I'm old school. First of all, there are two in fifty this year; And the "style" is also old: when I was young, I belonged to the type of unearthed cultural relics, with untidy clothes and no pursuit of fashion. Now when I go out, I look like an illegal immigrant in the United States and a migrant worker in China. I don't have iPhone, iPad, iPod. Not only that, I often complain about young people who pursue fashion: they are too "trendy", so they are too stupid to succeed in the future. When jobs died, the whole media was covered by jobs. My 12-year-old daughter didn't know who jobs was, probably because she never used his products. I have never forbidden my daughter from surfing the Internet and playing mobile phones. In my observation, children have a rich spiritual life and basically do not need these electronic products. People who rely heavily on such fashionable gadgets often have empty hearts and lack of talents. Nowadays, the fashionable young generation talks about jobs and Silicon Valley as if they were gods. But how do senior engineers and executives who created iPhones, iPads and iPods educate their children? They sent their children to Waldorf School in Silicon Valley. The school stipulates that before grade 7, that is, around the age of 12, students can't even touch computers, let alone use iPhones, iPads and iPods. Someone in the United States once reflected that in the 19th century, at least among the educated class, sketching was quite popular, and many people could draw well. Now, if you go to Ivy League school, there are few college students who can draw among such excellent talents. Why? In the 19th century, people had not invented the camera. If you want to leave some memories when you travel to see beautiful scenery, you have no other means but to draw. I live in the suburbs of Boston, close to Walden lake, where Thoreau once lived in seclusion. Thoreau himself often moves around this area. The former residence of his students and friends is also a local scenic spot. Up to now, our town still has the legacy of the Thoreau era. Sometimes when I go outside, I see a middle-aged woman painting watercolors against the beautiful scenery. Unfortunately, this is no longer a routine in today's society, but a "wonder". The invention of camera provides most people with a tool to replace sketching. This is not enough. People also invented the point and shoot camera: you just need to "click" and everything will be fine. You don't even have to learn to take pictures. Who will bother to practice painting? I remember when I was in China, I saw an old American film about the life of miners. One of the scenes I will never forget: the miners drank a few cups of wine and gathered around the piano with great interest. A thick black finger jumped on the keys like flying, and everyone sang with the sound of the piano. Look at the current college students in the United States. How many of them can play the piano like this? Piano has been called "Asian musical instrument", and it seems that only hard-working Asian children can master it. Why? People first invented radio and record player, and then invented recorder. What kind of music do you like now? You can download it easily on the Internet. The best musicians in the world are all concentrated in small iPods, ready to serve you at all times. Why do you still learn to play the piano? The era of network and mobile communication has pushed the all-round trend of "fool" to the extreme. The functions of smart phones are no longer limited to self timer, file transfer, navigation, search... All kinds of experts, consultants, coaches, life instructors are there to tell you what to do at what time. For example, in a family dispute, the smart phone will warn you in time: "this is not the time for you and your wife to quarrel!" At the critical moment of your date with the girlfriend you just met, the mobile phone vibrates in your pocket and sends you instructions: "now you can kiss her!" These suggestions are not only from authoritative experts, but also proved by a large number of statistical data collected on similar occasions. You'd better listen to them. Enjoying such convenience and thinking about the people in the past, they are really tired. There are fools like Hamlet, who asked solemnly, "survival or destruction? This is a question worth considering." What to consider? Don't you have a cell phone? We seem to live more and more happily, more and more relaxed, and more and more like puppets. If you want to enter the time, you have to live according to others' instructions, but you feel very cool and independent. On the surface, the greatest feature of modern society is equality. In fact, when we carefully review it, we will find that modern society is really unequal. People are divided into two kinds: one is creators, and the other is people who enjoy these creations. The former often regards the latter as a fool: they can't do anything, and they need to design the easiest auxiliary tools for it. Fashion is constantly changing with the times, but the truth is consistent: ordinary people like cheap and convenient entertainment. Tyler Cowen, a future economist, recently wrote a book called "the average has passed", which means that in today's economic activities, 10% of the top talents are winners, and the next 90% may be losers. The gap between the rich and the poor is growing. Why? There is a tendency of innovation in modern society that is more and more obvious: every time we innovate, there are innovators and innovators who enjoy it. The former always invents the technology of doing things for the latter, so that the latter doesn't have to do anything, becomes more and more stupid, and finally becomes more and more dependent on the former. Tyler Cowen's conclusion is: industrialization makes physical labor mechanized and automated; In the information age, even mental work has been automated. There are a series of intelligent machines to use your brain for you. Those who can invent these machines, have the ability to complement these machines and interact creatively with them, that is, 10% of the top creative class will take the fruits of innovation alone; Those who can only enjoy these fruits, in fact, belong to those who are replaced by intelligent machines, and will become insignificant. It's fashionable on the surface, but it's really old-fashioned. Do you want to follow the fashion created by jobs at a young age? Jobs is dead, and your life has just begun.

