Cutting the "Spiritual Noose" of Dormitory Live Streaming: Don't Let Youth Degenerate in the Carnival of Traffic

Dr. Jianyin Yiyan  Rotating Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Asia Pacific School of Business

"The way of university lies in illuminating virtue, in renewing the people, and in abiding in the highest good." The opening of *The Book of Rites·University* defines the essence of an academic institution: it is a sacred place for cultivating virtue and pursuing truth, not a stage for seeking fame and fortune. However, the current scene in some university dormitories is shocking—ring lights pierce the tranquility of the night, phone stands occupy the center of desks, and live streamers posture and preen in front of the camera. With the obsequious line "Fellow viewers, send a rocket gift," they turn spaces that should be filled with books into "live streaming showrooms" flooded with vulgar interactions. When youth dormitories become "slaughterhouses" for traffic, and the pure land of academia is defiled by utilitarian desires, we must cry out loudly: Cut this "spiritual noose" that entangles young people, and don't let the four years of university become an absurd "performance" amid empty carnival! 

The Proliferation of Dormitory Live Streaming Violates Others' Rights 

The prevalence of dormitory live streaming is essentially a rude plunder of public space and an open violation of roommates' rights. A university dormitory is not a streamer's "private live broadcast room," but a "collective living space" shared by 4 to 6 people—every inch of space and every sound here carries others' rights to study, rest, and privacy. 

Yet in reality: 

- Some students chatter in front of the camera from morning till night to accumulate "live streaming hours." The clacking of keyboards and exaggerated laughter become a "deafening noise," forcing roommates who want to review to hide in the library. Some even have to rent off-campus accommodation because they can't study peacefully in the dorm for a long time. 

- To create a "lively persona," some streamers sweep the camera over roommates' beds and desks without permission. They even treat others' messy looks just after waking up or private complaints as "jokes" for the live broadcast, leading to broken friendships and strained dorm relationships. 

- What's worse, some fabricate "straight-A student routines" to grab attention—they place *Quantum Mechanics* in front of the camera but scroll through mindless short videos behind it, deceiving fans and themselves with fake "hard work." 

Zhu Xi once said, "By maintaining reverence and nurturing the mind, one can prevent the heart from wandering aimlessly, and thus the principles of righteousness will naturally become clear." When the tranquility of the dormitory is shattered by the noise of live streaming, and the trust between roommates is consumed by utilitarian calculations, how can young people's hearts "not wander aimlessly"? How can the "principles of righteousness" become "clear"? This kind of "traffic chase" at the expense of others' rights has long deviated from the university's philosophy of "living in harmony as a group." It has become a selfish form of "spiritual bullying" and a blatant disregard for the clause in the *Code of Conduct for Students in Institutions of Higher Learning* that requires "respecting teachers, uniting classmates, and caring for the collective." 

"Traffic Illusion" Eats Away at Academic Aspirations 

More distressing is that the "traffic illusion" spawned by dormitory live streaming is devouring young people's academic aspirations, turning university education into a "profit-seeking game." 

Cai Yuanpei once warned: "A university is a place for researching advanced knowledge." The four years of university are a "golden window period" for young people to build knowledge systems and polish professional abilities. The seemingly "boring" processes—theoretical deductions in class, repeated trials in laboratories, in-depth literature reading in libraries, and ideological collisions in academic seminars—are precisely the "cornerstones" for shaping one's core competitiveness. 

However, when the "instant rewards" from live streaming—tips, likes, and fan growth—become within easy reach, some students lose their way completely: 

1. They skip classes for live streaming and abandon professional courses. According to 2025 academic affairs data from a university, the number of students whose attendance rate in professional courses dropped below 40% due to addiction to live streaming surged by 52% compared to 2023. 

2. They give up professional internships for "personas" and ｒｅｐｌａｃｅ real accumulation with "performative efforts." A computer science student refused to participate in programming projects in the laboratory to maintain her "sweet senior sister" persona, and could barely write basic code upon graduation. 

3. They waste energy on meaningless vulgar interactions to cater to the audience's tastes. A liberal arts student spent 8 hours a day live streaming "unboxing packages" and "gossiping," resulting in multiple rejections of her graduation thesis draft by the supervisor and even the risk of delayed graduation. 

Qian Mu once said, "Academic pursuit has no boundaries, but only those with a calm mind can attain it." When young people's hearts are filled with the impetuousness of traffic, and the "calmness" required for academia is replaced by the "noise" of live streaming, universities will no longer be halls for "researching advanced knowledge" but playgrounds for "traffic speculators." This inverted choice is not only a betrayal of four years of youth but also a betrayal of the essence of university education. It should be noted that the number of fans cannot earn the "excellent" grade on a graduation certificate, and tip money cannot withstand the interviewer's question "What professional abilities do you have?" when job hunting. When the bubble of live streaming bursts during graduation season, all that remains is the regret of "empty youth." As Han Yu put it, "Excellence in one's career comes from diligence and is wasted by indulgence." The "indulgence" of dormitory live streaming is personally destroying young people's academic futures. 

