Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 252: Great waves in the information age

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With the gradual development of science and technology, 13 cities have become larger and larger, with populations reaching tens of millions. With a large population, if management fails to keep up, it will inevitably lead to chaos between cities, otherwise the crime rate will become higher and higher, and the productivity of the unit population will decrease.

In this case, there must be a new management method.

With the efforts of scientific researchers, the information age represented by the Internet is finally coming late.

The emergence of Internet technology has brought new entertainment, social, and management methods, and the distance between individuals has begun to narrow rapidly. With information technology, even cities with tens of millions of people can be easily managed.

In addition to the signing of the nuclear destruction treaty, the realization of overall peace means that there is no need to maintain hostility between cities as before.

There is also more social demand among cities.

However, it is neither safe nor convenient to pass through the traditional surface transportation.

So, after a global conference, the leaders of 13 major cities decided to dig a global tunnel deep underground to form a global transportation network to promote business and population exchanges!

When talking about this period of history, Gan Yaduo seemed excited and regretful.

"Under this situation, the entire world, the only democracy, Goer City, ushered in the greatest opportunity in history!"

"External output of ideology!"

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An eternal evening, with a violent gust of wind blowing outside.

At a depth of 80 meters underground, a global underground transportation plan that has lasted for 662 years is being implemented.

The entire long and narrow underground passage connects 13 major cities and 24 secondary cities. It can be used not only to place communication cables, but also to install rail trains as a means of transportation between cities. With these means of transportation, trade between cities will undoubtedly be smoother, and there will no longer be a need to pass through the ground to endure dangerous typhoons.

When Goertek got through the last key node, suddenly, the whole construction team cheered.

"Connected!"

"Connected!"

Workers from different cities all embraced together excitedly. I don’t know how much Gliese’s sweat has gathered in these long and narrow tunnels.

Now, it is finally finished!

"Praise technology!"

"Praise!"

Every Gliese person knows exactly what this huge project means. Without advances in technology and various excavation tools, it would be impossible for them to complete such huge underground projects.

On the same day, the high-level leaders of Goertek held a grand celebration banquet to celebrate the completion of this project.

I even dialed the remote communication video on the spot, contacting people in other cities. In the past, it was only possible to use telegrams, which was complicated and troublesome, but now it is different. City and city will be able to communicate very simply.

After the celebration ceremony, these senior executives convened an internal meeting.

A scientist in charge of a large communications project, Atiyah, suddenly thought of a very strange idea. This idea made it excited and enthusiastic.

In an internal meeting, it said: "...Ladies and gentlemen, the next era is bound to belong to the era of information, and we have also determined the direction of this development. A small tunnel, a A small cable can change our lives in all directions and let us touch the bigger world!"

"The competition between cities will inevitably be more intense!"

"For a specific example, if a certain product enters the other’s city first and seizes the other’s market, the people of the other side will continue to use this product after they are used to it. This strategy of grabbing the market , Will make our city more affluent."

The members of the council underneath whispered to each other, and this clever Mr. Attia was right.

The opening of underground tunnels will inevitably mean a lot of business transactions.

As the pioneer of the information age, Atiyah itself has a very high prestige. It is a remarkable achievement to interpret some of the information in the universal factory as quickly as possible and transform it into a usable industry.

The chief executive nodded and agreed: "Yes, in this era, although an overall peace agreement has been reached, the competition between cities is extremely fierce. All cities are frantically tapping the potential of universal factories, trying Keep your competitors underfoot. This is impossible for us to want..."

Many Gliese people quickly formulated a series of strategies that needed to be developed, including the development of various products, especially social software.

Social software is inherently monopolistic. After you use one, you basically won't use the second and third.

Atiyah said loudly: "No, no, no, everyone, the monopoly of commodities is just one aspect, which allows us to gain wealth."

"Can we...do something else for this?"

The members of the enthusiastic council raised their heads. What does it want to express?

Looking at the confused people, Atiyah asked: "I want to ask, have the rest of you ever been to other cities?"

Even if the underground tunnel has been opened, there is still some follow-up work to be done, and the rail train has not yet officially opened. Of course, everyone here is in a high position, unlike ordinary people, many people have been to other cities.

The chief executive suddenly said: "The outside world is indeed very different from our city."

"The chiefs of those cities are in power for life, and they can also raise their own children and let the children inherit the power of power. No matter whether the child is noble or not, he can still achieve supremacy. The power of..."

"So, everyone, in this technology competition, we, GoerCity, will definitely be in a leading position and be able to stay ahead!!"

Everyone knew about these things, and they all smiled confidently. Gliese people who have been to outside cities all feel superior to their Goer City. This is a kind of institutional self-confidence.

