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Author: Kurt Pan; Source: XPTY
Introduction: This article is taken from the autobiography “The Crossing the River” published by Mr. Dai Xiwei in 2003.Mr. Dai Xiwei was once one of the Chinese with the highest technical level in Microsoft.In the article, D is Mr. Dai claiming to be Mr. Dai’s wife, and wd is their son, the famous crypto punk, the first citation document b-money of the Bitcoin white paper, and the author of the famous C++ cryptography open source library Crypto++, the smallest unit of Ether currencyThe object of tribute to Mr. Wei Dai.Mr. Wei Dai’s contribution and thinking to the crypto-punk movement, Bitcoin and blockchain digital currency, and superhuman intelligence are still in the historical process that is gradually known to the world. This article can even provide reference and inspiration to American education today.The full text was electronicized through OCR through my own premium purchase of old books. The complete content was first published on the Internet.If there is any infringement, please contact me to delete it.
“The world belongs to you and ours, but it is yours in the end.The young people are booming and are in a prosperous period, just like the sun at nine o’clock in the morning, and hope is placed on you.”
This is a story I read back then, Zedong visited China in Moscow in 1956An impromptu speech as an international student, a quotation from Zedong that is quite human and not very relevant to class disputes.On the day of “Three Loyalty, Four Infinite” in the text, D also wrote a Xinjiang-style quotation song for it, prepared for bass.At that time, whenever I read this quote or sing the song I wrote, I often made me forget myself, as if I was really like a rising sun, rising, a kind of pride and confidence in my heartIt arose naturally and temporarily forgot that I am not a member of the “Five Reds” and Party League.
With many heroes emerging and leading IT industries, D finally felt a little tired.However, as the waves pass, there will be waves coming.In D Xiaoxiao’s computer home, another new IT person has emerged.
WD was born in Shanghai in 1976, and at that time, only one of the four people fell.
At the age of 9, when his mother made a special trip to pick him up to the United States, he was already a fourth-year student in elementary school.I’ve been inserted into the fifth grade of the United States, but English starts with ABC.The American child laughed at his Chinese clothes and his excellent math scores.In their eyes, he is a mathematical monster from China.He only talked about these experiences with everyone when he grew up.As a child, he has almost no toys.But as soon as he arrived in the United States, there were more than a computer on his desk at home.If he doesn’t understand English, he can’t play smart games on his computer.This made him learn to write programs on the computer from the beginning.At the age of 10, WD helped his uncle who came to the United States as a visiting scholar and completed the graph output printing program for analyzing the results of mathematical formula calculations on a PC, which made my uncle amazed.
With the mother moving again, WD was transferred to the best public school in Botton1-Brookline High School.One assessment, one level jumped.The next thing surprised D.He participated in a composition competition held by Botton Open School, won the first place in junior high school, and his articles appeared in the newspaper.Previously, when WD happily took back the small trophy for the computer competition for primary and secondary school students across the city, D was very happy, but it was not too surprising.But after learning English for less than 3 years since ABC, he won the first place in the same game as his first-year junior high school child in the United States, which made D and D fall below their glasses.
The proposition of the game is to write someone you are familiar with.Match time, 40 minutes.This test paper d has been preserved to this day:
Chinese translation:
my mother
Author: wd
“Your mother called!” my uncle shouted from outside the house.When I heard this, I quickly went toRun outside the door.After 30 seconds, he ran to the public phone call where his mother called.I held the phone, but tears burst out from my eyes.She is preparing to fly to the United States at the airport.She said goodbye and was crying.I was 6 years old at that time.When I saw her again, three years have passed.My mother’s name is Xiaoying.She was born in a large family in Shanghai, China after the end of World War.She is very smart and has a very good education in China.She has a very good math and once dreamed of becoming a teacher.When Xiaoying graduated from college, it coincided with the fate of China’s cultural success.Her jobFrom the farm, to the radio, to the observatory, and finally to the center of space.After working in the Space Center for 8 years (Note: It should be the observatory of the Academy of Sciences and the Space Center for 8 years, and the child does not remember clearly by adults.), my mother decided to go to the United States to continue her studies.Although my relatives were already there, my mother still had to work for another year to earn enough money to enter school.She found a job as a restaurant waiter in a Chinese restaurant.Work 12 hours a day below a reasonable salary.Xiaoying finally earned enough money, and my relatives also ended his studies and found a job.But the days are still difficult.My mother’s English is not very good, and she has never been exposed to computers when she was in college in China. This has become a lack and difficult task for her knowledge.place.But one year later, she caught up with all the students, and in another year, she was almost the best student in her class.After 5 years in the United States, she now has a good education, a good job and aGood family.If she is confident, hardworking and smart, that’s right.She had come to the United States without money, she worked in restaurants and farms, and she was always the best student in her class.But more important than all of this, she loves her home.And, I love you, mom.
