亂也有美好的一面

我雖自認有潔癖, 不過正如網友梁巔巔曾對另一網友Aulina在留言上說, 有潔癖不代表整齊. 我怕污糟, 但不太介意亂.

以前也在這裡寫過有關我亂的文章(暫時找不著, 應是早期寫的), 這個不太好的習慣大概是大學時代開始養成的, 都怪三年都獨居, 無人管, 當然我有我天地, 即使是男性友人到訪也會說: "女仔黎講, 你都算亂喎!" 公司更有些討厭的人曾說我的位會引起"火燭"! (都是assh*le的說法!)

昨天看了Newsweek上星期的一篇文章, 對於我們這群愛亂一族, 實在是鼓舞. 你知道嗎, 原來人的腦袋是需要一點亂及噪音才可以運用得更好 -- "the human mind - and a lot of other things, as it turns out - often work better not when they're neat and highly ordered, but rather when they operate in a messier fashion."... "Being messy, both at home and in foreign policy, may have its own advantages" (by David H. Freedman)

文章不但把這個說法用在個人身上, 亦應用到在國家及政治層面. 最愛秩序的國家是德國及日本. 而中度混亂的國家如美國則喜歡插手其他他們覺得太混亂的國家的內政. ("that's typical of the way people look at messiness - it's someone else's mess that always seems most problematic" -->應該告訴我那位討厭的老外同事!)

文章很有趣味, 詳情可看網上版本: The Perils of Order.

喜歡幾段:
"a certain amount of mess and disorder is usually not the terrible thing we make it out to be, and in many cases it actually improves things."
"messiness isn't the sorry wage of weak character or neglect, it's the inseparable companion of constructive action. There are only two ways to minimize disorder: don't do much, or spend lots of energy constantly restoring order instead of spending it on something potentially much more useful."

另外連Toyota公司都投資研究噪音怎樣令司機更能發現迎面而來的汽車.

喜歡井井有條的人, 不要以為你們比我們混亂一族能幹啊, 因為我們把那些執拾的時間用在更佳的地方上! ;P