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    All in all, this was the second time Su Pei had been awakened. The first time he was alive and the second time he was familiar with it. When he learned that the time was ten years later, he did not show the excitement after hibernating for the first time and accepted it calmly.  This fact.  When several people were having breakfast together at the bar, Allen started talking about his travel plan - it is said that his major in college was related to this, of course it was not a tourism major, it was called "Linear Social Engineering", this major  It specializes in studying the transformation of social form after hibernation, that is, human society transitions from a "flat" society composed of billions of people with an average age of 70 or 80 years old in the traditional sense of time, to a state where the population shrinks due to hibernation.  The resulting "linear" society.  Unlike traditional society, because hibernation serves as a population reservoir, it can store and release a large number of people who "wake up at any time" at any time, so the shape of the entire society is also very uncertain -  Just like a bank, it must consider that there is enough circulating currency in the market, and it must also be prepared for possible runs at any time.  According to Allen, now seems to be the so-called "hibernation deflation" period - more and more people are trying their best to hibernate, but the government has to desperately increase hibernation in order to ensure a sufficient population base to maintain the functioning of the entire society.  Tax, squeeze out some of the existing hibernating population to return to society.  "Like you, people who wake up without force, or even come to wake up friends, are usually people who don't have to worry about money," Allen said. "If you are poor, you should be like me after waking up, and be around here every day.  "Su Pei seems to be very interested in this topic: "It stands to reason that the more people hibernate, the easier it will be to find a job?" At least according to the common sense of economics he understands, this should be the case.  "What you are talking about was more than ten years ago. At that time, the cost of hibernation was not so high." After talking about this, Allen smiled bitterly and mentioned some memories of his childhood. "But even if there are  People in that era were not willing to engage in work. At that time, there was a popular saying on the Internet that with hibernation, every day of life is aging, and every day of work is death There was even a popular saying in society at that time.  Such remarks, only those who have committed crimes should go to work" Thinking of the joke he had heard in China before hibernating, he was willing to contract AIDS in order to hibernate Han Le was not surprised by Allen.  What came out of my mouth.  "I have heard that a country in Northern Europe has abolished prison sentences, saying that it is no different from the death penalty or even more cruel." "But it is true that the crime rate in that era was almost 0" Allen smiled bitterly,  Then he started to be sarcastic again, "Everyone suddenly began to feel that their lives were sacred, as if they were all gods after waking up from hibernation." "You seem to have a lot of opinions about hibernation." Su Pei smiled.  "I have no problem with hibernation. I also work to hibernatebut I have a strong problem with hibernation at all costs." "By any means necessary?" Su Pei shouted, not hearing what Han Le heard just now.  "I remember that in Chinese, there is a saying called 'raising children to prevent old age'," Allen said. "In the era when I was born, this habit had become worldwide." Thinking of what he had seen and heard before, Han Le  I was very keenly aware of what Allen was going to say next, and sure enough: "Before the emergence of hibernation technology, raising offspring has always been an obligation, and the support of offspring is only part of the reward for this effort But in the ten  Years ago, it has become a kind of" "A kind of" Allen seemed to have difficulty expressing what he meant accurately in Chinese. After saying it several times without saying it, Han Le guessed: "What do you mean?  Investment? " "|Investment is a very suitable word," Allen glanced at Han Le, "In that era, in order to increase the active population in society, the government would give a lot of education subsidies to have children many young people could not afford to hibernate.  Taxes were used to make money in disguise. At that time, almost every family was a single-parent family. Their parents were not divorced, but spent half of their time lying in a hibernation cabinet a place like this" Allen  Pointing in the direction of the hibernation room just now: "It is the place where people of our generation have the most profound childhood memories. We still can't figure out why our parents don't want to live with us in this world. But adults at that time didn't see it that way.  , so whether it is teachers, relatives, or even the entire public opinion, they are telling us that when you grow up, you will naturally understand the truth. " "Now that we have grown up, we also understand" Allen's voice gradually faded.  