Selected from Colliers
This article is selected from "Colliers" on January 30, 1926
Author: John B. Kennedy
Compiled and produced by the Heart of Machines
Participants: slightly fat, leisure, light rainy season, 20e
Great scientists pay attention to not only the technology itself, but also the profound impact of technology on society. In an interview in 1926, Nikola Tesla specifically talked about the huge impact of technological development on women's future. Ten years later, Hedy Lamarr paved the way for today's wifi technology and verified Tesla's predictions.
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Tesla, the world-renowned scientist said that the life of bees will be a portrayal of the future life of mankind.
A new gender order is taking shape - women will have the advantage in the new order. In the future, vest pocket-sized devices will help humans achieve instant communication. Driven and guided by radio, the aircraft can fly over the sky without a manned space. No wires are required to deliver large amounts of electricity from a long distance. Earthquakes are becoming more and more frequent. Temperate areas will become cold or hot. Some of these exciting future pictures aren't that far away, Tesla says. Tesla, 68, sat quietly in his study, commenting on the world he wanted to help change, and predicting other huge changes that human progress will inevitably bring. He is tall and thin, and is an ascetic, dressed dullly, and his calm and deep eyes looked at the world calmly. He lives in a prosperous and simple life, and chooses three meals a day with almost extreme precision (he was a vegetarian in his later years - translator). He did not drink any drinks except water and milk. As early as he was an adult, he no longer indulged in smoking.
He is an engineer, inventor, but, fundamentally, he is a philosopher. Although he was obsessed with putting what the genius learned into practice, he never looked away from his dramatic life.
In the last throbbing century, this world has impressed us many times. Now, it will once again open its eyes and hold its breath to welcome a bigger and unprecedented miracle. Fifty years later, this world will be completely different from the present, and its difference is far greater than the present and the past fifty years.
Shortly after adulthood, Tesla came to the United States. His inventions were quickly recognized. He built experimental equipment with revolutionary power transmission equipment, first in New York, then Colorado, and then Long Island. Countless experiments subsequently brought various advances in power science, big and small. Lord Kelvin commented on him (before he was forty) saying that Tesla has contributed more to electricity research than anyone else.
He said, "From the radio system," "This new art of applying electricity will benefit mankind infinitely, far better than any other scientific discovery in human history, because this new invention will effectively eliminate spatial distance. The main misfortunes suffered by mankind are related to the vastness of the earth, and individuals and even countries cannot achieve close connections."
"Radio makes people's intellectual exchange, body material transportation and energy transmission closer together." , human communication will become closer. "
" When radio is perfectly applied to the world, it is also the moment when the earth is transformed into a huge human brain. In fact, everything is a real and rhythmic atom. We will communicate quickly with each other, no matter how far apart they are. Not only that, we can also make audio-visual calls through TV and phone, perfectly like face-to-face communication, although thousands of miles apart; the instruments we use to achieve these functions will be much simpler and more convenient than the phones people use now, and it is very magical, and people can put it in their vest pockets.
" We will witness or listen to historical events—the presidential inauguration, live performances of world-class competitions, the huge destruction of earthquakes or the fear of war—if you are here in person.
" When wireless power transmission is commercialized, transportation and transmission will change. Currently, movies can be transmitted short distances through radio.In the near future, this distance will expand to infinite. What I am talking about here is a few years later. Humans are using radio to transmit pictures - Thirty years ago, humans realized telegram transmission pictures through point systems. Once radio transmission becomes popular, these methods will appear primitive and rough, just like steam trains to electric trains.
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In the future, electric cars will be running on the road. Suppose our museum can put these steamed cars, in the eyes of our next generation, they will all become strange old antiques.
