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For six years I worked at a small town library.我在小镇的图书馆工作了六年。 Every week I wrote down the number of borrowed books.每周我都把借出的书的「数量」写下来。 My office wanted a weekly record, so I kept the line.我的办公室要一份每周记录，所以我一直记着那一行。

It was easy to correlate wet days with short lines.把下雨的日子和短短的队「关联」起来并不难。 That correlation was weak but held all spring.这种「相关性」很弱，但整个春天都成立。 I asked what could constrain the number of visitors, if not aesthetic taste.我问自己，如果不是「审美」品味，那是什么在「限制」来的人数。 The strict room rule was the main constraint: no bag may enter.阅览室严格的规矩就是最大的「限制」：任何包都不能带进去。

I became the incumbent of that desk, so I wrote the report.我成了那张桌子的「在职者」，所以报告也由我写。 I marked each point far from the line, and every deviation taught me.我标出每一个远离那条线的点，每一处「偏差」都教给我更多。 The total held the story, so I added the weeks into one aggregate figure.总数里藏着故事，所以我把每周的数字加成一个「合计」数字。

Ideas move through a town by slow diffusion, like water through dry land.想法在小镇里靠缓慢的「传播」流动，就像水流过干燥的土地。 But without the empirical fact of the empty shelves, my count was not viable.但要是没有空了又满的书架这个「经验」事实，我的数字就算不上「可行」。 Every group builds a hierarchy, and I was at the bottom.每个群体都会形成「层级」，而我在它的最下面。 The manager read the short report, and the office read a long one.经理读了我的短报告，而长的一份交给了办公室。