花了30年時間,用腳步唱了《霞之河,撰寫了《霞》《世界各地》(《海記》和《世界》各地的故事》;翔的小鳥,為了山間輕流的小溪,為了寬闊的草原,流浪遠方。

增長見識。 “世界這麼大我要去看看”,網絡熱梗道出人們的心聲。除了遊山玩水,感受他鄉的風土人情,收集一路的動人故事,在不同文化的碰撞間增長見識、豐富閱歷,同樣是旅行的收穫。 「世界是一本書,而不旅行的人們只讀了其中的一頁。」旅行見聞讓我們眼中的世界更多樣化,也讓文字知識更具象。也許就是在旅途中的一瞬間,我們才能夠讀懂書本上那些少年時不曾理解的內容。

舒緩壓力。旅行是與他者的相遇,也是與自己的對話。現代社會快節奏的生活讓壓力倍增,有些人用旅行來跳脫出按部就班的日常,換一個地方去放慢節奏、舒緩心情。於是,有人在拉薩進行一場心靈的淨化,有人在大理的陽光下發呆,有人在江南的搖櫓船上聽吳語呢喃,還有人在異國他鄉感受另一種生活。短暫地擺脫壓力、焦慮與憂思,也不失為一種心靈療癒。

交流感情。雖然說,拖家帶口的旅行,會多了父母的嘮叨、孩子的吵鬧,但許多人仍然會選擇在假期和家人一道出遊,或是三五好友相約,在共同的旅程中加深互動、交流感情,留下一段美好的回憶,這些都將成為難以割捨的經歷。

現如今,旅行成為現代人假期越來越普遍的選擇。不過,有些失落與吐槽也隨之而來。

比如,日夜兼程的疲憊。一邊是總想在有限的假期,去更遠的遠方、看更美的景色、打更多的卡,一邊是高速的堵車、景區的排隊、飯店的等位,“為了走完行程而旅行”,非但沒有放鬆心情,反而“比上班還累”“比上班還苦”。這一點我們在討論放假為啥比上班還累中提及。

比如,理想現實的落差。千篇一律的古鎮、似曾相識的文創產品,以及“我在XX很想你”“想你的風還是吹到了XX”,讓人彷彿置身攝影棚內,而不是在旅行的路上。此外,跟著攻略打卡小眾景點,卻發現花海只有一小撮,而所謂無​​人知曉的“祕境”,卻搭滿了露營的帳篷……不少人苦“照騙”久矣。

再如,突如其來的焦慮。俗話說,「在家千日好,出門時時難」。旅行過程中的水土不服、身體不適、證件遺失、異鄉迷路、交通意外等突發狀況,更是常常讓人措手不及,也讓旅行的滋味變得五味雜陳。

還有,旅途結束的空虛。少數人把旅行當作逃避現實的手段,希冀著出門一趟再回來,生活就能重新啟動,所有的不如意就會煙消雲散。事實卻是,不管走得多遠,假期一結束,還是得回歸日常,還是要去面對工作生活中的千頭萬緒。當壓力重新來襲,不少人都感慨「正在經歷『假期症候群』的陣痛」。

想必許多人和筆者有同感,常常發誓下次再也不出門了,可到了下一個假期,又會忘記之前的不順利不如意,又開始蠢蠢欲動。也許,旅行對我們許多人來說,就像人生一樣,不管怎樣吐槽,卻從來不曾放棄。 「人生如逆旅,我也是行人。」旅行與人生,其實有很多相通點。

目的地有時並不重要。計劃中的目的地由於被賦予了太多期待,有時在到達之後反而覺得乏善可陳、不過爾爾,但沿途遇到的人、看到的風景、嚐到的美食,卻常常能在不經意間打動人心,不少人還收穫了“緣來你也在這裡”的愛情、友情。人生亦如是,每個人的終點都一樣,我們匆匆趕赴的不是歸處,而是為了在一路上收藏點滴,遇見一起看風景的人,也是為了「在遙遠的地方找到新的自我」。

世界之大而我之渺小。都說“旅行是偏見、偏執、狹隘的終結者”,沒有看過世界的人,總以為自己就是全世界,希望其他人按照自己的方式生活。而常在旅途中的人,見過不同的風土人情、人生百態、生活選擇,就會知道自己所了解的不過一時一地,知道世界之大而自我之渺小,也就會變得更加謙遜包容。 《東京八平米》的作者、日籍華語作家吉井忍一邊寫作,一邊在餐廳打工。 「孔乙己的長衫」並沒有套牢她,很大一部分原因是她去過許多地方、接觸過很多人,知道生活沒有既定的模式,因而心態更加從容。