Scientist Attia agreed: "Yes, the outside world is a dictatorship! I have been fortunate to have been to the neighboring cities of Nifang and Agala... Living in this kind of city, even the air It seems muddy. A stupid and selfish leader can still be a leader, unlike us, who can integrate the wisdom of a group of people."

"This kind of dictatorship is a corrupt and dark system after all, which suppresses the people's nature and creativity."

"The democratic system is bright and free..."

"Can we take the opportunity to do something? It is not only a monopoly on commodities, but also a monopoly on ideas."

Actually, Goertek is not the kind of harmony on the surface. It has various dark sides, but the various forces have constraints on each other, and citizens also have certain political power. At any rate, it is much better on the outside than the outside world.

"Atiyah, what good do you have?" the then consul asked.

A ray of light appeared in Atiyah’s eyes: "...The advent of the Internet has brought the world closer, making it easier to obtain information. We only need to promote the beauty of freedom in our city, and let the world yearn for freedom. Everyone in Gliese knows that there is such a paradise!"

It gets louder and louder and more fanatical, "... let them understand that every citizen should have his own power, and not let others override his own head!"

"In this way, we can loosen the political foundation of dictators and disintegrate their power! In this way, we even have the possibility of unifying the world!"

The external output of this ideology, in theory, does indeed have the potential to cause major changes in the world!

It's a pity that after the fanatical Attia gave his generous speech, he suddenly realized that the congressman sitting underneath showed an indifferent and indifferent smile.

The whole meeting room suddenly fell silent.

"Your Excellency Attia, I seriously doubt whether you are a spy sent by the enemy city!" A political enemy said sarcastically, "Your plan is indeed very interesting, but it puts the security of Goer City on Where?"

"Don't think that the leaders of other cities are fools!"

The original 13 cities have their own governance, even if Goertek is different. Every city has a universal factory. As long as the technological gap is not huge, no one can do anything.

But it's different now. If Goertek conducts "ideological export" to the outside world, it will become a target of public criticism!

12 enemies, no matter how bold and talented Goer City is, it is impossible to be an enemy of the whole world.

"If 12 enemies unite, Goertek will be over."

Therefore, the archons in the city have very different opinions regarding the plan to export this ideology to the outside world.

"Your Excellency Attia, if the system in other cities is also changed to a democratic system, as advanced as ours, why can our Goerc City stand out from the competition?" a member of Congress attacked.

Atiyah was stunned, "Don't we even have this confidence?"

"It's not that there is no such confidence...Let the other party decay, and we will undoubtedly suffer less competition."

"What does the outside world have to do with us? It's done, it's no good...at least it's not good."

"If it fails, there will be nothing."

"It's too dangerous."

Atiyah argued for reason, shaking with anger: "Why not? We can attract a large number of talents in this kind of plan, but the talent advantage is not important?"

It suddenly realized that its own city was not as enlightened and advanced as it had imagined.

"As long as we vigorously develop tourism and improve cultural facilities, we can spontaneously carry out ideological propaganda to the outside world. If such a good opportunity is missed, when can we wait for the next opportunity?"

The Gliese people who can get into those positions and have power, which one is not the real old fritters?

They cannot change their will because of Attia's few words.

Talent?

Save civilization?

What kind of interstellar joke, when does civilization need to be saved?

Is it important to have your own life?

So after this meeting, the plan was not passed, at least not carried out with much fanfare.

The angry Atiyah did not give up, trying to use his influence to accomplish his goal. After all, it is a great scientist, and it also has its own connections.

"What gave you the illusion that our civilization needs to be saved?" an elderly Gliese man asked. He used to be the Archon of Goer City. Even if he has retired, he still maintains Have a strong personal relationship.

"I always feel that something is wrong, really! Now that the outside is full of dark clouds, the stench of various dictatorships has been going on for too long, too long, we really don't need to do anything about it?"

The Archon touched his ear, "Atiyah, I had this idea when I was young. Going to outside cities will feel unfair for them."

"But, you have to know that times will always progress, and history is spiralling. We don't want to do anything deliberately. People who are at the forefront of history will always have no good results."

Atiyah questioned: "If no one does it, how can history change?"

"From a local short-term perspective, the society has been up and down from time to time, and even worse and worse, returning from the peaceful world to the chaotic world; but from the perspective of the big history, it is getting better and better. The ups and downs in certain periods are The decline in the stage does not stop and does not affect its overall ascent. The curve of history is the biggest, and it cannot change the great historical process of rising from a chaotic world to a peaceful world, and then to a peaceful world..."

Atiyah turned his head in disappointment. The old man was getting old and no longer had his previous ambitions. He didn't want to have troubles at such a moment, and just wanted to spend his old age.

