"this……" Li Yao thought for a long time before he understood what Gu Wuxin meant.
Indeed, in the human civilization where Li Yao lived, both the Federation of Stars and the Real Empire of Mankind have entered the information age.
Almost everyone is connected with computers and the Internet, and all aspects of work, study, and life are connected.
Inseparable from the Internet, there are even "spiritual tribes" like Lu Qingchen, who attempt to connect everyone to the virtual space through the Internet and give birth to a new form of civilization.
Not to mention, "Fuxi", the mastermind of the Covenant Alliance, is a kind of crystal brain and spiritual network spirit.
Like Xiao Ming, Wenwen and Boxing Champion, he is a new generation of information life.
So, is Gu Wuxin's so-called "super body" the same as the informatization concepts of Lu Qingchen, Fuxi, Xiaoming, Wenwen and the boxing champion?
Li Yao doesn't think so.
Gu Wuxin and his super body have already touched a deeper realm than the information lives of Lu Qingchen, Fu Xi, Xiao Ming, Wen Wen and Boxing Champion.
Perhaps, that is the essence of life.
"You must admit that humans - or all carbon-based intelligent life, are information animals.
Since the emergence of our most ancient ancestors, the bacteria and viruses that were born in the primitive ocean, they have been designed to replicate, transmit and Existing by weaving information, devouring information, constantly devouring more information, outputting information, and transmitting information to larger groups of people and farther ranges, these are our instincts and the meaning of our existence.”
Gu Wuxin continued, "In ancient times when the level of technology was backward, individuals with carbon-based intelligent life had to seal themselves and live a monotonous, dull, tedious life lacking information interaction.
But this does not mean that they like this, it's just that Their instinct to absorb and transmit information is simply suppressed.
"Once the technological means mature and the social environment permits, carbon-based intelligent life will immediately continue to transform itself and the entire world in the direction of informatization, post-informatization, and super-informatization, and use various forms of networks to closely connect all individuals. together.
“They are hungry for information, and they are constantly devouring information that has no meaning to them, ranging from changes in the universe and national events, to celebrity scandals and social news from the next town, to petty gossip and trivial matters about the parents around them— -In fact, what does this information have to do with their lives, and what impact can it have on them?
But they just want to know, and they will not hesitate to waste their precious lives.
"Similarly, they upload their information to the Internet all the time, regardless of how no one cares about what they eat, what they wear, how they feel, or what kind of problems they encounter in life and work - no one cares about these, They also know that no one cares about this, but they just Unable to control the impulse engraved in the deepest part of the gene, it is like a never-ending high-power radio station, constantly releasing information, information, information, and using this information to reconstruct oneself, oneself, in the network and virtual world.
A better, more exciting, more 'real' version of yourself.
“This is what happened to every individual in the early days when Pangu civilization entered the information society.
“Of course, because the Pangu tribe itself has the ability to conduct large-scale telepathy and has taught this ability to other races in the Pangu Civilization Alliance, the way we build a network and exchange information may be different from yours.
"But I believe that the essence is the same.
There must be more and more 'Internet addicts' and 'information addicts' in your civilization.
Your society is also slowly moving towards informatization, networking and even virtualization. direction of development, right?
"No need to answer, I have already sensed the answer from your brain waves.
"Actually, what is the difference between reality and illusion, and what is the difference between me and others?
"I just said that once I am linked to the super body, I can live in the minds of hundreds of millions of people, and hundreds of millions of people can pour into my mind to share their wisdom, emotions and memories.
You seem to be very wary and disgusted, but If you think about it carefully, it's not as exaggerated as you think.
"I don't know if there is anything similar in your civilization...
In the words of the earth, there are things like novels, games and movies.
Then, when you are indulged in a beautiful novel, When you watch wonderful movies and exciting games, don’t you also put yourself into the role of the protagonist in novels, movies and games, and experience another life when technology is different?
After continuous upgrading, the online world gradually possesses all the beauty of the real world, and after the changes have been improved a hundred times, who would refuse to live a more brilliant, beautiful and rich life in the online world?
After all, how much better is it than us?
With the exponential explosion of wisdom and desire, how weak our brains and bodies are, and how lonely and boring the real world we live in is!
