After watching this video, I found that I wasn't surfing the Internet at all, but the network was directing me. I actually like being directed by it.
Take the mobile phone as an example. For example, if you go to a strange city, which restaurant do you go to for dinner, listen to your friends or listen to your mobile phone?
Everyone should have used mobile phone map navigation. It not only tells you how to get there, but also tells you where the traffic jam is. At this time, fools don't listen to navigation.
The problem is, it's not just for you. If there are more vehicles on the same route, it will make everyone take different roads on the smart map.
Under his command, avoid traffic jams as much as possible.
Do you think mobile phones really serve you? Instructing you?
1/ old problem
The three main problems faced by mankind in the past were famine, plague and war.
Since the beginning of the 2 1 century, these problems have been basically solved, and they no longer plague mankind as before.
For example, if you ask post-90 s and post-00 s now, you should not think that these three questions need to be considered in your life.
Some people may mention the COVID-19 epidemic. Let's give a chestnut.
About 100 years ago, during 19 18 World War I, a plague called "Spanish flu" began to spread among soldiers in French trenches, and soon one third of the people in the world were infected with the virus.
The number of infected people is about 500 million. At that time, the global population was about 65.438+0.5 billion, and this flu killed/kloc-0.0 billion people in one year.
One hundred years later, with the progress of science and medical care, although there are still famines, plagues and wars in this world, we still sympathize and help, but we always feel that this is not normal, just an accident.
Three difficulties to solve, what should mankind do next? The answer is that we have created three new difficulties for ourselves.
In A Brief History of the Future, the author puts forward three human goals: eternal life, happiness and incarnation as a god.
2/ New goal
Let's start with immortality. In the eyes of scientists, death is actually an accident and a technical problem in the process of human operation.
Such as cardiac arrest, aortic blockage, etc. According to the current speed of scientific and technological development, since it is a technical problem, a technical solution will be found one day.
Let's talk about happiness If you can live forever, I believe no one wants to be in eternal pain, so the pursuit of happiness is as important as the pursuit of immortality.
Some people think that they are not happy because they are not rich enough, and the troubles of those so-called rich people are all false.
But statistics tell us that in some very rich countries, on average, 25 people commit suicide per100000 people; In many relatively poor countries, only 1 person commits suicide per100000 people.
It can be seen that material achievements alone cannot satisfy us for a long time. The happiness brought by money and fame is too short-lived, not just the pursuit that makes us miserable.
Is it possible for us to bypass external conditions and keep ourselves in a kind of happiness for a long time?
Yes What really makes us happy in the eyes of scientists is the sense of pleasure formed by the biochemical system inside the body.
To put it bluntly, it is still a technical problem. As long as it is a technical problem, we will definitely find a technical solution.
Finally, the incarnation is God, which is the translation of the original text.
Incarnation means that human beings want to have more specific superpowers, which means that human beings should be integrated with more and more upgraded "tools".
Compared with the ancients, we modern people are no different from God. If you bring a mobile phone that can be used normally in ancient times, then you are a god.
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What I said above is only a small part of the original work. To learn more, you need to open the book yourself.
A Brief History of the Future is not to make predictions, but to make us think about what human beings want in the future.
These three conjectures about the future of mankind are not the author's foresight, but the wishes of mankind for thousands of years.
The author's real insight is to fundamentally question these seemingly beautiful directions.
You can say he is contemptuous of righteousness, or you can say he is alarmist.
But as long as it can stimulate your independent thinking, it is a good book.
The program "A Good Book" is to deduce the key points of the book, let everyone believe that it is a good book, and then read it.
In all kinds of bottomless talent shows and show shows, "A Good Book" is undoubtedly a clean stream. The purpose of writing this article is to make everyone believe that this is a good program and then get to know it.
Today's sharing is over. I hope it can inspire you. A good book also recommends many good books. You can have a look at it sometime.