When Lex came to Rodriguez Manor, Merkel greeted him outside the door. The housekeeper rarely wore formal clothes, but wore short-sleeved casual clothes and a pair of water shoes, and was holding a hoe in his hand. It looked like he had just arrived
Finished garden work.
Merkel brought a roll of waterproof blanket to the door and covered the area with more water at the door. Lex and Clark walked out of the car one after another and walked into Rodriguez under the guidance of Merkel.
manor.
The sun has come out at this time. A heavy rain last night washed the manor and shone under the sun. The air was full of the pleasant smell of grass, and before the temperature had risen, it was slightly cold and moist.
The air gives people a chilly feeling from the nose to the throat.
When they found Bruce, he was sitting at a table under the awning behind the manor playing with a dark laptop.
Lex looked around and asked, "Where is Professor Schiller?"
"He went to Gotham University to attend classes. He just left not long ago." Bruce stopped typing on the keyboard and looked up at Lex. He looked a little surprised when he saw Clark behind Lex.
"Morning, Bruce, here, I bought the coffee this morning. Lex said he wouldn't drink it. I was worried about whether it would be wasted." Clark gave Bruce the cup of coffee he had given to Lex before. The temperature in the morning was still warm.
It was considered high, so the ice cubes did not melt completely. Bruce took the coffee and took a sip and said, "Thank you, I just need a pick-me-up."
Clark pulled out the chair and sat down, but Lex asked: "Why are you sitting here? Why don't you go to the house?"
Bruce pouted toward the garden and said, "I have to watch them two."
Lex looked in the direction where Bruce turned his head. Harley was chasing Barry with a garden hose that sprayed water. The two of them poured water everywhere, while Merkel was removing the dead plants.
Dig them out and drink them to stop them.
Lex happened to sit down at the table. He looked around the surroundings. This was the porch leading to the back garden. Next to the table was the back door of the manor restaurant. Beyond that was the floor-to-ceiling window of the restaurant, which was covered with a layer of glass.
There was a thin dust mist, but due to gardening, a lot of mud was splashed on the wall.
"What do you want me to do?" Lex asked.
Bruce paused for a moment, turned the laptop in front of him, and asked the two of them, especially Clark: "Have you ever used the laptop from Wayne Group?"
Both of them shook their heads. After recalling it, Clark said: "Our editor-in-chief has a computer like this. He often shows off to us how well he uses computers, but I know that he actually doesn't use a laptop at all. He does all his work.
Let your subordinates do it."
Lex cleared his throat and said: "It's probably because he doesn't know how to use it at all. Wayne Group's computers are difficult to use."
"What do you mean?" Bruce became interested immediately. He leaned forward, looked at Lex and said, "What's the problem?"
Lex opened his mouth, and after thinking for a moment, he did not answer immediately, but asked Bruce: "Why did you suddenly start thinking about this problem?"
Bruce sighed deeply and remembered what happened last night.
When he came to visit Schiller, he took the old route, that is, he first climbed to the roof from the side wall, and then jumped from the roof to the tree in the back garden. However, he did not expect that even without the bat suit, the hood of the raincoat would still be worn.
He would be scratched by branches, and when Merkel put him down, Bruce could clearly feel that Schiller was angry and had nowhere to vent his anger.
Bruce was very happy to see the laptop on Schiller's desk. After all, it was an electronic device developed by him, and the startup animation included a bat.
But he didn't expect that this was what made Schiller angry. Schiller carried Bruce to the table and showed him how difficult it was to use the computer.
But Bruce found it baffling. He had heard many of Schiller's ideas for electronic equipment before. Bruce thought that idea was very advanced, so he felt that the professor did not seem like an old-fashioned person who did not accept advanced equipment.
, let alone an electronic idiot who can’t even figure out how to use a computer.
In Bruce's opinion, what's so difficult about using a computer? Isn't it dozens or hundreds of times more convenient to enter the interface, enter the code, and jump to the program than aimlessly searching for information in the archives?
Bruce and Schiller had some disagreements about this. Bruce believed that the computer is a professional tool, and using the tool to complete the work requires some learning costs. This is the same as learning to drive. Otherwise, why would you take a driver's license?
People always need to remember some basic rules to be able to use new equipment more smoothly, just like drivers must remember where the brake and accelerator are, the gear position and road signs, etc. This is how humans have come, so
It is normal to need some learning about how to use computers.
But Schiller put forward an advanced concept. Simply put, it is to make the operation of the computer so simple that a three-year-old child can use it, and to minimize the learning cost. Not only should everyone be able to operate it, but it is best to allow everyone to use it.
No operation required, the computer operates itself.
Bruce does not like this concept. He believes that if there is no threshold for the use of the Internet, then mankind will definitely enter a very bad era of information explosion, and mankind will be dominated by the Internet rather than controlling the Internet.
