交通工具与文化变迁——从绿皮火车到白色高铁

从绿皮火车到白色高铁的技术升级，导致了人们时空观念的改变，并由此带来人缘关系和地缘关系的变化。从绿皮火车到白色高铁，微观的“车厢文化”也发生了改变，即从“前公共空间”过渡到“移动的私人空间”，前者显现微观社会形态中的人际关系，遵从“交往的理性”：后者引发人际交往方式的变革：人对物的需要在某种程度上胜过了对人的需要。

The technology upgrades from old green trains to new white high-speed rails has changed people＇s concept of time and space, and has resulted in changes in human and geographical relations. From old green trains to new white high-speed rails, microscopic ＂ carriage culture＂ has also changed： from ＂pre-publie space＂ to ＂moving private space＂ . The former appears micro social relatio-nships, in compliance with the ＂communicative rationality＂ . The latter has led to changes in methods of interpersonal communication where people rely no longer on strictly human channels.