"Out of Control" reading notes (i)

Out of Control

To tell the truth, the original purchase of this book originated from the knowledge of the people of the recommendation, the brain a hot buy. In order not to waste the dozens of dollars, meticulous read the first three chapters, bought a look only to find that this book actually with the computer has a very deep relationship. To be more precise, this book is about the fate of human development.

Because English level is not enough, so did not buy the English version directly, bought is the Chinese version, the Thing Library publishes. Although the cover of the whole book is simple and plain, the quality of the paper and the content, especially the translation, is quite high! The translator's understanding of some concepts is also very profound, in short, my reading experience is very good. Here are some of the books in the "quite interesting" sentence, for the future aftertaste (of course, reread the book better), and have not read the books of the people to appreciate! Come and get into the pit!

The first chapter--man-made and natural

　　

　　At the end of the millennium, the things that took place in this glass hut were staged on a massive scale on earth--but not so clear. The Natural kingdom born of nature and the man-made land built by man are being integrated. The machine is being biologically, and the creature is being engineered.

The logic of the machine can only be used to build simple devices. Truly complex systems, such as cells, grasslands, economies, or the brain, require an authentic, non-technical logic.

In the process of creating complex machinery, humans return to nature again and again to seek guidance.

For the new biological civilization, destroying a prairie, destroying not only a biological genome, but also destroying a treasure trove of revelations, insights and new models of biological civilization.

As we release the power of life into the machines we create, we lose control of them. They got wild and got some surprises and surprises because of the wildness. Then there is the dilemma that all of the creator must face: They will no longer have their proudest creations.

The first chapter is so good, I even want to extract the entire article. Of course, the more I find this book excerpt is also worthwhile, because each sentence contains a deep philosophical problems, but also in a simple way to let you read. I think the first chapter mainly describes the main theme of the book, is to explore the impact of human nature and nature on human development. The Glass hut at the beginning refers to the Arizona, State Ecological Circle No. second. One of the important concepts presented in this book is the "Living system", which represents all systems with a "biological vitality trait", biosphere 2. The first chapter of the question is so cut into the subject-nature and people. The paper cited some examples, including the human genetic engineering to nature, especially in changing the original direction of development of nature. The source of bioengineering is the hope to fully control the organism, that is, from the natural part of the breakthrough to "control nature." For example, the breasts of wild cows are selectively enlarged by "unnatural" means to meet the needs of humans rather than calves. So cows belong to "the invention of mankind", but this invention is more representative of the human in the future-perhaps called the era of new biological civilization to mass-invent things-grow out rather than produce the product.

Is the trend of nature itself affected by the non-natural selection of biological genetic engineering, and will this affect the future of mankind? I think there must be some. Sometimes when thinking about the difference between humans and animals, I have also thought about the question: is human intervention in nature and animal intervention in nature compatible with nature itself? Or if there is no human, in the nature of such a birth, whether there will be another "human" to change the direction of nature? The field of science has grown to this day, as if many things have stagnated. Many areas, especially those connected to human and man-made nature-mechanical "creatures"-including the development of neuroscience, ecology, etc., have become slow. It is possible that humans will come to a scientific theory-especially in a time of physical perfection, while the "perfection" of physical theory means stagnation. What is the ultimate end-result of the development of our present era which deviates from the natural direction?

(for the time being here first ...) I'll write the rest tomorrow. ）

"Out of Control" reading notes (i)