Laziness is a nature rooted in the deepest part of human genes. On the one hand, it indirectly promotes the progress of civilization. People have invented many convenient things because of their laziness, and more technologies have been born because of their laziness.
But on the other hand, when civilization reaches a certain level, laziness will become a powerful obstacle.
A lion will lie down lazily when it is full; a crocodile, if it does not eat for several months after a full meal, it can rest for several months. Because these animals are not smart, they only eat one meal.
Thinking about where the next meal will be.
This is laziness! However, this lazy gene improves the survival probability of organisms.
Because exercise requires energy consumption, under harsh natural conditions, stable food supply and calorie intake cannot be guaranteed. Indiscriminate exercise without clear goals will consume more energy and reduce the chance of survival.
Therefore, the diligent animals became extinct, and the lazy animals survived.
It’s not just laziness, but also greed, selfishness, cunning, etc. In primitive times, these genes improved the chance of survival to a certain extent, and as life continues, they have remained so until now.
These things are collectively called "desires".
These desires, in the most primitive era, ensured the survival of living things, which was a good thing to a certain extent.
Human beings evolved from animals, and of course these desire genes also exist. However, humans are the spirit of all things and are intelligent. To a certain extent, they will not be led by desires. After eating today, people will think about what to do tomorrow.
After eating tomorrow, I will think about what to do the day after tomorrow.
This is the awareness of worry. Because of this awareness of worry, wise people will control their desires to a certain extent and consider their future survival. People will work hard and be responsible for their own future.
"A person who cannot control his desires is not much more advanced than an animal. The awareness of the dangers of survival is the key to people's control of desires," Professor Sean said.
"But what happens if you put an ordinary person in an environment of extreme wealth?"
A person who originally was still thinking about "how to survive in the next year" suddenly no longer needs to think about the survival materials for a lifetime. Then, his sense of worry disappears, and his motivation to work disappears.
If his quality is not high enough, there is a great possibility that he will be swallowed by desire itself. His self will be lost, he will begin to lose control of himself and start to do things that he has never thought of before.
After hearing Professor Xiaon's conversation, Yu Yifeng nodded. At this moment, he thought of a lot. Let me give you some examples. What happened to the people who won the big prize in the world?
The saying that a windfall can ruin three generations but a big prize can ruin a life is no joke.
Jack, the biggest winner in the history of the American lottery, won $315 million in 2002, but bad luck followed him one after another, including drunk driving, gambling, his granddaughter becoming addicted to drugs, his wife being separated, and finally his family being destroyed. These were all caused by money.
David, an Australian, won a jackpot of 10 million Australian dollars in 1998 and used the winnings to make various investments under the lobbying of his neighbors. Unexpectedly, all the investments failed and he lost all the winnings within a few years. His wife couldn't stand this.
Life changed drastically, she divorced him, and her son also got into a lawsuit because of him.
The uncle once said excitedly: "Many times, I have always hoped... I hope I never win the jackpot!"
There is also a couple in Kentucky, USA, who won $64.5 million in lottery tickets. They divorced immediately after winning the lottery, and each went to pursue a happy life. But the strange thing is that the wife used the winnings to buy a mansion by the river, and finally died quietly.
In the mansion. Shortly after receiving the bonus, her husband died suddenly, and he did not even have time to go to Australia to start the new life he had longed for.
Studies have shown that 70% of big prize winners achieve nothing and usually squander their prize money within a few years. British researchers found that 44% of lottery jackpot winners spent all their prize money in just five years.
There are countless examples of wives and children separated, those who turned against each other, those who took drugs, gambled, went to jail, those who died in mysterious circumstances, those who fell into poverty... there are countless such examples.
People often think that they can control huge wealth, but in fact... they can't. There are very few people who can conquer their own desires. The higher the quality, the greater the amount of wealth you have. Otherwise, you won't be able to bear it.
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"At the end of the development of civilization, these desires must be overcome. Think about it, how can these genes that increased the probability of survival in ancient times promote the progress of modern civilization?" Professor Sean explained.
