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Contact: WeChat evervdev · https://eververdants.github.io/about/ ## Pages https://eververdants.github.io/ Navigation hub https://eververdants.github.io/about/ Background, study, awards, working with me https://eververdants.github.io/blog/ Essay archive (English) https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/ Essay archive (Chinese; each essay has its own URL) https://eververdants.github.io/projects/ Open-source works index, synced from GitHub https://eververdants.github.io/photos/ Photo journal ## Essays (English) ======================================================================== TITLE: When Mortals Choose to Defy the Gods Notes on Nolan's The Odyssey URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/the-odyssey-defy-the-gods/ COLUMN: ESSAYS DATE: 2026.08.26 TAGS: [Nolan, The Odyssey, Film, Philosophy, Greek Mythology] SUMMARY: Nolan brings Homer's epic to the IMAX screen, tearing open questions that still burn three thousand years later — the cost of war, the courage to go home, and whether mortals should defy fate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In July 2026, Christopher Nolan brought Homer's epic to the IMAX screen. Two hours and fifty-three minutes, $250 million in budget, $1.45 billion worldwide at the box office — these numbers are just the surface. What truly lingers after you leave the theater is how Nolan, through his signature nonlinear narrative, tears open questions from a three-thousand-year-old story that still burn today: **The cost of war. The courage to go home. And whether a mortal should defy fate.** > *"Defy the gods."* > — Odysseus This tagline is the spiritual spine of the entire film. ## War Is Not Glory — It's a Brand Nolan doesn't frame the Trojan War as a heroic triumph. He points the camera at a man who walked out of war and lets him speak for himself: > *"When he left the belly of the horse and opened the gates of Troy, he saw ten years of rage pour into that city in one night. We left them a gift in offering of peace that they took into their home… We violated all that's ever sacred between people… and turned the fight into a hunt. To burn the walls of Troy was to burn the world entire. Including his home."* When these words leave Matt Damon's Odysseus, the theater falls terrifyingly silent. Nolan reinterprets the Trojan Horse — it's no longer a symbol of Greek ingenuity, but a parable about **the systematic destruction of trust**. The Greeks offered a gift in the name of peace; the Trojans received it with hospitality. Then a gate opened, and ten years of war ended in a single night in the cruelest way imaginable. > *"One man's idea, one man's trick… to break Zeus's Law forever. We lived in a world of palaces, trades, language, blind to its beauty… until we broke it."* This is the film's deepest fear — **civilization doesn't need an enemy to collapse. It just needs one sufficiently clever lie.** Odysseus, having lived through war, no longer believes in heroic narratives. He's exhausted, guilt-ridden, haunted by the atrocities he participated in. Nolan transforms an ancient Greek hero into a modern understanding of PTSD — this isn't innovation, it's restoration. Homer wrote about a man who didn't want to go home. ## The Sirens' Song: What You Want Most Is What You Can't Have The most suffocating passage in the film is Odysseus describing the Sirens' song. It's not just dialogue — it's practically a prose poem about the nature of human desire: > *"All the things you wanted to be and then all the things you wished you never wished for. It was a delicious itch you want to scratch but you find it under the skin and can't reach it… It told you what you most want is what you most can't have and that the most you can't have is what you already had and lost. It was a song of all the promises I failed to keep. And it told me I don't really want to go home."* This passage deserves to be read again and again. It's not just about Odysseus and Ithaca — it's about every one of us, and the most contradictory truth buried deep within: **the things we chase desperately are often the things we fail to cherish when we have them; and when we truly lose them, we discover those were the only things we ever wanted.** What's even more devastating is the final line: *"I don't really want to go home."* Not that he can't — he *doesn't dare*. Because he's no longer the person who left. Going home means facing his real self, not the self shaped by war and legend. ## Calypso's Advice: Surrender Control to Survive Charlize Theron's Calypso delivers the film's most philosophically profound passage: > *"You're a man who needs to control his fate. But you cannot control this. You must give yourself to the storm, give yourself to Poseidon, and take your punishment. Give up the fight, give up control and live. It is a leap of faith you haven't yet made, Odysseus."* A "leap of faith" — a theme that recurs across all of Nolan's films. From the moment Cobb in *Inception* isn't sure if his wife is real, to Cooper's plunge into the black hole in *Interstellar*, Nolan keeps asking the same question: **when reason reaches its limit, do you dare to jump?** Calypso isn't advocating surrender. She's describing a higher form of courage — the admission of one's own limits. Odysseus spent his life using wit and stratagem against fate, but some things can't be won through cleverness. Poseidon's wrath can't be outwitted with a wooden horse. This wisdom holds just as true in modern life. Our generation was taught to control everything — grades, careers, the rhythm of life. But life always holds variables you can't calculate — illness, loss, the unexpected. Calypso's wisdom: **sometimes the act of surviving itself is the greatest rebellion.** ## Penelope: Twenty Years on an Empty Throne Anne Hathaway's Penelope is the film's most underrated character. When someone questions her right to sit on the throne, she fires back: > *"Because only a man can sit on it? Empty throne? I've been sitting on that empty throne for twenty years! My knowledge, my years of experience, that's all nothing compared to the bristles on your chin!"* The line draws laughter in the theater, but behind the laughter is heartbreak. Twenty years — a woman holding a kingdom together alone, fending off countless suitors, protecting her family and dignity — and the deepest contempt she faces isn't violence. It's the casual, assumed dismissal. Even more devastating is this: > *"In this world, a man does what he chooses. I do what I can."* No complaint, no indictment — just a statement of fact delivered with a calm so残酷 it cuts. Nolan doesn't portray Penelope as a "faithful symbol" waiting for her husband's return. She's a person with agency, living in a world that refuses to grant her any, finding her own way through. ## Nonlinear Time, and What "Home" Really Means Nolan's signature nonlinear narrative finds its perfect vessel in this film. Homer's original text was itself a temporally fractured work — Odysseus drifts at sea while remembering Troy; Penelope waits in Ithaca while weaving and unraveling memory. Nolan translates this structure into visual language: past and present interweave constantly, the atrocities of war bleeding into the longing for home. This is exactly **how memory itself operates**. No one remembers their past linearly — a song, a scent, a single instant can yank us back a decade. Nolan said he wanted to explore "the nonlinear experience of memory," and in doing so, he arrives at a deeper truth: **Home isn't a geographic coordinate. It's a state you can only reach after making peace with yourself.** Odysseus's tragedy isn't that he can't find the road — it's that he's no longer sure he wants to. He fears that when he arrives, the person he once was will already be dead. ## The Ending: A New Dawn The film's final two lines could stand alone as a poem: > *"Civilization will rise again."* > — Penelope > *"A new dawn will break over the darkened world. And our mistakes will once again be forgotten. Because songs will be all they have to remember those of us who could write."* > — Odysseus Nolan makes an incredibly bold adaptation here: Odysseus doesn't return to Ithaca to slay the suitors, as in the original. Instead, he chooses **exile** — walking with Penelope into the unknown West. This ending frustrated many purists, but I believe it's the film's most profound stroke. Because what Nolan is really saying isn't about "going home" — it's about **"when you're no longer the person who left, does going home still mean anything?"** Odysseus's choice isn't escape — it's a more radical honesty. He knows he carries too much that can't be brought back to Ithaca, and Penelope understands this. Two people walking together into the unknown — that in itself is a braver choice than "returning to how things were." *"Because songs will be all they have to remember those of us who could write."* — This is the film's ultimate echo. It says: **all civilization, all memory, eventually becomes a song. And a song's meaning lies not in whether it's faithful to the facts, but in whether it lets those who come after know that someone once lived this way.** ## Is It Worth Watching? 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 88 on Metacritic, an A CinemaScore — by the numbers, this is Nolan's highest-rated film and the highest-grossing R-rated film in history. But numbers aren't the whole story. Some audiences say, "I walked out of the theater shaking, and I didn't realize I'd been crying." Others say, "I walked out feeling nothing." This polarization itself reveals something: **this film demands that you bring something of yourself when you walk in.** If you're just after visual spectacle, the IMAX cinematography and Ludwig Göransson's score alone are worth the ticket. But if you're willing to let those lines hit you — about the cost of war, the fear of going home, the struggle between mortals and fate — then after the credits roll, you might need to sit alone in silence for a while. Nolan turned a three-thousand-year-old story into a parable that still works in 2026. **Because some questions humanity has never answered — and the value of cinema isn't in providing answers, but in asking the questions deeply enough.** > *"Then I defy the gods."* > — Odysseus He said it. Nolan said it through the entire film. And perhaps it's something each of us, at certain moments, has to say to ourselves. --- *Film dialogue sourced from Wikiquote's "The Odyssey (2026 film)" entry. Review data from Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB.* ======================================================================== TITLE: Hair Color as Evidence The Internet's Judgment of Hair Color URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/hair-color-as-evidence/ COLUMN: ESSAYS DATE: 2026.08.21 TAGS: [Internet Culture, Cyberbullying, Gender, Social Commentary] SUMMARY: From Zheng Linghua to Chen Nuo, the pink-haired girl who got into graduate school died, while the blue-haired girl who was admitted through a guaranteed pathway was accused of "capital manipulation." Sitting in the defendant's seat is every girl who refuses to live according to a standardized template. