籍無今古――後現代之後的書籍

Books After the Postmodern Era

在人工智慧興起、超速傳播時代來臨之後，古籍在數位環境裏，將轉變成新形態，且面臨新挑戰。本文從未來科技的書籍和閱讀、未來世界的學習與思考、未來世代的創作與傳播三大面向，分別探討未來科技所發展出的書籍形式、功能與定位，以及資訊的吸收方式改變，將重新建構人類的學習方式與思考架構。最後，在未來世代創作將無所不在，而且在自由與自主的基礎下，作品的傳播也將無所不至。而此時所謂古籍，也可超越文字的限制，簡繁字之間的錯亂必將解決，不同語言間的隔閡也要跨越，文字、聲音和圖像之間可以相互轉換，注釋、詞典和翻譯能迅速協助。於是傳統古籍與經典的箋注、解讀、詮釋方式都必須重新定義，邁向閱讀的新里程。

In the era of artificial intelligence and speedy communication, ancient books will be appearing in a new form and face new challenges in the digital environment. This article will explore the form, function and role of the books in the future, and also the change of information access by focusing on three aspects, the books and reading in the future of science and technology, the learning and thinking of the future world, the creation and dissemination of the future generations. The learning and thinking model of human beings will therefore be reconstructed. Creation of works in the future generations will be ubiquitous and works could be found anywhere based on the concept of freedom and autonomy. In the meantime, the access of ancient books will not be limited to its original context, the problem between simplified and traditional Chinese characters will be easily resolved, and the annotations, dictionaries and translations could provide timely assistance. It becomes a reality for the conversion of the words, sounds and images even though they are in various languages. Moving towards a new milestone of reading, the meaning of notes and interpretations of the traditional ancient books and classics must be redefined.