“First of all, people’s ‘working for survival’ must be sublimated into ‘working for ideals and life goals’!”
“There is no way to defeat desire simply by ‘working for survival’!”
Why? When a person who works for survival suddenly gets rich, the first thing he thinks of is eating, drinking, having fun, and all kinds of enjoyment... In this way, he falls into a vicious circle of desire.
A person who works for their ideals and life goals will continue to work regardless of whether they have money. If they have money, they will realize their ideals and benefit more people...
But such people are really just like saints. There may be some, but not many!
Only if the entire civilization is made up of people like this, can true communism be realized. How difficult, how difficult!
Yu Yifeng understood that the ultimate goal now is to grasp ideas. To put it bluntly, people's ideas are too bad now. If they want to live a very wealthy life, people will be too lazy to work.
Assuming that in an era of extreme material affluence, people can still work voluntarily and actively for their ideals, this is his goal. There are very few such people. From the current point of view, it is estimated that only some great scientists who really work for their interests can
Do it.
They truly work for their ideals and honor, and abundant material resources will only make them work more devotedly. There is no doubt about this, otherwise they would not be at the top of mankind.
"With our level of science and technology, it is possible to become very wealthy. We have a small population and require few materials. Most of our factories use automated means... When converted to a single individual, the productivity is very high.
As long as the spacecraft does not lack energy or materials, I estimate that it will reach a very wealthy stage in a few years."
Yu Yifeng said that although people are very poor now, he is confident that these problems can be solved in a few years.
"Yes, when we reach the stage of extreme affluence, if people don't raise their minds, then civilization is likely to stagnate."
It's easier said than done.
He has seen too much of human selfishness and greed. He has been a soldier and has seen too much evil, but he believes that when a person is born, he is like a blank sheet of paper, with no good or evil.
It is always easier to be contaminated with evil than good. Why, because in this society, selfish people are always easier to survive than selfless people. It is always easier to survive with evil than good.
There are various reasons for people to do evil. Blame the kitchen knife, blame the Communist Party, blame Islam, blame Na, blame Satan. It seems that there is no kitchen knife, no Communist Party, no Islam, no Satan, and all human beings do evil.
The heart is gone?
There are all kinds of difficulties when people do good deeds, such as helping an old lady get blackmailed, donating money to a charity association but being deceived, rising rice favors, fighting over rice, and there are too many stories about farmers and snakes. Doing good things is so difficult!
It's time to reverse this trend! Yu Yifeng took a long breath. The current human civilization is almost destroyed, almost like a blank sheet of paper, and he can start over. He will definitely reverse these disgusting social trends.
Yes, he is determined to eradicate all the evil on the Noah! Anyway, there are only 50,000 people and the population is small. It is feasible to forcefully reverse them one by one.
Otherwise, communism will inevitably not be realized...
"Xu Yunjin, come over here. We'll have a meeting and bring the others." Yu Yifeng dialed a phone number with a serious expression and spoke a few words.
Soon, Xu Yunjin came over with all the members of the special forces and walked into a conference room with Yu Yifeng and Professor Xiaon.
This is a secret political meeting, and only the closest confidants can participate. In terms of personal character and trust, the special forces unit led by Yu Yifeng is definitely the best candidate.
Although scientists can do engineering and experiments, they are excluded from such meetings. They can do engineering and conduct scientific research, but when it comes to politics, they may only talk a few words about democracy and equality, so they are all excluded.
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Besides, not everyone may know about this kind of thing.
The military power of the Noah has always been in the hands of Yifeng's own people and has never been left behind. Military power is the greatest real power. Although Yu Yifeng's current reputation is unmatched, it will not necessarily be the case in the future.
Maybe a few Europeans and Americans would jump out and shout about democracy, human rights, hold demonstrations or something like that.
The Noah has such a small population and cannot withstand a few troubles. Maybe if it happens a few more times, people will be scattered. He is still very clear-headed in this regard. Military power must not be abandoned. I have an army, so you dare to cause trouble.