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On August 18, 2026, a girl from Chaoshan named Chen Nuo posted a video on Bilibili. She had been guaranteed admission to Central South University, had blue hair, and was smiling brightly. The video received 3.19 million views and 1,109 danmaku comments. The comment section quickly went off the rails. "Capital manipulation." "Her family must have connections." "Someone with hair like that can get guaranteed admission?" More than three million people gathered to watch a girl's admission story, yet no one cared how many years she had spent studying Spanish. Everyone was discussing the color of her hair. Three years earlier, another girl had walked down exactly the same road. ## The Same Verdict, a Different Defendant In July 2022, Zhejiang Normal University graduate Zheng Linghua posted a photo on social media. She had dyed her hair pink and was taking a picture with her grandfather in a hospital bed. It was a joyful photo: she had been admitted to East China Normal University through a recommendation program and wanted to make her grandfather happy too. Then the hunt began. "Bar hostess." "Improper." "Someone like her deserves to study for a graduate degree?" Zheng Linghua's pink hair became her entire evidence of guilt. She spent more than half a year defending herself, collecting evidence, and filing lawsuits. On January 23, 2023, she was gone. She was 24. Three years later, Chen Nuo's blue hair became the new object of judgment. The accusation had changed from "bar hostess" to "capital manipulation," but the underlying logic had not: **your appearance does not fit my image of what a good student should look like, so there must be something shady about your achievements.** One danmaku comment read: "Reminds me of that red-haired girl who got into graduate school and was cyberbullied." Another said: "We can't let Zheng Linghua's tragedy happen again." The spectators have not forgotten. They remember what happened three years ago, yet they are still doing the same thing. ## "Capital Manipulation": A Universal Label The phrase "capital manipulation" appeared with suspicious frequency. But what exactly was it supposed to mean? Chen Nuo entered Central South University through a foreign-language recommendation pathway. This route has barriers to entry: selection by foreign-language schools, internal rankings, and language proficiency tests. You actually have to know how to speak Spanish. This is not something some mysterious "capital" can easily manipulate. But the skeptics do not need to understand any of that. They need an explanation, something that makes their jealousy or discomfort feel justified. "Capital manipulation" here is not an evidence-based accusation. It is a psychological defense mechanism. It means: she could not possibly have achieved this on her own; someone must have helped her behind the scenes. This way of thinking has a name: **conspiracy theory**. The core of conspiracy thinking is not the pursuit of truth, but the denial of differences in ability. When someone cannot accept that another person is simply better than them, conspiracy theory provides an escape hatch: she isn't that good; someone is helping her. From "bar hostess" to "capital manipulation," the weapon has evolved from personal humiliation into an attack on institutions and systems. The motivation, however, remains the same: denying someone's achievements is easier than admitting your own mediocrity. ## The Gender Politics of Hair-Color Judgment There is one detail worth noticing: the targets of these judgments are almost always girls. There are plenty of boys with blue hair. Plenty of boys dye their hair pink, too. Yet you rarely see a boy questioned with, "How do you deserve guaranteed admission?" Hair-color judgment keeps happening to girls, not because girls are more likely to dye their hair, but because women's appearances have always been treated as public property to be regulated. A girl's hair is supposed to be black, neat, and compatible with the image of a "proper student." Dye it blue, and suddenly you are "challenging public aesthetics," "not studying properly," or "failing to appreciate your educational opportunities." The implication underneath all of this is: your appearance does not belong to you. It belongs to society. Zheng Linghua was subjected to sexual rumors because "pink hair = improper." Chen Nuo was accused of "capital manipulation" because "blue hair = not serious about her studies." The logic of the attacks is different, but the premise is the same: a girl does not deserve to appear in public on her own terms. ## Deindividuation: The Mask Behind the Screen Psychology has a concept called **deindividuation**. When people are hidden within a group and do not have to face the consequences under their real identities, moral restraints can drop sharply. The internet is fertile ground for deindividuation. Behind a screen, using a username, you type "capital manipulation" at a girl you have never met. You do not have to look into her eyes, face her anger, or bear any visible consequences for your words. You do not even have to admit that you were the one who wrote it. You can switch accounts and post another comment. Psychologist John Suler proposed six factors behind the "online disinhibition effect": anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, and the perception that "this is just a virtual world." These factors can all operate simultaneously on social media. Someone who might be gentle and courteous in real life can calmly type "Someone like her deserves to study for a graduate degree?" in a comment section. It is not necessarily because they have become a different person. The screen has simply removed their social mask. In 2024, CCTV interviewed one of the people who had participated in the cyberbullying of Zheng Linghua. His name was Wang Yin. Facing the camera, he said: "The cause and effect of this matter had nothing directly to do with me." Everyone felt that they had only "said one thing," so no one felt that they needed to apologize. Ten thousand people saying "it had nothing directly to do with me" created a crime scene in which no one was responsible. ## The Algorithm's Complicity Deindividuation explains why individuals dare to attack. It does not explain why the attacks get amplified. The recommendation systems of social media in 2026 are essentially **anger-extraction machines**. Their goal is to keep you on the platform longer, make you click more, and encourage more heated engagement. Calm analysis cannot do that. Rational discussion cannot do that. Conflict, polarization, and moral judgment can. When Chen Nuo's blue-hair video was marked as "high-engagement content," the algorithm did not care whether the engagement was positive or negative. It only knew that the comment section was active, there were many danmaku comments, and people were sharing it. So it pushed the video to more people, including those most likely to become angry. Platforms do not have to actively create cyberbullying. They only need to push the most conflict-generating content toward audiences most susceptible to outrage. **Anger is the fuel of traffic, and algorithms are the match that lights it.** Researchers in communication have conducted experiments showing that posts containing moral outrage can spread several times faster than neutral content. Algorithms faithfully exploit this pattern. So when comments saying "capital manipulation" appear, the platform does not necessarily suppress them. Instead, they may receive even more distribution because they generate more replies, more arguments, and more time spent on the platform. **The commercial logic of platforms and the propagation logic of cyberbullying are structurally aligned at their core.** ## From Spectating to Execution With anonymous masks and algorithmic amplification, a cyberbullying campaign needs only one final step: moving from spectatorship to execution. Stanley Milgram conducted a classic experiment. A person was instructed to administer electric shocks to another person. If he was alone in the room, he would hesitate and often refuse. But when other "confederates" continued to pressure him, the compliance rate rose to 65%. The escalation of cyberbullying almost replicates this experiment. Someone posts a skeptical comment. More people follow, creating an atmosphere of "everyone is questioning her." Suspicion becomes certainty. "Capital manipulation" changes from speculation into "fact." Fact becomes attack: "She may have connections" becomes "She doesn't deserve this." Attack becomes doxxing, spreading from the comment section to private messages, to other platforms, and eventually into real life. At every step, participants feel that their behavior is justified because they see someone else already doing the same thing. The group provides a moral shield. What Hannah Arendt called the **"banality of evil"** has taken on a new face in the internet age: no demons, no elaborate conspiracy, no mastermind required—only a group of people who believe they are "just saying one thing," gradually pushing a girl toward the abyss under the amplification of algorithms. ## Anxiety Over Guaranteed Admission Why does "guaranteed admission" trigger such intense anger? Because it touches one of the most sensitive nerves in Chinese society: **educational fairness**. The Gaokao is widely regarded as one of the fairest channels for social mobility. Guaranteed admission naturally carries an aura of "exception." Someone can reach the same destination without crossing the same narrow bridge filled with countless competitors. This kind of exception can create anxiety in any society, but in an environment of highly constrained educational resources and pervasive anxiety about upward mobility, it becomes magnified. The accusation of "capital manipulation" gains traction not because people genuinely believe Chen Nuo's family has some mysterious capital, but because they need to believe that the guaranteed-admission system itself is unfair. If the system is fair, then it means someone managed to find a path—through ability—that you did not know existed. That can be harder to accept than believing the system is corrupt. Psychologically, this is related to the **just-world hypothesis**, or rather its reversal: when people cannot obtain the same achievements despite their own efforts, they may become inclined to believe that the world must be unfair. It is not that they were not good enough; someone else must have cheated. Conspiracy theories grow out of this psychological need. **"Capital manipulation" is not a factual judgment. It is a psychological necessity.