如何像天才一样思考（全知识地图）

这话听起来可能有点蠢，但想要像天才一样思考并不需要多聪明。

This is gonna sound a bit stupid, but you don't need to be smart to think like a genius.

事实上，你大概也不想成为大多数聪明人那样，因为聪明人往往并不那么聪明。

In fact, you probably don't want to be like most smart people because smart people often aren't that smart.

我们现在所认为的聪明人，至少对大多数人来说，是指那些为了获得某种地位而记住了大量事实的人，无论是通过工作还是职业。

What we consider a smart person right now, at least for most people, is someone who has memorized a lot of facts in order to achieve some level of status, whether that be through a job or career.

但在他们这么做的同时，他们也因为知道得太多而非常擅长过度分析风险。

But while they did that, they are also very good at overanalyzing risk because they know so much.

他们脑子里装了太多信息，以至于把所有可能性都想了个遍却什么都不做，结果没能活出自己想要的人生。

They have so much information in their head that they think through all of these options to the point of doing nothing, so they don't do what they want in life.

而另一方面，正如我们上期视频所说，愚笨的人会冒那些改变人生轨迹的傻风险。

Dumb people, on the other hand, take the stupid risks that change the trajectory of their lives like we talked about in our last video.

天才级的思考与书本知识无关。

Genius level thinking is not about book smarts.

关键在于清晰度。

It's about clarity.

这就是为什么大多数人最终没能过上想要的生活，因为他们想不出出路。

That's why most people don't end up with the life they want because they can't think of a way out.

真正的思考。

Actual thinking.

当我说真正的思考时，我指的是一个自由个体的标志在于他们按照自己的意愿生活，这需要他们学会如何学习、如何赚钱以及如何思考。

And when I say actual thinking, I'm talking about the fact that the mark of a free individual is that they do what they want with their life, and this requires them to learn how to learn, learn how to earn, and learn how to think.

而最后一点——如何思考——最为重要，因为它既影响你如何学习，也影响你如何行动，这两者共同决定了实现重大目标的策略或路径。

And that last one, how to think, is the most important because it influences both how you learn, how you act, and both of those determine the strategy or the path to achieving a big goal.

因此，人们最终过上厌恶的生活，正是因为他们的思维方式完全偏离正轨。

So this is why people end up with a life that they hate is because their thinking is all off.

所以他们的行动和学习都出了问题，策略也一团糟，无法理解一个宏大目标的意义。

So they're acting and their learning is all off, and then their strategy is all off, and they can't make sense of a big goal.

他们甚至无法理解有什么事情值得去做、值得为未来追求。

They can't even comprehend something that's worth doing and worth pursuing for their future.

这就是为什么当你问别人'你想怎样度过一生'时，总会听到那句'我不知道自己想要什么'。

That's where you get the whole, I don't know what I want out of life that everyone says when you ask them, what do you wanna do with your life?

好消息是，所有这些能力都是可以通过练习、重复、试错来学习的技能。

Now the good news is is that all of these things are skills, and skills can be learned through practice, repetition, trial, and error.

我个人一直很欣赏乔丹·彼得森的表述能力，不论现在人们对他的看法如何，还有艾伦·瓦特的魔力，以及丹尼尔·施马赫滕伯格的清晰思维。

Now I've personally always admired the articulation of Jordan Peterson regardless of what people think of him right now, the magic behind Alan Watts, and the clarity of Daniel Schmachtenberger.

在本视频中，我想与大家分享我所遇到过的最强大的思维模型之一，它几乎适用于一切，包括思考本身。

Now in this video, I want to share with you one of the most powerful mental models that I've come across for literally everything, thinking included.

这是世界伟大哲学、科学发现和心理模式的宏大综合，如果你能花足够时间消化我们即将探讨的内容，它将彻底改变你的人生。

It's a grand synthesis of the world's great philosophies, scientific discoveries, and psychological patterns that if you spend enough time with what we're about to go over, it will radically change your life.

它改变了我的人生，我保证只要你真正坐下来尝试吸收这些内容，它也会改变你的。

It did for me, and I guarantee it will for you if you actually sit with this and try to absorb it.

无论你是想弄清楚人生追求，还是想成为精神开悟的僧侣，或是试图打造市值十亿美元的公司，都无关紧要。

It doesn't matter if you're trying to figure out what you want in life or if you're trying to become a spiritually enlightened monk or if you're trying to build a billion dollar company.

我们即将探讨的这个模型，将极大缩短你实现上述任何目标的路径。

This model that we're about to go over will drastically shorten your path to achieving any of those things.

这就是我们要探讨的内容——全知识地图。

So this is exactly what we're going to go over, the map of all knowledge.

