2019.3.20 己亥二月十四 周三

       While this is obvious,it is something that most people to a greater or lesser degree choose to ignore.They ignore it because our route to reality is not easy.First of all,we are not born with maps;we have to make them,and the making requires effort.The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality,the larger and more accurate our maps will be.But many do not want to make this effort.Some stop making it by the end of adolescene.Their maps are small and sketchy,their views of the world narrow and misleading.By the end of middle age most people have given up the effort.They feel certain that their maps are  complete and their Weltanschauung is correct(indeed,even sacrosanct),and they are no longer interested in new information.It is as if they are tired.Only a relative and fortunate few continue until the moment of death exploring the mystery of reality,ever enlarging and refining and redefining their understanding of the world and what is true.

       虽然这是显而易见的,然而大多数人或多或少选择忽略 。他们忽视了这一点，因为我们通往现实的道路并不容易。首先，我们不是生来就有地图的；我们必须制造它们，而制造需要努力。我们越努力去欣赏和感知现实，我们的地图将越大越准确。但许多人不想做出这样的努力。 有些人的停止制造它在青春期结束时。他们的地图又小又粗略，他们的世界观狭隘且误入歧途 。到中年结束时，大多数人都放弃了努力。他们确信他们的地图是完整的而且他们的世界观是正确的（事实上，甚至神圣不可侵犯 ），于是，他们不再对新信息感兴趣了。好像他们累了似的。只有相对幸运的极少数人持续直到死亡的时刻一直探索现实的奥秘， 不断扩大和精炼和重新定义他们对世界的理解以及什么是真的。