Virtual Reflection into Reality ~ A Brief Discussion on "Shock Therapy" and (Games, AI, Metaverse)
1. Foreword (not without a follow-up)
Argentina's recent adoption of measures known as "shock therapy" under the leadership of new President Milley has sparked some discussion.
We are nothing, neither experts nor economists engaged in international issues, so we mention this topic not from the perspective of professionals, but to take the opportunity to talk about games. What about the game?
It's mainly about what AI, the metaverse, and the virtual world mean for the real world.
I remember that when the concept of "metaverse" first emerged, we also talked about it, but we won't talk about the specific concept here, and I can't say it clearly. This article does not make a clear definition of the main concepts.,Just take its general meaning.,If you're interested, please encyclopedia~.
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2. What is virtuality?
Virtual basically means "simulating reality". Games, especially video games, are the most common form of virtuality.
I have always been a game lover, past, present and future, and I will not give up this hobby for anyone.
But here is a little justification, we are not just hobbies of "playing" games, many times it is through games to promote themselves to systematically understand some knowledge~ Focus on serious books to learn systematic knowledge has never been my forte (too boring to resist), only in the state of playing as easy as we have some motivation to continue to learn systematic knowledge~ In fact, a lot of personal knowledge is learned from games. Like what:
1. Playing the Three Kingdoms series, you will not be in a hurry to promote the progress of the game, but will spend a lot of time to understand the events and characters of that period, will carefully look at the character introduction, evaluation and characteristics in the game, and will search the encyclopedia online for mutual comparison. So in the process of playing, you will also know many events, characters and historical timelines associated with the system.
2. Playing the Warcraft series, you will spend a lot of time looking at its world view structure and background, looking at the timeline of events, looking at heroes, monsters and other character settings, and will trace the source of the setting through the encyclopedia. So in the process of playing, it was like reading a lot of fiction novels, and I made up the connection between Tolkien's elven treasure diamond and the related Middle-earth world, etc.
3. Playing the civilization series, you will spend a lot of time to read the definitions and definitions of all the entries in it, from the science and technology tree, social policy, ideology, religious beliefs, wonders of the world, natural wonders, music and art, literary masterpieces, various civilizations and city-states, leaders and characteristics, classes and advanced elements, to fully understand the game world setting, to study the interconnection and combination effects of various elements. After playing this game, theoretically speaking, whoever dares to hand over the world to me, I dare to manage the world~ Whether I can manage it well and achieve the desired effect is another matter~
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3. Virtual Preliminary Glimpse of Reality (Game)
Over the years, there have been countless games played, League of Legends, Glory of Kings, Invincible Heroes, Julius Caesar, Total War, Horse Riding and Slashing, Fairy Sword, Xuanyuan, Red Police, Age of Empires, The Legend of Jin Yong's Heroes, etc., etc., basically play everything (there are still too many others, especially in recent years, I haven't played them), but in general, the vast majority of games will not particularly study the specialized gameplay, the main thing is to know that there is such a game to play, it doesn't matter if you can play it well, it's good to be able to provide emotional value.
What's more, games don't just provide emotional value, they connect to simulate the real world.
Among these games, I personally think that games like the Caesar series and the civilization series have a certain reference significance for us to have a preliminary understanding of the rules of social operation, the construction of cities and countries, social and economic development, and how managers balance social, political, economic, military, cultural, educational, and entertainment.
Especially in the Civilization series, the basic premise of the game is to comprehensively simulate the whole process of the development of human society from ancient times to the future. In it, you can not only systematically learn many basic concepts and knowledge of social operation and development, but also personally allocate resources to allocate tasks and simulate the operation of social operation and development.
The real world is often much more complex than games, more dynamic, more variable, and more difficult to balance, which is why managers should start with simple training before practicing a complex society~ I think this game is very suitable for simulation training.