如果你能理解这张知识地图中的所有内容，你的思维将跃升至全新境界。

And if you can understand everything that's inside this map, you're thinking we'll just shoot to another level.

为了构建这个框架，我想先引用肯·威尔伯的一句话，他是这张AQAL知识地图的创始人。

Now to frame all of this, I want to start with a quote from Ken Wilbur, who is the creator of this AQAL map of all knowledge.

我不必认同你说的每句话，但至少应该尝试理解，因为缺乏相互理解只会导致冲突。

I don't have to agree with everything you say, but I should attempt to at least understand it for the opposite of mutual understanding is quite simply war.

这听起来或许显而易见，但你必须思考才能解决问题或达成目标。

Now this may sound obvious, but you have to think if you want to solve a problem or achieve a goal.

你需要先识别问题，然后深入理解它，接着提出合理的目标或解决方案，最后制定并执行实现目标的策略。

You need to identify a problem, then you need to understand it deeply, then you need to hypothesize a reasonable goal or solution to the problem, and then you need to create and execute a reasonable strategy to achieve the goal.

这听起来简单，实则极其复杂——想想商业领域就知道了。

Now this may sound simple, but it's actually incredibly complex because think about businesses.

对吧？

Right?

有个常见统计数据说，99%的企业在头一两年内就会倒闭。

There's a common statistic that goes around where it's like ninety nine percent of businesses fail within the first one to two years.

而每一次，失败的原因几乎总是因为他们没有开发出能解决正确问题的产品。

And every single time, the reason for that is almost always that they didn't have a product that solved the right problem.

他们对问题的理解不够深入，无法创造出成功的解决方案或产品。

They didn't understand the problem deep enough in order to create a solution, the product that would be successful.

这还只是商业领域的情况。

And that's just for business.

那么人际关系呢？

What about relationships?

大多数关系破裂的原因不外乎两点：一是他们根本没有意识到问题的存在，二是虽然意识到问题，却不愿尝试从对方的角度去理解和解决。

Most relationships fail because one, they either don't realize that there's a problem, or two, they do realize there's a problem, but they don't attempt to solve understand it from the other person's perspective.

总的来说，大多数人失败是因为他们不理解自己所处的境况。

And in general, most people fail because they don't understand the situation they're in.

他们没能识别出问题所在。

They don't identify the problem.

他们看不到目标。

They don't see a goal.

他们没有制定策略。

They don't strategize.

这就是实现人生目标的完整思考过程。

That's the entire thinking process to achieve what you want in life.

对吧？

Right?

我们这里讨论的不是为了显得书本知识渊博的思考。

We're not talking about thinking to sound book smart here.

我们思考是为了能过上美好的生活。

We're thinking so that we can achieve a good life.

所以如果你能通过我们将要讨论的这个模型改进你的思考方式，你就能更快地解决这些问题、理解它们，并实现你想要达成的目标。

So if you can improve your thinking with this model that we're going to go over, you can solve those problems, understand them, and achieve the goals you want to achieve faster.

当你把这个过程映射到十年的时间内，不难看出仅通过学习如何思考，你就能比普通人多取得十倍的成就。

And when you map that out over a ten year timeline, it's not difficult to see that you can achieve 10 times more than the average person just by learning how to think.

那么让我们来介绍这个AQAL模型，它由美国哲学家肯·威尔伯创立，他将毕生精力用于将所有知识和经验综合成一个包罗万象的'万有理论'。

So let's introduce this AQAL model, which was created by Ken Wilbur, who's an American philosopher, and he made it his life's work to synthesize all knowledge and experience into one comprehensive theory of everything.

如果你深入研究肯·威尔伯的书籍或作品，他确实说过这并不是终极真理。

Now if you dive into Ken Wilbur's books or work, he does state that this isn't the end all be all.

对吧？

Right?

这是一个正在发展中的理论。

This is a work in progress.

所有事物都处于不断完善的过程中。

Everything is a work in progress.

他鼓励你我理解这个模型，在其基础上发展，并找出它的漏洞。

He encourages you and I to understand this model, build on top of it, poke holes in it.

但根据我的研究，这完全颠覆了我的认知，制作这个视频的目的就是与你们分享。

But from my research, this has just completely blown my mind, and the purpose of this video is to share it with you.

AQAL模型代表全象限、全层次。

Now this AQAL model stands for all quadrants, all levels.

我们稍后会详细讲解，它包含四个象限。

So we'll go over this soon, but there are four quadrants.

然后每个象限内还有不同的发展层次。

Then there are levels of development within each quadrant.

更进一步说，还存在着发展线、状态以及意识阶段。

And then even further than that, there are lines of development and states and stages of consciousness.

