Chapter 46: Distortion of Information
Richie's reaction to the idea of Age of Mythology can be said to be very large, and this structure of belief in the Western world, Richie was very eager to make the game with his own hands when he resisted.
Takahashi, who was left to dry, waited for five minutes, but the other end of the phone did not speak.
It's a bit of a hassle to connect the phone once, and if you hang up directly, maybe Richie has something to say, but Takahashi, who is precious to time, has no reason to hold the phone and wait for Richie to speak.
Therefore, he simply put the phone on the table and at the same time informed the secretary office outside, and if anyone spoke on the phone, he would immediately transfer it to him.
Takahashi's busy life, in fact, has undergone some changes since Wanhu got on the right track.
In the past, whether it was reading letters from readers or running your own competitions as a host, it could be regarded as pragmatic.
It's all him Takahashi himself who is trying to do something, but after Wanhu is on the right track, what he does can almost be put into retreat.
Although there are always replies to readers' letters, the vast majority of letters are actually replies made by specialized staff.
The reason why the language style seems to be the same as Takahashi's own reply is because the language style can be imitated.
Coupled with the fact that Takahashi has replied to so many readers' letters before, there is a large sample size, and it is even easier to imitate.
Even, all of them have formed a fixed sentence structure. Therefore, although the new reply seems to be written by Takahashi, it is only the content of the official document. The soul that has been lost as a reply to the letter.
After all, those who reply to the letter are just a small minions of Wanhu, and they have almost no right to decide anything.
They can only reply, but they can't change anything.
Therefore, even if they want to express something, there is a high probability that they will not be able to express it. Because, they don't have that permission at all.
However, Takahashi is not at all unreadable from readers.
He also keeps a certain amount of reading letters from readers.
Moreover, these letters from readers were not selected by the staff, but were randomly selected by a computer program written by Takahashi himself.
Why did Takahashi do this?
It's because he wants to get a sense of what's going on in the video game industry right now.
In fact, it is inevitable that any decision-maker will be biased.
Because he doesn't actually have any first-hand information himself. All the information was submitted by the people below.
Maybe in ancient China, people in a certain area could no longer survive and made (meow) rebellion, but in the performance of officials, it is still a picture of national peace and security.
As the supreme decision-maker, can the emperor have clairvoyance or ears to see the pitiful appearance of the victims, or hear their calls.
The emperor, as the supreme decision-maker, is just an ordinary person, and all the information he knows is told to him by officials.
Officials, of course, will only pick and choose things that are beneficial to them.
Therefore, even if the whole country is in turmoil, the emperor may still think that everything is fine.
In order to avoid such a situation from happening.
Successive dynasties have only taken some countermeasures to ensure that the information of the top decision-maker is not too distorted.
As a result, two more representative systems have emerged.
One system is a variety of secret intelligence systems, such as the Ming Dynasty's East Factory, West Factory, and Jinyiwei organizations.
However, this kind of organization is also made up of people.
Maybe in the early days of its establishment, it could still have some effect. But the longer it is established, the more it will inevitably deteriorate.
Because, reporting all the real situation to the top decision-maker is equivalent to slapping many people in the face and making many people unable to get off the stage.
The top decision-makers are far away, but some people can see it from time to time.
The benefits that the top decision-makers can't give, these people may give.
As a result, these organizations often become useless after a while.
In addition to this system, there is also a way for the masses to report directly to the top decision-makers.
In ancient times, it was the so-called petition, and in modern times, it is the so-called petition.
Compared with the East Factory, the West Factory, and Jinyiwei, there may be a system as a backing to make those who have reported the information by them a rat trap.
However, this kind of direct reporting to the top level by the masses at the bottom has no backing until it is really reported.
As a result, there are very, very many instances of impediments to reporting.
This idea is also very realistic, since you can't solve the problem, you should solve the person who raised the problem.
As a result, one absurd drama after another was staged.
If you think of an ancient dynasty as a large corporation, the same is true of modern corporations.
Sometimes some companies seem to make decisions that are very stupid and unexpectedly stupid.
Is it because the top decision-makers are stupid?
Is it because all the people in this company are stupid?
No, it's not.
The top decision-maker is smart, yes, but he has to judge the future situation based on the information available and make decisions accordingly.
The premise is wrong, can the result be correct?
Are the rest stupid?
Definitely not stupid.
They can use the information gap to generate profits for themselves and generate income for themselves, which is also where they are smart.
They don't even have to say a word of falsehood.
It is enough not to tell the truth entirely.
Sometimes, telling part of the truth is often the biggest lie.
Even, when this lie is exposed, it will be embarrassing to find that every word found in it is true.
If you want to pierce it, you can only jump out of this demarcated circle and solve it from a higher angle.
However, the vast majority of people, with the level of information and wisdom they have, are not enough to make such a reverse operation.
So, there's always something that doesn't seem right, and you can't find anything wrong when you really look into it.
At this time, what is needed is the support of philosophy.
But what kind of philosophy to choose is another question.
Takahashi's practice of writing his own programs and extracting letters is to ensure that the information he comes into contact with is true information to the greatest extent.
However, he was also skeptical that it would be useful.
After all, when any new system is decided, the people who set it up feel that there is no problem at all.
However, in hindsight, it turns out that something will definitely go wrong.
Just like an operating system, there must be no operating system in the world that cannot be hacked.
Coincidentally, at this time, Takahashi opened a letter, and the content of this letter made him feel a little interested.
"Hello, Mr. Takahashi, I am a junior high school student in Zhenjiang (Meow) River, I love video games and would love to have a ......"