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保罗·格雷厄姆《《好的写作》》· Good Writing · 领导 · 认知
There are two senses in which writing can be good: it can sound good, and the ideas can be right. It can have nice, flowing sentences, and it can draw correct conclusions about important things. It might seem as if these two kinds of good would be unrelated, like the speed of a car and the color it's painted. And yet I don't think they are. I think writing that sounds good is more likely to be right. So here we have the most exciting kind of idea: one that seems both preposterous and true. Let's examine it. How can this possibly be true? I know it's true from writing. You can't simultaneously optimize two unrelated things; when you push one far enough, you always end up sacrificing the other.
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https://paulgraham.com/goodwriting.html
定位:Essay, additional excerpt 1 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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写作的“好”有两种:听起来好,和想法正确。前者是句子流畅漂亮,后者是对重要事情得出正确结论。乍看这两者无关,就像车的速度和颜色。但我不这么认为:读起来好的文章更可能正确。这是个既荒谬又真实的激动人心的想法。为什么?因为写作经验告诉我,你无法同时优化两个不相关的东西;把一个推到极致,总会牺牲另一个。
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格雷厄姆在《好写作》开篇提出一个反直觉观点:文笔好与思想正确相关。
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你读过的文章里,有没有文笔漂亮但结论可疑的?反过来呢?
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