因此，肯·威尔伯通过数十年的个人研究以及三年多的书稿撰写与研究休假发现，所有知识和经验都可以映射到四个相互关联的象限中。

So with this, what Ken Wilber found through decades of his own study and three years plus of sabbaticals for writing books and researching was that all knowledge and experience mapped into four interconnected quadrants.

左上方的象限或视角代表个体内在。

So the upper left quadrant or perspective is the individual interior.

它包含你的个人思想、情感、信仰和意识。

It's your personal thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and consciousness.

这是你头脑中个人体验的范畴。

It's what happens in your personal experience in your head.

而右上方的象限或视角与之对应，代表个体外在。

Now the upper right quadrant or perspective correlates with that, and it's the individual exterior.

即你的行为、动作以及生理大脑状态。

So it's your behaviors, your actions, and your physical brain state.

所以内部个体指的是你的情绪、感知或想法等，而右上象限则是这些的外部表现。

So the interior individual are things like your emotions or perceptions or thoughts, and then the upper right is the exterior of that.

它是这方面的映射。

It's the map for that.

比如物理大脑或由情绪等产生的脑电波。

So the physical brain or the brain waves that come from emotions or other things like this.

这非常像科学的客观象限。

This is very like the scientific objective quadrant.

左下象限则是集体内部。

Now the lower left is the collective interior.

这些象限的左侧代表内部，而这个集体内部指的是共享的文化、价值观和群体意识。

So the left side of these quadrants is the interior, and this collective interior is the shared culture, values, and group consciousness.

你可以将其与左上象限（内部个体）区分开来，左上是你个人的思想、情绪等，而文化则是共享的思想、情绪、语言、价值观等。

So you can distinguish this from the upper left or interior individual in that the upper left is your own thoughts, emotions, etcetera, and then culture is, like, shared thoughts, emotions, language, values, etcetera.

右下象限则是集体外部。

Now the bottom right is the collective exterior.

所以这指的是诸如系统结构或社会制度之类的事物。

So this is things like systems structures or social institutions.

这就是社会世界。

It's the social world.

在本视频中，关于如何成为天才级思考者，这个模型的实用之处在于，当你面对任何形式的挑战或情境时，可以系统地审视这四个象限或视角，从而获得一个宏观的全貌。

Now when it comes to becoming a genius level thinker for the sake of this video, the utility of this model is that when you're facing any form of challenge or a situation, you can systematically examine each of the four quadrants or perspectives to get a big overarching picture.

而这正是愚蠢思维的根源所在，也是我们将要定义它的方式——因为大多数人只从一个象限思考，并将其奉为唯一真理。

And this is actually where stupid thinking comes from and the way that we'll define it because most people only think from one quadrant and preach that as the one true way.

因此，资本家只关注经济体系。

So capitalists only focus on the economic system.

科学唯物主义者专注于物质与行为。

Scientific materialists focus on matter and behavior.

宗教聚焦于共同信仰，而斯多葛学派和佛教徒则关注内心世界或左上象限。

Religions focus on shared faith, and then stoics and Buddhists focus on the internal world or the upper left.

所以肯·威尔伯在思考或决定人生方向、确立价值观时想要传达的是：所有这些都包含真理，并且它们都是相互交织的。

So what Ken Wilbur is trying to get across when it comes to thinking or deciding what to do with your life or to decide your values, the fact here is that all of these hold truths and they are all overlapping.

将自己局限于单一教条式的世界观会让你固步自封，这种做法的危险性在于某些问题最适合通过特定视角来解决或思考。

Locking yourself into just one dogmatic worldview puts you in a box, and the reason this is dangerous is because certain problems are best solved or thought about through certain perspectives.

如果你无法运用正确的视角来解决问题，问题很可能无法解决，只会给你带来生活中不必要的痛苦。

And if you can't access the right perspective to solve the problem, the problem probably isn't going to be solved and it's just gonna cause you unnecessary pain in life.

比如我们在思考'我这一生想做什么'这个问题时——

Like if you're if we're thinking about, oh, what do I want to do with my life?

你正试图想通这个问题。

You're trying to think through that problem.

如果仅从右上象限（科学视角）思考，你最终可能会过上一种相当肤浅且虚无主义的生活。

If you only think about it from an upper right perspective, like a scientific perspective, you're probably going to end up with a life that's rather shallow and nihilistic.

但如果你引入内在世界、共同价值观以及我们身处其中的社会系统，就能获得更宏大全面的图景，也不会在真正尝试实现目标时为自己埋下失败和更多问题的隐患。

But if you bring in the internal world and shared values and the social system that we're operating within, you get a much, much, much bigger picture, and you're not setting yourself up for failure and more problems when you actually go about trying to achieve that thing.

