The Feast

八分！首先要明确的一点是，洛夫克拉夫特笔下的克苏鲁神话并非如同希腊神话或是北欧神话一样能够组成一个闭环的故事体系，众神也并不是在灯光下逐一粉墨登场。反正，它们披着恐怖与神秘的面纱，在只在渺小的人类的视角里偶见一瞥。人类越是想要探寻那些旧日支配者或是外神，他们就越是靠近疯狂与死亡。这与洛夫克拉夫特虚无的人生观是密不可分的。 他父亲早逝，并由外祖父抚养，但是在外祖父去世后富裕的家庭一落千丈，他也开始了自己穷困潦倒的一生。他他喜爱的科学并没有成为自己赖以谋生的武器，反而是童年里听外祖父讲起的形形色色的恐怖故事滋养了他的想象。因为一生不顺，他在仰望宇宙的时候深感人类这一存在的渺小与无力，在浩瀚宇宙茫茫众神之间，人类只不过如同蝼蚁，因此他笔下所有的神祇都对人类不屑一顾，在偶然卷入各种超自然现象并进行探寻之后，所有的人都逐渐被超出想象的事物所震撼，并最终疯魔。虽然克苏鲁神话影响力许许多多的作家，但是在洛夫克拉夫特笔下，众神冷酷邪恶。在后世的作家不断完善的过程中，克苏鲁神话才逐渐成为一个体系。 不过抛开神话不谈，洛夫克拉夫特自己营造的那种诡谲奇异的氛围依旧是无可挑剔的，他的台词里偶尔会见到爱伦坡的影子，却比爱伦坡更为残酷和大胆。但是，统一的风格也难免让读者审美疲劳。所以我决定暂时不再看更多的克苏鲁式的剧集了。

我对真主发誓，毫无疑问，这部剧中的知识是必要的。只有可耻的无知之辈、所有科学的敌人才会对之无动于衷，或冷嘲热讽。 理论知识很丰富了，就差实践了！

人们都以表面的平静隐藏着内心种种情绪。编剧从另类的视角，以真实的笔触呈现着平凡生活，人们从有些麻木到开始正视自我，朴实且温暖。

Very interesting book. At least, if you like reading about how countries industrialized, and the theories on how to effectively do so. Allen does a good job of explaining a rather convincing theory that high wages drove investments in high-capital labor saving devices/methods, which forms a positive feedback cycle, as the high-capital devices allow wages to increase, and so higher-capital devices can be introduced economically. He also gives good accounts of other theories of how economic history such as staples (use a "staple" product to grow by exporting it), and industrial planning. He tackles every area of the world and pretty much every time from 1500 (mostly focusing on Europe for the early times). Japan, Russia, Korea, Taiwan, and China get special mentions for accomplishing the catch-up of GDP/capita with Western Europe, with some thoughts on how and why. Overall, just an interesting viewpoint as to how the world has gotten where we gotten. Allen does a good job of pointing out problems with theories and also accepting that no simple explanation will probably due. He ends with "The best policy to effect economic development, therefore, remains very much in dispute," which I think is a fitting ending for an area with so many uncertainties.

学到了一些东西，需要反复看几遍，实际应用其中的几条效果反响不错。