Monday, May 24, 2021

沒有退路, 才有出路

李尚龍
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《你的努力要配得上你的野心》百萬暢銷作家李尚龍重磅力作
★打破佛系厭世代的迷思,人生很難,裝睡的人生只會更難
★15個重塑自我的有效方法,帶你突破迷茫困局,成為更好的自己

長路漫漫,別左顧右盼。
只管向前走,闖出自我成就的大道!

上班累得像狗,回家只想躺平耍廢,哪有時間精進自我?
・無所事事是因為你沒做好時間管理
把碎片時間累積起來,關掉沒必要的手機通知、晚點再回訊息,主動而持續地善用會議前、塞車時、睡前、等車的空檔,你將獲得驚人的成長。

・越多斜槓,越可能是未來想要的人才
先學會做一隻蒼蠅,蒙頭亂撞、什麼都碰,最後總能找到成長的出口。學會跨界,多幾個斜槓,為更好的未來做準備;你這麼年輕,你該擁有更廣闊的世界。

長大後是否越來越不懂愛、不擅溝通、老友交流只剩按讚?
・學會做一個「相處舒服」的人
你可以幽默風趣,也可以認真誠懇,重要的是學會面對他人、接受自己、處理情緒。無論科技如何改變,社群軟體怎麼更新,你都要抓住「讓對方舒服」這個原則。

・為生命做減法,決定你想要的人際關係
人的長大,就是和新的朋友說你好,和過去熟悉的人和事說再見。離別是人生的主題,堅強是一輩子的功課,只求拚命盡興地珍惜彼此,以後無怨無悔。

總說著明天再努力,但你憑什麼輕易放過自己?
・別甘於平庸,越出眾的人越自律
自律的人,才擁有自由選擇的資格:選擇美好體態的自由,選擇理想學校的自由,選擇夢想職業的自由。所以別拖延了,從今天起成為一個自律的人,為自己展開更多可能。

這是一本寫給「迷茫患者」的生存指南,
「拖延患者」的自救手冊,
「社交障礙患者」的行動方法。
別把命運給的苦當成你必須承受的難,現在開始決定自己的一生,才能擁抱真正的自由


(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, May 17, 2021

Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature

Angus Fletcher
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A brilliant examination of literary inventions through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, that shows how writers have created technical breakthroughs—rivaling any scientific inventions—and engineering enhancements to the human heart and mind. Literature is a technology like any other. And the writers we revere—from Homer, Shakespeare, Austen, and others—each made a unique technical breakthrough that can be viewed as both a narrative and neuroscientific advancement. Literature’s great invention was to address problems we could not solve: not how to start a fire or build a boat, but how to live and love; how to maintain courage in the face of death; how to account for the fact that we exist at all.

Wonderworks
reviews the blueprints for twenty-five of the most powerful developments in the history of literature. These inventions can be scientifically shown to alleviate grief, trauma, loneliness, anxiety, numbness, depression, pessimism, and ennui—all while sparking creativity, courage, love, empathy, hope, joy, and positive change. They can be found all throughout literature—from ancient Chinese lyrics to Shakespeare’s plays, poetry to nursery rhymes and fairy tales, and crime novels to slave narratives. An easy-to-understand exploration of the new literary field of story science, Wonderworks teaches you everything you wish you learned in your English class. Based on author Angus Fletcher’s own research, it is an eye-opening and thought-provoking work that offers us a new understanding of the power of literature.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

北歐式的自由生活提案 (Less is More)

本田直之
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在都市上班,在悠閒的鄉間過生活
少一點物慾,換來更多的時間,更多的興趣
不替公司賣命,而是提升自己的能力和人脈
拋棄追求名利的舊觀念,擁抱自由生活的幸福
其實,我們都很想試試看……


用質物來感受幸福的時代已經結束了。
從物質獲得的滿足只能維持瞬間,但從經驗,以及從經歷所得到的知識,卻會留一輩子。

為何北歐各國的「幸福指數」居於世界排行的前幾名呢?
生活富裕的日本為何又只居於第81名呢?

為了找出答案,作者本田直之前往「幸福排行榜」前幾名的北歐各國,採訪當地民眾,他發現,唯有拋開物質至上主義的傳統價值觀,改而追求工作、居住、生活上的自由,才能達到真正的快樂......

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, May 10, 2021

Digital Art

Christiane Paul
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“Paul does an impressive job of compressing the activity of a huge field, in which there are no obvious heroes and no single aesthetic line.” ―Publishers Weekly


Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art today. Not only have traditional forms of art such as printing, painting, photography, and sculpture been transformed by digital techniques and media, but the emergence of entirely new forms such as internet and software art, digital installation, and virtual reality has forever changed the way we define art.

Christiane Paul surveys the developments in digital art from its appearance in the 1980s to the present day and looks ahead to what the future may hold. She discusses the key artists and works in the genre, drawing a distinction between work that uses digital practices as tools to produce traditional forms and work that uses them to create new kinds of art. She explores the broader themes and questions raised by these artworks such as viewer interaction, artificial life and intelligence, political and social activism, networks and telepresence, and issues surrounding the collection, presentation, and preservation of digital art.

The third, expanded edition of the popular resource investigates key areas of digital art practice that have gained prominence in recent years, including interactive public installation, augmented and mixed reality, social networking, and file-sharing technologies.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

" Art Machines: Past · Present " Exhibition 「藝術機器: 過去 · 現在」展覽
Date: until 23 May 2021 (Closed on Mondays)
Time: 10am to 7pm
Venue: Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, 18/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Admission: Free of charge, prior registration required for visitors BOOK A VISIT

The " Art Machines: Past · Present " Exhibition explores the relationship between artistic creation and tools, showing us the technology is not an impediment to the making of art but a condition of its possibility. It showcases artworks from four disciplines: Rube Goldberg machines and kinetic sculpture, computer graphics and animation, computer installation art and sound art. READ MORE

村上春樹詞典 : 一本書讀懂村上春樹世界

中村邦夫, 道前宏子
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第一本村上春樹【詞典+插畫】入門導讀書
完整收錄|全作品、創作角色、關鍵字等詞彙,
享受圖解閱讀村上春樹的無限魅力!

