Chapter 558: Social Thoughts

After a casual conversation with Li Zhendong, it is always a happy thing to have so many like-minded partners......

"I'll make an appointment when the time comes!"

"Definitely, definitely."

Since both of them were busy, they soon left separately.

In this new era, human civilization is not only about to usher in a scientific and technological explosion, but also undergoing profound changes in humanities......

So many transcendents were born in this world, and the proportion of the population was as high as 1.5%, a full number of 600,000, which is already the size of a small city. It's not like 1 in 10,000 or 1 in 1,000 people.

The elite population of 600,000 is enough to influence society as a whole, and they are beginning to try to enact a more radical system, new laws.

Since this is the case, the new human civilization will inevitably undergo a deeper change in the trend of thought.

Even Zhang Yuan himself has a hard time grasping the complex changes in this regard, so he can only adapt to the entire new era as much as possible.

However, it is difficult for ordinary people to appreciate this kind of rapid change, which may be the inherent disadvantage of "the authorities are obsessed".

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

“…… Social ideology is an idea formed in a certain social environment, or under the influence of major events in society. This overwhelming majority of the consensus will in turn have a certain impact on the entire civilization. ”

In the minds of the broad masses of the people, the original "escape plan" formed a "liberal" trend of social thought, which still lingers in people's minds.

In the years when the "escape plan" had just been implemented, this trend of liberal thought was particularly stirring, and various small-scale strikes continued one after another, and some people could not hold it anymore and wanted to learn from their predecessors and run away.

But since the human race only has 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 to make a revolution!

"It's not a revolution, but it should be a different term, riots......"

The end result of the riots, of course, was easily suppressed, and it was only the struggle of a small number of people.

"Why is this happening? The main reason is that after the development of society reaches a certain stage, they have a common confusion. ”

In the past 400 years, the "freedom" trend brought by a large number of transcendent groups has finally re-suppressed "freedom" and become the mainstream trend of thought in society.

In his class, Zhang Yuan introduced: "Of course, the 'freedom' trend that has been born in the past will always remain in our history, and there is a possibility of re-emergence at any time. ”

"We can't say that the pursuit of individual freedom is a bad idea, it is more in line with human nature, more attention to individual development, more attention to individual happiness, more in line with human instinct.

"And 'forward', progress, pays more attention to the development of civilization as a whole. From the perspective of the development of civilization as a whole, there is no doubt that the 'progressives' are more in line with the development of civilization than the 'liberals'. Even if this holistic development does not always benefit the individual, it sometimes loses the happiness of the individual. ”

"You have to look at the world through a pluralistic lens. The real world is not black and white, black is the opposite, it can be gray, it may be red, it is not necessarily white, we should reject any extreme thinking. Man should pursue freedom by himself, but it is impossible to pursue infinite freedom......"

Because Zhang Yuan's course time is very long, it takes half a day to take a class, and the difficulty is extremely high, many of them are mathematics in the clouds, and after a long time in class, students are easy to desert, so he often talks about some interesting social content.

This period of history is not very long, only 400 years, and everyone likes to listen to it.

Anyway, it's better than the esoteric and obscure T-function, which is completely incomprehensible.

"So, Mr. Zhang, what is there about the progressives that deserves our attention? Are there any disadvantages? Doesn't it mean that every school of thought has its extremes? ”

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

Because I was born late, I didn't experience what had happened, so I naturally couldn't feel the atmosphere I had at the beginning.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a while and replied: "There are many kinds of progressive thoughts. If I were to use color as an example, I would liken it to 'blue'. After our civilization left the earth, it was light blue for thousands of years under the leadership of the new civilization school. ”

"There is a social consensus that civilization needs to progress, and that a certain degree of individual cost can be sacrificed for the sake of overall progress. But this consensus has not reached a certain height, and the so-called 'certain cost' is not clearly defined, so it is only light blue. ”

However, over the course of the long construction of the planetary engine, this light blue color slowly wears away, and personal happiness decreases, which then breeds other ideas. As a result, the prevailing trend of thought in the whole society has changed to a different color, such as green. People began to yearn for more and more personal freedom. ”

"The green color is getting more and more intense, from light green to dark green, so it is difficult for the two sides to coexist, and the whole civilization is split into two."

"The people of dark green thought ran away on the Bright Galaxy, and the rest is the coexistence of light blue and light green, and no one can defeat anyone, so the remaining civilization has such and such internal chaos."

"The return of a large number of transcendents has brought with them a color of dark blue, which has been almost wiped out in the last four hundred years of thought wars, and has shrunk into a corner."

"But the price to pay for this is that the entire new human civilization has also 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 taken it to the extreme, this trend of thought believes that the progress of civilization is far greater than that of the individual. ”

"I think this kind of change needs to be carefully considered, it is too much, human beings are not machines, we have to strike a balance between them, this is the lesson left to us by history. Light blue and light green can coexist in the same society, and dark blue and dark green will cause social conflicts. ”

"Overemphasizing the general righteousness of civilization is an unsustainable product of the times."

Zhang Yuan explained in simple terms the changes in social ideology.

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

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "There should be none, although we are still a family, but everyone develops their own way, which is the best choice." There should be an exchange between people, or between cultures. ”

"The starry sky is so vast, we can't wipe each other out just because we have different thoughts, right?"

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

Zhang Yuan sighed in his heart, judging the past from a modern perspective, it sounds very relaxed, but these students were born in a good era.

In fact, ideological warfare has always been a very cruel thing, and when Zhang Yuan was young, he once thought that debate could solve many problems......

However, no, once a person's three views are formed, there are really very few things that can be changed through the mouth. He had to be beaten by reality before he could really change.

Therefore, after the departure of the Bright Galaxy, there will be a very brief riot and internal repression...... However, this period of history is never mentioned in textbooks......