谦虚和好奇 | 阅千帆

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刚刚读完《Factfulness》，作者在最后一章说，人要对现实世界有清醒和客观的认识，避免思维陷阱，就必须保持谦虚和好奇。作者对谦虚和好奇的定义是：

Being humble, here, means being aware of how difficult your instincts can make it to get the facts right. It means being realistic about the extent of your knowledge. It means being happy to say “I don’t know.” It also means, when you do have an opinion, being prepared to change it when you discover new facts. It is quite relaxing being humble, because it means you can stop feeling pressured to have a view about everything, and stop feeling you must be ready to defend your views all the time.

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谦虚的意思是，你要时刻提醒自己，直觉会误导你，让你难以认清正确的事实。也就是说，你要对自己的知识范围有清楚的认识，要敢于和乐于说“我不知道”；即使你有自己的观点，也要在发现新的事实后果断改变自己原来的观点。谦虚能让人保持松弛，因为谦虚的人不会有压力，不用对所有事情都有成见，也不用时刻准备为自己的观点辩护。

Being curious means being open to new information and actively seeking it out. It means embracing facts that don’t fit your worldview and trying to understand their implications. It means letting your mistakes trigger curiosity instead of embarrassment. “How on earth could I be so wrong about that fact? What can I learn from that mistake? Those people are not stupid, so why are they using that solution?” It is quite exciting being curious, because it means you are always discovering something interesting.

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好奇就是对新的信息保持开放态度，并积极寻求新的信息。好奇的人，能接受与你的世界观不符的事实，并试图理解它。面对自己犯的错，好奇的人不会感到尴尬，而是会去深入探究。“我为什么会在那件事上错得这么离谱？我能从这个错误中学到什么？那些与我意见相左的人并不愚蠢，为什么他们要用这种方法？”充满好奇心是一件令人振奋的事情，因为好奇的人总能发现有趣的东西。

我非常同意作者的观点。

其实简而言之，谦虚就是要承认自己有不知道或者有知道的不够深入的东西，而好奇是要对自己不知道和不清楚的东西保持学习的热情。这和乔布斯所说的“stay foolish, stay hungry”是相同的道理。