The so-called spiral history theory, no one can prove whether it is correct or wrong.

Especially, if everyone is evasive like this, how can history rise?

This precious strategic period, in the hesitation and hesitation, began to slip away quietly...

The time passed year after year.

The cables are laid...

The rails are laid...

The city train started to run officially.

Commercial trade in various cities has gradually become prosperous.

Atiyah’s prediction is gradually being realized.

Under the impact of the Internet, with this Goertek City as a contrast, the public's consciousness is still gradually awakening.

Some people took a trip to Goer City and were influenced by culture. When they came back, they began to announce "how sweet the outside air is", "how free is life", "how round is the moon in Goer City".

Even if the Archons of Goer City do nothing, the entire city is still spontaneously exporting ideology.

Oligarchy still caused serious dissatisfaction among the people. More and more people have begun to appear political demands and complain about the unbreakable power.

Especially, the people in the army also began to feel dissatisfied.

There are also individuals who, under the influence of culture, began to spontaneously immigrate to Goer City. These immigrants are very high-quality population... They have taken away a lot of wealth belonging to the city itself.

Faced with this kind of natural awakening of public ideology, the oligarchs began to panic. They did not want to expand exchanges, which would cause problems of this kind.

But now it's unrealistic to close the country!

Expanding business exchanges, after all, promotes economic growth and improves people’s lives. Suddenly shutting down the country will affect the interests of many people, especially many middle-level people rely on this for food, these guys have to riot directly.

No matter how powerful a military organization is, it needs population as its foundation.

If the people under your hand ran away and rebelled, the entire political structure would become a sourceless water, a tree without roots, and no one would execute administrative orders. What is the difference between a commander of a polished pole?

As people's minds change and even the army becomes no longer loyal, the oligarchs begin to panic, and one day they will be overthrown by angry people.

In order to solve the problem of ideological invasion, the oligarchs have taken many measures, including but not limited to strong pressure on the culprit Goercheng; controlling the people’s speech and speech; improving the people’s social welfare and killing several corrupt officials The dirty officials came to appease the people and so on.

"The most tragic scene happened..."

When talking about this scene of history, Gan Yaduo looked very sad.

"Under the joint pressure of the 12 cities, His Excellency Attia was sentenced to death by the consuls of Gore City for the crime of anti-civilization and peace."

Zhang Yuan's heart beat hard, and he sighed again. Political struggles have always been cruel. Throughout the ages, even with different civilizations, why not.

……

A people’s court sentenced the scientist to "counter-civilization and peace crimes", including but not limited to establishing illegal gangs, publishing inflammatory remarks on the Internet, and so on.

It needs to accept the most cruel form of criminal electrocution.

"Atiyah, do you admit that you are guilty?"

"I admit that I did this. But I don't admit that I am guilty...Whether it's right or wrong, it's up to posterity to judge."

This kind of excuse is naturally ignored.

The judge solemnly announced its crime.

Atiyah was sitting on the electric shock seat and was put on a torture instrument, with a calm expression on her face. The crowd onlookers below were cheering loudly. They didn't care who was killed. It doesn't matter whether it is a good official or a bad official. As long as the official is executed, they will always cheer.

It will soon die.

"Om!"

The current is gradually increasing. The most cruel criminal law naturally ensures sufficient pain and sufficient time for punishment. What's more, the public execution this time was also an attempt to calm the anger of other city rulers.

In just a few seconds, its muscles began to twitch uncontrollably, causing endless pain throughout the province. But this kind of electric current does not directly cause death.

Suddenly, it shouted hoarsely, "Democratic civilization...free civilization! The seeds of light have been scattered everywhere, and we will surely win a glorious victory!"

The cheering among the people has become more enthusiastic, and Atiyah and being discredited have become criminals who destroy the peace.

In the end, Atiyah...dead.

However, this measure quells the anger of those oligarchs, who can no longer challenge Goer City.

But the anger of the people has not yet been subdued, and various measures are only treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, with little effect.

There is even an idiot who has adopted the brutal rule that has always been in the past and directed his guns at the angry people in his city!

However, this guy naturally has nothing to eat. The crazy army quickly backfired. This tyrant fell in the internal melee. The new ruler came to power and announced a series of welfare measures. It is for their own interests to calm the anger of some people.

The oligarchs are also very troublesome. Atiyah is dead, but the spirit has indeed been passed down. The information spread on the Internet is so fast, and everyone knows what is going on.

The people's ideology is gradually awakening, knowing what is good and what is not good.

The oligarchs want to maintain a true dictatorship, but don't want to fall by themselves. How can we achieve the best of both worlds?

