Pilnmēness nogurdinātie

Kad es gandrīz 50 gadus atpakaļ apdomāju, vai neiegūt grādu ekonomikā, man pastāstīja, ka eksāmenu jautājumi katru gadu būšot tie paši, taču pareizā atbilde katru gadu būs cita.

Es nospriedu kļūt par inženieri.

The cat leads a double life. In the home it is an overgrown kitten gazing up at its human owners. Out on the tiles it is fully adult, its own boss, a free-living wild creature [..]. This switch from tame pet to wild animal and then back again is fascinating to watch. Any cat-owner who has accidentally come across their pet cat out-of-doors, whten it is deeply involved in some feline soap opera of sex and violence, will know what I mean. One instant the animal is totally wrapped up in an intense drama of courtship or status. Then out of the corner of its eye it spots its human owner watching the proceedings. There is a schizoid moment of double involvement, a hesitation, and the animal runs across, rubs against its owner's leg and becomes the house-kitten once more.
// Cat Watching, by Desmond Morris.

For informed opinions, let's turn to programmers who are actually musicians. I thought Rob Birdwell, who left a single plaintive 2003 blog entry on his programming blog, summarized it well:

• Let's be practical: musicians become programmers, generally not the other way around, simply because those gigs actually pay the bills.
• Creating music and software are simultaneously collaborative and individualistic undertakings.
• Musicians, regardless of era, are generally technically engaged. The instruments themselves (the hardware) often interface with other devices (amps, mixers, mutes) to achieve different sounds. Composers often deal with an array of technologies to get their music written, performed and/or produced.
• Music is an abstract medium - the printed note requires interpretation and execution. Like the written line of code, there is often much more than meets the eye.
• Music is a form of self-expression. Many programmers, often to the dismay of corporate managers, try to express themselves through code.
• One famous music educator, Dick Grove, once said that composers/musicians often like to solve puzzles. (Dick Grove was very computer saavy - although I'm not sure he wrote code, I wouldn't doubt his ability to do so.)
  

All the lonely people,
Where do they all come from?

Psychologists talk about two kinds of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is what drives you to do something regardless of whether you will receive a reward. Why do you spend an hour cleaning the inside of your stove? Nobody looks in there. Your intrinsic motivation compels you to do a thorough job. We all have it -- in fact, most people start out with the desire to excel at whatever they do. Extrinsic motivation is the drive to do something precisely because you expect to receive compensation, and it's the weaker of the two.

The interesting thing, according to psychologists, is that extrinsic motivation has a way of displacing intrinsic motivation. The very act of rewarding workers for a job well done tends to make them think they are doing it solely for the reward; if the reward stops, the good work stops. And if the reward is too low, workers might think, Gosh, this is not worth it. They will forget their innate, intrinsic desire to do good work.

Иcслeдовaниe пpoтив иcследoвания - это тoт жe мeхaнизм, кaк yчебник пpoтив диска. Для мoзга, котopый не имeeт цeнтpaльной иepаpxии знaний, гдe кaждый кирпичик плoтно пригнaн, пoскoлькy cледyeт из прeдыдущего и подтвеpждаeтся пoслeдующим, для тaкoгo мозгa любaя инфоpмация воспринимаeтся oтдельнo пoдвeшeннoй в проcтранcтвe. Tаблицa yмнoжения, экcтpасeнс, блокбacтеp, википeдия, coвeт сoтpудницы, peклaмa в глянцe, школьный yчебник, воcкpеcная проповедь, cтатья в блогe, тeлeпеpедaча, мoлекулярнaя физика, энергия атома, oбнaженнaя женщинa, киллеp с лoпaтoй - любая инфоpмaция имеет рaвные пpaвa, и критepием являeтся все равнo вeра. Eсли фaкт пoдxодит к вepe - он годитcя, не пoдxодит - oтмeтаeтся. Hикакиx пoпыток aнализа.

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