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So for example at Tesla
我想说 在特斯拉
we've never spent any money on advertising
我们从来不花钱做广告
We put all of the money into R&D and manufacturing and design
我们把所有的钱都用于研发 制造和设计
to try to make the car as good as possible
尽力让汽车变得更好
And I think that's the way to go
我认为 公司就该这样
For any given company, just keep thinking about
任何公司 在任何时候都需要思考
are these efforts that people are spending
人们花这么多精力做的事
are they resulting in a better product or service
是否能够让产品或服务变得更好
if they're not, stop those efforts
如果不能 停止这些尝试
And then the final thing is
最后我要讲的是
don't just follow the trends
不要随大流
You may have heard me say
我经常说
it's good to think in terms of the physics approach from first principles
这里可以类比从基本原理出发的物理方法
which is
也就是说
rather than reasoning by analogy
不要人云亦云
you boil things down to the most fundamental truths you can imagine
你应当将事物归结到最根本的真理上
and you reason up from there
从根本出发进行推理
This is a good way to figure out if something really make sense
这能让你很好地判断 某个想法是否真的行得通
or it's just whatever somebody else is doing
而不只是别人说可行 那就可行
It is hard to think that way. You can't think that way about everything
当然 这很难 你不能什么事情都这样考虑
It takes a lot of effort, but
这需要很多精力 不过
if you're trying to do something new, it's the best way to think
在创新的时候 这无疑是最好的思维方式
And that framework was developed by physicists
物理学界也正是通过这种方式
to figure out counterintuitive things
推导出了各种不可思议的理论
like quantum mechanics
例如量子力学
It's really a powerful method
这无疑是一个很强有力的方法
And so that's, and then I think there's a final thing I will encourage you to do
我想 我还有一点建议要讲给你们 也就是
Now is the time to take risk
趁着年轻 勇于冒险
You don't have kids
你们没有小孩
Your obligation... oh, sorry
你们的责任… 哦 抱歉
Probably not, of course
也许有人有孩子
but as you get older, your obligations increase
不过随着年龄的增长 责任也会随之增长
And once you have a family
有了家庭之后再去冒险
you start taking not just for yourself but for your family as well
承担风险的就不是你一个人 而是你全家
It gets much harder to do things that might not work out
要去冒险做一些可能成不了的事 难度可能会更大
So now it's the time to do that before you have those obligations
在没有这些责任之前 做这样的事负担会比较小
So I want to encourage you to take risks and to do something bold
我鼓励大家勇于冒险 胆子放大一些
You won't regret it. Thank you
你不会后悔的 谢谢

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人物简介
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