This should be my generation...... Ah, maybe it's a story that my uncle's generation knows. For the previous generation, this memory is often accompanied by places like "internet cafes".

This is the story of a piece from Blizzard. In this story, in a certain magical world, there is a sudden "natural disaster" - a natural disaster that can make the living sick and die, and make the dead resurrect and turn into monsters. The leader of the Scourge is called the "Lich King".

Many years later, a hero and a few companions slay the Lich King's throne and put an end to the evil leader. But at this time, the spirit of a deceased man suddenly told the hero that if the Lich King died, the natural disaster would completely get out of control, and the earth would be devastated.

So, "There must be a Lich King".

I sometimes think that we actually live in a world full of undead spirits.

Really, not an exaggeration at all.

When people seem to be busy reinventing themselves and those around them, creating things that have never been heard of before, the power of the undead comes back to the world when it sees the dawn of progress. They live in language, in culture, in society, in the will of God, in the dregs of our ancestors.

A certain philosopher put it this way: "The traditions of all dead ancestors haunt the minds of the living like dream demons." ”

And when the time comes, those who resist the change will invite the spirits of the dead to serve them, borrowing their names, battle calls, and clothes in order to wear this long-revered garment, and use this borrowed language to recreate the stories of the dead.

The spirits of the dead will tell you through their mouths, "What has been done will come again; What has been done, it will be done again. Under the sun, there is nothing new. ”

They will say, "That's how we've lived for generations." ”

The undead have bound my life. All I could see was darkness in front of me.

I realized this a long time ago when I looked at the "Lich King" who walked the world with the smell of decay of the undead.

"There must be a Lich King." Once again, I make my claims clear to my friends.

These people are my friends, my partners. I spent seven years at this research institute affiliated with the United Nations University, and during those seven years I interacted with them and learned a lot. I am also sure of their position, their ambitions. I'm sure they'll support me eventually.

"You're really crazy, man." Another man with a golden mustache stood up, pressed his hands down, and motioned for me to calm down: "I can probably understand that." You're sure to be disappointed in this society, yes, and I do occasionally. But we can march, we can protest, we can propagandize, we can organize social movements......" The man pointed to the "black knight" behind me: "Look at him ......"

"There's no doubt I'm a loser." "The Black Knight" reluctantly said: "I have not succeeded in convincing any academic institution or library to be willing to open up their knowledge to the public – the only one who has affirmed my identity as an activist is the FBI." That's why our director was able to convince me. ”

The "black warrior" buddy is committed to the open access movement – a social movement against the "privatization of knowledge".

"Ah, yes." I nodded: "Since the nineteenth century, there have been people who have done this. If a person wants to change the world, he will often choose such a path. There have been many great people in the past who did just that. Some of them have failed, some have achieved some things but have been stolen by the undead, and some have achieved brilliant achievements but have exhausted their lives before the final victory - so the next question, are you a politician? How talented are your presentations? Do you possess the ability to communicate with the public? ”

"What?"

"The great pioneers were professionals in this direction. What about us? We are just professionals in the other direction. We're academics, we're cynics, we're nerds – what can I do now if I let all the hard work of the first half of my life go to naught and change careers to change the world the way politicians do? Do you think you have leadership qualities that none of those pioneers had? I asked rhetorically, "Of course I want to change the world in the way we can – not that I want it, but I'm as stupid as I am, and I can only find this way." ”

"Yes, you are." My girl jumped up and blocked my view: "You know what I hate the most......"

"The third annoyance, to be exact." I smiled at her: "You hate that Microsoft is distorting your beloved geek culture — they even change the definition of 'open source' in the eyes of the general public." ”

"Hey, now that you know ......"

