As the old saying goes, if a movie is too preachy, you have to find a big name to play it. The movie doesn't have much plot twists, if it wasn't for Old Tom, I would definitely not watch it. Of course, you won't regret watching it, after all, this is for real problems.
Let's take a look at the so-called high-tech companies through movies.
First, the environment attracts talent.
The circle company in the film (I think the company name is better transliterated) is obviously a reference to companies like Apple and Facebook. These technology companies (to put it bluntly, network information companies) have huge profits and basically invest in talents. Therefore, the working environment is quite "ideal", which attracts the vast majority of young people.
Think about it, the company headquarters is not only like a small city with complete supporting facilities, but it also accommodates various cultures, you can practice yoga, listen to rock and roll, and enjoy the freedom and happiness that young people want (friends in the film are walking to newcomers like this) Introducing: Helipad, Gym, Daycare, Organic Farm, Italian Ball, Rope, Plunge Pool, Social Pooling, Yoga, Kennel, Nightclub, Salon, Makerspace, Rock Climbing, Trampoline, Clinic, Volleyball .meeting people, news, art, movies, engineers, I'm the manager, you're in charge of advertising).
Therefore, the protagonist Mae entered the circle company through an interview under the introduction of a friend. She said to her parents: I don't think I want to work anywhere else. His mother also regularly "shows off" to friends: it's fun to plug it into conversations at will, and my daughter works for the best company on earth! I think if young Chinese people can work in Huawei, Tencent, and Alibaba, they should feel the same way.
Second, scientifically select talents.
In the film, Mae was introduced by a friend and then accepted an interview. The interview is divided into three steps.
The first step is to assess Mae's ability to understand and express the company's business.
Interviewer: What do you think "Circle" will talk about?
Mae: Your grandma?
Interviewer: Take "True You" as an example.
Mae: It combines all the scattered and sloppy stuff into one account, no more forgetting your password, multiple identities, identity theft, you use your real name, tie up your credit card.
Interviewer: I think grandma is asleep.
Mae: Okay, before "True You", you could have different vehicles for different tasks, no one had to have 87 different vehicles, no reason, the chaos of the network became elegant and simple.
To put it bluntly, the interviewer is about Mae's understanding of the company's "True You" business and how to explain these things to the elderly. The so-called "True You" is just a real-name program, and the account can be bundled with a bank card and directly logged into other service programs or websites. Obviously, it is the same thing as a WeChat account. Obviously, the "official expression" Mae used at the beginning was not easy to understand, and the later expression was clearer, after all, grandma was the car generation.
The second step is a quick question and answer, which is actually a psychological assessment and personality analysis.
Interviewer: Quick answer session. Do you like Paul or John?
Mae: I liked Paul earlier, then John?
Interviewer: Do you like Mario or Sonic?
Mae: I liked Sonic first, then Mario.
Interviewer: Do you prefer introspection or communication?
Mae: Hmm...
Interviewer: Mae.
Mae: Sorry, I have to think about it, that is introspection.
Interviewer: Do you prefer sushi or Soylent (a food substitute)?
Mae: Sushi.
Interviewer: Have you ever had a Velcro wallet?
Mae: Yes.
Interviewer: What about Velcro shoes?
Mae: Yes.
Interviewer: What about Velcro pants?
Mae: Yes.
Interviewer: What was the name of the receptionist who received you this morning?
Mae: Hmm.
Interviewer: Linda Joan Baez or Joan Crawford? Joan Didion Gif or Jif?
Mae: I won't answer this, it's too risky.
Interviewer: Would you like to go out with me?
Mae: This is very inappropriate.
Interviewer: Very good, prefer quality or convenience?
Mae: It's not mutually exclusive.
Interviewer: Do you prefer social needs or personal needs?
Mae: It should be the same.
These questions are really confusing at first glance. In fact, because these questions contain American cultural factors, we are a little bit distant. Paul and John are two members of The Beatles; asking this question is like asking Beyond, do you like Wong Ka Keung or Wong Guan Chung. Of course, the two are definitely different in art and personality. From this, it is natural to judge Mae's character tendencies. Whether he likes Sony or Mario, one is an electronics company, and the other is a character in a game developed by the company. That is to say, Mae likes the company first, and then plays the game, and likes Mario. Introspection and communication are two types of personalities, social and ego-type, specifically cited in Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface". Sushi is a traditional food, while Soylent is a kind of "substitute food" that is similar to medical nutrients and has a food taste. It is almost the "compressed biscuit" used by the military. It can ensure accurate nutrition and save time and effort, but it is not very user-friendly. . Velcro is actually a "Velcro" brand product, which is easier to wear and easy to wear. Asking the name of the front desk is a test of "observation ability and memory". Obviously, this is not a requirement that ordinary people can achieve. Giving a choice can be either a hint or a decoy. If the answer is one of them easily, it will show that you have a gambler's mentality (doing multiple-choice questions for a long time will force this effect). So, Mae would rather give up. When the interviewer asks Mae if he accepts his date, it's a clear violation. So it's only right that Mae refuses. Quality and convenience, social needs and personal needs are originally different aspects of product supply and demand, but they are actually compatible. Compatibility shows that Mae's thinking is more compatible and coordinated. Because it is a quick question and answer, it does not give time for thinking, so it can not only reflect the reaction speed of the interviewer, but also accurately grasp the true inner nature of the interviewer.
The third step is just a question, but it is very important.
