The famous FA country gourmet Francis Bacon said this: "Knowledge is power."
Although we in later generations do not know the circumstances under which the founder of experimental science said this wise saying, this short sentence has been deeply ingrained in human society, and almost every human cub has After hearing this famous saying, everyone remembers the bearded old man who was hung on the wall of the classroom.
Of course, this sentence cannot be understood literally. After all, no matter how much knowledge you have in your head, it can't make you grease the road faster, nor can it turn you into a superman and punch a naughty kid.
This "power" should be thought of more abstractly, including the object on which it exerts force.
Such as human society.
We are also animals, so why are we humans completely different from other jackals, tigers and leopards? Why can we travel all over the world and build one magnificent and splendid civilization after another?
Because we think more and further than all other animals.
If human society is compared to a car, then knowledge is gasoline, the direct driving force that makes the car move and run faster. Without knowledge, there would be no economy, no medicine, no science and technology, and there would be no current human civilization.
But is knowledge enough?
It's definitely not enough.
As said not long ago, the planet is a life, and humans are just secondary life forms living on this great existence.
If one day the planet is no longer willing to allow humans to "borrow" their bodies to survive, then human civilization will come to an end.
Therefore, the existence of the planet provides the most basic raw materials for the "car" of human society, allowing us to assemble, upgrade and maintain it; knowledge is the "gasoline" that drives this car, allowing us to run faster.
Raw materials are everywhere, and knowledge will never change. So why are we humans the only ones who have done the "assembly" step, while other animals have stayed in nature for tens of thousands of years without much change?
The answer is only two words: desire.
This is also the basis for the formation of human society and the original driving force for everything we have now.
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans were just a group of thick-haired apes, just like other animals, living a primitive and rough life. By chance, they discovered fire, and after discovering the changes that this constantly jumping hot thing could bring to their lives, desire was born.
Fruits and raw meat can no longer meet our needs, we want to eat cooked food; dry and hard meat can fill our stomachs but tastes too bad, we want to enrich the taste of food; more and more people live here, we want Want a bigger place to live, want a better life...
One idea after another was generated in the hearts of human ancestors. The desire for a better life gave them the motivation to step out of the primitive world, and human society was gradually changing and improving.
Animal nature has been reborn as human nature, and human beings' desire for a better existence has also given rise to unattainable dreams.
In the past, ancient humans dreamed of living a life where they would not be invaded by wild beasts or disturbed by harsh nature and could eat meat every day. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, they finally realized this dream.
But humans living in a new environment have new desires and new dreams. The pace of progress has never stopped. After every dream is realized, a higher dream will be born, promoting the development of mankind.
This is human nature.
Led by reason, desire will never be cut off, and animality will never weaken or disappear.
Human desires and dreams have allowed us to evolve from beasts to where we are now, and it continues and will never stop.
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Dreams are not the only ones. They are mankind's sustenance for a better future, their yearning for a more perfect self, and they are an indispensable thing in a person's heart.
Valentine had many dreams, which were created in stages.
When he was still Chen Yue, a little boy studying in school had dreamed of being a good person, a good person who only existed in textbooks and did not smoke, drink, perm his hair, or fight.
Chen Yue is gentle by nature, and this dream is quite in line with his personality. But just because he was less rebellious as a teenager and more naive and weak, his campus life was not as full of wonderful memories as most people.
But even so, he never gave up on this dream. It's just that when he entered college, he understood some principles in interpersonal communication, and the standard of the "good guy" in his dream also dropped a lot.
It is impossible to be a textbook good person. It is still very easy to be a good person that exists widely in society.
Even though I talked dirty and drank, I was a good boy.
After all, I don’t smoke, perm my hair, lie, or fight.
but……
Fortune plays tricks on people, and accidents are prepared for this kind of people.
Coming to the world of Terra, Valentin's dream of being a "good guy" was shattered into pieces when he shot and killed the security guard.
