Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 105: History of New Civilization

Academician 　　Ding heard their conversation and turned around.

　　 He sighed softly: "Does it feel a little ridiculous and a little powerless? These days, we have been discussing how to fix the technical hidden dangers left by the predecessors. But there are bigger hidden dangers around us, and it is a hidden danger in society and humanities. Hidden danger."

　　"Such hidden dangers are hidden in our civilization. I don’t know how many. Racial conflicts, ideological conflicts, any small problem may turn into a big problem. Even if the decision-makers know it, they don’t know how much it should be. How to solve it..."

　　"Do you know how much we paid for the development of space? It is impossible for us to stop development because of some hidden dangers."

　　 is difficult to predict, what will happen in the next tens of thousands of years.

　　 But, what can I do? Without these people, how long will Europa's development be extended?

　　Many people on the earth may never know that some people are silently paying for their beautiful days.

　　 Zhang Yuan sighed deeply and nodded.

　　 The gaze limitation of creatures like humans is only one's own life. From the perspective of informatics, most of the political policies are laid out in accordance with the "greedy algorithm", that is, the local optimal solution in the current state.

　　 Future interests must give way to immediate interests.

　　 It is beyond the limit of human intelligence to plan for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

　　 He won't be sentimental because of this. Even if he is allowed to be the decision-maker, he can only choose this way.

Since 　　 exists, it must be reasonable.

　　The more complex and developed the civilization, the smaller the individual's power will appear. What if he is the leader of the coalition government? In today's society, various forces have constraints on each other, and there are many things that can no longer be changed by one person.

　　 After talking about this, Brother Zhao suddenly said: "With regard to the future development of the New Civilization School, there is an esoteric and complicated subject that is still dreaming of, called New Civilization History. I don’t know if you have heard of it. Over."

　　"New civilization history? History subject?" Zhang Yuan is not the first time he has heard of this term, but he doesn't know much about it, and his ears pricked up curiously.

　　Zhao Qingfeng smiled, "This subject is very complicated. If you explain it in one sentence, you want to find the global optimal solution of civilization, not a simple greedy algorithm that takes one step at a time."

　　 "Let me give you an example, the development of civilization and the process of personal growth are actually very similar."

　　In ancient times, due to the poor living environment, a teenager would be dragged to work if he had a little strength. Although it satisfies the current survival needs, it also stifles future interests. This kind of training method is called "local optimal solution strategy", which means that only the present is considered and the future is not considered.

　　 In the modern environment, a teenager will receive compulsory education. Education does not seem to have current benefits, it is just pure effort. However, the knowledge learned will exert greater social value after a person grows up to adulthood.

　　A person's life span is only a short hundred years, and there are a large number of samples. It is not difficult to plan overall and find a relatively good solution in the meaning of life.

　　 But what about a civilization?

　　Civilization is a collective of all populations. It has a high degree of complexity in itself. Its life span is thousands of years, which completely exceeds the life span of a single human being. How to make overall plans?

　　 But this is what the new civilization historiography wants to study.

　　"In the early days of the development of civilization, the population was sparsely populated, technology was backward, and there was a risk of death at every turn. It is equivalent to the infancy of human beings."

　　"Baby, do you know? The world view and values ​​are not yet mature. Therefore, a civilization is also the most malleable in the early stages of development."

　　 "What about us... inherited a lot of inheritance." Zhang Yuan said with a smile, "Is it that kind of rich second-generation baby?"

　　 "You're right." Senior Brother Zhao's expression became serious: "We certainly have a deeper background, which is equivalent to the second generation of the rich, but it doesn't mean that we can splurge."

　　"What do you think is the most important thing for a civilization?"

　　 "Of course it is technology!" Zhang Yuan replied immediately.

　　 Brother Zhao smiled and made an expression of "I knew you would say that".

　　 Immediately afterwards, he shook his head again: "Technology is equivalent to the external power of civilization. Do you know external power? As long as you work hard, you can get it fast."

　　 Zhang Yuan frowned and said: "Quickly? The development of science and technology is not that easy..."

　　"The fast-track here refers to Xiaocheng. If some simple technologies are not limited to patents, it shouldn't be difficult for other countries to imitate them?"

　　 "Well..." Zhang Yuan temporarily accepted this statement.

　　"For a civilization, what is more important is internal strength, including the human environment, political system, popular ideology, etc. These things need to be cultivated slowly, and it is basically impossible to make it fast."

　　"These internal skills actually determine the upper limit of the development of science and technology, that is, the key research content of the new civilization history~IndoMTL.com~Zhang Yuan has always been less interested in politics, but was influenced by various cultural courses in college. Know a little bit.

　　In some countries like South America and Africa, the people's ideology is biased towards pleasure, and they are satisfied when they are full. Under this relatively lazy ideology, it is naturally difficult for the entire country to develop and can only be used as a source of raw materials.

　　 In the East Asian cultural circle, the people have a strong sense of worry and are willing to fight for a better tomorrow, and even for the happiness of the next generation, they can bear some hardships by themselves.

　　 Therefore, under this kind of humanistic environment, it is a historical necessity for these countries to go to the forefront of the world.

　　 Then, why is there a completely different humanistic environment?

　　"This new civilization historiography you are talking about should be biased towards liberal arts, right?"

　　 "No! You are wrong, its ultimate essence is mathematics!"

　　 "Huh?!" Zhang Yuan stared in surprise, a little unclear.

　　 Senior Brother Zhao smiled, "...According to the perspective of the new civilization historiography, the inherent history of the entire civilization is divided into a large number of key nodes, and each node contains the major historical accidents that occurred at that time. The previous node occurred. History will have a certain impact on the latter node and the entire network."

　　"You can think of it as a neural network."

The idea of ​​　　 is very intuitive, and Zhang Yuan understands it easily.

　　"When there were fewer critical nodes in the early days of civilization, the final output of the network was easily changed, that is, a single great man could have a huge impact on it."

　　"But with the increase in population base, information and culture, there are more and more network nodes, and a single genius will have less and less influence on the entire network."