具体描述
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
Author：Tim Harford
Paperback: 292 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Books ; Reprint edition ( 2017-10-03 )
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594634807
ISBN-13: 978-1594634802
Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 2 x 21.1 cm
内容简介
"Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world." --Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
"Engrossing." --New York Times
From the award-winning columnist and author of the national bestseller The Undercover Economist comes a provocative big idea book about the genuine benefits of being messy: at home, at work, in the classroom, and beyond.
Look out for Tim's next book, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy.
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives celebrates the benefits that messiness has in our lives: why it's important, why we resist it, and why we should embrace it instead. Using research from neuroscience, psychology, social science, as well as captivating examples of real people doing extraordinary things, Tim Harford explains that the human qualities we value - creativity, responsiveness, resilience - are integral to the disorder, confusion, and disarray that produce them.
From the music studio of Brian Eno to the Lincoln Memorial with Martin Luther King, Jr., from the board room to the classroom, messiness lies at the core of how we innovate, how we achieve, how we reach each other - in short, how we succeed.
In Messy, you'll learn about the unexpected connections between creativity and mess; understand why unexpected changes of plans, unfamiliar people, and unforeseen events can help generate new ideas and opportunities as they make you anxious and angry; and come to appreciate that the human inclination for tidiness - in our personal and professional lives, online, even in children's play - can mask deep and debilitating fragility that keep us from innovation.
Stimulating and readable as it points exciting ways forward, Messy is an insightful exploration of the real advantages of mess in our lives.
Review
"Harford's argument goes beyond aesthetics, resurfacing over and over in his engrossing narrative." --The New York Times Book Review
"Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world. It's a masterful case for the life-changing magic of cluttering up." --Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take
"[Messy] goes beyond the well-worn discussion over messy desks as a sign of creativity. . . Rather, he tackles the notion more conceptually, examining why rigid targets can wreak havoc, how unpredictable leaders get ahead, and when flexibility and improvisation matter more." --The Washington Post
"Masterful." --The Economist
"Messy is neither a broadside at Marie Kondo and her cult of minimalism nor a case for the hidden virtues of hoarding. Harford, an acclaimed economics journalist, isn't so much extolling squalor as questioning the notion that order is inherently preferable for creative endeavors." --Time
"[Messy] plays to Harford's prodigious strengths: the ability to tell engrossing human stories, and the ability to use those stories to convey complex, statistical ideas that make your life better." --Boing Boing
"It's a very, very good book, full of wise counter-intuitions and clever insights." --Brian Eno, musician and record producer
"A book that presents itself as an impossibly simple account of the virtues of a messy workspace, then builds to something extraordinary." --The Age
"This absorbing book offers a different approach from instructional decluttering manuals by celebrating the successes derived from the unplanned, uns cripted, and unknown." --Library Journal
"Weaving together lessons from history, art, technology, and social and scientific research, Harford's theories have many potential benefits for individuals and businesses seeking to remain on the creative cutting edge, as well as profound implications for society." --Publishers Weekly
"Harford presents the strategies of disorganization as unique and enlightening and convincingly offers reinforced encouragement to those who may find themselves 'tempted by tidiness' to instead 'embrace some mess instead.'" --Kirkus
"Ranging expertly across business, politics and the arts, Tim Harford makes a compelling case for the creative benefits of disorganization, improvisation and confusion. His liberating message: you'll be more successful if you stop struggling so hard to plan or control your success. Messy is a deeply researched, endlessly eye-opening adventure." --Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
"Tim's best and deepest book." --Tyler Cowen, New York Times-bestselling author of Average Is Over
Praise for Tim Harford
"Every Tim Harford book is a cause for celebration." --Malcolm Gladwell
"One of the best writers who also happens to be an economist." --Stephen Dubner
Book Des cription
The new book from the author of The Undercover Economist shows us how we can lead messier lives - and why we should. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the Inside Flap
Messy celebrates the benefits that messiness has in our lives: why it's important, why we resist it, and why we should embrace it instead. Drawing from research in neuroscience, psychology, and social science, as well as captivating examples of real people doing extraordinary things, Tim Harford explains that the human qualities we value - creativity, responsiveness, resilience - are integral to the disorder, confusion, and disarray that produce them. From the music studio of Brian Eno to the Lincoln Memorial with Martin Luther King, Jr., from the board room to the classroom, messiness lies at the core of how we innovate, how we achieve, how we reach each other - in short, how we succeed.
In Messy, Harford lays out the unexpected connections between creativity and mess; investigates why unexpected changes of plans, unfamiliar people, and unforeseen events can help generate new ideas and opportunities as they make us anxious and angry; and argues that the human inclination for tidiness - in our personal and professional lives, online, even in children's play - can mask deep and debilitating fragility that keep us from innovation.
Stimulating and readable as it points exciting ways forward, Messy is an insightful exploration of the real advantages of mess in our lives.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the Back Cover
'Ranging expertly across business, politics and the arts, Tim Harford makes a compelling case for the creative benefits of disorganization, improvisation and confusion. His liberating message: you'll be more successful if you stop struggling so hard to plan or control your success. Messy is a deeply researched, endlessly eye-opening adventure in the life-changing magic of not tidying up' Oliver Burkeman --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
作者简介
Tim Harford is an award-winning journalist, economist and broadcaster. He's the author of the bestselling The Undercover Economist, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, Adapt, and The Logic of Life. Harford is currently a senior columnist at the Financial Times and host of the BBC Radio 4 program More or Less. He has been named Economics Commentator of the Year (2014), won the Rybczynski Prize (2014-15) for the best business-relevant economics writing, and won the Bastiat Prize for economic journalism (2006). He's a visiting fellow of Nuffield College at Oxford University and lives in Oxford with his family.
