Morrisss

True efficiency in life is not doing more, but finding what is most worth doing, focusing on it, and rejecting everything else; when there are no good enough opportunities, doing nothing is itself a sophisticated form of action.

Those who always like to speak on behalf of the majority often need the majority, above all, never to become smarter. Because the poorer the majority’s judgment, the easier it is for them to gain applause, traffic, and support.

The process of loving someone begins with insecurity, feeling that you are not good enough in any way; then comes heartache, as you begin to understand their vulnerability, grievances, and struggles; later comes familiarity, as the two of you grow increasingly comfortable with each other, so comfortable that many things no longer need to be said; in the end, some people become the most familiar strangers. Not because you never loved each other, but because you were once too close, and later drifted too far apart.

The greatest helplessness of poor people is not merely having little money, but finding it difficult to buy boundaries, space, and a low-friction life. Every day, they squeeze onto buses, take the subway, line up, compete for seats, order food, and rush from place to place, being forced to interact with large numbers of strangers; even a minor friction can turn into an argument, yet they cannot afford the cost of letting the conflict escalate. At work, they have to submit to their superiors’ discipline and evaluations; back home, they must once again face the constant demands, comparisons, and

Many ordinary Chinese people chant “Return our rivers and mountains to us” and “Love the motherland” every day. Yet in reality, if they truly want to see the country’s rivers and mountains, they first have to buy a ticket before they can enter and love them; sometimes, even when they just want to take a free look at the scenery, walls stand in their way. They keep seeking a sense of identity, but what they often end up with is this: recognition is given, but no status; a sense of belonging is given, but no rights.

Many people think they have a strong capacity for empathy, but what repeatedly drains them is often not empathy itself, but their inability to tolerate other people’s pain, disappointment, and anger. When you see someone suffering, you feel guilty and anxious yourself, so you instinctively give in, help, and take responsibility, eventually turning “understanding others” into “being responsible for others.” Truly mature empathy is not about feeling less, but about having clearer boundaries: I can understand your pain, but I do not have to bear the consequences; I can sympathize with you, but I

What is true causality? Causality is not: because you are kind, you will have good luck. It is: because you are weak, lack boundaries, and lack the ability to retaliate, the cost of bullying you is low, so you are more likely to be bullied. Causality is not: because you work hard, you will definitely be rewarded. It is: you focus on a goal, identify the key variables that determine the outcome, continuously make up for missing conditions, reduce obstacles, and improve the quality of execution, so the probability of success keeps increasing. Causality is also not: because you curse a country or

Just now, I discussed the differences between Chinese and U.S. politicians with some AIs: Chinese politicians genuinely serve “the power system,” with highly concentrated objectives: preserving power, expanding control, and reducing systemic risks. The underlying logic is that the power system is highly centralized, and political incentives primarily come from evaluations by superiors, organizational security, and systemic stability. U.S. politicians, by contrast, face severely fragmented attention, having to deal simultaneously with elections, the media, donors, partisan conflict, state inter

In fact, the vast majority of Chinese people do not have any true “friends.” Many so-called “friends” are actually just clients, business partners, or people who need to make use of one another. True “friends,” however, have no relationship based on mutual interests. Once interests are involved, the nature of the relationship should change, with contracts taking priority over feelings. This is what is meant by “a gentleman’s friendship is as light as water.”

Do you often find yourself like this? When you see someone dancing incredibly well, you say: “Awesome.” When you see someone speaking eloquently and confidently, you say again: “Awesome.” When you see a handsome, lean-muscular young man surrounded by a group of girls, you still think: “Awesome.” Every day, you notice the shining qualities in others, yet rarely turn around to look at yourself. In fact, everyone has their own unique way of being “awesome.” You can spot other people’s strengths at a glance; your own strengths, because you’ve had them for so long, have simply become ordinary to yo

Ignorance is also a dimension of the ability to explore the world.

Someone asked me: What are the downsides of being rich? I said: There are some! It makes people poorer than you hate you, and people more powerful than you covet what you have. Other than that, there are no downsides.

The closer you get to those who always remain in a “natural person” state, the better your own state will be.

Eight types of “waste” produced by the human body every day:
1. Intestinal waste, which is eventually excreted as feces.
2. Metabolic waste in the blood, which is filtered by the kidneys and eventually becomes urine.
3. Waste processed by the liver, some of which enters the intestines through bile and is excreted.
4. Metabolic waste in the lungs, which is eventually exhaled as carbon dioxide.
5. Dust, pathogens, and shed cells in the nasal cavity, which are trapped by mucus and eventually expelled as nasal discharge.
6. Dead cells and cellular debris, which are continuously cleared by the immu

The world has now entered an era in which “a single sentence can affect many people.” This is not because this person’s abilities have suddenly grown stronger, but because the media has moved from centralization into the era of self-media: any individual whose expression happens to represent the emotions, positions, and imaginings of enough people can quickly generate resonance and be further amplified by algorithms. As a result, an ordinary person may gain, in an extremely short period, the power of dissemination that in the past belonged only to media organizations. The problem is that while

If you want me to curse at you, you have to pay. If you want me to evaluate you, you also have to pay. Why? Because what you’re buying is never just a sentence—it’s my attention. My attention is a scarce resource. If you want me to take it out of my life and devote it to you, you have to pay.

Truly high-value commercial environments are never the places with the most intense emotions, but rather those with the most stable emotions and the most predictable order. Anger can generate traffic, but it also creates conflict, extremism, and uncontrollable outcomes; order may be less stimulating, but it can build trust, consumption, repeat purchases, and long-term relationships. What advertisers are essentially buying is not traffic, but attention that can be monetized sustainably. In particular, for long-term business models such as advertising, subscriptions, finance, education, and prem

In one place, if animals are protected, that person is difficult to deal with.