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Rebuilding Life in an Age Out of Control: Technology and Humanity in 30 Lectures
How do we stay clear-minded in a technology-saturated age?
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Fang Kecheng: Technology Is Not the Answer, but It Is an Entrance to Answers Wang Fang: We Must Defend and Rebuild through Life What Technology Has Taken from Us Li Zi: How Do We Stay Clear-Minded in a Technology-Saturated Age? 1. Is Society Manufacturing More “Addiction”? 2. Where Do We Go amid Mass-Produced “Addictions”? 3. Why Does Our Brain Feel Increasingly Unable to Turn? 4. Can Time-Quantified “Deep Work” Restore Our Attention? Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 01: When Your Brain Won't Turn, Doing Nothing Is Better Rest 5. Do Smartwatches and Fitness Bands Make Us Healthier—or More Anxious? 6. Is Data-Driven Health Management Making Us Prisoners of Ourselves? Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 02: Using Technology to Build Our Own Vision of Health 7. Why Does Work Become More Exhausting the Longer We Do It? 8. Can “Flexible” Work Make Labor Freer? 9. Feeling like a “Tool” at Work Every Day: How Can We Regain Control? Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 03: Besides Quitting, How Can We Shake Off the Exhaustion of Work? 10. If the Internet Makes You Angry, Is It Really All the Trolls' Fault? 11. Why Does Online Violence Persist, and What Encourages Human Cruelty? 12. As the Online Environment Worsens, Can We Still Speak to One Another Properly? Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 04: How Far Are We from Becoming Online Abusers? 13. Is Every Unfiltered Picture an “Ugly Photo”? How Filters Change Aesthetics 14. In Today's World, Does Looking Good Matter More than Being Real? Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 05: We Must Learn to Embrace Reality, Even When It Isn't Beautiful 15. Anxiety, Insomnia, and Overload—Where Has All Our Time Gone? 16. Does Optimizing Time Make Us More Anxious? Returning to Life's Natural Rhythm Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 06: How Can Active Choice Create Genuine Ease? 17. Has Consumption Become Another Form of Labor under Technology? 18. Prepared Meals Everywhere and Ride-Hailing by App—Why Do We Have Fewer Choices? 19. Have “No-Questions-Asked Returns” Made Consumption More Uncontrolled? Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 07: What Does Joy without Consumption Look Like? 20. After Two Hundred Left and Right Swipes, Why Are You Still Single? 21. Tipping Streamers and Buying Fan Merchandise: Is It Really Better than Romance? 22. In the Internet Age, We Still Need Real Social Connection Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 08: Every Emotional Substitute Marks the Absence of a Real Meal 23. Why Are Viral Tourist Attractions Increasingly Disappointing? 24. When Life Becomes a Performance Around the Clock, Can We Face Our Real Selves? 25. Does Following Navigation Make Us Worse at Finding Our Way? Is Technology Making Us “Stupid”? 26. Some Time and Energy Need to Be “Wasted” Everyone's Reconstruction, Vol. 09: Finding Solidity in Seemingly Meaningless Fragments 27. Now That AI Is Here, Do We Still Need to Use Our Brains to Learn? 28. How Do We Become Intelligent People in the Age of AI? 29. Can Technology Possess Virtue? 30. Making Our Own Small Resistance amid Burnout and Loss of Control Everyone's Reconstruction Finale, Vol. 10: Seeing Change in Places Where It Is Hard to Notice Li Zi × Wang Xing × Diandian: How Can We Live More Clearly and Authentically when Technology Runs Out of Control? Guokr Time × Li Zi: If a Dog-Head Meme Mocks Everything, Can We Still Speak Seriously Online? Zifeiyu × Li Zi: When Time and Information Are Fragmented, Does “Attention” Still Have Value? Wang Xiaowei × Li Zi: Has Technological Progress Made Our Lives More Fragile?