Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

  • -- Edward de Bono 爱德华·德·波诺

处理复杂性是一种低效且不必要的时间、注意力和精力的浪费。当事情本来可以简单的时候,却没有任何理由把它复杂化。

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I've been in a recording studio enough times to know that it is not the best place to multitask. Doing a couple of takes of a song and running out to check your email to talk to someone about video production really is not good.

我在录音室待过足够多的时间,所以我知道那不是一心多用的最佳场所。拍几首歌,然后跑出去查看电子邮件,和别人谈论视频制作,这真的不好。

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.

但与此同时,关于他们的老生常谈却是正确的:每个角色都是自己故事中的英雄。每个人对自己的行为都有令人信服的理由。给这些人发声很有趣。

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

写魔法比写间谍更难,因为你面对的是一些并不存在的东西。

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

和背后捅刀子的人打交道,我学到了一件事。只有当你转过身去,他们才会变得强大。

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

骑士精神还有另外一面。如果它给予宽大处理,它可以以同样的理由调用控制。

Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.

复杂性是环境设计中的一个重要问题。

Our role as humans is to recognize the complexity of others.

我们人类的角色是认识到他人的复杂性。

Rewriting the world one heart at a time.

一次用一颗心改写世界。