Chapter 279: Civilizational Soft Power
The meeting ended, but the crowd had not completely dispersed, and the two sides were saying goodbye. Zhang Yuan raised his head and felt a very subtle emotion through the bright starry sky above his head.
In these 44 years, mankind has acquired more than just a universal factory, but many other things. In particular, in the process of helping each other, all citizens of the new human civilization develop a very strong sense of civilizational pride.
This kind of pride has a great impact on the present generation and the next few generations, and it is a national spirit that cannot be exchanged for no matter how advanced the technology and how powerful the productive forces are!
If a civilization wants to rise in the starry sky, it is still far from enough to rely on technology, population, and productivity.
There must be a strong spiritual core as a support!
Today's sense of pride and belonging is a powerful spiritual core, a kind of self-confidence in the values and social system of this civilization.
To use a specific analogy, if the citizens of the new civilization are allowed to return to the earth and live a very wealthy life as a high-class person with no worries about food and clothing, they will still feel uncomfortable, they will feel bad in this way, and they will think that this civilization is not as good as their own civilization.
This is one of the soft powers of the new human civilization.
Even, this kind of soft power is likely to have a very profound and positive impact on the future "wandering plan", which can be regarded as a very large added value.
Zhang Yuan privately chatted with Gan Yaduo, the captain of the first generation of the Gliese civilization.
"Your Excellency Gan Yaduo, the topics just now are just some technical experience, which is equivalent to the external strength of a civilization. Now, from a personal point of view, I have a couple of suggestions that you might as well listen to. ”
"Speak, please."
The personal relationship between the two is still quite good, Gan Yaduo raised his head, and looked at Zhang Yuan with two dark eyes.
Zhang Yuan said solemnly: "The first point is that your civilization and the people's ideology tend to be lazy, which is partly caused by work and rest habits. But there is a more important point, the problem of economic distribution......"
"Maybe it's because the productivity of the universal factory is so high that everyone doesn't have to work much to enjoy a good life. Inadvertently, the entire population has lazied. ”
"In your Goertek city, the treatment of the capable and the incompetent is about the same. The whole society has a lot of taxes and a lot of welfare, which is called equality for all, right? ”
"That's true...... Our benefits package is quite high. Gan Yaduo said with a hint of confusion.
The high-welfare society can almost be said to be the proudest point of Goertek, and it has also attracted a large number of talents from other cities. Other cities are dictatorships, and there are three or six or nine between people, and it is impossible for the inferior people to have high social welfare.
"yes, that's the problem...... But the so-called high-welfare society, on a different planet, is inevitably inapplicable. Not at least initially. ”
Zhang Yuan shook his head: "When we are on the spaceship, everyone eats a big pot of rice together, because of the greater survival pressure, the conditions are a little harder, and the people will not have too many complaints." ”
"But when it comes to a planet where the initial problem of survival is solved, it is impossible to maintain a high-welfare society when the productivity is insufficient to meet the needs of the population. There must be a distinction between three, six, nine, and so on. ”
"If those who can afford it have access to the same resources as the general public, then it's another kind of unfairness. If you still eat a big pot of rice, then where does the motivation for work come from? ”
"I would even suggest that you implement a centralized system of more centralized power, even if it is a dictatorship, it is okay, in another planet, action is more important......"
"The development of alien planets is a race against time, and decades have passed in one fell swoop. Even if the wrong policy is enacted, it is better than not enacting a policy that grinds and chirps! ”
Gan Yaduo was stunned for a while, this is indeed a truth.
Food can be obtained almost everywhere in the home planet, and everyone's life is guaranteed, but when it comes to a bare alien planet, where is the guarantee?
There is not enough industrialization, and when the equipment is aging, there is only one word left - death!
In this new situation where even survival is not guaranteed, everyone must work harder and be more united.
They will live a hard life in the future, not a prosperous life like they are now......
"Or you can also learn from our contribution system and make a big data system that everyone can trust, and there should be a lot of communication in this regard...... Because the social development of our two civilizations is very different, this system cannot be copied, but I believe that the mathematicians of your civilization should be able to do these tasks and explore their own system. ”
Gan Yaduo sighed: "You are right, a convincing set of economic policies and distribution systems is indeed very, very important. In the initial stage of civilization, the high welfare of the past can no longer be realized. ”
"Only a change in the starting point can truly correct the ideology of the entire civilization. In fact, over the years, our engineers have become a lot more diligent, and they are all amazed at the diligence of human beings. ”
Zhang Yuan smiled and stretched out his second finger: "As for the second point, you must develop your own technology tree. With your own technology, you can have a real foothold in this bleak starry sky! ”
"Your civilization, because of the universal factory, is too easy to develop technology, so that there are too few things of its own, and the foundation is not solid."
"Many things pursue efficiency, not ...... solution"
"As a simple example, a part on a machine tool has a small circular notch, and human scientists will keep researching, why is there this circular notch? Is it a design error? What would happen if there wasn't this gap? Is it possible to change it to an oval shape, or a square? ”
"And your civilized scientist, after studying for a while, found that reverse engineering is too difficult, and directly copied it exactly the same. Because they subconsciously believe that the technology in the universal factory is supreme and cannot be wrong. ”
"It's hard to change this long-term mindset for a while. But superstitious authority is certainly not good for a civilization. ”
Zhang Yuan didn't say a word, in the process of long-term communication between the two sides, there are often human engineers who react, and the creativity and learning of this group of Gliese people are actually quite good.
But when it comes to the products in the Magnum Factory, these guys become quite paranoid and feel like fanatics have seen God...... Yes, the 10,000-year-old factory is God to them.
That's some deviation in thinking.
Ganya sighed again, his words were contrary to his ears, and the medicine was bitter, if it wasn't for the good enough personal relationship, Zhang Yuan would not have been able to talk about these things at the last moment.
Interstellar colonization, these things must be considered, otherwise, the Gliese civilization will only become extinct on another planet.
"Yes, that's why we decided to abandon the Magnum Factory...... It's so deep and deep in our ability to create! ”
"We will rechart our course in the long 600-year voyage. Wish...... All the best. ”
"So, goodbye friend, have a nice trip!"
After seeing Zhang Yuan leave, the leader bowed deeply, then turned around and returned to his ship......
A real politician burns himself to illuminate others, and an ordinary politician burns others to illuminate himself. However, ordinary politicians are the vast majority, and there are too many difficulties in the future, and they can't help but feel a little confused......
But soon, it regained its strength. No matter what, an interstellar expedition can change a lot, and the Gliese civilization will definitely not be extinct on another planet, definitely!