My American magical life
Chapter 387 - 387 39 Many people inevitably want to get some fries

387: Chapter 39 Many people inevitably want to get some fries.

387: Chapter 39 Many people inevitably want to get some fries.

About 20,000 years ago, during the late Old Stone Age, ancient humans entered the Era of the Primitive Tribal Alliance.

Based on the advancement of social productivity from semi-agriculture and semi-hunting, the scale of human tribes began to rapidly expand.

To maintain their rule, tribal rulers gave rise to the human need for information dissemination, and knot recording emerged, easily killing off the traditional method of information carrying through stone wall carvings.

In the course of human history, the methods of information carriage and dissemination have continuously evolved with the progress of productive forces.

From knots to turtle shells, bamboo slips, the information carried became increasingly complex, and the experiences and technologies that could be conveyed also became more profound.

In terms of dissemination methods, stories that started with word of mouth, also known as myths, gradually changed into content of greater complexity in ‘books’ and ‘classics’; in the West, this corresponded to cuneiform texts recorded on clay tablets.

As humanity entered the information age, the dissemination of information changed in an unprecedented and dramatic way, profoundly affecting public understanding of the greatest consensus.

The extremely convenient forms of information dissemination led to an extreme division of social consensus, with the gradually ideologically divided American society as a typical example.

Modern general education in different countries, almost without exception, overlooks a necessary survival skill for humanity: how to process information correctly and soberly in the Internet age.

Setting aside thoughts about conspiracy theories, factually, this oversight has led to a very frightening consequence.

A large number of adults lacking necessary information processing capabilities in today’s informationally advanced modern society have become pitiful people kidnapped by information.

Every day, when they turn on their phones or computers, countless pieces of information, difficult to distinguish between true and false, are directly presented before a person’s eyes.

Most people can’t discern whether a piece of information is true or false, or to what degree it is true or false.

The most terrifying thing is that due to the real existence of stances within news organizations themselves, many news stories that seem very real have already been carefully concocted by journalists.

Take a specific example, with the widely-followed Weibo trending searches as a case study.

The content of trending searches changes daily; what was a sensitive event that sparked intense public debate yesterday becomes a celebrity’s affair the next day, and the day after that, it becomes what a scientist said.

There is too much information on the Internet, so much that many people are unable to filter it according to their needs— or rather, most people just want to find some potato chips to fill their dull lives; as long as they can avoid thinking, they’re willing to spend lots of time looking at junk information— here referring to, junk information for them.

Of course, the colors of a group are always complex, and amongst the blind masses, there are always ‘Awakeners’.

These Awakeners might have a thought, a subconscious thought, that they believe they can distinguish which information is false and which is true; they think they are incredibly smart.

But the most terrifying thing is hidden right here— all information can be false, and all can be true, depending only on perception.

We are not superhumans; our brains have limits, and even the most ‘awakened’ individuals have moments when they stumble.

When they approach the boundaries of their self-awareness, if they are not careful, they can be deceived by false information.

CEO Cheng who runs Shanhaiguan never worries about whether his model might fail; his confidence is strong— it even makes him look foolish.

In reality, this confidence is a composite of multiple factors.

Deconstructing from foundational logic, the true underlying logic behind this confidence is that— in the Blue Sea Era of short videos, as long as one can get a head start, there will be plenty of chives sticking their necks out looking for content that can numb their lives enough.

This world is too frustrating; many people can’t help but have moments where they want to head to the dock and grab some potato chips.

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Similarly, it is precisely because the majority of people lack the ability to recognize and absorb information that CEO Cheng’s grand play can be performed so brilliantly.

Some people don’t understand how much of a Joker Ai Guobei is, so they might actually take his words as the gospel truth.

Most people can’t imagine how deep Cheng Daqi’s schemes run, so they really think Cheng Daqi is a pure and hard-working individual who is being attacked.

More outrageously, almost no one can imagine that Cheng Daqi’s consecutive week of dominating the trending searches is backed by a thoroughly orchestrated marketing spectacular.

People can’t understand that under Cheng Daqi’s deliberate operation, his and Ai Guobei’s ‘mutual biting’ presents a soap opera effect of alternation, continuously striking at the audience’s minds.

People only see that every day when they open Weibo, Cheng Daqi’s name is always on the trending search.

Sometimes it is a denunciation of Cheng Daqi; sometimes it is a neutral description of the events.

Because they don’t really think about the twists behind these pieces of information, a large part of these people, influenced by the content of the trending search terms, preemptively view Cheng Daqi with malice.

And within this group, those whose cognition is most challenged will unknowingly and inexplicably post comments with standpoints and even malice, taking a jab at Cheng Daqi— they can obtain a lot of participation and fulfill their psychological needs in this way.

CEO Cheng stands outside the chessboard, closely monitoring the game, constantly adjusting his strength and angle, simmering slowly over an entire week.

Finally, at the moment when the whole network is spitting on Cheng Daqi, at the moment when Ai Guobei is howling, when even Temir begins to defend Cheng Daqi.