为了让这一点更清晰，让我们具体分析这个例子，因为它确实非常棘手。

So to make this more clear, let's actually run through that example because that example is very difficult.

我认为可以说90%甚至更多人，都难以弄清楚自己真正想要什么。

I think it's safe to say that, like, 90% of people, if not more, struggle to figure out what they want in life.

如果你听说过日本的概念'生き甲斐'（Ikigai，你可以查一下），它是一个人们用来审视自己兴趣所在的框架。

Now if you've heard of the Japanese concept Ikigai, which you can look that up, but it's it's a framework that people use to kind of see, okay, what am I interested in?

我对什么充满热情？

What am I passionate about?

世界需要什么？

What the what does the world need?

诸如此类。

So on and so forth.

你可以把AQAL模型看作是它的强化版。

You can think of this AQAL model as that, but on steroids.

真正的思考（而非过度思考）是与自己的对话。

Now thinking, actual thinking, not overthinking, is a conversation with yourself.

愚蠢的思考会演变成争论，因为你固守一个答案而无法看到全局。

Stupid thinking is a conversation that turns into an argument because you latch onto one answer and aren't able to see the bigger picture.

天才的思考则是能准确涵盖多种视角，并将其精华融合为一的对话。

Genius thinking is a conversation that accurately covers multiple perspectives and synthesizes the best parts of them into one.

因此，要开始思考你人生所求，我们需要为AQAL模型的每个象限列出一系列清晰的问题。

So to begin thinking through what you want in life, we need a series of clear questions for each quadrant of the AQAL model.

所以如果你真的想弄清楚自己想要什么，明智的做法可能是拿出一张纸，跟着我一起把这些写下来。

So if you're actually trying to figure out what you want in life, it may be wise to pull out a piece of paper and write this down with me as we go.

但我们从第一象限开始，即你的内在世界。

But we start with quadrant one, which is your inner world.

第一个问题是：我的核心价值观是什么？什么对我真正重要？

The first question you ask is what are my core values and what truly matters to me?

第二个问题是：哪些活动让我感到最有活力和充满能量？

The second is what activities make me feel most alive and energized?

第三个问题是：哪些恐惧或限制性信念阻碍了我？

The third is what fears or limiting beliefs are holding me back?

第四个问题是：当我平息内心杂音时，直觉告诉我什么？

And fourth is what does my intuition tell me when I quiet the mental noise?

现在第二象限是个体外显层面，也就是你的行动与能力。

Now the second quadrant is the individual exterior, so it's your actions and capabilities.

这个象限的第一个问题是：我的天赋和已掌握的技能是什么？

The first question in this quadrant are what are my natural talents and developed skills?

第二个问题是：我的行为揭示了我哪些真实的偏好？

The second is what does my behavior reveal about my true preferences?

第三个问题是：我童年时期最喜欢的事物有哪些？

The third is what were some of my favorite things as a child?

第四个问题是：我正在采取哪些具体行动？这些行动将把我引向怎样的生活？

And the fourth is what concrete steps am I taking and what life is that leading to?

这个问题极其重要，我们在上一个视频中也讨论过。

Now that one is extremely important, and it's one that we talked about in the last video.

这个单一决定将决定你人生的大部分走向。

This single decision will determine most of your life.

如果你能连续七天思考这个问题，你会更清楚自己人生应该做什么。

And if you just think about this question for, like, seven days straight, you'll have a lot more clarity on what you should do with your life.

第三个象限是集体内部世界，即文化和社会背景。

Now the third quadrant is the collective interior, which is cultural and social context.

现在这才能真正体现出这种思考方式有多么强大。

Now this is where it really starts to make sense as to how powerful this can be for thinking.

所以这里的第一个问题是：我的父母或宗教领袖对他们心目中的成功对我有什么期望？

So the first question here is what do my parents or religious leaders expect of me in terms of their idea of success?

仅凭这一点，你就能开始看到我们通过这些问题所触及的深度——首先是：我的核心价值观是什么？

So with this alone, you can start to see the depth that we're getting into with asking these questions where first it's like, okay, what are my core values?

我喜欢做什么活动？

What activities do I like to do?

我有哪些恐惧或限制性信念？

What fears or limiting beliefs do I have?

这些都是内在层面的。

This is all interior.

而当你客观审视自己的行为或能力时，就可以开始筛选排除某些因素，更清晰地知道自己该做什么，然后才能真正开始层层剖析：我的父母或宗教观念是如何影响这些方面的？

And then when you take an objective look at your actions or capabilities, you can start to weed some of those things out, get a bit more clear on what you should do, and then you can really start to peel back the layers of like, okay, how do my parents or religious conditioning influence all of these things?

