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1、OurModernTimesThispageintentionallyleftblankOurModernTimesTheNewNatureofCapitalismintheInformationAgeDanielCohentranslatedbySusanClayandDanielCohenTheMITPressCambridge,MassachusettsLondon,England©2003MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisb

2、ookmaybereproducedinanyformbyanyelectronicormechanicalmeans(includingphotocopying,recording,orinformationstorageandretrieval)withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.SetinPalatinobyTheMITPress.PrintedandboundintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.LibraryofCongressCataloging-

3、in-PublicationDataCohen,Daniel,1953–[Nostempsmodernes.English]Ourmoderntimes:thenewnatureofcapitalismintheinformationage/DanielCohen;translatedbySusanClayandDanielCohen.p.cm.Translationof:Nostempsmodernes.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-262-03302-X(

4、hc.:alk.paper)1.Economics—Sociologicalaspects.2.Work—Socialaspects.3.Humancapital.I.Title.HM548.C64132003306.3—dc212002075377forPauline,Clara,andMartineThispageintentionallyleftblankContentsIntroduction1ITheNewWave1ModernTimes:FromChaplintoGodard112Burnout253TheNew

5、ConsumerSociety414FromFinancialCapitaltoHumanCapital51IICanCapitalismSurvive?5SadStoriesoftheDeathofKings716TheIslandoftheUnemployed817CanCapitalismSurvive?99Conclusion113Notes117Index125ThispageintentionallyleftblankOurModernTimesThispageintentionallyleftblankIntr

6、oductionMostpeoplehaveatendencytoseecentralizedsystemsineverything.Whentheyseeaflockofbirds,theythinkthatthefrontbirdisthebossandthattheotherbirdsarefollowingit,whenactuallyit’sadecentralizedsystem,wheresimplerulesproducecomplexbehaviors,justlikefishinaschoolorcars

7、onahighway.Doyouhaveapoliticalideabehindthis?It’struethatIammotivatedinpartbysocialandpoliticalrea-sons.And,ineffect,Iwouldhavehadsympathyforalesshier-archicalpoliticalsystem,asocietythatgavemorepowertoindividuals.Butonemustbecarefulwiththat.I’mfromtheleft,butIhave

8、beenattackedbytheleftbecausecertainoftheseideascanbeseenassupportingrightist“laissez-faire”econom-ics.AndthatputsmeillateasebecauseIdon’twantmywo