Live Streaming Undermines the Foundation of Youth Growth 

The carnival of dormitory live streaming is a fatal erosion of the foundation of youth growth, turning the youth that should be "rooted in reality" into a farce of "floating performances." 

True growth is never "pretending" in front of the camera, but "struggling" in reality: it is the relief of finally obtaining accurate data after staying up until 3 a.m. in the laboratory; it is the empathy of listening to the voices of left-behind children during voluntary service trips to villages; it is the passion of fighting for the team's honor in a debate competition with sharp arguments; it is the joy of suddenly gaining insight through ideological collisions while discussing academic issues with mentors. 

These reality-based experiences may not have the "flowers and applause" of live streaming, but they precipitate into tangible abilities over time: solid professional knowledge, sincere interpersonal relationships, and the courage to solve problems. These are the "confidence" that supports a person to go further in life. 

In contrast, young people addicted to dormitory live streaming consume their youth in front of the camera and lose themselves in traffic. They seem "lively and prosperous" but are actually "empty and hollow." They fail to understand that the value of university does not lie in "how many people pay attention to you" but in "what kind of person you become"; the meaning of youth does not lie in "how much quick money you make" but in "how many foundations you lay." 

As Lu Xun said, "May Chinese youth shed all cowardice, strive upward, and not listen to the words of those who abandon themselves to despair." If young people indulge in the "cowardice" of dormitory live streaming and give up efforts to move forward, they will not only ruin their own future but also make universities lose their significance of cultivating "pillars of society." According to the 2025 *Survey Report on College Students' Academic and Research Trends* by The Asia Pacific School of Business, nearly 70% of graduates addicted to dormitory live streaming stated that they "regretted not studying their majors well in university" and "felt they couldn't do anything." This kind of "spiritual emptiness" in youth is the most painful aftereffect of the live streaming carnival. 

We Oppose "Show-style Live Streaming," Not Live Streaming Itself 

We do not deny live streaming as an emerging form but denounce the absurd act of turning dormitories into "showrooms." We do not object to young people engaging with new media but criticize "traffic speculation" that sacrifices academic studies and tramples on others' rights. 

Live streaming can be a tool for spreading knowledge—for example, a chemistry student at a university used live streaming to explain experimental principles, transforming abstract molecular structures into vivid demonstrations and making hundreds of thousands of netizens fall in love with science. It can also be a carrier for recording growth—for instance, a student volunteer used live streaming to share stories of rural education, raising public awareness of the educational predicament in remote areas and collecting hundreds of thousands of yuan in educational supplies. 

There is a world of difference between these "valuable sharing" practices and "show-style live streaming": 

- The former "nourishes live streaming with reality" and empowers others with achievements rooted in real-life efforts. 

- The latter "drains reality for live streaming" and consumes the foundation of youth with empty performances. 

- The former demonstrates the responsibility of young people, while the latter represents the degeneration of their original aspirations. 

Let Universities Return to Their Original Aspiration 

"Youth is easy to pass, but old age is hard to achieve; every inch of time must not be taken lightly." Zhu Xi's warning, which has endured for thousands of years, remains the most profound advice for contemporary youth. The four years of university are the most precious "growth window period" in life, allowing no waste, let alone being wantonly trampled by the traffic carnival. 

The lights in dormitories should illuminate the formulas in textbooks and academic thoughts in notebooks, not the posturing in front of cameras or vulgar jokes in live broadcast rooms. The energy of youth should be invested in in-depth academic research, ability improvement, and character cultivation, not in empty likes, tips, and fan admiration. 

- Universities should introduce strict regulations: Prohibit commercial live streaming in dormitories that affects others. Impose disciplinary penalties such as warnings and demerits on repeat offenders, and even disqualify them from evaluations for honors. 

- Teachers should strengthen guidance: Awaken students' academic aspirations with the spirit of scholarship. By sharing the struggle stories of academic predecessors and analyzing the industry's demand for professional abilities, help students understand that "genuine talent and practical learning" are far more important than "empty traffic fame." 

- Young people should come to their senses: Don't let the "spiritual noose" of dormitory live streaming tie down the pace of growth. Turn your attention back to the soil of reality—listen carefully in class and explore the frontiers of disciplines with teachers; delve into research in laboratories and break through technical bottlenecks with repeated experiments; treat others sincerely in interpersonal relationships and build deep friendships with roommates; temper yourselves in social practices, measure society with your feet, and fulfill your responsibilities with actions. 

