Chapter 1794: Summer in Fool Village (VIII)

When Lex arrived at Rodriguez Manor, Merkel greeted him outside the door. The housekeeper was not wearing formal clothes, but short-sleeved casual clothes and a pair of rubber shoes. He was holding a hoe in his hand and looked like he had just finished working in the garden.

Merkel brought a roll of waterproof blanket to the door and covered the place where there was more water at the door. Lex and Clark walked out of the car one after another and walked into Rodriguez Manor under the guidance of Merkel.

The sun had come out at this time. A heavy rain last night washed the manor and it was shining in the sun. The air was full of the smell of pleasant grass. When the temperature had not risen yet, the slightly cold and humid air made people feel chilly from the nose to the throat.

When they found Bruce, Bruce was sitting at the table under the awning behind the manor, fiddling with a black laptop.

Lex looked around and asked, "Where is Professor Schiller?"

"He went to Gotham University for a class and left not long ago." Bruce stopped typing and looked up at Lex. He was a little surprised when he saw Clark behind Lex.

"Good morning, Bruce. Here, I bought coffee this morning. Lex said he didn't want to drink it. I was worried that it would be wasted." Clark gave Bruce the cup of coffee he had given Lex before. The temperature was not high in the morning, so the ice cubes did not melt completely. Bruce took the coffee and took a sip and said, "Thank you. I just need to refresh myself."

Clark pulled out a chair and sat down, but Lex asked, "Why are you sitting here? Don't you want to go to the house?"

Bruce pouted at the garden and said, "I have to watch them both."

Lex looked in the direction Bruce turned his head. Harley was chasing Barry with a garden hose. The two of them were watering everywhere, and Merkel was digging out the dead plants while stopping them.

Lex happened to sit down at the table. He looked around. This was the porch leading to the back garden. Next to the table was the back door of the manor restaurant. Further ahead was the French window of the restaurant. There was a thin layer of dust on the glass, but because of the gardening, there were a lot of mud spots on the wall.

"Why did you ask me to come here?" Lex asked.

Bruce paused, turned the laptop in front of him, and asked the two people, especially Clark: "Have you used Wayne Group's laptops?"

Both shook their heads. Clark recalled and said: "Our editor-in-chief has a computer like this. He often shows off his computer skills to us, but I know he doesn't use a laptop at all. All the work is done by his subordinates."

Lex cleared his throat and said: "It's very likely that he doesn't know how to use it at all. Wayne Group's computers are difficult to use."

"What do you mean?" Bruce immediately became interested. He leaned forward and looked at Lex and said: "What's the difficulty?"

Lex opened his mouth, thought for a while, and did not answer immediately, but asked Bruce: "Why did you suddenly start thinking about this question?"

Bruce sighed deeply and remembered the situation last night.

He came to visit Schiller and took the old route, which was to climb up the roof from the side wall and then jump from the roof to the tree in the back garden. However, he did not expect that even if he did not wear a bat suit, the hat of the raincoat would be scratched by the branches. When Merkel put him down, Bruce could clearly feel that Schiller was angry.

Bruce was still very happy to see the laptop on Schiller's desk. After all, it was an electronic device he developed, and the boot animation also had bats.

But he did not expect that this was the fuse that made Schiller angry. Schiller brought Bruce to the table and showed him how difficult the computer was to use.

But Bruce felt very puzzled. He had heard a lot of Schiller's ideas about electronic devices before. Bruce thought that the concept was very advanced, so he felt that the professor was not the kind of old-fashioned person who did not accept advanced equipment, let alone an electronic idiot who could not even figure out a computer.

In Bruce's opinion, what was difficult about computers? Entering the interface, entering the code, jumping to the program, isn't this already dozens or hundreds of times more convenient than searching for information aimlessly in the archives?

Bruce and Schiller had some disagreements on this. Bruce believed that computers were professional tools, and using tools to complete work required some learning costs, just like 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 brakes and accelerators are, the gear positions, and road signs, etc. This is how humans came here, so it is normal that some learning is needed about how to use computers.

But Schiller proposed an advanced concept. Simply put, make the operation of the computer so simple that a three-year-old child can use it, and minimize the learning cost. Not only should everyone be able to operate it, but it is best to allow people not to operate it, and the computer can operate itself.

