Happy Hot Pot

Author: Zhao Ang
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Those who appreciate the charm of books are unlikely to be miserly; those who curse the stench of money are often bookworms. Most things wrapped in sugar-coating are bitter pills. Humans have both cognitive biases and behavioral habits. When backdoors become a seemingly normal phenomenon, people feel uncomfortable facing the open front doors. Backdoors symbolize privileges, are metaphors for backroom deals, and are secret channels for bartering favors for money or power. They are only open to and enjoyed by a few. For every door, if everyone has the freedom to enter and exit, then the meaning of locks becomes obsolete. Things that are easily heated are also easily cooled. Even the keen-eyed observer, who can see the subtlest details, finds it hard to resist the soft yet firm [sugar-coated bullet] of flattery. It is often only after getting drenched in the rain that we appreciate the benefits of an umbrella. In essence, money is neutral—it has no inherent superiority, inferiority, beauty, or ugliness. However, the means by which people acquire money and their purposes for possessing it vary greatly. How absurd—both the wealthy and the beggars claim that money is external to oneself. If the sky of the mind lacks the illumination of sunlight, then the world before our eyes must be tinged with gray.