Analysis of changes in the Internet era from the perspectives of anthropology, philosophy, sociology and literature
There is no information exchange, transmission. There is no development of human civilization.
Since the information revolution, the development of the Internet has played a key role in human culture and information exchange. It has freed us from time constraints and connected people around the world, but it has also brought side effects. I hereby analyze the good and bad of the Internet from the perspectives of anthropology, philosophy, sociology and literature combined with specific social phenomena.
anthropology-
Humans in the agricultural age had only simple words and simple means of information dissemination, relying on word of mouth to obtain the location of food and jointly resist the attack of wild beasts. Knowledge cannot be retained for long. Assuming danger or war, having a fast information transmission network is crucial to the development of the whole situation. Assuming that there is a trade exchange, if there is a transparent market information network, it will greatly promote the trade exchange, and at the same time promote the integration of education and culture. The reason why ancient cultures, institutions and technologies developed slowly and could not be popularized on a large scale in a short period of time was inseparable from the speed of information exchange. With the development of human beings, the pressure of geographical environment and the pressure of population growth, more and more advanced information networks have been developed. In the war - Xia, Shang and Zhou used the beacon as a signal to protect the family and defend the country, until the post station network appeared in the Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the special information network for the Royal Road appeared in the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It exists to send a signal that the country avoids war. In education, from oracle bone inscriptions to lettering to manuscripts to books. The way of its information allows human beings to acquire knowledge, thereby enabling the stable development of the country. Under the stable development of national peace and education and culture, technology has been upgraded so that human beings can get along better with nature. However, with the needs of the times - progress and development cannot rely on traditional information dissemination methods, iterating the Internet is a historical law and the inevitability of human development - the emergence of the Internet has improved the problems raised above, enabling humans to better resist natural disasters. To enjoy the interconnected knowledge, great and equal educational opportunities are given to everyone. Natural culture can also be better passed on. The system and technology will use the Internet to gather the power of the country to steadily advance, so as to make mankind move towards a better future. Everything has both positive and negative sides. While the Internet brings rapid development, it also brings a series of side effects such as information privacy security, Internet fraud, information warfare, the proliferation of online games, and Internet junk culture. Human beings have upgraded from a single mechanical body to an organism, which cannot be achieved without the Internet, but it is precisely because of the hidden problems generated by the Internet that they have not been properly dealt with and improved, which has led to Internet dropouts, junk culture teenagers, and rampant Internet fraud. wait for social problems to arise. Social problems in turn affect national development issues, and ultimately affect the state's international status. The peaceful balance of the entire human race will be tilted. So far, it is undeniable that the changes brought by the Internet have benefited human development. We need to think about how to improve the side effects it brings? Assuming we improve side effects, can human development proceed on a more stable basis? Will there be a safer, healthier and better-quality information network based on the Internet?
philosophy-
The essential function of philosophy is to use information exchange and individual speculation to obtain rationality. Rationality develops science, science develops technology, and technology produces technology. ultimately lead to human progress. This shows the meaning of thinking. In the pre-modern era, since philosophy could only be learned by wealthy and noble children, the scope of learning was extremely limited. The emergence of the Internet has made philosophy acceptable to the public - learning philosophy improves the thinking structure, so that the overall human wisdom will develop to the greatest extent. Of course this is only an ideal situation - philosophy makes us think about where we came from and where we are going, and the internet is just one part of a necessary law, one part at a different time at the same time. The Internet has strengthened the individual's level of speculation, but the reality is that the Internet has not strengthened most of the level of speculation. From the perspective of analysis and judgment, this is only caused by the improper use of the anti-target in the decomposition target of the information concept. A tool occupied by utility. At this point, morality is no longer noble, and matter has become God. Because the information on the Internet has not been audited, and under its widespread dissemination, untested information has spread rapidly, and the level of human thinking has been seriously degraded. Impetuous atmosphere. Without thinking, there is no rationality, and human beings are more and more controlled by sensibility. At present, the news of artist tax evasion and Internet celebrity fraud appearing on the Internet is precisely because of the blind results of the general public without thinking. From a macro perspective, this is the degradation of culture and the regression of the concept of social goodness. From a microscopic point of view, this is the attenuation of individual thinking and the distortion of values. All kinds of alienation behaviors have caused human beings to not find the meaning of life, the emergence of depression, and the emergence of various mental illnesses, don’t they just verify the effect of this cause? The role of the Internet should be to improve the moral level of the public and increase the level of individual aesthetics among the public, rather than turning a deaf ear to the side effects of the evil spirits - the morality and responsibility of artists are prosperous because of culture, and they are proud of art. The result is forgetting because of the Internet. Isn't that exactly what we need to think about and deal with? To this end, we should look at the Internet from a comprehensive judgment. As a tool, its mission is to better inherit and upgrade human wisdom, morality, and aesthetics to means that meet the needs of the times, and to improve the overall level of thinking. Increase artistic accomplishment, let things rich in historical and cultural connotations be spread, and let human beings make steady progress under the objective order of the universe. To this end, we need to think about how to reduce its side effects as much as possible while ensuring the development of the Internet? How to ensure that the correct values are accepted by more people while the information is flooded? This is a question that every individual who uses the Internet needs to think about. things with cultural connotations Things are accepted through the Internet, just because the number is too small and the update frequency is too low. From a national point of view, is it possible to increase the dissemination of such content through the Internet? What about reducing the propaganda of material culture? Let the orthodox excellent culture and material culture return to balance? This is the dialectics of philosophy, anything that goes out of balance - it doesn't go the way it's supposed to. While we cherish the convenience brought by the Internet, we should clearly recognize its side effects and use it rationally and scientifically.