用户评价
这本书的英文原版名“Messy: The Power of ”，光是看名字就觉得很有力量，而且是关于“力量”。“混乱”这个词，在我们的日常语境中，往往带着贬义，意味着无序、麻烦、低效。但如果它拥有“力量”，那这种力量究竟是什么？它如何作用于我们的生活，甚至改变我们的生活？我一直觉得，很多时候，我们过于追求一种“线性的发展”和“明确的目标”，这种思维模式虽然在某些领域非常有效，但在面对复杂多变的现实世界时，却显得有些僵化。生活本身就是充满随机性和不确定性的，就像天气一样，我们无法完全预测，但却可以学会如何适应和利用。我希望这本书能够提供一种新的视角，让我们从“对抗混乱”转向“拥抱混乱”，学会从中提取养分，而不是感到沮丧。我很好奇，它会如何解释“混乱”在创新、学习、人际关系，甚至个人幸福感中的作用。是不是说，正是那些不确定性，才给了我们探索未知、激发潜能的空间？
评分这本书的名字和万维刚老师的推荐，瞬间就勾起了我的好奇心。我一直觉得生活中有太多“应该”和“不应该”，太多被规训的秩序感，仿佛一切都应该按照既定的轨道运行，才算得上“正常”和“成功”。但反观现实，那些真正让我觉得鲜活、有趣、甚至突破自我的时刻，往往都发生在那些不那么“按部就班”的时刻。比如，灵感的突袭常常出现在大脑放空的时候，意外的惊喜往往藏在计划之外的转角。我对这本书所探讨的“混乱”充满了期待，它会不会颠覆我对“混乱”的负面认知？会不会揭示那些看似失序的背后，其实蕴含着强大的生命力？我希望它能提供一些全新的视角，让我重新审视那些曾经让我感到焦虑和不安的“不确定性”。是不是说，我们一直以来都在抗拒和压抑着一种本能，而这本书正是要我们拥抱它，甚至利用它？我尤其好奇，它会如何阐释“混乱”与“改变”之间的必然联系。是说，我们必须经历混乱，才能迎来真正的变革？还是说，混乱本身就是一种变革的催化剂？这些问题都在我脑海中盘旋，让我迫不及待地想翻开它，寻找答案。
评分万维刚老师的推荐，向来是品质的保证，而《Messy: The Power of 》，这个书名本身就充满了一种探究的欲望。我最近常常思考“掌控感”这个概念。在信息爆炸、变化加速的时代，我们似乎都在努力抓住点什么，试图获得一种掌控感，让自己的生活和事业不至于被甩下。我们追求“效率”、“目标”、“规划”，仿佛一切都在我们的掌控之中。但有时候，我也会怀疑，这种对“掌控”的极度追求，是不是也让我们变得更加脆弱？一旦有什么事情脱离了我们的预设轨道，我们就可能会感到失控和焦虑。我猜想，这本书可能会挑战我们对于“掌控”的固有认知，提出“混乱”本身可能就蕴含着一种更高级、更灵活的“力量”。它或许会告诉我们，与其拼命地想要控制一切，不如学会与不确定性共处，甚至从中发现新的机会。我非常期待它能提供一些颠覆性的观点，让我们重新审视那些我们一直以来认为的“问题”，从而以一种更开放、更具韧性的姿态去面对生活。
评分读到【中商原版】的字样，就有一种原汁原味的期待感。加上“混乱：混乱改变我们的生活”这样的标题，以及万维刚老师的推荐，这股信息流叠加起来，实在太有吸引力了。我的直觉告诉我，这本书可能不是那种教你如何“管理”混乱的书，而是要我们理解并接受“混乱”作为一种常态，甚至将其视为一种力量。我们从小就被教育要“整洁”、“有序”，要“计划周全”。很多时候，我们甚至会因为自己的“拖延”、“犹豫”或者“不确定”而自责，认为这是“混乱”的表现，是需要被克服的缺点。但是，如果“混乱”本身就具有其内在的力量，能够驱动我们去探索、去创新、去成长，那我们是不是一直在误解它？我希望这本书能够深入探讨“混乱”的心理学、社会学甚至生理学根源，让我们明白，为什么有时候，那些看似无序的状态，反而能带来更深刻的洞察和更强大的驱动力。我期待它能提供一些案例，展示那些伟大的发明、艺术作品，甚至成功的个人成长，是如何在“混乱”的土壤中孕育而出的。
评分阅读万维刚老师的推荐，我总会联想到他对于科学、理性思维的推崇。但这次他推荐的《Messy: The Power of 》，书名中就带着一种反差，让我觉得非常有趣。我的生活常常被各种“系统”和“规则”所包裹，从工作到生活，似乎处处都需要规划和效率。我习惯于提前列好待办事项，按照优先级逐一完成，努力让生活显得井井有条。然而，总有那么一些时刻，计划被突如其来的状况打乱，而正是这些“意外”往往带来了意想不到的收获。比如，一次偶然的对话，就可能激发一个全新的项目思路；一次迷路，却可能发现一家隐藏的美味小店。我很好奇，这本书会如何解释这种“混乱”的价值。是不是说，过度追求秩序，反而会扼杀掉我们潜在的创造力和适应性？它会不会提出一些具体的策略，帮助我们在“混乱”中找到方向，而不是被淹没？我猜想，这本书或许会挑战我们对于“效率”和“完美”的定义，提醒我们，有时候，不完美的、充满变数的才是更真实、更有生命力的。我期待它能给我带来一些关于如何在现代社会中保持灵活和创造力的新思考。
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