"This was originally the best time for GoerCity to turn the tide. Whether it provided armed support or expanded ideological output, the leaders at the time chose to be a tortoise! ​​They even killed the heroes of their own civilization. ."

When talking about this period of history, Gan Yaduo often expressed a feeling of hating iron but not steel.

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Finally, decades and hundreds of years have passed. In all kinds of chaos, the oligarchs gave up a lot of their own interests, and finally came up with a bold and absurd method: the "pacifier" theory!

Since in oligarchy, the gap between the rich and the poor between individuals cannot be smoothed, and it is impossible to satisfy the political demands of the people, then...just put a "pacifier" on the people and let them shut up!

What is this pacifier?

To put it simply, weaken people’s beliefs so that they no longer care about social injustices.

Amplify their entertainment sensory experience, occupy their spare time, let them indulge in it, and consume excess energy. Let the people think that they have a very fulfilling and happy life.

Simply speaking, that is...

Develop the entertainment industry vigorously!

The biggest advantage of the entertainment industry is that it can stabilize the masses and reduce dissatisfaction.

A variety of new entertainment, including movies, TV, and games, began to relax the original restrictions and began to spread more widely.

These vulgar gadgets were originally content rejected by traditional morals. Now they are opened and closed like a flood, and they are starting to fuel the flames with the addition of the Internet.

They are not like the old entertainment methods, which require a certain amount of thinking to get pleasure. The more vulgar things are, the easier it is to spread widely.

For example, a lot of unrealistic TV series, but let them watch them very well.

For example, **** industry, gambling industry, violent online games...Time passes after it’s cool, and then slowly forgets these gaps and injustices, and honestly do a job that barely satisfies food and clothing. Make trouble again.

Gliese people’s energy is limited. After two days of work, they have to rest for more than ten days and vent their energy. If they lose their ability to think, they no longer fight for their own power.

In particular, a new game called "sensory movie" has become popular. In fact, according to human language, it is an immersive VR device that can achieve a realistic sense of illusion.

All kinds of entertainment that humans have, such as long-distance dating, have all been invented.

But the difference is that the human government will at least have some restrictions and various moral condemnations. This civilization does not exist. The ruling class has spared no effort to promote it, and the people love it.

At most, only a few people of insight were calling for criticism, but these serious voices were quickly drowned out by the mass of information. No one hears and no one sees.

However, watching this kind of sensory film for a long time will cause confusion between virtual and reality, and consume the individual's fighting spirit. It is not even clear who you are.

But so what?

The effect of this policy is simply too good!

For the ruler at the top, peace and stability are the most important thing. In addition to work, the people are entertainment and enjoyment. The level of happiness is high and the will is gradually worn down. On the contrary, it is a great thing.

Time goes by day by day, year by year. The turbulent times that have just risen in the age are surging, and they have been pressed back alive by some people. That strategic window period just passed away quietly...

Atiyah's so-called light has been partially realized, but after all, it has not been fully realized.

The people will no longer pursue so-called democracy, freedom, equality, etc., and will not affect the political rights of the oligarchs.

Even Goer City, the original democratic base camp, has received the impact of massive amounts of vulgar entertainment.

Zhang Yuan opened a book with the life philosophy of the Gliese people at the time.

The first sentence above is: [..., of course, making money is for consumption, and consumption is for satisfying one's desires. So how to make money has become the most important issue. What's wrong with a citizen who wants to make money in a different way? That is just its personal freedom! 】

【As long as it does not affect other people, there should be no more control. 】

[Happiness is just one desire after another to be satisfied! 】

【A policy, if it can give the greatest number of people the greatest happiness, then it is the best policy! 】

One after another, experts jumped out of their own fallacies, talking, and even thinking that this is the ultimate truth...

Even the rulers were brainwashed by their own set of theories, thinking that the world itself should be like this...

Money worship and hedonism are getting more and more serious. The only remaining morality is thrown into the sewer~IndoMTL.com~ The civilization that has long been addicted to vulgar entertainment has undoubtedly caused serious damage to the original traditional ideology. The original artistic level has plummeted, and there is no longer an endless stream of artists and bards who aspire to travel thousands of miles.

In the changing times of the times, the revolutionary trend of thought has never come...

A thousand years have passed.

Ten thousand years have passed...

There is no eternal rule in the world. The top oligarch has replaced several batches due to internal decline, but the dragon-slaying warriors have worked so hard to kill the dragon, just to become the dragon again.

After entering the information age, the Gliese civilization, which has experienced several industrial revolutions, is still hiding under the planet.

Only this time, it is more difficult to get out of your planet.

Thousands of years, ten thousand years, the world seems to have not changed.

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