Interviewer: What are you most afraid of?
Mae: The potential cannot be fulfilled!
To put it bluntly, it is to directly ask the most crucial question of outlook on life. Humans are generally afraid of disease and death. But if there is something more fearful, it is a reflection of a true attitude towards life. It was obvious that Mae's answer just proved her positive attitude as a young man, full of vigour and ambition.
Again, a funky business that solves real problems.
The business scope of Circle Company is very wide, and we can learn several kinds. For example, the "Ture You" mentioned in the interview is obviously an "integrated" and "bundled" service application similar to a "WeChat account". So is there any other "fresh cause" for circles? Actually no!
There are only two other ancillary products involved in the film: human monitoring and access to environmental detection equipment.
It's just a smart bracelet and a micro monitor. Other techniques are just extensions of this.
In the film, Mae is not so much the protagonist, but rather a guinea pig, like we introduced the technology and problems of the modern information network era.
The "smart bracelet" can not only monitor personal health, but also allow patients to receive 24-hour care to avoid accidents. This bracelet really helped Mae's father (who has MS, multiple sclerosis). Going down, it's the child tracking that the engineer in the film is working on (I'm working on child tracking, a program that protects children from predators. Once a child isn't where they're supposed to be, an alarm goes off and the child can be tracked within 90 seconds to. We put chips in the bones. I mean it, instantly reduced kidnappings, rapes, and murders by 99%).
"Micro-monitoring", in my opinion, has a problem, because it is nothing more than "electronic eyes" the size of glass marbles, but there is no power supply device (even solar energy, or even Wifi charging, can not support it), but can transmit High-definition motion pictures. In the film, Mae was rescued in time thanks to this thing in a rowing accident. Of course, micro-monitors are nothing new to us, because now there are satellites in the sky, and the ground is full of public or private "monitors". Hackers have used these "internet-connected" monitors to spy on privacy before. Therefore, in reality, this imaginary "electronic eye" already exists, and the problem is already clear. So, when we see Mae volunteering to be a "transparent person", it's not new to us, because that's just "live streaming" everything in his life. And the problem of live broadcast is like in the film, Mae has no intention of connecting with his parents, but not only peeps into the privacy of his parents doing bed exercises, but also publishes the privacy of his parents on the Internet in real time.
And the "search technology" extended from the "electronic eye", we also know, isn't this "human flesh search"? What the result is, the advantage is that the wanted criminal is caught in less than 20 minutes; the disadvantage is that the boyfriend who deliberately avoids the modern Internet is forced to death on the road (in order to avoid everyone, his car overturned and fell into the river).
In addition to these technologies that solve real-world problems, we also see other applications, especially "do not do to others what you do not want to do to others" application. In the film, a political rookie, a district councilwoman, tries to promote herself by promoting political transparency with "True You": I am as concerned as you are about the need to let citizens know what their elected leaders are doing. So I'm going to show exactly what democracy is and should be. Starting today, every meeting of mine, every phone call and email I have is accessible, dedicated to my constituents and the world, and in real time, all on my True You page ,that's right. Goodbye, behind-the-scenes deals; goodbye, shady lobbyists. Hello, democracy, openness and accountability! Aside from this speech, it is purely a show or a real will, a staged step, or a sincere political ideal. One problem we can understand is that people do want politics to be this way.
In Mae's opinion, it can also be extended directly to "cyber government": we already have 83% of Americans of voting age registered on "Circle". It looks like we're on the way, and users can sign up and vote via their "Circle" account. Why not require every citizen of voting age to have a "Circle" account...you can pay your taxes, vote, pay your parking tickets, all through your "Circle" account and we can save our users hundreds Hour of inconvenience, we will save the government billions, hundreds of billions of dollars, we can eliminate half of it overnight, why doesn't the government build a similar service?
Of course, the movie doesn't talk about the specific issues of this political ideal (it is estimated that the existing politicians and the upper class are 100% opposed), the individual needs the privacy of going to the toilet, bathing, politics and economics, not to mention what is shameful, there are many inevitable game. Of course, these should also be the inevitable trend in the future! Therefore, this problem is directly dismantled in the film. The CEO of the circle company is actually for profit, just as the inventor of the so-called "Ture You" in the film said: ignoring privacy and using personal data is for the accumulation of wealth and control. So, finally Mae also found the opportunity to put the electronic eye on the two bosses and upload their private data directly (with the help of the inventor): we want everything to be in the cloud, and our leaders live in the cloud superior. So I wanted to invite Emmon and Tom to join me in their experiment, and I invite them to set an example for Circle and the world to experience transparency.
Obviously, the movie doesn't actually have any fantasy elements, it just shows the technology that we are familiar with in reality, and the "prospect" that will soon appear, and all kinds of problems. In the eyes of the Chinese, everything is a double-edged sword. But the film shows the optimism of American thinking, and when there is a problem, it is solved and perfected, not against it: I believe in human perfection. When we are at our best, the possibilities are endless, we have no problems we can't solve, we can cure any disease, we can end hunger, and there are no secrets, no hoarding of knowledge and information, and we can finally recognize ourselves potential. In short, if privacy can be properly preserved, and if everyone can be transparent, then many problems can be solved, and the world can become a more ideal and perfect place.
As for how we actually see it, that's another story. However, I think there is no way to stop the changes brought about by technology! Although human beings both yearn for change and reject it. But history tells us that anyone who ignores the revolution will die miserably. 17.7.18
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