三十一

S. Thomps, Micro vs. Macro Perspective 

One of the best principles I have ever learned is something called the "zoom out, zoom in" theory. Whenever you are facing a problem or situation, try and zoom "out" of your body to 20,000 feet, and look down on yourself. Then look at everyone else on the planet. Have a macro view on what is going on in the world. Are people facing a natural disaster? Poverty? Murder? A massive fire down the block? What is happening? While zoomed out, give yourself the perspective you need to center yourself, and then zoom back in. How important is that problem now? Probably not very.

三十二

Charles Eames & Ray Eames, Powers of Ten ,1977.

这个视频带你来一次完整的zoom in  & zoom out。

P.S.

1、xkcd第271期：Powers of One，是对这个视频的致敬。

2、Kees Boeke, Cosmic View, 1957.

Cosmic View，1957

3、Benoît Mandelbrot问道：“海岸线到底有多长？”回答：“这取决于你想测得有多精确。世界并不光滑，世界是粗糙的。”