sociology-
Whether a country's social structure is stable or not depends on its institutional foundation. And institutions are produced by culture, and culture is produced by communication - communication is obtained by information dissemination. The Internet is an important medium that conforms to the human social structure of modern and future generations. It is impossible for us to generate a modern and stable social structure through ancient beacon fires and post stations. The stability of the social structure directly determines whether the social order is stable and determines the peaceful development of the country. Indirectly affects the overall world structure of human beings. The common social phenomenon of the present generation (disseminated through the Internet) The proposition "You are poor because you are stupid" has led to extremely serious consequences, causing the general public to fall into a distorted psychological state of inferiority, and the public's personal performance cannot be truly fulfilled. cast. As a result, most people lose valuable opportunities for growth. In fact, this is a false proposition directly or indirectly influenced by the distribution system and education system in the social structure. Surprisingly, through the Internet people forget that they can think. Assuming that you are poor because you are stupid, it is true that children born in wealthy families are born with mental retardation and some are mentally retarded. Will such children become poor in the future? Would a child born in a better environment still be poor? Are children born in poor places really stupid, or are they not getting the quality education opportunities and resources they deserve? Suppose, you are poor because you are stupid is fake. A stupid child is born in a poor family but his parents are well educated, will he still be poor? The social distribution is relatively fair, will he still be poor? First of all, the premise that poverty is because of stupidity is a false proposition. There is no necessary connection between poverty and stupidity, just as whether the social structure is stable or not has no connection with whether the society is a large society or a small society. What the poor should think about is whether they have access to education and equal rights and opportunities. The emergence of prejudice and discriminatory behavior is not restricted by supervisory agencies. Under various objective conditions, whether subjective individuals have good thinking ability and persevering learning ability. Only when the subjective and objective conditions are relatively satisfied, it is meaningful to think about whether a person is poor or not, and whether a social structure is stable or not. Rather than taking appearances as a corollary. And the only way to spread this is the Internet. Without the Internet, there would be no stable social structure. The place of the Internet in the social structure is important. Just like the roots of a towering tree, there are luxuriant branches and leaves. This root should think more about the choice of dissemination content - the Internet of Everything should be corrected in a timely manner when errors occur, and timely dissemination when good phenomena occur. Everything is truly interconnected, not just physical interconnection. Assuming only the interconnection of materials, the Internet will eventually destroy itself, and the Internet of Everything should be a strong, healthy and inclusive cultural network network, art network. Under this network, the social structure will continue to be stable and the social system will tend to be perfected. As a result, social inequality will be improved by the Internet of Everything. The global village of mankind can only be interconnected and prosperous. The Internet is huge for society, extraordinary for the world, and eternal for the universe.
literature-
Throughout Eastern and Western literature, humanities nourish the soul, science fiction makes people dreamy, prose makes people free and easy, and poetry makes people free - and these truly valuable and time-tested works cannot be popularized without communication channels. of. The range of people that can be satisfied by traditional book channels is less than the Internet. With the loss of originals and various situations, they cannot be preserved, while cloud data on the Internet can be preserved permanently. The cultural heritage mission of the Internet is once again reflected here. The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu of the East is a treasure that has been accumulated for thousands of years. Chinese people should be familiar with it to gain inner strength. In order to resist the side effects of the network, it is assumed that the Internet of Everything can popularize such classical cultural books on a large scale and carry out a series of appreciation activities. The side effects of the network will be reduced. Countless excellent classical books should be passed down through the Internet, not low-level interest. The same is true of countless classic books in the West. The Internet, as a re-education platform, spreads not only culture, but also history - and ultimately lives on because of its noble mission. Literature is another form of the Internet. It is through literature that countless people with lofty ideals are linked together to express the world. What a joy. Read history to gain understanding, to learn history to gain wisdom. Imagine a society without culture and a society full of material desires. How can individuals who only want to be happy for a short time develop healthily. Without healthy individuals, how can there be a healthy network environment? It can be seen that the Internet environment requires not only its own cleanliness and the supervision of the controller, but also the overall quality of individuals. Excellent culture is spread by individuals, and the natural side effects will be reduced. The moral level is naturally raised by the overall moral level. This is what the Internet of Everything brings.
From the perspectives of anthropology, philosophy, sociology, and literature, analyze and judge and comprehensively judge the pros and cons of the Internet. Human development needs information dissemination, mankind needs philosophy, society needs mankind, and literature supports the human mind. These four concepts are mutual. We need to think about how to play its truly useful part and reduce the harm of side effects, and how to maintain a harmonious balance. The Internet should be developed in a green way - vigorously promote the popularization of culture, open various online lectures on psychology, history, and literature, and popularize network knowledge is what we can do. Also what we have to do. With the acceleration of economic globalization and cultural convergence. The Internet as the core medium should hold the perspective of God. As individuals who use and enjoy it, we should abide by morals and maintain this noble environment that belongs to human beings.
The Internet has been progressing with the times, and has been supporting human progress with its unique attributes. It is not so much that the Internet was invented by us, it is better to say that the Internet invented human beings. Because of this, we cannot put the cart before the horse, let us return to rationality as much as possible, take pride in purifying the online environment together, and be ashamed of spreading vulgar culture. Face the Internet with an open, enlightened and inclusive mind - to meet the world and look to the future. In the future, the Internet will appear in the form of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. For ethical, moral and legal issues, we need to think ahead and make relevant preparations, so that the Internet can serve the development of human beings, and let the Internet serve the progress of human civilization.
Version All: Mei Yalin - Ekko.Mei
2021.9.30
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