Chapter 142 Chi Xiaoguo’s Secret
“Father.”
The old man in Tang attire trembled as he held the coin that represented himself.
“As a priest, it is my duty to lead the believers of the Mutual Aid Society to always do what is right.”
“In this day and age, too many people’s regrets, too many people’s sufferings… in truth, all stem from how fast this era is developing. It forces many people to get off midway, eliminates many, leaves many unable to keep up with the pace of the times.”
“People always say this world is survival of the fittest, but they never consider that soon enough, they themselves will also be eliminated by the era… Right now, this is the fastest age since the birth of human civilization—yet beneath the surface prosperity, it has already drifted away from humanity itself.”
“Yeah.”
The middle-aged man leaned back against the redwood chair and sighed.
“In today’s world, the gaps in wealth, knowledge, cognition, lifestyle… they’ve all grown to an unimaginable extent. People who don’t know how to use smartphones can no longer live normally; those who just graduated and started working find what they learned already outdated before they’ve even finished applying it; and in just the past two years, the leap in AI technology has taken away the livelihoods of entire industries.”
[This world should not only focus on the elites’ stars and oceans—it should pay more attention to the daily necessities of ordinary people.]