Bruce did not like this idea. He believed that if there was no threshold for using the Internet, then mankind would definitely enter a rather bad era of information explosion, and mankind would be dominated by the Internet rather than dominate the Internet.

Bruce did not think that it was a good thing to allow everyone to access the Internet. Public opinion was sometimes a sharp weapon that hurt people. If a three-year-old child could hold this knife, how could we ensure that mankind would not waste time on meaningless virtual wars?

In the end, Schiller did not continue to try to persuade Bruce, because this was the case in this era. People were terrified about the rapid development of electronic information technology, not like in later generations, when anyone could go online at any time and anywhere as common as eating and drinking.

Schiller believed that it was not because he came from an era of information explosion that he had to beautify that era without any shortcomings, and then urged Bruce to quickly use his genius wisdom to send mankind into that era. This was not rational, because there were indeed various problems in the information age.

Where humans in one universe are heading is not determined by the future of another universe. History is the choice of the masses, not the prophet forcing geniuses to change it. Every penny of human beings on this earth is their vote, and the technological route that can survive in the end is the direction of mankind.

Therefore, Schiller did not make too much entanglement, and went to work at Gotham University after breakfast, but just like every debate that has happened in the past few years, Schiller did not care, and Bruce began to entangle again.

Bruce briefly told Lex and Clark about his disagreement with Schiller, then emphasized his point of view. Finally, he looked at Lex and said, "I heard that the user interface of the Luthor Group is very convenient. I have used your group's computers before, but I am not sure whether it is really a good thing to lower the threshold for using electronic products again and again." 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. It is more like providing ready-made information. However, all information circulating in the human group will eventually become difficult to distinguish between true and false. The final result must be chaos." "Humans have never been able to understand each other, and if they have an extremely convenient way to communicate, they will not understand The other party will only be disappointed the more they expect. Is the resulting disputes and conflicts really a good thing for a population? "

Lex didn't expect Bruce to come to him to discuss this issue. After a little thought, he said: "The concept of Luther Group's electronic products is that we provide a shortcut for ordinary people, so that those electronic products that can only play the greatest role in the hands of professionals can provide convenient services for ordinary people."

"This will minimize the impact of information asymmetry." 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 the opportunities to profit from information asymmetry will become fewer and fewer."

"So can this reduce the class gap? Or intensify the conflict? Which one do you want?" Bruce asked.

"I want to promote human development."

"You think this will give ordinary people more opportunities and enable each human individual to play a greater value, but where will this value eventually flow to?"

Lex was silent for a moment. He knew the answer to this question. Bruce was sharp enough. Obviously, if the liberated productivity continues to be harvested, it is equivalent to no liberation. What's worse is that the harvesters will have a more convenient way to provoke conflicts and widen the gap.

At this time, Lex and Bruce turned their heads and looked at 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 any opinions to express?"

"What's the point of your discussion?" Clark said a little dazedly: "So if one of you wins, will something be changed?"

"Of course, we..."

Before Lex finished speaking, Bruce looked at Clark and said, "You reminded me that we are not trying to control humans to go in the direction we expect. We just need to make a choice and time will give the answer."

Lex opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't want to appear less open-minded than Bruce in front of Clark, so he had to look at Bruce and ask, "Why did you visit Rodriguez Manor in the middle of the night? And you were hung on the tree?"

Clark also looked at Bruce and asked curiously, "Yes, your father is not here, don't you need to manage the Wayne Group?"

"I came here to avoid the limelight." Bruce said after taking a sip of coffee.

"Get out of the spotlight?" Lex frowned and asked, "Who can make you hide away?"

"A troublesome woman."

At the door of Schiller's office at Gotham University, Pamela held a pot of flowers and looked at Schiller and said, "Professor, I haven't had time to congratulate you on the new office. This is a gift."

Schiller looked at the flower 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 green ivy. It won't bite or hit people. You can put it on the windowsill for viewing."

Schiller finally took the flower pot from Pamela and put it on his windowsill. At this moment, a shrill ring came from Pamela. Pamela took out a Motorola mobile phone from her bag, pressed the answer button and said:

"Hello, Lant, what's wrong? Another plant escaped? Okay, I'll go back to the lab now... What? Maybe it was man-made?! You saw a suspicious shadow? Don't act rashly, I'll be back right away!"