现代的历程:机器改变世界(全四册)(许倬云、张维迎、俞敏洪、岳南、罗振宇等盛赞推荐!《历史的细节》作者新作!)
◎一部关于机器与人的进化史!解构科技革命进化史,重构文明秩序路线图。
◎许倬云、张笑宇、陶林作序,张维迎、俞敏洪、岳南、罗振宇、余世存、许纪霖、刘苏里、胡洪侠、傅国涌、张明扬、朱学东等盛赞推荐。
◎有别于历史教科书和传统史书的平铺直叙,通过不同时代独具特色的技术发明,讲述机器的发展史以及近现代人类社会的发展史,引发新的启发和思索。
◎引证资料丰富、知识点密集,以涵盖古今的思想广度,阐述机器科技推动人类社会同步发展的新颖认知,以理性的态度反思机器进化和人类文明的关系。
◎既讲述时间跨度上的机器科技历史,也讲述空间跨度上的东西方科技比较;从技术史的角度剖析现代社会的发展过程中,东西方文明不同的处境、碰撞和历程。
◎通过机器的发明与演进,回望过去;
立足当下,探讨人类文明和机器文化的冲撞;
展望未来:面对更加智能的机器,人类将走向何方?人与机器的时代,是人类更像机器,还是机器更像人类?
什么是古代?什么是现代?我们身处的这个世界是怎样形成的?我们和祖先的生活又有什么不同?请跟随这套以技术革命探究数千年人类文明轨迹的作品,沿着机器和齿轮的轨迹,回溯历史。
《现代的历程:机器改变世界》是一套讲述机器的发明史和人类现代历程的通识读本,分为启蒙时代、工业时代、国家时代、全球时代四卷。该书以机器的发明与演进为主线,从时间机器(钟表)开始,历经文字机器(印刷机)、效率机器(纺织机)、力量机器(蒸汽机),至智能机器(计算机),并巧妙地将文艺复兴、启蒙运动、工业革命、洋务运动等历史事件,置于一个由机器和技术构建的框架中。借由机器的演进,独辟蹊径地讲述了一段有趣有料的现代史,呈现出一个清晰全面的现代社会发展历程。
杜君立,关中人,通识历史写作者。主要作品包括:《历史的细节》(五卷本)、《现代的历程》、《新食货志》、《历史的慰藉》等。其中《现代的历程》曾获得2016年华文好书评委会特别奖,“第十二届文津图书奖”推荐图书。
第一章 时间权力
世界之始
周期与轮回
历法与权力
奉天承运
上帝的时间
时间的进化
烂柯的传说
走出中世纪
东方的启示
时间的福音
钟表的隐喻
机械耶稣
第一版《现代的历程》出版于2016 年,出版后获得社会广泛好评, 获得腾讯华文好书2016 年度评委会特别奖,并被国家图书馆选为第12 届文津图书奖推荐图书。
应出版社要求,2018 年, 又出版了本书的缩写版《现代简史》。2020 年,本书的港台版出版,书名被改为《人机文明传》。
从首版至今,过去几年来,现代世界发生了巨大的改变,尤其是数字技术和新冠肺炎疫情对全球化构成强烈的冲击,这引起很多人对现代机器文明的警惕和反思。基于这样的历史背景,我借这次再版机会,对全书进行了一定程度的增删和修订。
《现代的历程》脱胎于《历史的细节》中的“机器”一章。从最早酝酿构思到后来写作出版,前后花费了六年时间;如果加上这几年的修订,有十年左右工夫。曹雪芹写《红楼梦》是“批阅十载,增删五次”,看来要真正写好一部书,没有十年是不行的。
这部书的写作就像是一台大型机器的蓝图设计,装配图背后是一摞零件图;又像是画一幅工笔长卷,主题骨干自然重要,然而各种细节最费心思。一位画家朋友告诉我,工笔画不同于写意画,不能一挥而就,首先要仔细画好稿本,再反反复复修改;定稿之后,再用小狼毫认真敷色,层层渲染,所谓慢工出细活。这样打磨出来的画,才能尽其精微。
机器或者物质正在快速改变我们的生活方式和思维,人们很大一部分时间都在和电脑、手机、交通工具打交道,一切在我们看来正常不过的选择、行动在20 世纪甚至几年之前都是难以想象的。那么, 究竟是什么塑造了我们今天的生活方式和思维,是什么造就了所谓的“现代人”?