"Historical trends are vast.
Those who follow them prosper, and those who go against them perish.
Do you understand?
This is the inevitable trend of civilization evolution, and it is not subject to the will of a certain 'hero' or 'devil' - first of all, various Various large and fixed terminals built a rudimentary network; then the terminals became miniaturized, mobile and wearable, allowing the network to cover the entire civilization; then the terminals further It is increasingly miniaturized and can be implanted under the skin, becoming an artificial organ that everyone must wear from birth; gradually, the boundary between flesh and blood and network terminals becomes increasingly blurred.
With the development of biotechnology and quantum technology, brain cells will Become biological crystal brains, and the crystal brains will also be reduced to the level of mustard seeds and cells, perfectly integrated into the flesh and blood, and will not be damaged or scrapped after lifetime use.
“At every stage of development, the efficiency with which people interact with information, including the amount of information they consume and output per second, will increase hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of times compared to the past!
A person who lives in the early information age An ordinary person may read more news information through an Internet terminal in one day than his ancestors who lived in the villages in the dark and ignorant era thousands of years ago were exposed to in a lifetime.
There is a lot of news and information, and he lives in the late information age, that is, a descendant of the 'hyper-information age'.
He can consume billions of times as much information in one second - if such a beautiful super The information age has really arrived.
Isn't it logical and natural that all of their brains are connected together, sharing wisdom, emotions and memories, and forming a 'super body'?
"Of course, I believe you will definitely mention the old-fashioned question of how to maintain 'free will'.
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I can't blame you.
This is a question that carbon-based intelligent life will inevitably ask under the limitations of rigid thinking.
I think back then My ancestors also considered this question again and again when they decided to build a small super information network and link it to our own super body.
"Don't worry, even if you are linked to a super body, you can still maintain your small, futile, and ridiculous independence.
As long as you want, you can completely close your super information exchange protocol, cut off contact with others, and dissociate On the edge of the super body - there is no mandatory order prohibiting this, but very few people will do this. " "Why?"
Li Yao couldn't help but ask.
"Why?"
Gu Wuxin raised his eyebrows high, as if his brainwaves containing strong sarcasm were still not enough to express his surprise, "Isn't this obvious and self-evident?
Humans - carbon-based intelligent life forms are all information animals.
Information This is our mission and meaning.
No one can return to a low information interaction state of 'hundreds of thousands' or even 'tens of thousands' after getting used to super information interaction of 'billions of magnitude'.
“Imagine a person who is accustomed to being addicted to the Internet world day and night, wearing several information terminals with him, having countless accounts in countless forums, and experiencing countless kinds of life in countless novels, games and movie worlds.
People are thrown back to the medieval times where they were isolated from the world, technologically backward, and dark and ignorant.
There was no Internet, no newspapers, and no There are books but there are not ten thousand wonderful lives.
What he faces is the monotonous sky, the barren earth, and the high mountains surrounding the village.
The only entertainment all year round is to get drunk with low-quality anesthetics - such a life , can he endure it?
If it were you, cutting off the Internet and living without entertainment, how long could you endure it?
“The principle is the same.
"For people living in the 'Superbody Era', they have to read 10,000 pieces of information every second, from the supernova explosion millions of light-years away to another world.
Experts and scholars have cultivated another A brand-new life form, to the beautiful scenery that explorers just discovered on a certain planet...
At the same time, they have to express their own opinions and feelings about these 10,000 pieces of information, and combine these opinions with Feelings are uploaded to the super body and shared with everyone - information is as indispensable to them as air and water.
Let alone going back to ancient times when there was no information interaction at all, it is back to the information age.
In the early days of the 1990s, it was unimaginable to use various portable terminals to process 'only' three or five messages per minute.
If such a 'tragedy' really happened, they would either have a mental breakdown or suffocate to death.
"So, you understand, the act of cutting yourself off from your super-body and maintaining your ridiculous independence is tantamount to spiritual suicide.
"Besides, communication and isolation are two-way.
If you want to maintain the independence of spirit and thinking, it means that you cannot pry into and share other people's wisdom, emotions and memories.
You will become an isolated person outside the main civilization.
Damn it, humans are social animals after all, so doing this is against nature, and it won’t do any good at all!”