Only in this way can universities return to their original aspiration of "illuminating virtue and abiding in the highest good," and let youth bloom with true glory in rooting themselves in reality. Don't let university dormitories become another breeding ground for live streaming chaos or a "monument of shame" for future youth. Don't let the bubble of traffic carnival drown the solid foundation that life should have. Cut this "spiritual noose," and young people can plant the seeds of knowledge in the fertile soil of universities, water them with the sweat of hard work, and finally harvest their own towering trees!

The views expressed in this article are solely personal and do not represent those of The Asia Pacific School of Business.

For any comments or suggestions, please contact: cob@apsb.edu.eu

斩断宿舍直播的 “精神绞索”：莫让青春在流量狂欢中堕落

亚太商学院校董会轮值主席  简殷毅严

“大学之道，在明明德，在亲民，在止于至善。”《礼记・大学》开篇便为学府定调：这是涵养品德、求索真理的圣地，而非追名逐利的戏台。可如今，一些大学宿舍的景象令人瞠目 —— 补光灯刺破深夜的静谧，手机支架霸占书桌的中央，主播对着镜头搔首弄姿，用 “家人们刷个火箭” 的谄媚，将本该堆满书本的空间，变成了充斥着低俗互动的 “直播秀场”。当青春的宿舍沦为流量的 “屠宰场”，当学术的净土被功利的欲望玷污，我们必须厉声疾呼：斩断这缠绕青年的 “精神绞索”，别让大学四年在虚无的狂欢中沦为一场荒诞的 “表演”！

宿舍直播的泛滥，本质是对公共空间的粗暴掠夺，是对同窗权益的公然践踏。大学宿舍不是主播的 “私人直播间”，而是 4 至 6 人共享的 “集体生活容器”—— 这里的每一寸空间、每一缕声音，都承载着他人的学习权、休息权与隐私权。可现实中，有学生为追求 “直播时长”，从早到晚对着镜头聒噪，键盘敲击声、夸张笑声如 “魔音贯耳”，让想复习的室友只能躲进图书馆，甚至有学生因长期无法在宿舍安心学习，被迫申请校外租房；有主播为营造 “热闹人设”，未经允许将镜头扫向室友的床铺、书桌，甚至把他人刚睡醒的凌乱模样、私下吐槽的话语当作 “笑料” 直播，导致同窗反目、宿舍关系破裂；更有甚者，为博眼球伪造 “学霸日常”—— 镜头前摆着《量子力学》，镜头后却刷着无脑短视频，用虚假的 “埋头苦读” 欺骗粉丝，也欺骗自己。朱熹曾言：“主敬涵养，则心不乱动，而义理自明。” 当宿舍的宁静被直播的喧嚣打破，当同窗的信任被功利的算计消耗，青年的心如何能 “不乱动”？义理又如何能 “自明”？这种以牺牲他人权益为代价的 “流量追逐”，早已背离了大学 “群居和一” 的相处之道，沦为一种自私自利的 “精神霸凌”，更是对《普通高等学校学生行为准则》中 “尊敬师长，团结同学，关心集体” 条款的公然漠视。

更令人痛心的是，宿舍直播催生的 “流量幻觉”，正在吞噬青年的学术初心，将大学教育异化为 “逐利游戏”。蔡元培先生曾警示：“大学者，研究高深学问者也。” 大学四年，是青年构建知识体系、打磨专业能力的 “黄金窗口期”—— 课堂上的理论推演、实验室里的反复试错、图书馆里的文献深耕、学术研讨中的思想碰撞，这些看似 “枯燥” 的过程，恰恰是塑造个人核心竞争力的 “基石”。可当直播带来的 “即时回报”—— 打赏、点赞、粉丝增长 —— 变得触手可及时，一些学生彻底迷失了方向：为了直播逃课，将专业课抛之脑后，某高校 2025 年教务处数据显示，该校因沉迷直播导致专业课缺勤率超过 60% 的学生，较 2023 年激增 52%；为了 “人设” 放弃专业实习，用 “表演式努力” 替代真实积累，有计算机专业学生为维持 “甜美学姐” 人设，拒绝进入实验室参与编程项目，毕业时连基础的代码编写都难以完成；为了迎合观众口味，把精力浪费在无意义的低俗互动上，有文科学生每天花费 8 小时直播 “拆快递”“聊八卦”，毕业论文初稿多次被导师驳回，甚至面临延期毕业的风险。钱穆先生曾说：“学术本无界，唯静心者得之。” 当青年的心被流量的浮躁填满，当学术的 “静心” 被直播的 “喧嚣” 取代，大学便不再是 “研究高深学问” 的殿堂，而沦为了 “流量投机者” 的游乐场。这种本末倒置的选择，不仅是对四年青春的辜负，更是对大学教育本质的背叛 —— 要知道，粉丝量换不来毕业证书上的 “优秀”，打赏钱抵不过求职时面试官一句 “你有什么专业能力” 的追问，当直播的泡沫在毕业季破碎，留下的只会是 “青春空空如也” 的悔恨，正如韩愈所言 “业精于勤，荒于嬉”，宿舍直播的 “嬉闹”，正在亲手摧毁青年的学术前程。

