Cyber Heroes

"This is still feudal thinking and a heroic view of history." Jing Hongtu criticized: "The will of those big figures is not the factor that determines history. What really determines history is people. Ordinary people, if they live a good life, Who would want to go to war? But not everyone can live a good life, right? When there are social conflicts, there will be dissatisfaction. If there are more people who are living a bad life, this kind of dissatisfaction will gather stand up."

"Some careerists may be able to manipulate the direction of this 'dissatisfaction', trigger wars, and achieve their own personal or interest group goals. However, they cannot create this kind of dissatisfaction out of thin air. As long as economic growth is sluggish, people can't imagine 'good things' s future'."

"The country is safe and the people are happy, so who wants to fight? But as long as the economic growth is sluggish, there are fewer job opportunities, and there are fewer channels for advancement, it will be difficult for the people to imagine a 'beautiful future' - they will be dissatisfied , will be angry."

"At this time, careerists will tell the people that the neighbor ate one more bite, so you will have one less bite. Kill the neighbor and you will have one more bite. They are either vested interests, so they want to create The demands of 'war' are used to help oneself steal profits. Xenophobia and conservatism rely on this method to deceive the people."

"At the same time, revolutionaries will point out that this is a question of distribution. The real enemy is not the 'neighbor who takes an extra bite', but the 'boss who takes away the fruits of your labor' - a boss who may live in the neighbor's house, but does not It doesn’t mean that your neighbors are your enemies. You have to readjust the distribution of benefits.”

Jing Hongtu said this and took another sip of juice to moisten his throat: "We still have to understand this truth."

Xiang Shan nodded: "The history textbook seems to say so. Is the 'Delano New Deal' considered the latter?"

Delano, the 32nd President of the United States and the longest-serving President. His series of policies to readjust domestic wealth distribution before World War II dragged the United States out of the abyss of the great crisis and prevented fascism.

"The Third Reich at that time belonged to the former." Jing Hongtu nodded.

Xiang Shan sighed: "Tsk, tsk, after all, for humans, it is indeed easier to imagine that 'if my neighbor eats one more bite, I will eat one less bite' than to imagine the prosperous age of great harmony."

Jing Hongtu was slightly surprised: "Tsk, have you ever thought about this?"

"That's not true." Xiang Shan shook his head: "Teacher Liu has an interdisciplinary project under his name, and occasionally chats with some people who study neuroscience. They told me that we Homo sapiens have experienced at least tens of thousands of years of primitive life. , but have only experienced modern life for a few decades. Our brains have adapted to life in primitive societies, and it is not easy to feel happy in modern society."

"This statement is interesting." Jing Hongtu nodded: "It is also consistent with what I have been thinking about before."

"Those senior brothers also gave me examples." Xiang Shan gestured with his hands: "When I was studying, wasn't there a pandemic? At that time, some potential patients did not stay at home well, but tried every means to escape from the epidemic area. ', which objectively contributed to the further spread of the plague."

"Why? Because it is in line with the instinct of primitive people. In the primitive era, the population density was very low. If someone in a tribe got an epidemic, then as long as the people of the tribe scattered and went to areas where there were no people, the disease would If the disease dies naturally, others will naturally be safe. Primitive people relied on this method to resist diseases. Those who successfully survived by relying on this method became the ancestors of modern people. Therefore, modern people still have this instinct and want to escape. Danger."

Jing Hongtu nodded, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "I think this technique has a history of tens of thousands of years. It means that 'the methods of the ancestors cannot be abolished'."

Xiang Shan sighed: "Actually, I often think that if we can develop a method to insert chips into human brains, maybe we can take all mankind one step further and achieve a 'superhuman transformation'."

"Oh, what an incredible ambition. This is to turn science fiction into reality." Jing Hongtu nodded: "Is this why you applied for Professor Liu's graduate degree?"

Xiang Shan nodded: "But having said that, interdisciplinary subjects are not easy to do. The teacher told me to do the easy ones first. When I think about it carefully, doing the industrial foundation will also contribute to the country..."

"Industrial basis?" Jing Hongtu became interested: "I remember Professor Liu studied hardware, right? The industrial basis is..."

Xiangshan smiled and said: "I study the hardware and CNC of cutting-edge 3D printers."

"3D printing... I remember this was an old topic fifteen years ago, right?" Jing Hongtu asked strangely: "Professor Liu, are you going to sit on the bench?"

"No, no, you don't understand." Xiang Shan looked a little indignant: "When the academic community throws out a concept, capital will come in to make the concept popular. Originally, scientists thought they were here to send funds, but those capitals are Treating scientific research projects as stocks is just hot money, and they will throw it up before the technology is mature. They will encourage the young people to grow. When the concept becomes hot and they make money in the hot air, they will stop caring about everything. 3D Printing technology is not yet mature today. More than ten years ago... it seemed as if it had exhausted its potential and was dying."

