"Biosphere N"
Written by Cheng Zi
The earth is mankind's only native ecosystem, numbered Biosphere 1.
Since the beginning of the desert dome experiment in the last century, mankind, with a pioneering heart, has reviewed failures and iterated on technology again and again, embarking on an ecological trial that spans a century.
From the crude trial and error of Biosphere 2, people's hearts are separated, and the utopia collapses;
The ultimate technology on the 3rd was used to fill all the loopholes, but it was defeated by the chaotic balance of nature for thousands of years;
No. 4 Abandons human habitation and entrusts AI autonomy, giving rise to cold algorithms and civilizational confrontation;
No. 5 Went to the Red Star Sea and colonized a foreign land, finally proving that there is no second homeland in the universe.
Generations of numbers are superimposed, and the dome rises and falls again and again.
Human beings believe that technology can recreate the world, believe that algorithms can recreate life, and believe that by eliminating human nature and transcending the stars, they can break free from the shackles of the earth.
But every round of precise regulation brings about deeper imbalances; every new iteration ends up repeating the same fateful mistakes.
The shapes of mountains and rivers can be created artificially, but the chaos and self-healing of natural symbiosis cannot be created;
Human beings can overcome the long journey across the sea of stars, but they cannot overcome their own arrogance and obsession.
Countless experiments No. N have come to an end, and humans finally understand:
There are thousands of domes in the world and thousands of star rivers and pioneers, but they are not as good as the only blue homeland.
This is an ecological epic that spans the earth and the stars, and is also a long and sobering introspection of civilization.
Purpose: This book is based on mankind's century-old ecological iteration experiment, and uses the collapse of domes from No. 2 To No. N, the disruption of science and technology, and the collapse of civilization to express a set of core ideas that are sober, restrained, and run through the entire book.
First, nature cannot be reproduced, and order is no match for chaos.
The earth's biosphere has experienced hundreds of millions of years of natural evolution and has fault tolerance, self-healing and symbiosis capabilities that artificial systems will never have. Humanity's pursuit of a perfect ecology that is absolutely regular, precisely controllable, and quantified by algorithms is precisely the root cause of collapse. Excessive artificial order will eventually kill the original vitality of nature.
Second, science and technology can expand borders, but cannot be arrogant.
Human technology can transform the environment, travel across the sea of stars, and iterate systems, but it can never replace the rules of heaven and earth. Every number upgrade is a correction and retreat of human arrogance; every experimental failure is a humble self-reflection of civilization on nature.
Third, the imbalance of all things begins with the imbalance of the human heart.
The bottom layer of all ecological collapse stems from human obsession, concealment, selfishness and desire for control. Some people are trying to make up for mistakes, some are betting on fame and success, and some are creating greater errors in the name of truth. The destruction of a closed system is never limited to natural disasters, but also man-made disasters.
Fourth, the progress of civilization is about constant trial and error and constant acknowledgment of mistakes.
From human settlement experiments, full-tech intervention, AI autonomy, to interstellar transplantation, human beings have overturned previous theories, rebuilt the system, and rushed to the next trial time and time again. Numbered N is not an experiment, but the never-ending reflection and growth of mankind.
The final ending point of the book:
There is only one Biosphere 1, and there is no substitute for the blue earth. The greatest civilizational wisdom of mankind is not to recreate the world, but to revere the world.