CHAPTER 6 Tell Them I Love (Some) Randomness

When the variation comes, people will rush into the door.
HUNGRY DONKEYS
Equal distance between food and water makes donkey die of hunger or thirst.
Political Annealing
The problem of the United States is the two-party system, you cannot randomize a party that doesn’t exist.
The Second Step: Do (Small) Wars Save Lives?
Maybe the small wars or some battles strengthen the country.
What to Tell the Foreign Policy Makers
Saudi Arabia and the US formed an alliance for stability,… ...➔➔➔

ARGUMENT TWO: QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE MOST FINELY TARGETED WAY TO RESIST THE INSANITY OF OUR TIMES

THE BUMMER MACHINE
The better analogy for social media is paint contains lead in a house.
BUMMER: “Behaviors of Users Modified, and Made into an Empire for Rent”
THE PARTS THAT MAKE UP THE BUMMER MACHINE
Ais for Attention Acquisition leading to Asshole supremacy: this makes people online all nasty.
B Information and data always being recorded.
The BUMMER machine also makes the tech giant stronger, and it also creates a fake world.
THE PROBLEM IS LIMITED, SO WE CAN CONTAIN IT
BUMMER… ...➔➔➔

Han dynasties

第一节 外来工艺品与佛教艺术的东传

西汉时期对外交流:丝绸之路;可能的海上航道。
将域外想象为神秘的超自然的世界,激发了社会对于域外物质与文化的兴趣。

民间与西域的交往最早开始于先秦时期
代表:青铜错金银有翼神兽。(或许与中亚、中亚的格里芬形象有关)
古代游牧民族的迁徙对早期欧亚大陆的交流起到重要作用。

来自域外的工艺品
器皿
银盒:水滴纹凸瓣,公元前2世纪,广州西汉南越王墓出土。采用锤揲工艺(可能来自古波斯),有的有青铜圈足和饰件。
银壶:青海大通上孙家寨乙区3号墓出土,汉末至魏晋初年,肩部以错金工艺装饰六朵花叶,从风格看有可能是中亚的产品。
玻璃托盏:1-2世纪,广西贵县南斗村出土,浅绿色,还有黄绿色玻璃瓶,均属罗马玻璃制品。

纺织品
壁挂残片:公元前2世纪-公元2世纪,新疆洛浦县山普拉1号墓出土,上端人头马,下端执矛武士(可能是亚历山大)。
棉布残片:1-2世纪,新疆民丰尼雅出土,白地印蓝花,左下角有手持丰饶角的丰产女神德莫忒尔裸体半身像。(可能来自贵霜王朝的犍陀罗地区)… ...➔➔➔

ARGUMENT ONE: YOU ARE LOSING YOUR FREE WILL

WELCOME TO THE CAGE THAT GOES EVERYWHERE WITH YOU

We are remotely controlled like animals in cages. We even don’t know that.

THE MAD SCIENTIST TURNS OUT TO CARE ABOUT THE DOG IN THE CAGE

The silicon valley gradually realizes the problem, but we cannot wait for them to solve this problem.

Carrot and shtick

Not only the pleasing kind, but punishment can also play an important role in addiction.

THE ALLURE OF MYSTERY

The algorithm is fitted with the human brain because the brain… ...➔➔➔