这个象限的第二个问题是：我的朋友如何影响我的职业抱负和人生道路？

The second question for this quadrant is how do my friends influence my career aspirations and life path?

现在这第三个问题：我所讲的语言和接触的数字文化如何影响我的机遇？

Now this third question, how does the language I speak and digital culture I'm exposed to influence my opportunities?

这一点很疯狂，因为你会看到数字世界里的年轻人经常在互联网上赚大钱，原因一是他们会说英语，或者只是看到了机会，而这种机会对老一辈人来说根本不存在，他们抓住了这个机会，仅凭第三象限这一点就开始超越所有前辈的收入。

This one is crazy because, I mean, obviously, that you see young kids all the time in the digital world on the Internet making a ton of money because, one, they speak English or they just saw the opportunity, and this opportunity wasn't available to older generations, and they just pursued it, and they started out earning all of the older generations simply for this reason, for the third quadrant.

所以如果你对此基本不了解，那么这些机会对你来说也就不存在。

So if you're largely unaware of this, then you're not going to have those same opportunities available to you.

而对我来说，我会说英语。

And for me, I'm an English speaker.

对吧？

Right?

我除了会一点西班牙语外不会其他语言（虽然这点西班牙语也不顶用），但我确信每种语言中都潜藏着其他人无法触及的机遇。

I don't speak any other language aside from a little bit of Spanish, which I'm not gonna do, but I'm sure that within each language, there are these opportunities that are just hidden there that other people don't have access to.

根据我的了解，会说英语能带来很多财富，或者说存在这样的可能性。

And from what I do know, there is a lot of money that comes from speaking English or that can come from speaking English.

所以如果你不知道人生该做什么，或者觉得机会匮乏，学习英语或许是个不错的起点，同时沉浸到数字世界中去发现更多机遇。

So if you don't know what to do with your life or you just feel like there aren't a lot of opportunities, learning English may be a good place to start and just getting immersed in the digital world to notice more opportunities.

我知道这是个艰巨的任务，但我们讨论的是人生方向的选择。

And I know that's a large task, but we're talking about what we want to do with our life.

这可是件大事。

That's a big thing.

这个象限的最后一个问题是：我被哪些共同价值观所吸引？什么让我觉得有意义？

The last question for this quadrant is what shared values am I drawn to and what do I find meaningful?

我们写完这些问题后会逐一讨论。

And we're gonna talk about all of these after we finish writing these questions.

现在第四个象限是集体外部层面，即系统与结构。

Now the fourth quadrant is the collective exterior, which is systems and structures.

第一个问题是：当今世界在就业、职业或创业方面有哪些现有机会？

So the first question is what are the current opportunities for jobs, careers, or entrepreneurship in today's world?

第二个问题是：教育体系或互联网如何塑造我的发展道路？

The second question is how does the education system or Internet shape my path?

你现在大概能明白我为何持有这些观点了——因为在当今世界，考虑到现有教育体系的状况和互联网等因素，经过所有这些思考后，我从16岁起就想在互联网上追求有意义的事业。

And you can probably start to get the picture here of why I believe the things that I do because after thinking through all this stuff in today's world with the education system the way that it is, with the Internet, so on and so forth, I wanted to pursue something meaningful on the Internet since I was, like, age 16.

借助这个模型，我能深刻理解这一点，并能在未来做出更明智的决策。

And with this model, I can deeply understand that and I can make better decisions going into the future.

第三个问题是：哪些技术或社会趋势正在创造新机遇，包括人工智能领域。

The third question is what technological or social trends are creating new opportunities and AI.

人工智能时代已经到来。

AI is here.

对吧？

Right?

你可以看到人们纷纷投身其中。

You can see people hopping on it.

你可能对加入其中犹豫不决。

You may be hesitant to hop on it.

这可能是一时热潮。

It may be a fad.

也可能不是。

It may not be.

但就这些问题以及你在生活中认为有意义的事物或你试图追求的目标而言，学习AI可能看起来是件非常有益且合乎逻辑的事情，不应因为不了解全局而将自己封闭起来。

But in relation to these questions and what you may find meaningful in life or what you're trying to pursue, that may seem like a very good thing to learn, a very logical thing to learn and study, and not close yourself off to because you may not understand the big picture.

因此，如果你想理解全局，我建议你从四个象限全面探讨AI这个话题。

So if you want to understand the big picture, I would encourage that you run through all four quadrants on the topic of AI.

最后一个问题是：我面临哪些系统性障碍或优势？

And the last question is what systemic barriers or advantages do I face?