I even think that all social managers, especially those in charge, should play the civilization series~ Before formally managing the real society, first learn and simulate social management through games. If you are radical (conservative?), if you don't pass the simulation, you are not qualified to do actual management. No kidding~
Just like a student who does not do well in the mock exam, there is a high probability that he will not be able to take the main exam. If a person can't manage well in the game of civilization and can't make the city and country he manages rich and strong, then he should also be incapable of managing society in the real world~ Such a person should not be qualified to be a manager, especially the overall manager of the ruling party.
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4. How does the virtual shine into reality? (a more realistic game)
At this point, some people may have doubts, or they may want to ask what is the purpose of this article?
Well, one of my selfish intentions is to illustrate:
Although many people, especially those who don't understand computers, mobile phones and other smart products, often sneer at and even hate "playing games", I think games have their important significance in promoting the development of human society, and there is more than one~ But this article only wants to say one point, that is, the aforementioned "learning, simulation of social management".
The current civilization series has done a good job of simulating the real world, but it may not be enough, and it is still relatively simple~ If you want to be closer to the real world, you need to introduce the "AI, metaverse and virtual world" mentioned at the beginning.
Of course, these three are not necessarily equivalent to games, but there is no doubt that they are strongly related to games~ In fact, if you want the game world to be more like the real world, you need the first three to be advanced enough~ Many times, it is precisely for the development of games, or in the process of developing games, that we promote the continuous development and mature application of concepts and technologies related to AI, the metaverse, and the virtual world.
Some people may not be convinced and disapprove, but the reality is so, I think the truth is actually very simple: that is, people will want to pursue all kinds of fun after eating, and games are a very important one, in the process of pursuing fun, our technology, culture and so on have made great progress.
Why do you repeatedly emphasize the importance of games and AI, the metaverse, and the virtual world, or why do you think they have special meaning in the real world?
This is going to talk about various reforms and experiments in the real world~ I have always thought that I love the world very much, and I hope to look at the world and society on a larger scale at any time, and strive to contribute to the society, rather than only caring about my three meals a day and enjoyment every day~ There is no doubt that this topic is a bit of a grand narrative, and some people may say "You just live a good life!"
It's right to live a good life, but with the strength of our society, most of us have gotten rid of the trouble of food and clothing, and we should naturally have a higher pursuit, if we have finished a lifetime of food and clothing but have not been able to make some contributions to the society by the way in the process of experiencing the world, it will be our biggest regret and may even be the most failure.
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It's a bit far-fetched~
Allow me to talk about the various reforms and experiments that go back to the real world, such as the one in Argentina.
5. Only virtual can illuminate the darkness of reality while avoiding risks (infinitely close to reality games)
Although the drastic move seems refreshing, the word "freedom" in particular is demagogic enough. However, in my opinion, such a major reform should not be put into practice lightly, after all, this theory is not mature, there are not many successful cases, and a rash start is actually an experiment with tens of millions of people across the country, and if it fails, the consequences will be extremely serious.
Of course, maybe the president thinks that his country is rotten to the end anyway, and he can't do it if he doesn't change it!
Since the risks of large-scale trials are unpredictable, what should we do? Wait to die? Obviously not! Something must be done!
How do you judge between what you can do or not? That's where virtual games come in:
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While the effects in the game can't be completely equated with the real world, we can fully trust that as long as the AI, The relevant technology of the metaverse is advanced enough, and the effect of its simulation operation will definitely get closer and closer to reality (but it is not completely equivalent to the future reality, and it is actually very dangerous to see the unchanged future, which will be talked about when there is a chance), and its reference value cannot be ignored, and it will inevitably be of great significance to our final decision-making~ At least not because a certain leader's head is hot, he will casually take tens of millions of people and hundreds of millions of people in the whole society to do experiments.
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Finally, let's say a few more words!
From my point of view, Argentina's current reform experiment, it now has no money and no ability, in the free market state, it can't save itself~ The so-called "shock therapy" is just a concept, and the key to success or failure must not lie in this bullshit concept, but in whether there is a big brother who has the ability and willingness to spend money to continue to transfuse and rescue it~ If there is, it may succeed, but if it is not like Ukraine, it will be divided by domestic oligarchs and foreign capital, and it will not be able to turn over for decades.