2021 Reading Summary: Still too young, too simple

2021 is an unforgettable year for many industries, so that practitioners and investors still have a lingering feeling.

After this experience, I feel that I have only superficial understanding of many things before: too young, too simple. You think you know, but you don't. At critical times, the cognitive gap is revealed: the truth often exceeds what was originally expected.

There are always many blind spots in our understanding of the world, and if we do not overcome these blind spots, we will run into walls in the future. So, 21 years actually provides an opportunity to re-learn: only by having a deeper understanding of the truth of the world can we make good decisions at key moments in the future.

Therefore, 21 years of reading focuses on history. Oak Capital's Howard. Max, there is a very good saying: "History does not repeat the details of the past, but history repeats similar processes." ”

What is the world like now? Who are we? What is the underlying logic? What could the future hold? Perhaps history will give us some inspiration.

Here are some of the books I recommend, some of which have been introduced before.

"Two Thousand Years of Qin System"

The book no longer talks about Chinese history from the perspective of the rulers, but reveals the hypocrisy and oppression of the Qin government from the perspective of the people. The same historical data is completely different from another point of view.

What makes people most influential is that Qin Zheng must atomize the entire society and beat people into a mess, and cannot let anyone have the possibility to resist it.

The Wrong Path of the Nation: The Road to the Destruction of Japan's Bottom Country

Japan, after the Meiji Restoration, has developed rapidly for 40 to 50 consecutive years. After that, the whole society quickly moved to the road of closure and xenophobia, and extremely xenophobic remarks were rampant, and gentle and open voices did not dare to speak out. In the long run, Japanese society became more polarized and embarked on the road of war.

"After 50 Years of Rapid Development, the Rise of Great Powers Has Gone Astray"

The Third Reich Trilogy

This classic collection of classics about the history of Nazi Germany has actually been seen before. The feeling of looking again is that the Nazis' external expansion and internal repression are actually two sides of the same coin. Before the war of aggression launched against the outside world in 39 years, the Nazis' suppression of their own people was actually very fierce, but it was only hidden under the aura of propaganda. And the German people pretended not to know.

Economic History of Nazi Germany

After the Nazis came to power, they achieved strong state control in the economy and a totalitarian system in politics. Under this system, the German economy performed very well in the short term: under the monetary and fiscal stimulus in the early stage, production recovered very quickly; in the later period, it mainly relied on the military industry to drive the economy.

But the Nazi system could not be sustained: national consumption could not rise, and the military-industrial economy was no return. Without war, the Nazi economic miracle is expected to be shattered quickly.

The Autobiography of Kim Dae-jung

South Korea is a country that becomes more admirable the more it is studied. Kim Dae-jung, in order to cook the dish, almost died six times. However, after he became the president of South Korea, he pardoned the dictators Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo who had sentenced him to death.

The spirit of "tolerance and compromise" displayed by Koreans is very valuable. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why South Korea has become a developed country.

What is the Mark of a Great Nation? 》

Review and Reflections on the Second World War, Neuschen Bell

This book offers some personal insights into much of the history of World War II that are worth reading. Including his belief that Hitler's strategic level was still very high, the post-war Nazi generals threw the pot of defeat on Hitler and deliberately smeared it. There are also the reasons for the failure of the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union and so on.

Eclecticism: Netflix's Freedom and Responsible Work Act

Times are different, and the original management model must also undergo a fundamental change. The future work should really become "the free association of free people." Netflix, doing very well.

"The Code of Success of Pharmaceutical Giants - Small Stories, Big Strategies, Interpreting the Secrets Behind Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies"

For me, who didn't know much about the pharmaceutical industry, it seemed very interesting. It's both story-telling and inspiring.

"New Boiling 10 Years"

In fact, I think this book is average, and the writing is also obscure. But this book allows us to review the development of the mobile Internet and think about how to seize new opportunities in the next wave of innovation.