既有史实也有史论,这使得全书在诸多方面都显得独树一帜,从而超越一般技术史观,许多具有创见性的发现和观点令人茅塞顿开。
作者试图通过通俗的语言,以机器为主线揭开现代文明的真实血肉,回答人类是如何走向现代的,以及中国如何走向现代的大哉之问。
从人发明机器、使用机器,到仿效机器、成为机器,最终被机器奴役。现代的历程就是让人相信人是机器的历史。从这一轴线看,英国工业革命、美国福特时代、中国洋务运动都走上了迷恋科技的“同一性历史”。这也将东方与西方、古代帝国与现代国家同构在一个论述疆域之内。从而,全书横跨各大洲,融贯各时期,竟有同一个“机器技术的主题”,简直可谓历史书写当中的完美复调。
在欧洲中世纪,斩首作为死刑执行方式是比较常见的,尤其是宗教改革时期,成千上万的异教徒被送上断头台。在断头台上斩首,跟劈柴一样,刽子手将斧子高高举起,然后照着犯人的脖颈落下,但有时难免会砍偏,只好“补刀”。遇到这种情况,受刑者半死不活,痛苦不堪,一些受刑者甚至试图通过行贿来得到“准确”的死法。
到了中世纪末期,有人提出,“为了达到完善的方法,必须依赖固定的机械手段——因为其力量和效果是能够确定的”。为此,断头机应运而生。这是一种准确且极富效率的杀人装备:高高提起的铡刀沿着木质滑槽疾速落下,人的头部与躯干即可瞬间分离。
有了断头机,砍头不再是人操作,而是机械操作,刽子手成了操作机器的机械师。
将杀人交由一台机器来完成,刽子手只需拉起或放下铡刀即可,这件看起来微不足道的事情其实体现了当时社会对机器的一种全民印象:机器就是权威的化身,它是公正和不可抗拒的。“断头台以一种神奇的方式,产生了至少在一个世纪前通过理性和哲学无法实现的光辉事业和有利于国家的恐怖。”
苏格兰人给断头机取了个可爱的名字,叫作“少女”。从英国的查理一世到法国的路易十六,断头机送走了专制君主,迎来了共和革命。
革命的铡刀一旦抬起便停不下来,国王的战争结束后,人民的战争开始了。在1794年的法国革命党人看来,断头机如同中世纪宗教裁判所的火刑柴垛一样神圣,是用来举行“红色弥撒”的“伟大祭台”,或者说是“胜利的共和国的象征”。
后来,一位名叫施米德的乐器制造商发现这个难得的商机,实现了断头机的大批量生产。但他在试图申请专利时遭到了拒绝,负责专利登记的内务部长反对道:“给这种发明授予专利,会让人感到厌恶,我们还没有达到如此野蛮的境地。”
在后来的几年里,断头机又经过了很多次改良,比如铡刀滑槽变成了铜制的,并加上了轮子,这样就不用再给滑槽上抹肥皂,铡刀与滑槽的摩擦也非常小,这保证了铡刀可以在不到一秒钟的时间里下落2.25米,从而获得最大的速度。为了防止铡刀反弹起来,还增加了一个橡皮减震器。此外,在断头机下面,还特意增加了一个收集人头的金属筐,避免了人头在地上滚来滚去。
因为不受专利法保护,市场陷入恶性竞争,断头机的价格一落千丈,几乎每个省份都安装了断头机,甚至有人提出要在每个村庄都设一个断头台。人们赞美道:“断头台,人民的保护神!断头台,贵族的恐惧!可爱的机器,怜悯我们吧!可赞的机器,怜悯我们吧!断头台,替我们消灭暴君!”2
法国大革命期间,平民第一次“享受”到了与贵族一样的平等待遇,其中就包括断头机——“公民为祖国而生,而活,而死!”
