This paper proposes potential benefits of adopting Asian philosophies in considering the design of “cyber civilization” governance. The West is currently struggling to balance the use of data for commercial purposes with the social good stemming from the protection of personal privacy and dignity. It is also grappling with the idea of machines having autonomous capabilities that human minds alone were supposed to monopolize. East Asia, with its tradition of Confucianism, Buddhism, and animism, has long emphasized the virtue of mutual benevolence as well as conviviality with nature, both of which may be contrasted with the Western emphasis on the autonomy of individuals and the supremacy of humans over nature. We need to revisit such foundational schools of thought in view of such factors as network externalities of data, extremely low marginal cost of digital services, and high level of traceability, all of which are altering the historical prerequisites of the modern market economy. In the face of the emergence of a new civilization, we need to find a guiding philosophy which allows us to develop policies that adequately benefit all people. There are notions such as integrity (fiduciary responsibility) that East and West share and that may be adopted to build broadly acceptable governance principles.

本文提出了在考虑“网络文明”治理设计时采用亚洲哲学的潜在好处。西方目前正在努力平衡出于商业目的使用数据与保护个人隐私和尊严所产生的社会利益。它还在努力解决机器具有自主能力的想法，而这些自主能力应该只有人类的大脑才能垄断。东亚历来以儒、佛、万物有灵为传统，历来强调互惠互利、亲近自然的美德，这与西方强调个体自主、人至上的观念形成鲜明对比。自然。鉴于数据的网络外部性等因素，我们需要重新审视这些基础学派，极低的数字服务边际成本和高水平的可追溯性，所有这些都在改变现代市场经济的历史前提。面对新文明的出现，我们需要找到一种指导理念，使我们能够制定充分惠及所有人的政策。东西方共有诸如诚信（信托责任）等概念，可以采用这些概念来建立广泛接受的治理原则。