Day 306: On Ignorance

第306天：关于无知

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

没有什么比行动中的无知更可怕了。

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ignorance is a manifestation of laziness. Instead of actively choosing to expand your knowledge, you instead choose to willfully bypass the opportunity to educate yourself. A side effect of ignorance is the fostering of negligence and laxity, two traits that are the opposite of what a successful person should embrace in their life.

无知是懒惰的表现。

你没有主动积极地选择去拓展自己的知识面，而是选择故意忽视接受教育的机会。

无知的副作用是助长疏忽和松懈，而这恰恰与成功人士在生活中所应秉承的特质是相反的。

Disregarding important information and choosing to not know when you dohave access to education is like willfully asking for trouble.

无视重要信息，在有机会接受教育时选择不学习，这无异于自找麻烦。

Being financially illiterate, for example, can lead to economic problems. Ignoring the needs of your partner — instead of learning about what they need from you — can destroy your relationship. Ignorance of the law can lead to prison. Ignoring new technologies and failing to learn about relevant modern inventions makes you less relevant in your professional life.

例如，在财务上无知可能会导致经济问题。

忽视伴侣的需求（而不是学习他们需要什么）可能会破坏你们的关系。

对法律的无知可能会导致牢狱之灾。

忽视新技术，不学习相关现代发明，会让你在职业生涯中变得不那么重要。

Choose to be prepared rather than ignorant. Know too much instead of too little. Practice your self-discipline by constantly expanding your knowledge — and don’t discontinue your self-education when the truth is uncomfortable or leads to difficult questions.

选择做好准备，而不是无知。

知道太多总比知道太少要好。

通过不断扩大自己的知识面来锻炼自己的自律能力—— 不要因为真相令人不舒服或者引发棘手的问题就停止自我成长。