碎片网络 / Splinternet

「释义」

碎片网络指网络世界因某些要素被分裂成不同的群体。这些因素可能包含科技、商业、政治、民族主义、宗教，以及利益因素。

碎片网络导致各种标准的出现，有时不同标准互不兼容，使得搜索引擎无法正常使用数据信息，互联网作为一个全球网络的地位面临着日益严重的威胁。

「应用场景」

近年来，企业领导层正确地优先考虑了网络风险、技术过时的威胁以及自动化程度提高引起的无业下层阶级的增加。然而，现在人们越来越担心的是新出现的“碎片网络”——因平台竞争而日渐支离破碎的互联网。

In recent years corporate leadership has rightly prioritized cyber risks, the threat of technological obsolescence, and the rise of the jobless underclass stemming from increased automation. However, there are now mounting concerns about the emerging “splinternet” — an increasingly fragmented internet with competing platforms.

这种技术碎片化会破坏全球供应链——全球供应链使全球企业能够在生产过程的每一个阶段选择最具成本效益的解决方案，从而获得竞争优势。脱离这种集中采购的做法会增加共享全球服务的成本，降低它的效率增益。

Such a technological fragmentation would disrupt global supply chains — which enable global corporations to gain a competitive edge by selecting the most cost-effective solution at each stage of the production process. And the move away from such centralized procurement raises the costs of and reduces the efficiency gains from shared global services.

此外，分裂的互联网一定会增加企业运营的复杂性，这会削弱企业对市场力量进行快速响应的能力。在这样的世界里，企业需要在阵营之间做出选择，或者承受在两个敌对技术世界里运营的成本，每个世界都有它们自己的监管和运营标准。

Furthermore, a balkanized internet promises to increase the complexity of a company’s operations, which erodes a corporation’s ability to respond quickly to market forces. In such a world, companies will need to choose between the U.S. and China camps or bear the costs of operating in two adversarial technological worlds, each with their own regulatory and operating standards.

《去全球化的长期风险》

丹比萨·莫约

2020年2月刊

“Are Businesses Ready for Deglobalization?”

by Dambisa Moyo

编辑：马冰仑