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1、U1:CYBERSPACE:IFYOUDON'TLOVEIT;LEAVEIT信息空間:出入隨愿SomethingintheAmericanpsychelovesnewfrontiers.wehankerafterwide-openspaces;weliketoexplore;weliketomakerulesbutrefusetofollowthem?Butinthisageit'shardtofindaplacewhereyoucangoandbeyourselfwithoutworryingabouttheneighbors.美國(guó)人白勺內(nèi)深處具有一種酷愛(ài)探索新領(lǐng)域的氣質(zhì)。我們渴求寬
2、敞的場(chǎng)地,我們喜歡探索,喜歡制定規(guī)章制度,卻不愿去遵守。在當(dāng)今時(shí)代,卻很難找到一塊空間,可以供你任意馳騁,又不必扌旦心影響你的鄰居。Thereissuchaplace:cyberspace?Formerlyaplaygroundforcomputerfans,cyberspacenowembraceseveryconceivableconstituency:schoolchildren,flirtatioussingles,Hungarian-americans,accountants.Cantheyallgetalong?Orwillourfearofkidssurfingfordi
3、rtypicturesbehindtheirbedroomdoorsprovokeacrackdown?確實(shí)有這樣一個(gè)空間,那就是信息空間。這里原本是計(jì)算機(jī)迷的游戲天地,但如今只要想像得到的各類人群應(yīng)有盡有,包括少年兒童、輕佻的單身漢、美籍匈牙利人、會(huì)計(jì)等。問(wèn)題是他們都能和睦相處嗎?人們是否會(huì)因?yàn)楹ε潞⒆觽兌阍谂P室里看網(wǎng)上的淫穢圖片而將它封殺?Thefirstorderofbusinessistograspwhatcyberspaceis.Itmighthelptoleavebehindmetaphorsofhighwaysandfrontiersandtothinkinsteadof
4、realestate?Realestate,remember;isanintellectual,legal,artificialenvironmentconstructedontopofland?Realestaterecognizesthediffereneebetweenparklandandshoppingmall,betweenred-lightzoneandschooldistrict,betweenchurch,stateanddrugstore.首先要解決的問(wèn)題是,什么是信息空間。我們可以拋開(kāi)高速公路、前沿新領(lǐng)域等比喻,把信息空間看作一個(gè)巨大的莊園。請(qǐng)記住,莊園是人們智慧
5、的結(jié)晶,是合法的、人工營(yíng)造的氛圍,它建立在土地之上。在莊園里,公園和商業(yè)中心、紅燈區(qū)與學(xué)校、教堂與雜貨店都能區(qū)分開(kāi)來(lái)。Inthesameway,youcouldthinkofcyberspaceasagiantandunboundedworldofvirtualrealestate.Somepropertyisprivatelyownedandrentedout;otherpropertyiscommonland;someplacesaresuitableforchildren,andothersarebestavoidedbyallcitizens?Unfortunately,it'
6、sthoseplacesthatarenowcapturingthepopularimagination,placesthatofferbomb-makinginstruction?pornograph%adviceonhowtostealcreditcards?Theymakecyberspacesoundlikeanastyplace.Goodcitizensjumptoaconclusion:betterregulateit.你可以用同樣的方法把信息空間想像為一個(gè)巨大的、無(wú)邊無(wú)際的虛擬莊園。其中有些房產(chǎn)為私人擁有并已租出,有些是公共場(chǎng)所;有的場(chǎng)所適合兒童出入,而有些地方人們最好避
7、開(kāi)。不幸的是,正是這些應(yīng)該避開(kāi)的地方使得人們心向神往。這些地方教唆你如何制造炸彈、為你提供淫穢材料、告訴你如何竊取信用卡。所有這些使信息空間聽(tīng)起來(lái)像是一個(gè)十分骯臟的地方。正直的公民紛紛作出這樣的結(jié)論:最好對(duì)它嚴(yán)加管理。Butbeforeusingregulationstocounterindecencyitisfundamentaltointerpretthenatureofcyberspace?Cyberspaceisn'tafrontier