What Technology Wants的书评 (8)

来评价一本刚刚在美国发行、还没有出中文版的书籍可能有点不太适宜，但是由于和作者KK聊了两个多小时，写个东西纪念这位老人。他的所得无论对错，却似我两年硅谷生活的画龙点睛之笔。 “技术到底想要什么？” “生命想要什么，技术就想要什么。“ “你是说，技术想要的和生命...  (展开)

I'd say Unabomber's view on the relationship between technium's evolution and human being's oppression is indeed futuristic and eye-opening. In contrast, the author's counter argument seems relatively week and a bit elusive. The deduction of human being's...  (展开)

http://shiyuhang.org/blog/1652.html 前几天凤凰卫视某连线节目采访江平，问他关于“小悦悦”事件的立法建议，出乎意料的是，这位法学界的泰斗并没有给立法执法方面提出太多意见，而是建议增加公共场合的摄像头。显然，如果不是摄像头记录下“十八铜人”令人发指的冷漠，一个...  (展开)

Apparently, the most important term the author coined is technium, which refers to the kind of "organism" or self-organization formed by technology. It appears as a fascinating concept that technology has been evolving in a similar way a single-cell creatur...  (展开)

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http://dongxi.net/b13WY 技术元素（technium）不仅指硬件，而且包括文化、艺术、社会制度以及各类思想。它包含无形的事物，例如软件、法律和哲学概念。最重要的是，它包括人类发明所具有的“繁殖”动力，这种动力促进新工具的制作和新的科技发明，鼓励不同技术进行沟通以实现...  (展开)

This book defies easy summary. One touching fact about this book is that Mr. Kelly is not a fanatical theorist, preaching abstract concepts without anybody even know what it is. His ideas and perception have strong support from his own rich experiences. I'...  (展开)

从《失控》这本书就开始了解KK，知道除了这本新书之后就翻阅英文版，大概看到100页确是爱不释手。由于业余时间有限，读英文比较慢，赶紧买了中文版重头读起。已经读到第二部分，译文流畅，KK的行文当然还是有理有据，循循善诱，大师就是大师，思想深邃，逻辑严密，旁征博引，谈...  (展开)

Not so much how do we reconcile ourselves to technology, but how do we reconcile ourselves to — and help shape — the very big thing that technology seems devoted to building?  (展开)