Frankly speaking, compared to the essay prodigy I have seen, this short article is nothingIs it?The English is quite smooth (translated into Chinese, much lost), but the content is too concise and may be limited by the examination room time.But the scene of a 6-year-old child saying goodbye to his mother is vividly portrayed.The hardships experienced by a first-generation immigration home were recorded in a simple but accurate manner by an 11-year-old child.In a country made up of immigrants, this is a very resonant shared experience.This short article also made D and D feel that wd is no longer the little kid who is coming to kiss his mother in the morning to drive the school bus.d was moved very much, and the children were vivid in their minds about everything adults did.
Junior high school grade summer vacation, like most children in the United States, the summer beginsA long working life.This may be a part of the American education system that is quite different from the Chinese education system, and it is more like the tiger starting to teach the tiger how to slap.At this age, most American children only choose to work within their ability such as delivering newspapers and cleaning cars in the community.But WD ran to where my mother was working.An oil software company that provides oil well data analysis for global oil companies is required to be a programmer.The whiteboard looked at this WD, which is smaller than the white-age child, and was skeptical.The company made the true meaning of the summer work of middle school students, so they generously promised and chose the questions they could do.After browsing the information, the little guy quietly chose a topic: write a sub-program in C language to use the company’s software products due to different types of customer machines.The floating point data in different formats are converted into floating point data in standard formats specified by the IEEE (International Institute of Electrical Engineers).This will make it easier to connect the data between our company’s products and other company’s products.D couldn’t help but sigh that Xiao WD made extraordinary moves.In the computer, the format conversion of floating-point data is also difficult for adult programmers.Two weeks later, when WD’s subprogram passed the test and put the company’s product in it, the adults were given a hand.Of course, being a mother with WD colleague.D’s heart was also full of relief. This child had no worries about finding food in the United States.
High School, the school recommends WD to take elective courses at Harvard University’s Computer Science Department.All choicesAll courses taken will be included in the credit records of Harvard University.That said, in theory, WD can also graduate from Harvard University while Brucland High School and pay tuition by the middle school (actually the state government).Everything was arranged. On the afternoon of the day when he was about to drive him to Cambridge for class, WD, who had always been a “boy” with D, suddenly disappeared.It’s easy to say that WD is indifferent, and finally the competition is about to win the door and go out.D was so anxious that he grabbed his hands tightly and blocked the door.Although I have not broken the creed of “never beat children”, I feel so angry that I only bite them.After a stalemate for a minute, it was almost late, wd finally announced: “You won!”
In Harvard classrooms, high-ranking students WD are still among the top.But how many yearsLater, the pair still argued about the “right” and “wrong” they sent to Harvard: “YouSince the middle school is advised to parents, it is recommended that you go to Harvard, which means from the perspective of education experts.You have the ability to study college courses, and you should start taking college courses as well.”
“But this arrangement deprives me of the spare time I should have at that age.”
D felt that this statement was quite reasonable, but continued, “That’s because, only the little things in high school, you guys arranged for you to start college because you saw that you had too much spare time.”
“Why can’t I arrange this spare time myself? Actually, thoseThe courses that should have been taken in college are easier to learn in college and use time more efficiently.”
It seems to make sense.D thinks of the teenage class organized by my alma mater, University of Science and Technology of China.I don’t know what the children think.
When I was in the sixth grade of elementary school, one day, WD ran to D: “Why is it that human beings live?”
D replied casually: “It has made some contributions to society.”
“Why contribute to society?”
wd continues to ask questions.D began to be alert.From different educational systems from China to the United States, children themselves feel that the values in teaching have changed.
If you think about it carefully, every group in human society must educate the next generation.At least teach them to make a living so that they can live in the group; they should also train their children to be useful to this group.This is probably the same.
When WD just transferred to an American school, the school was able to take a two-pronged approach.On the one hand, parents should respect children’s teaching rules and not put pressure on their children in their own way.On the other hand, tell your children directly that parents’ requirements may not be correct and follow the school’s arrangements.This made D feel that as soon as he got up, it was different from a Chinese school.Perhaps the school has long heard of the Jackie Chan education of most Chinese parents, so I will give it a shot first.This also aroused D’s interest: Let’s see how American primary and secondary education is different.