1979年,村上春樹以《聽風的歌》踏入日本文壇,
其獨特又新穎的寫作風格,迅速引發注目,
爾後更以《挪威的森林》聲名大噪,成為舉世聞名的當代作家。
數十年來筆耕不輟的他,不只擅長寫小說,
隨筆、遊記、評論、翻譯等領域,亦創作甚豐。
作品被譯為50多種語言,更掀起一股名為「村上春樹」現象。

不同於一般坊間的評論集,
本書以淺顯易懂的詞語,搭配手繪風格的插圖,
帶領讀者一窺村上的奇思妙想,
書中沒有瑣碎的文章,每個詞語篇幅短短的,越讀越有況味,
穿插其中的專欄,更是專為鐵粉整理出的行家級知識,
從料理、電影、裝訂等主題討論,全方位分析村上作品的意象,
無論是入門新手或重度村上迷都能再次從中得到啟蒙!

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, May 3, 2021

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David J. Epstein
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The #1 New York Times bestseller that has all America talking: as seen/heard on Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Rich Roll, and more.

Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award


“Fascinating. . . . If you’re a generalist who has ever felt overshadowed by your specialist colleagues, this book is for you.” —Bill Gates

“The most important business—and parenting—book of the year.” —Forbes

“Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.” —Daniel H. Pink


Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, shows that early specialization is the exception, not the rule.

David Epstein examined the world’s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. He discovered that in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable—generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. Generalists often find their path late, and they juggle many interests rather than focusing on one. They’re also more creative, more agile, and able to make connections their more specialized peers can’t see.

Provocative, rigorous, and engrossing, Range makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency. Failing a test is the best way to learn. Frequent quitters end up with the most fulfilling careers. The most impactful inventors cross domains rather than deepening their knowledge in a single area. As experts silo themselves further while computers master more of the skills once reserved for highly focused humans, people who think broadly and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives will increasingly thrive.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

絲線上的文明:十三個故事,纖維紡線如何改變人類的歷史 (The Golden Thread:How Fabric Changed History)

卡西亞.聖.克萊兒 (Kassia St. Clair)
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一條絲線編織出人類文明進化的故事,
從出生到死亡,人們的日常生活都離不開織品。

從史前時代洞穴裡的纖維、中東布料與古埃及裹屍布;
中國皇帝的絲織龍袍與維京船的羊毛風帆、
印度的卡利科布、印花棉布跟工業革命的關係、
一直到現今實驗室製成的科技纖維,讓太空人成功登陸月球……

本書引用史詩、傳説、神話及史實,
呈現出織品對人類文明發展具有的重大意義與影響。
從語言到童話,從科技到社會關聯,我們的生活與紡織紗線緊密織就。
作者把古今中外,包括史前、古中國、古希臘、古埃及、近代、現代等等,
許多精采故事綴成一部内容豐富的人類文明進化史,老少咸宜,是當今最有趣的一本書。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, April 26, 2021

Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation

Marc P. Cosentino
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The Wall Street Journal calls Case in Point the MBA Bible! The world’s foremost authority on case interviewing and bestselling author Marc Cosentino demystifies the case interview process, which is not only used for recruiting in consulting but also in private equity, strategic planning, marketing, logistic, operations, and human capital. He takes you inside a typical interview by exploring the various types of case questions, and he shares with you the acclaimed Ivy Case System. It will give you the confidence to answer even the most sophisticated cases. Now in its eleventh edition, Case in Point is the most current and up-to-date book on the subject, and reflects all the latest changes in the case interview process —with plenty of graphs and lessons built in. The book includes dozens of strategy cases, with case starts exercises, 21 ways to cut costs and much more. Case in Point11 helps you build your case cred from start to finish.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

間歇高效率的番茄工作法:25分鐘,打造成功的最小單位,幫你杜絕分心、提升拚勁 (The Pomodoro Technique)

法蘭西斯科.西里洛 (Francesco Cirillo)
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國際媒體、全球暢銷書、高效大師、頂尖人士爭相引用的時間管理法
幫個人與團隊提升專注力、精準達標!

★ 《華爾街日報》、《哈佛商業評論》、《衛報》、《每日郵報》盛讚推薦
★ 準備考試、規劃專案進度、掌握團隊進度、自主進修學習都適用
★ 從個人到團隊,可運用於各層面,實現大小目標


◎ 全球數百萬人實證的高效時間管理術
1987年9月,法蘭西斯科.西里洛為了考試,需要念完三本書,
卻靜不下心,因為干擾太多,容易分心,也沒拚勁。
無意間發現,廚房裡的番茄鐘計時器,讓他重拾平靜,準備周全,通過考試。

1992年,他把「番茄工作法」系統化,研究出──
為什麼番茄鐘會有效?一個番茄鐘時段該設定為多久?
一天能進行幾輪番茄鐘時段?每個番茄鐘時段之間,需要休息多久?

