Issue141 [0806G-desperado小组]第八次作业by 绿松石

绿松石UID: 2427549

ISSUE141 - "Most people recognize the benefits of individuality, but the fact is that personal economic success requires conformity."
[Outline]:有保留的否定
1.承认服从在建立一个和谐的市场环境是很重要的，但是对于经济成功实际上是一个相对定义，如果人们都采取一致的措施，都有相同的经济机会，就不存在成功与不成功之分
2．在遵守总体规则的前提下，就投资领域，实际上是有个性的人才能赚钱
3．在个人工作方面，个性实际上起着对人群进行优化选择，鼓励人们进一步获得成功的决定性作用
I agree with the speaker's broad assertion that personal economic success requires conformity. However, the speaker unnecessarily extends this broad assertion to embrace the conclusion that individuality is otherwise less significant, while ignoring certain compelling reasons why the efforts of individual are the controlling power for gaining economic success .My point of disagreement involve the nature and fundamental objectives of economic success.

I concede that the speaker is on the correct philosophical side of this issue. After all, conformity is the action or behavior in correspondent with current customs, rituals, or rules, without which will undoubtedly lead to instability and confusion in social as a whole--not to mention the economic realm. The conformity with given market rules or disciplines is the surest path to built up a harmonious economic circumstances, where people can earn correspondent profits due to their working. Yet, in the very notion of the economic success also lies my first point of contention with the speaker, who illogically presumes that the economic success is defined by the absolute amount of money one earns. To the contrary, the financial success should be identified as a relative concept. If everyone conform to the existed disciplines without distinct individuality and has the same opportunity to gain money, how we define a person as "successful" or "unsuccessful" in finance?

While we should obey the social marketing disciplines as a prerequisite, we must notice the fact that regarding the sort of economic success that results from investing one's wealth, those who seek risky investments in areas that are out of favor with the majority of investors ultimately reap higher return than those who follow the crowd. Conformists always invest along with the majority in the currently the most profitable and popular area. However, this field that the majority resort to will soon be saturate where the harsh competition  makes the investment unprofitable, While some nonconformists might explore a new area and profit tremendously where the pressure of competition is relatively puny. One apt illustration of this point involves the success of Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Company, who was a pioneer who discovered the great potential inherently underlying in the car industry. Prevailing over all the dissenting views, he, under the guide of individualism, succeeded in investing on the car industry which proved to be a great success afterward.

Turning to the sort of economic success that one achieves by way of one’s working, individuality is much more dominant in nurturing economic success by selecting elite form ordinary majority of people and by motivating people to pursue further accomplishments.The various economic conditions of different people who share the similar situation is just the reflection of the different individualities---steadiness, witness, further-sights, and what are just viewed as the several elements indispensable for one’s success no matter in what careers. The cases which could prove all of these can be found in the period of Chinese reformation and opening in 1980s’ when the policy in China government took the huge change including the attitude to the personal unit from prohibition to encouragement, the posture to conformity to the crowd from esteem to critically acceptance and otherwise. Grasping this opportunities, people with high individuality become outstanding and finally attain the economic success, which further encourage more populace to develop their own individual abilities to gain success in every fields. Those conformists, however, confused about what to conform to fail in competing with those nonconformists, and in long run achieved little.

To sum up, the speaker’s claim that personal economic success requires conformity begs the question when it comes to the definition of “economic success”. In the investment and career realm, the speaker neglect the fact that nonconformists with sufficient risk tolerance and patience are invariably the most successful investors in the long run, and individuality also plays a invaluable role in selecting outstanding people in majority and motivating further success.

[ 本帖最后由 绿松石 于 2007-12-17 18:52 编辑 ]

anndyUID: 2436020

I agree with the speaker's broad assertion that personal economic success requires conformity. However, the speaker unnecessarily extends this broad assertion to embrace the conclusion that individuality is otherwise less significant, while ignoring certain compelling reasons why the efforts of individual are the controlling power for gaining economic success .My point of disagreement involve the nature and fundamental objectives of economic success.
（感觉开头模版套得有点不自在（奇怪的感觉），另外，好像speaker也没说individuality不重要吧？）

I concede that the speaker is on the correct philosophical side of this issue. After all, conformity is the action or behavior in correspondent with current customs, rituals, or rules, without which will undoubtedly lead to instability and confusion in social as a whole--not to mention the economic realm. The conformity with given market rules or disciplines is the surest path to built up a harmonious economic circumstances, where people can earn correspondent profits due to their working. Yet, in the very notion of the economic success also lies my first point of contention with the speaker, who illogically presumes that the economic success is defined by the absolute amount of money one earns.（这一点怎么体现？好像有点强加给speaker的味道） To the contrary, the financial success should be identified as a relative concept. If everyone conform to the existed disciplines without distinct individuality and has the same opportunity to gain money, how we define a person as "successful" or "unsuccessful" in finance?
（这一段主要是让步，指出共性是和谐稳定的基础，但是只遵从共性就无所谓成功与否）

