事业 · 创业者自述
保罗·格雷厄姆：天才的车票理论·第6则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《天才的车票理论》》· The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius · 领导 · 认知 · 成长 · 行动
It might be at least as useful to ask yourself: if you could take a year off to work on something that probably wouldn't be important but would be really interesting, what would it be? The bus ticket theory also suggests a way to avoid slowing down as you get older. Perhaps the reason people have fewer new ideas as they get older is not simply that they're losing their edge. It may also be because once you become established, you can no longer mess about with irresponsible side projects the way you could when you were young and no one cared what you did. The solution to that is obvious: remain irresponsible. It will be hard, though, because the apparently random projects you take up to stave off decline will read to outsiders as evidence of it.
出处：
https://paulgraham.com/genius.html
定位：Essay, additional excerpt 6 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
你可以问自己：如果有一年时间，去做一件可能不重要但非常有趣的事，你会做什么？这能帮你找到真正好奇的方向。另外，随着年龄增长，人们的新想法变少，可能不是因为能力下降，而是因为成名后不能再像年轻时那样随意搞些不负责任的副业。解决办法就是保持“不负责任”，继续做那些看似随机的项目。但这样做很难，因为外人会把这些项目看作你衰退的证据。
上下文
保罗·格雷厄姆在《公交票理论》中探讨天才的成因，认为好奇心驱动的小项目至关重要。
今日一问
如果给你一年自由时间，你会探索什么有趣但看似无用的事？
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