Rebuilding Trust in China: Ian Buruma at TEDxRadboudU 2013 скачать в хорошем качестве

Rebuilding Trust in China: Ian Buruma at TEDxRadboudU 2013

Buruma takes us into an Orwellian story. He knows a Japanese fellow who was in prison in Japan. What this guy told him about his time in prison, was about the utter atmosphere of distrust that permeates it. The first reaction to any, seemingly innocent, statement was to deny its truth. Maoist China was like a huge prison. Networks of trust were systematically undermined and destroyed. How do people react to this kind of atmosphere? In two ways: they turn to religion and to the Internet. This allows people to rebuild trust and in that sense the Internet is a enormous asset to China. But there is a dark side to the Internet. The Internet is seen as the ultimate sense of freedom, but the government has access to the Internet too. They track user movement and infiltrate discussion groups to steer the direction of a discussion. Why would this concern us? Because our own behaviour is also subject to tracking and our own access is not as free as we think it is. That is why, what happens in China, is relevant for us as well. The tension between absolute freedom and control is faught out in China at this very moment. The way this conflict is resolved can be a lesson for our own freedom. About TEDx In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)