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一、生之源The Source of Life
這是我們生命的起點，萬物之源的呼吸與律動。
This is the starting point of our existence, the breath and rhythm of the origin of all things.
因為在你那裡，有生命的源頭；在你的光中，我們必得見光。
——詩篇 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light, we see light.
— Psalm 36:9
1.美哉成都-成都景色
成都景色Chengdu Scenery
霓虹燈照亮了夜晚，為人類鑄造了一個城市。
——摘自2023.6.14.15:00朋友圈
Neon lights illuminate the night, forging a city for humanity.
―― Excerpt from a social media post on June 14, 2023, at 3:00 PM
2.成都太古里深夜
成都太古里深夜Late Night at Taikoo Li, Chengdu
波德賴爾在其作品中探討了現代生活的疏離感。量化和分類的世界可能會加劇這種疏離，因為它們創造了一個外部定義的現實，其中個人的獨特性和情感深度被忽視。波德賴爾的觀點強調了在數位化和分類的冷漠中尋找個人意義和美的重要性。
——摘自方壹哲學小品<海德格爾、荷爾德林以及波德賴爾的哲學見解 >
Baudelaire explores the sense of alienation in modern life in his works. The world of quantification and classification may exacerbate this alienation by creating an externally defined reality where individual uniqueness and emotional depth are disregarded. Baudelaire’s perspective emphasizes the importance of seeking personal meaning and beauty amid the indifference of digitalization and classification.
— Excerpt from Fang Yi’s philosophical essay The Philosophical Insights of Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Baudelaire
3.成都藝術館建築
天府美術館Tianfu Art Museum
成都美術館（應為：天府美術館），至今沒有可直視的影相，今天花了點時間試圖填補此空缺……。
——摘自2024.1.11 23:00 朋友圈
Chengdu Art Museum (correctly known as: Tianfu Art Museum) still has no decent photographs available. Today, I spent some time trying to fill this gap…….
— Excerpt from a social media post on January 11, 2024, at 11:00 PM
4.成都街景系列
我們正走向一個沒有多樣性和創新的反烏托邦邊緣。
——摘自方壹哲學小品<海德格爾、荷爾德林以及波德賴爾的哲學見解>
We are heading toward the brink of a dystopia devoid of diversity and innovation.
— Excerpt from Fang Yi’s philosophical essay The Philosophical Insights of Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Baudelaire
5.日本景色等(2023)
日本景色等（2023）Japanese Scenery, etc. (2023)
技術的發展導致人們與其內在存在的脫節。在全面量化的世界裡，個體被簡化為資料點，這種簡化反映了海德格爾所說的「存有遺忘」。他提醒我們，純粹的量化忽略了人類存在的深度和豐富性。
——摘自方壹哲學小品<海德格爾、荷爾德林以及波德賴爾的哲學見解>
The advancement of technology has led to a disconnection from our inner being. In a fully quantified world, individuals are reduced to data points, a simplification that reflects what Heidegger calls “the forgetting of being.” He reminds us that pure quantification overlooks the depth and richness of human existence.
— Excerpt from Fang Yi’s philosophical essay The Philosophical Insights of Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Baudelaire
6.台灣景色
我們面臨的任務是在這個嶄新的世界中導航，保留人類存在的豐富性，同時利用量化和分類的力量來理解和塑造我們的世界。
——摘自方壹哲學小品<海德格爾、荷爾德林以及波德賴爾的哲學見解>
Our task is to navigate this new world, preserving the richness of human existence while harnessing the power of quantification and classification to understand and shape our world.
— Excerpt from Fang Yi’s philosophical essay The Philosophical Insights of Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Baudelaire
「光」繪出明與暗的分界線，為最純粹的光術。
——摘自2023.11.21 19:55
“Light” draws the boundary between brightness and darkness, embodying the purest art of illumination.
— Excerpt from November 21, 2023, at 7:55 PM
【哲學小品Philosophical Essay】
哲學探索的核心，在於秩序與混沌、理性與非理性、確定性與不確定性之間的創造性張力。這些看似矛盾的元素共存，常常模糊了彼此之間的界限。這些元素在哲學中的相互作用為我們提供了一個充滿活力的探索領域，邀請我們不斷地提問、精煉和重新構思。
——摘自方壹哲學小品<混沌與秩序>
At the heart of philosophical exploration lies the creative tension between order and chaos, reason and unreason, certainty and uncertainty. These seemingly contradictory elements coexist, often blurring the boundaries between them. Their interaction within philosophy offers us a dynamic field of inquiry, inviting us to continually question, refine, and reimagine.
— Excerpt from Fang Yi’s philosophical essay Chaos and Order
【哲學小品Philosophical Essay】
全部量化與分類 相對論
Quantification and Classification: Relativity
海德格爾、荷爾德林以及波德賴爾的哲學見解
The Philosophical Insights of Heidegger, Hölderlin, and Baudelaire
海德格爾的存在論強調了「在世界中存在」的概念，他認為技術的發展導致人們與其內在存在的脫節。在全面量化的世界裡，個體被簡化為資料點，這種簡化反映了海德格爾所說的「存有遺忘」。他提醒我們，純粹的量化忽略了人類存在的深度和豐富性。
Heidegger's ontology emphasizes the concept of ""being-in-the-world."" He argues that the advancement of technology has led to a disconnection from our inner being. In a world fully quantified, individuals are reduced to mere data points, reflecting what Heidegger refers to as ""the forgetting of being."" He reminds us that pure quantification overlooks the depth and richness of human existence.
