The Mission that
Drives Our Work Everyday
推动我们日常工作的使命
Our mission is to make sense of the world’s information.
我们的使命是让世界信息变得更有意义。
There's been an explosion of information. The world now produces more information in a single day than it did in the entire year of 2002.
信息爆炸。现在，全世界一天产生的信息量比 2002 年全年产生的信息量还要多。
This flood of information can feel overwhelming. How do you choose among a seemingly infinite number of books, articles, podcasts, and videos? How do you make sense of the thousands of viewpoints people have about a topic?
信息泛滥会让人感到不知所措。如何在看似无穷无尽的书籍、文章、播客和视频中做出选择？如何从人们对某一主题的成千上万种观点中理清头绪？
The goal of Shortform is to make it easier to access the world's best ideas. We want to show you what’s critical to learn about the world, then help you understand it better than any other source. We accomplish this with crystal-clear thinking, concise writing, smart analysis, and brilliant new insights.
Shortform 的目标是让您更轻松地获取世界上最好的想法。我们希望向您展示什么是了解世界的关键，然后帮助您比其他任何来源更好地了解世界。我们通过清晰的思路、简洁的文字、精辟的分析和独到的新见解来实现这一目标。
We strive not just to teach ideas but also to put them into context. When you learn an idea, we want to show how that idea has appeared across history and connects to a universe of other ideas. For issues you care about, we want to highlight a spectrum of viewpoints so you develop a more sophisticated, nuanced understanding.
我们不仅努力传授思想，还努力将其融入背景之中。当你学习一种思想时，我们希望向你展示这种思想是如何在历史上出现并与其他思想相联系的。对于你所关心的问题，我们希望强调各种观点，让你对其有更深入、更细致的理解。
We hope this kind of broad-spectrum thinking, made more accessible to more people, can do a lot of good. It can reduce polarization and help people come to terms with each other, even if they just agree to disagree. It can inspire new ideas and connections and lead to creativity and growth.
我们希望，让更多人了解这种广泛的思维方式，能够带来很多好处。它可以减少两极分化，帮助人们相互理解，哪怕只是同意不同意见。它可以激发新的想法和联系，带来创造力和增长。
If this sounds like what you want, you’re going to love Shortform. We’d love to have you join us.
如果这听起来像您想要的，您一定会爱上 Shortform。我们非常欢迎您的加入。
Allen Cheng
Shortform Founder Shortform 创始人
Our Writing Principles 我们的写作原则
These are the guiding principles behind how we build Shortform. If you agree, you'll love Shortform.
这些是我们构建 Shortform 的指导原则。如果您同意，您就会爱上 Shortform。
Deep Quality, Not Superficial
深层质量，而非肤浅
We believe in quality and depth of learning, not superficial breadth. You'll get more out of understanding your favorite 50 books deeply than you would by glancing over 5,000 mediocre books. We produce the world’s best guides to the world’s best content.
我们相信学习的质量和深度，而不是肤浅的广度。深入了解您最喜爱的 50 本书籍，比浏览 5,000 本平庸的书籍更有意义。我们为世界上最好的内容提供世界上最好的指南。
Respect the Reader's Time
尊重读者的时间
Your time is valuable, and we don't want to waste any of it. We make every word and sentence deserve your effort—whether that's a key idea, an illustrative example, or a nuance to appreciate.
您的时间是宝贵的，我们不想浪费您的任何时间。我们让每一个字、每一句话都值得您花费心思--无论是一个关键的观点、一个说明性的例子，还是一个值得欣赏的细微差别。
Principles First 原则第一
Ever read a book, get confused, and wonder what its point is? We avoid that with crystal-clear logic. We overhaul the organization, surface the key ideas, and explain them clearly. You'll learn better than just reading the book alone.
有没有读过一本书，感到困惑，不知道它的重点是什么？我们用清晰的逻辑避免了这种情况。我们彻底改变了书中的组织结构，让关键观点浮出水面，并对其进行清晰的解释。你会比单独看书学得更好。
Relentlessly Useful 坚持不懈地发挥作用
Our guiding goal is to create useful content. We explain ideas fully so you understand them better. We do extensive research and analysis to share ideas beyond the source material. We want to help you find epiphanies and new insights.
