The Future Is a Bit Vague

People always tend to use the most advanced technology to explain the nature of the world. Since ancient times, people have always imagined the technology of the era in which they live as their own bodies and the way everything is structured. Because that's the coolest way they can imagine, they unconsciously apply the most cutting-edge stuff to something they already know. For example, people once compared the body's meridians to rivers, lakes and seas, and attributed illness to imbalances in body fluid flow and water levels, because the most advanced farming civilizations at that time were water conservancy technology and canal networks; In Newton's era, people understood everything as a machine, which is the so-called "Newton's mechanical cosmology". The world is like a huge clock, everything is gears and springs. Entering the electrical age, we began to emphasize neurons and electrical signals, thinking that understanding these would help us understand the logic of human behavior and become a formula to explain everything. What do we say today: In the era of the explosion of AI and computing power, we say that "the essence of the universe is computing." It seems to be progress, and it is indeed progress, but it still seems to be wandering on the track of history. This is not a derogation of human beings. This is a milestone for human beings to understand the world, and it is also far from the end of human journey.