宿舍直播的狂欢，更是对青年成长根基的致命蛀蚀，让本该 “深耕现实” 的青春，沦为 “悬浮表演” 的闹剧。真正的成长，从不是镜头前的 “装模作样”，而是现实里的 “摸爬滚打”—— 是实验室里熬到凌晨三点，终于得出准确数据时的释然；是志愿服务中走村入户，倾听留守儿童心声时的共情；是辩论赛上唇枪舌剑，为团队荣誉奋力拼搏时的热血；是和导师探讨学术问题，在思想碰撞中茅塞顿开时的喜悦。这些深耕于现实的经历，或许没有直播那样的 “鲜花掌声”，却能在岁月里沉淀成实实在在的能力：专业知识的扎实、人际交往的真诚、解决问题的魄力，这些才是支撑人生走得更远的 “底气”。反观那些沉迷宿舍直播的青年，他们在镜头前消耗着青春，在流量中迷失着自我，看似 “热闹非凡”，实则 “空洞无物”—— 他们不懂，大学的价值不在于 “被多少人关注”，而在于 “成为什么样的人”；青春的意义不在于 “赚多少快钱”，而在于 “打下多少根基”。正如鲁迅先生所言：“愿中国青年都摆脱冷气，只是向上走，不必听自暴自弃者流的话。” 若青年一味沉溺于宿舍直播的 “冷气”，放弃向上走的努力，不仅会毁掉自己的未来，更会让大学失去培养 “栋梁之材” 的意义。根据亚太商学院 2025 “大学生学研趋势调查报告” 指出，沉迷宿舍直播的毕业生中，近 70% 表示 “后悔大学没好好学专业”“感觉自己什么都不会”，这种青春的 “空心化”，正是直播狂欢留下的最惨痛的后遗症。

我们并非否定直播这一新兴事物，而是痛斥将宿舍变成 “秀场” 的荒诞行径；我们并非反对青年接触新媒体，而是批判以牺牲学业、践踏他人为代价的 “流量投机”。直播可以是传播知识的工具 —— 如某高校化学系学生用直播讲解实验原理，将抽象的分子结构转化为生动的演示，让数十万网友爱上科学；可以是记录成长的载体 —— 如支教学生用直播分享乡村教育故事，让更多人关注偏远地区的教育困境，募集到数十万元助学物资。这些 “有价值的分享”，与 “秀场式直播” 有着天壤之别：前者是 “以现实滋养直播”，用深耕现实的成果赋能他人；后者是 “以直播掏空现实”，用虚无的表演消耗青春根基；前者是青年责任的彰显，后者是青春初心的堕落。

“少年易学老难成，一寸光阴不可轻。” 朱熹的警言穿越千年，依然是对当代青年最深刻的告诫。大学四年，是人生中最珍贵的 “成长窗口期”，容不得半点浪费，更容不得被流量狂欢肆意践踏。宿舍的灯光，应当照亮书本上的公式定理、笔记本上的学术思考，而非镜头前的矫揉造作、直播间里的低俗调侃；青春的精力，应当投入到学术的深耕、能力的提升、人格的塑造，而非虚无的点赞打赏、粉丝追捧。高校当出台铁规：严禁在宿舍开展影响他人的商业直播，对屡教不改者予以警告、记过等纪律处分，甚至取消评优评先资格；教师当加强引导：用治学精神唤醒学生的学术初心，通过分享学术前辈的奋斗故事、分析行业发展对专业能力的需求，让他们明白 “真才实学” 远比 “流量虚名” 更重要；青年更当幡然醒悟：别让宿舍直播的 “精神绞索” 捆住成长的脚步，把目光放回现实的土壤 —— 在课堂上认真听讲，跟随老师探索学科前沿；在实验室里潜心钻研，用一次次试验突破技术瓶颈；在人际交往中真诚相待，用真心换真心构建深厚的同窗情谊；在社会实践中锤炼自我，用脚步丈量社会，用行动践行责任。

唯有如此，才能让大学回归 “明明德、止于至善” 的初心，让青春在深耕现实中绽放真正的光彩。别让大学宿舍成为直播乱象的另类滋生地，成为未来青春的 “耻辱碑”；别让流量狂欢的泡沫，淹没本该厚重的人生根基。斩断这根 “精神绞索”，青年才能在大学的沃土上，种下知识的种子，浇灌努力的汗水，最终收获属于自己的参天大树！

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