遁入“洞穴”?——对元宇宙迷思的三重否思  

Escape into a"cave"?——Triple Denial of Metaverse Myths

作　　者：要欣委 李明伟[1] Yao Xinwei;Li Mingwei(School of Media Communication,Shenzhen University)

机构地区：[1]深圳大学传播学院,广东深圳518000

出　　处：《新闻界》2022年第9期13-19,38,共8页Journalism and Mass Communication

基　　金：广东省普通高校创新团队项目(2018WCXTD015)。

摘　　要：现有元宇宙的主流叙事许诺的是一个无比美妙的第二世界、平行世界,对进步的迷思遮蔽了包藏其中的巨大风险。元宇宙本质上是一套现实与虚拟的倒置装置。它的应用将导致现实与虚拟的此消彼长,让人进一步深陷“洞穴”的虚光幻影之中。而且,作为一种极致的“我媒介”,元宇宙对人类肉身史无前例的弃置,终将彻底消解人的主体性。“元媒介”是元宇宙迷思的终极叙事。但以泛媒介观来透视人的存在,可以发现人类的境况绝非是某个媒介所造就。人身披万媒而存有,新兴技术并非我们理解世界的唯一中介。技术狂飙的时代呼唤批判性的反思,我们由此可以更加客观地对待新事物和人类自身的位置。The prevailing narrative of the existing metaverse promises a wonderful second world,an alternate world,where the myth of progress obscures the enormous risks that lie within.The Metaverse is essentially an inversion of reality and virtuality.Its application will lead to the ebb and flow of reality and virtuality,making people further immersed in the phantom of the"cave".Moreover,as an ultimate"me medium",the metaverse’s unprecedented abandonment of human flesh will eventually completely dissolve human subjectivity."Metamedia"is the ultimate narrative of metaverse myths.However,looking at the existence of human beings from a pan-media perspective,we can find that the human condition is by no means created by a certain medium.Humans exist in all media,and emerging technologies are not the only mediators through which we understand the world.The age of technocracy calls for critical reflection so that we can be more objective about what is new and where we are ourselves.

关 键 词：元宇宙 技术迷思 泛媒介观 

分 类 号：G206[文化科学—传播学]