We are used to putting things we can't do on shrines, telling others and watching him do things others can't.
And we can be ordinary people with peace of mind, just like the sentence in the movie "The Furnace",
we have been striving throughout our lives to not be changed by the world.
But he did change the world, exactly, each of us is changing the world, in fact, even a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon rainforest can change the world, so how can we be so humble to think that we Not enough to shake the world.
In fact, we are bound by the rules set by ourselves. This rule is a complete set of people who are respected by most people like their parents in order to better regulate the activities of the family, or make it easier to manage the firm. There is no need for the terms of reason, and gradually we question the rules from childhood, knowing that one day we grow up to be like our fathers, and tacitly agree that such rules are enough to bring convenience to rule, and then we follow it, even if we were children with these rules. The doubts about the rules never went away, and sometimes we thought about making some changes, some of them succeeded, and some were beaten to death by other parents.
Each of us defaults to this rule and abides by this rule, because this is a prerequisite for us to live peacefully in this society and accept responsibilities and obligations. For example, when you enter this game, you must first abide by the rules of the game.
It should be said that the emergence of the Internet has opened up another society. However, the access conditions of this society have changed. It has set restrictions on some groups of people, but has opened restrictions on some groups of people in another convenience. Therefore, this society should be replaced by another. Criticize "parents" to create rules, instead of being interfered by "parents" in the original society.
However, some people do try to mix two societies and merge them into two levels of one society, but the elders of the Internet society will not allow it. Because of their resentment against the original society, they will try to create their own society to survive. When this pure land is forced to intervene or the rules are forced to assimilate, there is resistance and competition.
People use their feet to vote, stand in line, and choose their preferred ideology to survive. However, people cannot separate their body and spirit, just as social rules and free speech cannot coexist independently, so conflicts occur when people confuse the rules themselves. What is the formulation for, and what is it being ruled by itself.
It should be said that Aaron Swartz is the "old man" of the Internet society. He lost this war because his mind and spirit were not enough to accept the deprivation of the body and the real world.
Therefore, it can only be said that the Internet society is not mature enough, at least it is not strong enough to win the battle against the first society. If one day the violent institutions of the Internet grow enough to confront the real society, I think we may welcome new rules.
But I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to that day.
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