Deep Space Fleet

Academician Ding also turned around when he heard their conversation.

He sighed softly: "Do you think it's a little ridiculous and a little powerless? These days, we have been discussing how to repair the technical hidden dangers left by the predecessors. But there are bigger hidden dangers around us, and they are social hidden dangers and humanistic hidden dangers."

"Such hidden dangers are hidden in our civilization. I don't know how many there are. Racial conflicts, ideological conflicts, any small problem may lead to a big problem. Even if the decision-makers know it, they don't know how to solve it. solve……"

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

It is difficult to predict what will happen tens of thousands of years into the future.

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

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

Zhang Yuan sighed deeply and nodded.

Human beings have the limitation of eyesight, and they only have their own lifetime. From the perspective of informatics, most political policies are laid out according to the "greedy algorithm", that is, the local optimal solution in the current state.

Future interests must give way to immediate interests.

Wanting to plan for thousands or tens of thousands of years is really beyond the limit of human wisdom.

He won't be sentimental about it. Even if he himself is the decision maker, he can only choose this way.

Since it exists, it must have its rationality.

The more complex and developed the civilization, the smaller the individual's power will appear. Even if he is the leader of the coalition government, so what? In today's society, various forces are restricting each other, and there are many things that cannot be changed by one person.

At this point, Brother Zhao suddenly said: "As for the future development, in the New Civilization School, there is a profound and complicated discipline that is still a dream. It is called New Civilization Historiography. I don't know if you have heard of it."

"New Civilization Historiography? Is it the subject of history?" It's not the first time Zhang Yuan has heard of this term, but he doesn't know much about it, so his ears perked up curiously.

Zhao Qingfeng smiled, "This subject is very complicated. If I explain it in one sentence, I want to find the global optimal solution of civilization, rather than a simple greedy algorithm that takes one step at a time."

"Let me give you an example. The development of civilization is actually very similar to the process of personal growth."

In ancient times, due to the poor living environment, as long as a teenager had a little strength, he would be dragged to work. Although it meets the current survival needs, it also stifles future benefits. This training method is called "local optimal solution strategy", that is, only consider the present, not the future.

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

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

But what about a civilization?

Civilization is a collective of all populations. It has a super-high complexity. Its lifespan is thousands of years, which completely exceeds the lifespan of a single human being. How to make overall plans?

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

"In the early stages of the development of civilization, the population is sparse and the technology is backward. There is a risk of premature death at every turn. It is equivalent to the infancy of human beings."

"Babies, you know, right? The world outlook and values ​​are not yet mature. Therefore, a civilization is most malleable in its early stages of development."

"Then what about us...inherited a large amount of inheritance." Zhang Yuan said with a smile, "Could it be that kind of rich second-generation baby?"

"You're right." Brother Zhao's expression became serious: "Although we have a deeper background, it is equivalent to the rich second generation, but it does not mean that we can squander."

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

"Of course it's 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 skills of civilization. External skills, you know? As long as you are willing to put in the effort, you can achieve it quickly."

Zhang Yuan frowned and said, "Quick success? The development of technology is not that easy..."

"The quick success here refers to the small success. If some simple technologies are not limited to patents, it shouldn't be difficult for other countries to imitate, right?"

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

"For a civilization, what is more important is internal strength, including the cultural environment, political system, public ideology, etc. These things need to be cultivated slowly, and it is basically impossible to achieve them quickly."

"These internal strengths actually determine the upper limit of the development of science and technology, which is the key research content of the history of new civilization."

Zhang Yuan has never been very interested in politics, but influenced by various cultural courses in college, he also knows a little bit.

Like some countries in South America and Africa, the ideology of the people is inclined to enjoyment, and they pay attention to being satisfied when they are full. Under this relatively lazy ideology, it is naturally difficult for the entire country to develop, and it can only be used as a place of raw material production.

In the East Asian cultural circle, the people have a strong sense of urgency and are willing to fight for a better tomorrow, and even for the happiness of the next generation, they can endure a little bit of hardship.

Therefore, in this cultural environment, it is historically inevitable for these countries to come to the forefront of the world.

So, why is there a very different human environment?

"The new history of civilization you are talking about should be biased towards the liberal arts?"

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

"Ah?!" Zhang Yuan stared in surprise, a little confused.

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

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

This idea is very intuitive, and Zhang Yuan can easily understand it.

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

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