** ## The Legal Vacuum Where is the law? After Zheng Linghua died in 2023, her family embarked on a long road to seek justice. People such as Wang Yin were sued for cyberbullying, but the outcomes were far from satisfying. Some apologized. Some paid relatively small amounts of compensation. Some have never faced meaningful legal consequences. China's legal framework for combating cyberbullying remains fragmented. The Civil Code contains provisions concerning reputation and privacy rights, while the Criminal Law includes offenses such as insult and defamation. But these provisions were primarily designed to deal with attacks between individuals, not large-scale collective harassment. When ten thousand accounts simultaneously attack one person, it is extremely difficult for the law to assign responsibility to each specific individual. More importantly, there are high evidentiary barriers. Victims of cyberbullying need to prove: the specific statements, the specific harm, and the causal relationship between them. Identifying the comments that caused substantive damage out of tens of thousands of accounts, and proving a causal chain between depression or suicide and specific acts of cyberbullying, is extraordinarily difficult. The harm caused by cyberbullying is real, and sometimes fatal. But the threshold for legal accountability is so high that almost no one can cross it. **Cyberbullying has become a form of violence with nearly zero cost: you destroy someone's life from behind an anonymous account, turn off your phone, and move on to the next video.** ## The Illusion of Justice on the Internet Everyone participating in the trial feels that they are "upholding justice." Those questioning "capital manipulation" believe they are protecting fairness. Those spreading sexual rumors believe they are "revealing the truth." Those forwarding the accusations believe they are "doing society a favor." Everyone thinks they are right. Everyone thinks they are "just saying one thing." Countless "one things" become a tsunami. Zheng Linghua was not killed by a single person. She was killed by ten thousand people who each told themselves they had "only said one thing." CCTV later interviewed one of the cyberbullies. That person said: "The cause and effect of this matter had nothing directly to do with me." Every person believed they had no responsibility, so every person could continue judging others without any burden. ## After the Verdict Chen Nuo's situation is still developing. Fortunately, this time more people have stepped forward to defend her. The call of "There will not be another Zheng Linghua" is louder than it was three years ago. Chen Nuo herself also posted a video in response: she comes from an ordinary family, she dyed her hair after receiving her admission, and her parents support her. But I am not sure how long this wave of "protection" will last. Next time, it will be another girl, another hair color, another accusation, and the judgment will begin again. The object of judgment has never really been the hair color, the capital, or the guaranteed-admission system. **The object of judgment is a person who refuses to live according to the template.** In a society where everyone is expected to fit neatly into the same mold, anyone who deviates from that template is treated as an error that needs correcting—especially when that person is a woman. Zheng Linghua proved with her life how cruel this judgment can be. Chen Nuo proves with her smile how absurd it can be. The judgment itself will not stop because of this. It will stop only when we begin asking the real question. Who gave the internet a judge's bench? ======================================================================== TITLE: How Did a 'Bad Movie' Make 100 Million? URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/niulai-when-bad-becomes-currency/ COLUMN: ESSAYS DATE: 2026.08.20 TAGS: [Film, Internet Culture, Attention Economy, Abstract Culture] SUMMARY: In the 2026 summer box office season, a crudely produced domestic animated film crossed the 100-million-yuan mark. On Bilibili, videos roasting it have racked up over ten times the views of serious discussions about the film itself. When "being mocked" is more profitable than "being praised," what exactly is happening in Chinese cinema? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In August 2026, a domestic animated film titled _Niu Lai_ (Here Comes the Bull) quietly hit theaters. It had no blockbuster-style marketing campaign, and calling its production quality "crude" would be an understatement. Yet it surpassed 100 million yuan at the box office—not because it was good. On Bilibili, one video roasting the film garnered 1.37 million views and 2,467 bullet comments. Meanwhile, serious discussions about the movie itself barely scraped 20,000 views. **The traffic generated by mocking it is seventy times that of discussing it.** I paused for a moment when I saw these numbers. ## A Film's "Buyer's Review" The director of _Niu Lai_, Xin Yumeng, crafted the entire film solo without any AI assistance—a feat that resulted in a theatrical-release animation with a bizarre art style and production values completely out of sync with same-period blockbusters like _Eight Immortals_. TVB News summed it up in eight characters: "crudely made, bizarre visuals." In traditional contexts, that’s essentially a death sentence. But things didn’t go according to script. In the first few days after release, scattered negative reviews began spreading across social media. Some posted questions like, “How did this get approved for a distribution license?” Others made comparison videos placing the poster next to actual footage—the gap was so wide it became laughable. Then more people flocked to theaters, not out of curiosity about whether it was good, but to see just how bad it really was. By August 16, cumulative ticket sales had crossed 5 million yuan, landing it in the top 10 domestic animated films of 2026. Around August 19, it broke the 100-million-yuan barrier. A film universally panned as “the worst ever” had become the summer season’s biggest dark horse. ## The Economics of Bad Films There’s something counterintuitive at play here: **in the age of the attention economy, “being talked about” is worth more than “being praised.”** Here’s how the transmission chain works: Someone watches the film and finds it truly terrible. They post a roast with screenshots. That roast itself becomes content because it offers novelty value: those who haven’t seen it think, “This can’t be real,” and click in. More people see the roast and decide to experience this outrageous thing for themselves. They watch it, then post their own roasts. And the cycle continues. _Niu Lai_’s box office wasn’t driven by word-of-mouth; it was **driven by mockery**. Everyone who cursed it was doing free promotion. Every share captioned “This is unbelievably bad” pushed it further into public view. The film itself was merely raw material for this viral game; the real product was the content ecosystem built around it. ## Was the Director Meme-ing or Being Earnest? Director Xin Yumeng’s 40-minute interview is an interesting text to examine. Judging from his statements, he was earnestly trying to make a film. The label “handmade entirely without AI” carries a defiant stance in 2026, when AI-generated content is ubiquitous. He wasn’t intentionally making a bad movie—at least not in his own mind. But **audiences no longer care about your original intent.** Once a work enters the internet’s discursive arena, its meaning is no longer defined by its creator. In the director’s hands, _Niu Lai_ was a creative work; in the audience’s hands, it became a meme; for commentary creators, it became a topic; for news outlets, it became a social phenomenon. Everyone is using it, but in entirely different ways. This raises a broader question: in an era where everyone has a voice, can creators still control what their work means? ## The Triumph of Abstract Culture The explosive popularity of _Niu Lai_ isn’t an isolated incident—it’s one ripple in the 2026 wave of abstract culture. Abstract culture, simply put, is **a systematic deconstruction of “seriousness.”** Traditional aesthetics say this is good, so I’ll insist that’s good instead. Mainstream narratives say this matters, so I’ll focus on what doesn’t. Not out of rebellion, but because in an age of information overload, “seriousness” has lost its filtering function. When everyone says the same movie is great, the word “great” loses its informational value. But “bad” is different. “Bad” is distinctive—it can be described, screenshotted, and turned into memes. “Bad” provides something scarce: **a shared punchline**. In an overseas viral post, someone wrote: “America had Food Fight, and now China has Niu Lai. It feels like people from both countries could exchange a knowing smile.” This captures a cross-cultural resonance: every generation needs its own “bad movie carnival” to affirm, “We’re all in this together.” ## The Sequel Is Already Here The sequel to _Niu Lai_, titled _Yang Gao_ (Sheep High), has already been officially announced. This may be the most alarming signal yet. If “bad film + roast-driven virality” proves to be a replicable path to box office success, then it’s no longer just one film’s triumph—it’s the establishment of a new production logic. Consider what this implies: when “being mocked” is more lucrative than “being praised,” who will spend three years polishing an animation that might earn “good reviews but no buzz”? When directors realize that “crudeness” itself is a selling point, will they still bother drawing each frame with care in their next project? The film industry has always followed the money. During Hollywood’s B-movie era, earnest filmmakers simply couldn’t survive. ## Back to Those Numbers Let’s return to the statistic from the beginning: videos roasting _Niu Lai_ have seventy times the views of serious discussions about it. These numbers aren’t really about _Niu Lai_. They reveal a defining truth of our era: **content’s value is no longer determined by the content itself, but by the density of secondary creations it spawns.** Whether a film is good or bad no longer matters; what matters is whether it can be discussed, consumed, and converted into material for the next short video. _Niu Lai_ crossed 100 million yuan. But what broke that record wasn’t the film—it was our era’s hunger for “something interesting,” even if that interest is built upon the ruins of a crude animation. ======================================================================== TITLE: DeepSeek Harness Installation Guide From Zero to Hero: A Step-by-Step Tutorial for Building AI Agents URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/deepseek-harness-installation-guide/ COLUMN: TUTORIALS DATE: 2026.08.20 TAGS: [DeepSeek, AI, Tutorial, Beginner] SUMMARY: A DeepSeek Harness installation tutorial designed for absolute beginners, covering everything from environment setup to the first run, with detailed instructions at every step. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This is a tutorial tailored specifically for computer novices. Even if you've never used a command line or written a single line of code, you can successfully install DeepSeek Harness by following this guide. ## What is DeepSeek Harness? First, let's clarify what we are about to install. **DeepSeek Harness** (abbreviated as `dsh`) is an open-source tool launched by [DeepSeek AI](https://deepseek.com). Its core philosophy is **"Everything is a Plugin"**—you can think of it as a "building block framework." The AI model is the core, while various capabilities (reading files, executing commands, web searching, etc.) are plugins that can be freely combined. To use an analogy: - The **AI Model** (e.g., DeepSeek-V4) is like a human brain. - **DeepSeek Harness** is like giving that brain hands, feet, eyes, and various tools, enabling it not just to "think," but also to "act." It is currently in the **Developer Preview** stage, meaning features are iterating rapidly, but it is already fully functional for normal use. ### What Can It Do? - Help you write and modify code - Help you read and edit files - Help you execute command-line operations - Help you search for web content - Automatically complete complex multi-step tasks ### Why Choose It? - **Open Source & Free**: Code is completely public under the MIT License. - **Plugin-Based Design**: Install only the functionalities you need. - **Domestic Team**: DeepSeek is a top-tier domestic AI company, offering documentation and community support in Chinese. --- ## Step 1: Install Node.js DeepSeek Harness is written in TypeScript and requires Node.js to run. Don't worry; installing Node.js is very simple. ### 1.1 Download Node.js 1. Open your browser and visit the [Node.js Official Website](https://nodejs.org/) 2. You will see two download buttons; select the **LTS (Long Term Support)** version on the left. 3. Clicking it will automatically start the download. Wait for it to complete. > **What is LTS?