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◎一部关于机器与人的进化史!解构科技革命进化史,重构文明秩序路线图。
◎许倬云、张笑宇、陶林作序,张维迎、俞敏洪、岳南、罗振宇、余世存、许纪霖、刘苏里、胡洪侠、傅国涌、张明扬、朱学东等盛赞推荐。
◎有别于历史教科书和传统史书的平铺直叙,通过不同时代独具特色的技术发明,讲述机器的发展史以及近现代人类社会的发展史,引发新的启发和思索。
◎引证资料丰富、知识点密集,以涵盖古今的思想广度,阐述机器科技推动人类社会同步发展的新颖认知,以理性的态度反思机器进化和人类文明的关系。
◎既讲述时间跨度上的机器科技历史,也讲述空间跨度上的东西方科技比较;从技术史的角度剖析现代社会的发展过程中,东西方文明不同的处境、碰撞和历程。
◎通过机器的发明与演进,回望过去;
立足当下,探讨人类文明和机器文化的冲撞;
展望未来:面对更加智能的机器,人类将走向何方?人与机器的时代,是人类更像机器,还是机器更像人类?
什么是古代?什么是现代?我们身处的这个世界是怎样形成的?我们和祖先的生活又有什么不同?请跟随这套以技术革命探究数千年人类文明轨迹的作品,沿着机器和齿轮的轨迹,回溯历史。
《现代的历程:机器改变世界》是一套讲述机器的发明史和人类现代历程的通识读本,分为启蒙时代、工业时代、国家时代、全球时代四卷。该书以机器的发明与演进为主线,从时间机器(钟表)开始,历经文字机器(印刷机)、效率机器(纺织机)、力量机器(蒸汽机),至智能机器(计算机),并巧妙地将文艺复兴、启蒙运动、工业革命、洋务运动等历史事件,置于一个由机器和技术构建的框架中。借由机器的演进,独辟蹊径地讲述了一段有趣有料的现代史,呈现出一个清晰全面的现代社会发展历程。
杜君立,关中人,通识历史写作者。主要作品包括:《历史的细节》(五卷本)、《现代的历程》、《新食货志》、《历史的慰藉》等。其中《现代的历程》曾获得2016年华文好书评委会特别奖,“第十二届文津图书奖”推荐图书。
第一章 时间权力
世界之始
周期与轮回
历法与权力
奉天承运
上帝的时间
时间的进化
烂柯的传说
走出中世纪
东方的启示
时间的福音
钟表的隐喻
机械耶稣
第一版《现代的历程》出版于2016 年,出版后获得社会广泛好评, 获得腾讯华文好书2016 年度评委会特别奖,并被国家图书馆选为第12 届文津图书奖推荐图书。
应出版社要求,2018 年, 又出版了本书的缩写版《现代简史》。2020 年,本书的港台版出版,书名被改为《人机文明传》。
从首版至今,过去几年来,现代世界发生了巨大的改变,尤其是数字技术和新冠肺炎疫情对全球化构成强烈的冲击,这引起很多人对现代机器文明的警惕和反思。基于这样的历史背景,我借这次再版机会,对全书进行了一定程度的增删和修订。
《现代的历程》脱胎于《历史的细节》中的“机器”一章。从最早酝酿构思到后来写作出版,前后花费了六年时间;如果加上这几年的修订,有十年左右工夫。曹雪芹写《红楼梦》是“批阅十载,增删五次”,看来要真正写好一部书,没有十年是不行的。
这部书的写作就像是一台大型机器的蓝图设计,装配图背后是一摞零件图;又像是画一幅工笔长卷,主题骨干自然重要,然而各种细节最费心思。一位画家朋友告诉我,工笔画不同于写意画,不能一挥而就,首先要仔细画好稿本,再反反复复修改;定稿之后,再用小狼毫认真敷色,层层渲染,所谓慢工出细活。这样打磨出来的画,才能尽其精微。
机器或者物质正在快速改变我们的生活方式和思维,人们很大一部分时间都在和电脑、手机、交通工具打交道,一切在我们看来正常不过的选择、行动在20 世纪甚至几年之前都是难以想象的。那么, 究竟是什么塑造了我们今天的生活方式和思维,是什么造就了所谓的“现代人”?