意外與驚喜往往相互伴隨。如果旅行的路線和景點是主線,那麼一路上的意外就像一個個小鈴鐺,沒有主線,這些鈴鐺無法串在一起。但若沒有這些鈴鐺,主線或許也會顯得有些單調。我們可能因為迷路和各種意外而錯過原先想去的地方,最後卻可能發現,走錯岔路時看到的風景反而更加彌足珍貴。人生同樣也應當學會接受各種不確定性,從而以更開放的心態,去迎接每個「柳暗花明又一村」。

每一段陪伴都會有終點。在旅行中,可能會遇到默契的旅伴,可能會找到無話不說的朋友,然而每一次相聚就必然會有一場別離,再好的旅伴、再留戀的旅途總有要揮手告別的那一刻。下一段旅程,也許會有新的夥伴,也許要獨自前行,將相聚的美好珍藏在心中,才能更有迎接新旅程的動力和底氣。

人生就是一段漫長的旅途,一步一行中無不濃縮著我們的體驗與感悟。於我們而言,其意義就在於去經歷那些好的和不好的、計劃中的和意外的、美好的和遺憾的,收穫一路風景一路歌。

B

 有個朋友,女孩,社交網路全是旅行。  彷彿她世界中只有風景,美照、美食和禮物。  突然有一天,她的社交網絡設定變了  ,她總是說,真的應該多走走多看看,  旅行會打開你的視野和見解。  後來她說,  所謂的青春沒有售價不過是一場資本騙局,  當金錢無法支撐這一切時,  所謂的視野和見識,  一刻間全部成了另一個詞,  那個詞叫——虛榮。  

青春沒有售價,  童年、中年、老年不值一提?  有一位哲人說過,  如果我們的旅行無法為自己和他人帶來實質的收穫,  那麼,卻與乞丐無異。  想想也是,旅行的人和流浪的乞丐又有何差別呢?  不過是富遊和窮遊罷了。  有一個說法很有趣:為什麼資本家熱衷於寫成功學書籍?不怕自己的經驗被對手學去嗎?  有人的回答是:因為那些“知識經驗”,不是給對手看的,而是給員工看的。你不“成功”,我怎麼成功?  十年前的成功學書籍很少提到「旅行」二字,  而近十年的成功學書籍中,  「不管有沒有錢,每年至少旅行一到兩次」 「旅行打開視野和格局」  「旅行幫助向上社交」    對於年輕人而言,這誘惑實在是太大了,  以前月光出去玩會被說不務正業,  貸款出去玩會被說敗家子。 「現在誰還敢說我?我這是上進!」  我曾經被某位朋友灌輸過「旅行=上進=打開視野=向上社交=有見識」的觀念,那段時間極其痛苦。  

後來去問了另外兩個朋友,  一位是因為工作,把全世界主要的國家都走遍了;  另一位是純粹的富二代,每天除了旅行還是旅行;  問他們,旅行真的能幫助提升這些嗎?  他們回答我說:  玩就是玩,真想提升自己,有這個時間和金錢,閱讀和學習是最快的。

