I tried to read the first part of Variables in a bookstore. At that time, he was shocked by He Fan's "one book a year, ready to write for 30 years" Hongtao Weiluo.
In this era, there is no shortage of elites who have set up creative FLAGs, but it is not uncommon or even too malicious criticism, however, it is easy to think that the difficulty of setting up a book a year is higher than the difficulty of 100 days of punching in and refunding tuition.
At that time, the concept of "looking for small trends in variables" was not only a change in economic perspective, but also a great way for individuals to interpret themselves: to glimpse the emerging forces from the small.
Mr. He Fan's willingness to write books comes from the famous American journalist and popular history writer William Manchester who wrote a book "Glory and Dreams", he sketched the history of the United States from 1932 to 1972, reflecting the development and changes of American society from the perspectives of politics, economy, culture and life, covering readers from all levels around the world.
He Fan felt that the greatest success of this book was the choice of a very good historical stage, from the rise of Roosevelt Jr. to the Nixon "Watergate Incident" in the 40 years, which was the period when the United States went through twists and turns and moved towards a superpower.
And 2019-2049 is also unique to China, Teacher He Fan said: "The reason why I want to write 30 years is because 2049 is a very meaningful time point. If we do a good job, these 30 years are enough for China to achieve great rejuvenation. But in any case, this period is a very valuable practical experience for humanity as a whole. ”
2021 is coming as scheduled, and many people's first book of the beginning of the year is "Variables", three years have become a habit, and three years have witnessed China and themselves. At the beginning of the year, nothing is more exciting than reading an economic "annual report" with a literary language.
In "Variable 3", Mr. He Fan still visited more than 20 cities in China in one year, walked 620121 kilometers, interviewed 423 hours, and interviewed scientists, entrepreneurs, truck drivers, private bosses and other professional attributes.
What I personally appreciate most about "Variables" is the first-hand interview material from Chinese society. If the first book is to achieve a victory and put a lot of effort and experience, then one thing persists for three years, runs on the front line, and gets the hardest but most in-depth interview display, then I think this is "professional".
Soaring in the sky, but no detail can escape the eagle-eyed Huimin, who can see both vivid details and feel its position from the macroscopic situation, which is the unique observation perspective of "Variable", carrying a consistent narrative expression.
Most of the information we are exposed to every day is fast variables, and there is too much noisy and redundant content, so that people only see what is in front of them, but they can't see the big picture. It is often easy to see local details as a whole.
Slow variables are things that seem to be unchanged, far from the masses, and not directly related to everyday life. It is often easy to be ignored, forgotten, and misinterpreted as a "black swan event".
During the epidemic period, many people feel that working from home, being able to receive express delivery and takeaway, and being on time, that is the most secure and pleasant state of staying at home.
While enterprises, private enterprises, and individual stores are closed, they can operate, and the development of strategies such as live streaming and network marketing strive to maintain the operation of the economic ecosystem, and it must be acknowledged that the greatness of China's logistics network must be recognized, and after deep thinking, it is the survival strategy of the network in the network, maintaining the stability of the economy during the epidemic.
Under the conditions of internal reasons and external changes, in 2020, we ordinary people have an unprecedented national concern about current affairs news hotspots, paying attention to the grand situation of China's future development trend, which is the big tree model proposed by Teacher He Fan in "Variable 1", people are more aware of the emergence and fall of every leaf and every fruit than in previous years.
Nevertheless, the fragmented information and the orientation of the media, and the limitations of our own capabilities, are still not enough for us to connect with the vitality of a tree through a leaf and study the maternal state of a tree.
"The big tree pattern is multi-dimensional, and it helps us to perceive the vitality of the mother by observing the young shoots and new branches and constantly pulling our eyes back to the mother."
When Teacher He Fan wrote "Variable 3", he discovered that these three parts are some series, which he called the "Local Era Trilogy".
Small trends, equivalent to basic mutations, the strategy of evolutionary algorithms is to pay attention to the core forces of the basic disk, China from globalization into the local era, this is a country's transformation, but also the direction of people.
At the time of the global outbreak, China's ability to fight the epidemic has not been shaken, but has been seen more clearly and resolutely after the brutality of the wind and sand. To pursue its fundamentals, we can all pursue its logic from small trends, basic disks, and local economies.