既有史实也有史论,这使得全书在诸多方面都显得独树一帜,从而超越一般技术史观,许多具有创见性的发现和观点令人茅塞顿开。
作者试图通过通俗的语言,以机器为主线揭开现代文明的真实血肉,回答人类是如何走向现代的,以及中国如何走向现代的大哉之问。
从人发明机器、使用机器,到仿效机器、成为机器,最终被机器奴役。现代的历程就是让人相信人是机器的历史。从这一轴线看,英国工业革命、美国福特时代、中国洋务运动都走上了迷恋科技的“同一性历史”。这也将东方与西方、古代帝国与现代国家同构在一个论述疆域之内。从而,全书横跨各大洲,融贯各时期,竟有同一个“机器技术的主题”,简直可谓历史书写当中的完美复调。
在欧洲中世纪,斩首作为死刑执行方式是比较常见的,尤其是宗教改革时期,成千上万的异教徒被送上断头台。在断头台上斩首,跟劈柴一样,刽子手将斧子高高举起,然后照着犯人的脖颈落下,但有时难免会砍偏,只好“补刀”。遇到这种情况,受刑者半死不活,痛苦不堪,一些受刑者甚至试图通过行贿来得到“准确”的死法。
到了中世纪末期,有人提出,“为了达到完善的方法,必须依赖固定的机械手段——因为其力量和效果是能够确定的”。为此,断头机应运而生。这是一种准确且极富效率的杀人装备:高高提起的铡刀沿着木质滑槽疾速落下,人的头部与躯干即可瞬间分离。
有了断头机,砍头不再是人操作,而是机械操作,刽子手成了操作机器的机械师。
将杀人交由一台机器来完成,刽子手只需拉起或放下铡刀即可,这件看起来微不足道的事情其实体现了当时社会对机器的一种全民印象:机器就是权威的化身,它是公正和不可抗拒的。“断头台以一种神奇的方式,产生了至少在一个世纪前通过理性和哲学无法实现的光辉事业和有利于国家的恐怖。”
苏格兰人给断头机取了个可爱的名字,叫作“少女”。从英国的查理一世到法国的路易十六,断头机送走了专制君主,迎来了共和革命。
革命的铡刀一旦抬起便停不下来,国王的战争结束后,人民的战争开始了。在1794年的法国革命党人看来,断头机如同中世纪宗教裁判所的火刑柴垛一样神圣,是用来举行“红色弥撒”的“伟大祭台”,或者说是“胜利的共和国的象征”。
后来,一位名叫施米德的乐器制造商发现这个难得的商机,实现了断头机的大批量生产。但他在试图申请专利时遭到了拒绝,负责专利登记的内务部长反对道:“给这种发明授予专利,会让人感到厌恶,我们还没有达到如此野蛮的境地。”
在后来的几年里,断头机又经过了很多次改良,比如铡刀滑槽变成了铜制的,并加上了轮子,这样就不用再给滑槽上抹肥皂,铡刀与滑槽的摩擦也非常小,这保证了铡刀可以在不到一秒钟的时间里下落2.25米,从而获得最大的速度。为了防止铡刀反弹起来,还增加了一个橡皮减震器。此外,在断头机下面,还特意增加了一个收集人头的金属筐,避免了人头在地上滚来滚去。
因为不受专利法保护,市场陷入恶性竞争,断头机的价格一落千丈,几乎每个省份都安装了断头机,甚至有人提出要在每个村庄都设一个断头台。人们赞美道:“断头台,人民的保护神!断头台,贵族的恐惧!可爱的机器,怜悯我们吧!可赞的机器,怜悯我们吧!断头台,替我们消灭暴君!”2
法国大革命期间,平民第一次“享受”到了与贵族一样的平等待遇,其中就包括断头机——“公民为祖国而生,而活,而死!”
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