This week is still the general education course of Teacher He Fan. This week, I will introduce Thomas Friedman's "Thank You for Being Late". This book passes the three M (market Moore's Law mother natural) global market, technological progress and big The three strands of Mother Nature work together to form a hurricane, bringing about the arrival of an accelerated era.
thomas. Friedman, he is a Jew and a reporter for the famous "New York Times". If you can't remember who he is, you must know a book "From Beirut to Jerusalem" written by him. Teacher He said that if you want to For in-depth understanding of Middle East issues, this book is highly recommended.
Next, we will introduce the content of the 5 lessons in this book.
Section 1: China and Globalization. This section begins by expounding the relationship between China and globalization. There are two reasons for China's participation in globalization. The internal reason is that Deng Xiaoping's southern tour speech in 1982 proposed full opening to the outside world, and the external reason is that economic globalization is in full swing.
The article mentions a point of view: "International trade has changed from traditional inter-industry trade to intra-industry trade. That is to say, if China wants to participate in international trade, it is no longer a matter of exchanging 100 million pairs of pants for a plane, but in any one In the global industrial chain, China can find an entry point. Once this gap is opened, Chinese companies can continue to expand their strength in the global industrial chain, expand their territory, and conquer cities.” What should we do about this? Woolen cloth? This requires us to be biocultural bicultural talents. Modern society requires us not only to become bilingual talents, but also to become bicultural talents. I think the person I admire most is Xi Jinping, our great leader.
Section 2: Moore's Law. Moore's Law was coined by Gordon Moore, who believed that the rate of technological progress increases exponentially. When he proposed it in 1965, he predicted that it would still be applicable in 10 years, but he did not expect that it would still be applicable after 50 years, which means that technological progress is still accelerating. Let's take a simple example to illustrate. The volume of commonly used computers today is tens of thousands of times smaller than the supercomputer developed in the United States in 1997, and its running speed is hundreds of millions of times that of that year. It can be seen that in the era of acceleration, technological progress cannot be ignored.
How do we deal with this? The book proposes that we want to become four types of talents. 1. People who can better cooperate with robots. 2. Cross-border talents. 3. The person who can tell the story. 4. People who stay away from technology completely, such as babysitters.
This lesson asks: Who are easily replaced? which are not easy. I think the procedural assembly line jobs like bank counters are easy to be replaced, but service class or instructors who grasp the overall concept are not easy to be replaced, such as urban planners.
Section 3: Mother Nature. The point of this section is to tolerate failure and embrace diversity. Zero tolerance for failure will inevitably lead to greater failure. In fact, this point of view touched me deeply. Some time ago, the unit just held the exam for the career editor. It may be a problem of your own mentality, or it may be a problem that you really don't study solidly, and then you fail. When I first saw the result, I was actually very sad, especially after knowing H, I was really upset. Then I listened to the teacher's class and found that maybe what I asked of myself at the time was this zero-tolerance attitude towards failure, which led to physical discomfort, followed by anxiety and impatience, which affected my mood and affected my work. It also affected the family, and even at one point I almost had a problem myself, but fortunately I woke up today. Next step, take your time, there is only one plan for next year, to be admitted to the civil service.
Section 4: You can dance in a hurricane, just stand in the eye of the wind. Do you know such an interesting physical phenomenon? No matter how furious the typhoon is, its eye is sunny and calm. If we want to do things, we must first find a suitable environment, and then find a group of like-minded friends. "Your society, your family, your unit, and your friends can provide you with shelter, but at the same time, you should be more proactive in finding people who are like you and building a "tribe" with them ". As long as this "tribe" can persist in cooperation, the members of the tribe can trust each other, and no matter how chaotic the world is outside, your heart will be calmer." After class, the teacher asked why the first batch of achievements was made when China first developed a market economy. Veterans make up the highest percentage of entrepreneurs. I think this lesson is the best answer.
Section 5: Fast and Slow. Opinion 1: In the era of rapid technological advancement, "the martial arts in the world cannot be broken unless they are fast." "Don't think that you can live a carefree life by going to a good university, finding a good major, and learning one skill." The famous Economist Larry Summers said: "What we learn will be obsolete within 10 years." At present, it seems that many times after graduation from college, part of it is out of date. This requires us in the future, lifelong learning and rapid learning ability are the most basic skills. Viewpoint 2: Haste is not enough. In this age of acceleration, it's easy to take being overwhelmed as an honor. However, the faster the speed, the more impatient people become, and the ability to focus and distinguish is reduced. So we need to improve our "deep work" capabilities. The so-called "deep work" refers to the ability to focus on work in a state of distraction-free, this kind of effort can create new value and improve skills. Deep work pushes the limits of an individual's cognitive abilities.
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