上个世纪90年代以来,以电子工业和数字技术为标志和主导的高科技已经在全世界范围内取得了突飞猛进和日新月异的发展。尤其是,到新的世纪刚刚开始的时候,因特网已经联结了世界上的186个国家和地区的800多万台计算机主机和1亿多个因特网用户,并继续以每年15%的速度不断递增。于是,有人已经开始欢呼“e”时代的到来。网络和网络化的趋势以及其惊人的发展速度,也的确已经和正在给人类社会和人们的生活带来空前未有的巨大变化。然而,如何从未来学的角度,以人类长远生存的眼光来认识和看待这种高科技或者“e”时代,这种高科技以及人的“e”化,给人类带来的是否全都是社会的发展进步和未来的幸福时光?文化界和思想者都在关注和思考着这样的重大问题。 Since the 1990s, the high-tech industry, which has been marked and dominated by the electronics industry and digital technology, has made rapid progress and rapid changes throughout the world. In particular, by the beginning of the new century, the Internet has linked more than 8 million computer hosts and over 100 million Internet users in 186 countries and regions around the world and continues to grow at a rate of 15% per annum. So, some people have begun to cheer “e ” era. The trend of the Internet and its network, as well as its alarming rate of development, have indeed and are bringing about tremendous changes unprecedented in human society and people’s lives. However, how to recognize and treat this high-tech or “e” era from the perspective of futurology in the long-term survival of mankind, and bring such kind of high-tech and human “e” Are all social progress and happiness in the future? Both cultural circles and thinkers are paying attention to and thinking about such major issues.