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1、为了适应公司新战略的发展,保障停车场安保新项目的正常、顺利开展,特制定安保从业人员的业务技能及个人素质的培训计划李世默ted演讲评论ThelecturerexplainedhisbirthplaceandtheChinesehistoricalbackgroundinhisinfancybriefly.Andthenheexpoundedthedefinitionofastorythatexplainedallheeverneededtoknowthathumanity:allhumansocietiesdevelopinlinearprogressionandthenendupwithcom
2、munism.Healsostatedthegreatinfluenceofmeta-narrativeonnotonlyChinesepeoplebutalsoonethirdoftheentireworldspopulation.Becausedisillusionedbythefailedreligionofhisyouth,heattendedtheUSAandwastoldanotherstorywhichclaimedthatonlyelectoraldemocracycouldleadhumantotheparadiseinadulthood.Thisstoryalsobecam
3、eabestsellerliketheformeroneandwasspreadaroundalmostwholeworldexceptinChina.Inthefollowing,heexplainedtherapiddevelopmentofChinaandtheChinasgreatcontributiontotheworldinjust30yearswithoutvoting.Soheaskedhimselfwhatswrongandstudiedit.Hedeclaredthatitwaswrongtoconsidertheone-partystatebad,onthecontrar
4、y,theChinasone-partysystemisinherentlyincapableofself-correction.ThenhefullydiscussedthereasonswhyChinasone-partysystemcankeepworking.Hedemonstratedthevalidityoftheone-partysystemfromtheaspectsofeconomicreform,politicalsystemandcorruptionbyillustrating.ThenheexpoundedthePartysOrganizationDepartmenta
5、nditsfunctions.HemadepredictionsthatChinawouldbestrongerundertheleadershipoftheChineseCommunistParty.Intheend,hearrivedataconclusionthatcommunismanddemocracymaybothbelaudableideals.李世默TED:中国崛起与“元叙事”的终结Goodmorning.MynameisEricLi,andIwasbornhere.Butno,Iwasntbornthere.ThiswaswhereIwasborn:Shanghai,atth
6、eheightoftheCulturalRevolution.Mygrandmothertellsmethatsheheardthesoundofgunfirealongwithmyfirstcries.WhenIwasgrowingup,IwastoldastorythatexplainedallIeverneededtoknowthathumanity.Itwentlikethis.Allhumansocietiesdevelopinlinearprogression,beginningwithprimitivesociety,thenslavesociety,feudalism,capi
7、talism,socialism,andfinally,guesswhereweendup?Communism!Soonerorlater,allofhumanity,regardlessofculture,language,nationality,willarriveatthisfinalstageofpoliticalandsocialdevelopment.Theentireworldspeopleswillbeunifiedinthisparadiseonearthandlivehappilyeverafter.Butbeforewegetthere,wereengagedinastr
8、ugglebetweengoodandevil,thegoodofsocialismagainsttheevilofcapitalism,andthegoodshalltriumph.That,ofcourse,wasthemeta-narrativedistilledfromthetheoriesofKarlMarx.AndtheChineseboughtit.Weweretaughtthatgrandstorydayinanddayout.Itbecamepartofus,andwebelievedinit.Thestorywasabestseller.Aboutonthirdofthee
9、ntireworldspopulationlivedunderthatmetanarrative.Then,theworldchangedovernight.Asforme,disillusionedbythefailedreligionofmyyouth,IwenttoAmericaandbecameaBerkeleyhippie.Now,asIwascomingofage,somethingelsehappened.Asifonebigstorywasntenough,Iwastoldanotherone.Thisonewasjustasgrand.Italsoclaimsthatallh
10、umansocietiesdevelopinalinearprogressiontowardsasingularend.Thisonewentasfollows.Allsocieties,regardlessofculture,beitChristian,Muslim,Confucian,mustprogressfromtraditionalsocietiesinwhichgroupsarethebasicunitstomodernsocietiesinwhichatomizedindividualsarethesovereignunits,andalltheseindividualsare,
11、bydefinition,rational,andtheyallwantonething:thevote.Becausetheyallrational,oncegiventhevote,theyproducegoodgovernmentandlivehappilyeverafter.Paradiseonearth,again.Soonerorlater,electoraldemocracywillbetheonlypoliticalsystemforallcountriesandallpeoples,withafreemarkettomakethemallrich.Butbeforeweget
12、there,wereengagedinastrugglebetweengoodandevil.Thegoodbelongstothosewhoaredemocraciesandarechargedwithamissionofspreadingitaroundtheglobe,sometimesbyforce,againsttheevilofthosewhodonotholdelections.Now.Thisstoryalsobecameabestseller.AccordingtotheFreedomHouse,thenumberofdemocracieswentfrom45in1970to
13、115inXX.Inthelast20years,Westernelitestirelesslytrottedaroundtheglobesellingthisprospectus:multiplepartiesfightforpoliticalpowerandeveryonevotingonthemistheonlypathtosalvationtothelong-sufferingdevelopingworld.Thosewhobuytheprospectusaredestinedforsuccess.Thosewhodonotaredoomedtofail.Butthistime,the
14、Chinesedidntbuyit.FoolmeonceTherestishistory.Injust3pyears,Chinawentfromoneofthepoorestagriculturalcountriesintheworldtoitssecond-largesteconomy.Sixhundredfiftymillionpeoplewereliftedoutofpoverty.EightypercentoftheentireworldspovertyalleviationduringthatperiodhappenedinChina.Inotherwords,allthenewan
15、dolddemocraciesputtogetheramountedtoamerefractionofwhatasingle,one-partystatedidwithoutvoting.See,Igrewuponthisstuff:foodstamps.Meatwasrationedtoafewhundredgramsperpersonpermonthatonepoint.Needlesstosay,Iatemygrandmothersportions.SoIaskedmyself,whatswrongwiththispicture?HereIaminmyhometown,mybusines
16、sgrowingleapsandbounds.Entrepreneursarestartingcompanieseveryday.Middleclassisexpandinginspeedandscaleunprecedentedinhumanhistory.Yet,accordingtothegrandstory,noneofthisshouldbehappening.SoIwentanddidtheonlythingIcould.Istudiedit.Yes,Chinaisaone-partystaterunbytheChineseCommunistParty,theParty,andtheydontholdelections.Thereassumptionsaremadebythedominantpoliticaltheoriesofourtime.Suchasystemisoperationallyrigid,politicallyclosed,andmorallyillegitimat