Chapter 752 Let the world prove the value of this book
In fact, what Liu Lang said was just some superficial conceptual things, and his understanding of digitalization was limited to these. After all, he had not studied any related majors in his previous life, and he could be said to have nothing at the technical level, but for people of this era,
, these common sense knowledge are enough to make anyone stunned.
Wilson and Louis Wang are like this now. You look at me and I look at you, both of them are speechless.
Liu Lang mentioned three levels. The first level is the popularization of computers. The computer industry is no longer an emerging industry in the United States. IBM and Wan An were established as early as the 1960s and 1970s, and now there is Intel.
For companies like Microsoft and Texas Instruments, the U.S. government also attaches great importance to them and provides them with a large number of tax reduction policies in various aspects.
It is true that the computer industry is an emerging industry, but Professor Wilson does not believe that there will be 300 million computer users in the world. Isn't this kind of thing just for writing faster and calculating faster? What other functions does it have?
The second part is based on the first part. When computers are popularized, informatization and digitization will form an unstoppable historical trend. This is at least logical, but Wilson still cannot understand the nature of informatization and digitization. Maybe
Let’s spread electrical signals similar to telephones!
The third part is even more "scary". Liu Lang said that in the future, countries will compete to see who has the ability to master digitalization and informatization, not who has more oil or who has more steel. The distinction between country strength and weakness has fundamentally changed.
, even with the continuous deepening of digitization and informatization, even the relationship between people will change. This has a huge conflict with people's basic common sense. At least Professor Wilson cannot imagine what that is like.
society.
Professor Wilson kept thinking about Liu Lang's words and kept silent, but Louis Wang on the side seemed to be thoughtful.
"Mr. Liu makes sense...!"
Louis Wang said.
"Louis, do you understand what Liu means?"
Professor Wilson asked.
"It's far from clear. I can't understand what digitization is, but machines like computers are really easy to use. For example, computers have been widely used in stock exchanges. They are now using the data analysis system produced by Wanan Company.
It is powerful and can complete millions of transactions in just a few seconds...
An company has released a new "Pentium 3" computer, which can perform powerful processing on pictures, such as K-line trends, which can be displayed intuitively on the computer. In addition, a very interesting helicopter model has been added.
I often play games in my spare time and find them very magical. Many of my friends have spent money to buy one...
Two years ago, the annual computer shipments in the United States were more than 11,000 units. This year, computer sales have increased to more than 33,000 units. They have tripled in two years and are increasing by hundreds every year.
The speed has increased by more than 80%. I believe that as computers become more and more powerful, the growth rate will become faster and faster. Once the growth rate is 100%, it will become exponential growth, reaching hundreds of millions in less than ten years.
Taiwan is really not that difficult!”
Louis Wang analyzed the current growth rate of the computer industry from an economic perspective. The increase in sales represents the relationship between supply and demand, which explains the problem very well.
"Oh, are sales going so fast?"
Professor Wilson has no grasp of this data. After all, the annual sales volume of more than 30,000 units is not worth mentioning to him, but this 80% growth rate is really scary. It is rare for the manufacturing industry to see such a large growth.
Fast.
Liu Lang smiled and nodded. Even though Professor Wilson is a Nobel Prize winner, his acceptance of new things may not be faster than that of young people. Just look at the well-known scientists in history and you will know that most people
Achievements are all created when they are young, because at that time they were not afraid of anything, dared to accept new knowledge, and dared to challenge traditions.
And once they get older, they start to become conservative and even become the protectors of conservatives, even the greatest Einstein.
Professor Wilson also made the same mistake. His view of the development trend of the world economy is still within the framework of traditional industries, and he has gradually become outdated.
Professor Wilson was silent for a long time after listening to Louis Wang's words before slowly speaking.
"Liu Lang, I don't understand a lot of the content of your manuscript at all, but just because I don't understand it doesn't mean that others don't understand it. Lewis is an example, so your book should be a book for young people... like this
Well, I will take it away first, and then find some professionals to sort it out. Of course, the sorting I am talking about means polishing the language. As for the content, it will not change. The fastest is one month, and the lowest is two months. I
I will publish it, and I believe your book will also become a bestseller!"
"Professor, I have something to say. I don't care whether this book becomes a bestseller or not. I just hope that someone will really understand the content. There may be very few people, maybe not even 10,000 people, but as long as there are people
If you can understand it, then my book is worth it... So after this book is published, it is likely that no one will pay attention to it for a long time, maybe three years, maybe five years, but I believe that sooner or later, most people will read it.
People will realize the value of this book, and only then will you be able to recoup the cost!”
Liu Lang said with a smile that he was also giving the other party a "precautionary shot". After all, this book was too avant-garde. The original version was published around 1993. At that time, computers had become popular in the United States and many people were familiar with digitalization.
It was a concept, and he was five or six years ahead of it. Only a small number of professionals in this era understood what digitalization was, but they never imagined that one day this technology would "rule" all mankind and become a
The cornerstone of human development towards a better level of science and technology.
It can be said that in this world, only he believes this, and no one can believe it except him.
But at the same time, Liu Lang believes that this book will awaken the imagination of some people. For example, Wang Haijun once wrote in his graduation message: Human beings will eventually be replaced by artificial intelligence. These people who are "awakened" in advance will do
What happened?
Liu Lang wanted to see how much impact his little butterfly would have on this era. What kind of era would this era be in thirty years? How much better would it be than the era in his previous life?
Then treat this world of your own rebirth as a test subject...!
Professor Wilson also felt that Liu Lang's book was unlikely to achieve the same results as the previous book, but he still decided to publish it. This reminded him of an incident involving Max Planck, the master of physics at the beginning of this century.
Planck is a representative figure of classical physics. He firmly believed that classical physics is the essence of the world. When he received an article called "Theory of Relativity" from Einstein and hoped that he could publish it in an academic journal,
As a result, after reading this paper, he was completely confused and did not understand it at all!
But even so, he published it without changing the original text, because he felt that this paper could not be buried, maybe someone could understand it! Everyone knows the result. This paper became a turning point in world physics.
Professor Wilson now has the same idea as Planck. Even if he cannot buy a few copies of the book in the end, he will publish it and let the world prove the value of the book.