1998年到1999年,開始傳授這套時間管理,經過無數次實驗與驗證,
他發現,工作25分鐘、間歇休息5分鐘,是最理想、效率最不會下降的方式。

2006年,將番茄工作法寫成書,自費出版,
截至2013年,電子書下載次數超過200萬次,
改善數百萬人的工作效率,受到國際媒體、時間管理大師、頂尖人士引用。

◎ 間歇、高效率的最佳單位──25分鐘
一般人會想一口氣、全力以赴把事情做完,但往往效率不彰,越做越沒勁,
番茄工作法之所以有效,在於有助發揮間歇、高強效的專注力,
一個番茄鐘只有25分鐘,不可打斷、不可分割,沒有半個或1/4個番茄鐘,
每天檢視該做的事,並預先為每項任務規劃需要多少個番茄鐘才能完成(本書提供專屬表格)。

執行任務時,當一個番茄鐘結束,必須間歇休息5分鐘,馬上放下工作,
趁機起來走一走、喝杯水、想一下放假去哪裡玩、跟同事聊天說笑……
讓頭腦消化吸收剛才25分鐘的工作內容......

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, April 19, 2021

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

Bill Gates
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.


Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal.

He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise.

As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

讀胡適

董橋
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董橋說今年[2019年]五四也一百年了,他緬懷胡適對世界、對國家、對山河、對生靈的關愛和擔當。他說胡適是老派人,有些說法有些做法很像他父親那個年紀的人,有點偏見,有點冥頑,有點迂闊,有點可笑,有點親切。頌揚和謾駡聲中,胡適一輩子是台上的人物。這本《讀胡適》只讀他喜歡讀的胡適,抄他喜歡抄的胡適 ......

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

《讀胡適》獲第十三屆香港書獎
董橋得獎感言:《讀胡適》從來不是一本熱鬧的書。我希望這本書是一道清淺的小河,靜靜流過從前和現在的中國,讓讀這本書的人在喧嘩的塵世裏聽聽那連綿的水聲,回望一個中國讀書人發憤追求知識塑造自己的過程,看他博讀中外典籍,用言行克服偏見,認識世道。胡適之經歷近代中國一波又一波的風浪。他治學,因為他相信學術必須傳承。他從政,因為他相信他的良知可以感化齷齪的無知。他提倡白話文的心志造就了中國語文從此脫胎換骨。他對自由民主的信仰成了近現代中國政治荒野中一盞不滅的明燈。我不忍心讓這樣一位有遠見有骨氣的讀書人的努力煙消雲散......

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香港城市大學邵逸夫圖書館現正舉行「跨洋之旅:胡適美國部分藏書展」"A Transpacific Voyage: A Collection of Hu Shih’s Books in the United States",展期至5月30日。


Monday, April 12, 2021

Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces

Laura Tunbridge
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A major new biography published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, offering a fresh, human portrayal

“Illuminating. . . . Tunbridge’s pithy A Life in Nine Pieces is different and welcome: a biography presented through the focus of nine different compositions.”—Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian

“Rewarding. . . . A lot of information is packed into her musical portraits.”—Richard Fairman, Financial Times


The iconic image of Beethoven is of him as a lone genius: hair wild, fists clenched, and brow furrowed. Beethoven may well have shaped the music of the future, but he was also a product of his time, influenced by the people, politics, and culture around him. Oxford scholar Laura Tunbridge offers an alternative history of Beethoven’s career, placing his music in contexts that shed light on why particular pieces are valued more than others, and what this tells us about his larger-than-life reputation. Each chapter focuses on a period of his life, a piece of music, and a revealing theme, from family to friends, from heroism to liberty. We discover, along the way, Beethoven’s unusual marketing strategies, his ambitious concert programming, and how specific performers and instruments influenced his works. This book offers new ways to understand Beethoven and why his music continues to be valued today.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港電影王國 : 娛樂的藝術 (Planet Hong Kong : Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment)

大衛博維爾 (David Bordwell)
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著名電影史學家及理論家David Bordwell《香港電影王國—娛樂的藝術》 2020年香港增訂版。2001年香港中譯第一版早已絕版多年,增訂版新加了兩章及兩個附篇(「無間道」三部曲及杜琪峯專論),全書共360頁,內頁插圖幾乎全部轉為彩色,極盡精美。

David Bordwell對香港電影情有獨鍾,對香港電影七十年代至今的藝術成就及其對國際影壇的貢獻分析入微。全書旁徵博引,圖文並茂,喜歡香港電影的影癡必讀。

(摘錄自filmcritics.org.hk)


Monday, April 5, 2021

Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu
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2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"One of the funniest books of the year. . . . A delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." —The Washington Post

From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.

Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He’s a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy—the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Or is it?

After stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he’s ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family. Infinitely inventive and deeply personal, exploring the themes of pop culture, assimilation, and immigration—Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most moving, daring, and masterful novel yet.

"Fresh and beautiful. . . . Interior Chinatown represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a sui generis author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition.” —The New York Times Book Review

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

思考之法

梁光耀
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作為萬物之靈,人的獨特之處就是有思考能力,但思考必須學習和培養才有所成。
作者認為,有三種思考對個人的發展和成功最為基本和重要,一種是批判思考,另一種是創意思考,還有一種是積極思考。

本書所講的思考之法,共有六法,前四法屬於批判思考,即語理分析、邏輯方法、科學方法和謬誤剖析,可以歸納為兩個重點:思考清晰和推論正確;後兩法則對應着創意思考和積極思考,跟批判思考不同,創意思考和積極思考的重點不在於「思考方法」,而在於心態,如放鬆、幽默、樂觀及勇氣等。人類文明的發展實有賴於這三種思考,積極進取、批判和創造。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, March 29, 2021

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"An irresistibly addictive tour of the human condition."--Kirkus, starred review

"Wise, warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book."--Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet

From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).


One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.

As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients' lives -- a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can't stop hooking up with the wrong guys -- she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.