对大多数能使用互联网的人来说，障碍并不多，优势却不少。

So for most people with the Internet, there aren't many barriers and there are many advantages.

通过运用这个AQAL模型，难道你看不到它的力量吗？

So by using this AQAL model, do you not see the power in this?

你将'我该怎样度过一生'这个问题，转化成了一幅全面展现真实自我、实际能力、个人使命、经济现实与文化背景如何相互作用的路线图。

You turn the question, what do I do with my life, into a comprehensive map that reveals how your authentic self, actual capabilities, personal calling, economic realities, and cultural context all interplay.

这样你就不会陷入千篇一律的答案——'啊，我不知道这辈子该做什么'，现在你再也找不到借口了。

So rather than ending up with the cookie cutter answer of, oh, I don't know what to do with my life, you have no freaking excuse now.

你刚刚像天才一样思考了所有这些问题。

You just thought like a genius through all of these questions.

即便你并不确切知道自己想要什么，至少你因花时间认真思考而获得了更多清晰度。

And even if you don't know exactly what you want, at least you have a bit more clarity because you took the time to actually think.

如果你思考过这些问题，可能会发现自己更看重创造力而非财务安全，或者相反，这让你对应该做什么有了更明确的方向。

So if you went through these questions, you might figure out that you value something like creativity over financial security or the opposite, and that gives you a lot of clarity on what you should do.

你可能还会发现，对让父母失望的恐惧正阻碍着你真实的渴望，并意识到自己拖延某些任务的同时，却对其他兴趣充满热情并全力追求。

You might also discover that the fear of disappointing your parents is hindering your authentic desires, and you may realize that you procrastinate on certain tasks while you are drawn to and heavily pursue other interests.

你也可能认识到，科技让你能学得更多、做得更多，并开创一条在不久之前还不存在的职业道路。

You might also realize that technology allows you to learn more, do more, and create a career path that wasn't available in the recent past.

所有这些都可能成为改变人生的深刻领悟，若非懂得如何思考，你可能永远无法独自意识到。

And all of those are deep life changing realizations that you may not have come to on your own unless you knew how to think.

尽管这一切都极具力量，但这只是该模型的前半部分。

And while all of that's powerful, that's only the first half of this model.

所以现在我们需要谈谈为何聪明人会表现得极其愚蠢，我将引用丹尼尔·施马赫滕伯格的言论来阐述——我认为他是经过认证的天才思想家。

So now we need to talk about why smart people are incredibly dumb, and I'm going to frame this with a quote from Daniel Schmachtenberger, who I think is a certified genius thinker.

可以说，人类通过基因选择追求模仿能力，通过基因选择实现彻底的神经可塑性，这种能力让我们无需硬件升级就能通过更重大的软件升级来改变自身潜力。

You could say that what humans selected for are genetics selected for mimetics, are genetics selected for radical neuroplasticity and the capacity to have much more significant software upgrades that could change our capacity without needing hardware upgrades.

当我第一次接触这个AQAL模型时，我完全被震撼到了。

So when I first came across this AQAL model, I was blown away.

在我初次了解它的那个阶段，这套理论让我觉得无比通透。

At the time in my life where I first learned about it, it just made so much sense.

我读了肯·威尔伯的《万法简史》，感觉自己的思维仿佛拓展到了一个全新的维度。

I read A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilbur, and it felt like my mind had expanded into a new dimension of thinking.

我们已经讲完了AQAL的'全象限'部分，现在需要讨论'全层次'理论。

So we covered the all quadrants portion of AQAL, so now we need to talk about all levels.

这个'全层次'部分指的是个体和集体意识可能经历的发展阶段。

So this all levels portion refers to the developmental stages of consciousness that individuals and collectives can evolve through.

说到像天才一样思考，很多人认为某些问题不可能解决或与自己无关，因为他们尚未达到能真正发现这些问题的意识或心智水平。

Now when it comes to thinking like a genius, many people think that certain problems are impossible or not for them because they're not operating at the level of consciousness or level of mind that would allow them to actually spot the problem.

我们之前用螺旋动力学和九阶段自我发展理论深入讨论过这个问题，现在我只想聚焦四个关键层次，它们将改变你看待世界的方式。

Now we've discussed this in-depth before with spiral dynamics and the nine stages of ego development, so I just want to focus on the four key levels that will change how you think about the world.

这些发展层次展现了个体或文化的主导价值体系。

Now these levels of development illustrate the dominant value systems of an individual or culture.

换句话说，这些层级展示了个人、文化或系统所认为的核心或重要内容，这些内容影响着决策的制定以及问题的认知与解决方式。

In other words, these levels show what people, cultures, or systems hold as central or important, which influence the decisions that are made and how problems are perceived and solved.

