"Cognitive Upgrade: It's Not Just Talk"

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In the past few days, I've seen several different people write different articles, and the viewpoints expressed are surprisingly consistent, all discussing cognitive upgrades.

It reminds me of an old joke about a certain dynasty where a single eunuch from Chaoshan served multiple emperors. On his first day of duty, he was tragically executed. The reason was that after preparing the emperor's meal, he loudly knelt and shouted in Chaoshan dialect: "Your Majesty... has passed away!" (It's time to eat!). Many people may not be familiar with the Chaoshan dialect, but it does sound somewhat like the phrase for "has passed away."

Often, what we consider common sense may not be common sense to others.

For a top student, they may not understand the struggles and frustrations of a poor student. Conversely, the poor student cannot comprehend how the top student managed to achieve their success. From both perspectives, their understanding is not wrong. However, when conflicts arise, they feel that the other party lacks understanding.

I believe everyone has heard a story from the Western Jin dynasty. One year, a famine occurred, and the people had nothing to eat, resorting to digging up roots and eating tree bark, leading many to starve to death. The news quickly reached the palace, and Emperor Hui of Jin, sitting high on his throne, was greatly puzzled after hearing the report from his ministers. The "kind-hearted" Emperor Hui wanted to do something for his people, and after much contemplation, he finally came up with a "solution": "If the people have no rice to fill their stomachs, why not eat meat porridge?"

From a young age, we have been taught not to be as foolish as Emperor Hui, but no one told us that in his understanding, no one goes hungry. We view this foolish emperor (as we define him) through our own common sense and think he is the one who made the Western Jin chaotic. But aren't we also like Emperor Hui?

I wonder if everyone knows about a country called Haiti, where children eat something called clay cakes. These clay cakes are made from a unique yellow clay mixed with salt or margarine and sun-dried into "cookies," which are then used to fill their stomachs. When I first heard about this, I thought, "Oh my God, why eat dirt?"

Later, I learned that Haiti is the poorest country in the world, and the people cannot survive without eating dirt; eating dirt allows them to live a little longer.

Is it that their understanding is insufficient? Could it be that they don't know eating dirt is bad for their health?

I remember watching a show where a wealthy person said that the poor are poor because they don't work hard enough. He claimed that if you have the drive, even the weak can become strong. So he participated in a show called "Rich vs. Poor," where he transformed into a cleaner earning only 25 Hong Kong dollars an hour. He had to endure the stench and heavy public garbage bins and work non-stop for nine hours. When he finished his shift, his colleagues told him he had to go to another place to clean. To survive, one cleaning job was simply not enough; he needed to work seventeen hours a day to make ends meet.

After two days, he said that all he could think about was food, completely devoid of hope, wanting nothing more than to work hard for a decent meal.

While we mock the small goal of a million, we are also mocked by others for not eating dirt.

When we feel that others lack understanding, or when we feel our own understanding is insufficient, have we ever considered whether we have bet on that understanding?

Many people say they missed the opportunity to get rich quickly with ABCD, claiming they saw the potential at the time, but they didn't bet on their understanding. Just like the wealthy person mentioned earlier, when he truly placed a bet, it was the shift in his perspective about the poor being poor due to a lack of effort that represented his true understanding.

It's like I saw someone who had been pessimistic about Bitcoin ten years ago recently write that his views have changed and that he has bought Bitcoin. A reader commented, "Aren't you afraid of being a bag holder?" His reply was, "I can afford to lose."

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