Beneath Deep Space

"Why?"

The big red bird laughed loudly: "What do you think is the driving force for the advancement of civilization? Is it to survive, to let the people live a good life, to satisfy the curiosity in the heart, or simply to become stronger?"

"If civilization is divided into individuals, what is a person's motivation to move forward? Is it to survive, to live a better life, for family, or to... make life more exciting?"

Yu Yifeng remained silent. He didn't quite understand what this big red bird wanted to express.

The big red bird thought to itself and said: "The universe has countless resources. In the short term, there is not much pressure for survival. With the development of biological science, people will gradually lose their way in the long and long life. Life I always like to enjoy and enjoy wonderful things. This inner joy is brought about by genetic material and is difficult to change, even the sense of achievement gained from scientific research.”

"Unless you are willing to spend a lot of effort, undergo silicon-based transformation, and strip away all emotions, you can get rid of this emotion. But if you do this, are you still you?"

"After a long time, sometimes you will think that if you study day after day, how can you enjoy the enjoyment of drinking a glass of wine? If you move forward tirelessly and repeatedly do some mechanical and boring things, why not let yourself stop and read a book Meaningful books cultivate a beautiful plant, why not make your memories more wonderful?”

The big red bird continued: "Especially when scientific research becomes more and more profound and difficult, this concept becomes more and more huge. The driving force of curiosity is gradually insufficient, and scientific research achievements are reduced, which cannot lead to Be happy enough..."

"In this situation where you can only get a little result in your life, how many people are willing to struggle? Why not slow down the rhythm, read a touching text, write a novel for yourself, and create a moving song Music?"

"Wouldn't these things make more sense?"

Yu Yifeng did not expect that this big red bird would actually say such a series of pessimistic remarks.

But these words left everyone speechless.

"What do you think of the music I just played?" The big red bird said with a slight smile: "It took a long time to come up with it, does it make sense?"

However, Yu Yifeng inexplicably felt a helpless smile in his words.

He thought for a while and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked: "But if every individual in a civilization is like this, how should a civilization progress? If science stagnates, can it be called a sinking civilization?" "

The big red bird smiled and said: "Yes, that's right, the civilization of the fallen will always be the most numerous species in the universe. Life is beautiful and comfortable, and there is no pressure from war, so why must we make progress? But who thinks, Have you already sunk?"

"Everyone knows that this is actually not good... But there are so many tomorrows, and thousands of years of life, to waste decades or hundreds of years to do something that you think is wonderful. Please, what’s wrong?”

The big red bird waved its wings and continued: "Isn't this the reason why the interstellar civilization here is easy to deal with and looks lazy?"

"They also love their own civilization, but long-term development has led to a trace of inertia in the culture."

"What supports the development of low-level interstellar civilizations is often survival factors. But later on, when a civilization gets rid of the worries of survival and develops to L4 or even L5, how does it find the next step of development? Is it just curiosity? Just Can curiosity and the desire to explore support a person to study and research throughout his life, and to follow his own path steadily without sinking? "

"If a person is like this, what about a civilization?"

The big red bird took off slowly as he spoke, and then flew away.

Only the last few sentences were left, faintly reaching people's ears: "I have seen too many civilizations develop very rapidly at the beginning due to survival factors. However, when they hit the bottleneck, they paid more and gained less. , they slowly stagnated.”

"Life is just about pursuing what you think is beautiful. This kind of 'beauty' should be the stupid feeling that genes give you... Where is the real freedom?"

"Without truly great pursuits, just for survival and a better life, the degradation of civilization is inevitable."

"Do you... have your own real pursuits?"

The figure of the big bird gradually moved away and disappeared.

After a long time, Yu Yifeng looked solemn and bowed in that direction.

For a civilization, the pursuit of greatness is not something that high-level people can decide with a snap of their heads, but is a common choice of the broad masses of the people.

And in the series of high-level civilizations they had seen, they felt the will of civilization like a mountain standing still, which is an eternal spiritual power, a spirit that always pushes civilization forward. source.

"Is there anything that can make people pursue it tirelessly for hundreds of thousands or millions of years?"

"Like chasing the ultimate mystery of the universe and chasing eternity, are we really that noble? It seems not."

Looking at the huge, sacred, dark but empty "Old World Square", Yu Yifeng felt a deep sense of self-mockery.

Perhaps, this big red bird will come over to remind it every time it sees a new civilization.

However, there are still very few civilizations that can truly achieve this.

The entropy increase of the universe is spontaneous, and the new humans are still young. It is still full of vitality because IQ has not yet reached the technological ceiling, and scientific research can still bring great happiness. If the speed of scientific research slows down and it cannot bring enough pleasure and sense of accomplishment, it will inevitably bring about a series of negative impacts.

Why is this place called the "Old World"?

Because of the problems here, I have lost hope of solving them. I don’t have much life left, so I want to deceive myself and others to challenge these difficult problems...

The "New World Plaza" next door was re-established after discussions between the fringe civilization and the Anti-Entropy Alliance. The content inside is actually more beautiful, and there are more rewards. Of course, the content is simple and cheerful in comparison.

"It seems that this concept of liking beauty is not only unique to new humans, but also to aliens."

Intelligent life always prefers comedy, rarely tragedy.

Especially the kind of tragedy where no one can see tomorrow. Except for some perverts, no one is willing to torture themselves.

When a baby was just born, a person went over and said to his parents: "The baby will die in the future." This guy will definitely be beaten severely, although what he said is indeed the truth, and the child cannot Immortality.

When a writer writes that his country will perish in the future, he will definitely be considered politically incorrect and have his water meter checked. When someone says that human civilization will perish in the future, some people must be laughing at him for being unfounded and worrying, and that there is something wrong with his brain.

"However, the fact is that everything has its own end... What we cannot accept in our thinking is just a series of chain benefits produced by genetic philosophy."

"However, there are some things that we understand but are unwilling to accept, and we know but cannot do. This includes me. In other words, the consciousness is not high enough, and the philosophical level is not enough."