I'm old school. First of all, there are two in fifty this year; And the "style" is also old: when I was young, I belonged to the type of unearthed cultural relics, with untidy clothes and no pursuit of fashion. Now when I go out, I look like an illegal immigrant in the United States and a migrant worker in China. I don't have iPhone, iPad, iPod. Not only that, I often complain about young people who pursue fashion: they are too "trendy", so they are too stupid to succeed in the future. When jobs died, the whole media was covered by jobs. My 12-year-old daughter didn't know who jobs was, probably because she never used his products. I have never forbidden my daughter from surfing the Internet and playing mobile phones. In my observation, children have a rich spiritual life and basically do not need these electronic products. People who rely heavily on such fashionable gadgets often have empty hearts and lack of talents. Nowadays, the fashionable young generation talks about jobs and Silicon Valley as if they were gods. But how do senior engineers and executives who created iPhones, iPads and iPods educate their children? They sent their children to Waldorf School in Silicon Valley. The school stipulates that before grade 7, that is, around the age of 12, students can't even touch computers, let alone use iPhones, iPads and iPods. Someone in the United States once reflected that in the 19th century, at least among the educated class, sketching was quite popular, and many people could draw well. Now, if you go to Ivy League school, there are few college students who can draw among such excellent talents. Why? In the 19th century, people had not invented the camera. If you want to leave some memories when you travel to see beautiful scenery, you have no other means but to draw. I live in the suburbs of Boston, close to Walden lake, where Thoreau once lived in seclusion. Thoreau himself often moves around this area. The former residence of his students and friends is also a local scenic spot. Up to now, our town still has the legacy of the Thoreau era. Sometimes when I go outside, I see a middle-aged woman painting watercolors against the beautiful scenery. Unfortunately, this is no longer a routine in today's society, but a "wonder". The invention of camera provides most people with a tool to replace sketching. This is not enough. People also invented the point and shoot camera: you just need to "click" and everything will be fine. You don't even have to learn to take pictures. Who will bother to practice painting? I remember when I was in China, I saw an old American film about the life of miners. One of the scenes I will never forget: the miners drank a few cups of wine and gathered around the piano with great interest. A thick black finger jumped on the keys like flying, and everyone sang with the sound of the piano. Look at the current college students in the United States. How many of them can play the piano like this? Piano has been called "Asian musical instrument", and it seems that only hard-working Asian children can master it. Why? People first invented radio and record player, and then invented recorder. What kind of music do you like now? You can download it easily on the Internet. The best musicians in the world are all concentrated in small iPods, ready to serve you at all times. Why do you still learn to play the piano? The era of network and mobile communication has pushed the all-round trend of "fool" to the extreme. The functions of smart phones are no longer limited to self timer, file transfer, navigation, search... All kinds of experts, consultants, coaches, life instructors are there to tell you what to do at what time. For example, in a family dispute, the smart phone will warn you in time: "this is not the time for you and your wife to quarrel!" At the critical moment of your date with the girlfriend you just met, the mobile phone vibrates in your pocket and sends you instructions: "now you can kiss her!" These suggestions are not only from authoritative experts, but also proved by a large number of statistical data collected on similar occasions. You'd better listen to them. Enjoying such convenience and thinking about the people in the past, they are really tired. There are fools like Hamlet, who asked solemnly, "survival or destruction? This is a question worth considering." What to consider? Don't you have a cell phone? We seem to live more and more happily, more and more relaxed, and more and more like puppets. If you want to enter the time, you have to live according to others' instructions, but you feel very cool and independent. On the surface, the greatest feature of modern society is equality. In fact, when we carefully review it, we will find that modern society is really unequal. People are divided into two kinds: one is creators, and the other is people who enjoy these creations. The former often regards the latter as a fool: they can't do anything, and they need to design the easiest auxiliary tools for it. Fashion is constantly changing with the times, but the truth is consistent: ordinary people like cheap and convenient entertainment. Tyler Cowen, a future economist, recently wrote a book called "the average has passed", which means that in today's economic activities, 10% of the top talents are winners, and the next 90% may be losers. The gap between the rich and the poor is growing. Why? There is a tendency of innovation in modern society that is more and more obvious: every time we innovate, there are innovators and innovators who enjoy it. The former always invents the technology of doing things for the latter, so that the latter doesn't have to do anything, becomes more and more stupid, and finally becomes more and more dependent on the former. Tyler Cowen's conclusion is: industrialization makes physical labor mechanized and automated; In the information age, even mental work has been automated. There are a series of intelligent machines to use your brain for you. Those who can invent these machines, have the ability to complement these machines and interact creatively with them, that is, 10% of the top creative class will take the fruits of innovation alone; Those who can only enjoy these fruits, in fact, belong to those who are replaced by intelligent machines, and will become insignificant. It's fashionable on the surface, but it's really old-fashioned. Do you want to follow the fashion created by jobs at a young age? Jobs is dead, and your life has just begun.