To prevent the internal competition from "death from overwork", we must not stop at the "sawing arrow method" of thick-skinned and black-hearted knowledge 防止内卷打拼“过劳死”，不能止于厚黑学的“锯箭法”
What will food delivery drivers do when they see the news of their peers repeatedly "death from overwork"? Most people are alert while continuing to work hard, which is a reflection of reality.
And this is the common feeling of people from many industries and different classes. There is no other reason, it is the pressure of survival.
Therefore, recently Meituan, Ele.me and other Chinese food delivery platforms have confirmed that they have piloted an anti-fatigue mechanism, and riders who run too many orders will be forced to go offline. This news has attracted social attention.
However, this crushed the hopes of those who want to work harder and get more, and change their predicament. Food delivery drivers may not all accept this "favor".
Do they have a choice? Running an order usually only makes a few yuan, and they will be fined if they exceed the time limit. They can only run more and run faster. Life is like a whip, and the donkey must pull the mill.
Public opinion is not entirely favorable, so there is a soul-searching question: "Why don't you increase the unit price of food delivery?"
This handling method of the food delivery platform reminds people of the so-called "sawing arrow method".
In his representative work "The Thick Black Theory", Li Zongwu, a modern Chinese thinker, introduced an ancient folk story about a general who was shot in the arm by an arrow and went to a surgeon for treatment. As a result, the doctor sawed off the arrow shaft exposed outside his skin and called it a day.
The general asked in surprise: "What should I do with the arrow still in my arm?" The doctor smiled and said: "I am a surgeon, you have to go to an internal medicine doctor for the inside."
From the perspective of the food delivery platform's pilot anti-fatigue mechanism, it cannot be said that it did not try to solve it, but it is just a little bit short. I don't know if this "sawing arrow method" is a "symptomatic treatment", but it is definitely not a fundamental solution.
If everyone wants to blame the food delivery platform for not increasing the unit price and blame the restaurant for not lowering the price, the platform and the restaurant will complain as much.
From the perspective of the enterprise, they will also find it difficult: costs are rising, pressure is increasing, risks are accumulating, and there are too many uncertain factors.
What they dare to think but generally dare not say is: if consumers don't pay more, they can't sell it if it's too expensive, and then they increase the unit price for the deliverymen. The company is here to make money, not to run a charity.
But consumers will feel that the price is too high, the service is average, and they are also worried about salary cuts and unemployment, and they are under great pressure. Do you want to take advantage of the business? Am I stupid? No way!
So this is a dilemma. Everyone seems to be working hard, but I don't know where the money has gone.
The cold and even cruel reality of the deliverymen in various "involution" and "competition" is also the feeling of many people in other positions.
So the "sawing arrow method" is a natural thing. Anyway, this world is an amateur. If you can't cure the root cause, just solve the surface problem.
Li Zongwu admires Laozi very much. He said that as Li Crazy, his book "The Study of Thick Face and Black Heart" just forms a couplet with Li Laozi's "Tao Te Ching". In Chinese, the titles of these two books mean exactly the opposite.
He also said in "The Trend of Chinese Academics" that Laozi's philosophy is the pinnacle of all schools of thought and the general outline of the Zhou and Qin schools.
Laozi severely criticized the magnificent palaces of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period, the luxurious life of the nobles, while the fields of the people were very barren and the granaries of the people were very empty. He believed that the princes were a group of robber leaders.
He also pointed out: "The people are hungry because their superiors eat too much tax, so they are hungry." The "superior" here originally refers to the monarch, and can also be understood as some officials, business owners and other superiors.
Li Zongwu sarcastically said that the secret of success of those heroes in history books is that people have thick skin (shameless) and black hearts (vicious).
The book "Tao Te Ching" puts forward arguments from the production of wealth and the distribution of wealth, such as pointing out that the premise for the people to get rich is "I do nothing and the people get rich by themselves." Laozi often uses the first person "I" to refer to the monarch and leader.
People will work hard to create wealth, just like the delivery man who "overworks". He does not expect anyone to sympathize with him, as long as he does not create trouble to destroy him.
When letting people create wealth, a sound distribution mechanism must be established.
That is, "the way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency. The way of man is not the same. He reduces the deficiency to serve the surplus."
