朱竞:您对20世纪的印象是什么?陈晓明:20世纪是动荡不安的世纪,是人类的希望破灭与重建交替的世纪,也是创新与革命的世纪。20世纪标志人类真正进入一个现代时期,人类的创造力得到空前发挥。特别是二次大战之后,高科技的发展和制度创新,这些都给人类生活带来了巨大的变化,总的来说是向前发展。20世纪是人类发展阶段中的一个准备阶段,一个试错阶段,经历过20世纪,我以为人类会更有理性、更有能力开创未来。朱竞:您认为知识分子精神存在吗?如果答案 Zhu Jing: What is your impression of the 20th century? Chen Xiaoming: The twentieth century is a turbulent century, a century in which human hopes are shattered and rebuilt, and a century of innovation and revolution. The twentieth century marked the real entry of mankind into a modern era where mankind’s creativity was unprecedentedly demonstrated. Especially after World War II, the development of high technology and system innovation have brought tremendous changes to human life and are generally moving forward. The twentieth century is a preparatory phase in the stage of human development, a trial and error phase. After the twentieth century, I thought that mankind would be more rational and capable of creating the future. Zhu Jing: Do you think the intellectual spirit exists? If the answer