2025年2月13日 星期四

悅讀匯Merry Reading Time

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看世界的走向

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The moment of which European capitals have long been afraid arrived yesterday evening, as US President Donald Trump, fresh off a 90-minute telephone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, announced he was starting bilateral peace talks with the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine — leaving Europe out in the cold. Here, I attempt to capture the sense of deep trepidation caused by Trump’s announcement. And Laura reports on the collapse of coalition talks in Austria that many thought would bring the far right into power. Spectators “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine” has been Europe’s mantra for more than three years. When that was eviscerated last night with Donald Trump’s convivial peace talks invitation to Vladimir Putin, the penny dropped that Europe, too, had been sidelined. Context: European governments have long argued that they need to be part of any potential peace talks in order to ensure the continent’s long-term defence and security architecture and contain any future threat of aggression from Russia. “We each talked about the strengths of our respective nations, and the great benefit that we will some day have in working together,” Trump gushed about his chat with Putin, a man that most EU capitals view as a war criminal. Trump’s decision to begin bilateral negotiations with Moscow shatters any illusions that Brussels could play a role in shaping the outlines of any peace deal. To compound Europe’s sense of powerlessness, Trump later added that Saudi Arabia would be likely to play middleman. European officials, essentially kept in the dark about Trump’s Ukraine plans since his election, were clutching to the hope of using bilateral meetings in Munich today and tomorrow with Keith Kellogg, ostensibly the president’s official Ukraine envoy, to gather some insights and try to influence the White House. Those already far-fetched fantasies were wholly dashed when Trump didn’t even name Kellogg as one of his four-man negotiation team. Europe’s dread is two-fold. First, a fear of having to pay — through reconstruction funds, arms supplies and peacekeeping troops on the ground in Ukraine — to enforce an agreement they won’t have negotiated. Second, the worry that Trump may agree terms that ignore the continent’s broader security concerns, which Putin could exploit to bring future pressure against other countries. Those fears were fanned by Trump’s defence secretary Pete Hegseth insisting yesterday that Ukraine would never join Nato, that US troops would never be deployed there, and that restoring Ukraine’s lost territory was an “unrealistic objective”. “We want to discuss the way forward with our American allies,” France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the UK, Ukraine and the EU said in a joint statement issued following a meeting of foreign ministers in Paris last night. “Ukraine and Europe must be involved in any negotiations,” they added, in hope rather than expectation. Spokespeople for European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte declined to comment when asked for their response to Trump’s announcement. Chart du jour: Surge European stocks ticked up yesterday on hopes of a Ukraine peace deal, continuing this year’s upward trend. The Russian rouble also jumped. Sigh of relief The European Council won’t add another far-right leader to its table for now, as coalition talks in Austria led by the Freedom Party under Herbert Kickl have fallen apart, writes Laura Dubois. Context: The far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the conservative People’s party (ÖVP) entered negotiations in January, following mainstream parties’ failure to form a cordon sanitaire against the FPÖ, which had come first in September elections. But FPÖ leader Kickl handed his mandate to form a government back to President Alexander Van der Bellen yesterday. In a letter to the president, he said discussions on the division of government portfolios “were not successful”. Kickl, known for his pro-Russian views, had demanded his party lead the interior ministry — something that was unacceptable for his prospective government partners for security reasons. “We received numerous warnings from within the country and from abroad that the co-operation of intelligence services would be in danger if the Freedom party were to appoint the interior minister,” said ÖVP leader Christian Stocker. The FPÖ controlled the interior ministry between 2017 and 2019, when it was the junior partner in a coalition with the ÖVP under Sebastian Kurz. At that time, most allied foreign intelligence agencies stopped co-operation with Austria as a result. That government later collapsed after the party’s leadership was filmed soliciting political favours from a fake Russian oligarch’s niece they believed had the backing of Vladimir Putin. With those credentials, officials in Europe will be breathing a sigh of relief that Kickl won’t be the next Austrian chancellor after all — for now. If new elections were held, the FPÖ would be expected to increase its share of the vote, something Kickl might have been banking on. Van der Bellen yesterday urged the mainstream parties to find a compromise and said he would assess the best way forward over the coming days.

2025年1月4日 星期六

Ai延續並實踐了泰勒的理論

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 科學管理之父泰勒先後留學法國、德國及義大利,爾後受僱於米維利鋼鐵公司(Mivale Steel Company),歷經工人、書記、機械師、領班、製圖主任、總工程師等職務,經驗至為豐富。由於他對公司員工的浪費及無效率甚為注意,故他以在企業機構各級工作所吸取的經驗,發展出其著名的〔科學管理原理〕(Principles of Scientific Management)。一九一一年輯印出版後,奠定其在科學管理學派的領導地位,並為行政理論化樹立了不朽的根基。其被譽為科學管理運動之父,實至名歸。

  根據韋勒斯(R. Villers)和謝文全的看法,泰勒的行政理論,主要由下列六個原則所構成:
  1.動作研究原則(motion study principle):以科學的方法,對工作時人體各部位的動作詳加分析研究,以達到三個目的:(1)找出最好的工作方法;(2)發現完成工作的最有效標準工具、設備與環境;(3)根據動作研究結果,來安置適合擔任某項工作的人選,使人事相適。
  2.時間研究原則(time study principle):以科學的方法,測量完成某項工作所需的標準時間,以達到二個目的:(1)確定工作的合理時間,明定合理化的績效標準,使成員不敢偷懶,藉以提高工作效率;(2)訂定作業標準時間,以決定合理的薪資及獎金。
  3.按件計酬原則(piece rate principle):成員的報酬,應根據其個人工作績效來決定;而不應根據工作時間的長短及其所屬團體的工作量來訂定。如果個人的工作績效超出預定的標準,則可獲得獎金。追求經濟報酬,是人們從事工作的最大動因。
  4.計畫與執行分離原則(separation of planning from performance principle):計畫的工作交由行政管理人員負責,而基層員工只負責執行的任務即可。這種專業分工制度,可以提高工作績效。
  5.功能管理原則(functional management principle):將行政管理工作,依其功能的不同分為若干部分,每部分由一位專家負責管理,因此一位成員可能會同時接受若干位上司的指導,而非只受命於一位長官而已。
  6.管理人員專業化原則(managerial control principle):行政人員應受專業訓練,熟悉使用科學的管理方法。
  由上述可見,泰勒科學管理的基本目標,係在設法提高工作效率,以降低生產的單位成本,而達成此一目標的方法,即是利用科學的方法,以分析工作任務、工作時間,量化工作績效,並實施管理人員和工人的分工。泰勒科學管理的理想境界,即在使每一位工人確知其應執行的工作及其達成的方法。工人就像一部機器,規律而有效地達到預定的目標。
  從現代管理的眼光來看,泰勒利用科學方法處理一切管理工作,確可大幅提高工作效率。此種觀點實為科學管理開啟了光明的遠景。但是泰勒的學說,亦存有二項缺點:首先,泰勒對於管理採取較為狹窄的觀點,僅注重成員的生理需要,把人們看作機器,忽視人在安全感、社會隸屬感、尊榮感及自我實現等心理性或精神性的需要。其次,泰勒本著人性本惡的假設,所設計的管理原則,一再強調成員要完全依照上司的命令或組織的法規行事,不得有點自由行動,故是一種專制式的領導。然而眾所周知的是,專制式的領導難以適用於所有的成員、所有的情境。
  泰勒的科學管理理論,深深影響了教育行政工作。例如教育學者巴比特(F. Bobbitt)便認為欲提高行政效能,務須利用科學管理之經濟、秩序、服從、一致性等原則,以確立學校「產出」的理想標準,明訂學校「生產」的方法,訂定教師(生產者)必具的資格條件,並且提供教師明細的工作準則,包括應完成的工作,應達到的標準及其應採行的方法。教師的唯一主要任務,即在利用標準的方法,以產出標準的結果。除此之外,漢生(E. Mark Hanson)亦曾以下表,說明科學管理原則對學校的影響。

