西西弗斯的命运

古希腊有个神话故事，说是西西弗斯干了坏事，被宙斯惩罚。每天都要推一块极重的石头上山，但是当他费老劲儿推到山顶，但石头又回自动的滚回山脚。这可怜的家伙每天都重复着没有意义的工作。

但实际上，我们每个人或多或少都是西西弗斯，毫无意义的项目，却还要在那开发；莫名其妙的管理制度，每次都要变来变去。

当然，说这些一点意义也没有是不正确的，因为，最终，宙斯看到西西弗斯没有被困难打倒，就又把他调回天庭了。同样，领导看到你能够专心致志的做这些没有意义的事情，而从不发什么抱怨，就会知道把你认为是可以信赖的人。

做事就是为了看清人。

什么是货币

突然有一天，社会毁掉了，一切金融体系全完蛋了，大家又进入了以货易货的时代，当然，这很不方便，于是有个聪明人，想出来用香烟作为衡量凭证了，大家伙儿都认可了，毕竟谁家没个抽烟的。大家用了一段时间，发现还是有不方便的地方，于是，有个小张开始发行一种纸制凭证，面额1就相当于一根中华烟，20相当于一盒，任何人都可以拿这个凭证到小张家换烟。当然，小张要做到这点，必须在家里囤积与发行总额相当的香烟，可以想象，这是多么巨大的负担啊。现在这个阶段就相当于金本位了，意思就是，每发行一块，就得在家放1根烟。后来，小张想，凭证的持有人不大可能同时跑来兑换，因此，就可以设定一个比例——香烟和凭证的比例，只要保证可以应对前来提现的人的需要，就可以多发凭证。这就是杠杆的作用了。至此，最为原始的信用体系已经建立起来了。当然，当前的货币系统比这个要复杂的多，为什么会这么复杂，留到下一篇来讲。

谁来帮助灾民

震后一个月，灾区的紧急抢险已经转成恢复建设，在这个过程中灾民如何才能尽快恢复原有的生活呢，政府还是市场？
纵观新中国的历史，可以明白，人们群众生活水平的提高从来也不是靠政府的怜悯帮助，虽然它有义务这么做，而是靠着市场的建立、发展，通过每个人追求利益而满足了别人的需求。在市场中，价格起到了传递信息的关键作用，正是通过价格的高低，反映出供给与需求。为此，灾区立刻要做的就是放开物价，取消交通管制，救济款直接发到灾民手中。

审判日

很奇怪，每次读到圣经，总会有一种神圣的感觉，以下是审判日的一段：

When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and He will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at His right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.” ... “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”

Then He will say to those at His left hand, “You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.” ... “Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. (Matthew 25:31-36, 40-43, 45-46 NRSV)

总认为信教的人会有些超越自己、超越此时此地的想法和行为，而超越总是一件好的事情。