"Perhaps the most valuable application area for radio is to replace fuel and become the power source of flight equipment, which will make it surpass all current aircraft and spacecraft. In the future, in just one hour from New York to Europe, the border between countries will be greatly weakened, and the world will take a big step towards the unity and harmonious coexistence of all ethnic groups around the world. Although it will be difficult to achieve in the short term, by then, wireless technology will not only realize regional energy transmission, but will also become a powerful political means to coordinate international interests. It will promote consensus and eliminate differences.
"The current power transmission systems will be outdated. At that time, the operating system will be based on compact relay stations. The size of compact relay stations is only half or a quarter of the current power plant. Since water will only cause a small amount of energy loss in wireless transmission, compact relay stations can be built in the air or under the sea.
Mr. Tesla foresaw the huge changes in our daily lives. "The current wireless receivers will be abandoned by simpler machines, and static electricity and various forms of obstacles will be eliminated, so the operation between countless transmitters and receivers will be smooth. The future morning newspaper is likely to be printed at home via radio every night. Household management, such as temperature, lighting and household appliances, can be easily solved by the power of wireless technology.
"I expect the development of aircraft will drive the development of the automotive industry, and I think Mr. Ford will make a huge contribution to this progress. There will be loop-shaped parking towers in major cities, vertical traffic will double the number of roads, and the problems of car parking demand and road supply demand caused by commercial entertainment will be able to be Solve, or people eventually replace car traffic with flying, no longer need parking lots and roads.
Geothermal energy storage that causes frequent volcanic eruptions will be developed for production purposes. In an article I wrote twenty years ago, I clearly explained the process flow of some of the solar energy received by humans using the atmosphere. Experts at the time thought without thinking that I wanted to implement a perpetual motion machine solution, but in fact my process flow was carefully considered and reasonable. ”
Tesla believes that the rise of women has profound symbolic significance for the future of mankind.
He said, "Any trained observer, even those who have not experienced socially, knows very well that for centuries, the world has begun to accept a new view of gender discrimination due to the sudden impact of the outbreak of the World War.
"The struggle for gender equality will lead to a new gender order, in which women will be in a dominant position. Women expect gender progress is just a manifestation, in fact, this It is just the product of something deeper and stronger fermenting in the human heart.
"Women cannot ensure gender equality by simply imitating male external characteristics and then achieve dominance. What they need is the awakening of wisdom.
"Firstly, women were in a subordinate position in society. After countless generations, this state will naturally lead to a partial decline in the level of women's intelligence, to say the least, a genetic pause. Now, we know that women are born with intelligence are not lower than men.
It is said that beautiful Katharine McMahon Johnson, the wife of an old Tesla friend,
may be the only female that Tesla loved
queen, the center of life
"However, the mind of women has proved that they can not only meet the spiritual requirements of all men, but also achieve what they have achieved. In several generations, the scope of women's abilities will continue to expand; women will receive a good education like men, and then receive a better education, because after centuries of sleep, the potential talents in the female brain will be activated and brain activities will be more exciting. Strong and powerful. They will forget the past and use their own progress to amazed human civilization.
"The gains of women's struggle in new fields and the gradual acquisition of leadership will eventually dilute their femininity and suppress their maternal instincts, so that marriage and maternality will become abominable, and human civilization will become closer and closer to the perfect model of bee civilization."
The importance of this model lies in the basic principle of dominating bee life - in all unconventional animal life, it is the most organized intellectual collaboration system - the instinct of the natural pursuit of immortality dominates everything, supreme, and using motherhood creates divinity.
Queen bee is the center of all bees' life. It does not control the hive through hereditary rights, after all, any bee egg may hatch the queen who ruled the bee colony. The reason why it became the center is because the queen ants gave birth to the insect species, honeybees.
All we can do is sit and marvel
There is a large number of workers, regardless of men or women, who regard hard work as their only goal and source of happiness in life. This is the perfect embodiment of communist socialized and collectivized life. In that kind of life, everything, including young people, is the property of everyone and what everyone cares about.
