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《洋葱皮》

那些看似没用的自由,保护了真正有用的思想 文 / 金秀俊 美国客故事集 · 言论空间篇

我最近把小红书删了!

不是因为我在那里讲了什么惊天动地的大事,也不是因为我非要发表什么高深理论。其实一开始只是分享生活、股票、音乐、个人经历,都是普通人日常会聊的东西。

结果发着发着,就开始遇到警告、限权、审核、限制曝光,最后还要求实名验证、上传证件。那一刻我突然觉得没意思了。 一个普通人,分享一点生活经验,写一点自己的观察,还要先想半天:这句话能不能说?这个词会不会触发?这张图会不会被限?这个标题会不会被判违规?

不是我怕,是我觉得,人如果长期这样说话,最后连脑子都会跟着变形。 这十几年中文互联网慢慢形成了一种很奇怪的语言系统。

中国不能正常写,变成了“东大”。 钱不能好好说,变成了“米”。 国家、政治、经济、社会问题,很多都不能明讲,于是变成“兔子”“鹰酱”“懂的都懂”“不展开说”。 一开始看,好像是网友幽默,大家玩梗,挺有创造力。但我看了十多年,越来越觉得不是那么回事。

当一个社会里,普通词语都要换个皮才能讲出来,这就不是语言幽默了,而是言论空间本身出了问题。 一个人如果长期不能正常使用正常词语,他表面还在表达,实际已经开始自我审查。 一句话还没出口,脑子里先跑一遍审核系统。

这个字能不能写?这个词要不要换?这句话是不是太直?这段内容会不会给账号带来麻烦?久而久之,人就不是在自由表达,而是在训练自己如何绕开表达。

我后来想到:言论空间像洋葱。 洋葱外面有几层干皮,粗糙,难看,不能吃,好像没什么用。真正能吃的是里面白色那部分。但问题是,如果没有外面那几层不能吃的皮,里面白色能吃的部分很快就会坏掉。

言论自由也是这样,很多人只看见美国社会表面很乱。有人开总统玩笑,有人公开骂 Biden,有人公开骂 Trump,黄毛,有人讨论同性议题,有人讨论大麻,有人拍脱口秀讽刺政府、宗教、警察、资本家、大学、媒体。 有些话确实粗俗,有些内容确实没营养,有些争吵看起来也很无聊,但这些东西不是没有意义,它们就是洋葱最外面的皮。

这些看似没用、低级、吵闹、甚至让人不舒服的表达自由,实际上把整个言论空间撑开了。正因为外层足够宽,里面真正有价值的东西才有地方存在。

你才能继续谈历史,谈战争、制度、产业链、科技路线、资本结构、移民经验, 谈普通人怎么在时代里活下去。

或许很多人会问:骂总统有什么用?开政治玩笑有什么用? 同性议题、大麻议题、脱口秀讽刺有什么用? 网上那些乱七八糟的争吵有什么用?

我的理解是:它们本身未必有用,但它们保护了有用的东西。就像洋葱皮不能吃,但它保护了里面能吃的白肉。 一个社会如果连外层这些“无用表达”都不允许,那里面真正有思想价值的讨论,也迟早保不住。言论空间不能只看能不能发表高深文章,也不能只看能不能讲漂亮话。

这个地方能不能容忍普通人开玩笑? 能不能容忍人吐槽?能不能容忍人骂几句? 能不能容忍不高级、不正确、不好听、不讨喜的话?

因为思想不是一开始就穿西装打领带走出来的。很多真正有价值的想法,最开始就是从吐槽、玩笑、不满、牢骚、闲聊里面长出来的。如果这些外层全被剥掉,里面自然也长不出什么东西。

这就是我说的言论空间洋葱理论。 外层看似不能吃,实际保护了里面能吃的。 外层看似无用,实际保护了真正有用的思想。 外层看似混乱,实际保护了内层的严肃讨论。

我删小红书,不是因为我觉得自己多重要,也不是因为我有什么必须发表的大道理。只是人到了一定年纪,经历多了,看平台多了,看社会多了,会慢慢发现一些东西。

有些地方不是你不会说话,而是你说话之前已经被迫先给自己戴了口罩。 有些平台不是不能发内容,而是只能发被削过皮、去过骨、磨平棱角的内容。

你可以晒美食,可以晒穿搭,可以晒旅游,可以写情绪价值,可以说一些安全的漂亮话。但你如果想把自己的真实观察写出来,想讲一点社会运行逻辑,想讲一点制度、产业、历史、人性,就会慢慢感觉到那层看不见的墙。

十多年前,我可能还只是觉得某些词不能说,某些话题要避开。现在回头看,其实那不是几个词的问题,那是整颗洋葱的外皮正在一层层被剥掉。

而很多人还以为,外皮本来就不能吃,剥掉也没关系。可问题是,外皮没了,里面也保不住。一个社会允许多少“看似无用的表达”,往往决定了它能不能保护真正有用的思想。

这就是我这十几年慢慢观察出来的东西,不是理论书上看来的。是从平台审核、网络暗语、生活经验、美国社会、中国互联网,以及普通人说话时那种越来越小心的状态里,看出来的。 很操蛋的遗憾!

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u/FabulousCucumber3697 — 21 days ago

AI didn’t just make me more productive. It helped me and an old gig-worker friend believe we could still learn.

About ten years ago, I met a group of people through gig work.

At the beginning, there were almost ten of us in a small chat group. We didn’t really know each other that well, so everyone was careful with their words. It was not a close friendship at first. Just people doing similar work, sharing some thoughts, complaining a little, helping each other here and there.

Over the years, most people slowly disappeared from the group.

Now only three of us are still there.

One of them, I’ll call him “Nameless Fire,” became someone I often encouraged, and he also encouraged me back. It was never anything dramatic. Just small words. Small support. Small reminders that maybe we were not done growing yet.

When I started making some money from investing in U.S. stocks, I told him that maybe ordinary people like us should also learn about the market. Not gamble, not chase every hot thing, but really learn. There might be a chance to grow our lives a little bit if we were willing to study.

Then AI came along.

At first, we were just curious. But the more we used it, the more we realized something strange: ordinary people suddenly had access to a kind of learning power we never had before.

I started using AI to write songs, articles, scripts, and turn old memories into creative work. He went even further. He actually built a small stock-trading app by himself. That really hit me! Most ordinary people may not be ordinary because they lack talent. Maybe many of them just never had enough encouragement. Every new idea gets called childish. Every attempt gets laughed at. Every failure becomes proof that they should stop trying.

After a while, people stop before they even begin.But if there are one or two people around you who don’t laugh at your small fire, who instead say, “This idea is not bad, keep going,” something can change.

AI is powerful, yes. It is a tool, a ladder, maybe even a light.But sometimes the thing that makes a person start climbing is not the tool itself. It is one person beside them saying: “You can try.” I think a lot of people don’t need a crowd cheering for them. They just need one small group where their fire is not put out.

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u/FabulousCucumber3697 — 25 days ago