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When everyone was seated, Yu Yifeng spoke. He just said a few words and summarized his ideals and goals.
"We want communism on the spaceship!"
"Build big industry and big production."
"We also need to improve people's moral character..."
When the special team members were recruited by the army, they were all carefully selected by the country. Their personal moral character was still very good, and they also received a small amount of political influence. When they heard Yu Yifeng's grand ideals, their eyes shone with light.
This is an ambitious goal!
It’s just a matter of practicing communism. We also need to build the entire civilization into a utopian ideal society. This goal is very great and extremely difficult. If it is really achieved, it will be a trivial matter to be selfless and selfless, and everyone will be like a saint.
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What is the most difficult thing to change in a person, and the hardest thing to change is one’s thoughts! When you see old age at the age of three, a person’s thoughts and ideas are formed over a long period of time from childhood to adulthood. It is not easy to change. Moreover, what needs to be changed now is the entire
Civilized thinking is even more difficult.
"Our civilization is a piece of white paper, whatever is painted on it is what it is. Don't you want to paint it black?" Yu Yifeng slammed the table twice and said seriously, "We have the responsibility and obligation to lead
Civilization moves to a new realm!”
"There are advantages to having a small population!"
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"Do it! We must do it!" Xu Yunjin was a fighter who firmly believed in communism. He even shed tears of excitement. Professor Sean was much better and just hid the excitement in his heart.
"Comrades, we must know that this goal is very difficult and very far away. We must be realistic and take it step by step." Yu Yifeng nodded.
Now the entire Noah ship is not yet in an era of material poverty, and is still far from extreme material prosperity. Therefore, the road still has to be walked step by step. The first thing is to formulate a suitable economic system, develop science and technology, and make people rich.
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So, what kind of economic system is suitable? Everyone began to discuss it.
The first option: complete "public ownership" of the economy, and then distribute according to need.
Distribution according to need means that the living materials are distributed on a per-capita basis, not on the basis of contribution or investment amount. Everyone can be allocated what they want, and how much they want.
However, distribution on demand requires people to have very high quality and work motivation.
The 50,000 people on the moon base are of very high quality, and most of them are graduate students or above. But Yu Yifeng cannot guarantee that all of them can "work for their ideals". Maybe some strong-willed scientists can do it, but
Ordinary people definitely can't do it. If some people can get what they want by just working casually, is that okay?
If someone takes something but doesn't work, then the system cannot survive.
As Professor Sean said, people today are still unable to eliminate "desire" and cannot strive for their ideals, which means their quality is not high enough. Distribution according to needs, currently, does not work!
So, what about "equal distribution" and everyone eating from the same big pot?
That will definitely lead to a reduction in people's enthusiasm for work. Competent people and incompetent people are on the same path, working more and less, doing good and bad, and getting the same thing. That will definitely not work.
Even though everyone is still eating from the big pot and still very active, that's because they have just won two major battles and have a strong energy to hold on. It's okay for a few months, but it won't be good if it goes on for a year or two.
, people's enthusiasm will be reduced.
Of course, a completely "private ownership" economy will not work. Not only is the government's organizational capabilities poor, it also violates the original intention of communism.
Therefore, public ownership and private ownership must be combined...
This discussion is profound and meaningful. Yu Yifeng believes that everything can be settled. A purposeful battle begins at this moment, that is - to transform all mankind!
(For the sake of the continuity of the plot, I combined the two chapters into one, a big chapter of 4,000 words, so I’m sorry, I won’t update it tonight, and will resume double updates from tomorrow. All the friends who have seen it have read it.
There are more than 100,000 words, please save it and vote for recommendation, thank you!)
(I have to say that I am not promoting the Communist Dafa, but the protagonist chose this system... The currency system is something that only exists when energy and resources are insufficient. When we set foot in the stars and controllable nuclear fusion technology comes out, human beings will almost
With endless energy, uranium, coal, and oil have become garbage. Does a civilization really need the general equivalent of money?)
(Feel free to correct any bugs in the book review, and I will find a way to correct them.)