** LTS stands for Long Term Support. This version is the most stable and suitable for general users. ### 1.2 Install Node.js (Windows Users) 1. Locate the downloaded file (usually in the "Downloads" folder) and double-click to run it. 2. When the installation wizard appears, click **Next**. 3. Check **"I accept the terms in the License Agreement"** and click Next. 4. Choose the installation path (**keeping the default is recommended**) and click Next. 5. This step is important! Ensure **"Automatically install the necessary tools"** is checked, then click Next. 6. Click **Install** to begin. 7. Wait for the installation to finish, then click **Finish**. ### 1.3 Verify Successful Installation Now let's check if Node.js is installed correctly. 1. Press `Win + R` on your keyboard (the Win key is the one with the Windows logo). 2. Type `cmd` in the popup box and press Enter. 3. This opens a black window known as the "Command Prompt" (or terminal). 4. Type the following command and press Enter: ```sh node --version ``` 5. If you see a version number like `v20.11.0`, the installation was successful! > **What if it says "'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command"?** > This indicates Node.js wasn't correctly added to the system path. Solution: > > 1. Close the current Command Prompt window. > 2. Open a new Command Prompt window. > 3. If it still doesn't work, try restarting your computer and testing again. --- ## Step 2: Obtain a DeepSeek API Key DeepSeek Harness requires an API Key to call DeepSeek's AI models. Think of this key as a "key" that proves you have permission to use DeepSeek's services. ### 2.1 Register a DeepSeek Account 1. Open your browser and visit the [DeepSeek Open Platform](https://platform.deepseek.com/) 2. Click the **"Register"** button on the page. 3. Enter your phone number. 4. Click "Get Verification Code," then enter the SMS code you receive. 5. Set a password (a combination of letters and numbers is recommended for security and memorability). 6. Click "Register" to complete the process. ### 2.2 Create an API Key 1. Log in with your newly registered account. 2. You will enter the console dashboard after logging in. 3. Find the **"API Keys"** option (usually in the left sidebar or top navigation). 4. Click **"Create New Key"**. 5. Give the key a name, such as `my-dsh-key` (for easier identification later). 6. Click Confirm. ### 2.3 Save Your API Key **This step is extremely important!** 1. After creation, the page will display your API Key (a long string of letters and numbers). 2. **Immediately copy this Key and save it in a secure location.** 3. You **cannot view this Key again** once you close the page. > **Tip:** You can save the Key in your phone's notes app or a computer notepad, but never share it with others. ### 2.4 Understanding Models and Costs DeepSeek currently offers two flagship models: | Model | Features | Suitable Scenarios | | :-------------------- | :--------------------------- | :-------------------------------------- | | **DeepSeek-V4-Flash** | Fast speed, low cost | Daily use, learning & testing | | **DeepSeek-V4-Pro** | Stronger capability, smarter | Complex tasks, professional development | #### API Endpoints - **OpenAI Format**: `https://api.deepseek.com` - **Anthropic Format**: `https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic` #### Pricing Details | Billing Item | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | DeepSeek-V4-Pro | | :-------------------------------- | :--------------------- | :--------------------- | | **Input (Cache Hit) - Off-Peak** | ¥0.05 / million tokens | ¥0.15 / million tokens | | **Input (Cache Hit) - Peak** | ¥0.10 / million tokens | ¥0.30 / million tokens | | **Input (Cache Miss) - Off-Peak** | ¥1.5 / million tokens | ¥4.5 / million tokens | | **Input (Cache Miss) - Peak** | ¥3.0 / million tokens | ¥9.0 / million tokens | | **Output - Off-Peak** | ¥4.5 / million tokens | ¥13.5 / million tokens | | **Output - Peak** | ¥9.0 / million tokens | ¥27.0 / million tokens | > **Money-Saving Tip:** Try to use the service during off-peak hours; prices are half the cost compared to peak times. > > **Peak hours are 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Beijing Time, UTC+8).** All other times are off-peak. --- ## Step 3: Install DeepSeek Harness With everything ready, let's install the star of the show! ### Method 1: Quick Start (Recommended for Beginners) This is the simplest method, requiring only one command. 1. Open Command Prompt (Press `Win + R`, type `cmd`, hit Enter). 2. Enter the following command and press Enter: ```sh npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web ``` 3. The first run will automatically download necessary files, which may take a few minutes. 4. When you see output similar to the following, startup was successful: ``` [INFO] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:3080 ``` 5. Your browser should open automatically. If not, manually enter `http://127.0.0.1:3080` in your browser's address bar. > **What is npx?** npx is a tool included with Node.js that allows you to run npm packages without installing them globally. No extra installation is needed. ### Method 2: Install from Source (For Advanced Users) Choose this method if you want to inspect the source code or perform secondary development. #### 2.1 Install Git Git is a version control tool used to download source code. 1. Visit the [Git Official Website](https://git-scm.com/) 2. Download the version corresponding to your system (Windows users select Windows). 3. Keep default options during installation and click Next throughout. After installation, reopen Command Prompt and type: ```sh git --version ``` Seeing a version number confirms successful installation. #### 2.2 Install pnpm pnpm is a package manager used to install project dependencies. In Command Prompt, type: ```sh npm install -g pnpm ``` Wait for installation to complete, then verify: ```sh pnpm --version ``` #### 2.3 Download Source Code and Install Enter the following commands sequentially (press Enter after each line): ```sh git clone https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.git cd deepseek-harness pnpm install pnpm run build ``` > **Note:** `pnpm install` and `pnpm run build` may take some time. This is normal; please be patient. #### 2.4 Start ```sh pnpm dsh web ``` ### Method 3: Using Python SDK (For Developers) If you are familiar with Python, you can also use the Python version. #### 3.1 Install Python If you haven't installed Python yet: 1. Visit the [Python Official Website](https://www.python.org/downloads/) 2. Download the latest version. 3. **Make sure to check "Add Python to PATH" during installation.** 4. Complete the installation. #### 3.2 Install SDK ```sh python -m pip install deepseek-harness-sdk ``` #### 3.3 Create Test Script Use Notepad to create a file named `test.py` with the following content: ```python from deepseek_harness import DeepSeekHarness with DeepSeekHarness() as harness: result = harness.run("Say hello to the world.") print(result) ``` Then run it in Command Prompt: ```sh python test.py ``` --- ## Step 4: Configuration and Usage After starting up, you need to configure the API Key before usage. ### 4.1 Configure API Key In the Web Interface: 1. Find the settings entry (usually in a corner or sidebar). 2. Locate the "API Key" configuration field. 3. Paste the API Key you saved earlier. 4. Save settings. ### 4.2 Select Operating Mode DeepSeek Harness offers four modes: | Mode | Target Audience | Features | | :------------------ | :-------------- | :----------------------------------------------------- | | **Standard Mode** | General Users | Most comprehensive features; recommended for beginners | | **PTC Mode** | Developers | Allows combining multi-step operations via code | | **Minimalist Mode** | Testers | Retains only basic functions for testing purposes | | **Creative Mode** | Developers | Enables creation of custom Agents | **Beginners are advised to choose "Standard Mode".** > **Model Selection Advice:** > > - If using **DeepSeek-V4-Flash**, **Standard Mode** is recommended for a complete experience. > - If using **DeepSeek-V4-Pro**, **Minimalist Mode** is suggested. Due to potential overfitting issues in V4-Pro's post-training phase, Minimalist Mode provides only bash and file editing tools, which actually helps the model better leverage its reasoning capabilities. ### 4.3 Start Using Enter your questions or tasks in the input box, such as: - "Help me write a Python calculator" - "Explain what Docker is" - "Help me create a simple webpage" - "Read this file and summarize the content" Press Enter and wait for the AI response. --- ## Troubleshooting Common Issues ### Issue 1: Command Prompt Says "'command' is not recognized..." **Possible Cause:** Software not installed correctly or not added to system environment variables. **Solution:** 1. Reinstall Node.js / Python / Git. 2. Close and reopen Command Prompt after installation. 3. Restart your computer if the issue persists. ### Issue 2: Port 3080 Occupied **Solution:** ```sh # Specify another port to start npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web --port 3081 ``` Then access `http://127.0.0.1:3081` ### Issue 3: Invalid API Key **Checklist:** 1. Was the API Key copied correctly (no extra spaces)? 2. Is there sufficient balance in the account? ### Issue 4: Browser Did Not Open Automatically No problem. Manually open your browser and enter: ``` http://127.0.0.1:3080 ``` --- ## Advanced Learning Once you have successfully run DeepSeek Harness, continue exploring: ### Official Resources - [DeepSeek Harness Official Website](https://www.deepseek.com/harness) - [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) - [API Documentation](https://platform.deepseek.com/api-docs) - [DeepSeek Open Platform](https://platform.deepseek.com/) ### Plugin Exploration The power of DeepSeek Harness lies in its plugin system. You can: - Browse community plugins - Learn how to develop your own plugins - Combine different plugins based on specific needs ### Community Participation - Submit issues and suggestions on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/discussions) - Join official communities (WeCom groups, [Discord](https://discord.gg/Ycq5dCaS4)) - Follow the WeChat Official Account for latest updates --- ## Summary Congratulations! If you've followed this tutorial to this point, you have successfully installed and run DeepSeek Harness. Let's recap what we did: 1. Installed the Node.js runtime environment 2. Registered a DeepSeek account and obtained an API Key 3. Installed and started DeepSeek Harness 4. Configured the API Key and began usage Next, feel free to explore the world of AI agents and let them assist you with various tasks. If you encounter any problems during use, please leave a comment below or ask questions on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/discussions). **Have fun!