Bruce doesn't think that connecting everyone to the Internet is a good thing. Public opinion can sometimes be a weapon to hurt people. If a three-year-old child can hold this knife, how can we ensure that humans will not waste time in vain?
What about virtual war?
In the end, Schiller did not continue to try to convince Bruce, because this is the case in this era. People are frightened about the rapid development of electronic information, instead of being like later generations, where anyone can access the Internet anytime, anywhere, as easily as eating and drinking.
.
Schiller believes that it is not that he comes from an era of information explosion, he must beautify that era without any flaws, and then urge Bruce to use his genius wisdom to send mankind into that era. This is not rational, because
There are indeed various problems in the information age.
Where humans in one universe will go is not determined by the established future of another universe. History is the choice of the masses, not something forcibly changed by a prophet pressing the head of a genius. Every aspect of humanity on this earth
Money is their vote, and the technical route that will ultimately survive is the direction of mankind.
Therefore, Schiller didn't worry too much and went to work at Gotham University after breakfast. But just like every debate that had happened in the past few years, Schiller didn't care anymore, and Bruce started to struggle again.
Bruce briefly told Lex and Clark about his differences with Schiller, and then emphasized his point of view. Finally, he looked at Lex and said: "I heard that the user interface of the Luther Group is very convenient.
, I have used computers from your group before, but I am not sure whether lowering the threshold for using electronic products is really a good thing."
Bruce put his hands on the table and said: "The Internet is different from other household appliances. The convenience it provides to humans is not reflected in the material world, but more like providing ready-made information. All information that can be circulated among human groups will eventually become
It is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the final result will be chaos."
"Human beings have never been able to understand each other, and if they had an extremely convenient way of communication, they would not understand each other, but the greater their expectations, the greater their disappointment. The disputes and contradictions this leads to are, for a species,
Is it really a good thing?”
Lex did not expect that Bruce came to him to discuss this issue. After thinking for a while, he said: "The concept of Luther Group's electronic products is that we provide a shortcut for ordinary people, so that those who were originally in the hands of professionals can play their best.
Functional electronic products provide convenient services to ordinary people."
"This will minimize the impact of the information gap." Lex looked at Bruce and said, "Let the information that was once monopolized by the rich become a public resource that anyone can browse and profit from the information gap.
There will be fewer and fewer opportunities.”
"So will this reduce class gaps? Or intensify conflicts? Which one do you want?" Bruce asked.
"Promoting human development is what I want."
"You think this will allow ordinary people to gain more opportunities and enable every human individual to exert greater value, but where does this value ultimately flow?"
Lex was silent for a moment. He knew the answer to this question. Bruce hit the nail on the head. Obviously, if the liberated productivity continues to be harvested, it would be equivalent to no liberation. What's worse is that the reapers will have more convenient ways to do it.
Provoke conflicts and widen gaps.
At this time, both Lex and Bruce turned their heads and focused on Clark. Clark, who was still drinking coffee, was stunned for a moment and said, "Why are you looking at me? Do you want me to be the referee?"
"Don't you have anything to say?"
"Is there any point in your discussion?" Clark said a little confused: "So if one of you wins, will anything be changed?"
"Of course, we..."
Before Lex finished speaking, Bruce looked at Clark and said, "You reminded me, we are not trying to control humans in the direction we want, we just need to make a choice, and time will give the answer."
Lex opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't want to be less open-minded than Bruce in front of Clark, so he had no choice but to look at Bruce and ask: "Why did you visit Rodriguez Manor in the middle of the night? And you were hung on a tree?
"
Clark also looked at Bruce and asked curiously: "Yes, your father is not here, don't you need to manage Wayne Group?"
"I came here to avoid the limelight." Bruce said, taking a sip of coffee.
"Avoid the limelight?" Lex frowned and asked, "Who can let you hide from the limelight?"
"A troubled woman."
At the door of Schiller's office at Gotham University, Pamela looked at Schiller holding a pot of flowers and said: "Professor, I haven't had time to congratulate you on the move to your office. This is a gift."
Schiller looked at the pot of flowers in Pamela's hand with some hesitation. Pamela knew what he was worried about, so she said: "Don't worry, professor, this is just an ordinary pot of pothos. It will not bite or hit anyone.
You can put it on the window sill and watch it.”
Schiller finally took the flowerpot from Pamela and placed it on his windowsill. At this moment, a harsh ringing sound came from Pamela, and Pamela took out the flower pot from her bag.
picked up a Motorola phone, pressed the answer button and said:
"Hey, Rant, what's going on? Another plant has escaped from prison? Okay, I'm going back to the laboratory now... What? Maybe it's man-made?! You saw a suspicious shadow? Don't act rashly, I'll go back right away!"