He says that Taiwan's intellectuals are no longer those of tradition, who dealt with ideas and offered criticism. More and more of them are throwing themselves into social reform, working for community development, environmental progress, SARS prevention, and post-disaster reconstruction, as well as on behalf of various social and educational endeavors and projects aimed at helping the disadvantaged.
他說，台灣的知識分子不再只是傳統上所認知的「理念型」、「批判型」而已，有越來越多的人投入社會改革、從事社區營造、環境改善、SARS 與災後重建，以及各類教育文化與弱勢關懷。