And "man imitates the earth, and the earth imitates the sky", man should imitate nature. So "who can have surplus to serve the world, only the Tao."
The leader of Tao cultivates both inside and outside, not to saw the arrow shaft, but to cure the disease from the root.
He builds a high-quality system platform, allowing each APP to run by itself, each in its own position, and each showing its magical powers. He does not act as a developer, does not interfere with the operation of the software, and only creates an environment and maintains order.
This is the fundamental solution.
当外卖送餐员们看到同行一再“过劳死”的新闻时会怎么做？多数人一边警醒，一边还得继续去拼，这是现实的写照。
而这，是众多行业、不同阶层的人的共同感受。无他，生存压力使然。
所以，近日美团、饿了么等多家外卖平台证实已试点防疲劳机制，过度跑单的骑手将被强制下线，这一新闻引发社会关注。
然而，这碾碎了想多劳多得、改变困境者的希望，外卖送餐员未必都领这个“情”。
难道他们有得选吗？跑一单通常就几块钱，超时了还会被罚，只能靠多跑、快跑。生活像鞭子一样抽过来，驴必须拉磨。
社会舆论也不全然叫好，于是有了“为什么不提高送餐的单价？”这一灵魂拷问。
外卖平台的这一处理方式，让人联想到所谓的“锯箭法”。
中国近现代思想家李宗吾在其代表作《厚黑学》中，介绍了一个古代民间故事，说一个将军的手臂中箭，去找外科大夫治疗，结果医生把他露在皮肤外的箭杆给锯掉，就收了工。
将军惊讶地询问：“还在手臂里的箭怎么办？”医生笑道：“我可是外科大夫，里面的你得去找内科大夫。”
从外卖平台试点防疲劳机制来看，也不能说没去努力解决，可就是差那么点意思。搞这种“锯箭法”不知道算不算“治标”，但肯定没治本。
如果大家要怨外卖平台不加单价、怨餐饮店不降价，平台和店家一样会牢骚满腹。
从企业角度，他们也会觉得好难：成本上升、压力递增、风险累积，不确定因素太多。
他们敢想但一般不敢说的是：消费者不加钱，贵了就卖不出去，再给送餐员加单价，企业是来赚钱的，又不是来开善堂的。
可消费者会觉得价格虚高，服务一般，自己还担心减薪、失业，压力山大，你们做生意还想多占便宜？我傻啊？没门！
所以这就是一个困局，大家都很努力的样子，就是不知钱上哪儿去了。
而外卖送餐员在各种“内卷”“拼”中冰冷甚至残酷的现实，也是其他岗位很多人的感受。
于是“锯箭法”就顺理成章了。反正这个世界就是个草台班子，治不了本，就解决一下表面问题。
李宗吾非常推崇老子，说自己作为李疯子，写的《厚黑学》正好和李老子的《道德经》形成一副对联。
他还在《中国学术之趋势》中，说老子哲学是诸子百家之昆仑、周秦学派之总纲。
老子严辞抨击了春秋诸侯的宫殿壮丽，贵族的生活奢侈，而百姓田园却甚是荒芜，民生粮仓甚是空虚，认为王公们是一群强盗头子。
他还指出：“民之饥，以其上食税之多，是以饥”。这里的“上”原指君上，也可以理解为部分官员、企业主等在上位者。
而李宗吾讽刺说，史书上那些英雄人物的成功秘诀，就是人的脸皮要厚（无耻）、心地要黑（毒辣）。
《道德经》一书分别从生产财富和分配财富上提出论述，如指出民众致富的前提，是“我无事而民自富”。老子常用“我”这个第一人称来指君主、领导者。
民自己会去打拼创造财富，就像外卖送餐员一样“过劳送”，不奢求谁去体恤他，只要别制造事端地去摧残他。
在放手百姓去创造财富之际，还得建立良性的分配机制。
那就是“天之道，损有余而补不足。人之道则不然，损不足以奉有余。”
而“人法地，地法天”，人要效法大自然。所以“孰能有余以奉天下，唯有道者。”
有道的领导者内外兼修，不是去锯箭杆，而是从根子上治病。
他搭建一个优质的系统平台，让各个APP自己去运行，各安其位，各显神通，自己不当开发者，不干预软件运行，只营造环境和维护秩序。
这，才是治本之道。
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