In this interview, I was surprised that Changlong Shi explains his viewpoints in a specific way which I never thought of. Changlong Shi believes that with the exception of irresistible outside forces, the desire of the human being is the only factor to make the world a dystopia, and the level of a dystopia can be defined through ranking its harmfulness.
Changlong Shi argues that irresistible outside forces will probably cause a dystopia, but we do not need to worry about that because the occurrence chance is very small Shi). For example, it is a well-known fact that the meteorite which impacted the earth was likely to be the main reason causing the extinction of dinosaurs. When I asked Changlong Shi that if human beings would be extinct due to a meteorite in the future, his answer was “No.” He argues that although a serious dystopia will come after a meteorite hits the earth, the human being will not be extinct due to technology (Shi). He explains that compared to dinosaurs, human beings have developed advanced technology, which is the strong guarantee of the …show more content…
Initially, he argues that the most serious dystopia like nuclear war causes the extinction of the human being (Shi). To the human race, extinction is definitely the most serious dystopia and nuclear war is able to cause the extinction of human beings. Thus, nuclear war is one of the Rank 1 dystopia among the various dystopia. Moreover, he claims that a serious dystopia such as “tyrannical rule” leads to a severe harmfulness to a large part of people (Shi). The reason is that “tyrannical rule” make a lot of people lose their benefits, but it is only beneficial to a few people (Shi). Due to the severe harm of most people, “tyrannical rule” can be considered as one of the Rank 2 dystopia. Finally, he argues that a normal dystopia like pollution makes a not serious harm to a part of people
Changlong Shi argues that irresistible outside forces will probably cause a dystopia, but we do not need to worry about that because the occurrence chance is very small Shi). For example, it is a well-known fact that the meteorite which impacted the earth was likely to be the main reason causing the extinction of dinosaurs. When I asked Changlong Shi that if human beings would be extinct due to a meteorite in the future, his answer was “No.” He argues that although a serious dystopia will come after a meteorite hits the earth, the human being will not be extinct due to technology (Shi). He explains that compared to dinosaurs, human beings have developed advanced technology, which is the strong guarantee of the …show more content…
Initially, he argues that the most serious dystopia like nuclear war causes the extinction of the human being (Shi). To the human race, extinction is definitely the most serious dystopia and nuclear war is able to cause the extinction of human beings. Thus, nuclear war is one of the Rank 1 dystopia among the various dystopia. Moreover, he claims that a serious dystopia such as “tyrannical rule” leads to a severe harmfulness to a large part of people (Shi). The reason is that “tyrannical rule” make a lot of people lose their benefits, but it is only beneficial to a few people (Shi). Due to the severe harm of most people, “tyrannical rule” can be considered as one of the Rank 2 dystopia. Finally, he argues that a normal dystopia like pollution makes a not serious harm to a part of people