荷爾德林的詩歌強調了自然與人類精神的和諧共生。在一個以量化和分類為核心的社會中，這種和諧被打破，因為數位化的世界觀強加了一種剛性和非自然的秩序。荷爾德林的思想促使我們反思，量化是否剝奪了我們體驗世界的詩意本質。
Hölderlin’s poetry emphasizes the harmonious coexistence between nature and the human spirit. In a society centered on quantification and classification, this harmony is disrupted, as the digital worldview imposes a rigid and unnatural order. Hölderlin’s ideas urge us to reflect on whether quantification robs us of the poetic essence of experiencing the world.
波德賴爾在其作品中探討了現代生活的疏離感。量化和分類的世界可能會加劇這種疏離，因為它們創造了一個外部定義的現實，其中個人的獨特性和情感深度被忽視。波德賴爾的觀點強調了在數位化和分類的冷漠中尋找個人意義和美的重要性。
Baudelaire, in his works, explores the sense of alienation in modern life. The world of quantification and classification may exacerbate this alienation, as it creates a reality defined externally, where individual uniqueness and emotional depth are disregarded. Baudelaire’s perspective highlights the importance of seeking personal meaning and beauty amidst the indifference of digitalization and classification.
綜合這些思想，我們看到一個共同的主題：在量化和分類的趨勢中，存在著對人類深層次存在的忽視和誤解。這些哲學家提醒我們，儘管量化提供了方便的管理和理解工具，但它們也可能導致對生活的深層次、多維度體驗的忽視。量化使得世界看似更加可控和理解，但同時也可能導致我們失去對生活的真正洞察和欣賞。因此，我們必須警惕不讓這種趨勢剝奪了我們對生活豐富性和複雜性的理解和體驗。在量化和分類的時代，保持對人類生存深度的關注和欣賞，變得尤為重要。
Combining these insights, we observe a common theme: a disregard and misunderstanding of the deeper human existence in the trend toward quantification and classification. These philosophers remind us that, although quantification provides convenient tools for management and understanding, it may also lead to a neglect of the deep, multidimensional experience of life. Quantification makes the world appear more controllable and comprehensible, yet it can also cause us to lose true insight and appreciation for life. Thus, we must be vigilant to prevent this trend from depriving us of an understanding and experience of life’s richness and complexity. In an era of quantification and classification, maintaining an awareness and appreciation for the depth of human existence becomes all the more essential.
在計；量化代的到來下，人類對於一切現象的量化與分類展現出了無盡的渴望，這種現象既普遍又無處不在。本文思考這一日益增長的趨勢，將社會概念化為一個相互連接的節點網路，並探討從這種以量化為中心的世界理解模式所產生的哲學意義。
With the advent of the quantification era, humanity has exhibited an insatiable desire to quantify and classify all phenomena, a trend both widespread and pervasive. This article contemplates this growing trend, conceptualizing society as an interconnected network of nodes, and explores the philosophical implications arising from this quantification-centric worldview.
節點心模型，將組織或個人等同於廣闊網路中的節點，提供了量化看似無法量化的事物的方法。例如，財富作為社會價值的粗略衡量。然而，這種簡化的範式遠不止於社會經濟領域，它將種族、國籍、健康狀況、個性特徵等無數屬性納入其範圍。這種系統的吸引力在於其簡化管理和監督的能力，使得複雜的社會文化矩陣能夠被操控。
The node-centric model, equating organizations or individuals to nodes within an expansive network, offers a way to quantify seemingly unquantifiable elements. For instance, wealth serves as a crude measure of social value. However, this simplified paradigm extends far beyond the socio-economic domain, encompassing countless attributes such as race, nationality, health status, and personality traits. The allure of such a system lies in its ability to simplify management and oversight, making the complex social and cultural matrix more controllable.
然而，這種對量化和分類的強迫性渴望催生了一種令人擔憂的同質性。隨著節點越來越多地被歸入預設的類別中，類似於電腦處理資料的過程，我們正走向一個沒有多樣性和創新的反烏托邦邊緣。例如，成功的概念被簡化為任意的度量，創造了一種不存在的共識幻覺。這是一個哲學實踐可能變得徒勞的世界，被一個沉浸在二元分類中、對哲學話語的模糊性不感興趣的社會所邊緣化。
Yet, this compulsive desire for quantification and classification has given rise to a troubling homogeneity. As nodes are increasingly sorted into predetermined categories, akin to how computers process data, we are teetering on the edge of a dystopian future devoid of diversity and innovation. For example, the concept of success is reduced to arbitrary metrics, creating an illusion of consensus that does not truly exist. This is a world where philosophical practice may become futile, marginalized by a society immersed in binary classifications and uninterested in the ambiguity that philosophical discourse often embraces.
