20141206, Article, Tainan
發表於 : 週三 12月 03, 2014 6:07 pmHappy English Club 電子報 本報由Host Master Team編審
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Time：第133次例會，2014年12月06日(週六)下午2:30~5:30
Place：自由空間：台南市東區東寧路西段2號
https://goo.gl/maps/jgVt1
Agenda
14:30~15:30 Free Talk Session
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Topic Discussion Session
17:15~17:30 Happy Time
Host: KEN
Assistant Host: Cherry
Topic: Mean People Fail
Source: http://paulgraham.com/mean.html
Questions for Discussions:
1. How do you think of meanness and mean people? Why do some people get meanness? Is it a good way or efficient way to be successful?
2. The author thinks that nowadays, meanness would cause failure. The spreading influence of internet is one of the reasons. Can you come up with some examples? Or, do you have a second thought? Why?
3. There are two kinds of people: having meanness with tricks to attack opponents versus creativeness with intellectuals seeking new opportunities. In your opinion, which one is more likely to get promotion and become rich in the Taiwanese society? Why?
4. “It has always seemed strange to me...the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.” Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why? Examples?
5. While facing harsh challenges for scarce resources, how do you do in response to zero-sum games played by others of being mean? Here are some examples:
(1) Just wait and see. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
(2) Don’t do me wrong, or I’ll pay you back double.
(3) Keep silence, put on with temporarily, and leave away once having a chance.
(4) Win-win strategies. Seeking opportunities for me and my opponents.
(5) Other ideas.
6. "Don't be evil" is the formal corporate slogan of Google. If the games will be played by intellectuals but not by trickery and deception in the future, how do we encourage thinking with a creative and open mind within an increasingly competitive society in Taiwan?
例會須知
時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
協會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各讀書會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
協會入會費及協會年費暨各地讀書會會費：
http://www.happyforum.org/15.htm
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
參與例會，請勿討論政治/種族/宗教/性，經勸導無效者，不得參加本會任何活動
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=72
所有行程(All Schedule)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=883
網站 http://www.happyforum.org/ 歡迎超連結並轉寄網址
論壇 http://www.happyforum.org/happy/ 歡迎至論壇討論
臉書專頁：https://www.facebook.com/HappyEnglish.Tainan
Time：第133次例會，2014年12月06日(週六)下午2:30~5:30
Place：自由空間：台南市東區東寧路西段2號
https://goo.gl/maps/jgVt1
Agenda
14:30~15:30 Free Talk Session
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Topic Discussion Session
17:15~17:30 Happy Time
Host: KEN
Assistant Host: Cherry
Topic: Mean People Fail
Source: http://paulgraham.com/mean.html
Questions for Discussions:
1. How do you think of meanness and mean people? Why do some people get meanness? Is it a good way or efficient way to be successful?
2. The author thinks that nowadays, meanness would cause failure. The spreading influence of internet is one of the reasons. Can you come up with some examples? Or, do you have a second thought? Why?
3. There are two kinds of people: having meanness with tricks to attack opponents versus creativeness with intellectuals seeking new opportunities. In your opinion, which one is more likely to get promotion and become rich in the Taiwanese society? Why?
4. “It has always seemed strange to me...the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.” Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why? Examples?
5. While facing harsh challenges for scarce resources, how do you do in response to zero-sum games played by others of being mean? Here are some examples:
(1) Just wait and see. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
(2) Don’t do me wrong, or I’ll pay you back double.
(3) Keep silence, put on with temporarily, and leave away once having a chance.
(4) Win-win strategies. Seeking opportunities for me and my opponents.
(5) Other ideas.
6. "Don't be evil" is the formal corporate slogan of Google. If the games will be played by intellectuals but not by trickery and deception in the future, how do we encourage thinking with a creative and open mind within an increasingly competitive society in Taiwan?
例會須知
時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
協會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各讀書會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
協會入會費及協會年費暨各地讀書會會費：
http://www.happyforum.org/15.htm
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
參與例會，請勿討論政治/種族/宗教/性，經勸導無效者，不得參加本會任何活動
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=72
所有行程(All Schedule)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=883