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Chapter 659 Placeholder Chapter 3 "Star Network: Linking the Stars"

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Just like the attempts we have made more or less in the cradle of civilization, when Xingwang was first established, we have expected that it is not a single new technology, but a series of technological innovations that bring substantial changes sum.So far we have always found that after the new technology meets our initial requirements, it will also produce some unexpected side effects.

Example 1: Storm Torch may have envisioned her lovely white tower encapsulation invention to help "dull out-of-touch people" "do some of the most worthless porting work for us in a sea of ​​magic fire", but she certainly hadn't thought of magic The rudder will become a kind of floating garbage that is common in the phlogiston sea, leading to the emergence of a large number of creatures that specialize in preying on ships without mages. Padawans oppressed by their own mentors) use this easy-to-handle package as a weapon to fire explosives at any high-ranking mage or their spire who walks through mid-air.

Example 2: Soft Steel-North-Yinhuo may think that the quadrangle is an efficient and accurate coordinate judging facility, because it has little dependence on the ether and the reference point is concept and thinking rather than any physical index, so that Even if the user is attacked by the wishing machine, he can still find his target position-or at least a position that is close to it-but Mild Steel will not believe that the quadrangle is currently being used by some Central City or October The researchers in the core control area are used to make friends.They use this little device to determine how similar the other person's R&D concepts or life philosophies are to their own.

The star network also led to this result.In the very beginning, like its naive counterpart in its primitive days, Starnet was developed as a communications device for developers.But now this function has been completely marginalized.We have realized that it cannot be regarded as a device that is only used to meet certain specific needs, but a new facility, just like the "spirit world", "dream world" and "moon world" that mages often say. A dimensional space covering the reality.If the essence of technology is to make everything accessible and easy to use, then the Star Network may be the best device she can provide us.The presence of mental branches - our new friends and members - is proof of this, of how a capstone, totally free, flexible lifestyle can be attractive.We are told or are discovering that, given the new ways of connecting and accessing information, the star network will cross all barriers, bring us a new round of economic prosperity, help us solve the heavy problems that exist in reality, and make us understand time Friends in areas with huge differences in flow rates, bringing us closer to the real world, and so on.Just like the branching of the mind, this flexibility will add more dimensions to the meaning of our lives.

Unfortunately, in these fields of research that are expected to bring more fulfillment and happiness and are related to real life, it seems difficult for Starnet to bring us more happiness.A study published in "Xunqu" pointed out that the surveyed users (even if they are mental shunts or semi-mental shunts) faced Starnet, but their loneliness and depression increased.

"Compared to real-life, contactable friends, friendships based entirely on star networks are sometimes limited...because we can't be present in each other's daily lives." A half-time surveyed The branch of the mind explains it this way, "The situations in which we talk to each other are often isolated from the actual situation, which leads to many times the discussion will be limited to some more metaphysical areas, and if there is conflict in these areas, our relationship may not be sustainable. go down."

"And the time flow difference between the stars is actually a problem," it added, "especially when there is a need to discuss multiple parties across the stars. This is very realistic. Imagine a friend of yours just published a new book, and you Go eat something, just for a while, when you go back to the thread and plan to wish him, his grandson who just attended the funeral is already answering your good wishes."

This surprising finding shows the unintended consequences of the virtuality and reality of the web at the same time.Many Starnet users believe that it affects people in a way that differentiates it from other tools because it can be the main channel through which users communicate with the world.Given these surprises and disappointments, we can't help but ask: what benefits and risks does this huge world bring us?Only when we know this, can we think about: Where will we go in the face of this brand-new technological facility.

The long-term goal of all Net users, if they are true to their lives, should be to take us "beyond our biological limits," he added, in other words, to become Mental branch, or another free mental branch.As one of the most prominent proponents of this vision, Li-Yuan, puts it, the appeal of this evolution is obvious, “to free yourself from the animal shell that binds our language and culture.”Who wouldn't want to be a being beyond the bounds of the body?Who can travel thousands of miles in the universe and create a backup of his own body at will to avoid injury and escape death?It's not just Internet fantasists who linger on the temptation to be liberated from imperfection, depression, disease, aging, and death.This is the future planned for us by futurists inspired by today's technology, freed from all our limitations and weaknesses...

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