"The scientific researchers surrendered on the spot? The official refuted the rumor: This is absolutely not the case."
"After investigation, it was found that the incident reported online was a misinterpretation. People from across the ocean said: This person is in a poor mental state."
"The Quantum Computing Project Team declares: All technical cooperation has been approved and conducted through proper channels."
"The person may be deported: do we have an obligation to ensure his safety?"
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One report after another was issued, and it can be said that the Davis incident caused a huge stir in public opinion. What he represents is definitely not just as simple as "a scientific researcher's conscience discovery".
In fact, this is a precursor to a reversal of polarity in the international landscape.
Because of its iconic significance, many people even call it the "Oppenheimer incident of the 21st century."
Of course, the Eastern camp did need the United States' atomic bombs at that time, but now we do not need their quantum computers.
And this also led to completely different ways of handling the two incidents.
After being arrested on criminal charges, Davis was quickly released due to lack of evidence. No one knew what he was going to face, but one thing was certain:
For him, staying in China may be a safer choice than returning to China.
However, he no longer has this opportunity now.
Davis was deported two days later.
Many people came to the scene to watch his plane leave - in fact, the last time so many people paid attention to the movements of a plane was the time Pickering suddenly disappeared from the sky.
This is good news for Davis.
After all, exposing yourself to the public eye is also a choice to avoid persecution by the United States.
However, it is unknown how long he will be safe after the heat dissipates.
Turret.
Bob's face could no longer be described as simply "ugly". Even after seeing his face, the assistant suspected that if Davis were standing in this office at this moment, it would really be possible. Choked to death by Bob's own hands.
After all, the impact he caused was too bad.
The first is the complete failure of the AQCL project - yes, the moment Davis ran to the Chinese, he actually destroyed the entire project without saying anything at all.
Of course the Chinese will understand everything the first time they see him.
An expert in the field of quantum computing and a leader in the industry, after attending the China Quantum Computing Conference, threw away the security guards monitoring him and shouted that he needed to protect the guards who were rushing towards the "enemy country".
Anyone with a normal mind would not be unable to understand what happened, nor would they fail to take precautions.
".I have long said that Davis should not be allowed to go to China to attend some bullshit meeting!"
"I've said it a long time ago, all personnel involved in the AQCL project are high-risk personnel!"
"But the Congress didn't listen at all! Do they still think this is just playing house?"
"What academic freedom, what international style? They ruined our last chance!"
"Now, there's really nothing we can do - nothing!"
Bob was waving his arms furiously as if he had a sharp knife and was about to chop Davis into pieces.
The assistant sighed helplessly, not knowing how he should react.
Davis's "exodus" was indeed a decision made by Congress after careful consideration. From their perspective, Davis himself was a staunch patriot and there was no ideological problem.
On the other hand, as the leader of the AQCL project, although he cannot obtain sufficient spiritual rewards in the short term, he has been given the top treatment in terms of material rewards.
This can be concluded just from the budget of the AQCL project: the United States has not treated him badly.
If that's the case, why can't you trust him?
In addition, the AQCL project does have demands for external communication and obtaining the latest information, so this trip to China became a natural thing.
But no one could have imagined that such a person who was absolutely impossible to rebel would actually commit "treason".
Why?
The assistant actually had some guesses in his mind, but in front of Bob, he really couldn't open his mouth.
So, he could only reply tactfully:
"I'm afraid the reason for this is not as simple as we thought - it is absolutely impossible for Davis to rebel just because of the high pressure of the AQCL project, as DHS has judged."
"Probably, he saw more profound changes from this high-pressure environment."
"Change? What changes can there be?"
Bob interrupted the assistant and continued:
"I should say, is there anything that remains the same?"
"Our good days are over! If we still want to restore our past glory, we must move forward by any means necessary, just like China did in the past!"
"They can have Starfire, why can't we?"
“They can use a highly centralized approach to promote projects, why can’t we?!”
This is exactly the problem.
The assistant answered silently in his mind.
It is precisely because we are gradually becoming like them that Davis would do such a thing
No, it’s not “like them.”
But "trying to do the same as them, but missing the most critical thing."
Therefore, the end result is a deformed, fanatical, inefficient organization with no future at all.
As an old-school scholar with a very high IQ and a scholar who has experienced the past era of confrontation, would Davis not be aware of this?
Don't think these nerds are too stupid
Looking at Bob's red eyes, the assistant couldn't bear it for a moment.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally said:
"This is definitely not an isolated incident."
"What I want to say is that Davis is just a relatively extreme representative of this group of people - these people are mainly scientific researchers, but the scope they cover is definitely not just scientific researchers."
"What's the meaning?"
Bob asked warily.
He could hear the deep meaning in his assistant's words, but he didn't know what he meant specifically.
“Wyoming, over there at Yellowstone Ranch, there’s been some changes lately.”
"You know, the orders implemented by the state government are originally different from the orders in Washington."
"We just ask them to get as much land use rights as possible to prepare for the subsequent large-scale infrastructure construction."
"But obviously... they did it another way."
"In what way?"
Bob had never heard of this—it was not within his expertise.
But it seems that this is closely related to him, the head of the military.
"They demolished the Yellowstone Farm, dispersed the farm's equity, and transferred thousands of acres of land to the Tyson Group."
"During the process, some conflicts broke out, but in the end, Yellowstone Farm compromised."
