美国斯坦福大学有一位心理学教授曾做过一项试验:将两辆外形完全相同的汽车停放在相同的环境里,其中一辆车的车窗是打开的,车牌也被摘掉;另一辆则封闭如常。结果打开车窗的那辆车在三日之内就被人破坏得面目全非,而另一辆则完好无损。这时候,他在剩下的这辆车的窗户上打了一个洞,只一天时间,车上所有的窗户都被打破,车内的东西也全部丢失。于是他据此提出了“破窗理论”:对于完美的东西,大家都本能地维护它,不去破坏,自觉地阻止破坏现象;相反,有缺陷或者已被破坏的东西,让它更坏一些也无妨,对于破坏行为也往往视而不见,任其自生自灭。也就是说,一件完美的东西,要去维护它,就必须防患于未然。 A professor of psychology at Stanford University in the United States once conducted an experiment: Two identically shaped cars were parked in the same environment. One of the car’s windows was opened and the license plate was removed. The other was removed. It is closed as usual. As a result, the car that opened the window was completely destroyed within three days, while the other one was intact. At this time, he made a hole in the window of the remaining car. Only one day, all the windows in the car were broken and everything in the car was lost. So he put forward the “broken window theory”: For perfect things, everyone instinctively maintains it, does not destroy it, and consciously stops the destruction phenomenon; on the contrary, something that is flawed or has been destroyed makes it worse. It does not matter, and it often turns a blind eye to sabotage, allowing it to fend for itself. In other words, if you want to maintain a perfect thing, you must prevent it.