With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is rev­olutionary in its candor, offering a deeply per­sonal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

大武山下

龍應台
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★ 本書為龍應台的首部長篇小說,超越政治與社會議題,直探生命的本質。
★ 本書所描述的動、植物多為台灣特有種與原生種,是龍應台最貼近土地的創作。
★ 本書插畫為龍應台親筆手繪,呈現創作軌跡與多元的創作能量。


龍應台以孩童似的無止盡的好奇、田野調查者追根究柢的執著、文學家時而空靈婉轉、時而深沉大氣的文字,刻畫出大武山的世界,既是煙火人間,又是冷月無聲。

自覺身心「脫臼」的不知名作家,彷彿命運牽引,回到闊別五十年的鄉間,與一位停格在十四歲的失蹤少女相遇。一段光影交織的魔幻旅程,讓生命和土地、植物、動物、歷史,相互因緣見證。一樁塵封的謀殺案,把遺憾和思念、擁抱和捨下,層層打開,像打開一條密密折疊、藏著香氣的手帕。

深山有野獸,小鎮有鬼神,
植物有記憶,動物有靈魂,
《大武山下》,是一次對於愛和生命的思辨跋涉……

「書中所有的人物都是虛構的,唯一真實的是人物的精神,所以不必對號入座。只是下回走進任何一個鄉間小鎮,你知道,馬路上走著的、市場裡蹲著的、田裡頭跪著的,斗笠和包頭布蒙著的,皮膚黑到你分不出眉目的,每一個人,都有他生命的輕和重、痛和快,情感負荷的低迴和動盪。」 ──龍應台

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Monday, March 22, 2021

Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

Winner of the Carl Sandberg Literary Award • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Longlist


“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.”

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

社會‧作家‧文本: 南來文人的香港書寫

沈海燕
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南來文人與香港文化

一九四九年後的香港文學與一九四九年前的香港文學有很大的差別,「和平文藝」產生的影響,不論好壞,都是值得注意的,因為它確是帶來了影響。——劉以鬯〈香港文學中的「和平文藝」〉

一九三、四○年代,中國一批文人在《和平日報》工作,並於1949 年前後南來香港,從事文藝創作。共同擁有「和平文藝」這個背景的諸位南來文人,稱為「和平文人」。劉以鬯一再確認「和平文藝」對1949年後的香港文學具重要影響。

若要勾勒一九五、六○年代的香港文壇面貌,不能不論及報紙連載,更要兼顧作家、作品及刊登園地等三方面。《星島晚報‧ 星晚》編輯歐陽天,號召一眾「和平文人」相繼發表重要的連載小說︰徐訏〈彼岸〉、易文〈閨怨〉、南宮搏〈李後主〉,劉以鬯〈酒徒〉、〈寺內〉和〈對倒〉等。佳作不但提高報紙銷售量,更可結集出版,改編為電影,香港文化產業的緊密相連由此可見。歐陽天、徐訏和劉以鬯在「星晚」的連載小說具跨界特點,是研究當時文化產業的重要例子。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)


Monday, March 15, 2021

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Adam Grant
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"Think Again is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a culture of learning and exploration, whether at home, at work, or at school.... In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever." (Bill and Melinda Gates)

The best-selling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life


Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones.

We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval - and too little like scientists searching for truth.

Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: Being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become.

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds - and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the best-selling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners. You'll learn how an international debate champion wins arguments, a Black musician persuades White supremacists to abandon hate, a vaccine whisperer convinces concerned parents to immunize their children, and Adam has coaxed Yankees fans to root for the Red Sox.

Think Again reveals that we don't have to believe everything we think or internalize everything we feel. It's an invitation to let go of views that are no longer serving us well and prize mental flexibility over foolish consistency. If knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

以少創多 : 我們如何用更少的資源創造更多產出? (More from Less)

安德魯‧麥克費 (Andrew McAfee)
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21世紀最鼓舞人心的趨勢洞見
資本主義不是環境保護的敵人,而是朋友
我們正進入經濟成長與改善環境並存的世界

★全球暢銷書《第二次機器時代》、《機器,平台,群眾》作者最新力作★


我們都有一個根深柢固的觀念:伴隨著經濟成長,必定會消耗更多資源。然而麥克費發現兩者之間的關係正逐漸脫鉤。證據是自1970年代起,美國人口與經濟正向成長,但使用的資源逐年減少。此外,美國的空氣與水污染逐漸降低,溫室效應氣體排放量減少,瀕臨危機的動物數量再度增加。這些現象不只發生於美國,其他國家也有同樣正面的轉變。

為什麼會有這種轉變?為什麼在經濟成長的同時,我們的環境污染更少?耗費的資源更少? ...

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, March 8, 2021

The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit―Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness

Craig Wright
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“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” --Adam Grant

Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University's popular “Genius Course,” explores what we can learn from brilliant minds that have changed the world.


Einstein. Beethoven. Picasso. Jobs. The word genius evokes these iconic figures, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society.

Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a 4th grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA. What does this say about our metrics for measuring success and achievement today? Why do we teach children to behave and play by the rules, when the transformative geniuses of Western culture have done just the opposite? And what is genius, really?

Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course,” has devoted more than two decades to exploring these questions and probing the nature of this term, which is deeply embedded in our culture. In The Hidden Habits of Genius, he reveals what we can learn from the lives of those we have dubbed “geniuses,” past and present.

Examining the lives of transformative individuals ranging from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk, Wright identifies more than a dozen drivers of genius—characteristics and patterns of behavior common to great minds throughout history. He argues that genius is about more than intellect and work ethic—it is far more complex—and that the famed “eureka” moment is a Hollywood fiction. Brilliant insights that change the world are never sudden, but rather, they are the result of unique modes of thinking and lengthy gestation. Most importantly, the habits of mind that produce great thinking and discovery can be actively learned and cultivated, and Wright shows us how.