因此，大多数人处于前三个宏观阶段，而极少数人——在本视频中我们将这些人称为天才——则处于最后一个宏观阶段，即第四阶段。

So most people reside in the first three macro stages, while very few, and for the sake of this video, we're gonna call these people geniuses, reside in the last macro stage or the fourth.

如果我们将这九个阶段浓缩为四个宏观阶段，理解起来就会容易得多。

So if we condense these nine stages down into just four of the macro stages, it it becomes a lot easier to make sense of.

在前现代阶段，这些个人、文化或系统遵循既定的权威与传统。

So in the premodern stage, these individuals, cultures, or systems follow established authority and tradition.

只有一种正确的方式，这通常意味着无条件服从神明或遵从被认定为正确或真理的事物。

There is only one right way, and that usually involves obeying a god or conforming to what is right or true without question.

而在现代发展阶段，人们重视科学、个人成就与竞争。

Now in the modern stage of development, they value science, individual achievement, and competition.

你可以在大学、企业架构及自助教学领域最明显地识别这一层级。

You can best identify this level in universities, corporate structures, and self help teachings.

因此，持有这种现代世界观的人坚信成功应当基于功绩与结果。

So people with this modern worldview are dogmatic about the fact that success should be based on merit and results.

第三阶段是后现代阶段，他们推崇相对主义思维，换句话说，每个人的真理都是有效的。

Now the third stage is the postmodern stage, and they value relativistic thinking, or in other words, everyone's truth is valid.

所以要包容所有人并确保他们平等。

So include everyone and ensure they are equal.

每个阶段都有其优点和缺点。

Now with each of these stages, there are good and bad parts.

而在当今世界，后现代思维已很大程度上变得病态。

And in today's world, postmodern thinking has largely gone pathological.

这导致了诸如DEI（多元平等包容）或性别政治等现象，以及试图瓦解所有等级制度——这种做法既愚蠢又不可能，因为当你说所有等级制度都不好时，你实际上仍在建立一种价值排序。

This has resulted in things like DEI or gender politics and attempting to dismantle all hierarchies, which is stupid and impossible because by saying all hierarchies are bad, you still form a value ranking.

等级制度。

Hierarchy.

只是这不是你喜欢的等级制度罢了。

It's just not a hierarchy that you don't like.

前三个阶段的关键问题在于它们无法兼容多元视角。

Now the critical piece of these first three stages is that they can't hold multiple perspectives.

他们认为自己是对的而你是错的，这使他们难以跳出自身阶段的思维模式，更难解决那些能为人类带来有益进步的个人和系统性问题。

They are right and you are wrong, and this makes it difficult for them to think outside of their stage and even more difficult to solve personal and systemic problems that lead to beneficial progress for humanity.

这就是为什么聪明人也会表现得极其愚蠢。

So this is why smart people are incredibly dumb.

通过足够的努力和发展，你可以达到第二层次的发展阶段或第二层次的思维方式。

Now with enough effort and development, you can reach this second tier stage of development or second tier thinking.

在这个阶段，你能够回顾过去，从所有先前的视角中提取真理。

So at this stage, you are able to look backward and pull truce from all prior perspectives.

第二层次的人可以看这里，也可以看那里，还能看另一个地方，而不仅局限于其中某一个视角。

So the second tier guy can look here, they can also look here, and they can also look here, not just isolated to one of them.

这样做开启了一个充满复杂性、系统思维和认知的世界。

And what this does is it opens up a world of complexity, systems thinking, and awareness.

因此重点不再是非黑即白的'我是对的'，而是更微妙的'最佳解决方案来自所有观点的综合'。

So it's less about a black and white, I'm right, and it's more about a nuanced, the best solution comes from a synthesis of all.

所以这个人是一个真理的综合者或整合者。

So this guy is a synthesizer or a synthesizer of truth.

这正是我们都应该成为的——真理的整合者。

That's what we should all become, a synthesizer of truth.

听起来很古老。

That sounds like ancient.

听起来像是个非常尊贵的头衔。

Sounds like a very kingly title.

因此，第二层次的思想者明白权威重要、功绩重要、平等重要，但必须综合考虑所有这些因素。

So the second tier thinker knows that authority is important and merit is important and equality is important, but they all have to be taken into account.

大多数人无法在脑海中长期保持这些矛盾，直到它们被调和。

Most people can't hold those contradictions in their minds long enough for them to be reconciled.

另外，天才思想家明白这些都是发展阶段。

The other thing is that genius thinkers understand that these are stages of development.

这些不是你余生固定不变的身份。

These aren't static identities that you just have for the rest of your life.

