Thatched Cottage Notes (10) - Is the earth going to end?

This summer's "heat" is the hottest news, especially in the Sichuan-Chongqing area, high temperature, power cuts, wildfires, and rivers drying up - oh, there has been an earthquake recently. difficulty. ,

But if you pay attention to relevant reports, you will find a phenomenon: many reports focus not on the problem itself, but on other "gimmicks", such as arguing whether the Leshan Giant Buddha has "exposed all"? Have the glaciers of Mount Siguniang "all melted"? Is the water in Huanglong Scenic Area dry? and many more.

Some people call this phenomenon "spectacle society": in a world surrounded by monitors, people's attention to virtual landscapes has surpassed reality. If things are not closely happening to themselves or around them, it is difficult for people to feel empathy, but numbness. 's viewing. Similarly, disasters or events need to be edited and decorated as a landscape and worth watching in order to be noticed, but this attention is only a click, a traffic statistic, a kind of stay out of the way, and rarely takes action.

Using Baidu to search for reports on the Beibei Mountain Fire in Chongqing, you can also find some trends: at the forefront are descriptions of disaster relief, "retroversaries" and volunteers. Some reports are very exciting, and some are very touching. It is in line with the advocacy of our relevant departments: "In the news reports of natural disasters, the responsibility of the news media is not only to reflect the situation, but also to correctly guide public opinion, create a situation that is conducive to social stability and people's peace of mind, and is conducive to the event's proper The focus of this kind of reporting is different from that of the West. One paper analyzes: “ Unlike the Western media’s focus on the people in disasters and the disaster itself, Chinese media usually focus on disaster relief in disasters. This phenomenon is not only related to the difference between Chinese and Western news concepts, but also closely related to the deep-seated factors of national culture. This is a kind of national unconscious narrative inertia that is stimulated by disaster events, and its core is the prototype of heroism.”

Positive energy is of course good, but just like big fish and big meat, eating too much will make you tired. We should also pay careful attention to ordinary people who are like grass under difficulties and disasters.

[Article: Turn off the filter and listen to the cry of Sichuan people under high temperature]

Link: https://www.dapenti.com/blog/more.asp?name=xilei&id=166468

This article is a reflection on the "landscape society" in Sichuan and Chongqing high temperature and other events. At the end of the article, it also emphasizes that we should try to listen to the cry and the voice of people and the land.

[Podcast: Story - Voice Diary of Sichuan-Chongqing People under Continued High Temperature]

Link: https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/630803baa038204a7fbca477?s=eyJ1IjogIjYwMGQ4NTVmZTBmNWU3MjNiYjgxNjIzMCJ9]

Story FM is a podcast where real people tell their own stories, similar to the popular This is American in English podcasts.

In this episode, people in Sichuan and Chongqing use their own voices to tell their feelings and experiences under conditions of high temperature, power outages, and wildfires. Listening to their voices will give us a more intuitive understanding.

[Article: High temperature swept the world: Europe suffered the worst drought in 500 years and humans entered hard mode? 】

Link: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xe-5vMYkvo2ewVpmXmHFtw

Extreme weather and high temperatures are not confined to China, but are sweeping across the globe. For many years, the problem of global warming has been like an elephant in the room. People know it exists, but they turn a blind eye. This article introduces the status of global warming in Europe from a professional perspective. Let us Chinese understand: you are not alone, you need to finish it together.

[Article: 26 small things to stop global warming]

Link: https://www.ccchina.org.cn/Detail.aspx?newsId=27832&TId=59

Global warming is not something that ordinary people can solve, right? So let those politicians worry about it. But in fact, we ordinary people can still do something. This article describes 26 little things that everyone can do and work.

PS: The time to read the article - 2007. Suddenly a little helpless, those people who are worried about global warming now will forget everything when the cool autumn wind blows.

【Movie: Five Days at Memorial Hospital】

Link: https://movie.douban.com/subject/35198592/?tag=American Drama&from=gaia

This is an American TV series that hands knives to foreigners, and the plot is also based on facts. It tells about what happened in a hospital called "Memorial" after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, USA in 2005. Because of flooding, power outages, and soaring temperatures, medical staff had to be forced into this harsh environment. Make heartbreaking choices.

This is not a cool drama that makes people happy after watching it, but a good drama that makes people depressed and thoughtful. Here, you can see the insignificance and powerlessness of human beings when a great disaster occurs, the chaos and danger after the normal order is destroyed, and the entanglement and fragility of human nature when faced with trials and choices​.

This time I write here first, I hope you have a peaceful, happy and rewarding life.

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