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Freedom is the root, plurality is the end; one cannot sacrifice freedom in order to protect plurality

Enlightenment & the Spirit of Freedom2026.06.24
Freedom is the root, plurality is the end; one cannot sacrifice freedom in order to protect plurality
The Singapore government recently required YouTube, Facebook, and X to block 14 pieces of online content targeting the Indian community. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said these posts attacked the Indian community and undermined Singapore’s multiracial social model, and that the relevant content may have originated on Chinese platforms. The police issued directives to the platforms under the Online Criminal Harms Act, requiring them to bar Singapore users from accessing the relevant content. This incident has drawn attention not only because it involves racial issues, but also because it touches the core of Singapore’s mode of governance: in a modern city-state that places a high value on social harmony, multiracial…
freedom politics pluralism state
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2026年6月24日
Introduction to “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile”

AI & Scholarship2023.04.29
Introduction to “Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile”
This article was published in issue 87 of Xinrui Weekly (it came out last year, but I forgot to repost it), under the title A “Failed” Social Experiment in Cybernetics—A Review of The Cybernetic Revolutionaries. It was slightly abridged at the time of publication (mainly the parts about involution were cut); here is the original text. Allende was elected president of Chile by a large margin in 1970. After taking office, he immediately launched a series of socialist reforms, including banning foreign enterprises, striking at landlords, and establishing a state-owned economy, among other measures. During this period, in order to effectively manage the nationalized economic system, Allende invited the British…
China book reading history of technology politics
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2023年4月29日
On Sexual Harassment

Culture & Public Commentary2018.08.01
On Sexual Harassment
Me too Movement Recently the Me too movement has swept into China, and that is an encouraging thing; I only hope it won’t die young. As for Me too, I mentioned it in passing on Weibo, but Weibo’s limitations make it hard to fully articulate a point of view. I hope my remarks will not be too hastily interpreted as a rejection of Me too. In fact, of course I welcome Me too with both hands; even though I have raised the need to be wary of a Chinese-style slippery slope, in fact, even if it really did develop into some kind of “overdone” state, that would still be better…
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2018年8月1日
Contempt and Locality

Culture & Public Commentary2013.01.05
Contempt and Locality
This article had actually been ready to write half a year ago, or even earlier. It was during the Olympics, and I wrote a few articles in the form of “…and …”, including two bad-stub pieces; I only wrote down the title “Contempt and Locality” and never went on. Now, although I’d like to change it to a more provocative title—say, “Why Do We Contempt Migrant Workers?”—after thinking it over, I still decided not to go in for clickbait. At first I wanted to start from international contempt in the Olympics (for example, how Chinese people look at Koreans and Japanese). Recently, when I thought of rewriting it, I tried…
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2013年1月5日
Why Do We Need Protein? — The Pursuit of Relative Truth

Philosophy & Thought2011.03.14
Why Do We Need Protein? — The Pursuit of Relative Truth
A few days ago, when I was presenting the article “Media Realism—Looking at Scientific Realism from the Perspective of Media Ontology,” Senior Brother Botian mentioned that, in the final analysis, my position is still one of compromise: according to my line of thought, those contemporary scientific theories that have already succeeded are indeed “real,” and I can only compromise with them, unable to put forward a forceful claim like Teacher Tiansong’s “We Simply Do Not Need Protein.” Indeed, my position has always been “weak” from beginning to end, and I fully agree. Ever since my undergraduate days I have tried to reflect on science, but I have never thought of…
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2011年3月14日
Has the Development of the Internet Done More Harm Than Good to Literature?

Culture & Public Commentary2009.10.16
Has the Development of the Internet Done More Harm Than Good to Literature?
Recently my blog updates have nearly ground to a halt; next time I should make a point of reflecting on that. This time I’ll just casually write down the associations sparked by this title, and try to recover my feel for writing~ This title is one of the debate topics in the freshman cup debate contest that our department’s undergraduates will be taking part in this time, and I, in my role as “adviser,” was also honored to be consulted, so I suppose I should at least give some kind of answer. Seeing this topic, I first thought of a few articles I wrote before. One of them was a…
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2009年10月16日
The God of Luck Appeared to Me~

Life & Notes2009.06.09
The God of Luck Appeared to Me~
The situation was like this: After being hit by a car last night, I spent today resting at home during the day. Most of my body has basically recovered, except that my right hand still lacks the strength to twist bottle caps open, my legs and knees are slightly sore, and the muscles in my arms are weak and depleted… For lunch I ordered takeout. For dinner I had originally planned to go downstairs and solve it with a 7-Eleven or Yoshinoya as usual. I casually threw on a long-sleeved outer layer before heading down, as I always do—this clothes is rather hot, but for a trip of less than…
everyday life nature pluralism feeling
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2009年6月9日
Contracts and Spells in Love

Life & Notes2009.05.18
Contracts and Spells in Love
This article is meant to lay out some matters. Since bringing these things up still leaves me with a thousand tangled threads, this essay has no fixed theme; I’ll write as far as I get. As for my own romantic experiences, I already gave some account of them in some earlier articles, but clearly that was not enough, and I also did not devote a special treatment to them in the “Talking Love — Speaking of Love” folder, which makes it seem insufficiently sincere. So here I’ll write a dedicated piece to gather my thoughts. When I was a sophomore, I had a little, short-lived romance, and afterward I lay…
philosophy autobiography self trust
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2009年5月18日
Philosophy and Poetry

Philosophy & Thought2009.05.17
Philosophy and Poetry
I had long wanted to write an article about poetry, but I kept putting pen to paper, and the folder I had created called “Music—Poetry” had never lived up to its name. One reason I kept not writing was that I felt I was, after all, a complete illiterate, utterly ignorant; how could I presume to talk about poetry? Apart from the Tang poems I learned in class as a child, and the poetry collections by Bei Dao, Hai Zi, and the like that I now very occasionally flip through at random, I have virtually no firsthand experience of reading poetry at all. At the same time, as for criticism…
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2009年5月17日
Relationism and the Philosophy of Communication

Philosophy & Thought2009.03.24
Relationism and the Philosophy of Communication
Thinking of the “banner” of the latest version of old-school philosophy. It could be called “relationalism” or “communication philosophy.” Earlier, I preferred “pluralism” and “perspectivism,” and felt that “relativism” was too extreme or too forceful. But now it suddenly strikes me: why not translate “relativism” as “relationalism”? That better matches the original meaning of “relate,” and it can also express a line of thought that suits my taste more. When people hear “relativism,” they’re likely to shout: “Huh? Everything is relative?” But if I say “everything is related,” doesn’t that feel rather different? If “absolutism” pursues the “absolute,” then what does “relativism” pursue? What does it mean to “pursue the…
philosophy discussion pluralism relativism
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2009年3月24日