In order to prevent a queen with weak fertility from bringing disappointing results to the hive, female bees such as virgin bees and princess bees are selected from the eggs and preserved when hatching. Some of the few and unclean male peaks, they barely exist to mating with the queen bee.
When the queen of bee's wedding flight (nuptial flight) moment, Xiong Summit will be trained and formed. The queen flew past Xiongfeng, which guarded the hive, and the Xiongfengfeng followed in groups. As the most powerful member of the entire bee colony, the queen was stronger than any of her subjects. She rushed into the sky and kept flying upwards, while Xiongfeng followed her. Some followers began to become weak and exhausted, so they had to withdraw from the matchmaking competition. The queen continued to fly upwards until there was a peak wherever she was. As the strongest person under the hard rule of natural selection, he is qualified to mating with the queen. When he was bound, his body was broken and he died immediately (Xiongfeng's genitals would be broken and remained in the female bee's body - translator).
Comparing the future of humanity to a mysterious and dedicated bee civilization, our imaginations will tremble; however, when considering how the human instinct that perpetuates race dominates human life with normal, exaggerated and unreasonable expressions, we acknowledge this ironic legitimacy—which, as women's intelligence continues to improve, is likely to eventually be expressed in the form of a bee civilization, although centuries will take to clear out the habits that hinder the realization of this simple, scientific and orderly civilization.
We can see some of this signs in the United States. Decades ago, it was advocated that eugenics was a legal offender in Wisconsin. Now, eugenics is highly promoted. The law stipulates that men need premarital examinations and sterilize habitual offenders.
Since the beginning of time, the elderly have dreamed, and young people have also seen illusions. Nowadays, when a scientist has something to say, we can only sit and be amazed.
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The following is the Dean of LSE, the most influential sociologist today, Anthony Giddens, is also the think tank of former British Prime Minister Blair. His comment on the digital technology revolution, at the end of the article, is to respond to Tesla's profound : The development of science and technology is important, but paying attention to and thinking about the profound impact of technology on society is equally important, which is also an indispensable part of a profound view of technology. Excerpted from "Mr. Fashion", September 9, 2015, "Living in a "Running World" (author: Tao Yu).
"I think the digital revolution is the result of the interaction between the Internet, supercomputers and robots, and it cannot be equated with the development of the Internet."
"I think the digital revolution is perhaps the most profound and drastic change that mankind has experienced in history. The digital revolution not only develops rapidly, but its impact range is global, and no one can be outside it. ... In a sense, the digital revolution is like a new industrial revolution, but it is far beyond our speed and scope. The well-known industrial revolution. After the telephone was invented, it took only three quarters of a century to benefit 50 million people, but the path of smartphone spreading was completely different. Many poor areas in Africa even crossed the wired telephone stage and entered the era of smartphones directly. "
" It is very one-sided to regard the digital revolution as a technological change. The technological revolution is just a carrier and manifestation, but a mediator and catalyst to accelerate political and social change. These changes are not necessarily positive, but may be dangerous. The recent rise of Islamic State is an example. In my opinion, ISIS is a medieval theocratic state and discriminates against women, but at the same time they used cutting-edge technology to try to achieve its goals. Some people say that about half of the world's population—including many children—has been exposed to information on the execution of hostages by ISIS through various means, and this influence is obviously unprecedented. "
" The changes in technology not only allowed many people to live a better life, but also brought higher risks to the world. The problems we face today, such as nuclear security, climate change, water shortage, food supply and overpopulation, are not historically in history. It was so severe. Therefore, the digital revolution could not only help to find a way to survive human civilization, but also put us in a chaotic end. To deal with this challenge of scale and degree, we do not have much historical experience to learn from, and therefore we cannot truly determine how high the level of risk is. This is also the reason why many people refuse to believe that climate change may have serious consequences. When entering the car door, people may know the probability of an unfortunate accident, but we cannot determine the risks associated with the digital revolution and new technological changes. "
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