This is the story of a simple observation made by Peter (and independently by Haim Harari) more than half a century ago and whose unexpectedly rich consequences have kept bugging my mind, on and off, till these days.

中文翻译：

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简单观察及其意外后果

这是彼得（以及海姆·哈拉里（Haim Harari）独立）半个多世纪前所作的简单观察的故事，直到今天，他的意想不到的丰富后果一直困扰着我。