"Have you ever thought that one day, you can legally upload the source code of Windows to wherever you want?" I said, "They're powerful enough to distort the ecology of the industry, so we might as well distort itself." ”

The girl raised an eyebrow: "By doing the same thing as it?" What you want to create is a monopoly that has never been seen before! ”

"Call it 'something you've never seen before.'" I shook my head: "Again, I'm not going to ask anyone to hide a single paper, I expect a research institute to include 'all results are open access online' in its charter." The only reason we apply for patents is to open up the patent so that no one has a monopoly on it. ”

"I wanted to do something that had never been done before. It has never been seen in history, and it is perhaps a unique 'new thing'. ”

The girl clasped her hands to her chest: "Can you guarantee that you will not become a new dragon?" ”

"That's why I need you ......" I looked at her, then at the rest of the room, "and everyone." We will be a guarantee of each other's immutability. ”

"What we have to do is not to take full control of power and power, not to create a group. We just participate in a game, get the resources of those people, work out what we want, and then entrust it to humanity to change the world. I closed my eyes and whispered, "We are going to steal the heavenly fire from the strong who make the rules and give it to the poor." ”

Another man snorted and stood up, "Okay, that's enough." Stop. Everyone can disperse. It's just a lunatic. ”

He pointed at me.

"I guess you asked Zhu to help, blocking the surveillance and stuff. But I can tell you, friend, you don't have to. Even if you say it, no one will feel offended, let alone accuse you of betrayal – they will just think you're crazy. ”

"If you don't build a technical advantage, how are you going to make a profit?"

I nodded: "That's exactly why I blocked the surveillance - you know, you have to pay for research." Now the money is in the hands of those who are strong. If they think I'm unreliable, then I probably won't have access to those resources. As I said, my ultimate goal is to 'steal the heavenly fire' - I don't have the talent to 'rob'. If you don't hide yourself, you don't 'steal'. ”

"The things in the 'tent' over there have such power. Do you understand? In this fair and just world, the knowledge created here will only make those who are strong and fair and impartial. The only way we can choose is to steer the direction of this trend in our own way. In this direction! ”

"We're in control of the power of those 'Lich Kings'. Let's rewrite the common human imagination of the 'world' – let's create a new culture! ”

"Again, my goal is not to create a super-chaebol. It doesn't matter. company or whatever, just laying eggs of chickens. I just had to trick the rich into feeding the chickens and then giving the eggs to the man called Hanako. ”

"And what about the ethical aspects?" The sister who first questioned the "Black Warrior" fell into deep thought. Her expression was much softer now.

"Based on the data mentioned in that document, you might increase the average life expectancy of the rich by 200 years......"

"It's a necessary sacrifice." I say.

The woman seemed a little confused.

"It's a necessary sacrifice." I pointed to the slide behind me: "Look at this, look at it!" Its core essence is not this 'anti-damage', but 'hydrolysis by electric field energy instead of ATP'! This yeast is an autotrophic organism! It is an unprecedented 'electroautotrophic' organism! ”

Organisms can be broadly divided into "autotroph" and "heterotroph". The term "heterotrophs" refers to all organisms that "directly or indirectly feed on autotrophs". Outside of "heterotrophs" is "autotrophic" – organisms that do not need to eat other organisms to survive.

Plants are typically "photoautotrophs". Herbivores that eat plants, as well as carnivores that eat herbivores, are heterotrophs.

Although there is an "leafy sea slug", an animal that can prey on chloroplasts from plants for photosynthesis, the vast majority of organisms can be classified as such.

Yeasts are typical heterotrophic eukaryotes whose physiological process is to break down sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide for energy. And sugar is the product of plant physiological activity.

However, the yeast used for this demonstration has been modified into an autotrophic type.

"If it succeeds, humanity will be freed from agriculture. A person only needs two kilowatt-hours of electricity a day to survive. ”

"Two kilowatt-hours of electricity, according to the price of our country, will not exceed 1.5RMB, less than 22 cents. If you do it with the industrial base of the United States, this can even be compressed to 12 cents. ”

"Drink some more water and supplement with inorganic supplements. Humanity will be completely free from the shackles of carbohydrates. ”

The woman pointed to the PPT: "Don't you have long eyes?" This yeast can only rely on this means to reduce its consumption by ten percent! ”

"That's what needs further research."