2024年11月30日 星期六

The truth is indeed in the hands of a few, how to define?

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Merry Reading Time,
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Discussing "Who holds the truth?"


 

1,the story of the woman of the highest IQ in the world
This woman holds the highest recorded IQ ever: an astonishing 228. Far surpassing Einstein (160-190), Hawking (160), and Musk (155). Yet, despite her brilliance, she faced ridicule for her response to a seemingly simple problem.
But she saw what no one else could.
Here’s her story:
Marilyn Vos Savant was far from an ordinary child.
By the age of 10, she had:
• Memorized entire books
• Read all 24 volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica
• Achieved the highest recorded IQ of 228
She seemed destined for a life of genius.
But reality took a different turn.
“No one paid much attention to me—mostly because I was a girl. And I accepted that,” Marilyn Vos Savant once said.
She attended a regular public school, left Washington University after two years to help run her parents' business, and seemed destined for an ordinary life.
But in 1985, everything changed.
The Guinness Book of World Records listed her as having the "Highest IQ" ever recorded: 228.
Suddenly, Marilyn was thrust into the spotlight:
• Featured on the covers of New York Magazine and Parade Magazine
• Guest on Late Night with David Letterman
But she couldn’t have anticipated what lay ahead.
The Rise and the Question
Marilyn joined Parade Magazine to write the iconic "Ask Marilyn" column—a dream for someone with a passion for writing.
Yet, this dream turned into a nightmare with a single question in September 1990.
The Monty Hall Problem
Named after Monty Hall, the host of Let’s Make a Deal, the question went like this:
You’re on a game show.
There are 3 doors.
• 1 door hides a car.
• The other 2 hide goats.
You choose a door. The host opens another door, revealing a goat.
Should you switch doors?
Marilyn’s answer: “Yes, you should switch.”
The backlash was overwhelming. She received over 10,000 letters, including nearly 1,000 from PhDs, insisting she was wrong:
• “You are the goat!”
• “You blew it, and you blew it big!”
• “Maybe women look at math problems differently than men.”
But was she wrong?
The Math Behind the Answer
Consider the two possible scenarios:
You pick the car (1/3 chance):
• If you switch, you lose.
You pick a goat (2/3 chance):
• Monty reveals the other goat.
• If you switch, you win.
Switching gives you a 2/3 chance of winning.
Eventually, her answer was proven correct.
Vindication
MIT ran computer simulations confirming her logic.
MythBusters tested it and reached the same conclusion.
Some academics even apologized.
So why did so many fail to see the truth?
The Reasons People Got It Wrong
• They "reset" the scenario instead of recognizing the shifting probabilities.
• The simplicity of 3 doors obscured the underlying math.
• Many assumed each remaining door had a 50% chance.
Marilyn’s View
Marilyn blamed the compulsory schooling system for discouraging independent thinking. She argued that it:
• Creates passive learners
• Stifles exploration
• Hinders critical thinking
A Blessing and a Burden
Marilyn admits that her intellect often feels isolating—there’s no one to turn to when she needs answers.
Still, she sees her intelligence as a gift, not a curse.
2, 其它觀點:
真理往往在少數人手中是一句名言,應該也是一句老生常談的真理,因為柏拉圖就說過類似的話:真理可能在少數人手上。 這兩句話裡都有副詞往往和可能,而不是直接地說真理在少數人手裡,因而這個說法是對的。但引用這句話的人一定是在需要引用的時候引用的,其真實的意思卻往往是把原話裡的往往或可能的語法意義去掉,強調了真理就是在少數人手裡,這就不對了。 那麼真理從理論上和事實上有沒有可能真在少數人手中呢?其實這裡的真理有兩個意思,一是理論上的真理,比如看不見的手、引力定律、相對論等這些帶有普遍性、本質性、規律性的真理性的學說,不但可能而且必然在少數人手裡,因為一般人的認識不可能這麼專業;二是事實性的真理,也就是對一般的現實和狀況的觀點正確,這就兩說。這樣的真理有可能在少數人手裡,更大的可能在多數手中。這樣的真理往往不只一個,立足點和眼界不同,觀點就不一樣,但結果有可能是一樣的。條條大路通羅馬。 雖然如此,事實性的真理往往還是到了少數人手中,一是確實有少數人的認識能力超強,深刻周全,二是少數人影響大,多數人不會獨立思考,三是少數人掌握了權力,權力取代真理,如封建帝王的金口獨斷,四是多數人的觀點往往沒有驗證的機會,沒有機會和少數人的觀點作正誤對比,只剩下少數人的觀點獨擅勝場,即使出現偏頗,也是正確的偏頗。 在事實性真理方面還是多數人的觀點正確,上萬年的人類文明史的道路發展到現在即使出現過意大利、德國、日本的法西斯毒瘤也很快糾正了過來,絕大多數國家和地區不論先進或落後基本上都還在同一個發展道路上,並沒有成功的獨闢蹊徑。這說明多數人的選擇是正確的。 在各種關於事實性的事物投票方面都是多數為勝,少數服從多數。 近年來還出現過一些翻案事件,例如給商紂王、秦始皇、曹操、隋煬帝翻案,其實對他們的定案都是絕大多數人的觀點,而且經過上千年的歷史沉澱,定錯案的可能性極小,不適合用真理往往在少數人手中的觀點。 真理往往在少數人手裡這句話的實際操作是有副作用的,那就是它有利於少數人養成獨斷專行剛愎自用的習性,使本來具有一定真理性的說法蒙上了更多荒謬的陰影。
然而,某些正確的說法有的確在少數人手中,比如宗教,科技等。
您的看法呢?