While we should obey the social marketing disciplines as a prerequisite, we must notice the fact that regarding the sort of economic success that results from investing one's wealth, those who seek risky investments in areas that are out of favor with the majority of investors ultimately reap higher return than those who follow the crowd. Conformists always invest along with the majority in the currently the most profitable and popular area. However, this field that the majority resort to will soon be saturate where the harsh competition  makes the investment unprofitable, While some nonconformists might explore a new area and profit tremendously where the pressure of competition is relatively puny. One apt illustration of this point involves the success of Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Company, who was a pioneer who discovered the great potential inherently underlying in the car industry. Prevailing over all the dissenting views, he, under the guide of individualism, succeeded in investing on the car industry which proved to be a great success afterward.

Turning to the sort of economic success that one achieves by way of one’s working, individuality is much more dominant in nurturing economic success by selecting elite form ordinary majority of people and by motivating people to pursue further accomplishments. The various economic conditions of different people who share the similar situation is just the reflection of the different individualities---steadiness, witness, further-sights, and what are just viewed as the several elements indispensable for one’s success no matter in what careers. The cases which could prove all of these can be found in the period of Chinese reformation and opening in 1980s’ when the policy in China government took the huge change including the attitude to the personal unit from prohibition to encouragement, the posture to conformity to the crowd from esteem to critically acceptance and otherwise. Grasping this opportunities, people with high individuality become outstanding and finally attain the economic success, which further encourage more populace to develop their own individual abilities to gain success in every fields. Those conformists, however, confused about what to conform to fail in competing with those nonconformists, and in long run achieved little.

To sum up, the speaker’s claim that personal economic success requires conformity begs the question when it comes to the definition of “economic success”. In the investment and career realm, the speaker neglect the fact that nonconformists with sufficient risk tolerance and patience are invariably the most successful investors in the long run, and individuality also plays a invaluable role in selecting outstanding people in majority and motivating further success.

summer330UID: 2175256

I agree with the speaker's broad assertion that personal economic success requires conformity. However, the speaker unnecessarily extends this broad assertion to embrace the conclusion that individuality is otherwise less significant, while ignoring certain compelling reasons why the efforts of individual are the controlling power for gaining economic success .My point of disagreement involve (involves) the nature and fundamental objectives of economic success.

I concede that the speaker is on the correct philosophical side of this issue. After all, conformity is the action or behavior in correspondent with current customs, rituals, or rules, without which will undoubtedly lead to instability and confusion in social as a whole--not to mention the economic realm. The conformity with given market rules or disciplines is the surest path to built up a harmonious economic circumstances, where people can earn correspondent profits due to their working. Yet, in the very notion of the economic success also lies my first point of contention with the speaker, who illogically presumes that the economic success is defined by the absolute amount of money one earns. To the contrary, the financial success should be identified as a relative concept. If everyone conform to the existed disciplines without distinct individuality and has the same opportunity to gain money, how we define a person as "successful" or "unsuccessful" in finance?

While we should obey the social marketing disciplines as a prerequisite, we must notice the fact that regarding the sort of economic success that results from investing one's wealth, those who seek risky investments in areas that are out of favor with the majority of investors ultimately reap higher return than those who follow the crowd. Conformists always invest along with the majority in the currently the most profitable and popular area. However, this field that the majority resort to will soon be saturate where the harsh competition  makes the investment unprofitable, While some nonconformists might explore a new area and profit tremendously where the pressure of competition is relatively puny. One apt illustration of this point involves the success of Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Company, who was a pioneer who discovered the great potential inherently underlying in the car industry. Prevailing over all the dissenting views, he, under the guide of individualism, succeeded in investing on the car industry which proved to be a great success afterward.

Turning to the sort of economic success that one achieves by way of one’s working, individuality is much more dominant in nurturing economic success by selecting elite form ordinary majority of people and by motivating people to pursue further accomplishments.The various economic conditions of different people who share the similar situation is just the reflection of the different individualities---steadiness, witness, further-sights, and what are just viewed as the several elements indispensable for one’s success no matter in what careers. The cases which could prove all of these can be found in the period of Chinese reformation and opening in 1980s’ when the policy in China government took the huge change including the attitude to the personal unit from prohibition to encouragement, the posture to conformity to the crowd from esteem to critically acceptance and otherwise. Grasping this opportunities, people with high individuality become outstanding and finally attain the economic success, which further encourage more populace to develop their own individual abilities to gain success in every fields. Those conformists, however, confused about what to conform to fail in competing with those nonconformists, and in long run achieved little.

To sum up, the speaker’s claim that personal economic success requires conformity begs the question when it comes to the definition of “economic success”. In the investment and career realm, the speaker neglect the fact that nonconformists with sufficient risk tolerance and patience are invariably the most successful investors in the long run, and individuality also plays a invaluable role in selecting outstanding people in majority and motivating further success.

组长的文字语言值得学习哦。