cat怎么读cyberspace ：if you don't love it ,leave it

2021年1月20日发(作者：冲)
cyberspace
：
if you don't love it ,leave it

something

in the American psyche loves new frontiers. We hanker after wide-open spaces we
like to explore we like to make rules but refuse to follow them .But in this age it's hard to find a
place where you can go and be yourself without worrying about he neighbours .
There
is
such
a
place
:
cyberspace .
Formerly
a
playground
for
computer
fans
,cyberspace .
Formely
a
playground


for
computer
fans
,cyberspace
now
embraces
every
conceivable
constituency
:
school
lchildren
,
flirtatious
,singles
,dirty
pictures
behind
their
bedroom
doors
provoke a crackdown ?
The first order of business is to grasp what cyberspace is . It might help to leave beind metaphors
隐喻

of highways and frontiers and to think instead of real estate . Real estate ,remember ,is an
intellectual
,legal
,artificial
environment
constructed
on
top
of
land.
Real
estate
recognizes
the
difference
between
parkland
and
shopping
mall
,between
red-light
zone
and
school
district ,between church ,state and drugstore .

in the same way , you could think of cyberspace as a giant and unbounded world of virtual real
estate .Some property is privatedly owned and rented out other property is common land some
places
are
suitable
for children
,
and
others
are
best
avoided
by
all
citizens .
Unfortunately
,it's
those
places
that
are
now
capturing
the
popular
imagination
,plaecs
that
offer
bombmaking
instructions ,pornography, advice on how to steal credit cards .They make cyberspace sound like a
nasty place . Good citizens jump to a conclusion : Better regulate it .

But
before
using
regulations
to
counter
indecency
,it
is fundamental
to
interpret
the
nature
of
cyberspace . Cyberspace isn't a frontier where wicked people can grab unsuspecting children ,nor
is it a giant television system that can beam offensive messages at unwilling viewers . In this kind
of real estate ,users have to choose where thy visit ,what they see ,what they do .It's optiona .In
other words,cyberspace is a voluntary destination
--in reality ,many destinations

.Y
ou don't just
get
where to go and what to see .Y
es , community standards should be enforced ,but

those standards
set by cyberspace communities themselves ,not by the courts or by politicians in Washington .

what
makes cyberspace so
alluring
is
precisely
the
way
in which
it's
different
from shopping
malls , television ,highways and other terrestrial let's define the territor:


First
,there
are
private
e-malil
conversations
,similar
to
the
conversations
you
have
over
the
teleophone .These are private and consensualand require no regulation at all .

Second
,
there
are
information
and

entertainment
services
,
wehre
people
can
download
anytihing from legal texts and lists of
These
places
are
like
bookstores
,malls
and
movie
houses
--places
whre
you
go
to
buy
something .The customer needs to request an item or sign up for a subscription; stuff (especially
pornography )
is
not sent
out
to
people
who
don't
ask
for
it .Some
of
these
services
are free
or
included as part of a broader service like ComputerServe or America
Online others charge may
and may bill their customers directly .







Third
,there
are

communities
---groups
of
people
who
communicate
among
themselves
.
In
real-estate
terms
,they're
like
bars
or
restaurants
or
bathhouses
.
Each
active
participate
contributes
to
a
general
conversation
,generally
through
posted
messages
.
Other
participant may simply listen or watch

．
Some services are supervised

by a moderator others
are more like bulletin boards ---anyone is free to post anything .Many of these services started out
unmoderated but are now imposing rules to keep out unwanted advertising ,extraneous discussions