keep calculating, keep weighing

The striking thing with Thoreau is not the actual content of the argument. After all, sages in earliest Antiquity had already proclaimed their contempt for possessions. . . . What impresses is the form of the argument. For Thoreau’s obsession with calculation runs deep. . . . He says: keep calculating, keep weighing. What exactly do I gain, or lose?



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感觉有点像李开复的最大化世界
He asks us to treat the minutes of our life as a concrete and valuable substance—arguably the most valuable substance we
possess—and to always reckon with how much of this life we trade for the various activities we allow to claim our time.When we confront our habits through this perspective, we will reach the same conclusion now that Thoreau did in his era: more often than not, the cumulative cost of the noncrucial things we clutter our lives with can far outweigh the small benefits each individual piece of clutter promises.

通常情况下，我们生活中那些无关紧要的东西所带来的累积成本会远远超过每一件东西所带来的好处。


收益递减的例子放在这里我没有看懂他想表达什么，不过收益递减的例子可以给人们很大的启发：单点突破是行不通的，也许刚开始进步的速度很快，但是随着时间的推移，单一维度的投入是无法取得长时间的增长的。
经济学的书籍呀，经济学的书。
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