This book won't make you a genius. But embracing the hidden habits of these transformative individuals will make you more strategic, creative, and successful, and, ultimately, happier.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

小說的越界

劉劍梅
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人如何以“越界”式的飛翔,擺脫存在之痛、現實的重負與心靈深處的孤獨。

★深入剖析解讀博爾赫斯、布魯諾·舒爾茨、奧爾加·托卡爾丘克等當下熱門大師傑作 。
★觸及時代最鮮活的話題和標籤,探討女性主義,體悟時代節奏和觀念變化。
★閻連科、駱以軍傾情作序,當代著名作家余華、蘇童、遲子建、梁鴻以及著名批評家李歐梵、王德威推薦。


《小說的越界》是劉劍梅的文學評論集,本書分為“女性的水上書寫”“文學的變幻之旅”“文學的各種維度”“文學隨筆”四部分。
★女性的水上書寫:劉劍梅闡釋了瑪麗蓮·羅賓遜、韓江、阿蘭達蒂·洛伊等四位女性作家,如何通過作品大膽地跨越了男權社會規定的“家”的邊界,表達女性的獨立意識;
★文學的變幻之旅:深入地剖析了博爾赫斯、布魯諾·舒爾茨、奧爾加·托卡爾丘克及其他中外作家,如何以夢、幻想和變形跨越現實的各種疆域和束縛,完成“越界式”的飛翔;
★文學的各種維度:分析波拉尼奧、薩曼·魯西迪、格雷厄姆·格林等人的作品,討論了文學的各種維度,比如現實維度、歷史維度、宗教維度和思想維度。
★文學隨筆:透徹地剖析了傑出的文學大師們的作品中所蘊含的深邃秘密和神奇魅力,引導當代讀者擺脫來自現實的種種壓力、苦惱和束縛,安撫焦慮、不安的靈魂。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, March 1, 2021

Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century

David Goodhart
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A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere

'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph

'Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals in the country, if not Europe' Sunday Times

The coronavirus pandemic taught us something we ought already to have known: that care workers, supermarket shelf-stackers, delivery drivers and cleaners are doing essential work that keeps us all alive, fed and cared for. Until recently much of this work was regarded as menial by the the same society that now lauds them as 'key workers'. Why are they so undervalued?

In this timely and original analysis, David Goodhart divides human aptitudes into three: Head (cognitive), Hand (manual and craft) and Heart (caring, emotional). It's common sense that a good society needs to recognise the value of all three, but in recent decades they have got badly out of kilter. Cognitive ability has become the gold standard of human esteem. The cognitive class now shapes society largely in its own interests, by prioritizing the knowledge economy, ever-expanding higher education and shaping the very idea of a successful life. To put it bluntly: smart people have become too powerful.

Head, Hand, Heart tells the story of the cognitive takeover that has gathered pace over the past forty years. As recently as the 1970s most people left school without qualifications, but now 40 per cent of all jobs are graduate-only. A good society must re-imagine the meaning of skilled work, so that people who work with their hands and hearts are valued alongside workers who manipulate data. Our societies need to spread status more widely, and provide meaning and value for people who cannot, or do not want to, achieve in the classroom and the professions. This is the story of the central struggle for status and dignity in the twenty-first century.

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宋氏三姊妹與她們的丈夫:20世紀三位傳奇女子,一部動盪百年的中國現代史 (Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister)

張戎 (Jung Chang)
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現代中國從慈禧到今天,
宋氏三姊妹與她們的丈夫,正是完整串連中國百年史的關鍵人物!
跨越三個世紀 走過三大陸 多場革命
三位家喻戶曉的女子 三段鮮為人知的傳奇人生

親訪宋、孔、蔣、孫家親屬與專家學者見證人
參閱臺港英美俄五地共14家檔案館
收錄三姊妹個人生命與大歷史交織的珍貴照片64幀
★足以理解中國現代樣貌的歷史巨作★


《紐約時報》《泰晤士報》《衛報》《華盛頓時報》
《圖書館雜誌》《金融時報》《書單》《出版人週刊》等
★英美重量媒體一致讚譽★

本書從宋氏三姊妹為起點,連結到她們的丈夫,再連結到清末至近代的中國,緩緩寫出整個時代的動人史詩。有別於刻板教條的歷史,作者將人物的性格、感情、理念還原至歷史中,使歷史事件充滿人性;以人為主題,將生命歷程放入歷史事件中,讓人物述說歷史故事。你會發現:原來有好多真相被掩蓋住了。更會驚覺:這些教科書中的歷史人物,竟是在動盪不安的大時代中,展開自己與家人的生命歷程──本書宛如讓讀者看了一部活生生的宋氏家族興衰史。
──國立蘭陽女子高級中學教師◎汪栢年

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Monday, February 22, 2021

Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures

Roma Agrawal
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Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

The wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building.


While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of what goes into creating the built environment, let alone how a new building goes up, what it is constructed upon, or how it remains standing.

In Built, star structural engineer Roma Agrawal explains how construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors to skyscrapers of steel that reach into the sky. She unearths how humans have tunneled through solid mountains; how we've walked across the widest of rivers, and tamed nature's precious water resources. She tells vivid tales of the visionaries who created the groundbreaking materials used to build the Pantheon and the Eiffel Tower; and explains how careful engineering can minimize tragedies like the collapse of the Quebec Bridge. Interweaving science, history, illustrations, and personal stories, Built offers a fascinating window into a subject that makes up the foundation of our everyday lives.

