Pierce’s Theorem: Being aware of ignorance is the beginning of knowing; Confucius said: When three people walk together, there must be someone who can teach me; Socrates said: The only thing I know is that I know nothing; Lincoln He said: Everyone can be my teacher; an ancient saying goes: Cultivate oneself, manage one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world; Laozi said: He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise; Sun Tzu's Art of War said: Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles; Ancient Chinese saying: A person is valuable when he knows himself.

Humility is an attitude that should not just appear on the surface, but should come from the heart. "Update and iterate" yourself through constant introspection, keep learning, and keep making progress. And the beginning of all this stems from the understanding of "self". Start reading "Murphy's Law" today. Pierce's theorem is the first theorem listed in this book. The article quotes a large number of famous quotes and ancient sayings to explain to readers the importance of "self-knowledge" and "ignorance".

When people live in the world, they switch back and forth between different roles. Many people have said that this is "acting", but I think it is not. "Acting" is not real, and every role we play in this world is real, so it must withstand scrutiny. For each of your roles, you need to have a clear self-understanding and self-positioning. On this basis, you must have your own self-pursuit, so that you can live a clearer life. How to do yourself well is actually equivalent to how to do these roles well, and one of the core concepts is to be aware of your own ignorance.

What Pierce’s theorem expresses is precisely one of the most important points in our self-understanding: our ignorant self. Only by always remaining humble and recognizing your own ignorance can you stay energetic forever and have the upward motivation to learn forever.

Now I know that I am terrible, but I dare not face my ignorance. I think there are three reasons why I don’t dare to face the root of my own problems. One is because of the "happiness generated by inertia", the second is because of "consumed attention", and the third is the "missing sense of purpose". Combining Pierce's theorem and thinking about oneself, let's talk about the first reason today: the happiness caused by laziness

The happiness caused by laziness

People are born to be lazy. Everyone hopes that they can live a more comfortable life, which is also one of the fundamental reasons for the current hedonism in time. But the vast majority of people, including myself, habitually find various reasons for themselves not to work hard to cover up their actual lazy temperament, thereby immersing themselves in various superficial happiness. But in fact, many of us have forgotten that there are actually two types of happiness. One is meaningless happiness, and the other is meaningful happiness.

Here is a quote from Peng Kaiping, a professor at the Department of Psychology at Tsinghua University: Happiness and happiness are still different. Happiness is meaningful happiness with a sense of meaning added to it. The neurological, physiological, and behavioral responses it produces are also different. Our pleasure basically comes from the influence of our neurochemical transmitters, including dopamine, oxytocin, endophenolphthalein, and serotonin, which all give us a pleasant feeling, but the sense of meaning is the spirituality, understanding, and sensibility of the prefrontal lobe of our brain. , Virtue, it requires an evaluation of this sense of happiness. A fat man must be happy eating delicious food, but when he suddenly realizes that he weighs more than 200 pounds, he must be unhappy. In the same way, if a person is very happy when having sex, but suddenly finds his wife knocking on the door outside, the sense of meaning is gone. We are humans, not animals, and we are not simply enjoying ourselves. This is a human characteristic.

The meaningless happiness mentioned in Professor Peng's words is exactly the "happiness" in hedonism that countless people in real life pursue. Because this kind of happiness is easier to come by and simpler, people will pursue it even if it is short-lived. On the contrary, happiness that is long-lasting, meaningful, and unique to humans that is truly different from other animals requires a certain amount of effort to obtain. When people know the true existence of happiness, they can truly avoid those traps and start to avoid being dominated by laziness in their lives.

Life is our own, and whatever we want to live it into is the true shape created by our own choices. I really like what Professor Peng Kaiping said: Work is always for life, not life is for work. Most of us work hard just for the life we ??want. We can neither be beasts who only care about enjoying superficial happiness, nor do we want to be machines that only work endlessly. Only by finding your own unique pursuit in the cracks can you truly enjoy happiness.

So starting from today, I choose to face myself, get to know myself again, and always remind myself that I am ignorant, and greet each new day with an empty cup mentality, and every day will be full of energy!