On the 27th World Book Day, the circle of friends is full of words about reading. An old friend of Taishan College posted such a sentence in the circle of friends: Reading days should be more vigilant against those pseudo-readers. I replied that many people just read the book today. He said that some people never read but show off their good reading all day long. I replied again: yes.
A common paradox today is that many people who do not read always educate others from on high, read some books well, and even give people a stack of books. In fact, some people post only some old accounts, just like our folk customs here always take out the old clothes and cotton wool every summer, but they will hardly touch it on weekdays. You don't see what he's read over the years from his words and the list of books he's shared, and you'll even find some nonsensical relationships in their lists, including those who are very popular with reading promoters. They often do this: very seriously through the way of the newspaper list to tell people that they have read a lot of books, they are also very clear that few people will knock from between their words to whether they have really read it, the important thing is that they know that this stack of books is enough to scare the public.
I know very well that I am ignorant, and more importantly, I have been fooled again and again by many seemingly very learned people. So in order to avoid being fooled again and again, the only way to do so is to seize every opportunity to read more books as much as possible. There is a certain truth to "people are stupid and read more books". When you read more, you will find that the things that the experts say that seem to be very reasonable are actually unreasonable, and you will find that those philosophical words are originally just washed from the text, as long as we do not know the source of those philosophical words, we will surely feel our own stupidity in front of them and turn to them. I often ask questions that shouldn't be asked in front of people who seem to have read a lot of books, and the basic experience is that if there are no more than three questions, they will be ashamed and angry, and they will become different in people's eyes again and again. For me, the joy of reading is always here.
I very much agree with Cao Lin's sentence that "is used to reading without golden sentences and answers". I very much agree with Teacher Cao Lin's sentence that "I am used to reading without golden sentences and answers", so I thought that I must stay away from throwing dozens of sentences about reading at every turn, hundreds of sentences of flickering...
Thus remind yourself of the principle of those who can't move to read dozens of sentences, hundreds of sentences of flickering.
I feel that some texts have changed a WeChat avatar, such as the title map.
Keep copying the book, and today copy a few passages from Charles Kenny's Plague Cycle: The Game Cycle of Population, Economy, and Infectious Diseases:
"The tragedy of COVID-19 helps to illustrate that we have become accustomed to economic and social relations that have been severely affected by the pandemic. Infectious disease pandemics centuries ago still have a say in who has money and who doesn't, who dictatorship and who democratize today. But the past half-century has also made it clear that not all trends cannot be changed. We have seen dramatic improvements in the quality of life around the world, even in the most suffering regions. In the 19th century, the empirical foundations of Malthusian fatalism gradually became untenable. Now, this fatalistic tone is completely untenable. ”
"Based on the experience gained from covid-19, governments should already know what level of isolation can be sustained and how long. Social distancing measures during the 1918 pandemic helped slow transmission but had little impact on overall mortality. Part of the reason may be that these measures were repealed very early. In reality, there is no one-size-fits-all answer as to what levels of lockdown and social distancing measures are sustainable. In other words, governments need to develop their own separate plans. ”
"The tragedy of COVID-19 helps to illustrate that the world we have become accustomed to inhabiting is very different from the past. The world in which we live is very different from the past. "But it's also possible that COVID-19 is just a harbinger and that something worse is to come." Maybe we'll get worse. "If we don't move to an environmentally more sustainable production process, the danger of a global famine will indeed exist, but even then, the plague remains a more pressing problem."
"The history of infectious diseases teaches a special lesson to those who want to emerge from international cooperation: if the disease becomes an excuse to close borders and use force, global progress will come at a huge cost. We do not have to admit that new pathogens are arranged by God, and our way of resisting this scourge is not only to escape, deep ditches and prison ranks. ”
"Because, while we've experienced so many failures and so many salvageable deaths in dealing with COVID-19, our rapid scientific advances, advanced health facilities, and the nations of the globe that work together have made us much better off fighting the pandemic than Petrarch in the face of plague or Montezuma in the face of smallpox." We still face great risks, but we can handle them with ease. If we can use our tools and techniques skillfully, then there is less need to use the instinctive reactions that existed in prehistory to reject people thousands of miles away, and the chaos and poverty that follow can be avoided. ”
"One of the factors that determines how long and how far people can stay is how long they can hold out. For some wealthy lucky people, working from home is a simple matter. But for others, it's necessary to leave home and go to work somewhere else. "The World Health Organization also advises against harmful responses and plays an important role." Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that all countries "must balance the protection of the physical and mental health of people and their minimal impact on the economy and society and respect for human rights". In the case of COVID-19, the World Health Organization advises against imposing long-term travel and trade restrictions. ”