The sweet blood spattered on his face, weaving a big red net in front of the weak boy's eyes. Amidst the thud of the corpse falling to the ground, Valentine felt that something was missing in his heart, but he also felt a little more relaxed.
Since then, Valentine no longer wanted to be a good person, and he just laughed at the dream he once had, just like the reaction of his classmates when he heard the word "good person".
How could there be such a stupid person?
Ha ha.
As Chen Huijie once said, Valentin's hands are now stained with the blood of hundreds of people. It is impossible for him to return to his pure self, but he still meets the standards of a "good guy" in the Terra world. Although Valentin has Lundin didn't think that could be called "good."
In his imagination, the word "good guy" should look like what is described in the textbook, with almost all perfect positive characteristics, without any trace of blackness.
But Valentin also knows very well that this kind of person is almost impossible to exist like pure gold. In the real world, even a saint is inevitably mixed with impurities, let alone the world of Terra, a world full of wars. .
Thus, Valentine's second dream was born.
World Peace.
…
Do you really want to laugh?
Yes, when these four words appeared in Valentine's mind, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and laugh at himself.
But soon, the silent ridicule dissipated in the wind, leaving only a faint bitterness.
Because this really is his dream.
Unadulterated.
And his true dream was even more extreme and unbelievable than the common meaning of the phrase.
The world peace that Valentine dreams of is not only a world without war, where people of all countries live in harmony, and politicians can sincerely smile and negotiate without knives, but also includes no violence and oppression, no lies and deception, no racial discrimination, and no malicious oppression, etc. wait wait wait.
In short, there are no negative things. Everyone walking on the street can naturally smile at passers-by, and the politeness from the heart has become a habit. Everything in the eyes is full of harmony, without any Negative news, no negative emotions, everything is positive...
A utopia that truly exists between you and me.
…
This is outrageous.
Any human being with a normal IQ will feel that such a world is simply impossible to achieve when seeing these descriptions. The three words "Utopia" represent "impossibility."
Chen Yue was also very aware of this at that time, so when he realized that he had such a dream in his heart, he locked it up tightly and never told anyone about it. Sometimes he saw this dream himself. I feel ashamed when I dream.
A person with a utopian dream is an ordinary person who can be seen everywhere, a degenerate college student with few good habits and a lot of bad habits. Don't you think it's weird?
Although I am stuck in the quagmire, I yearn for a clean and tidy starry sky?
Then you try your best to move towards the stars? Why are you paralyzed in the quagmire like everyone around you and unwilling to move? Are you just talking but unwilling to take action?
People who are drowning in darkness are not qualified to criticize those who strive to climb towards the light and burn themselves, but those who want to bathe in the sun but are immersed in the shadows and are unwilling to work hard are not qualified to not be laughed at.
Valentine understands this very well, so he has always pretended that he has never had such a dream, until now after time travel.
After coming to the world of Terra, Valentin met Xing Yihuang and Raphael by chance. He also had one more dream, which is also the most important dream so far, which is to make these two girls happy.
This is also the reason why he has been able to persist for so long under the bombardment of sugar-coated bombs. The doubts about Raphael were only secondary, the sense of responsibility in his heart was the most important.
However, now after changing into a conscious life, the world of Terra has poured everything he felt into Valentine's existence. He not only feels the greatness and magnificence of nature in the world of Terra, but also sees the world of Terra more clearly. Everything that happened within the La civilization.
When those negative torrents like a flood rushed into Valentine's consciousness, the dream that he had hidden deep in his heart suddenly shone with scarlet light at this moment, like the brightest star in the sky.
Valentine has never given up on this dream. He has never been more eager for world peace than he is now.
True peace that erases all darkness.
Because now, when he sets aside the vibrant nature and sinks his senses into everyone's mind, the countless tiny consciousnesses fused together are something he has never seen, never imagined, and is just like nature. Suffering that cannot be described in words.
He's crazy.
