网络让我们更怀旧?
<p><span word="Writing">Writing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="BBC">BBC</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="Will">Will</span> <span word="Self">Self</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="nostalgic">nostalgic</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="this">this</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span>.</p><p>小说家威尔•塞尔夫近日在其为<span word="BBC">BBC</span>所撰写的一篇文章中称，年轻人的怀旧情结日益浓厚。他表示这一现象与互联网有很大的关系。</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="nostalgic">nostalgic</span>?</p><p>的确，互联网已改变了过去，今后也仍将如此，但年轻人是不是真的越来越怀旧了呢？</p><p><span word="History">History</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="array">array</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="invisible">invisible</span> <span word="events">events</span>, <span word="hidden">hidden</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="darkness">darkness</span>. <span word="Archaeological">Archaeological</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="insights">insights</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="happened">happened</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="invention">invention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="printing">printing</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="milestone">milestone</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="engage">engage</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="history">history</span>.</p><p>历史是掩身黑暗之中的一系列无形事件的集合。考古发现与文字曾是我们洞察历史的唯一渠道。印刷术的发明成为我们与历史“对话”的一座重要里程碑。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="surpass">surpass</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="that">that</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="millennium">millennium</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="now">now</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="interpret">interpret</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="languages">languages</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="comprehend">comprehend</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="world">world</span>–<span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="window">window</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span>, <span word="consisting">consisting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span> <span word="units">units</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="data">data</span>.</p><p>然而，互联网似乎后来者居上。一千年以后，我们将不再为了了解自己身处的世界而被迫解释那些陌生语言——到那时，互联网将提供一个窥知过去的窗口，历史则由微小的数据信息组成。</p>
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