** ======================================================================== TITLE: Stone is Hard Egg is Light URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/stone-and-egg-three-classics/ COLUMN: FIELD RECORDS DATE: 2026.07.04 TAGS: [Mao Zedong, Strategy, Reading Notes] SUMMARY: On Contradiction, On Protracted War, and A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire—three works, three periods, and the strategic frameworks they built to reverse asymmetrical contests. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common sense tells us: when an egg strikes a stone, it is always the egg that breaks. Yet throughout history, we have repeatedly witnessed a paradox: a latecomer, absolutely inferior in troops, equipment, and resources, ultimately manages to overturn a colossus. Such reversals of power are never the result of luck, but of ruthlessly rigorous strategic reasoning. Today, let us return to the historical scene of over eighty years ago and reopen three classics written by Mao Zedong across three distinct periods. Let us see how, under those extreme circumstances where the enemy was strong and we were weak—when hope seemed all but extinguished—he dissected the problem step by step and turned the tide. ## I. On Contradiction — August 1937 To understand this work, we must first return to that historical juncture. The Red Army had just completed the Long March, and the bloody lessons of the failed Fifth Counter-Campaign against "Encirclement and Suppression" were still fresh in memory. Reflecting on the pain, why had we suffered such heavy losses time and again? The root cause lay in the decision-makers' blind faith in dogma, treating directives from the Comintern as sacred edicts and using foreign yardsticks to measure Chinese cloth—completely detached from China's realities. Thus, On Contradiction was born to thoroughly purge this erroneous thinking that ignored national conditions at its philosophical roots, addressing the question: "How exactly should we perceive reality?" So how do we perceive it? On Contradiction offers an incisive entry point: **distinguishing between internal and external causes**. The book contains this original passage: > "Materialist dialectics holds that external causes are the condition of change and internal causes are the basis of change; external causes operate through internal causes. An egg becomes a chick with appropriate temperature, but temperature cannot turn a stone into a chick, because their bases are fundamentally different." Where lies the cutting edge of this statement? Back then, when dogmatists lost battles, they always blamed the enemy for being too strong or conditions for being too poor—all external causes. But On Contradiction tells you: the external environment and the opponent's strength are merely the "temperature"; your own organizational structure, core capabilities, and popular support constitute the "basis." Treating external factors as the fundamental reason for defeat is the beginning of strategic miscalculation. The first lesson On Contradiction teaches us is to strip away external distractions and fix our gaze unwaveringly on the "**principal contradiction**" within things themselves. ## II. On Protracted War — May 1938 Having grasped the essence, how then do we fight? This brings us to the second book: On Protracted War, written in May 1938. It provides a roadmap for the transformation of power. By then, the War of Resistance had been fought for ten months, vast territories had fallen, and debates between the theories of "national subjugation" and "quick victory" raged fiercely. Mao did not take sides based on intuition; instead, he dissected four fundamental contradictions between China and Japan, deducing one conclusion: **China will not perish, nor can it win quickly**. The core methodology of On Protracted War is the **dimensional reduction of "power"** and the **extension of the timeline**. He divided power into **static factors** (weapons, economy) and **dynamic factors** (organizational capacity, popular will). Static factors may dominate in the short term, but dynamic factors transform over time. More crucially, he designed a three-stage pathway: **"strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counter-offensive."** Here lies a massive cognitive misconception: many assume protracted war means merely "enduring," a passive avoidance of battle. Wrong! What Mao emphasized was the **unity of "protracted strategy" and "quick decision in campaigns."** Maintain patience at the macro-strategic level, but at the micro-tactical level, seize the initiative relentlessly. Through **"offense within defense, quick decision within protraction,"** continuously create local advantages. This is how to tear open a turning point in the overall situation from within a passive position. ## III. A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire — January 1930 With methods and pathways established, one final, most critical question remains: when the disparity in power is extreme and despair engulfs everyone, what gives you the conviction to trust your own judgment? This is the third book: A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire, dated January 1930. It provides trend confirmation amidst desperation. At that time, the Great Revolution had failed, the revolution was at its lowest ebb, and confusion pervaded the Red Army: "How long can the red flag be flown?" In a cramped room in Gutian, Fujian, Mao penned this eight-thousand-character letter. Addressing doubts about the word "soon" in the phrase "the high tide of revolution is coming soon," he gave an extraordinarily clear answer: > "A Marxist is not a fortune teller. Regarding future developments and changes, one should and can only indicate the general direction; one should not and cannot mechanically fix specific dates." Rather than shouting hollow slogans, he offered three historically penetrating metaphors grounded in his analysis of the structural contradictions of Chinese society. He wrote that this is by no means something visible yet unattainable: > "It is like a ship whose masthead can already be seen from the shore gazing out to sea; it is like the morning sun whose radiant rays can already be seen bursting forth from atop a high mountain looking eastward; it is like a baby stirring in its mother's womb, nearly ready to be born." The methodology behind these three metaphors is this: the core of trend judgment lies not in predicting precise timing like a fortune teller, but in **confirming the inevitability of the general direction**. As long as the underlying structural logic holds, short-term fluctuations and setbacks are merely ripples in the course of history. ## Three Books, One Thread of Thought We have just walked through these three books following a problem-based logic. Now, let us reorder them chronologically, and you will discover a clearer line of intellectual evolution: - **A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire** (1930): Piercing through the fog to discern the grand trend amid the迷茫 of revolutionary low tide; - **On Contradiction** (1937): Eradicating the disease of dogmatism from a philosophical height after painful reflection; - **On Protracted War** (1938): Deducing a strategic path to victory for the weak against the strong at a moment of existential peril. You will find that none of this was "theory-first" speculation conjured up in an ivory tower. It was a weapon of thought forged step by step through countless cruel combats and sacrifices—emerging from practice, returning to practice. This itself is the most vivid embodiment of "practice, knowledge, practice again, know again." Returning to our opening question: when an egg strikes a stone, must it always break? When you master this framework—**seeing through to the essence via internal and external causes, planning pathways through three stages, confirming trends through macro-structures**—you will realize that balances of power are never static. What breaks is not necessarily the egg. Indeed, you may no longer be a fragile egg at all. Which of these three works' methodologies inspires you the most? Share your thoughts in the comments below. ======================================================================== TITLE: Don't Rush to Work Hard: Get the Direction Right First URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/get-the-direction-right-first/ COLUMN: NOTES DATE: 2026.07.03 TAGS: [Mao Zedong, Methodology, Reading Notes] SUMMARY: Two methodologies from Mao Zedong's 1941 essay "Reform Our Study"—seeking truth from facts and having a clear target—and how they cut through modern confusion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Who hasn't experienced this? Your bookmarks are filled with dozens of posts on "overcoming confusion," and at 2 a.m. you're still frantically scrolling through your phone seeking answers. During the day, you sit at your desk with books spread out, feeling like you've given it your all. Yet, when you quiet down and ask yourself: What exactly am I striving for? Is all this effort even meaningful? You often find yourself speechless. What if I told you that your biggest problem isn't a lack of effort, but rather that you've turned **"effort" itself into a straw to clutch at**? Doesn't that sound a bit counterintuitive? ## The Debate in the Cave Dwelling Don't think this is far removed from our lives. In 1941, inside the cave dwellings of Yan'an, a group of revolutionaries debated fiercely over "how to correctly understand the world." This question may seem grand, but it is intimately relevant to everyone. Mao Zedong crystallized this debate into his essay "Reform Our Study," offering two methodologies that transcend time: **seeking truth from facts** and **having a clear target**. Today, they remain like a beacon, capable of piercing the fog of contemporary confusion. At the time, there was a typical phenomenon within the Party: some returned from studies in the Soviet Union able to recite Marxist-Leninist works backwards and forwards, quoting theoretical gems at every turn. Yet, when faced with China's complex realities, they were instantly helpless, becoming "headless flies." Mao sharply criticized this dogmatic tendency, pointing out that neglecting the integration of theory and practice turned theory into a castle in the air. His concept of "seeking truth from facts" was not merely an encouragement to work diligently; it emphasized exploring the underlying laws of the world. He stated: > "'Facts' are all things that exist objectively, 'truth' means their internal relations, i.e., the laws governing them, and 'to seek' means to study." Among these three concepts, **"to seek" is the soul**—without a spirit of active exploration, facts are merely scattered materials, and "truth" becomes nothing more than an empty slogan on the wall. ## Two Common Misinterpretations In reality, however, people often misunderstand "seeking truth from facts" in two major ways: First, equating it with **"working steadily,"** assuming that keeping one's head down and toiling away is synonymous with pursuing truth. But without looking at the direction, hard work may just be futile effort, **running south while driving north**; Second, reducing it to **"empiricism,"** applying ingrained perceptions to everything. But the "facts" Chairman Mao spoke of encompass all objective realities, not just the stale experiences residing in one's mind. ## Seeking Truth from Facts: A Three-Step Approach So how does one truly "seek truth from facts"? It takes just three steps: 1. **Ascertain the facts**: Lay out the current situation, data, and records before you. Replace feelings with facts. Don't rely on intuition to say "I can't do this"; instead, use evidence to analyze "where I fall short, by how much, and in what specific areas." 