What made Luo Pang (the "founder") rise in just two years? Knowledge anxiety in the era of information explosion!
However, after two years of study, my feeling is that I am not anxious about learning, but more anxious about learning. Very timely photographed this very popular sentence at the moment:
It is no exaggeration to say that most people around me have this kind of anxiety. Are the general public anxious about knowledge and elite? The answer is yes.
"Stanford Duck Crazy"-this is a popular phrase in Stanford University.
The ducks on the lake look elegant, but those two flippers are scraping desperately underwater. This is the true portrayal of Stanford and Ivy League college students.
Everyone looks glamorous, and resumes can blind others' eyes: all kinds of awards, participation in various social activities, mastery of all skills, and all test scores are A's. It seems to be very successful, but only you know how empty and anxious you are. This is the current situation of the education system. Peking University and Qian Liqun said bluntly that the contemporary education system is cultivating a group of absolute and exquisite egoists.
The so-called "absolute" means that all the words and deeds of students should pursue the maximization of their own interests.
The so-called "exquisiteness" means that these students are not only intelligent, but also thoughtful and sophisticated, know how to cooperate and command, and skillfully use the power of the system to achieve their goals.
Most people's anxiety comes from the lack of clear values and the inability to choose knowledge clearly. Especially in the era of information explosion, if you don't have a pair of "discerning eyes" to help you choose knowledge, even if you become a dog, you can't live a good life. The knowledge pyramid can help us better understand different levels of knowledge.
Wisdom is the ability of human beings to analyze, compare and reason the problems caused by the movement of the material world according to the existing knowledge, and to find solutions according to the obtained information. The result of this ability is to dig out the valuable part of information and make it a part of the existing knowledge structure.
It can be inferred from the diagram of the knowledge pyramid that most people are mainly concentrated in the middle and lower part of the pyramid, that is, the data and information stage. At the bottom of the pyramid, there are so many data and information that people are overwhelmed. This creates an anxiety state that you will never finish learning. In addition, these so-called "knowledge" are fragmented "knowledge islands", which cannot form a "knowledge crystal", and there is not enough guidance and reference for the question of "living this life well" that needs wisdom to answer.
There are so many people in the vast sea of people. When we see them, we will respect them involuntarily. What we think of is not envy, but following them. Such people can't be described as success or happiness. They are like "enlightened people", and the realm of enlightenment has gone far beyond success and even happiness.
The purpose of general education is to become such a "wise man". What is general education?
General knowledge does not mean that a person knows a lot, that is, a little knowledge of natural science, humanities, art and music. In this case, it is only an encyclopedia at best.
General education covers a wide range, including history, politics, economy, society, science and technology, culture and so on. Only by polishing from multiple angles can we better understand ourselves and others; By constantly tempering thinking, improving expression and internalizing action, we can bless the beliefs that the wise need. The ultimate goal is to "get the word" and live a good life!
So many directions and knowledge, how to choose?
The narrow sense of scientific methodology refers to the correct general method of scientific research, scientific evaluation and scientific development, while the broad sense of scientific methodology refers to the fundamental method for people to correctly understand and transform the world determined by the correct world outlook.
In order to choose knowledge from a scientific point of view, we must consider three elements of science:
Example 1: Basic knowledge of composition knowledge
"1+ 1=2" is knowledge and these are meta-knowledge.
Example 2: Background of knowledge generation
"1840, Britain opened the door of China with artillery."
Meta-knowledge is knowledge that can solve problems in batches, while hot knowledge is only point-to-point problem solving. In the era of knowledge explosion, we should use more meta-knowledge and less thermal knowledge.
From the perspective of meta-knowledge, we can better understand Li Xiaolai's definition of IQ and even wisdom. To measure whether a person is smart can be condensed into whether the following two conditions are met:
Clear, accurate and correct concepts are formal meta-knowledge, and the relationship between concepts and the laws behind them need general education to be better understood.
90% of the books on the market may not be worth reading, but it is difficult for more than 90% of ordinary people to screen out the books that are really worth reading 10%. At this time, it is a safe choice to choose classics and books of celebrities in various industries.
The significance of classic books lies in upgrading the world outlook, or upgrading the operating system. For example, classic books such as The Analects of Confucius, The Tao Te Ching and The Art of War have changed many people's world outlook.
Celebrities are famous because they must have something extraordinary, or they are used to Excellence. Therefore, I will not be vague about my work. Based on this principle, if this "celebrity" has ever had a classic work, then other works of Ta will not be too bad, so you can make a bold choice. Of course, there are some exceptions, but the probability is low.