“马车厢”里的社会即便在工业革命之后,英国依然可以被视为是“马车厢”里的社会,面对面的传统社交方式与生活态度依然有效,同时也影响着整个世界。从上海出发坐在英国航空公司的公务客舱里,觉得自己已经是坐在横跨亚欧大陆的“马车厢”里。这不是比喻,因为机舱的巧妙设计,使得一位女士与我相向而坐,这是一种社交的尺度与距离,使得我们初次 The Society in the Carriage Even after the Industrial Revolution, the United Kingdom can still be regarded as a society in its carriage. The face-to-face traditional social and lifestyle attitudes remain valid and affect the entire world at the same time. Departing from Shanghai, sitting in a British Airways official cabin, I feel like I’m in a “carriage” across Asia Europe. This is not a metaphor, because the ingenious design of the cabin makes a lady sit opposite me, a social dimension and distance that makes us first