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1、ThisisWaterDavidFosterWa!aceTherearethesetwoyoungfishswimmingalong,andtheyhappentomeetanolderfishswimmingtheotherway,whonodsatthemandsays,“Morning,boys,how'sthewater?”Andthetwoyoungfishswimonforabit,andtheneventuallyoneofthemlooksoverattheotherandgoes,“Whatt
2、hehelliswater?”Ifatthismoment,you'reworriedthatIplantopresentmyselfhereasthewiseoldfishexplainingwhatwateristoyouyoungerfish,pleasedon'tbe.Iamnotthewiseoldfish.Theimmediatepointofthefishstoryisthatthemostobvious,ubiquitous,importantrealitiesareoftentheonestha
3、tarethehardesttoseeandtalkabout.StatedasanEnglishsentence,ofcourse,thisisjustabanalplatitude—butthefactisthat,intheday-to-daytrenchesofadultexistence,banalplatitudescanhavelife-or-deathimportance.Thatmaysoundlikehyperbole,orabstractnonsense.1Ahugepercenta
4、geofthestuffthatItendtobeautomaticallycertainofis,itturnsout,totallywronganddeluded.Here'soneexampleoftheutterwrongnessofsomethingItendtobeautomaticallysureof:EverythinginmyownimmediateexperiencesupportsmydeepbeliefthatIamtheabsolutecenteroftheuniverse,the
5、realest,mostvividandimportantpersoninexistence.Werarelytalkaboutthissortofnatural,basicself-centeredness,becauseit'ssosociallyrepulsive,butit'sprettymuchthesameforallofus,deepdown.Itisourdefault-setting,hard-wiredintoourboardsatbirth.Thinkaboutit:Thereisn
6、oexperienceyou'vehadthatyouwerenotattheabsolutecenterof.Theworldasyouexperienceitisrightthereinfrontofyou,orbehindyou,totheleftorrightofyou,onyourTV,oryourmonitor,orwhatever.Otherpeople'sthoughtsandfeelingshavetobecommunicatedtoyousomehow,butyourownaresoi
7、mmediate,urgent,real—yougettheidea.Butpleasedon'tworrythatI'mgettingreadytopreachtoyouaboutcompassionorother-directednessortheso-called“virtues.”Thisisnotamatterofvirtue—it'samatterofmychoosingtodotheworkofsomehowalteringorgettingfreeofmynatural,hard-wire
8、ddefault-setting,whichistobedeeplyandliterallyself-centered,andtoseeandinterpreteverythingthroughthislensofself.Peoplewhocanadjusttheirnaturaldefault-settingthiswayareoftendescribedasbeing“welladjusted,”whichIsugges
