(刘慈欣)文明的反向扩张（国外英文资料）.doc

(刘慈欣)文明的反向扩张（国外英文资料） The reverse expansion of civilization By liu cixin Human beings may be faced with dreams when a few generations dream, call, and search for an alien civilization that has finally come to earth Unexpected awkwardness: aliens ignore the human hands and hug the ants. Its A problem that we never really thought about before: Who is the owner of the earth? If you take it for granted that you are human, you end up being ridiculous: we dont come down from the tree We have been known as our civilization for more than five thousand years. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the earth was ancient On land, the ants have built up their magnificent empires. By contrast, were just entering the big house on earth There was a waif of water in the room, which was far from the masters level. Of course you will argue: look forward! We have civilization. It is human civilization that has raised the earths earth in the universe A. But at least for now, there is no evidence to prove it. In our minds, the comet hit the earth to include dinosaurs In the late cretaceous period, the mass extinction of the species was the most terrifying epoch in the planets life history; But you probably dont know In this civilized age, the earths species went extinct far faster than the end of the cretaceous, the history of life on earth The most terrifying time is now! Civilization, perhaps, is the avenue of light that will perpetuate the earths life Earths life, including humans, has gone extinct. The characteristic of modern technological civilization is its expansionary, civilization is ceaseless development, the measure of oneself is like blow a balloon Keep blowing and dont care when it burst. In history, think of the great seafaring age of lust and passion, awakened by the Renaissance in a very short period of time European civilizations cover every corner of the earth. As for the future, if civilization does continue, it will inevitably expand its scale and become a huge macro Civ