2024年11月16日 星期六

These are the tips people follow you!


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We think everyone will set their own unique style in their jobs and lives .
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2024年11月11日 星期一

The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions COPY FROM EMAIL

The BRICS Summit Should Mark the End of Neocon Delusions


Jeffrey D. Sachs   |   November 2, 2024   |   Common Dreams

Simply put, the majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony, and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its dictates.
 

The recent BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia should mark the end of the Neocon delusions encapsulated in the subtitle of Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 1997 book, The Global ChessboardAmerican Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives. Since the 1990s, the goal of American foreign policy has been “primacy,” aka global hegemony. The U.S. methods of choice have been wars, regime change operations, and unilateral coercive measures (economic sanctions). Kazan brought together 35 countries with more than half the world population that reject the U.S. bullying and that are not cowed by U.S. claims of hegemony.
 

In the Kazan Declaration, the countries underscored “the emergence of new centres of power, policy decision-making and economic growth, which can pave the way for a more equitable, just, democratic and balanced multipolar world order.” They emphasized "the need to adapt the current architecture of international relations to better reflect the contemporary realities,” while declaring their “commitment to multilateralism and upholding the international law, including the Purposes and Principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations (UN) as its indispensable cornerstone.” They took particular aim at the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies, holding that “Such measures undermine the UN Charter, the multilateral trading system, the sustainable development and environmental agreements.”
 

The neocon quest for global hegemony has deep historical roots in America’s belief in its exceptionalism. In 1630, John Winthrop invoked the Gospels in describing the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a “City on the Hill,” declaring grandiosely that “The eyes of all people are upon us.” In the 19th century, America was guided by Manifest Destiny, to conquer North America by displacing or exterminating the native peoples. In the course of World War II, Americans embraced the idea of the “American Century,” that after the war the U.S. would lead the world.
 

The U.S. delusions of grandeur were supercharged with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. With America’s Cold War nemesis gone, the ascendant American neoconservatives conceived of a new world order in which the U.S. was the sole superpower and the policeman of the world. Their foreign policy instruments of choice were wars and regime-change operations to overthrow governments they disliked.
 

Following 9/11, the neocons planned to overthrow seven governments in the Islamic world, starting with Iraq, and then moving on to Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. According to Wesley Clark, former Supreme Commander of NATO, the neocons expected the U.S. to prevail in these wars in 5 years. Yet now, more than 20 years on, the neocon-instigated wars continue while the U.S. has achieved absolutely none of its hegemonic objectives.
 