所以第二层次的思想者经常充当不同阶段之间的翻译者。

So second tier thinkers often act as translators between the stages.

对吧？

Right?

他们能说所有层面的语言。

They can speak the language of all of them.

举个例子，如果问题与商业相关，他们可以戴上CEO的帽子来解决问题，这显然比一个只重视权威与秩序的宗教狂热者要强得多。

As an example, if a problem is business related, they can put on the cap of the CEO and solve the problem a lot better than a bible thumper who values authority and order would be able to, obviously.

如果一个前现代的宗教狂热者去经商，肯定会失败，因为他们只会说'我信靠上帝会让这生意为我创造奇迹'，结果必然一事无成。

If a pre modern bible thumper went into business, it would fail because they would just be like, I trust God to take this business and do great things for me, and then they're gonna get nowhere.

如果问题出在人际关系上，用男性视角说教女性心理可能毫无帮助，或者指责对方荷尔蒙失调——即便你崇尚科学与理性，这也不是解决生活中这类问题的好方法，这样做很可能在感情上屡屡受挫。

Now if the problem is in a personal relationship, mansplaining about female psychology probably isn't going to help very much or telling them that their hormones are all messed up, right, if you value science and rationality, that's not a great way to solve that problem in your life, and you're probably not gonna have great success with relationships if you do that.

作为二阶思考者，你明白这点，并能暂时搁置那些你认定的科学理性真理，转而采取更非理性、更具共情的处理方式。

If you're a second tier thinker, you understand that and you can set aside a lot of what you know to be true about science and rationality and go more of the irrational, empathetic route.

一切都取决于具体情境。

It all depends on the context.

现在回到我们最初思考的那个问题：我究竟想从生活中获得什么？

Now going back to the original question that we tried to think about, the what do I want out of life?

我们提出了所有这些问题。

And we asked all of those questions.

理解这些阶段的目的在于，一旦你认清自己所处的阶段，就能跳脱出来，看清你最重视什么——权威、科学还是平等，然后努力超越单一视角，整合多元观点，从而真正理解生活中遇到的问题。

The purpose of understanding these stages is that once you understand what stage you're in, you're able to zoom out a layer, see what you value the most, authority, science, equality, and then you can work to move beyond that to incorporate multiple perspectives so that you actually understand the problems that are happening in your life.

如果你正面临感情问题，我们刚才已经探讨过你可能失败的原因。

If you're having relationship problems, we just went over why you could probably be failing at that.

如果是商业问题，你同样能理解并着手改变。

If we go to business problems, you understand that too, and you can work to change it.

最糟糕的是被困在较低层级，固执地认为某种视角是唯一正确的方式。

The worst thing you can do is get locked in one of these lower levels and only view one perspective as the one right way.

这是个极其深奥的话题。

Now this is an incredibly dense topic.

AQAL模型的内涵远不止于此。

There's even more to this AQAL model.

如果想让我深入讲解，请在评论区告诉我。

If you want me to go into it deeper, please tell me in the comments.

但我对你的挑战是，要自己去追寻这份智慧。

But my challenge to you is just to pursue this wisdom on your own.

对吧？

Right?

去看看肯·威尔伯的著作。

Check out Ken Wilbur's work.

开始观看相关的YouTube视频。

Start watching YouTube videos on it.

就是更深入地钻研，对吧？

Just dive deeper into Right?

保持好奇心。

Have the curiosity.

如果你想像天才一样思考，那么你必须像学习其他技能一样去学习这项能力。

If you want to think better like a genius, then you're going to have to learn that skill just like you learn any other skill.

学习技能不能仅靠研究理论。

You don't learn a skill by studying it.

你要通过实践本视频所学内容来掌握技能。

You learn it by practicing what you learned in this video.

如果你想深入了解发展层次，我曾制作过一个视频讲解自我发展的九个阶段，标题是《如何变得比99%的人更聪明》。

Now if you want to go deeper into the levels of development, I had a video that went over the nine stages of ego development, and it's called how to become more intelligent than 99% of people.

那是我非常受欢迎的一个视频。

That's a very popular video of mine.

如果想了解更多关于人类潜能、未来保障以及实现人生目标的想法和观点，我建议你通过描述中的链接订阅我的Substack专栏。

And for more of my thoughts and ideas and opinions on human potential and becoming future proof and getting what you want out of life, I would recommend joining my Substack with the link in the description.

除此之外，别忘了点赞视频并订阅频道。

But aside from that, like the video, subscribe.

反正你已经看到这里了。

You're already here.

不过是点个按钮的事。

It's just a button click.

我会非常感激的。

I'd appreciate it.

再次感谢你的观看。

Thank you again for watching.

再见。

Bye.