Chapter 1044 The Future of Humanity (Part 2)

Outside the waiting room is a huge station square.

The tunnel that the three of them saw on the hillside led to here. At that time, Electronic Sheep also saw the endless flow of trucks. However, when they got closer, they saw that what came off those trucks was not cargo at all, but Group after group of people.

Qiu Ming continued the previous topic.

"In the beginning, memory encoding technology was applied to ordinary people. It was some wealthy people or top middle-class families who wanted their children to win at the starting line, so they secretly used memory encoding to program their children when they were very young. They have gained many skills and even given them some leadership characteristics and qualities.

"And sure enough, these children whose memories have been recoded immediately stand out among their peers, far ahead of their peers. When they grow up, whether they start from scratch or take over the family business, they will take off quickly, defeating one after another. Competitors, complete the crazy accumulation of wealth.

"It's like a golden finger that opened up life." Qiu Ming said with emotion.

"With their success, the upper class society has also set off a wave of memory coding craze. More and more people have decided to let their sons and daughters undergo memory coding. Even if it is not to make them winners in life, at least they will not lose at the starting line. Lose.

"At the same time, on the other side, the mid-to-high-end skilled talent market has finally become saturated due to the continuous input of new human beings. Companies and enterprises have less and less demand for these talents, so large groups such as Shengtang Morgan have also Finally, the direction of training new human beings has been adjusted, from technical backbones to producing hard-working, uncomplaining blue-collar workers."

The electronic sheep's eyes widened when he heard this, "Wait, what about those ordinary people?"

"Good question. As you might guess, as major groups have changed the direction of cultivating new human beings, companies are also hiring a large number of new human blue-collar workers in the labor market, using them to replace lazy and inefficient ordinary workers. More and more The more people lost their jobs and were living on relief, many families were broken up as a result. Although some lucky people were not fired immediately, they knew in their hearts that it would be a matter of time before they lost their jobs if this continued.

“Relying on primitive learning methods and carrying various character flaws, they are unable to compete with those new humans for jobs. What’s even more tragic is that they know that when their children grow up, they will most likely make the same mistakes as them. At the same time, they are not the only ones to have this trouble. In addition, the next generation of new human beings who are now prosperous and prosperous also have the same trouble.

"There is only one way to solve this problem." Qiu Ming paused, "That is to accept memory coding and do what rich people have already done to their children. Who was the first ordinary person to accept memory coding? It’s no longer important. In short, in order to survive, to support their families, and not to be maggots in society, more and more ordinary people choose to embark on this path and accept memory encoding, just like the beauty that was once all the rage.”

"If beauty can change a person's flaws in appearance, then memory encoding can change a person's flaws in the soul, such as laziness, selfishness, arrogance... These can all be repaired, and more accurately,... You can fine-tune it according to the occupation you are engaged in. Workers on the assembly line can become more tolerant of boredom, and managers in the company can become more charismatic...

"At the beginning, their strategy did work. As long as they are willing to be ruthless and add a sum of money, ordinary people can use memory encoding to become more powerful than the new humans. But soon, the new humans also noticed Faced with the challenges they faced, the new humans also began to spend money to recode their own memories, giving themselves more perfect personalities and powerful work abilities.

"Things are starting to get crazier and crazier. Everyone is constantly updating themselves through memory encoders like app updates. Competition is never-ending. Of course, those group companies are aware of this. At this time, in fact The population growth rate has long since returned to normal. No, it should be said that it has not only returned to normal, but has also far exceeded the originally planned growth rate. However, out of the consideration of lowering labor costs, those groups have not stopped the artificial reproduction plan.

"In order to resettle the remaining explosive population, major groups have also begun to set their sights on space. New Shanghai 0297 was invested and constructed under this background. You can think that the vast majority of residents here are employees of Shengtang Morgan. Through Those who apply to work in this new city will have their memories rewritten according to the job requirements of each company before starting work. You don't have to feel sad for them to lose their original memories, because most of them have experienced it dozens of times. They have long forgotten what their original memories were.

"The memory rewriting before joining the job is actually for their own good. It can help them better integrate into their new work and life. Whether they are clones or ordinary people, they all have only one common identity here. They are the means of production, the most perfect means of production.

"Of course, considering that the goods produced must be sold, they will also play the role of consumers at the same time. Whether it is the division of the five-story space or the constantly scrolling advertisements, they are all meant to stimulate more consumption. Only consumption and Only when production continues to increase can society prosper."

When Electronic Sheep heard this, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He could even hear the sound of his teeth colliding together. "But what's the point of all this? What have we gained in this process, except that we are getting worse and worse?" Like yourself."

"Good question." Qiu Ming snapped his fingers, "But who makes the wheel of history move forward forever? Maybe if we make another choice, going back to the beginning of the artificial reproduction plan, humans will choose to close Pandora's box and All this is strangled at the source. Unfortunately, there is no if in this world. Once productivity begins to develop, those who are lagging behind will inevitably be eliminated.

"This is not something that any individual can stop. You can't, I can't, not even the board of directors of Shengtang Morgan can... Because as powerful as Shengtang Morgan, there are many equally powerful competitors. As far as I know, the board of directors Some people have even experienced memory encoding hundreds of times.

"I actually envy you. After your memory is rewritten, you can live in this city without any doubt and believe what you want to believe. But for people in other departments of the company, we don't even know what to believe. "What," Qiu Ming said, "It's like what I'm telling you now. Is it the truth, or is there another version of the truth outside of it? I don't know. It took me a long time to let it go. I don’t have to think about it anymore, and I sincerely hope you don’t go through the troubles I went through.”

It's a little early today~ Let's all go to bed early~