The neocons reasoned back in the 1990s that no country or group of countries would ever dare to stand up to U.S. power. Brzezinski, for example, argued in The Grand Chessboard that Russia would have no choice but to submit to the U.S.-led expansion of NATO and the geopolitical dictates of the U.S. and Europe, since there was no realistic prospect of Russia successfully forming an anti-hegemonic coalition with China, Iran and others. As Brzezinski put it:
 

“Russia’s only real geostrategic option—the option that could give Russia a realistic international role and also maximize the opportunity of transforming and socially modernizing itself—is Europe. And not just any Europe, but the transatlantic Europe of the enlarging EU and NATO.” (emphasis added, Kindle edition, p. 118)
 

Brzezinski was decisively wrong, and his misjudgment helped to lead to the disaster of the war in Ukraine. Russia did not simply succumb to the U.S. plan to expand NATO to Ukraine, as Brzezinski assumed it would. Russia said a firm no, and was prepared to wage war to stop the U.S. plans. As a result of the neocon miscalculations vis-à-vis Ukraine, Russia is now prevailing on the battlefield, and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are dead.
 

Nor—and this is the plain message from Kazan—did U.S. sanctions and diplomatic pressures isolate Russian in the least. In response to pervasive U.S. bullying, an anti-hegemonic counterweight has emerged. Simply put, the majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony, and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its dictates. Nor does the U.S. anymore possess the economic, financial, or military power to enforce its will, if it ever did.
 

The countries that assembled in Kazan represent a clear majority of the world’s population. The nine BRICS members (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa as the original five, plus Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates), in addition to the delegations of 27 aspiring members, constitute 57 percent of the world’s population and 47 percent of the world’s output (measured at purchasing-power adjusted prices). The U.S., by contrast, constitutes 4.1 percent of the world population and 15 percent of world output. Add in the U.S. allies, and the population share of the U.S.-led alliance is around 15 percent of the global population.
 

The BRICS will gain in relative economic weight, technological prowess, and military strength in the years ahead. The combined GDP of the BRICS countries is growing at around 5 percent per annum, while the combined GDP of the U.S. and its allies in Europe and the Asia-Pacific is growing at around 2 percent per annum.
 

Even with their growing clout, however, the BRICS can’t replace the U.S. as a new global hegemon. They simply lack the military, financial, and technological power to defeat the U.S. or even to threaten its vital interests. The BRICS are in practice calling for a new and realistic multipolarity, not an alternative hegemony in which they are in charge.
 

American strategists should heed the ultimately positive message coming from Kazan. Not only has the neocon quest for global hegemony failed, it has been a costly disaster for the US and the world, leading to bloody and pointless wars, economic shocks, mass displacements of populations, and rising threats of nuclear confrontation. A more inclusive and equitable multipolar world order offers a promising path out of the current morass, one that can benefit the U.S. and its allies as well as the nations that met in Kazan.
 

The rise of the BRICS is therefore not merely a rebuke to the U.S., but also a potential opening for a far more peaceful and secure world order. The multipolar world order envisioned by the BRICS can be a boon for all countries, including the United States. Time has run out on the neocon delusions, and the U.S. wars of choice. The moment has arrived for a renewed diplomacy to end the conflicts raging around the world.
 

2024年11月5日 星期二

在GCIOSGF中成長

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 Learning is a never-ending road, and excellence is a challenge without an end.

Train people to know their strengths and train them to know their weaknesses.

Let’s meet to recharge and keep learning.

Life

Learning for yourself is growth; learning for others is improvement.

Opportunities favor a prepared mind.

In your career, you can only achieve success by working hard; in work, you must have methods and rules.

In today's rapidly growing industrial competition, professionals who are unwilling to learn will face the fact of being eliminated from competition. Today, learning has become a necessary window and channel for self-improvement for every working person, rather than a choice.

Everything depends on mentality. Changing mentality changes life; it is not experience that shapes us, but the way each person responds to experience. Good intentions are encouragement, malice is motivation. Encouragement can make people progress; motivation can make people work hard.

Only business owners who actively cultivate talents for their own use can eventually achieve hegemony and dominate the world.

If you are a business owner, you have always thought that you can dig out talents and buy employees if you have money.

Then many companies won’t have to go to great lengths to find headhunters.

Everyone will eventually find out

An enterprise is a business that conquers the world by recruiting talents

Hardware facilities that can be purchased for money

Only basic equipment in the enterprise

Once people discover

When your employees are often incompetent,

No matter how many beautiful plans and marketing you have, it will still be the same

It creates a negative impression of your business in the minds of customers

You can only face the market with price

Because you have never sincerely maintained the value of your brand in the minds of customers.

