上世纪80年代中期,报刊上曾就当官与做学问展开了一番争论,笔者当时呼吁淡化当官心理。许多年过去了,现在看来,当官心理不仅没有淡化,反而有愈演愈烈之势。过去是“学而优则士”,现在是不管学得优不优,都“欲”士。大学生报考公务员的人数急剧上升。这说明不仅是成年人的当官心理在强化,而且连年轻人也看出当官的奥妙,在跃跃欲试了。一方面是政府机构人浮于事,在消肿,在精简,另一方面是一批又一批的人削尖脑袋往官场里钻,加剧人才“挤挤”,这不是自相矛盾吗? In the mid-1980s, there was a debate in the press about officials and scholarship. At the time, the author called for downplaying the mentality of being an official. Many years have passed, it now appears that the official mentality not only did not play down, but there is a growing trend. In the past, “scholarships were excellent,” and now they are “willed” regardless of their academic excellence. The number of college students applying for civil servants rose sharply. This shows that not only is the mentality of the senior officials being strengthened, but even the young people also see the secret of the official, who are eager to do so. On the one hand, is it not self-contradictory that government agencies are floating around? In the process of swelling and simplification, on the other hand, batch after batch of people sharpen their heads toward the officialdom to exacerbate the “crowd squeeze” of talented people.