矛盾的是，儘管我們生活在一個多樣性豐富的世界中，但在社會的核心，個體節點被規定了預定的角色，被迫遵守法律和社會規範的任性。這可以比喻為更大程式中的複雜lambda函數，個體的行為反應僅僅是系統所植入的二元檢查和控制的結果。在這個反烏托邦的願景中，生活被剝離到其基本組成部分，一系列缺乏人類經驗細微差別的「如果－那麼」演算法。
Paradoxically, despite living in a world rich in diversity, at the core of society, individual nodes are assigned predetermined roles and compelled to conform to the whims of laws and social norms. This can be likened to complex lambda functions within a larger program, where individual behaviors and responses are merely the result of binary checks and controls embedded in the system. In this dystopian vision, life is reduced to its basic components, a series of “if-then” algorithms devoid of the nuances of human experience.
批評者可能會認為，這種機械式的生存觀不是一個新現象，指出生存一直都是基於遵守一系列必要行動的。然而，這一反駁忽略了我們社會結構內的轉變。我們的祖先是被創新和生存的集體驅動力所推動的；今天，儘管創新和進步不斷，但相當一部分人口被困在一個無休止的非生產性、無意義的迴圈中。對許多人來說，生活不再是從搖籃到墳墓的旅程，而是一個單調存在的無休止迴圈。
Critics might argue that this mechanistic view of existence is not a new phenomenon, pointing out that survival has always depended on adhering to a set of necessary actions. However, this rebuttal overlooks the shifts within our social structure. Our ancestors were driven by a collective force of innovation and survival; today, despite continuous innovation and progress, a significant portion of the population is trapped in an endless, unproductive, and meaningless cycle. For many, life is no longer a journey from cradle to grave but an endless loop of monotonous existence.
對生活的無情量化和分類暴露了尋求生命意義中固有的荒謬性。「生命的意義」本身變成了一個無法回答的問題，在廣闊的分類迷宮中迷失，被簡化為一系列布林變數。任何所謂的「正確」答案都變得無意義，因為它不可避免地被尋求理解它的系統定義和限制。
The relentless quantification and classification of life expose the inherent absurdity in the quest for meaning. The ""meaning of life"" itself becomes an unanswerable question, lost within a vast labyrinth of classifications and reduced to a series of Boolean variables. Any so-called ""correct"" answer becomes meaningless, as it is inevitably defined and constrained by the system attempting to understand it.
本質上，生存的量化和分類呈現了一個引人入勝的哲學悖論。雖然它們提供了一種理解的假像，但同時又用過於簡化的分類和量化將生活的複雜性和多樣性遮蔽起來。因此，我們對量化和分類的無盡渴望不僅威脅著我們社會結構的活力，也威脅著我們人類本質的核心，將我們的存在簡化為一個相互連接網路中的節點。當我們凝視這個反烏托邦未來的鏡子時，我們被迫面對一個世界被剝奪多樣性和簡化為二元代碼和分類命令的哲學含義。我們面臨的任務是在這個嶄新的世界中導航，保留人類存在的豐富性，同時利用量化和分類的力量來理解和塑造我們的世界。
Essentially, the quantification and classification of existence present a compelling philosophical paradox. While they provide an illusion of understanding, they simultaneously obscure the complexity and diversity of life through oversimplified categorizations and quantifications. Thus, our endless desire for quantification and classification threatens not only the vitality of our societal structures but also the core of our human essence, reducing our existence to nodes within an interconnected network. As we gaze into the mirror of this dystopian future, we are compelled to confront the philosophical implications of a world stripped of diversity and simplified into binary codes and categorical commands. The challenge we face is to navigate this new world, preserving the richness of human existence while harnessing the power of quantification and classification to better understand and shape our reality.
一、生之源The Source of Life
這是我們生命的起點，萬物之源的呼吸與律動。
This is the starting point of our existence, the breath and rhythm of the origin of all things.
因為在你那裡，有生命的源頭；在你的光中，我們必得見光。
——詩篇 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light, we see light.
— Psalm 36:9
1.美哉成都-成都景色
成都景色Chengdu Scenery
霓虹燈照亮了夜晚，為人類鑄造了一個城市。
——摘自2023.6.14.15:00朋友圈
Neon lights illuminate the night, forging a city fo...
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通過近十年的風光歲月，我決定永久停止「拍照」。
取而代之的事物為——「攝影」！
-摘自 2023.12.31 23:39方壹朋友圈
Through nearly a decade of scenic years,
I have decided to permanently stop ""taking pictures.""
Replaced instead by ""photography""!
-Excerpt from a social media post of Fang Yi, at 11:39 PM, December 31, 2023.
通過近十年的風光歲月，我決定永久停止「拍照」。
取而代之的事物為——「攝影」！
-摘自 2023.12.31 23:39方壹朋友圈
Through nearly a decade of scenic years,
I have decided to permanently stop ""taking pictures.""
Replaced instead by ""photography""!
-Excerpt from a social media post of Fang Yi, at 11:39 PM, December 31, 2023.
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