At the beginning of 'Walden,' Henry David Thoreau makes a concise case against the complexity of modern life. 'Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!' he writes. '[L]et your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. . . . Simplify, simplify.'
在《瓦尔登湖》(Walden)一书的开头,梭罗(Henry David Thoreau)用简短的篇幅抨击了现代生活的复杂性。他写道:“我们的生活在琐碎之中消耗掉了。一个老实人除十指之外,便用不着更大的数字了,在特殊情况下也顶多加上十个足趾,其余不妨笼而统之。简单,简单,简单啊!我说,最好你的事只两件或三件,不要一百件或一千件;不必计算一百万,半打不是够计算了吗,总之,账目可以记在大拇指甲上就好了……简单化,简单化!”
That was the 19th century, though, and we live in the 21st. In a typical day, we encounter dozens -- if not dozens upon dozens -- of moments when we are delayed, frustrated or confused by complexity. Our lives are filled with gadgets we can't use (automatic sprinklers, GPS devices, fancy blenders), instructions we can't follow (labels on medicine bottles, directions for assembling toys or furniture) and forms we can't decipher (tax returns, gym membership contracts, wireless phone bills).
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