"In other words, this farm, which was originally an independent commercial entity, was merged into a monopoly."
"The irony is that the state government and Tyson Group jointly hold shares that originally belonged to Yellowstone Farms."
"I think you can understand what this means."
Bob's eyes gradually became serious.
"Trustification of the State."
He spoke.
The assistant shook his head and replied:
"No, it's worse than that."
"Now, if you think about Davis's motivations for rebelling, the point is, the organizational form of AQCL and the way it conducts things."
"Big company, highly centralized, extremely utilitarian"
".I understand what you mean."
"What they are worried about is state trustism represented by plutocrats."
"That's right."
The assistant finally nodded, but then he continued to add:
"Or to be more precise, it should be a Corinthian structure."
"What they worry about is that we will become the second Corinthian city."
Bob gasped.
Although he was not keen on history, he happened to know the story of the so-called "City of Corinth".
This is a strange city that existed in the ancient Greek era 2,800 years ago, and the organizational form of this city is indeed very similar to the current development trend in the United States.
During that period, Athens and Thebes were the two poles of the ancient Greek world. To understand it popularly, they were the ancient Greek versions of CCCP and the United States.
Of course, their relationship is not as irreconcilable as the Soviet Union and the United States. In fact, they have a special cooperative relationship and have jointly created many miracles.
For a long time, other city-states basically relied on them for their existence.
Among them was Corinth.
This area was co-colonized by the powerful Athens and Thebes, and mainly relied on transit trade to make profits. In a sense, it was the trade hub of the entire Greek world.
With such advantages, Corinth's development far exceeded the average level of other city-states at that time. In a very short period of time, it became one of the few Greek city-states that could rival Athens and Thebes in terms of wealth.
Its commerce was extremely developed. Until the middle of the 6th century BC, Corinth had been the main exporter of black pottery, and its products were sold all over Greece.
It built many wonders. The majestic temple on the Acropolis of Corinth was dedicated to Aphrodite. The scale of this temple was quite rare even in the entire Greek world at that time.
But the irony is that according to most data, more than a thousand temple chickens were kept in the temples of Corinth. They were responsible for providing free external services to attract tourists and became the largest source of disease infection. Therefore, in the comments of later generations, Corinth has always been It is a "fallen city-state".
But why does it become like this?
It was obviously a chosen place that shouldered important responsibilities in city-state trade, but was it eventually submerged in the torrent of history?
the reason is simple.
The first is the technical gap.
The city of Corinth was completely unable to compare with Athens in terms of navigation technology, and its military level and food production capacity were far inferior to the traditional land, agricultural, and military powers Sparta and Thebes.
Such a gap made it lose the possibility of truly competing with these city-states, causing its development path to become increasingly deformed.
The second is what Bob calls "trustification."
The size of "companies", or aristocratic families, and comprador groups expanded rapidly, and almost all the wealth in the city-state was concentrated in the hands of these very few people.
The lower-class residents have fallen into complete poverty, so much so that in most families, the daughters have to sell their bodies to tourists from other city-states to support their families.
All of this made Corinth a synonym for "sensuality and depravity", but who was responsible for their depravity?
Bob clenched his fists.
He looked at the assistant and asked:
"So you are saying that Wyoming has the potential to become the first 'New Corinth'? And we and China are the 'Athens and Thebes' that promote this change?"
There was a hint of sadness in the assistant's eyes.
The man in front of him has not seen the facts clearly until now - or in other words, he is not willing to admit the facts.
"No of course not."
“Wyoming is not New Corinth.”
"We are."
"Our entire country is the New Corinth that will fall between the two poles of China and the 'World' in the future."
"Yes, you heard that right."
"The world in the future will only be divided into two poles."
"China, and others. And we, even 'others' can't be classified as such."
The huge impact of this statement made Bob slump directly in his chair.
At this moment, even Davis's rebellion seemed to be somewhat insignificant.
“Isn’t this clear in Washington?”
"That's the more serious thing I'm worried about."
The assistant's voice lowered slightly, and after a pause for a few seconds, he spoke:
"So you know the city of Corinth, nothing?"
"What?"
"There is no regular army. All his armed forces are mercenaries and private soldiers."
"When you worry about whether Washington knows about it, the military has already split with Congress. Because, in this form of national organization, there is a natural conflict of interest between the military and the ruling party."
Bob squinted his eyes and looked at the assistant opposite him carefully, as if he wanted to find out whether he had ulterior motives or was really thinking about himself.
——
Obviously, the latter is more likely.
Because there is no need for him to deceive himself, this is not a choice that maximizes interests at all.
Bob breathed a sigh of relief.
"In any case, we must warn Congress - I want to know, how long will it take for such a 'trend' to become a reality?"
"Then it depends on how long it will take for China to popularize nuclear fusion technology around the world."
"I don't think it will take more than ten years."
"ten years."
Bob repeated it subconsciously, then looked up at the ceiling.
There, a moth flew in from nowhere and was hitting the glowing chandelier. It didn't seem to understand why it had changed into this form after chasing light for hundreds of millions of years.
It's as if Bob now can't understand why the country he once fought for with confidence has suddenly become unfamiliar.
"I seem to understand Davis about the dark future."
He said with a wry smile.
"I can't say that his choice is right, but at least he is not betraying, maybe he is just seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages?"
"Maybe."
the assistant replied.
The future he could see was not much further than Bob's.
But maybe some people in this country have already begun to prepare for that future
