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保罗·格雷厄姆:认真·第6则

保罗·格雷厄姆《《认真》》· Earnestness · 投资 · 财富 · 领导 · 人性

This pattern suggests that earnestness is not one end of a continuum, but a target one can fall short of in multiple dimensions. Another thing I notice about this list is that it sounds like a list of the ways people behave on Twitter. Whatever else social media is, it's a vivid catalogue of ways not to be earnest. [ 2 ] People's motives are as mixed in Silicon Valley as anywhere else. Even the founders motivated mostly by money tend to be at least somewhat interested in the problem they're solving, and even the founders most interested in the problem they're solving also like the idea of getting rich. But there's great variation in the relative proportions of different founders' motivations. And when I talk about "wrong" motives, I don't mean morally wrong.

出处: https://paulgraham.com/earnest.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 6 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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认真不是一条线的两端,而是有多个维度,你可能在某个维度上做得不够。就像社交媒体上人们的表现,恰恰展示了各种不认真的方式。在硅谷,人们的动机也是混合的:即使主要为了钱的创始人,也多少对解决的问题感兴趣;即使最热爱问题的创始人,也喜欢致富。但不同创始人的动机比例差异很大。这里说的“错误”动机不是道德上的错误,而是指不利于成功的动机。

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保罗·格雷厄姆是硅谷创业孵化器Y Combinator的创始人,他在文章《认真》中探讨了创业者的动机与态度。

今日一问

你做事的主要动机是什么?它是否足够纯粹,能支撑你走得更远?

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