Entropy, Compound and Game Theory

To pursue power is like playing card games. We try to    1. Figure out what cards the rivals have 2. Get better cards 3. Confuse the opponents 4. Understand their personalities 5. Get allies 6. Utilize some rivals to fight other rivals Etc. In the end, it's about improving the possibilities to win, and minimizing the risk and the loss of each game. Nothing can guarantee winning. But if we study hard and work hard, we will have pretty good cards, and normally can get pretty good results. ========= 20201005 - Preface These laws are part of natural evolution. Competition is competition, there is no moral or evil, just effectiveness. It's good to learn all of them, so we will have more options to choose, and easier to defense ourselves. But these laws may also cause critical damage. Zedong Mao is the master of these laws, but when he used them with ignorance of other scientific knowledge, he brought disaster to hundreds of millions of people.   The single most point I learned...

20200623 - Step 1: Select a Target Turn art into science. Interesting. Not sure whether this book works, but it surely needs a lot of practice. It's also good for merely enjoying the stories in this book. My understanding is, that most of women do fast thinking, which is controlled by gene, that's the reason that they can be easily affected/controlled. PS: It's interesting that Nell put such a scary, sad story into the first chapter. Maybe he wants to remind every reader not to get lost. 20200629 - Step 2: Approach and Open Is this art or science? How creative can it be? Everyone has weak points. In the master's eyes, there are so many things so obvious. a. Confidence b. Smile c. Well-groomed d. Possessing a sense of humor e. Connecting with people f. Being seen as the social center of a room These are the characteristics of an alpha male. I guess, reading non-fiction books and practice can grant d, e, f to anyone. Things can be done through natural way or in-natural wa...

20200825 - I.    Hesitations History contains almost everything. There is no way to figure out all details, and it's not possible to understand the relationships of all events and all persons. However, based on what we know, we still can do some meaningful guess, and then learn a lot from history. 20200825 - II.   History and the Earth Climate, Geology and Geography are the root causes of human history evolution. But Will & Durant overestimated the power of technology. Technology helps to overcome natural obstacles a bit, but it cannot bypass them. So, it's better moving to Pymble than moving to Dural. Especially under the threat of Global Warming. 20200827 - III.  Biology and History Natural selection is everywhere, all the time. It happens among different species, races, nations, companies, etc. The organizations which have higher productivity can survive and grow. That means, the individuals in the organizations need to trust each other. The more tru...

20200812 - Preface Gordon W. Allport Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how." 20200813 - Preface to the 1992 Edition I think, the purpose of this book is to tell us how to use rationality against destiny. External resources like money and property are not as important as we thought. We cannot take them with us when we die. So, what is really important? 20200818 - Part 1 Experiences in a Concentration Camp Homo Sapiens can adapt to any environment. Maybe. This reminds me of the famous ants cave: ants eat each other to avoid extinctness. But we all know that many biological species extincted. In any cases, only the strongest individuals survive. No matter to human or animals or plants. But, the much more important thing we should do is, don't let ourselves fall into that situation. Make good plan, action quickly. To do that, we need to set up correct perception of this world. How did Viktor Frankl survive? 1. Luck Nothing can beat this factor. 2. ...

20200724 - Introduction: Why start with why? Martin Luther King. How many angles are there that we can observe his speech? "Power of Habit", "The Crowd", "Start With Why", etc. Inspiration. Common imagination. "Sapiens" says that everything human own and do, is based on common imagination. Inspiration is about how to create long last common imagination. Then people are motivated to achieve incredible result. "Why" is the beginning to create this common imagination. Part 1: A world that doesn't start with why 20200725 - 1. Assume you know Asking why from the very beginning to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future. It's definitely "first principle". I think this book is great, which will be another 10 point book! 20200726 - 2. Carrots and sticks Manipulation works. But it's the easy fix, not the correct fix. Easy fix brings us short term benefit, but cause long term trouble. Correct fix is hard. It takes more time...

1. Excerpt Good words resonate. When that happens, we are deeply moved. However, when was asked "What does this chapter say?", many people's mind get lost. "Well, it's about religion/education/war..." OMG 2. Summary In addition to flashing words and sentences, this level has been able to quickly identify the central point of the article. At this level, the book is understood. However, when was asked "What did you learn from this book?", many people's mind get lost again. "What did I learn? Well, I'm not sure." 3. Study In this level, you can clearly compare the content of the book with your own knowledge system and incorporate it into your own perception. In this way, the book will not be easily forgotten. However, a few years later, if you ask him/her: "Two years ago, you mentioned that book was very good and you learned a lot from it. What do you think the content of that book has had on you in the past two years?" ...

"Asking the Right Questions-A Guide to Critical Thinking" 20200705 - 1. Asking the right questions: advantages, approaches and right techniques This chapter is the introduction of this book. Critical thinking is not easy. We need the right attitude, approaches and techniques. One of the reason that people don't agree with each other, is because they have different priority about their "values". So, quite often there is no correct answer. We have to wait for long time to see the result. I think this book basically tells us how to go through illusion and see the real world, by asking correct questions. That helps us to improve our perception. 20200706 - 2. Critical thinking: hindrances and intrusions Slow down. We need to minimize fast thinking, and maximize slow thinking. With the help of routine, in many cases we can remove "thinking" completely. Of course, we need slow thinking to set up best routine. The best way to avoid those hindrances and intru...