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出版社: Riverhead Books
ISBN:9781594634802
商品编码:26851330570
出版时间:2017-10-03
页数:292
正文语种:英文

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.


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我看到这本书的名字,《混乱:混乱改变我们的生活》,还有万维刚老师的推荐,就觉得这本书一定不一般。万老师的书单里,总能找到很多能让人眼前一亮的、非常有深度的作品,所以我也对这本《混乱》产生了浓厚的兴趣。我总觉得,现代社会在很多方面都在追求极致的“整齐划一”和“规范化”,但与此同时,也似乎扼杀了很多潜在的可能性和创造力。这本书的名字直击了这一点,让我忍不住去思考,“混乱”真的有那么可怕吗?是不是有时候,我们过于害怕打破常规,害怕未知,所以才错过了很多重要的东西?我猜想,这本书可能会从一个全新的角度,来剖析我们生活中存在的那些“混乱”现象,并告诉我们,这些“混乱”并非一无是处,反而可能蕴含着巨大的能量和机会。它会不会引导我们认识到,那些看似杂乱的思绪、不按部就班的行动,甚至是生活中出现的一些意料之外的状况,都有可能成为我们突破瓶颈、实现飞跃的契机?我期待这本书能给我带来一些启发,让我能够更加坦然地面对生活中的不确定性,甚至能够主动去拥抱一些“混乱”,从中发现属于自己的力量。

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这本书的书名就充满了吸引力,"混乱:混乱改变我们的生活"。听起来就像是那种会让人在深夜里捧着,一边喝着冷掉的咖啡,一边思考人生的大部头。我一直对那些能够颠覆我们习以为常的看法的书充满好奇,而这本书似乎就属于这一类。想象一下,我们从小到大被教导要整洁、有序、有条理,生活中的一切都要尽可能的“不混乱”。但如果,这本书恰恰要告诉我们,这种“不混乱”才是束缚我们的枷锁呢?这是一种多么具有颠覆性的想法!万维刚老师的推荐也让我对这本书的质量有了初步的信心,毕竟他的选书眼光向来独到,总能发掘出那些真正有价值、有深度的作品。我迫不及待地想要翻开它,看看作者是如何将“混乱”这样一个充满负面含义的词,变成一种赋能的力量。我期待这本书能给我带来全新的视角,去重新审视那些看似“杂乱无章”的生活片段,或许会从中发现意想不到的宝藏,或者解锁一些被我们忽略的可能性。它可能会鼓励我拥抱不确定性,而不是逃避;它可能会让我学会从看似无序的现象中找到隐藏的模式;它甚至可能会改变我对待工作、学习,乃至人际关系的方式。这本书,就像一个即将被打开的潘多拉魔盒,充满了未知,也充满了惊喜。

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这本书的标题,"混乱:混乱改变我们的生活",让我一下子就被吸引住了。我一直觉得,我们所处的时代,似乎都在极力推崇秩序、效率和可控性,仿佛一切都应该按照预设的轨道运行。然而,我内心深处却常常会感受到一种微妙的抵触,觉得这种过度的“规整”反而让生活变得有些单调乏味,甚至丧失了一些生气。所以,当看到“混乱”被赋予“力量”并被提及“改变生活”时,我的好奇心被彻底点燃了。万维刚老师的推荐,更是为这本书增添了几分权威性,我对他所推崇的书籍总是抱有极高的期待。我揣测,这本书或许会从一个非常规的角度,颠覆我们对“混乱”的传统认知,将其解读为一种积极的、甚至是必不可少的催化剂。它是否会探讨,在科学研究、艺术创作、商业创新,乃至个人成长中,适度的“混乱”是如何孕育出突破性想法的?它是否会鼓励我们放下对完美状态的执念,拥抱过程中的不确定性和“不完美”,从而发现更广阔的可能性?我非常期待这本书能够为我打开一扇新的窗户,让我能够用一种更开放、更包容的心态去审视生活中的种种“失序”之处,并从中找到激发潜能、促进改变的契机。

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这本书给我的第一印象便是它那不落俗套的书名。“Messy”,这个词在日常生活中通常带着贬义,让人联想到杂乱、无序、甚至是糟糕的状况。但“The Power of D”的副标题,以及万维刚老师的推荐,却暗示着这本书将要探讨的,并非是简单的“乱”本身,而是“混乱”之中蕴含的某种强大力量。我猜想,作者可能是在反驳一种普遍的、过度强调秩序和控制的文化,试图揭示那些被我们刻意回避或压制的“混乱”面,其实才是孕育创新、成长和真正活力的源泉。我非常好奇,作者会从哪些角度来论证“混乱”的力量?是心理学上的?社会学的?还是生物学的?亦或是哲学层面的?这本书会不会挑战我们对“成功”和“高效”的传统定义?它是否会鼓励我们放下过度的焦虑,拥抱不完美,允许自己和周围的世界有更多的“缝隙”和“不确定性”?我希望它能提供一些切实可行的方法,帮助读者在日益复杂和快速变化的世界中,找到一种更灵活、更具韧性的生存之道。它可能不仅仅是一本理论书籍,更像是一本人生指南,指引我们如何在“混乱”的大海中,找到属于自己的航向。

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单是书名《混乱:混乱改变我们的生活》,就足以勾起我的好奇心。万维刚老师的推荐更是让我觉得这本书非同寻常。我一直觉得,在当今社会,我们被太多的信息、太多的选择、太多的“应该”所裹挟,有时候反而失去了方向,变得更加焦虑和不知所措。这本书的标题恰恰点出了一个我内心深处常常会思考的问题:我们是否过于追求一种虚假的、表面的“秩序”,而忽略了真正能让我们成长和前进的力量,可能恰恰就隐藏在那些我们试图回避和压制的“混乱”之中?我大胆猜测,这本书将会挑战我们对“成功”和“稳定”的传统定义,甚至会颠覆我们对于“效率”和“方法”的固有认知。它会不会告诉我们,那些看似杂乱无章的灵感、那些突如其来的变故、那些并非按部就班的尝试,才是激发创造力、实现突破性进展的真正源泉?我非常期待这本书能够提供一些全新的视角,帮助我重新认识“混乱”的价值,并学会如何在这种“混乱”中找到方向,甚至驾驭它,让它成为推动我生活前进的强大动力。它或许会是一本能够帮助我们摆脱思维定势,拥抱不确定性,从而活出更精彩人生的指南。

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