《为什么伟大不能被计划》 / Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

《为什么伟大不能被计划》 / Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned is the book discussed in 139. 为什么伟大不能被计划：有志者事竟成，吗？. The episode presents Kenneth Stanley and Joel Lehman as AI researchers whose work on evolutionary computation, image breeding, and maze-search experiments supports a broader critique of goal-first thinking.

The book’s wiki role is methodological. In the source, it gives names and examples to the claim that important discoveries often arrive through Novelty Search and Stepping-Stone Exploration rather than through a linear plan toward a predefined endpoint. The episode applies that claim beyond algorithms, using it to reinterpret reading, career choice, research funding, public metrics, and social policy.

Connections

• Kenneth Stanley and Joel Lehman - authors as presented by the episode.
• Objective Deception - the book’s central warning as used by the source.
• Novelty Search - algorithmic search frame associated with the book in the episode.
• Stepping-Stone Exploration - practical life-design and innovation frame derived from the book discussion.
• Campbell’s Law - policy-side metric caution connected by the episode.
• [[MihuanChishu|蜜獾吃书]] - show that uses the book as the episode’s organizing source.