事业 · 创业者自述
保罗·格雷厄姆:该做什么·第6则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《该做什么》》· What to Do · 领导 · 行动 · 成长 · 财富
What kinds of new things count? I'd rather leave that question to the makers of them. It would be a risky business to try to define any kind of threshold, because new kinds of work are often despised at first. Raymond Chandler was writing literal pulp fiction, and he's now recognized as one of the best writers of the twentieth century. Indeed this pattern is so common that you can use it as a recipe: if you're excited about some kind of work that's not considered prestigious and you can explain what everyone else is overlooking about it, then this is not merely a kind of work that's ok to do, but one to seek out. The other reason I wouldn't want to define any thresholds is that we don't need them. The kind of people who make good new things don't need rules to keep them honest.
出处:
https://paulgraham.com/do.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 6 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
哪些种类的新事物算数?我更愿意把这个问题留给创造者自己。试图定义任何门槛都是冒险的,因为新型工作往往一开始被鄙视。雷蒙德·钱德勒写的是地道的低俗小说,如今他被公认为20世纪最好的作家之一。事实上这种模式如此常见,你可以把它当作配方:如果你对某种不被看重的工作感到兴奋,并且能解释别人忽略了什么,那么这不仅是可以做的工作,而且是应该寻找的工作。我不想定义门槛的另一个原因是我们不需要它们。创造美好新事物的人不需要规则来保持诚实。
上下文
格雷厄姆以雷蒙德·钱德勒为例,说明新事物常被低估,但创造者无需外部标准。
今日一问
有没有你感兴趣但被他人低估的领域?你能否说出别人忽略了什么?
公开随笔;仅摘录并链接作者官网原文,不托管全文。
你的邮箱
只用于发送原典。不发广告,不卖名单。
本文本版权仍存续,此处仅为短摘录;完整原文请访问上方官方链接。 版权