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From the China Zun Incident to AI Governance: Hu Yilin on New Technologies, Safety, and Social Mobility

AI & Scholarship2026.06.29
From the China Zun Incident to AI Governance: Hu Yilin on New Technologies, Safety, and Social Mobility
IntroductionAfter the Beijing CITIC Tower, “China Zun,” was struck by a small aircraft, low-altitude flight safety once again became a public issue. But in the view of technology philosophy researcher Hu Yilin, this accident should not be understood only as a low-altitude economy risk; it should be discussed within a much larger problem: whenever a new technology moves into mass use, society always tightens control in the name of safety, but whether that control is effective, who bears its costs, and who enjoys its benefits are often far more worth asking than the question of “whether we need safety” itself. After the China Zun accident, low-altitude safety was pushed into…
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2026年6月29日
On “Fair Launch”

Web3 & Bitcoin2024.03.22
On “Fair Launch”
What Is Fair Launch? “Fair launch” is a slogan that has risen again along with the Bitcoin inscription craze, but now I find that some coins with 50% locked, 10% reserved, and the like also tout themselves as “fair launch.” This abuse of the concept dilutes its meaning. Of course, language is free; I can’t do anything about their misuse. But we should strive to build consensus and discuss the bottom line of “fair launch.” “Fair launch” is a kind of revival (please refer to my “The Threefold Great Crypto Renaissance” https://yilinhut.net/2023/12/29/9432.html ), because Bitcoin itself was launched this way, and the early altcoins likewise all took fair launch as…
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2024年3月22日
Huawendao White Paper 3.0 (Q&A Version)

Chinese Civilization & the Way of Chinese2024.01.15
Huawendao White Paper 3.0 (Q&A Version)
1.What is Huawendao? Huawendao is a decentralized autonomous organization based on identity markers formed on the blockchain, aimed at gathering Chinese pioneers who are courageously exploring the world of Web3, while also attracting lovers of Chinese culture, so that Chinese civilization may glow with new life in the digital age. Joining the Web3 tide, we are not ashamed of being Chinese or of using Chinese characters; we do not need to disguise ourselves as foreigners in order to promote ourselves, nor do we need to trail behind Westerners scavenging their leftovers. Chinese people, and Chinese culture, should confidently and proactively lead the wave of the times, becoming an element of…
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2024年1月15日
Review of Radical Markets: Also on Why the Crypto Movement Should Be Radical

Culture & Public Commentary2023.06.10
Review of Radical Markets: Also on Why the Crypto Movement Should Be Radical
This piece, along with the earlier The Liberation of People in the Digital Age, was written as copy for PTADAO. The final text was excerpted to form A One-Page Clear White; if you’re interested, you can go take a look there. Here I’m posting the original version of the book review. Lately I’ve joined some Web3 chat groups and occasionally put out a few views. For example, a few days ago I was discussing the significance of stablecoins with someone, and I said that cryptocurrency was from the very beginning meant to upend the old system of central banks and fiat money. If the entire blockchain market turns around and…
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2023年6月10日
Is Philosophy of Technology Useful? — Applying Philosophy of Technology in Teaching the Philosophy of Technology Course

AI & the Future of Technology2019.12.14
Is Philosophy of Technology Useful? — Applying Philosophy of Technology in Teaching the Philosophy of Technology Course
This week’s Introduction to Philosophy of Technology class centered its discussion session on the “smart classroom.” Compared with last year, the discussion class was pushed back by a week, and before it we added one more lecture on Marcuse. That felt pretty good; many students were already able to think through the issue in terms of “critique of instrumental reason.” “Smart classroom” is a broad concept. In its most basic sense, it includes the application of technologies such as tablet computers, online platforms, and smart apps in classroom teaching, but it also includes the more alarming technologies of intelligent surveillance and sensing headbands. Broadly speaking, we usually would not oppose…
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2019年12月14日
Balancing Fairness and Efficiency—Can Smart Cities Solve Beijing’s “Hard Stations”?

Culture & Public Commentary2018.08.14
Balancing Fairness and Efficiency—Can Smart Cities Solve Beijing’s “Hard Stations”?
This article was a commissioned piece, published in the 7th edition of China Science Daily on August 13, 2018, with the title changed to Where Does Governing Beijing’s “Hard-to-Get-to” Stations Become Difficult?, with slight revisions. The original draft is reproduced below: Recently, both CCTV and People’s Daily reported that Beijing South Railway Station had become “Beijing’s hard-to-get-to station,” focusing on issues such as the prevalence of illegal taxis and the difficulty of hailing a cab, which sparked heated discussion. Those who took the high-speed rail had already arrived in Tianjin, while those dropping people off were still standing in line waiting for taxis. Such poor service conditions obviously do not…
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2018年8月14日
Miscellaneous Musings on Gambling

Web3 & Cypherpunks2013.05.24
Miscellaneous Musings on Gambling
After buying Bitcoin, I tried doing some short-term trading, but the results were not good. So recently I switched to small-scale gambling. On the one hand, it takes much less mental energy; on the other hand, the income is also more obvious. As of today, I have basically made back the losses from my failed investments in other coins (LTC, PPC, FRC, etc., which have all plunged recently), as well as the losses caused by short-term trading and other flipping about. The things I take part in are, of course, things I approve of, so let me talk a bit about my view of gambling. Of course, I do not…
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2013年5月24日
The Paradox of Fairness—On Halting Ticket-Grabber Plugins

Culture & Public Commentary2013.01.19
The Paradox of Fairness—On Halting Ticket-Grabber Plugins
I had just seen in the afternoon that the Ministry of Railways said they would not, and in fact had no authority to, prohibit browser ticket-grabbing plugins, and I felt somewhat relieved. I never expected them to go find the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to ban them instead. I can only sigh. The reason for banning ticket-grabbing plugins sounds very high-minded: the plugins are indeed effective, but they are unfair to other passengers. Is that so? Indeed it is. A ticket is released and within a few dozen seconds it has been snatched up by ticket-grabbing software—what are the other passengers supposed to do? But the key issue…
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2013年1月19日
Equality or Freedom: On the Question of Attending School Outside One’s Hometown

Culture & Public Commentary2012.12.17
Equality or Freedom: On the Question of Attending School Outside One’s Hometown
Recently, the case of the non-Shanghai girl Zhan Haiter has drawn a lot of attention, especially because it happened in Shanghai, so I can’t help but offer a few comments as well. Of course, I support Zhan Haiter’s struggle, and I support every citizen’s open expression of his or her demands; but as for the content of those demands, I do not support it. This matter involves too many questions, all tangled together, making an already complicated issue even more complicated. So first we need to break down the questions involved. There are two big issues: one is education, the other is regionality. It should be noted that the problem…
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2012年12月17日
Olympiad Math: The Side Road to the Gaokao

Culture & Public Commentary2012.08.23
Olympiad Math: The Side Road to the Gaokao
After talking about the Olympics, I wanted to talk about Olympiad mathematics. Today I happened to see a report again, so I might as well write down a few thoughts. When I was talking about the Olympics, I was also reflecting on myself: is my enthusiastic support for the Olympics related to my own Olympiad-math experience? The answer is yes. When I have recalled my growing-up years, I have also mentioned many times how important Olympiad mathematics was to me. My experience with Olympiad math not only helped me get into school on recommendation all the way, but, more importantly, gave me the exhilaration of peering into truth and the…
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2012年8月23日