13 新时代新哲学.doc

13、A New Age, A New Philosophy
If we do not understand the fundamentals1 and underlying2 themes of the age we live in, then we will have great difficulty living and working in a essful and fulfilled3 manner.
This is the beginning of the digital age. As we have invented the age itself, by inventing puter and munications (along with all their by- products), so now we need to invent a way to understand and live in it.
We need a philosophy for the digital age.
The creation of a digital age philosophy requires us firstly to understand what the underlying fundamentals are that make this age what it is. What makes this age different?
Some readers might wince a little at the word philosophy, thinking that it belongs in academia4, not the real world. I make no apologies for using it because I believe that it is exactly what we need. Going forward without a digital age philosophy is going forward blind.
Those of us over 30 were born and reared in the industrial age. We ate, slept and drank its philosophical s5. They were in front of us every day, in our homes, in our workplaces, in the newspapers, in our conversations, in our classrooms and playgrounds. In our social and economic structures. We understood terms, such as the working class, the five-day week, 9-to-5 and lifetime employment.
Our children will imbue6 a digital age philosophy in a natural day to day manner, but w