Freedom of opinion

In 1859, John Stuart Mill explained why freedom of opinion was good for society. “First, if any opinion is compelled […]

The paradox

While information systems and networking augment human powers of organizations and integration, they simultaneously subvert the traditional Western concept of […]

Key question

In a world characterized by simultaneous globalization and fragmentation, how to combine new technologies and collective memory, universal science and […]

No more “class struggle?”

In a post-industrial society, in which cultural services have replaced material goods at the core of production, it is the […]

Gucci的午餐

Emeryville, 菠菜沙拉,Peter西藏的经历以及新的知识网路。 随意浏览,看到Karen Stephenson的Netform, 以及这本网路组织的书。

Identity and social meaning

In a world of global flows of wealth, power, and images, the search for identity, collective or individual, ascribed or […]

子曰

“Do you think me a learned, well-read man?” “Certainly,” replied Zi-gong, “Aren’t you?” “Not at all,” said Confucius, “I have […]

Oxygen

Information is like the air we breathe. It is the element we live in. It surrounds us on all sides, […]

台湾网络文化研究

南华大学的瞿本瑞先生在《如何研究网络文化》一文介绍了台湾学界的一些成果:《网络社会学通讯》《信息社会研究》和《信息社会丛书》。

日月为易

观变于阴阳,发挥于刚柔,和顺于道德,而理于义; 穷理尽性,以至于命。(说卦传)