 Let's learn and grow together with GCIOSGF and become the irreplaceable one!

學習是永無止境的道路,卓越是沒有終點的挑戰。

訓人知所長,練人之所短。

相約充電,不斷學習。

人生

為自己學習,是成長;為他人學習,是精進 。

機會,青睞有準備的心理。

職涯,只有努力,才能爭氣;工作,要有方法,才有章法。

身處當下快速成長的產業競爭,不肯學習的職場人將面臨競爭淘汰的事實。如今,學習已經是每位職場人必備的自我提昇窗口與管道,而非選擇。

任何事情取決於心態,改變心態就改變生命;刑塑我們的不是經驗,是每個人回應經驗的方式。善意是鼓勵、惡意是激勵。鼓勵能使人進步;激勵能使人奮發圖強。

有積極在培育自用人才的企業主,終究才能成就霸業君臨天下。

如果企業主您一直以為,有錢就能挖到人才、有錢就能買到員工。

那很多企業也不用那麼費勁找獵頭了。

大家終究會發現

企業是得人才得天下的事業

花錢就能搞定的硬體設施

在企業只是基本的配備

一但人們發現

當你的員工常常無能,

縱使你有再多多好多美的方案及行銷也是一樣

在顧客心中對您的企業就是負評

您就只能以價格去面對市場

因為您從未真心地去維護您的品牌在顧客心中的價值。

和GCIOSGF一起學習成長吧,成為那個不可替代的唯一!

2024年11月2日 星期六

倫敦帝國大學對氣候變遷的探討

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Yesterday, World Weather Attribution celebrated its 10-year anniversary today! 

Led by Imperial’s Dr. Fredi Otto, the international team of scientists study how climate change influences heatwaves, storms, floods, wildfires and droughts. 

Think of them like detectives – in the immediate aftermath of extreme weather events, they assess the evidence, then determine the impact that climate change had on the disaster. 

In doing so, they’ve helped millions of people understand that climate change is not a distant threat, but an urgent reality.

昨天,世界氣候研究慶祝成立十週年! 

由倫敦帝國大學弗雷迪·奧托博士領導的國際科學家團隊研究氣候變遷如何影響熱浪、風暴、洪水、野火和乾旱。 

他們是偵探——極端天氣事件發生後,他們立即評估證據,然後確定氣候變遷對災難的影響。 

經由他們的研究查證比對,已幫助成千上萬的人了解氣候變遷不是一個遙遠的威脅,而是一個緊迫的現實。


2024年10月31日 星期四

不良之人都是坑門拐騙~圈層效應

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請選擇正向的圈層


What is "circle breakthrough"

If you want to have a different life

You must break your original circle


and constantly empower or be empowered

You can never make money beyond your knowledge

different choices

Create a different life












"Circle Breakthrough"

It’s about if you want to have a different life

You must break your solidified circle

Only then can we reach a higher level in life

Break out of your comfort zone

Circle determines your horizons

"圈層突破"

說的是如果你想獲得不一樣的人生

必須打破你固化的圈子

才能邁上人生的更高層次

突破舒適圈

圈子決定你的眼界



2024年10月27日 星期日

Ranked: The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2024

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Ranked: The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2024

This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ranks 133 economies based on their innovation capabilities and performance. This year's report highlights shifts in global innovation leadership, with a focus on emerging economies challenging traditional leaders .

To summarize the results of this year’s GII, we visualized each economy’s score using a global heatmap. Lower scores are shown as darker shades of blue, transitioning to green and then yellow as score increases.

Methodology

The GII measures each economy based on seven underlying innovation pillars, which altogether comprise 78 indicators. These are summarized in the table below:

Innovation Pillar Example Indicators

👨‍💻 Knowledge & Tech Outputs Patent applications, Hi-tech manufacturing

👩‍🏫 Human Capital & Research Researchers per million population, Global corporate R&D investors

🧳 Business Sophistication Knowledge-intensive employment, University-industry R&D collaboration

📈 Market Sophistication Finance for startups, Venture capital received

💡 Creative Outputs Trademark applications, Global brand value

🛣️ Infrastructure Environmental performance, Information and communication technology access

🏛️ Institutions Regulatory quality, Policies for doing business

The overall GII scores (which are what we’ve shown in the graphic above) are based on the average scores from these seven pillars.

Most Innovative Countries in 2024

The following table includes all of the data we used to create this graphic. For the 14th consecutive year, Switzerland was named the world’s most innovative country.

