Thursday, September 5, 2019

富兰克林,决策,结婚问题 (V)

以前写过一系列富兰克林的文:
唐雎,富兰克林与胡适
http://taolaw.blogspot.com/2017/06/blog-post_24.html
富兰克林和老子:
http://taolaw.blogspot.com/2017/11/blog-post_8.html
不被人歧视,不好意思见人
http://taolaw.blogspot.com/2017/11/blog-post_9.html
富兰克林与行规的建立 (IV): http://taolaw.blogspot.com/2017/11/iv.html

美国建国的国父,很多传记都值得读,而且适合cross reference. 对后世影响巨大。比如Ben franklin是媒体大牛。 好多资料。

少年Franklin就写信(假装大妈)給报纸,挖坑高手。长大以后办报,办活动。 再后来搞资本,搞外交,算是美国革命的爷爷。 (别人是国父,他是国爷爷 Founding Grandfather)

Ben Franklin和James Madison, John Adams这些人都留下来很多文字。 但是Ben Franklin性格最鲜明,阅历最广,文字简短,因为不是总统,文字影响被很多华人低估了。多看看,慢慢看。

Benjamin Franklin做的Junto club: https://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_citizen_networker.html

Franklin问的问题大致是这个风格:https://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/pop_juntoquestions.html

Ben Franklin is the master of imperfect decisions。 很多时候出现deadlock, 他是那个“本人七老八十了,没这么多时间deadlock, imperfect but as good as we could get”: https://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_citizen_founding.html

The ultimate imperfect decision, is making marriage decision. Mathematical solution for the marriage decision, put in rhyme:
https://cs.nyu.edu/faculty/davise/Verses/ThirtySeven.html

Franklin's speech cemented the US Consitution, a shotgun marriage of the bickering Northern and Southern states.   With only 27 amendments, despite a destructive Civil War, the US Constitution withstood the test of time, far beyond Franklin's own estimates.