St. Petersburg International Airport.

In the waiting hall waiting for takeoff, Krugman and Professor Albert, who were carrying suitcases, both looked quite tired.

It's been a week since the International Congress of Mathematicians came to an end.

After the closing ceremony, the two did not leave St. Petersburg immediately.

After all, it is the famous "city of mathematics" in Eastern Europe, and the world's top mathematical research institutes such as the Sczelov Institute of Mathematics are located here.

While visiting these mathematical institutes and holding lectures to find like-minded and competent scholars, the two men also made a few final attempts, trying to get Perelman out of the mountains to help them with that great idea.

However, what is helpless is that since the last 60-minute report of the IMU conference ended, Perelman's whole person has entered a strange state.

If before this he would have patiently answered the questions of the two, then now he didn't even bother to open the door for the two people.

The vacation time has run out, and the two of them have their own jobs on their shoulders, and they can't stay here endlessly.

Therefore, after some discussion, the two of them, who had met in St. Petersburg, finally decided to go back to the United States before making the next step.

If this is not possible, it is not too late to relax the threshold for collaborators, at least to put the project on the right track first, and then recruit new collaborators after some results have been made.

“…… It's a pity that Professor Lu left too early, and I feel that he is actually a little interesting about our plan. Looking at the crowded waiting hall, Professor Krugman suddenly sighed with emotion, "If only that accident hadn't happened, we are working hard to praise him, maybe he agreed." ”

"yes...... That's what I thought too," Albert sighed as well, looked up at the time on his watch, and got up from his chair, "My flight seems to have arrived...... Well, I'll go first. ”

"Take care, contact by email."

"Hmm."

Stanford University is a visiting professor at the American Center for Cancer Systems Biology (CCSB) on the West Coast of North America. Princeton, where Krugman works, is on the East Coast, a few time zones away from California.

After his old friend left, Krugman picked up a newspaper from the side, spread it out on his lap, and flipped it through to pass the time.

However, at the first glance of the headlines, he was stunned.

“…… Cryo-dormant? ”

Changed the newspaper......

The same goes for the headline headline!

At this point, Krugman's expression finally began to become intriguing.

Raising his index finger and pushing down his glasses, he carefully read the headline of the newspaper in his hand, the shock and disbelief in his eyes became more and more obvious, and finally he couldn't help but whisper a sentence in his mouth.

"This ...... It's crazy too. ”

Freeze hibernation!

Go to the future for treatment!

It's probably the craziest thing he's ever heard this year!

Before that, he had vaguely heard about Lu Zhou's transfer of Miss Puyuyi to Huaguo, but he didn't expect him to have this idea.

But......

Compared to Miss Puyuy's current condition, what makes him more concerned is the cryo-dormancy technology itself.

This reminded him of a paper he had written a long, long time ago on the theory of interstellar trade, in which he only casually mentioned that all capital activities are based on the time dimension.

If human beings can "walk upright" on the time scale, the existing financial order will be impacted like never before, and people will be more inclined to hold long-term and stable return asset varieties, rather than invest in high-risk and high-return high-risk industries, especially in high-tech industries that rotate every decade, because time will no longer be an expensive cost, and the value of waiting will not be worth mentioning......

For example, if you deposit $10,000 into a money market fund, as long as the annual rate of return can guarantee 4 points, according to compound interest, the interest alone will be more than $60,000 after 50 years, and the principal will be added to 70,000 yuan!

That's a sevenfold increase!

If the principal amount is magnified by a hundredfold, the time will be extended to 50 years......

"This thing is a financial bomb...... Krugman muttered to himself as he flipped the page of the newspaper in his hand, "I'm afraid tomorrow's NASDAQ and global bond markets will be wonderful......

Maybe it's not just finance......

Its power can no longer be measured in terms of money alone.

Equality between people is based on birth, old age, sickness and death, whether rich or poor, commoners or princes and nobles, they will inevitably die in the end.

However, cryo-dormancy technology has undoubtedly upset this balance.

Now, the power of life may still be equal, at least the power that people have won since the French Revolution has not been subverted, but the power of death is no longer equal......

If they can live in the utopia of the future with dignity, who wants to stay in the present and build a utopia in the present?

Some of the lucky ones will embark on the first step of eternal life, and no matter how far away they are from the second step, the inequality of death will be first seen in the development of human civilization at this stage.

This seemingly insipid technology may actually have a greater impact on society than controlled fusion, and it is no exaggeration to say that it will even completely change the face of human civilization.

From a sociological point of view, it corresponds not to a steam engine, nor to an internal combustion engine or a generator turbine, but to the printing press!

Its birth is paving the way for a major event that will be more far-reaching and powerful than the "Enlightenment" and the "French Revolution", and will not stop until the civilization that has mastered this technology has reached a balance based on compromise and tolerance in the "new equality".

And this process will definitely be difficult and full of dangers.

Of course, he acknowledges that this may be too one-sided, and that the more affluent people are, the more careful they are to balance the risks and benefits.

Thinking from the other side of logic, risking not waking up to an uncertain future and enjoying uncertain power and assets is far better than living in the present when you have already reached the pinnacle of life.

After all, even if you put a 19th-century businessman in the 21st century, I am afraid that he will be confused by the dazzling array of financial products and the global trade rules under the new order.

After all, in the era in which he lived, the lucrative business was colonial plunder and the dumping of industrial goods, it is now fashionable to loot a country's treasury without firing a single shot and using only money.

Only those who can't afford a ticket to the future will have the idea of going on an adventure with no return, looking for opportunities in the new world.

And at the same time, consider that survival is the first need of living beings. Even if this technology is not taken out today, someone will definitely open this Pandora's box one day in the future.

I have to say, this is a very interesting subject.

It was even interesting enough for him to put aside the great and challenging subject he was working on for a while.

Thinking of this, Professor Krugman unconsciously held his breath, pinching the newspaper and rubbing his index finger and thumb constantly.

He only wanted to do one thing now.

It's about going back to your office right away, sorting out the things that are on your mind at the moment, and then sorting them out and writing them down on your paper......

I don't know, he can have another title in his lifetime.

Like what......

The Father of the New Enlightenment?

It's exciting to think about.

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