“Conveys insight into the built environment in an unusually accessible style-the kind of insight that will help lay readers look differently at the world around them.” ―Wall Street Journal

“Interweaving science, history, illustrations, and personal stories, Built offers a simply fascinating and impressively informative history of architecture, a subject that makes up the foundation of our everyday lives.” ―Midwest Book Review

“Makes engineering concepts easy to understand . . . [Agrawal] asks to reader to dream with her, look at the world before a problem is solved, then rejoice in the solution and all that it has meant to us as heirs of earlier genius. In short, she does the almost impossible; she makes engineering fun.” ―Manhattan Book Review

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

說故事的力量: 解決問題、發揮影響力的最佳工具, 微軟、NASA、華府智庫爭相學習 (The Story Factor)

安奈特.西蒙斯 (Annette Simmons)
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第一本將故事運用在商業場域的作品
世界級故事大師安奈特.西蒙斯成名作
微軟、NASA、花旗銀行、時代雜誌、華府智庫爭相學習
一本你需要的書,也是一本全世界迫切需要的書!


很多商業書都告訴我們,只要有具體的事實、數據,就能說服別人。
但其實不然。
不相信嗎?
看看賈伯斯怎麼說:「世上最強大的人,是說故事的人。」

──道理只能贏得辯論,故事卻能收服人心!──

本書作者安奈特.西蒙斯,是首位將「故事」概念運用於商務世界的先鋒,告訴我們如果想成功激勵、說服、影響他人,解決問題,有件很重要卻一直被忽略的事:說故事。

說故事是一種思維,也是一種技巧。

◎為何「說故事」是解決問題、發揮影響力的最佳工具?
故事是人類歷史上最古老的影響力工具,也是最有說服力的溝通技術。
一個好故事,打動的是人心,分享的是經驗,讓人不自覺被牽動。
這是任何數據或具體事情無法取代的,
更重要的是,它是每個人都學得會的技能!

◎怎麼「說」故事?
作者認為,任何尋求影響他人的人,首先都必須找到屬於自己的故事,然後學會如何成功的說出故事。她開創性的提出商界溝通中常用的六種故事,並詳細闡述在何種情況下、
如何講述這些故事。

說服別人之前,必須先設想別人怎麼看你!人們會想,「你是誰?」「你為什麼在這裡跟我說話?」
如果要影響初次見面的人,你必須學會說關於這兩個問題的故事:

「你是誰?」故事:告訴聽眾,哪些經歷造就今天的你。
「我為什麼在這裡」故事:開誠布公,向聽眾坦承自己的意圖。

這兩個故事,重點在於「取得信任」。要影響陌生人,你需要說「取得信任」的故事。

如果你想影響身邊的人,例如同事或下屬或朋友,另外四種故事:

「願景」故事:激發人們對未來的憧憬,克服當下的挫折和沮喪。
「教誨」故事:啟發他人思考如何以最佳方式做一件事。
「現行價值」故事:展現你的價值觀,而不是告訴他人應該怎麼做。
「我知道你在想什麼」故事:消除疑慮,取得信任。

以上四種故事,重點在於「激勵、啟發與引發共鳴」。要影響周遭的人,你需要說「引發共鳴」的故事。

◎你的六種故事在哪裡?
某種意義上,故事就在你的生活之中。你每天都在講故事。
這本書舉出超過一百個包括商界和政界的成功影響人心的故事案例,無論你是一個尋求創投資金的新創業者,試圖談成一筆生意的業務,主持公司改組方案的專案經理,或是為
公共議題發聲的主導人,你都必須說出一個好故事。透過這些案例,搭配你的生活或工作,找出屬於自己的六種故事。

最後作者提醒……
說故事,但不是假故事,為說好故事而捏造事實,最終會失去人心。

把故事說好,將讓你的聽眾與你的訴求、觀念、情感產生共鳴,最後得到任何你想達成的結果。
透過故事,我們不僅可以影響別人,你也將成為一位更有效率的溝通者。
最終,最好的故事取勝。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, February 15, 2021

The Elements of Style

William Strunk
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The original edition of the concise classic, with essential advice for aspiring writers like "omit needless words."

With simple principles and helpful tips on usage and composition, as well as lists of common errors to avoid, The Elements of Style was first published during World War I by Cornell University professor William Strunk Jr. Originally intended for Cornell students, it would become widely renowned as a memorable short guide for those who want to write clear, correct, and effective prose. A staple in countless classrooms and a touchstone for generations, it is still relevant and useful a century later.

(Excerpt from vitalsource.com)

寫好聯,過好年

魏寧, 路曉紅
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除舊布新,從自書新春聯做起,
吉言吉聯,給你新年好運連連!


對聯有很多種,但從實用的角度講,春聯的使用面最廣。如何將最精華、最實用、最有韻味的春聯及壽聯呈現給廣大對聯愛好者,是我們編寫本書的初衷。

天下名聯取精華,世間豪對選厚味。為了達到這個目標,我們對大量的自創春聯、壽聯和現實社會中流傳最廣的春聯、壽聯進行了篩選, 並在本書的編寫過程中,將常用的一些文書知識進行了簡單介紹,如請柬的寫法、對聯的貼法等,增強了本書的實用性。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)

Monday, February 8, 2021

Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Claire L. Evans
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Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February) with Broad Band.

"This is a radically important, timely work," says Miranda July, filmmaker and author of The First Bad Man. The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers--but from Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first computer program in the Victorian Age, to the cyberpunk Web designers of the 1990s, female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation.

In fact, women turn up at the very beginning of every important wave in technology. They may have been hidden in plain sight, their inventions and contributions touching our lives in ways we don't even realize, but they have always been part of the story.

VICE reporter and YACHT lead singer Claire L. Evans finally gives these unsung female heroes their due with her insightful social history of the Broad Band, the women who made the internet what it is today.

