(引子)
有想写写关于Internet和“鸦片”的念头有些日子了。有时候,耳闻目睹了一些internet上的“show”,觉得可以写点儿什么了。可是每回真到动“键”的时候,却唯恐自己(网上的)经历见闻少且孤陋。…… 要是想写的东西自己不是非常完全的清楚明白,生怕把一个有说头的好话题活生生地在我手上给费了。
今天算是豁出去了。管它呢,写砸了就写砸了吧!扔出这块砖头去,仁者见仁、智者见智去吧。老马还是老毛不是说过来着吗:真理是螺旋式上升的,不断充实完善的?
所以今天,咱们就聊聊internet的种种阴暗面,聊聊这个让不少人染上“毒瘾”的21世纪的“新鸦片”。
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最为开篇,闲话少说,internet的好就一笔代过了,该算是改变人类社会的屈指可数的世纪性成就吧——不是本文讨论的话题。
我们要聊的是一个不能否认和忽视的事实:internet,这种革命性的新的通讯手段,由于它与其它传统通讯方式的不同的特殊性,给很多陋习、恶习、劣根的施展提供了前所未有的便利的平台,成为它们的滋生膨胀的温床。下面就来讨论一下这些internet让不少网虫们欲罢不能的“病瘾”,同时也建议一些“戒毒的处方”。今天就先聊聊:
(争斗之瘾)
Internet最大的功劳该算是它打破了空间和时间的阻碍,让即使是远隔千里的人们能快速地自由地交流信息、观点。但是同时,网上的争斗、谩骂、甚至升级为攻击、诋毁之类的丑恶现象也日渐肆虐的滋生起来。多少次看到有人在internet上“杀”得遍体鳞伤、惨不忍睹。可怜的“战士们”瞪着同样木呆地回瞪着他的由几个字母或者几个汉字组成的ID,连自己的对手究竟是谁都不知道。但可敬的是,有时候“勇士们”总是稍是疗伤修整,又禁不住冲上沙场 —— What an addiction!
A—— First thing first: 我们该报着什么样的心态去参与(Internet上的)交流和讨论?
一点儿也不夸张,其实不光是好争斗的网虫们,有些堂而皇之的大人物们都不知道怎样建设性地交流和讨论。举个稍微不大切题的例子:多少次,你看到过新闻里报道个别国家的议会“议政”时出现的厅上象赶集一样的大幅标语遍是,厅下议员们脸红脖粗、吐沫甚至拳脚横飞的场面,what was in your mind when seeing something absurdly amusing like that? 议会——本该是一个代表着人类最神圣却又最基本的平等理念的最高殿堂。当一个人步入这个殿堂时,他脑子里该想的是什么呢?他该想:我是来陈述我的观点的,我也是来听你的观点的;社会和人生的背景和立场的不同决定了我们不可能对所有事情有相同的看法,所以我尊重聆听你的,你也尊重聆听我的;我们来列出所有的事实、理由,我们讨论、决定。——这样一种心态和approach,是任何理性的有成效的交流讨论的首要前提和基础。
所以参与任何讨论之前,首先该有一种既坚信自己,又be open-minded and be ready to listen to or even accept different opinions的心态。
B—— Internet上讨论的话题 & 辩论争论一定有正确答案吗?
有激进的网友们可能要批评我了,你这厮在推崇一种中庸无能懦弱的态度观念。是这样吗?回答是yes and no, depending on what the discussion subject is. 如果讨论是关于苹果是不是一定会掉在地上之类的话题,yes, this is not a correct attitude to take & you should not give up an inch of your ground. 但现实不是这样,因为绝大多数的时候,绝大多数的讨论是关于一些社会人文现象,是关于一些除了简单的对和错以外,还有gray area的话题,甚至是本身对和错就是gray的论题。
写到这儿,想起几年前一帮人讨论关于社会科学倒底算不算真正意义上的科学的话题。有个朋友的话我当时嗤之以鼻,但渐渐变得越来越同意。他说, Whether or not social science belongs to sciences, it all depends on whether and how much you can tolerate uncertainty. Natural science obtains a high reputation because it deals with very very low uncertainty. But in social behavior, uncertainty is rather high, resulting in high degree of uncertain measures and judgments. 有些道理吗?
所以下回决定参与那些可能并没有大是大非的讨论之前,instead of rushing into the battlefield,不妨先稍微动动脑子:这是一个有intrinsic discussion value的话题吗?这是一个有明确答案的话题吗?……先刹刹车想想理理,再决定是否、怎样上战场。
(谈到网络讨论话题,忍不住插一小段儿:anyone getting into any discussion/argument about a newborn baby’s 兔唇 stuff & making any kind of mean comments about it, no matter who the baby’s parent are and what they have done, the shame is on you, really, SHAME ON YOU!)
C—— Internet上的辩论争论一定要分出胜负吗?
造成沉迷于网上争斗漩涡的另一个心理误区是功利心,把本该是畅所欲言各抒己见的交流交换当成一场你死我活必须见分晓的战斗——fight to win even if it obviously is a no-win situation, and fight for the sake of fighting. 好争斗的网虫门,安静下来时候仔细想想:What makes you lose your cool, become hotheaded and finally get yourself into a fight? Is it, at least partially, because you simply just can not accept ‘losing’?
我们前面讨论过了,很多论题不一定有(唯一)正确的答案,所以谁的观点胜利,不该是这样的一个过程的终极目的。相反,讨论者,if you are reasonably self-confident and wise enough,应该有这样的信念:无论最后结果如何,无论seemingly whoever prevails, it does not mean you are superior to me, and vice versa.
Whether or not one can persuade another to agree on an issue shall not be the ultimate standard to judge the outcome of a discussion. In many case, what really matters actually is, through such a process, how effective/successful you have conveyed your point of view to others and what new you have got to understand/learn about the same issue from different perspectives.
D—— 该不该,放纵于不负责任的快感?
网络讨论之所以经常升级为争论、争斗、甚至是攻击、诋毁,还有一个不可忽视的非常重要的原因:网络交流中,除非你干什么极其极其极其出头过火的事儿,在很多情形,你不需要对自己的言行负责任。可别小看了这个因素,一个现世中文文静静的儒雅之士,因为它,上了网就有可能摇身变成一个敢和老虎干一场的gladiator。
Liberty is a precious privilege bonded with serious sense of righteousness and responsibility, but not an immunity to carelessly expend and abuse.
收笔,根除争斗之瘾的处方:<1> understand that everyone involved in a discussion is an individual with the same equal right and respect that they deserve as you do; <2> understand the nature of the discussion: sometimes there is no clear-cut of right and wrong, and in many cases there is no win or loss; and <3> even though you may be raged, write and say things responsibly as if you are talking to others face to face and eye to eye.
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几经拖拉改动,终于写完了这一篇,躺在椅子里舒口气。以后有更多的东西,或许还会接着写“懒惰之瘾”、“淫秽粗俗之瘾”、“……之瘾”……。要是成了气候,没准儿可以搞个“北美网瘾戒毒中心”之类的机构,我自己是中心的狱头儿外加第一入诊病号。哈…
Yeah, I guess that I am writing this one to help myself sorting things out and quitting if find any symptom has occurred to me already. If you found anything I wrote here making some sense to you and deserving some of your thought and attention, I’ll be gladly smiling on the other end of the internet. Because,
上瘾不可怕,看明白想清楚克制一下,戒,其实不难。& 真要戒了,于人于己,都好。 |