A shelf, not a trophy case.一架书，不是陈列柜。

鲁迅全集

Lu Xun, Complete Works

Excerpt摘录

希望是本无所谓有，无所谓无的。这正如地上的路；其实地上本没有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。

My reading我的理解

The sentence is too easily turned into a poster. I am trying to keep both the walking and the uncertainty.这句话太容易被印成标语。我想同时留下“走”和“不确定”。

Still open还没想明白

What changes in a technical education when a text is allowed to refuse one answer?如果一篇文字可以拒绝唯一答案，技术教育会怎样？

Read the note读这篇笔记 ↗

History历史

Institutions, tools, and habits that outlast their makers.比创造者活得更久的制度、工具和习惯。

My reading我的理解

I read history to see how a system continues after the people who started it are gone.我读历史，是想看一个系统在开创者离开之后怎样继续。

Another view另一种看法

History can be mined for lessons. I distrust that use when the example has been cleaned up too well.历史也可以被拿来找教训。例子被收拾得太干净时，我不信任这种用法。

Still open还没想明白

Which histories of industry and infrastructure deserve to be read slowly?哪些工业和基础设施的历史，值得慢慢读？

Logic and philosophy逻辑与哲学

Read in order to slow an argument down.为了把论证放慢而读。

My reading我的理解

A sentence that feels obvious often has a hidden step. I want to see that step before I trust the conclusion.一句听起来理所当然的话，常常藏着一步。我想先看见那一步，再相信结论。

Another view另一种看法

Too much slowing is also a way to avoid deciding. A workshop still has to ship a result.放得太慢，也可能是在逃避决定。车间最后还是要交出结果。

Still open还没想明白

Where does a technical explanation quietly become a value judgment?技术说明从哪一句开始，悄悄变成了价值判断？

Chinese, English, Japanese中文、英文、日文

Reading as practice, not as a certificate.阅读是练习，不是证书。

My reading我的理解

Chinese is home. The English on this site is practice done in public. Japanese is early, and the honest unit is a sentence I can read.中文是家。这个网站上的英文是公开的练习。日语刚开始，诚实的单位是我能读懂的一句。

Still open还没想明白

Which notes should be written in Chinese first, and which are worth translating later?哪些笔记该先用中文写，哪些值得以后再翻译？