Seek inspiration from Grace Hopper, the tenacious mathematician who democratized computing by leading the charge for machine-independent programming languages after World War II. Meet Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler, the one-woman Google who kept the earliest version of the Internet online, and Stacy Horn, who ran one of the first-ever social networks on a shoestring out of her New York City apartment in the 1980s.

Join the ranks of the pioneers who defied social convention to become database poets, information-wranglers, hypertext dreamers, and glass ceiling-shattering dot com-era entrepreneurs. This inspiring call to action shines a light on the bright minds whom history forgot, and shows us how they will continue to shape our world in ways we can no longer ignore.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

穿越吧吉祥話:周朝的漢字劇場

黃庭頎, 謝博霖
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史上最有梗的吉祥話,將你的祝福拉近三千年
說好話運動,勇闖吉祥新紀年!


年年歲歲你的祝福老了,梗舊了,心累了,
拋開爛詞聳句,穿越去周朝取經吧,
另類問候語,古字新意。
長輩圖、IG和FB貼圖貼文專屬現代人?
周人刻吉祥話在器物之典雅之新潮,
根本神超越。
三千年書袋,一剎那笑開。
周朝吉祥話的字體原形、出處、涵義、故事、插畫,
還有現代人要怎麼用,一次好心滿足。

◎它它巸巸
睡覺覺,疊字字不是現代人的專利,古人也很愛。「它」像蛇一樣蜿蜒綿長,「巸」是盛大繁榮,合起來就是一路長紅。

◎得眾難老
這句話是期望不僅要逆天凍齡,還要成為萬人迷。太貪了吧?對,吉祥話就是要貪,話出去,錢進來,作夥貪起來。

◎屯魯通祿
屯魯就是大福,啊不是甜點那個大福,是大大的有福。通祿就是發達或升官的意思。升職要人幫,吉祥話用這發。
什麼?你說怎麼又是魯?已經很魯了還魯上加魯?在你拳頭硬起來,先聽我說~
魯,在古代是福氣的意思喔,魯多福就是祝您福上加福!

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, February 1, 2021

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

Reed Hasting, Erin Meyer
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Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

There has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating billions of dollars in annual revenue while capturing the imaginations of hundreds of millions of people in more than 190 countries. But to reach these great heights, Netflix, which launched in 1998 as an online DVD rental service, has had to reinvent itself over and over again.

This type of unprecedented flexibility would have been impossible without the counterintuitive and radical management principles that cofounder Reed Hastings established from the very beginning. Hastings rejected the conventional wisdom under which other companies operate and defied tradition to instead build a culture focused on freedom and responsibility, one that has allowed Netflix to adapt and innovate as the needs of its members and the world have simultaneously transformed. Hastings set new standards, valuing people over process, emphasizing innovation over efficiency, and giving employees context, not controls. At Netflix, there are no vacation or expense policies. At Netflix, adequate performance gets a generous severance, and hard work is irrelevant. At Netflix, you don’t try to please your boss, you give candid feedback instead. At Netflix, employees don’t need approval, and the company pays top of market. When Hastings and his team first devised these unorthodox principles, the implications were unknown and untested. But in just a short period, their methods led to unparalleled speed and boldness, as Netflix quickly became one of the most loved brands in the world.

Here for the first time, Hastings and Erin Meyer, best-selling author of The Culture Map and one of the world’s most influential business thinkers, dive deep into the controversial ideologies at the heart of the Netflix psyche, which have generated results that are the envy of the business world. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from Hastings’s own career, No Rules Rules is the fascinating and untold account of the philosophy behind one of the world’s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

一流的人讀書, 都在哪裡畫線?

土井英司
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日本Amazon五顆星評價,好評滿載!

讀書,是從數千行字裡,
畫出專屬於自己,能夠拓展未來、翻轉人生的一條線

讓股神巴菲特翻轉思考的一句話。
蘊藏著上億商機的線索……
讀書,就是在上千行文句中,找出能開啟你全新未來的一行字。
這一條線,就可能翻轉你的人生。

土井英司是日本亞馬遜網路書店的創立元老、王牌採購,一手打造全球銷量超過六百萬冊的《怦然心動的人生整理魔法》等多本暢銷書,擅長培育作家、挖掘暢銷書,被譽為日本第一書評家。他每年讀超過一千本書,每天持續發行超過五萬人訂閱的書評電子報《商業書馬拉松》,至今已超過十三年。他是愛書人、更是專業讀書人。

土井強調,閱讀商業類書籍的重點不在享樂,而在於投資。一流的讀者,能夠從上千行文句中挖掘能為己所用的精華,畫上專屬於自己的一條線,為自己的職涯或事業創造新的契機。

本書引導讀者學會畫出那翻轉人生的一條線,從「選書」開始傳授獨門訣竅,緊接著是分門別類的「部分閱讀」,勇敢挑戰自己不熟悉、不擅長的領域,由淺入深擴充自己的商業知識,接著才能抓對重點、讀出門道。

不論是輕薄近人的暢銷書、還是艱澀厚重的磚頭教科書,每個優秀的讀書人,都能從中抓住有助提升自己的靈感。

書末更親自示範作者自己如何「畫線」,精選四十四本商業好書,畫出土井英司獲益匪淺的文句,與讀者分享他獨特的深思考技術。

你也可以從中選一本書,拿起紅筆想一想,如果整本書只能選一個重點,能夠改變你人生的文字,是哪一句?

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, January 25, 2021

T-Minus AI: Humanity’s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power

Michael Kanaan
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"Mike Kanaan is an influential new voice in the field of AI, and his thoughts paint an insightful perspective. A thought-provoking read." Eric Schmidt, former CEO and executive chairman of Google

Late in 2017, the conversation about the global impact of artificial intelligence (AI) changed forever. China delivered a bold message when it released a national plan to dominate all aspects of AI across the planet. Within weeks, Russia's Vladimir Putin raised the stakes by declaring AI the future for all humankind, and proclaiming that, "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."

