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保罗·格雷厄姆:认真·第7则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《认真》》· Earnestness · 投资 · 行动 · 财富 · 认知
There's nothing morally wrong with starting a startup to make money. I just mean that those startups don't do as well. [ 3 ] The most powerful motivator for most people is probably family. But there are some for whom intellectual curiosity comes first. In his (wonderful) autobiography, Paul Halmos says explicitly that for a mathematician, math must come before anything else, including family. Which at least implies that it did for him. [ 4 ] Interestingly, just as the word "nerd" implies earnestness even when used as a metaphor, the word "politics" implies the opposite.
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https://paulgraham.com/earnest.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 7 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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为了赚钱而创业在道德上没问题,只是这样的创业公司往往做得不够好。对大多数人来说,家庭是最强的动力,但有些人把求知欲放在第一位。数学家保罗·哈尔莫斯在自传中说,对数学家而言,数学必须优先于一切,包括家庭。有趣的是,“书呆子”这个词暗示认真,而“政治”这个词则暗示相反。
上下文
格雷厄姆在《认真》一文中继续讨论动机的纯粹性,并引用数学家哈尔莫斯的自传作为例子。
今日一问
你愿意把什么放在家庭之前?这种优先级是否让你更认真?
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