Chapter 27 Cloud Flying Report_1

Lin Sen then said, "Next, we enter the second item on the agenda: technology and survival guarantees.

Dr. Yun Fei, as a leading authority on human sociology, how do you view the future development of human society?"

Dr. Yun Fei is currently the most profound researcher in human sociology. Huaxia assigned Dr. Yun Fei to Logic's Wallfacer team, hoping that the Wallfacer would receive the most accurate and authoritative opinions of the era.

Lin Sen also wanted to know how the elites of this era viewed the future development of human society.

Although everyone in the audience, infected by Lin Sen's spirit, had regained some confidence in the fight against the Trisolarans, Dr. Yun Fei's heart was deeply moved as well, yet the clouds of worry did not lift from his face, and he remained very silent.

Seeing Lin Sen mention him, he pushed up the glasses on his nose, his gaze deep, his brows furrowed, and brought the microphone to the front:

"Actually, I am also a defeatist, especially after witnessing the current state of human society in these years, which led me toward utter despair.

But today, you have given me hope, even though that hope is still faint, but it is enough, at least it has given me the motivation to survive.

I am very pessimistic about the future development of human society. Humans have a sense of despair when facing the Trisolaris crisis, and this emotion has spread to all corners of society, causing tremendous harm.

At the same time, while we invest all our resources in dealing with the Trisolaris crisis, we have neglected many things.

Since now most countries have opened up most of their technologies, making technological barriers increasingly small. But this is not unconditional; major powers, in order to maintain their status, are instead increasing their plundering of resources.

The selfish side of humans has never changed; they have pushed all the evil roots to the Trisolaris crisis, which has made their plundering even more unscrupulous.

Because they understand that in the future, resources are equivalent to the right to speak.

Economic transformation involves too many interests, and today's economic transformation can only be considered an attempt at reform, I do not hold much hope for its success.

Interest groups will never dissipate, they will only exist in another form. During the economic transformation, these interest groups will greatly increase their plundering of all resources.

The PDC has gathered all human and material resources in hopes of a technological breakthrough, but technological breakthroughs have never been the business of just one department.

Indeed, new technological breakthroughs are happening every day, and that is because of the dividends brought by technology openness, but the time for such dividends will not be very long.

The comprehensive breakthrough in science and technology should be the dedication of all humanity, and this way of focusing resources to seek breakthroughs is feasible in the short term but absolutely unfeasible in the long term.

Without the drive of the entire industry of society, human technology will not make sustained progress.

Now, the research strength of the private sector has almost hit rock bottom, with everything unrelated to dealing with the Trisolaris crisis being banned, and the job opportunities for the lower classes are diminishing.

The latest report shows that the unemployed population has gone from 5.7% before the crisis to 15.2% now, and this is during an age when technology is advancing by leaps and bounds. In another 20 years, I predict that the unemployment rate will reach 49%, and that will be a disaster for all humanity.

The entire society is developing in a distorted manner, people can bear the absence of the superior life they had before, as long as they can have a life of basic subsistence.

It doesn't matter if there are no channels to realize value, being alive is enough (this was Lin Sen's original state).

But how long can humanity live in such an environment, and how can those who have seen sunshine bear the darkness for long?

Private and national research should complement each other, but now private research is greatly restricted. Private research drives the development of the entire society as it focuses on the needs of the local people, but this can also be a tremendous waste of resources, especially in the current Trisolaris crisis.

The contradiction is that we need to invest every resource into dealing with the Trisolaris crisis, and the development of private science will result in waste.

The future I see is extremely bleak and cruel; it is a disaster for humanity, and yet there seems to be no way to change this development.

I am not worried about the future of mankind, but I am concerned about the present of mankind, and a great disaster may be upon us.

This is a report I've compiled over the years; it details the current situation of the entire society and various industries, and provides a summary report of the mental state of humanity."

Dr. Yun Fei submitted the report to Lin Sen, who was on the stage. Lin Sen, looking at the 500-page report in his hands, couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by emotion. They were aware of many issues, but were powerless to do anything. True despair was nothing other than this.

It was also the first edition of what would later be called the "Yun Fei Report," which had a profound impact on later generations of human society.

Lin Sen felt a deep respect for Dr. Yun Fei from within. From the unemployed population and the state of society to the contradictions in technological development, he predicted the imminent great nadir.

This had an effect akin to Zhang Beihai's father's future history studies.

Originally, humanity recklessly destroyed the environment and extracted resources, branding anyone who spoke of environmental protection with the ETO label.

The original text only briefly touched on environmental issues, but Lin Sen believed that the great nadir of that time was about much more than just the environment.

Although humanity had formed a community of shared destiny and technology was shared, it was always necessary to suspect the worst malice in interest groups.

Facing the Trisolaran crisis, technology could be shared, but not status. What was this future status? It was resources!

They would madly plunder resources, even resorting to the most violent methods of exploitation, which would greatly increase the damage to Earth's environment.

Civilian scientific research had almost halted, living standards had fallen to the lowest, society lacked motivation, and with the Trisolaran crisis looming over everyone like a mountain, human society was on the verge of collapse. This was the great nadir.

It began with a large unemployed populace, society stagnant like dead water, followed by a sudden deterioration of the Earth's environment, shortage of food, and eventually, the government lost its ability to maintain control, millions fled famine, and billions died.

Dr. Yun Fei only saw the potential crises in humanity's future, but Lin Sen knew the future was a hundred times worse than he had predicted.

Lin Sen, looking at the contemplative audience below, began to speak:

"Thank you for Dr. Yun Fei's analysis. I agree with him, and I even believe the outcome will be worse than Dr. Yun Fei anticipates.

Ye Wenjie's experiences made her realize that humanity couldn't stop its own madness on its own, which is why she chose to invite Trisolaris.

We are likewise unable to curb our own madness, and I've even heard some opinions: sustainable exploitation of resources, environmental protection, all tagged with the label of traitors or ETO sympathizers, while those supporting destructive exploitation of resources receive unanimous support.

Such madness obviously resonates with all of humanity's emotions, they need to vent their feelings and emotions.

Because the Trisolaran crisis is suffocating them, they need an outlet for this social emotion.

Sentiment will overwhelm reason, madness will replace wisdom, it's a social emotion that is very difficult to change."

Dr. Yun Fei continued, "Yes, expecting humanity to remain rational at all times is wishful thinking.

The trend from rational to irrational behavior will also intensify if we try to suppress and eliminate irrationality excessively; madness will become mainstream. We are powerless against this."

Lin Sen: "I understand, what you mean is that imposing rationality on humanity or society, and trying to make them more rational, will cause a mutation... leading to a more intense outbreak of irrationality."

Dr. Yun Fei: "Yes, there are too many such examples in history. We can never escape the vortex of fate."

The topic Lin Sen and Dr. Yun Fei discussed was how to get the frenzied masses to stop and calmly face current issues.

Under the Trisolaran crisis, everyone's nerves were on edge, often resulting in frenzied behavior.

If this behavior was stopped, the more they wanted them to be rational, the crazier they might become; such efforts seemed futile.

If it wasn't stopped, they would not restrain their madness either.

This was the vortex of fate.