"Mature 3D printing technology can change the industrial landscape to a certain extent."

Jing Hongtu nodded: "You are the expert in this area, it's me, an old man, who doesn't understand."

"It's okay, I don't understand what you're talking about." Xiangshan smiled and bit down on half of the chicken leg, and said vaguely: "Everyone is only an expert in his or her own field."

Jing Hongtu nodded.

"If I let the existing cutting-edge 3D printing technology go to factories at all levels, it will definitely trigger a new round of industrial upgrading." Xiang Shan continued: "According to the history you just talked about, maybe it will be able to revolutionize the information industry. In the same way, we can give mankind many more years of peace.”

"Have ambition." Jing Hongtu nodded: "But what happens after that?"

"One generation does its own thing." Xiang Shan is quite optimistic: "As a member of this generation, I will develop new technologies, promote industrial upgrading, and give mankind a few more years of peace. The next generation will also do such things. .As long as the industry upgrades quickly enough, the economic crisis will not catch up with us."

"Too optimistic. Only one of the previous crises was overcome by industrial upgrading - the economic crisis is much faster than the industrial revolution." Jing Hongtu shook his head: "Nowadays, human beings' problems are no longer in 'production'. It's 'distribution'. Today's production relations are backward and can no longer match the advanced productivity. If this fundamental problem is not solved, no matter how you develop, you will only treat the symptoms..."

Xiangshan spread his hands: "Who told me that my profession is to 'treat the symptoms'? If I can 'treat the symptoms' of mankind, I will dedicate myself to it, right? Who can blame me?"

"Yes." Professor Jing shook his head: "You are right. I am far inferior to you in this regard - I am an old and poor person who doesn't even have the means to treat the symptoms."

Professor Jing and Xiang Shan had a very interesting chat just now, which actually touched Professor Jing's mind.

Xiangshan said anxiously: "Teacher Jing, this... although the industrial revolution cannot catch up with the economic crisis, didn't you say? The landing of Ogun means that the peace of mankind has been extended for another period of time."

"The reason why there are constant wars in the world is because it is much easier to imagine 'my neighbor eats one more bite and I eat less' than to imagine a prosperous world of great harmony. The former happens constantly in stories, while the latter only exists in the ideals of philosophers. "." The member of the academic department looked out the window: "However, the landing of the 'Alien Voyager' will make it easier for humans to imagine a community with a shared future for 'all mankind'. Presumably, this will make the public more psychologically biased 'Reform'."

Xiang Shan nodded: "Heaven will never stop mankind. This is a good thing."

Jing Hongtu nodded: "It's a good thing, but this name is not very auspicious."

"Huh?" Xiangshan asked doubtfully, "Is there something wrong with the name Ogun?"

"The god Ogun was originally a god believed by the Yoruba people in Nigeria, Africa. Later, with the Black Triangle trade, a large number of African indigenous people were plundered and brought to the Americas. This belief was also brought over, and after some changes Later, it became Voodoo." Jing Hongtu explained: "The god Ogun is not only a symbol of 'masculinity'. He is also the god of metal and smelting, bringing fire and steel to mankind."

"It's just that, do you know what divinity is that often accompanies 'metal'?" Jing Hongtu looked at Xiang Shan.

Xiang Shan shook his head.

"War." Jing Hongtu spit out this word: "The god of 'metal' or 'Venus' is often closely related to 'war'. Ogun is also the god of war."

Xiang Shan breathed a sigh of relief: "Teacher Jing, I have to say something about this. What's called 'luck' or 'luck' are all practices that ignore the objective laws of the development of affairs and forcibly connect two things together - you just said Well, this thing can allow mankind to develop peacefully for a period of time."

"Yes, I'm a liberal arts student, and I just love romantic thoughts." Jing Hongtu also smiled.

While the two were chatting, Xiang Shan had already finished eating everything on his plate. Jing Hongtu is probably old and doesn't eat very quickly. Xiang Shan finished the last thing on his plate in three mouthfuls, picked up the plate and said, "Teacher Jing, it's been a long time chatting with you. Let's talk again when we have the chance."

Jing Hongtu nodded.

I was thinking about it during the day, and that night, Xiangshan had a dream - a dream about his hard research, deciphering the secrets of 'Ogun', developing incredible technology, and ultimately promoting the evolution of all mankind.

"Fuck." The next day, I put my head on the chicken coop toward the top of the mountain and brushed my teeth outside, still thinking to myself: "I really have everything in my dreams."