Chapter 777 Leave the Future to the Future

Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, reception room.

The door opened, and Lu Zhou, who had just walked into the reception room, quickly saw Professor Angus sitting on the sofa with a gray beard, and Wang Peng sitting straight opposite him.

Meeting Professor Angus' eyes, Lu Zhou showed a friendly smile on his face, and started with an ordinary and simple greeting.

"Professor Angus Deaton, what brings you here?"

Pushing down the glasses on the bridge of the nose, Professor Angus, who is not young, squinted his eyes, and finally saw clearly that it was Lu Zhou who walked in, and the expression on his face gradually became serious.

"Of course it's because of recent events. I thought you knew why I came."

recent events?

Upon hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou immediately understood something, so after thinking for a while, he cast a glance at Wang Peng, signaling him to go out first.

Wang Peng, who was sitting on the sofa opposite Professor Angus, hesitated for a moment, then stood up.

However, he did not leave the reception room immediately, but walked to Lu Zhou's side and said.

"...We have heard some bad rumors here, you'd better be careful recently."

Lu Zhou gave him a reassuring look, smiled and said.

"Don't worry, I don't intend to do anything dangerous. What's more, the domestic environment is different from that of foreign countries. I believe that the troubles Professor Glaunster is facing are not a problem here at all."

After his thesis was published, the domestic media tacitly chose to remain silent on this matter that had caused a lot of trouble abroad. As for the radical human movement organizations in China, although they are very noisy, it is still a bit of a plan to think of making trouble in China.

"...No, I don't mean those radical human movement organizations. They really can't be called trouble, but..." Wang Peng hesitated for a moment, glanced at Professor Angus who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, and lowered his voice. The voice said, "It's the CIA... We recently got news that they seem to be planning something bad."

Hearing this, Lu Zhou was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Wang Peng with a strange expression.

"...Do you think the CIA can have this level?"

Slightly stunned, Wang Peng didn't realize what Lu Zhou was talking about at first, but soon remembered the visitor's information, and a subtle expression suddenly appeared on his face.

"...It seems to make sense."

Developing a Nobel Prize-caliber academic into her own agent...

Even Hollywood wouldn't make such a ridiculous plot.

Lu Zhou shrugged and said, "So I say your worries are unnecessary."

Wang Peng: "In short, it doesn't hurt to be careful, he is an American after all."

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter whether he is an American or not. I believe he will not do anything against me, not to mention..." Lu Zhou paused and said in a joking tone, "I am not so weak that I will be caught by a The old man threatened the life safety of the degree."

Under Lu Zhou's insistence, Wang Peng finally left the reception room.

With Wang Peng's departure, only Professor Angus and Lu Zhou were left in the reception room.

After walking to the sofa opposite Professor Angus and sitting down, Lu Zhou picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup, leaned on the sofa, and said.

"I guess you probably have a lot of things to say, and now you can start."

Professor Angus said unceremoniously: "I have only one thing to say, please stop what you are doing immediately! Your research is releasing a terrible demon!"

Looking at the mist above the teacup, Lu Zhou pondered for a while before speaking.

"I don't know much about economics and sociology, and I don't really understand what you mean by demons."

Professor Angus leaned on the armrest of the sofa and sat upright. "If you don't understand, I can tell you."

Lu Zhou nodded, gave him a continuing look, and signaled him to continue.

Professor Angus: "I need a whiteboard...or a blackboard."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "No problem, whether it's a whiteboard or a blackboard, there are many here."

Standing up to the wall, Lu Zhou helped Professor Angus hang the whiteboard on the wall.

Picking up the marker pen, Professor Angus scribbled down line-by-line calculations on the whiteboard, and at the same time explained his theory to Lu Zhou in concise language, using a simple curve to predict his future economic trends.

At the same time, he talked about his concerns about cryo-dormant technology, including causing a large amount of asset precipitation, including transferring the elite class to the future, including solidifying the population class, etc., which eventually led to a full-scale stagnation of society.

After all, no one is stupid.

If they can live a better life in the future, who would want to stay in an era without dreams and cultivate this barren land?

"...No matter what social form, in the countless circulation links, the means of production are finally concentrated from the hands of the majority to the few. Therefore, we use laws, rules, inheritance taxes and many other means to control the This phenomenon is limited, or weakened."

"However, your research will make the efforts of all of us in vain."

After quietly listening to Professor Angus' theory, Lu Zhou pondered for a while before speaking.

"While I acknowledge that your concerns are legitimate, I cannot share your point of view."

"why?"

Lu Zhou shook his head with a smile and said.

"It's not just human cryonics technology, advanced AI, VR, unmanned automatic production... There are too many things that can destroy our fantasy of idyllic pastoral. If you want to maintain the status quo, I'm afraid the only way is to call on scientific researchers from all over the world to unite. Get up and give up your brains."

Professor Angus said angrily: "You are sophistry!"

"No, it's not, it's just an objective fact," Lu Zhou shook his head, and said calmly, "Technology itself is innocent, and the one who decides whether it is guilty or not is how to use it."

Professor Angus immediately asked: "But how do you ensure that a technology can be used correctly?"

"I can't guarantee it, just like politicians can't guarantee that wars will be eliminated, economists can't guarantee that economic growth will always be flat, and even weather forecasters can't guarantee that tomorrow's weather will be accurate...so why are you demanding Am I going to make sure that my technology will be used in the right place?"

Hearing this sentence, Professor Angus was obviously taken aback.

After hesitating for a moment, he frowned slightly.

"You're right...but there are some risks we can't bear."

"But some risks are unavoidable," Lu Zhou continued, staring at Professor Angus who was beginning to waver, "Our civilization is always moving forward, and even if I don't discover some things, someday in the future Someone must find out."

"Just like controlled nuclear fusion, many people may hate me because I have eliminated millions or even tens of millions of jobs. But I also believe that more people will thank me in the future. Although I Let their parents lose the opportunity to continue sweating in coal mines, but a materially rich future will allow more people to live a more decent life, and let more people have more rights to choose their own future and life, and Non-grandparents have worked in dangerous mines and small workshops for generations."

This is the law of the development of civilization, even if it stagnates for a short time, it will always move forward on a large time scale.

New technology replaces old technology, advanced productivity replaces backward productivity, and one day artificial intelligence will become smarter and smarter, even like a living human being, and one day human beings will become their own gods, through gene editing Allow yourself to be omnipotent...

"...The cryonics technology is the same. It can provide many terminally ill patients with a chance to live a complete life, and it can also allow our civilization to spread and spread the seeds of civilization to galaxies that are light-years away and even further away. "

"As for the impact it may have on our original social order, and even destroy some old concepts...the problems you mentioned will definitely exist, but I believe that our civilization will eventually find a suitable solution to solve these problems. problems in ourselves. Just as we solve problems in technology."

After a pause, looking at Professor Angus who was deep in thought, Lu Zhou said solemnly.

"And these things are your job."