Knowledge reserves affect our perception of the world.

There is an old joke in China. Ancient farmers always thought that the emperor who lived in the palace used gold hoes to plow the fields. Because they don't have much concept of enjoying happiness, and they don't know what the emperor should do.

This reminds me that when I was a child, I heard the villagers say that they were going to Shenzhen, where peanuts were found, and everyone went for gold. In my own mind, I see the glittering halls on TV, shining everywhere. It seems that Shenzhen is such a place.

The above two short stories reflect the limitations of self-cognition caused by insufficient knowledge reserve.

If you are a learned scholar, or even the family of court officials, you will definitely not make such jokes, because they have enough knowledge reserves and understanding ability, and their cognitive boundary is much larger than that of the old peasants.

Similarly, with the growth of my age, I gradually understand that the so-called gold rush is just a metaphor, indicating that there are more opportunities in Shenzhen.

Since then, because of the limitation of our own knowledge boundary, jokes seem so ignorant and ridiculous. But from the perspective of development, from the next 20 years, looking at the current knowledge reserve, you may have such a feeling.

After all, learning is not a one-off event. There are many things that I didn't have a chance to learn at the moment, or even I don't understand.

When I was a child, I read the book Logic, which gave me the feeling that it was boring and difficult to understand, but I knew at that time that good logical thinking ability was very important. Unfortunately, I can't understand it, because my experience and knowledge reserves are limited.

It is a lifetime's wealth to keep learning and improve knowledge reserves without arrogance and rashness.