2. **Identify patterns**: Connect the facts to find recurring patterns, repeatedly asking "why." For instance, if failures are repeated, is it due to flawed methods, insufficient resources, or a deviation in direction? 3. **Define the problem**: Based on these patterns, precisely define the core contradiction. Instead of vaguely declaring "I want to get better," clearly state "I need to solve [specific problem] in [specific field]." ## Having a Clear Target After grasping the laws of reality, what's the next step? Many get stuck here: they understand the world but don't know how to change it. Mao provided the answer in the very same essay—having a clear target (literally, "having an object to shoot the arrow at"). He used a brilliant metaphor: > "The 'target' is the Chinese revolution, and the 'arrow' is Marxism-Leninism. We seek this 'arrow' precisely to hit the 'target' of the Chinese revolution." This attitude is **"having a clear target"**—using precise means to aim directly at a defined goal. Looking at the present day, this "broken link" is everywhere. The so-called "rat race" is often **"an arrow without a target"**—blind spinning that looks like desperate exertion but is actually **using tactical diligence to mask strategic laziness**, ultimately resulting in self-consumption. Conversely, "lying flat" is **"a target without an arrow"**—learned helplessness where one sees the bullseye clearly but surrenders because they cannot find the right "arrow." Both are essentially a disconnect between goals and means, leaving people spinning in place amidst anxiety and confusion. **Seeking truth from facts** is the eye that sees the world clearly; **having a clear target** is the weapon that changes it. Lacking either, one can only wander in the fog. This is not a denial of effort, but a rejection of "sleepwalking" diligence. Every ounce of exertion must be **"awake."** **For a ship without direction, no wind is favorable.** Only by first calibrating your course through "seeking truth from facts" and then hoisting your sails through "having a clear target" can effort gain the power to penetrate reality. ## Four Questions to Break the Deadlock Now, pick up a pen and paper, and write down these four key questions for breaking through: 1. **What are the core facts I am facing?** 2. **What hidden laws lie within them?** 3. **Where exactly is my bullseye (goal)?** 4. **What "arrow" (method) should I choose to hit it?** I await your thoughts in the comments. Perhaps, the moment you write down your answers, your direction will already be clear. ======================================================================== TITLE: The Grown-Ups Love Numbers — Notes on The Little Prince URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/little-prince-and-the-baobabs/ COLUMN: ESSAYS DATE: 2026.06.20 TAGS: [Literature, Reading Notes] SUMMARY: Grown-ups love figures — but how do you measure a flower, a star, a sheep? From chapter four to seven, one line runs through: the sickness, the cause, the loneliness, and the keeping. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grown-ups love figures. — It is the sharpest cut in _The Little Prince_. Figures make us feel we have the world in our hands: age, weight, income, rank, follower count. But the Little Prince would ask: a flower, a star, a sheep — what figure do you measure them by? This is a reading note on _The Little Prince_, from chapter four to chapter seven, and through it all I see one line running: **how the grown-ups lose the world — and how we might keep our own.** ## The Sickness: How the Grown-Ups Lose the World Chapter four gives three scenes that are hard to laugh at. The Turkish astronomer discovered asteroid B-612 and reported it at a congress in his traditional costume — nobody believed him. In a European suit, the same report was accepted without question. For grown-ups, the standard of truth was never fact or evidence, but **who is speaking, and in what clothes.** When grown-ups describe a new friend, they don't ask about his voice, the games he plays, the butterflies he collects. They ask: how old? How many brothers? How much does he weigh? How much does his father earn? A living person is flattened into a row of comparable numbers. Numbers become the only currency for measuring value — understanding between people breaks, and loneliness begins. And then the saddest line of all: "Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups. I have had to grow old." It is not a sigh about age. What aging means here is **losing the ability to see the sheep inside the box** — the loss of imagination and of the power to believe, and knowing it, clearly, about yourself. ## The Cause: Every Baobab Begins as a Seedling You Were Too Lazy to Pull Chapter five hands over the "cause" on the diagnosis sheet. On the Little Prince's planet, two kinds of seeds grow: useful radishes and roses — and baobabs. The trouble is that good and bad are too small to tell apart at first. A baobab is not a small flaw; it stands for whatever can **systematically destroy a life**: some addiction, a draining relationship, an obsession. It destroys in three steps: first it takes over all the space, until you have no room left for what is good; then its roots reach through your foundations and shake your core values; finally it bursts the whole planet apart. The most dangerous thing is never the sudden blow — it is **the daily neglect that looks harmless at first and takes everything back later.** So the Little Prince gives himself a rule of iron: **the moment you recognize one, pull it out at once.** And force yourself, every day, to do the weeding — a dull ritual, and the only preservative for the inner world. Keeping your inner world is never a one-time feat; it is a small daily insistence. The baobabs have changed their names today: the short-video app you open for "just a minute"; the relationship you "put up with for now"; the procrastination you keep putting off as "later." They all appear harmless, and quietly grow over the whole planet. ## Loneliness: Forty-Three Sunsets Chapter six is the lightest and heaviest chapter in the book. The Little Prince says his planet is so small that to see a sunset he only had to move his chair a few steps. He had seen forty-three sunsets. He said it in the perfect tense — he had really seen them all. And after seeing them, he fell silent. Why the silence? Because the sadness was too heavy for language to carry; and deeper still, he realized: **the man sitting in front of him could never truly understand him, his rose, or his volcanoes.** No matter how beautiful a sunset is, if no one truly understands why you love watching it — beauty itself becomes a burden. This is the feeling of loneliness. It is different from the sickness and the cause: even when you clearly know where the problem is, the loneliness cannot be dissolved. Some beauty is fated to be watched alone. ## The Root: Mushrooms and "Matters of Consequence" Chapter seven is where the root of loneliness finally shows itself. "I" was busy fixing the engine — a "matter of consequence" — and brushed off the Little Prince's painful question about his flower. The Little Prince did not get angry. He only said: "You talk just like the grown-ups. You mix everything up together." It is one of the harshest rebukes in the book. And the sharper metaphor comes right after: the grown-ups who repeat all day "I am a serious man" are, in the author's pen — **not men, but mushrooms**. No roots, no leaves, no flowers: no individuality, no vitality, no curiosity, love, or sorrow left — only a hollow self-inflation. "Matters of consequence" become the most respectable way to brush someone off, and the deepest wound to the heart is exactly this kind of brushing off. Busy, serious, earnest — three words that sound entirely correct can kill every question inside a person. ## Keeping: Don't Let the Inner Questioner Fall Silent Put the four chapters together and one complete line appears: the grown-ups are sick (chapter four) — the cause is letting the baobabs grow (chapter five) — in the sick world nobody understands beauty anymore (chapter six) — because mushrooms are everywhere (chapter seven). What the Little Prince is really asking is not how bad the grown-up world is, but: **in a world measured by figures and "matters of consequence," how do you keep your rose?** The answer the book gives is almost embarrassingly plain: like pulling baobabs, bend down once every day. Keep your curiosity, keep the impulse to ask "why," keep the self that falls silent for the sheep inside the box. When I finished chapter seven and wrote these notes, I suddenly understood: the fact that I can write this analysis means my own Little Prince is still here — and wide awake. I will keep recognizing those hollow, alienated voices — and keep my rose and my volcanoes safe. ## 随笔（中文） ======================================================================== TITLE: 当凡人决定违抗众神 诺兰《奥德赛》观影手记 URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/the-odyssey-defy-the-gods/ COLUMN: 随笔 DATE: 2026.08.26 TAGS: [Nolan, The Odyssey, Film, Philosophy, Greek Mythology] SUMMARY: 诺兰把荷马史诗搬上IMAX银幕，撕开了一个三千年前的故事里那些至今仍然灼人的命题——战争的代价，回家的勇气，以及人该不该违抗命运。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2026年7月，克里斯托弗·诺兰把荷马史诗搬上了IMAX银幕。2小时53分钟，2.5亿美元，全球票房14.5亿美元——这些数字都只是表象。真正让人走出影院后久久无法平静的，是诺兰用他标志性的非线性叙事，撕开了一个三千年前的故事里那些至今仍然灼人的命题： **战争的代价，回家的勇气，以及人该不该违抗命运。** > *"Defy the gods."（违抗众神。）* > ——奥德修斯 影片的这句tagline，几乎是整部电影的精神脊梁。 ## 战争不是荣耀，是烙印 诺兰没有把特洛伊战争拍成英雄凯旋。他把镜头对准了一个从战争中走出来的男人，让他自己开口说—— > *"他离开木马腹中，打开了特洛伊的城门，然后他看到十年的怒火在一个夜晚倾泻进了那座城市。我们把一个礼物以和平之名送进了他们家中……我们亵渎了人与人之间一切神圣的东西……把战斗变成了狩猎。烧毁特洛伊的城墙，就是烧毁整个世界。包括他自己的家。"* 这段话从马特·达蒙饰演的奥德修斯口中说出来时，影院里安静得可怕。 诺兰重新诠释了木马计——它不再是希腊人智慧的象征，而是一个关于**信任被系统性摧毁**的寓言。希腊人以和平之名送礼，特洛伊人以礼相待将其迎入城中，然后一扇门打开了，十年的战争在一个夜晚以最残忍的方式结束。 > *"一个人的一个主意，一个计谋……永远打破了宙斯的法则。我们生活在一个有宫殿、有贸易、有语言的世界里，对它的美视而不见……直到我们亲手打碎了它。"* 这就是影片最核心的恐惧——**文明的崩塌不需要外敌，只需要一个足够聪明的谎言。** 作为一个经历过战争的人，奥德修斯不再相信英雄叙事。他疲惫，他内疚，他被自己参与的暴行所困扰。诺兰把一个古希腊英雄拍成了一个现代意义上的PTSD患者——这不是创新，这是还原。荷马写的本就是一个不想回家的人。 ## 塞壬的歌：你最想要的，恰恰是你最不能拥有的 影片中最令人窒息的段落，是奥德修斯描述塞壬之歌的感受。这不只是一段台词，它几乎是一首关于人类欲望本质的散文诗： > *"所有你渴望成为的样子，所有你祈祷永远不要许下的愿望。那是一阵甜蜜的痒，你想去挠，却发现它在皮肤底下，够不着……它告诉你，你最想要的恰恰是你最不能拥有的；而你最不能拥有的，恰恰是你曾经拥有又失去的。那是一首关于所有未能兑现的承诺的歌。它告诉我——我其实不想回家。"* 这段话值得反复读。 它说的不只是奥德修斯和伊萨卡，它说的是每一个人——我们内心深处那个最矛盾的真相：**我们拼命追逐的东西，往往在我们拥有时并不珍惜；而当我们真正失去，才发现那才是我们唯一想要的。