Teacher He Fan mentioned in the first book "Variables":
"I write for one purpose, and that is to awaken your sense of history and enable you to better understand your destiny and the times in which you live."
The term "awakening to a sense of history" doesn't sound as exciting. Spencer Johnson once said that "the only constant in the world is change itself."
The best use of "yesterday" is to find a small variable logic to guide what today and tomorrow do, and this is the original intention of He Fan's writing, and it is also the greatest value for readers.
Ariel Durant spent 50 years writing 15 million words and completing an imposing History of World Civilizations When asked about the techniques of writing, they told us: "Most of history is speculation, the rest is prejudice." ”
When Washington Owen wrote Columbus, how should a character who has been dead for 300 years know how to do it?
He adhered to the belief of objectivity and justice, looking for clues from many existing documents such as manuscripts, letters, journals, and public deeds, and was full of curiosity and passion like Holmes, to piece together and restore the living character.
But in fact, it is also unable to do it, because when looking through the literature, it is found that several people record the same fact, but due to the author's interests and emotions, the observation perspective and conclusion are also very different, and it is almost impossible to complete the work after a long time.
The lengthening of time has made history possible, but it has also hindered its authentic reliability.
At this point, it is very necessary for Teacher He Fan to write the economic report of the year in October every year, shorten the record after the occurrence time, and get close to the facts of the incident.
Remember that the "father of the black swan", Nassim Nicholas Taleb, said that the work that had a great influence on him was not a book of thinkers, but a small book of "The Berlin Diary: What Journalists in Germany in World War II" wrote, because he felt that the diary was recorded at a time when historical events were happening, not described afterwards.
This view is really open-minded, and it also resonates greatly on the individual. For example, some of the events we personally experienced last year are blurred, and the details of the events of five years ago are completely unknown, but we often describe them effortlessly, even rhetorically, which are imaginary additions added backwards according to the results, and if we find the diary at that time, we will restore the truth itself.
2020 is history and is the most influential year we are close to. Of course, ten years or a hundred years from now will have a deeper meaning for this year, but where do we go from here to those of us who exist in history and are experiencing great changes that are taking place in ourselves, society, countries, and the world?
The third part is titled "Variables: Survival Strategies in the Local Era", which means that the globalization boom has faded, and we have stood at the top of the world for the first time in history to pay attention to ourselves, "to find in the depths of the self, to discover the original power of the self".
Teacher He Fan summarized the five major variables of 2020: local strength, local network, local innovation, local awareness, and local well-being.
With discoveries, there is a guiding guide to behavior: how to develop local forces, build local networks, accelerate local innovation, cultivate local awareness, and achieve local well-being becomes a targeted problem.
Teacher He Fan gave some cultivation directions to five problems in the book, such as the Transformers-style survival law representing BYD, a car that originally produced battery cars, adjusting and optimizing equipment to achieve the myth of 50 million masks per day.
Recalling the era of all-media where people are quarantined at home and people rely on information, they also exert the energy of Transformers.
In the past, traditional media generally specialized in the art industry, mastering a form and technique of communication. In this epidemic, the era of all-media, we have seen the official media show a new way of connection between the times and users, breaking a single form of communication, and cooperating with a variety of processing methods such as text, pictures, videos, audio, etc. in speed; and producing all-media products such as charts, H5, and short videos.
In the all-media environment, traditional media has abandoned the mustard of new media, embraced new media to the greatest extent, and cooperated with the personalized needs of users of different channels, completing the transformation of traditional media to all-media.
Nothing is impossible, BYD's agile transformation, the rapid coverage of the all-media era, gives us important enlightenment. Abandoning the old industry and running to the new industry is a kind of risk, using its own conditions, creative transformation, and dealing with new problems, which is the "Transformers" survival law.
Every year, "Variables" is purchased not because of blind worship, but because of the expectation of a professional person to develop a professional annual report. Like Matthew in "Eight Million Ways to Die" learns about the streets of New York from the daily newspaper, and we need many ways to measure the ground under our feet and perceive its life.
Whether it is silence or speaking freely, the fast variable is overwhelming, the slow variable is hidden in the inner darkness and a little glimmer, this is the wonderful operation of the world, "you and I are deeply embedded in the world."
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