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华莱士·沃特尔斯:致富的科学·摘录 123

华莱士·沃特尔斯《致富的科学》· The Science of Getting Rich · 投资

If no man quite filled his present place, you can see that there must be a going backward in everything. Those who do not quite fill their present places are a dead weight upon society, government, commerce, and industry; they must be carried along by others at a great expense. The progress of the world is retarded only by those who do not fill the places they are holding; they belong to a former age and a lower stage or plane of life, and their tendency is toward degeneration. No society could advance if every man was smaller than his place; social evolution is guided by the law of physical and mental evolution. In the animal world, evolution is caused by excess of life.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59844
定位:Excerpt 123 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

如果每个人都填不满自己的位置,那整个社会就会倒退。那些没把本职工作做到位的人,其实是社会的负担——政府、商业、工业都得花大力气拖着他们走。世界进步之所以被拖慢,就是因为有人占着位置却不尽责;他们属于过去的时代、较低的生活层次,趋势是往下走的。反过来,如果每个人都比自己的位置小,社会也不可能前进。社会的进化遵循身心进化的规律:在动物界,进化靠的是生命力过剩、向外扩张。所以,人也要让自己的能量溢出岗位所需,才能推动整体向前。

上下文

同书,作者用生物进化类比社会进步,认为个体超额完成本分是社会进化的动力。

今日一问

你觉得自己是在给团队拖后腿,还是在给团队加动力?

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