Social Thought

I chatted casually with Li Zhendong, it is always a happy thing to have so many like-minded partners...

"It's time to make an appointment for dinner!"

"sure."

Since the two were very busy, they soon left separately.

Human civilization in this new era is not only about to usher in a technological explosion, but also undergoes profound changes in the humanities...

So many extraordinary people were born in this world, the population ratio is as high as 1.5%, and there are a full 600,000 people, which is already the size of a small city. This is not like the 1/10,000 population, or 1/1,000 population.

The elite population of 600,000 is enough to significantly affect the entire society, and they began to try to formulate more radical systems and new bills.

That being the case, the new human civilization will inevitably undergo deeper ideological changes.

Even Zhang Yuan himself has difficulty grasping the complex changes in this area, and can only adapt to the entire new era as much as possible.

However, it is difficult for ordinary people to realize this kind of rapid change, which may be the natural disadvantage of "authority obsession".

Especially the young group, who have not experienced that period of history, are not very sensitive to this aspect anyway, so Zhang Yuan often talks about current affairs issues to the students in his classroom.

"...Social trends of thought are thoughts formed in a certain social environment, or under the influence of major social events. This consensus of the vast majority of people will in turn have a certain impact on the entire civilization. "

The original "escape plan" formed a "liberal" social trend of thought in the minds of the general public, and it still lingers in people's minds.

This kind of free thinking trend was particularly turbulent in the years when the "escape plan" was just implemented. Various small-scale strikes continued one after another.

But since human beings only have the last "Kunlun Mountain" mothership, they have to keep it for themselves, and it is impossible to organize the next escape plan for them, so what should we do?

So these people even tried revolution!

"It's not a revolution, but a name should be changed, riot..."

The final result of the riots was of course that they were easily suppressed, and this was only the struggle of a small number of people.

"Why did this series of phenomena happen? The main reason is that after the society has developed to a certain stage, they have a common confusion."

And the "progress" trend of thought brought by a large number of extraordinary groups has finally suppressed "freedom" in the past four hundred years and has become the mainstream trend of thought in society.

In his class, Zhang Yuan introduced: "Of course, the 'freedom' thought trend that once occurred will remain in our history forever, and it may reappear at any time."

"We cannot say that chasing personal freedom is a bad idea. It is more in line with human nature, pays more attention to individual development and happiness, and is more in line with human instinct."

"On the other hand, 'advance', progress, pays more attention to the development of the overall civilization. From the perspective of the development of the entire civilization, the 'progressive' is undoubtedly more in line with the development of civilization than the 'liberal'. Even if this overall development sometimes does not It doesn't benefit the individual, so it sometimes costs the individual happiness."

"You have to look at this world with a diversified perspective. The real world is not black or white. The opposite of black may be gray or red, not necessarily white. We should reject any extreme thinking. Man himself should pursue freedom, but it is impossible to pursue infinite freedom..."

Because Zhang Yuan's course time is very long, it takes half a day to start, and it is extremely difficult, and many of them are mathematics in the clouds. After a long time in class, students tend to wander off, so he often talks nonsense. Interesting social content.

This period of history is not long, only four hundred years, and everyone likes to hear it.

Anyway, it is more interesting than the esoteric and obscure T function, which is completely unclear.

"Then, Mr. Zhang, is there something worthy of our attention about the Progressive School? Is there anything bad about it? Doesn't it mean that any trend of thought has its extremes?"

In fact, these students have long since been re-corrected by the "progressives" represented by the New Civilization School.

Since I was born late, I haven't experienced what happened before, so naturally I can't feel the atmosphere at the beginning.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a while, and replied: "Progressive thoughts are also divided into many types. If I use color as an example, I will compare it to 'blue'. After our civilization left the earth, in the past thousands of years, the new civilization Under the leadership of the school, it is all light blue."

"Everyone feels that civilization needs progress, and that a certain degree of personal cost can be sacrificed for overall progress. This is a social consensus. But this consensus has not reached a certain level. The so-called 'certain degree of cost' is not clearly defined, so Just light blue."

"However, during the long-term construction of the planetary engine, this light blue color slowly wears away, and personal happiness decreases, and then other ideas are bred. As a result, the mainstream thoughts of the whole society have changed and become other colors, such as Say green. People are starting to yearn for personal freedom more and more."

"The green became more and more intense, from light green to dark green, so it was difficult for the two sides to coexist, and the entire civilization split into two."

"People with dark green thoughts ran away on the Brilliant Galaxy, and the rest are light blue and light green coexisting, and no one can defeat the other, so the remaining civilization has such internal chaos."

"The return of a large number of extraordinary people brought dark blue color. In the past four hundred years of ideological wars, light green was almost wiped out and shrunk to a corner."

"But the price paid for it is that the entire new human civilization has slowly transformed from light blue to dark blue. Light blue is a kind of pan-consciousness, but dark blue has put it on the line and made it extreme. This trend of thinking believes that Civilizations progress far more than individuals."

"I think this kind of change needs to be carefully considered. It is too late. Human beings are not machines. We must grasp the balance. This is a lesson left to us by history. Light blue and light green can coexist in the same society. , dark blue and dark green, will cause social conflict."

"Too much emphasis on the righteousness of civilization is an unsustainable product under the influence of the times."

Zhang Yuan explained the changes in social thoughts in a simple way.

Another student raised his hand and asked, "Do you think it is possible for us to merge after we meet each other?"

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Probably not anymore. Although we are still a family, it is the best choice for everyone to develop their own. There should be exchanges between personnel or cultures by then."

"The starry sky is so vast, we won't be able to wipe out each other just because we think differently, right?"

Many people shook their heads quickly. In fact, everyone despised these fleeing factions in their hearts, and they didn't want to communicate with each other, but there was no need to hate to the extent of destroying each other...

Zhang Yuan sighed in his heart. Judging the past from a modern point of view sounds very easy and freehand, but these students were born in a good era.

In fact, ideological warfare has always been a very cruel thing. When Zhang Yuan was young, he used to think that debates could solve many problems...

But it's not. Once a person's three views are formed, there are really very few things that can be changed through the mouth. He has to be beaten by reality before he can truly change.

That's why after the Bright Galaxy left, there were very short-lived riots and internal suppression... But this period of history has never been mentioned in the textbook...