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The Curse of Knowledge Meets The Valley of Death

2021/4/2
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叙述者：本集节目讲述了1854年克里米亚战争中英军轻骑兵的灾难性冲锋事件，并非简单的将军失误，而是多重因素共同作用的结果。首先，指挥官拉格兰将军的命令含糊不清，由于“知识的诅咒”，他无法意识到自己命令的歧义性，而下级军官卢肯勋爵也因缺乏必要的背景信息而无法理解命令的真正含义。其次，卢肯勋爵作为一位性格强势、缺乏经验的指挥官，未能有效地质疑或澄清命令，这与当时军队中存在的“权力距离”现象有关。再次，年轻而有能力的诺兰上尉虽然意识到命令的错误，却因权力等级和个人性格因素未能有效阻止悲剧的发生。最后，英国军队中存在的职位买卖制度导致指挥官能力不足，也为悲剧埋下了伏笔。总而言之，轻骑兵冲锋事件是沟通不畅、指挥失误、权力距离以及制度缺陷等多种因素共同作用的结果，是一场可以避免的悲剧。

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The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War is examined, focusing on the disastrous orders that led to the suicidal charge into a valley filled with enemy cannons.

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Why were soldiers on horseback told to ride straight into a valley full of enemy cannon? The disastrous "Charge of the Light Brigade" is usually blamed on blundering generals. But the confusing orders issued on that awful day in 1854 reveal a common human trait - we often wrongly assume that everyone knows what we know and can easily comprehend our meaning.

Starring Helena Bonham Carter as Florence Nightingale.

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