我们的指导目标是创建有用的内容。我们充分解释观点，以便您更好地理解它们。我们进行广泛的研究和分析，分享超越原始资料的观点。我们希望帮助您找到顿悟和新的见解。
Orient to Action 指导行动
It’s better to spend serious time planning key improvements to your life, than to spend 10 minutes reading stuff you won’t remember the next day. We help you apply the ideas to your real life through exercises and actionables.
与其花 10 分钟读一些第二天就记不住的东西，还不如花点时间认真规划如何改善生活。我们会通过练习和可操作的方法，帮助您将想法应用到实际生活中。
We Learn Better Together
我们一起更好地学习
Everyone has valuable experiences and ideas for how to make life better. That's why we’ve built a positive community that can help each other learn. Read other people's top tips on books you're reading, and get advice on your own problems.
每个人都有让生活更美好的宝贵经验和想法。因此，我们建立了一个积极向上的社区，让大家互相学习，互相帮助。您可以阅读其他人关于您正在阅读的书籍的最佳建议，也可以就自己的问题获得建议。
Be Open-Minded 思想开放
We believe all books and articles have something valuable to say, despite their flaws. When we read, instead of focusing on disagreements, we think, “what’s the best that we can take away from this?” Then we share that with you.
我们相信，所有的书籍和文章都有其价值所在，尽管它们存在缺陷。当我们阅读时，我们不是关注分歧，而是思考 "我们能从中得到什么好处？然后与大家分享。
Cross Disciplines 跨学科
The best ideas can come from surprising combinations of distant fields. Behavioral economics came from psychology + economics. Genomics came from computer science + biology. We believe in covering every genre of idea out there.
最好的创意可能来自遥远领域的惊人组合。行为经济学来自心理学+经济学。基因组学来自计算机科学+生物学。我们相信，我们能涵盖所有类型的创意。
Delightful Experience 愉快的体验
We believe in creating a delightful customer experience. Using Shortform should be easy and stress-free. We also price Shortform fairly to make world-class learning accessible, and we never play tricks with billing.
我们致力于创造愉悦的客户体验。使用 Shortform 应该是轻松无压力的。我们还对 Shortform 进行公平定价，让世界级的学习变得触手可及，而且我们从不在计费方面玩花样。
Why People Love 为什么人们喜欢Using Shortform 使用 Shortform
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加入成千上万的读者行列，他们的学习速度超乎想象。
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OUR TEAM 我们的团队 The Shortform Team Shortform 团队
We’re people who obsess about learning and improving ourselves. We created Shortform because we weren’t satisfied with what was already out there.
我们热衷于学习和提高自己。我们之所以创建 Shortform，是因为我们不满足于现有的产品。
Our writing team consists of professional writers and lifelong learners, Ivy League PhD's and artists. Collectively we’ve published content that has been read hundreds of millions of times. In our writing for Shortform, we strive to bring the world's best ideas to you.
我们的写作团队由专业作家、终身学习者、常春藤联盟博士和艺术家组成。我们共同发表的内容已被阅读了数亿次。在为 Shortform 撰稿时，我们力求将世界上最好的想法带给您。
Our product team consists of technologists and builders from top tech companies. We love building tools that make personal growth delightful.
我们的产品团队由来自顶级科技公司的技术专家和建设者组成。我们热爱打造工具，让个人成长充满乐趣。
Allen Cheng
Founder 创始人
Allen founded Shortform to make the world's best ideas more accessible. The roots of Shortform began with Allen's personal book analyses published online, which were called by one reader as the "Moby Dick of book guides."
艾伦创办Shortform的目的是让世界上最好的创意更容易被人接受。Shortform 的起源是艾伦在网上发表的个人书籍分析，被一位读者称为 "书籍指南中的白鲸"。
In 2013, Allen co-founded PrepScholar, an online education company, where he led the product, technology, and content teams. His work continues to serve millions of students and families worldwide.
2013 年，Allen 与他人共同创办了在线教育公司 PrepScholar，领导产品、技术和内容团队。他的工作继续为全球数百万学生和家庭服务。
Allen graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University and trained in the MD-PhD program at Harvard Medical School and MIT.
艾伦以最优异的成绩毕业于哈佛大学，并在哈佛医学院和麻省理工学院接受医学博士培训。