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八年后的今天
Eight years today
2012 — 2015，它一次次回到首页
黑点是上首页（≥ 50 分）的那次投稿，空心点是没冲上去的投稿，点越大分数越高。
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这是 Gmail 创造者 Paul Buchheit 的一篇个人随笔，写于 Steve 去世八周年之际。文章回顾失去至亲的痛苦，探讨如何面对无法改变的事：要与当下和解，必须先与过去和解，因为当下是过去的产物——接受、接受、再接受，学会爱当下的每一刻。作者自己说，这篇看似与创业无关的文章，其实与创业息息相关。
为什么经久不衰：它把创业圈少有人直面的失去与哀伤写得坦诚动人，多年来反复被翻出和分享，帮助许多身处低谷的人找到平静。
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作者本人留言，说明这篇看似与创业无关的文章其实息息相关。
我知道这篇看起来和创业无关，但其实有关。请读一读。
paul查看英文原文
I know this isn't obviously startup related, but it is. Please read.
对经历过丧亲之痛的人极具共鸣，文章核心是与过去和解、学会接受。
读来令人无比悲伤，但对任何失去过至亲、与哀伤搏斗过的人来说，这是我最能感同身受的文章之一。谢谢分享，它唤起了我许多回忆（好的和坏的）。必读的是这段：'我一直在寻找意义，但迄今所发现的只是：要与当下和解，必须先与过去和解，因为当下是过去的产物。接受。'
diogenescynic查看英文原文
This was incredibly sad, but one of the most deeply relatable stories I've read for anyone who has lost a loved one or struggled with grieving. Thank you for submitting, it brought back a lot of memories (good and bad). This part is the must read: I keep looking for meaning, but all I've found so far is that in order to be at peace with the present, we must be at peace with the past, because the present is a product of the past. Accept.
反驳'一切只是游戏'的说法：创造财富是改善人类处境的实在手段。
（精简）作者担心自己写创业时传达了错误的优先级，但创造财富不只是游戏：它是通往真正财富创造的途径，而财富让我们能资助前沿医学研究等改善人类处境的长期项目。真正的财富只有少数几种创造方式——把原料加上劳动、资本、创新和时间变成价值更高的产品，其中的差额（利润）就是凭空创造出的财富，堪称人类最伟大的魔术。软件创业则通过降低创新与劳动的成本和时间来创造财富。所以别忘了，我们不只是在一场比赛，我们也在创造……
SkyMarshal查看英文原文
> Sometimes, when I write about startups or other interests of mine, I worry that perhaps I'm communicating the wrong priorities. Investing money, creating new products, and all the other things we do are wonderful games and can be a lot of fun, but it's important to remember that it's all just a game. It's also a means to an essential end - real wealth creation - that in turn enables us to fund advanced medical research and other long-term bluesky projects that improve the human condition. There are only a few ways of creating real wealth. You can harvest raw materials from the ground, be they animal, vegetable, or mineral, and apply labor + capital + innovation + time to turn them into products worth more than total cost of their inputs. That delta in input->output value we call profit, or net revenue, but what it really represents is wealth that was created out of thin air that didn't previously exist. This is perhaps the greatest magic trick humanity has ever invented, and makes all else possible. You can also provide specialized products or services that reduce the cost of labor, capital, innovation, or time in that equation, which also creates wealth. Much of the software-based startup scene is about both reducing the time and cost of innovation and labor and increasing the value of the computer hardware produced by the first method. So just keep in mind that those of us fortunate enough to be working in this field are not just competing in a game, we're creating real wealth that can then be used to improve the entire human condition, be it medical, social, governmental, etc. Being good to ourselves and each other is not orthogonal or mutually exclusive to our day jobs, but an ultimate outcome of them. Paul, whether you realized it or not, you were and are working to save your brother's life, and that of everyone else struck by the whim of nature. It just didn't happen quickly enough, but it's a hard task. One day we'll get there.
推荐斯多葛哲学：预想失去反而让人更珍惜当下，哲学也可以很实用。
对我来说，是一本斯多葛主义的书（William B. Irvine《A Guide to the Good Life》）让我明白：虽然无法避免必然的痛苦与失去，但只需偶尔想象'失去已经发生'的世界，就能让人无比享受和珍惜当下的时刻。此外，这本书还表明哲学不必只是高深的理论文字游戏，也可以是愉快而非常实用的体验。
noswi查看英文原文
For me, it was a book on stoicism ("A Guide to the Good Life — The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy" by William B Irvine) that showed me that, while it's not possible to avoid the inevitable pains and losses — just semi-regular thoughts about it, imagining the world where the losses have already happened, allows immense enjoyment and appreciation of the current moments. Also, as an unexpected bonus, the book showed that philosophy shouldn't neccesarily be only theoretical high-brow word games, it can be a pleasant and highly practical experience as well.
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