Rank Name Score

1 🇨🇭 Switzerland 67.5

2 🇸🇪 Sweden 64.5

3 🇺🇸 U.S. 62.4

4 🇸🇬 Singapore 61.2

5 🇬🇧 UK 61

6 🇰🇷 South Korea 60.9

7 🇫🇮 Finland 59.4

8 🇳🇱 Netherlands 58.8

9 🇩🇪 Germany 58.1

10 🇩🇰 Denmark 57.1

11 🇨🇳 China 56.3

12 🇫🇷 France 55.4

13 🇯🇵 Japan 54.1

14 🇨🇦 Canada 52.9

15 🇮🇱 Israel 52.7

16 🇪🇪 Estonia 52.3

17 🇦🇹 Austria 50.3

18 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 50.1

19 🇮🇪 Ireland 50

20 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 49.1

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Similar to last year, the U.S. takes third place in the GII. It ranked the highest in Market Sophistication (#1) and Business Sophistication (#2), but its overall score was dragged down by its lower rank in Infrastructure (#30) .

A key theme of this year’s GII is innovation overperformers, which are countries that perform above expectations relative to their level of development.

The top three in this regard are India, Moldova, and Vietnam. All three of these economies have overperformed over the past 14 years since 2011.

Other Key Takeaways

The GII 2024 also provides insight into the current state of global innovation. Here are some of the highlights:

Technological progress: The rate of progress in green technologies is lagging behind average growth for the decade. A key challenge here is reducing the energy consumption of supercomputers.

Technology adoption: 5G, robotics, and electric vehicles are all seeing increased penetration levels.

Socioeconomic impact: The GII reports mixed progress, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, levels of poverty are higher than those recorded in 2018, while life expectancy remains at 2015 levels.

排名:2024 年全球最具創新力國家

這最初發佈在我們的 Voronoi 應用程式上。在 iOS 或 Android 上免費下載該應用程序,並從各種可信任來源發現令人難以置信的數據驅動圖表。

世界智慧財產權組織(WIPO)發布的2024年全球創新指數(GII)根據133個經濟體的創新能力和表現對它們進行了排名。今年的報告強調了全球創新領導力的轉變,並著重於新興經濟體對傳統領導者的挑戰。

為了總結今年 GII 的結果,我們使用全球熱圖視覺化了每個經濟體的得分。較低的分數顯示為深藍色,隨著分數的增加,逐漸變為綠色,然後變為黃色。

方法論

GII 根據七個基本創新支柱來衡量每個經濟體,總共包含 78 個指標。這些總結如下表:

創新支柱範例指標

👨‍💻知識與技術輸出專利申請、高科技製造

👩‍🏫 每百萬人口中的人力資本與研究人員、全球企業研發投資者

🧳 商業成熟度 知識密集就業、產學合作

📈 市場成熟度 新創企業融資,獲得創投

💡創意輸出商標申請、全球品牌價值

🛣️基礎設施環境績效、資訊與通訊技術接入

🏛️ 機構監管品質、營商政策

GII 總分(如上圖)是基於這七個支柱的平均得分。

2024 年最具創新力國家

下表包含我們用於建立此圖形的所有資料。瑞士連續14年被評為全球最具創新力國家。

排名 名稱 分數

1 🇨🇭 瑞士 67.5

2 🇸🇪 瑞典 64.5

3 🇺🇸 美國 62.4

4 🇸🇬 新加坡 61.2

5 🇬🇧 英國 61

6🇰🇷韓國60.9

7 🇫🇮 芬蘭 59.4

8 🇳🇱 荷蘭 58.8

9 🇩🇪 德國 58.1

10🇩🇰丹麥57.1

11🇨🇳中國56.3

12 🇫🇷 法國 55.4

13🇯🇵日本54.1

14 🇨🇦 加拿大 52.9

15🇮🇱以色列52.7

16🇪🇪愛沙尼亞52.3

17🇦🇹奧地利50.3

18 🇭🇰 香港 50.1

19 🇮🇪 愛爾蘭 50

20🇱🇺盧森堡49.1

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與去年類似,美國在 GII 中排名第三。它在市場複雜度(#1)和業務複雜度(#2)方面排名最高,但其整體得分因基礎設施(#30)排名較低而受到拖累。

今年全球創新指數的關鍵主題是創新表現優異的國家,這些國家的發展水準高於預期。

這方面排名前三的分別是印度、摩爾多瓦和越南。自 2011 年以來的過去 14 年裡,這三個經濟體都表現優異。

其他要點

GII 2024 也深入了解了全球創新的現狀。以下是一些亮點:


技術進步:綠色科技的進步速度落後於十年來的平均成長率。這裡的一個關鍵挑戰是降低超級電腦的能耗。

技術採用:5G、機器人和電動車的滲透率都在不斷提高。

社會經濟影響:GII 報告的進展好壞參半,部分原因是 COVID-19 大流行。例如,貧窮水準高於 2018 年,而預期壽命仍維持在 2015 年水準。

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