- The more you know, the less you know. Today, let's talk about an American drama, or let's talk about imagination. When TV stations are still fighting dozens of episodes of boring super-long romance dramas, in order to adapt to the Internet age where people like to watch a whole season at one go, online dramas, especially European and American dramas, have developed towards the general direction of 8 episodes. TV is slowly being phased out, and almost everyone has a Netflix account (in China, iQiyi, Youku, Tencent, etc.). Youtube, Amazon and other major companies have also followed in their footsteps to develop their own online video platforms and original plays. But that's not what I'm talking about today. The development of the Internet has gradually made the audience lose patience with squatting in front of the TV every week and waiting for dramas, so various unit dramas have sprung up. Following the eye-popping British drama "Black Mirror" in previous years, this year's new drama "Electronic Dream" has once again made the world highly enthusiastic about the fantasy future. When it comes to sci-fi unit dramas, the focus is on "brain holes", and when it comes to brain holes, we have to mention the ancestor of this type of drama, "Twilight Zone" (Blurry Time/Yin and Yang Demon Realm), which was born in the 1950s. American TV series can be described as an eternal classic, a black and white TV series, which is not only not outdated, but even more advanced to this day. First broadcast in 1959, each episode in the play tells a completely independent story, various time and space travel, supernatural events, etc. After watching it, people feel that their creativity has been regressing compared with the people of that era. . Until Black Mirror came out. First broadcast in 2011, the appearance of "Black Mirror" after a full half a century has made the world re-recognize the charm of the brain hole unit drama. No exaggeration, this is the best show I've ever seen. Each episode is also an independent story. Compared with the previous part, this drama should be regarded as a discussion of human nature. Through the imaginary future world, it only extends from a small detail to explore various real societies. Phenomenon. It is precisely because of the authenticity of the assumptions that each episode of these short stories is thought-provoking, from hacker jokes, to the Internet's "five-star praise" craze, to contact lens screens and implantable mobile phones, as well as artificial intelligence, all assumptions It's all well-founded. After reading it, people can't help but worry about our future. Just when the discussion of several episodes related to contact lens technology has just died down, Sony Corporation announced that it is developing smart contact lens technology. As soon as this news came out, the first reaction of many people was "Black Mirror" will come true?". What will our world look like when those visions become reality? In 2017, a new drama was born, which made people remember a name again: Philip K. Dick. This The genius science fiction writer of the last century has entered the attention of a new generation. This name may be unfamiliar to everyone, but in fact, many of us have seen film and television works adapted from his novels. For example, a timeless classic in the sci-fi movie world: "Blade Runner" (1982) (the latest 2049 is an extension of the original story by others.) Another example: "Minority Report", "Total Recall" also There is an American drama "The Man in the High Castle" that has been online in the past two years. Although Philip regretted his death long before the release of "Blade Runner" in 1982, his imagination decades or even hundreds of years ahead of time have made his works still appear on the screen again and again. Back to this "Electronic Dream". During his lifetime, Philip Dick not only published 44 science fiction novels, but also wrote more than 130 short stories. The British drama "Electronic Dream" is based on these short stories. With the support of brand-new scene design and special effects, these small stories will bring us "future people" into the fantasy of technology and the future world again decades later. When it comes to imagination, it has to be mentioned. Nowadays, many parents send their children to various "classes" from an early age to learn this and that, in order to "not let their children lose at the starting line". In fact, in my opinion, this is precisely what makes the child lose... Of course, I do not agree with the term "starting line". I read an article some time ago, saying that in Germany, the country with the most Nobel Prize winners in the world, it is illegal to give preschool education to children. All a preschooler should do is play. You might be wondering why these people don't teach their kids anything, but instead cultivate some of the world's top creativity. My answer is simple. Because a child's imagination is stronger than anything you can teach. Not to mention that learning something under pressure is likely to kill a person's original enthusiasm for knowledge. A newborn, can you imagine, a cognition that has never existed, at the moment of opening his eyes, he is suddenly surrounded by everything around him, pictures, sounds, touch, temperature, space, everything. What a shocking experience it was. I once watched a video on the Internet, an old man in his 70s and 80s who was born colorblind and never saw color. The children helped him buy a pair of special glasses that would allow colorblind people to see colors. The moment he put on his glasses, the humorous old man who was still joking suddenly cried like a child. He probably imagined what a colorful world would look like countless times before seeing colors, but the beauty of this world is always unexpected. Back to babies, unfortunately we can't recall memories from before the age of three. when A completely blank cognition is exposed to countless information from all directions in an instant. At this time, for them, everything is possible, and their brains will start to summarize everything around them in their own way, and even give them Plus all kinds of incredible meanings, because for them there are no rules for thinking. Therefore, their cognition is likely to be more profound and thorough than those who have lived all their lives. Until—(I must say that Western countries are doing a lot better than us in this regard, because most of them encourage children to expand their imaginations, and our education has been killing children’s ability to think independently in various ways. ) until the surrounding adults force some information into the baby's head, such as, "1 plus 1 can only equal 2". Since then, we have begun to limit our brains constantly, "If XXX, then XXX. XXX is right, XXX is wrong." So many bad behaviors that happen around young children can affect his life, because at this time he awareness is still being formed. But that's off topic. What is the use of imagination, you may ask? Of course, if you are content with ignorance, what I said may not mean much to you, but I believe that people who are content with ignorance probably will not waste time reading my articles. So, because our understanding of the world is still very shallow, there is so much in the universe that we simply cannot explain or even understand. Can you imagine what four-dimensional space looks like? What about the fifth dimension? Six dimensions? Do you know how wormholes work? Do you know why all the plants and animals in nature are the way they are now? Why is everything in our body as contradictory as the surrounding nature, yet interdependent? What happens when a person realizes after death? What kind of existence is "I"... There are so many things we don't know, and because of all the knowledge we have learned, many times we have forgotten how to think for ourselves. So why do you think you know more than a newborn baby? Most of the knowledge we have learned is just that humans make up a sound for something they don't understand, add a symbol, and it has a name. And more of the laws of nature are not just our wishful speculations. When you take away all those man-made limitations, the world is full of infinite possibilities. Therefore, parents, stop using various cram schools to limit the imagination of children, because they were originally omnipotent little magicians. Off topic again. Let’s talk so much today, see you in the next part. (Welcome to my WeChat public account: Little Red Riding Hood chatting about movies.)
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