** 更可怕的是最后一句：*"我其实不想回家。"* 不是他不能回，是他**不敢**。因为他已经不是离开时的那个人了。回家意味着面对真实的自己，而不是那个被战争和传奇塑造的自己。 ## 卡吕普索的忠告：放弃控制，才能活下来 查理兹·塞隆饰演的卡吕普索，给了全片最具哲学深度的一段话： > *"你是一个需要掌控自己命运的人。但这件事你无法掌控。你必须把自己交给风暴，交给波塞冬，接受你的惩罚。放弃战斗，放弃控制，活下去。这是你尚未做出的一次信仰之跃，奥德修斯。"* "信仰之跃"——一个在诺兰所有电影中反复出现的主题。从《盗梦空间》里柯布不确定妻子是否真实的那一刻，到《星际穿越》里库珀跃入黑洞的那个瞬间，诺兰一直在追问同一个问题：**当理性走到尽头，你敢不敢跳？** 卡吕普索说的不是放弃，而是一种更高级的勇气——承认自己的有限。奥德修斯一生都在用智慧和计谋对抗命运，但有些事情不是靠聪明就能赢的。波塞冬的愤怒不是你用木马就能骗过去的。 这句话放在现代语境里同样成立。我们这一代人被教育要掌控一切：掌控成绩、掌控职业、掌控人生节奏。但生活总有你算不到的变量——疾病、失去、意外。卡吕普索的智慧是：**有时候活下去本身，就是最大的反叛。** ## 佩涅洛珀：空椅子上的二十年 安妮·海瑟薇饰演的佩涅洛珀，是全片最被低估的角色。 当有人质疑她凭什么坐在王座上时，她说： > *"因为只有男人才能坐上去吗？一张空椅子？我已经在那张空椅子上坐了二十年！我的知识、我这些年的经验，比起你下巴上的几根毛来，就什么都不是了？"* 这段台词让影院里爆发出一阵笑声，但笑完之后是心酸。二十年，一个女人独自撑起一个王国，对抗无数求婚者的侵吞，保护自己的家庭和尊严——而她所面对的最大的轻蔑，不是暴力，是理所当然的忽视。 更令人心碎的是这句： > *"在这个世界上，男人想做什么就做什么。而我，做我能做的。"* 没有抱怨，没有控诉，只有一句平静到近乎残酷的事实陈述。诺兰没有把佩涅洛珀拍成一个等待丈夫归来的"忠贞符号"——她是一个有主体性的人，在一个不允许她有主体性的世界里，用自己的方式活着。 ## 非线性的时间，和我们对"回家"的理解 诺兰标志性的非线性叙事在这部电影里找到了最完美的载体。 荷马的原作本身就是一部时间错乱的文本——奥德修斯一边在海上漂泊，一边在回忆特洛伊；佩涅洛珀在伊萨卡等待，同时在编织和拆解记忆。诺兰把这种结构用影像语言表达出来：过去和现在不断交织，战争的暴行和归乡的渴望互相渗透。 这恰恰是**记忆本身的运作方式**。没有人是线性地记住自己的过去的——我们会突然被一首歌、一个气味、一个瞬间拽回到十年前。诺兰说他想探索的是"记忆的非线性体验"，而最终他触及了一个更深的真相： **家不是一个地理坐标，而是一种你和自己和解之后才能抵达的状态。** 奥德修斯的悲剧不在于他找不到路，而在于他不确定自己还想不想找到。他害怕回去之后发现，那个曾经的自己已经死了。 ## 结局：一个新的黎明 影片的最后两句台词，几乎可以独立成为一首诗： > *"文明会重新崛起。"* > ——佩涅洛珀 > *"新的黎明会划破黑暗的世界。我们的错误会再次被遗忘。因为歌谣将是他们仅有的东西——用来记住我们这些曾经能书写的人。"* > ——奥德修斯 诺兰在这里做了一个极其大胆的改编：奥德修斯没有像原作那样回到伊萨卡杀死求婚者，而是选择了**流放**——和佩涅洛珀一起，走向未知的西方。 这个结局让很多原著粉丝不满，但我觉得它是整部电影最深刻的一笔。因为诺兰真正想说的不是"回家"，而是**"当你已经不是离开时的那个人，回家还有意义吗？"** 奥德修斯选择的不是逃避，是一种更彻底的诚实——他知道自己身上携带着太多无法带回伊萨卡的东西，而佩涅洛珀理解这一点。两个人一起走向未知，这本身就是一种比"回到从前"更勇敢的选择。 *"因为歌谣将是他们仅有的东西，用来记住我们这些曾经能书写的人。"* ——这句话是整部电影的终极回响。它说的是：**所有的文明，所有的记忆，最终都会变成一首歌。而歌的意义不在于它是否忠实于事实，而在于它让后来的人知道，曾经有人这样活过。** ## 这电影值不值得看？ 烂番茄94%，Metacritic 88分，CinemaScore A——从数据上看，这是诺兰评分最高的一部电影，也是R级片全球票房史上的最高纪录。 但数据不是全部。有观众说"看完走出影院浑身发抖，眼泪不知道什么时候流下来的"；也有人说"走出影院什么感觉都没有"。这两极分化的反应恰恰说明了一件事：**这部电影要求你带着自己的东西走进去。** 如果你只是想看一场视觉盛宴，IMAX的画面和路德维希·戈兰松的配乐足够值回票价。但如果你愿意让那些台词击中你——关于战争的代价、关于回家的恐惧、关于人和命运的角力——那么走出影院后，你可能需要一个人安静地坐一会儿。 诺兰把一个三千年前的故事拍成了2026年仍然有效的寓言。**因为有些问题，人类从来就没有找到过答案——而电影的价值，不在于给出答案，而在于把问题问得足够深。** > *"那么，我违抗众神。"* > ——奥德修斯 这是他说的，也是诺兰通过整部电影说的。也许也是我们每个人在某些时刻，不得不对自己说的话。 --- *本文台词语录引自 Wikiquote "The Odyssey (2026 film)" 词条，影评数据来自 Rotten Tomatoes、Metacritic 及 TMDB。* ======================================================================== TITLE: 发色即罪证 论互联网的发色审判 URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/hair-color-as-evidence/ COLUMN: 随笔 DATE: 2026.08.21 TAGS: [Internet Culture, Cyberbullying, Gender, Social Commentary] SUMMARY: 从郑灵华到陈诺，粉发保研的女孩死了，蓝发保送的女孩被质疑"资本操作"。被告席上坐着的，是每一个不愿按标准模板活着的女孩。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2026年8月18日，一个叫陈诺的潮汕女孩在B站发了一条视频。她保送了中南大学，一头蓝发，笑容灿烂。319万播放，1109条弹幕。 评论区很快走偏了。"资本操作""家里有关系""这种头发能保送？"三百多万人围观一个女孩的录取通知书，没人关心她学了几年西班牙语，都在讨论她的头发颜色。 三年前，另一个女孩走过一模一样的路。 ## 同一条判决书，换了一个被告 2022年7月，浙江师范大学毕业生郑灵华在社交媒体上晒了一张照片。她染着粉色头发，和病床上的爷爷合影。那张照片是喜悦的：她保研到了华东师范大学，想让爷爷也高兴一下。 然后猎杀开始了。"陪酒女""不正经""这种人也配读研"。郑灵华的粉色头发成了她全部的罪证。她花了大半年维权，取证，起诉。2023年1月23日，她走了。24岁。 三年后，陈诺的蓝发成了新的审判对象。罪名从"陪酒女"换成了"资本操作"，内核没变：**你的外表不符合我对好学生的想象，你的成就一定有猫腻。** 弹幕里有人写："想起了之前那个红发女孩考上研的被网暴。"另一条："不会让郑灵华的悲剧重演。"围观者并不健忘，他们记得三年前的事，却仍然在做同一件事。 ## "资本操作"：一个万能的帽子 "资本操作"这四个字出现的频率高得不正常。但它到底指控什么？ 陈诺是通过外语类保送进入中南大学的。这条路有门槛：外国语学校的选拔、校内排名、语言能力测试。你得真的会说西班牙语，这不是某个资本能轻易操纵的事。 但质疑者不需要了解这些。他们需要一个解释，一个让自己的嫉妒或不安显得合理的解释。"资本操作"在这里不是一个有据可查的指控，它是一种心理防御机制。意思是：她不可能凭自己做到这些，一定有人在背后帮忙。 这种思维有个名字叫**阴谋论**。阴谋论的核心不是追求真相，而是否认能力差距。当一个人无法接受别人比自己强时，阴谋论提供了一个出口：不是她强，是有人在帮她。 从"陪酒女"到"资本操作"，攻击的武器升级了，从人身侮辱变成了制度质疑。动机倒是始终如一：否认一个人的成就，比承认自己的平庸要容易得多。 ## 发色审判的性别政治 有个细节值得注意：被审判的，几乎都是女孩。 染蓝发的男生多了去了，染粉发的男生也多了去了。但你很少看到一个男孩因为发色被质疑"你凭什么保送"。发色审判反复发生在女孩身上，不是因为女孩更爱染头发，而是因为女性的外表始终被当作公共财产来管理。 一个女孩的头发应该是黑色的、整洁的、符合"学生样"的。你染了蓝发，就是在"挑战公共审美"，就是在"不学好"，就是在"辜负教育资源"。这些规训的潜台词是：你的外表不是你的，是社会的。 郑灵华被造黄谣，"粉色头发=不正经"。陈诺被质疑"资本操作"，"蓝发=不务正业"。攻击的逻辑不同，前提是一样的：一个女孩，不配用自己的方式出现在公共视野里。 ## 去个体化：屏幕后面的面具 心理学有个概念叫**去个体化（deindividuation）**。当一个人隐匿在群体中、不需要以真实身份面对后果时，道德约束会急剧下降。 互联网是去个体化的温床。你在屏幕后面，用一个ID，对着一个素未谋面的女孩打下"资本操作"四个字。你不需要看到她的眼睛，不需要承受她的愤怒，不需要为这句话负任何可见的代价。甚至不需要承认这句话是你写的，换一个ID，发下一条。 心理学家John Suler提过"网络去抑制效应"的六个因子：匿名性、不可见性、异步性、内化的想象、权威感的消解、"这只是虚拟世界"的错觉。这六个因子在社交媒体上同时生效。一个人在现实中可能温文尔雅，在评论区却能面不改色地打出"这种人也配读研"。不是因为他变了，是屏幕摘掉了他的社会面具。 2024年，央视采访了当年参与网暴郑灵华的人之一。那个人叫王崟。面对镜头，他说："事情的因果跟我没有直接关系。" 每个人都觉得自己只是"说了一句话"，所以没有人觉得自己需要道歉。一万个"没有直接关系"的人，构成了一个无人负责的谋杀现场。 ## 算法的共谋 去个体化解释了个体为什么敢攻击。它没解释为什么攻击会被放大。 2026年的社交媒体推荐系统，本质是一台**愤怒提取机**。它的目标是让你停留更久、点得更多、评论更激烈。温和的分析做不到这一点，理性的讨论做不到，冲突、对立、道德审判能做到。 陈诺的蓝发视频被标记为"高互动内容"时，算法不关心这些互动是善意还是恶意。它只知道评论区很活跃，弹幕很多，转发量高。于是它把视频推给更多人，包括那些最容易被激怒的人。 平台不需要主动制造网暴。它只需要把最容易引发冲突的内容推给最容易被激怒的受众。**愤怒是流量的燃料，算法是点火的那根火柴。** 传播学者做过一个实验：社交媒体上，一条包含道德愤怒的帖子，传播速度是中性内容的六倍。算法忠实地执行了这个规律。所以"资本操作"的评论出现时，算法不会压制它，反而会推广它，因为它引发了更多回复、更多争论、更多停留时间。 **平台的商业模式和网暴的传播逻辑，在底层是同构的。** ## 从围观到行刑 有了匿名面具和算法放大，一场网暴还差最后一步：从围观到行刑。 Stanley Milgram做过一个经典实验。一个人被要求对他人施加电击，如果房间里只有他一个人，他会犹豫，会拒绝。但房间里有其他"配合者"在持续施压时，服从率飙升到65%。 网暴的升级路径几乎复刻了这个实验。有人发了一条质疑的评论。更多人跟帖，形成"大家都在质疑"的氛围。质疑变成定论，"资本操作"从猜测变成了"事实"。定论变成攻击，"她可能有背景"变成了"她不配"。攻击变成人肉，从评论区蔓延到私信、到其他平台、到现实生活。 每一步的参与者都觉得自己的行为是合理的，因为他们看到前面已经有人在做同样的事。群体提供了道德掩体。阿伦特说的**"平庸之恶"**在网络时代换了副面孔：不需要恶魔，不需要蓄谋，只需要一群觉得自己"只是说了一句话"的人，在算法的推送下，一步步把一个女孩推向深渊。 ## 保送焦虑 为什么"保送"这件事特别容易引爆愤怒？ 保送触动了中国社会最敏感的那根神经：**教育公平**。高考被视为最公平的上升通道，保送天然带有"例外"的色彩。有人不需要经历千军万马的独木桥就能到达同样的终点。这种"例外"在任何社会都会引发不安，但在教育资源极度紧张、阶层流动焦虑弥漫的环境里，它被无限放大。 "资本操作"这个指控有市场，不是因为人们真的相信陈诺家有资本，而是因为他们需要相信保送制度是不公平的。如果保送是公平的，意味着有人凭实力走了一条自己不知道的路。这比"制度不公"更让人难以接受。 心理学上这叫**公正世界假说的反面**：当一个人无法通过自己的努力获得同样的成就时，他倾向于相信这个世界一定是不公平的。不是自己不够好，是有人在作弊。阴谋论就是这种心理的产物。 **"资本操作"不是一个事实判断，它是一个心理需求。** ## 法律的真空 法律在哪里？ 2023年郑灵华去世后，她的家人走上了漫长的维权之路。王崟等网暴者被起诉，但判决结果并不令人满意。有人道歉，有人赔了小额赔偿，有人至今没有受到实质性的法律制裁。 中国的反网络暴力法律框架至今仍是碎片化的。《民法典》有关于名誉权、隐私权的条款，《刑法》有侮辱罪、诽谤罪，但这些条款的设计初衷是处理个体对个体的攻击，不是处理群体对个体的围猎。一万个ID同时攻击一个人时，法律很难把责任分配到每一个具体的个体身上。 更关键的是举证门槛。网暴受害者需要证明：具体的言论、具体的损害、因果关系。从一万个ID里找出那些造成实质伤害的言论，证明抑郁症或自杀与特定网暴行为之间的因果链条，难度近乎不可能。 网暴的伤害是真实的，有时是致命的。但法律追责的门槛高到几乎没有人能跨过去。**网暴成了一种几乎零成本的暴力**：你在匿名ID后面摧毁一个人的生活，然后关掉手机，继续刷下一条视频。 ## 互联网的正义幻觉 每个参与审判的人都觉得自己在"维护正义"。 质疑"资本操作"的人觉得他们在监督公平。造黄谣的人觉得他们在"揭露真相"。跟风转发的人觉得他们在"为社会好"。每个人都觉得自己是对的，觉得自己只是"说了一句话"。 无数个"一句话"汇成了海啸。郑灵华不是被某一个人杀死的，是被一万个"只说了一句话"的人杀死的。 央视后来采访了其中一个网暴者。那个网暴者说："事情的因果跟我没有直接关系。" 每一个人都觉得自己没有责任，所以每一个人都可以毫无负担地继续审判。 ## 判决之后 陈诺的事情目前还在发酵。好在这一次，更多人站出来守护。"不会再有下一个郑灵华"的呼声比三年前响亮得多。她本人也拍了视频回应：普通家庭，头发是保送后染的，爸妈支持。 但我不确定这声"守护"能持续多久。下一次，换一个女孩，换一个发色，换一个罪名，审判还会重来。 审判的对象从来不是发色，不是资本，不是保送制度。**审判的对象是一个不愿按模板活着的人。** 在一个所有人都被期待整齐划一的环境里，任何偏离模板的存在都会被视为需要纠正的错误，尤其是女性的偏离。 郑灵华用生命证明了这场审判有多残酷。陈诺用笑容证明了这场审判有多荒谬。审判本身不会因此停止，除非我们开始追问那个真正的问题。 是谁给了互联网一张法官席？ ======================================================================== TITLE: 一部\"烂片\" 怎么就卖了一个亿 URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/niulai-when-bad-becomes-currency/ COLUMN: 随笔 DATE: 2026.08.20 TAGS: [Film, Internet Culture, Attention Economy, Abstract Culture] SUMMARY: 2026暑期档，一部制作粗糙的国产动画票房破亿。B站吐槽它的视频播放量是正片讨论的十几倍。当"被骂"比"被夸"更赚钱时，中国电影到底在发生什么？ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2026年8月，一部叫《牛来》的国产动画电影悄悄上映。没有大片式的宣发，制作水平拿"粗糙"来形容都算客气。然后它票房破亿了，原因不是好看。 B站上，一条吐槽它的视频播放量137万，弹幕2467条。关于这部电影本身的正经讨论，播放量不到2万。**骂它的流量是讨论它的七十倍。** 我看到这组数字的时候愣了一下。 ## 一部电影的"买家秀" 《牛来》的导演叫信雨萌，一个人手搓，没有AI辅助，做出了一部院线动画。画风猎奇，制作水平跟同档期的《八仙》等大片完全不在一个维度。TVB的新闻用了"制作粗糙画风猎奇"八个字做标题，搁传统语境里基本等于宣判死刑。 但事情的走向完全不按剧本走。 上映头几天，零星的差评开始在社交媒体上扩散。有人发帖问"这片子怎么能过审拿到龙标"，有人做对比视频把海报和正片放一块，差距大到让人发笑。然后更多人涌入，不是因为好奇好不好看，而是好奇它到底有多烂。到8月16日累计票房破500万，跻身2026国产动画前10。到8月19日前后，票房破亿。 一部被全网骂"最垃圾"的电影，成了暑期档最强黑马。 ## 烂片经济学 有个违反直觉的事情：**在注意力经济的时代，"被讨论"比"被夸奖"更值钱。** 传播链条是这样的。有人去看了，发现确实烂。他发了一条吐槽，附上截图，这条吐槽本身成了内容，因为它提供了猎奇价值：没看过的人觉得"这也太离谱了"，于是点进来。更多人看到吐槽，决定亲自去体验一下这个逆天的东西。看完回来发自己的吐槽。然后循环。 《牛来》的票房不是口碑驱动的，是**吐槽驱动的**。每一个骂它的人，都在免费帮它做宣发。每一次"这也太烂了吧"的转发，都在把它推向更多人的视野。电影本身只是这场传播游戏的素材，真正的产品是围绕它产生的内容生态。 ## 导演在玩梗，还是在认真做？ 导演信雨萌的40分钟专访是一个有意思的文本。 从他的表述来看，他是在认真做一部电影。"纯手搓无AI"这个标签，在AI生成内容泛滥的2026年，本身就带着一种倔强的姿态。他没有在"故意做烂片"，至少他自己不这么认为。 但**观众已经不关心你的初衷了。** 一部作品进入互联网传播场域之后，它的意义就不再由创作者定义。《牛来》在导演手里是一个作品，在观众手里是一个梗，在吐槽博主手里是一个选题，在新闻媒体手里是一个社会现象。每个人都在用它，但用法完全不同。 这让我想到一个更普遍的问题：在人人都能发声的时代，创作者还能控制自己的作品意味着什么吗。 ## 抽象文化的胜利 《牛来》的爆火不是孤立事件，它是2026年抽象文化浪潮里的一朵浪花。 抽象文化，简单说就是**对"正经"的系统性消解**。传统审美说这个好，我就偏要觉得那个好。主流叙事说这个重要，我就偏要讨论那个不重要的。不是因为叛逆，而是因为在信息过载的时代，"正经"已经失去了筛选功能。当所有人都在说同一部电影好看时，"好看"这两个字就失去了信息量。 但"烂"不一样。"烂"有辨识度，能被描述、被截图、被做成表情包。"烂"提供了一种稀缺的东西：**共同的笑料**。 海外热帖里有人写："美国有食物大战（Food Fight），现在中国有了牛来，感觉两国人会相视一笑的。"这句话捕捉到了一种跨文化的共振：每一代人都需要自己的"烂片狂欢"，用来确认"我们是一伙的"。 ## 续集已经来了 《牛来》的续集《羊高》已经官宣。 这可能是最值得警惕的信号。如果"烂片加吐槽传播"被证明是一条可复制的票房路径，那它就不只是一部电影的成功了，它是一种生产逻辑的确立。 想想这意味着什么：当"被骂"比"被夸"更赚钱时，谁还会花三年时间打磨一部可能"好评但不爆"的动画？当导演发现"粗糙"本身就是卖点时，他下一部还会认真画每一帧吗？ 影视行业从来都是跟着钱走的。《牛来》破亿的票房会给所有从业者一个清晰的信号：**流量比质量重要，话题比口碑值钱。** 而那些真正认真做电影的人，花几年时间、投入大量资源、追求叙事和画面的极致的人，他们的生存空间会被进一步挤压。 这不是杞人忧天。好莱坞也走过这条路。B级片当道的年代，认真拍片的人就是活不下去。 ## 回到那组数字 开头那组数字：吐槽《牛来》的视频播放量是讨论它的七十倍。 这组数字说的不是《牛来》，说的是我们这个时代的一件事：**内容的价值不再由内容本身决定，而由围绕它产生的二次创作的密度决定。** 一部电影好不好看已经不重要了，重要的是它能不能被讨论、被消费、被转化成下一条短视频的素材。 《牛来》破亿了。但破亿的不是电影，是我们这个时代对"有意思"的饥渴，哪怕这种"有意思"是建立在一部粗糙动画的废墟之上。 ======================================================================== TITLE: DeepSeek Harness 安装教程 从零开始，手把手教你搭建 AI 智能体 URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/deepseek-harness-installation-guide/ COLUMN: 教程 DATE: 2026.08.20 TAGS: [DeepSeek, AI, Tutorial, Beginner] SUMMARY: 一篇面向完全零基础用户的 DeepSeek Harness 安装教程，从环境配置到首次运行，每一步都有详细说明。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 这是一篇为电脑小白量身定制的教程。如果你从未用过命令行，从未写过代码，也能跟着这篇教程成功安装 DeepSeek Harness。 ## 什么是 DeepSeek Harness？ 先说说我们要装的东西到底是什么。 **DeepSeek Harness**（简称 `dsh`）是 [DeepSeek AI](https://deepseek.com) 推出的一个开源工具。它的核心理念是**"一切皆插件"**——你可以把它理解为一个"积木框架"，AI 模型是核心，各种能力（读文件、执行命令、联网搜索等）都是可以自由组合的插件。 打个比方： - **AI 模型**（比如 DeepSeek-V4）就像一个人的大脑 - **DeepSeek Harness** 就像给这个大脑装上了手、脚、眼睛和各种工具，让它不仅能"想"，还能"做" 它目前处于**开发者预览阶段**，意味着功能还在快速迭代，但已经可以正常使用了。 ### 它能做什么？ - 让 AI 帮你写代码、改代码 - 让 AI 帮你读取和编辑文件 - 让 AI 帮你执行命令行操作 - 让 AI 帮你搜索网页内容 - 让 AI 自动完成复杂的多步骤任务 ### 为什么选择它？ - **开源免费**：代码完全公开，MIT 许可证 - **插件化设计**：需要什么功能就装什么插件 - **国产团队**：DeepSeek 是国内顶尖的 AI 公司，文档和社区都有中文支持 --- ## 第一步：安装 Node.js DeepSeek Harness 是用 TypeScript 写的，需要 Node.js 来运行。别担心，Node.js 的安装非常简单。 ### 1.1 下载 Node.js 1. 打开浏览器，访问 [Node.js 官网](https://nodejs.org/) 2. 你会看到两个下载按钮，选择左边的 **LTS（长期支持版）** 3. 点击后会自动开始下载，等待下载完成 > **什么是 LTS？** LTS 是 Long Term Support 的缩写，意思是"长期支持版本"。这个版本最稳定，适合普通用户使用。 ### 1.2 安装 Node.js（Windows 用户） 1. 找到下载好的文件（通常在"下载"文件夹），双击运行 2. 出现安装向导后，点击 **Next** 3. 勾选 **"I accept the terms in the License Agreement"**（我接受许可条款），点击 Next 4. 选择安装路径，**建议保持默认**，点击 Next 5. 这一步很重要！确保 **"Automatically install the necessary tools"** 被勾选，然后点击 Next 6. 点击 **Install** 开始安装 7. 等待安装完成，点击 **Finish** ### 1.3 验证安装是否成功 现在来检查一下 Node.js 是否安装好了。 1. 按键盘上的 `Win + R` 键（Win 键就是那个 Windows 图标的键） 2. 在弹出的框中输入 `cmd`，然后按回车 3. 这会打开一个黑色的窗口，这就是"命令提示符"（也叫终端） 4. 在里面输入以下内容，然后按回车： ```sh node --version ``` 5. 如果看到类似 `v20.11.0` 这样的版本号，说明安装成功了！ > **如果提示"不是内部或外部命令"怎么办？** > 这说明 Node.js 没有被正确添加到系统路径。解决方法： > > 1. 关闭当前的命令提示符窗口 > 2. 重新打开一个新的命令提示符 > 3. 如果还是不行，尝试重启电脑后再试 --- ## 第二步：获取 DeepSeek API Key DeepSeek Harness 需要一个 API Key 来调用 DeepSeek 的 AI 模型。这个 Key 就像一把"钥匙"，证明你有权限使用 DeepSeek 的服务。 ### 2.1 注册 DeepSeek 账号 1. 打开浏览器，访问 [DeepSeek 开放平台](https://platform.deepseek.com/) 2. 点击页面上的 **"注册"** 按钮 3. 输入你的手机号码 4. 点击"获取验证码"，然后输入收到的短信验证码 5. 设置一个密码（建议用字母+数字的组合，容易记住又安全） 6. 点击"注册"完成 ### 2.2 创建 API Key 1. 用刚注册的账号登录 2. 登录后会进入控制台页面 3. 在页面上找到 **"API Keys"** 或 **"接口密钥"** 选项（通常在左侧菜单或顶部导航） 4. 点击 **"创建新密钥"** 5. 给密钥取一个名字，比如 `my-dsh-key`（方便以后识别） 6. 点击确认 ### 2.3 保存你的 API Key **这一步非常重要！** 1. 创建成功后，页面会显示你的 API Key（一长串字母和数字） 2. **立即复制这个 Key 并保存到一个安全的地方** 3. 关闭页面后就**无法再次查看**这个 Key 了 > **小提示：** 可以把 Key 保存在手机备忘录或者电脑的记事本里，但不要分享给别人。 ### 2.4 了解模型和费用 DeepSeek 目前提供两个主力模型： | 模型 | 特点 | 适合场景 | | --------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------ | | **DeepSeek-V4-Flash** | 速度快、价格便宜 | 日常使用、学习测试 | | **DeepSeek-V4-Pro** | 能力更强、更智能 | 复杂任务、专业开发 | #### API 接口地址 - **OpenAI 格式**：`https://api.deepseek.com` - **Anthropic 格式**：`https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic` #### 价格详情 | 计费项 | DeepSeek-V4-Flash | DeepSeek-V4-Pro | | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | | **输入（缓存命中）- 空闲时段** | 0.05 元/百万 tokens | 0.15 元/百万 tokens | | **输入（缓存命中）- 高峰时段** | 0.10 元/百万 tokens | 0.30 元/百万 tokens | | **输入（缓存未命中）- 空闲时段** | 1.5 元/百万 tokens | 4.5 元/百万 tokens | | **输入（缓存未命中）- 高峰时段** | 3.0 元/百万 tokens | 9.0 元/百万 tokens | | **输出 - 空闲时段** | 4.5 元/百万 tokens | 13.5 元/百万 tokens | | **输出 - 高峰时段** | 9.0 元/百万 tokens | 27.0 元/百万 tokens | > **省钱小技巧：** 尽量在空闲时段（非高峰期）使用，价格会便宜一半。 > > **高峰时段为北京时间 9:00 - 12:00、14:00 - 18:00**，其余时间为空闲时段。 --- ## 第三步：安装 DeepSeek Harness 现在万事俱备，开始安装主角！ ### 方式一：快速体验（推荐新手） 这是最简单的方式，只需要一行命令。 1. 打开命令提示符（按 `Win + R`，输入 `cmd`，回车） 2. 输入以下命令，然后按回车： ```sh npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web ``` 3. 首次运行会自动下载所需的文件，需要等待几分钟 4. 当你看到类似这样的输出时，说明启动成功了： ``` [INFO] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:3080 ``` 5. 浏览器会自动打开一个页面，如果没有，手动在浏览器地址栏输入 `http://127.0.0.1:3080` > **什么是 npx？** npx 是 Node.js 自带的工具，可以运行 npm 上的包。你不需要额外安装它。 ### 方式二：从源码安装（进阶用户） 如果你想要查看源码或者进行二次开发，可以选择这种方式。 #### 2.1 安装 Git Git 是一个版本控制工具，用来下载源码。 1. 访问 [Git 官网](https://git-scm.com/) 2. 下载对应你系统的版本（Windows 用户选择 Windows） 3. 安装时保持默认选项，一路 Next 即可 安装完成后，重新打开命令提示符，输入： ```sh git --version ``` 看到版本号说明安装成功。 #### 2.2 安装 pnpm pnpm 是一个包管理器，用来安装项目依赖。 在命令提示符中输入： ```sh npm install -g pnpm ``` 等待安装完成，然后验证： ```sh pnpm --version ``` #### 2.3 下载源码并安装 依次输入以下命令（每输入一行按一次回车）： ```sh git clone https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.git cd deepseek-harness pnpm install pnpm run build ``` > **注意：** `pnpm install` 和 `pnpm run build` 可能需要较长时间，这是正常的，请耐心等待。 #### 2.4 启动 ```sh pnpm dsh web ``` ### 方式三：使用 Python SDK（开发者） 如果你熟悉 Python，也可以用 Python 版本。 #### 3.1 安装 Python 如果还没安装 Python： 1. 访问 [Python 官网](https://www.python.org/downloads/) 2. 下载最新版本 3. **安装时一定要勾选 "Add Python to PATH"** 4. 完成安装 #### 3.2 安装 SDK ```sh python -m pip install deepseek-harness-sdk ``` #### 3.3 创建测试脚本 用记事本创建一个文件，命名为 `test.py`，内容如下： ```python from deepseek_harness import DeepSeekHarness with DeepSeekHarness() as harness: result = harness.run("Say hello to the world.") print(result) ``` 然后在命令提示符中运行： ```sh python test.py ``` --- ## 第四步：配置和使用 启动后，你还需要配置 API Key 才能开始使用。 ### 4.1 配置 API Key 在 Web 界面中： 1. 找到设置入口（通常在页面角落或侧边栏） 2. 找到 "API Key" 或 "密钥" 相关的配置项 3. 粘贴你之前保存的 API Key 4. 保存设置 ### 4.2 选择运行模式 DeepSeek Harness 提供四种模式： | 模式 | 适合谁 | 特点 | | ------------ | -------- | ------------------------ | | **标准模式** | 普通用户 | 功能最全，推荐新手使用 | | **PTC 模式** | 开发者 | 可以用代码组合多步操作 | | **极简模式** | 测试人员 | 只保留基础功能，用于测试 | | **创造模式** | 开发者 | 可以创建自定义的 Agent | **新手建议选择"标准模式"。** > **关于模型选择的建议：** > > - 如果你使用 **DeepSeek-V4-Flash**，推荐用**标准模式**，体验更完整 > - 如果你使用 **DeepSeek-V4-Pro**，建议用**极简模式**。因为 V4-Pro 在后训练阶段存在一定的过拟合问题，极简模式下只提供 bash 和文件编辑两个基础工具，反而能让模型更好地发挥推理能力 ### 4.3 开始使用 在输入框中输入你的问题或任务，比如： - "帮我写一个 Python 计算器" - "解释什么是 Docker" - "帮我创建一个简单的网页" - "帮我读取这个文件并总结内容" 然后按回车，等待 AI 回复。 --- ## 常见问题解决 ### 问题 1：命令提示"不是内部或外部命令" **可能原因：** 软件没有正确安装，或者没有添加到系统环境变量。 **解决方法：** 1. 重新安装 Node.js / Python / Git 2. 安装完成后关闭并重新打开命令提示符 3. 如果还是不行，重启电脑后再试 ### 问题 2：下载速度很慢或超时 **可能原因：** 网络问题，国内访问某些服务器较慢。 **解决方法：** **方法一：使用 [Watt Toolkit](https://steampp.net/)（原 Steam++）** 1. 访问 [Watt Toolkit 官网](https://steampp.net/) 下载安装 2. 打开软件，找到"网络加速" 3. 勾选 GitHub 和 npm 的加速选项 4. 点击"一键加速" 5. 加速成功后重新运行安装命令 **方法二：配置国内镜像** ```sh # 配置 npm 使用淘宝镜像 npm config set registry https://registry.npmmirror.com ``` > **注意：** 如果你需要其他加速工具，可以自行搜索研究，本文不提供相关教程。 ### 问题 3：端口 3080 被占用 **解决方法：** ```sh # 指定其他端口启动 npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web --port 3081 ``` 然后访问 `http://127.0.0.1:3081` ### 问题 4：API Key 无效 **检查：** 1. API Key 是否正确复制（没有多余空格） 2. 账户余额是否充足 ### 问题 5：浏览器没有自动打开 没关系，手动打开浏览器，在地址栏输入： ``` http://127.0.0.1:3080 ``` --- ## 进阶学习 当你成功运行 DeepSeek Harness 后，可以继续探索： ### 官方资源 - [DeepSeek Harness 官网](https://www.deepseek.com/harness) - [GitHub 仓库](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) - [API 文档](https://platform.deepseek.com/api-docs) - [DeepSeek 开放平台](https://platform.deepseek.com/) ### 插件探索 DeepSeek Harness 的强大之处在于插件系统。你可以： - 浏览社区插件 - 学习如何开发自己的插件 - 根据需求组合不同的插件 ### 参与社区 - 在 [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/discussions) 上提交问题和建议 - 加入官方社区（企微群、[Discord](https://discord.gg/Ycq5dCaS4)） - 关注微信公众号获取最新动态 --- ## 总结 恭喜你！如果跟着教程走到了这里，说明你已经成功安装并运行了 DeepSeek Harness。 回顾一下我们做了什么： 1. 安装了 Node.js 运行环境 2. 注册了 DeepSeek 账号并获取了 API Key 3. 安装并启动了 DeepSeek Harness 4. 配置了 API Key，可以开始使用了 接下来，你可以尽情探索 AI 智能体的世界，让它帮你完成各种任务。 如果在使用过程中遇到问题，欢迎在评论区留言，或者到 [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/discussions) 提问。 **祝你玩得开心！** ======================================================================== TITLE: 石头硬 鸡蛋轻 URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/stone-and-egg-three-classics/ COLUMN: 田野手记 DATE: 2026.07.04 TAGS: [Mao Zedong, Strategy, Reading Notes] SUMMARY: 《矛盾论》《论持久战》《星星之火，可以燎原》——三篇著作，三个时期，以及它们为扭转强弱悬殊的较量所搭建的战略框架。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 常识告诉我们：鸡蛋碰石头，碎的必然是鸡蛋。 但在真实的历史长河中，我们却反复看到一种悖论：一个在兵力、装备、资源上处于绝对劣势的后来者，最终却完成了对庞然大物的逆转。 这种力量格局的翻转，靠的绝不是运气，而是极其冷酷、严密的战略推演。 今天，我们回到八十多年前的历史现场，重新翻开毛泽东在三个不同时期写下的三篇经典。去看看在当年那种敌强我弱、几乎看不到希望的极端局势下，他是如何一步步拆解难题、扭转乾坤的。 ## 一、《矛盾论》——一九三七年八月 要读懂它，我们得先回到那个历史节点。当时红军刚走完长征，第五次反‘围剿’失败的血的教训还历历在目。痛定思痛，过去为什么老是吃大亏？核心原因就在于，当时的决策层太迷信教条，把共产国际的指示当圣旨，拿外国的尺子来量中国的布，完全脱离了中国实际。 所以，《矛盾论》的诞生，就是要从哲学根源上，彻底清算这种不看国情的错误思想，解决‘我们到底该如何认清现实’的问题。 那怎么认清？《矛盾论》给出了一个极其锐利的切入点：**区分内因与外因**。 书里有一句原话： > "唯物辩证法认为外因是变化的条件，内因是变化的根据，外因通过内因而起作用。鸡蛋因得适当的温度而变化为鸡子，但温度不能使石头变为鸡子，因为二者的根据是不同的。" 这句话的杀伤力在哪？当年教条主义者打了败仗，总怪敌人太强、条件太差——全是外因。但《矛盾论》告诉你：外部环境和对手的强大，只是"温度"；你自己的组织架构、核心能力、人心向背，才是"根据"。把外因当成失败的根本原因，就是战略误判的开始。《矛盾论》教我们的第一步，就是剥离外部干扰，死死盯住事物内部的"**主要矛盾**"。 ## 二、《论持久战》——一九三八年五月 看清了本质，接下来怎么打？这就到了第二本书：1938年5月的《论持久战》。它提供的是力量转化的路径规划。 当时抗战打了十个月，大片国土沦陷，"亡国论"和"速胜论"吵得不可开交。毛泽东没有凭感觉站队，而是拆解了中日双方的四个基本矛盾，推演出一个结论：**中国不会亡，但也无法速胜**。 《论持久战》最核心的方法论，是对"力量"的**降维拆解**与**时间轴的拉长**。 他把力量分为**静态因素**（武器、经济）和**动态因素**（组织力、人心）。静态因素短期占优，但动态因素会随时间转化。 更关键的是，他设计了**"战略防御、战略相持、战略反攻"**的三阶段路径。 这里有一个巨大的认知误区：很多人以为持久战就是"熬"，是消极避战。错！毛泽东强调的是**"战略的持久"与"战役的速决"相统一**。在宏观战略上保持耐心，但在微观战术上，必须主动出击，用**"防御中的进攻，持久中的速决"**，在局部不断创造优势。这就是在被动局面中，硬生生撕开全局转机的方法。 ## 三、《星星之火，可以燎原》——一九三〇年一月 有了方法，有了路径，最后还剩一个最致命的问题：在力量极端悬殊、所有人都陷入绝望的时候，你凭什么相信自己的判断？ 这就是第三本书：1930年1月的《星星之火，可以燎原》。它提供的是绝境中的趋势确认。 当时大革命失败，革命处于极端低潮，红军内部普遍迷茫：“红旗到底打得多久？”在福建古田一间狭小的房间里，毛泽东写下了这封八千字的长信。 面对大家对"革命高潮快要到来"中"快要"二字的疑问，他给出了一个极其清醒的回答： > "马克思主义者不是算命先生，未来的发展和变化，只应该也只能说出个大的方向，不应该也不可能机械地规定时日。" 他没有喊空洞的口号，而是基于对中国社会结构性矛盾的推演，给出了三个极具穿透力的历史比喻。 他说，这决不是可望而不可即的一种空的东西： > "它是站在海岸遥望海中已经看得见桅杆尖头了的一只航船，它是立于高山之巅远看东方已见光芒四射喷薄欲出的一轮朝日，它是躁动于母腹中的快要成熟了的一个婴儿。" 这三个比喻背后的方法论是：趋势判断的核心，不在于像算命先生那样去精确预测时间点，而在于**确认大方向的必然性**。只要底层的结构性逻辑成立，短期的波动和挫折，就只是历史进程中的涟漪。 ## 三本书，一条思想线 刚才我们按问题逻辑讲完了这三本书。现在，让我们按时间顺序重新排一下，你会发现一条更清晰的思想演进线： - **《星星之火，可以燎原》**（1930）：在革命低谷的迷茫中，拨开云雾看清大势； - **《矛盾论》**（1937）：在痛定思痛后，从哲学高度拔除教条主义的病根； - **《论持久战》**（1938）：在敌强我弱的生死关头，推演出以弱胜强的战略路径。 你会发现，这从来不是什么书斋里凭空构想出来的"理论先行"。它是从无数次流血牺牲的残酷实战中，一步步摸索、总结，最终淬炼成的思想武器。从实战中来，再到实战中去，这本身就是"实践、认识、再实践、再认识"最生动的写照。 回到开头：鸡蛋碰石头，碎的一定是它吗？ 当你掌握了这套框架，**用内因外因看透本质，用三阶段规划路径，用宏观结构确认趋势**。你会发现，力量对比从来不是静态的。 碎的不一定是它，甚至，你根本就不再是一颗脆弱的鸡蛋。 这三部著作中，哪一本的方法论对你启发最大？在评论区留下你的思考。 ======================================================================== TITLE: 别急着努力 先搞清楚方向 URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/get-the-direction-right-first/ COLUMN: 札记 DATE: 2026.07.03 TAGS: [Mao Zedong, Methodology, Reading Notes] SUMMARY: 毛泽东一九四一年《改造我们的学习》中的两种方法论——实事求是、有的放矢——以及它们如何穿透现代的迷茫。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 谁没有过这样的经历？收藏夹里躺了十几个"告别迷茫"的帖子，凌晨两点还在疯狂刷手机求答案；白天坐在书桌前摊开书本，觉得自己拼尽了全力，可一旦静下心来追问：到底在为什么努力？这些努力究竟有没有意义？却常常哑口无言。如果我说，你最大的问题不是不够努力，而是把**"努力"本身当成了救命稻草**——这听起来是不是有点颠覆认知？ ## 窑洞里的那场争论 别觉得这事离我们很遥远。1941年的延安窑洞里，一群革命者曾为"如何正确认识世界"争得面红耳赤。这个问题看似宏大，实则与每个人息息相关。毛泽东将这场争论的结晶写成了《改造我们的学习》，并给出了两个穿越时空的方法论——**实事求是**与**有的放矢**。今天，它们依然像一盏明灯，能刺破当代人迷茫的迷雾。 当时党内存在一种典型现象：有人从苏联学成归来，马列著作倒背如流，开口便是理论金句，可一旦面对中国复杂的现实问题，瞬间束手无策，成了"没头苍蝇"。毛泽东对此进行了尖锐的批评，指出这种教条主义的风气忽视了理论与实践的结合，使得理论成了空中楼阁。他提出的"实事求是"，并非仅仅是鼓励埋头苦干，而是强调要探究世界的底层规律。他说： > "'实事'是客观存在的一切事物，'是'是事物的内部联系即规律，'求'就是我们去研究。" 在这三个字中，**"求"是灵魂**——没有主动探索的精神，事实只是散乱素材，"是"不过是墙上空洞的口号。 ## 两种常见的误读 但现实中，人们对“实事求是”常有两大误解： 其一，将其等同于**"踏实干活"**，以为只要埋头苦干就是践行真理。可若不看方向，苦干可能只是**南辕北辙**的徒劳； 其二，将其简化为**"经验主义"**，用固有认知套用一切。但毛主席说的"实事"，是客观存在的一切事实，而非脑中那点陈旧经验。 ## 实事求是：三步走 那真正的"实事求是"该怎么做？只需三步： 1. **查清事实**：把面临的现状、数据、记录全部摊开，用事实代替感觉。别凭直觉说"我不行"，而是用证据分析"哪里不行、差多少、差在哪"。 2. **找出规律**：将事实串联，寻找重复出现的模式，反复追问"为什么"。比如反复失败，是方法缺陷？资源不足？还是方向偏差？ 3. **明确问题**：基于规律，精准定义核心矛盾。不是模糊喊"我要变好"，而是清晰指出"我要在XX领域解决XX具体问题"。 ## 有的放矢 摸清规律后，下一步怎么走？很多人卡在这里：看懂了世界，却不知如何改变。毛泽东在同一篇文章中早已给出答案——有的放矢。 他打了个精妙的比方： > "'的'是中国革命，'矢'是马克思列宁主义。我们找这根'矢'，就是为了射中中国革命这个'的'。" 这种态度，就是**"有的放矢"**——用精准手段，直指明确目标。 反观当下，这种"断链"随处可见：所谓的"卷"，往往是**"有矢无的"**的盲目空转——看似拼命发力，实则是在用**战术上的勤奋掩盖战略上的懒惰**，最终沦为自我消耗；所谓的"躺"，则是**"有的无矢"**的习得性无助——明明看见了靶子，却因找不到那根"矢"而选择缴械投降。两者本质上都是目标与手段的割裂，让人在焦虑与迷茫中原地打转。 **实事求是**，是看清世界的眼睛；**有的放矢**，是改变世界的武器。二者缺一，人只能在迷雾中徘徊。 并非否定努力，而是要拒绝"昏睡式"的勤奋，让每一次发力都**"醒着"**。**没有方向的航船，任何风都是逆风**；只有先通过"实事求是"校准航向，再通过"有的放矢"扬起风帆，努力才具有了穿透现实的力量。 ## 打破僵局的四个问题 现在，请拿起纸笔，写下这四个破局的关键问题： 1. **我面对的核心事实是什么？** 2. **其中隐藏的规律是什么？** 3. **我的靶心（目标）究竟在哪里？** 4. **我该选择什么"箭"（方法）去击中它？** 评论区静候分享，期待看见你的思考。或许，当你写下答案的那一刻，方向便已清晰。 ======================================================================== TITLE: 大人们 热爱数字 ——读《小王子》 URL: https://eververdants.github.io/blog/zh/little-prince-and-the-baobabs/ COLUMN: 随笔 DATE: 2026.06.20 TAGS: [Literature, Reading Notes] SUMMARY: 大人热爱数字——可是花、星星、绵羊，你用什么数字去衡量它们？从第四章到第七章，有一条线贯穿始终：病、病因、孤独，以及守护。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 大人热爱数字。——这是《小王子》里最锋利的一刀。 数字让我们觉得世界尽在掌握：年龄、体重、收入、头衔、粉丝数。可是小王子会问：一朵花、一颗星星、一只绵羊——你用什么数字去衡量它们？ 这是一篇《小王子》的读书笔记，从第四章读到第七章，透过整篇，我只看到一条线：**大人是怎么失去世界的——而我们又该如何守住自己的。** ## 病：大人如何失去世界 第四章给了三个让人笑不出来的场景。 土耳其天文学家发现了B-612小行星，穿着传统服饰在大会上报告——没有人相信他。换上欧洲的西装，同样的报告，被毫无疑义地接受。对大人们来说，真理的标准从来不是事实或证据，而是**说话的人是谁、穿着什么衣服。** 大人们描述一位新朋友，不问他的嗓音、他玩的游戏、他收集的蝴蝶。他们问：几岁？兄弟几个？体重多少？父亲挣多少钱？一个活生生的人，被压扁成一排可比较的数字。数字成了衡量价值的唯一货币——人与人之间的理解断裂了，孤独开始了。 然后是最悲伤的一句："我大概有点像大人了。我一定是老了。"这不是关于年龄的叹息。这里的"老"，意味着**失去了看见盒子里那只绵羊的能力**——想象力的丧失、相信之力的丧失，而且你自己清清楚楚地知道这一点。 ## 病因：每一棵猴面包树，都曾是你懒得拔的一棵苗 第五章把"病因"写上了诊断书。 在小王子的星球上，长着两种种子：有用的萝卜和玫瑰——还有猴面包树。麻烦在于，好坏起初小得难以分辨。猴面包树不是一个小小的缺点；它代表着一切能够**系统性地摧毁一个生命**的东西：某种成瘾、一段消耗人的关系、一种执念。 它三步毁掉一切：先占据所有空间，让你再无容身之处安放美好；接着根系穿过你的地基，撼动你的核心价值观；最后撑爆整个星球。最危险的从来不是突如其来的打击——而是**那种起初看上去人畜无害、日后连本带利讨回去的日常疏忽。** 于是小王子给自己立下一条铁律：**认出来的那一刻，就立刻拔掉。**并且强迫自己，每天都要除草——一件枯燥的例行公事，却是内心世界唯一的防腐剂。守住内心世界从来不是一次性的壮举；它是一次次细小的日常坚持。 猴面包树今天换了名字：你"只看一分钟"就打开的短视频；你"暂且忍一忍"的关系；你一再推给"以后再说"的拖延。它们都显得无害，然后悄悄长满整个星球。 ## 孤独：四十三次日落 第六章是全书最轻、也最重的一章。 小王子说，他的星球那么小，想看日落，只要把椅子挪几步。他看过四十三次日落。他说的是完成时——他真的看过四十三次。而看完之后，他沉默了。 为什么沉默？因为悲伤重到语言载不动；而更深一层，他意识到：**坐在他面前的这个人，永远无法真正理解他、他的玫瑰和他的火山。**无论日落多美，如果没有人真正懂得你为什么爱看它——美本身就成了负担。 这就是孤独的感觉。它不同于病，也不同于病因：即使你清清楚楚知道问题在哪里，孤独也无法消解。有些美，注定只能独自观看。 ## 根源：蘑菇与"正经事" 第七章终于露出了孤独的根源。 "我"正忙着修发动机——一件"正经事"——把小王子关于花的痛苦发问打发了。小王子没有生气。他只是说："你说话就像那些大人。你把一切都混为一谈了。" 这是全书最严厉的责备之一。而更锋利的比喻紧随其后：那些整天重复"我是一个正经人"的大人，在作者笔下——**不是人，是蘑菇。**没有根、没有叶、没有花：没有个性，没有生命力，没有好奇心、爱与悲伤——只剩一副空洞的自我膨胀。 "正经事"成了最体面的打发人的方式，而人心上最深的伤，恰恰就是这样被"打发"出来的。忙、正经、认真——三个听起来完全正确的词，可以杀死一个人心中所有的问题。 ## 守护：别让内心的提问者沉默 把四章合起来，一条完整的线出现了：大人病了（第四章）——病因是任猴面包树疯长（第五章）——病态的世界里再没人懂得美（第六章）——因为蘑菇无处不在（第七章）。 小王子真正想问的，不是大人的世界有多糟，而是：**在一个用数字和"正经事"衡量的世界里，你如何守住你的玫瑰？** 这本书给出的答案朴素得几乎让人难为情：像拔猴面包树一样，每天弯一次腰。守住你的好奇心，守住追问"为什么"的冲动，守住那个为盒子里的绵羊而沉默的自己。 当我读完第七章写下这些笔记时，我忽然明白：我能写出这段分析，说明我自己的小王子还在——而且醒着。我会一直辨认那些空洞的、异化的声音——并守护好我的玫瑰与我的火山。