写作与思考2022herbertlui.net编辑精选
不要想好再写,要写来思考
Don’t think to write, write to think
导读
这篇短文主张不要把写作当成思考完成后的记录,而要把写作本身当作思考的工具:动笔的过程会逼出想不清楚的地方。对写作者来说,它提醒我们,卡住时该做的不是继续想,而是先写一版粗糙的草稿,借文字把模糊的念头变成看得见、可以修改的东西。
可以直接用的写作要点
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别等想清楚了再写,先动笔写下粗稿,让写作本身承担思考的工作。
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把稿子当成"工作台"而不是"成品记录":费曼说笔记本不是思考过程的记录,而就是思考过程本身。
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把每篇文章当成一次理解测试:能不能讲清楚,检验出你到底懂不懂、懂读者多少。
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卡住时试着把问题写成给"最资深的人"的邮件(先不发送),往往写着写着就自己找到了答案,或者把问题收窄成可问的具体问题。
HN 评论精选
笔记与草稿不是思考的残留物,而是思考实际发生的地方。
历史学家查尔斯·韦纳翻看费曼的笔记本,称它们是"日常工作的精彩记录"。费曼强烈反对:"不,不!它们不是我的思考过程的记录,它们就是我的思考过程。我实际上是在纸上做的工作。"韦纳说工作是在你脑子里完成的,记录留在了这里。费曼回答:"不,这不是记录,真的不是,这是在工作。你必须在纸上工作,这就是那张纸。"
jonnybgood查看英文原文
When historian Charles Weiner looked over a pile of Richard Feynman’s notebooks, he called them a wonderful ‘record of his day-to-day work’. “No, no!”, Feynman objected strongly. “They aren’t a record of my thinking process. They are my thinking process. I actually did the work on the paper.” “Well,” Weiner said, “The work was done in your head, but the record of it is still here.” “No, it’s not a record, not really. It’s working. You have to work on paper and this is the paper. Okay?”, Feynman explained. From Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson
写作检验理解;向别人解释的过程本身常常就能解决问题。
写作是一场测试:它检验你对主题理解得够不够、对"对方"理解得够不够,从而能把它讲给对方听。多数情况下你其实不够懂,于是你得再想、再学,然后重写一版让它成立。写点技术性的东西,就会暴露出你懂的是多么少。还有一个老套但管用的办法:把问题写成邮件或消息给团队里最资深的工程师,但别发出去——有一半概率你会自己解决它,或者把问题收窄成一个更聚焦、真正可以问的问题。
quickthrower2查看英文原文
I would say: Writing is a test. It tests if you understand the subject well enough, and the "other person" well enough, to communicate it to that other person. Most likely you don't so then you need to think and/or learn more so that you can redraft it so it works. Write something technical and it reveals how little you know! --- It is a trope but it works: Write your problem to the most senior developer in an email/slack but don't press send. Then there is a probably 50% chance you will solve it, or reduce the scope of the problem to {more focuesed question} that you can ask about.
把自认为成熟的想法写下来,才能看见其中的漏洞。
"写作让思考更清晰"这个说法对硬核技术人员来说可能已经有点老生常谈了,但它对我的职业和个人生活帮助之大,怎么强调都不过分。如果你写得不多,不妨试一试:挑一个你脑子里觉得已经非常成形的想法,把它落到纸上。我保证你会惊讶地发现,一旦试图把它写下来,你的思考里有多少漏洞。
angarg12查看英文原文
The concept of writing to think more clearly might be starting to become trite, particularly if you are a hardcore techie. However I can't overstate how useful this has been for my career and for me personally. If you haven't written much give it a try. Take some idea that is very clearly formed in your head and put it in paper. I guarantee you'd be surprise how many holes are in your thinking once you try to lie it down.
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