He became smaller and seemed unwilling to continue talking. He waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about your recovery plan and how long you plan to wake up.""You should first introduce what hibernation tourism is." "Actually, it is the itinerary after waking up. Maybe you have made similar plans before hibernation, but different times have different situations, and the original plan always has  Not so perfect," Allen put on a professional smile, inserted his mobile phone vertically into a connection on the desktop, and opened the computer screen hidden on the desktop and explained, "This is the latest service package provided by our company.  , from the shortest week to the plan within five years If you wake up within three months, I recommend you to experience these sets This is a humanistic travel package, and we have selected the most representative ones in the past 20 years.  The music, movies, and literary works can help you form a perceptual overall impression of the current era as quickly as possible and minimize the strangeness of being in a different era. " Han Le took a look at some specific catalogs of this package.  , you can easily see some movie clips and novel keywords on your computer, most of which are related to hibernation.  There are those who support and those who oppose it. What surprised Han Le the most is that in the comments of these films, there are without exception tit-for-tat remarks. After a quick glance, those who support hibernation are all describing the beauty of the future, while those who support hibernation are describing the beauty of the future.  The opposition to hibernation is not against the hibernation technology itself, but a criticism of the lack of social responsibility of many hibernators - this is very similar to Han Le's impression of online scolding wars.  "What you call traveling is just watching movies online?" Su Pei seemed not to be too interested in these things and questioned Allen.  "This is a feature of the humanities package. Many of the films are exclusive to our company and cannot be found on the Internet," Allen explained, while opening another one. "If you are more interested in the real world,  We can also provide cruise services to global attractions, from the latest natural hibernation point in Antarctica to space life experiences" As he spoke, Allen opened the video clips in the package catalog, and one of the shots was deeply shocking.  Hanle - In a huge rectangular transparent ice block, countless people lie in an array. Around this huge ice block, there are snowflakes flying in the sky. The entire ice block is placed in a natural environment.  , as time passed in the camera, in just a few months, the ice was covered with ice and snow. At a certain period of time, there were even groups of penguins passing by "Won't you freeze to death while hibernating like this?"  This shot simply has a terrifying feeling. According to Han Le, hibernation on the earth still has certain medical risks, which requires strict isolation environment, physiological monitoring, and temperature control system. And the method in the shot in front of me,  It looks no different than committing suicide.  "Compared to regular hibernation, this risk does exist. Most of them just inject themselves with antifreeze before hibernating" Allen shook his head and said, "Most of them cannot afford to hibernate due to financial pressure.  , they try to sneak to Antarctica and pay a small fee to let the hibernation company melt the ice after a few years. Although this method is risky, many people still try it. The latest generation of antifreeze further reduces the temperature of hibernation.  The lower limit also further reduces the body's metabolism during hibernation - almost to the point of complete stop, allowing people to hibernate for longer in an environment with only trace amounts of oxygen. Of course, you must do so at your own risk, as there has been one case of this.  According to the news, a hibernating ice cube broke due to geological factors and was exposed. When it was discovered, many people's limbs were missing and became the winter food for hungry seals" "These people" Han Le simply couldn't understand what happened.  How crazy do you have to be to think of running to the Antarctic and risking yourself to freeze yourself.  "I heard that at the beginning of the 21st century, some people would sell their kidneys to buy mobile phones" Allen said, "I think the nature is similar. At least they are voluntary, right?" "They are just selling things.  There are more, and they have almost sold out everything they can," Allen pointed at the camera and continued, "I don't know which genius' idea it was. They even turned their hibernating place into a tourist attraction to earn future people.  Ticket revenue and many people are very interested. " "I thought that at least poverty could be eradicated in this era." Looking at the camera, Han Le couldn't accept it and reached out to close the interface.  "Different eras have different definitions of poverty," Qiao Yiyu also said with some emotion. The few shots in front of her are just trivial details in history that are not worth mentioning. But in this era, from the perspective of the same generation,  Faced with it, she felt that it had an indescribable power, which reminded her of a sentence she just saw on the Internet yesterday, "In 2013, poverty meant being unable to afford a house. By 2073, poverty meant  I can¡¯t afford a coffin.¡±
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