Chapter 105 Shangwu (5)

660 thought for a moment and said, "What should I say? I actually feel that the reasons for the demise of civilization are diverse, but these reasons cannot be regarded as reasons most of the time."

The executive nodded, "Well, your idea should be similar to mine. But it may be just similar. I wonder if I can give an example to illustrate it?"

"Famine and war are actually inevitable for a civilization. Think about why humans should establish civilization? How beautiful it is to be this kind of life freely and call this life poetry and distant places. But we must understand that if there is no civilization, there is no culture, and the concept of poetry and distant places will not exist. Famine and war caused by various reasons will indeed destroy civilization, but what is civilization?"

660 looked at the executive officer with a consulting eye.

The executive officer said seriously: "According to the 360 ​​Encyclopedia's view, civilization is the humanistic spirit accumulated by human history that is conducive to understanding and adapting to the objective world, conforming to the spiritual pursuit of human beings, and can be recognized and accepted by the vast majority of people. Civilization is a collection of all social and natural behaviors that separate human beings from the barbaric state. These collections include at least the following elements: family, tools, language, writing, religion, cities, villages and countries, etc. Because the distribution of various civilization elements in time and region is not uniform, various civilizations with obvious differences have been produced, such as Chinese civilization, Western civilization, Arab civilization, Indian civilization; Persian civilization, ocean civilization and Southeast Asian civilization, etc., which reflect unique characteristics of a certain civilization element."

660 was very excited, "What does this mean? This means that civilization is actually a tool. This tool is huge because the creator of civilization - man, itself is also an integral part of civilization. Because of the differences in civilization, we divide people into Eastern, Western, Arab, and Indian. However, we must understand that civilization actually serves their creators. Just like according to Richard Dawkins's point of view, we essentially serve genes. What are the threats we humans face in such a long history?" Then 660 was waiting for the executive's answer.

The executive officer suddenly realized: "It is precisely famine and war! Although famine and war destroyed many civilizations, the human race with civilization has greater chances of survival when facing famine and war. We only know that Western Rome was destroyed by the barbarians, but we should also know how many barbarians Rome destroyed and turned those barbarians into slaves. The reason why we were able to defeat the Huns was because of our civilization. Civilization led people to organize and build a powerful army. With a strong army, victory was more guaranteed. Why did civilizations such as Mayan civilization perish precisely because they were not civilized enough. Why did ancient Egyptian civilization perish? In fact, it was precisely because Egyptian civilization was already behind."

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten! History is always surprisingly similar!" 660 widened his eyes.

However, at this time, the executive officer said: "History is always different. Although our Chinese nation is backward, it is self-improvement, so we have been chasing and getting rid of the crisis! Because civilization is not only material but also spiritual!"

Heaven moves vigorously, a gentleman strives for self-improvement, a gentleman carries things with virtue!
Chapter completed!