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First Principles: Returning to the Origin: Redesigning the Core Logic of Civilization-from Thought to Economy, Education, and Care.
Paperback
Series: Auntie Ping Bilingual Thinking Series 萍阿姨雙語思維౿, Book 32
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 26 2025
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
We think we're thinking-but most of the time, we're just repeating what's already been thought.
When institutions grow rigid, education turns mechanical, and technology loses its soul,
what humanity truly loses is the capacity to think.
First Principles: Returning to the Origin is not a book about motivation or success;
With the insight of a philosopher and the precision of a system designer,
Ping Xu deconstructs analogical thinking and rebuilds a new logic of responsibility.
From thought to economy, from education to care and technology,
this is an invitation to redesign the foundations of civilization itself.
我們以為自己在「思考」，其實只是重複別人思過千遍的想法。
當制度老化、教育僵化、科技冷化、經濟異化，人類真正失去的不是資源，而是「思考的能力」。
《第一性原理：回到初衷》不是一本勵志書，而是一部思想重啟的宣言。
徐萍以哲學家的洞察與制度設計者的邏輯，帶領我們拆解類比思考的慣性，
重建一套以「責任」為核心的新文明邏輯。
從思考、經濟、教育、照護、科技到文明，
本書是一場回到根本、重新設計世界的思想實驗。
以哲學家的洞察與制度設計者的冷靜，徐萍帶領我們從思考的原點重新理解文明。
Ping Xu invites readers to rediscover civilization by returning to the origin of thought.
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