The race was on. Consistent with their unique national agendas, countries throughout the world began plotting their paths and hurrying their pace. Now, not long after, the race has become a sprint.

Despite everything at risk, for most of us AI remains shrouded by a cloud of mystery and misunderstanding. Hidden behind complex technical terms and confused even further by extravagant depictions in science fiction, the realities of AI and its profound implications are hard to decipher, but no less crucial to understand.

In T-Minus AI: Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, author Michael Kanaan explains the realities of AI from a human-oriented perspective that's easy to comprehend. A recognized national expert and the U.S. Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Kanaan weaves a compelling new view on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning.

Kanaan also illuminates the global implications of AI by highlighting the cultural and national vulnerabilities already exposed and the pressing issues now squarely on the table. AI has already become China's all-purpose tool to impose authoritarian influence around the world. Russia, playing catch up, is weaponizing AI through its military systems and now infamous, aggressive efforts to disrupt democracy by whatever disinformation means possible.

America and like-minded nations are awakening to these new realities, and the paths they're electing to follow echo loudly, in most cases, the political foundations and moral imperatives upon which they were formed.

As we march toward a future far different than ever imagined, T-Minus AI is fascinating and critically well-timed. It leaves the fiction behind, paints the alarming implications of AI for what they actually are, and calls for unified action to protect fundamental human rights and dignities for all.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

斜槓青年:全球職涯新趨勢, 迎接更有價值的多職人生

Susan Kuang
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除了本業,你還擁有什麼?
除了職稱,你還有沒有比名片更亮眼的故事?
席捲全球新風潮!
不是迫於生存,而是不甘平庸!


斜/槓/青/年──Slash是一種生活態度!
共享經濟時代,越來越多人不再滿足於單一職業和身分的束縛,
開始選擇一種能夠利用自身專業和才藝,經營多重身分的多職人生。
這些人都擁有一個共同的名字:斜槓青年/Slash。

對於一個斜槓青年最重要的是:
不是身兼很多種賺錢的方式,而是擁有許多真正熱愛的事物。
透過不同管道,讓你的才華和機會超/展/開!

斜槓青年並不浪漫,但可能精采。
他們投資的不是財富,而是自己人生的故事────
一邊做設計同時開書店、從事攝影也是健身教練、寫程式邊做Youtuber……
如今全球斜槓青年的故事已越堆越厚,如果你還未上路,那你該緊張了。

未必要辭職去旅行,
拋棄麵包追逐詩與遠方。
但是你該捫心自問,
除了一份安穩的工作,你還會什麼?
如果世界是精采的,
當你delete人生的其他選擇,自然就沒得選擇。
你要做一隻在猴群裡爬樹的魚?還是也同時痛快地游水!
讓現在的業餘愛好,成為你未來謀生的手段!

從今以後,按自己的方式生活!

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, January 18, 2021

Designing Experiences

J. Robert Rossman, Mathew D. Duerden
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In an increasingly experience-driven economy, companies that deliver great experiences thrive, and those that do not die. Yet many organizations face difficulties implementing a vision of delivering experiences beyond the provision of goods and services. Because experience design concepts and approaches are spread across multiple, often disconnected disciplines, there is no book that succinctly explains to students and aspiring professionals how to design them...

Named a best customer experience book of 2019. ― My Customer

Designing Experiences provides a much-needed evolution in the delivery and execution of programs, services, products, and experiences. Rossman and Duerden present a contemporary approach to experience design, journey mapping, and design thinking that helps us understand the complexity of designing experiences. Moreover, the book offers a refreshing resource, targeting multiple academic disciplines that will benefit greatly from Rossman and Duerden’s framework and conceptualization of experience design. ― William W. Hendricks, Professor and Department Head, Experience Industry Management Department, California Polytechnic State University

Designing Experiences will change the way you think about just about everything you do, or experience, in life. This engaging book outlines the essential elements of any experience, explains the features that influence how we experience different events, describes how to use a set of specific tools to design experiences that achieve a planner’s desired objectives, and leads the reader through the process of conceptualizing how to create great experiences. The book is full is of useful insights relevant to businesses, politicians, teachers, and parents, anyone trying to create experiences that will meaningfully engage others. ― Brigitte C. Madrian, Dean and Marriott Distinguished Professor, Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business

The core content and big payoff in the book is the how-to guide. It begins with an ascending framework of five types of experiences: prosaic, mindful, memorable, meaningful, and transformational. ― Strategy + Business

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

香港築印

馮俊鍵; 攝影、插圖, 陳耀慈
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歲月悠長的建築
仍蘊含著流動的生命

走在香港的大街上,
總會與不同的建築物擦身而過,
新舊區交替之間,
不少建築屹立於城市多年,
成為歷史的見證,
承載着幾代人的回憶。

本書以細膩的筆觸與繪畫,
勾勒出香港富有歷史意義的建築物,
還以相片展現它們今天的面貎,
在多角度的重塑下,
一磚一瓦流露着人情味與質感,
讓讀者追憶香港舊日生活之外,
也能憑藉建築物的變遷,
見證時代的更迭。

(摘錄自cp1897.com.hk)


Monday, January 11, 2021

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

David Attenborough
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*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year*

In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.

See the world. Then make it better.

I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.

As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day -- the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.

I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake -- and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.

We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.

All we need is the will to do so.

Review
"The eminent traveler and naturalist delivers a combination of memoir and manifesto, the first leisurely, the second earnest....Recognizing that we are at a tipping point, Attenborough is refreshingly optimistic, noting that one thing humans do well is solve problems. Anyone concerned with the planet's ecological future will want to spend time with this excellent book."―Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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