Unless you want to go to private schools, primary and secondary education in the United States is completely free.This includes tuition, school buses to pick up and drop off children, textbooks, and lunch.Even if you go to Harvard by WD, since it is recommended by the middle school and made by the middle school, the tuition fee for Harvard is also paid by the middle school.This treatment is treated equally by children living in the United States, even if you are an illegal immigrant.The United States’ primary and secondary school buildings, libraries, computer rooms, etc. are similar to the newly built schools in major cities in China.But most Chinese schools are not comparable to sports venues, and it is surprising that Americans are addicted to national sports.In D’s opinion, the educational policy of American primary schools may be just one word: play, teachers take students to play.It combines education and play, which is really different from the elementary school that D went to back then.
Once a parent-teacher meeting is held, every parent will definitely hear pleasant and comfortable comments about how smart your child is, how beautiful he is, how he can be, and so on.Finally, it will be understated. If you make a little effort in some places, you will be smarter and more beautiful.
D is very grateful for the teacher’s dedication.The fifth grade WD does not understand English at all.A American wife came to school one hour early every morning, one-on-one, and gave special English classes for WD one person.This teacher persisted for a whole year.In the sixth grade, WD’s mathematics far exceeds that of children of the same age.Another teacher found a middle school textbook and taught mathematics alone for another student again.
The high school in WD is a four-year system, whether it is two years in Boton or two years in Seattle.D has never seen him do any homework at home.I have completed all the homework on campus before school, which is much happier than Chinese students of the same age.
Education in primary and secondary schools in the United States is basically heuristic and interactive.CourseIn addition to mathematics and physics, art, sports, and humanities are all in an extremely important position.There is not much pressure on homework exams.In class, students’ ability to analyze and solve problems is more focused on.Training in project research has started in the United States even since elementary school.
In addition to legal and moral education, both political and religious beliefs are infused in the classroomNot allowed by law.Integrity is placed first in all moral standards.(Note: In the United States, there is a record of lying in a person’s files, which is indeed difficult to get involved in society. As president, Nixon and Clinton both have their lawyer licenses revoked by the American Bar Association for the reason of lying. Of course,It is another matter if you don’t catch it.) Students are encouraged to participate in various public welfare social activities both inside and outside the school.This is also one of the important evaluation conditions for whether you can be promoted to a prestigious university.If the students’ various amateur interests are justified, the school is willing to work hard to advocate and even provide additional funds to help.
The “full score plus cotton” education system can often bring the “youth” of Chinese children’s “young”The rebellion period is eliminating in the bud. “Being a human with your tail” is the essence of self-cultivation that has been continuously infused with the school and society for two thousand years. However, there is no “dignity of teacher”, no constraints and norms,How to adapt to the youthful rebellious period of children’s growth seems to be a problem that the American system still needs to study. Drug use, school violence, dropouts…, which seriously plagues American principals and parents.
The primary and secondary education in the United States provides enough things for talented childrenThe quality conditions and a positive and active atmosphere fully encourage children’s creativity and help them continue to impact upward.It provides a relaxed and pleasant learning environment for children who are lacking in talent, patiently cultivate children’s self-confidence, and enables both body, mind and knowledge to develop as normally as possible.But for most children in the middle state, American education may be too laissez-free for those children who could have become talented under the “rule”.
WD moved to Seattle, interrupting Harvard University’s homework.His high school career became easier and more detached.He makes full use of libraries throughout the United States and reads a lot of books.(Note: As a government service to taxpayers, in the United States, you can borrow books from any public library online for free in the United States through the Internet. The library will send you free of charge through the post office. After reading it, you will alsoJust give it to the local library.) Debating with wd on various topics is a common fun in the family.When driving out for a long trip, the defense of the child becomes a good medicine to solve the fatigue of long-distance driving.It is this frequent discussion that makes D, who is also a computer engineer, feel that the knowledge structure of wd has begun to surpass himself.
With a full scholarship, and a part-time Microsoft company is close by, WD easily walked into the computer department of Washington State University.This is a school that ranks among the top ten in computer departments of American universities.The school is just by her home in Seattle, which is of course welcomed by D and D.WD learning is still easy.WD used his spare time in his freshman year to complete a software library covering the major encryption and decryption algorithms that have been published in C++, and placed it online as a free software, becoming the first in North America to be shared by the whole people.And it is still widely used by C++ language free source code library for file encryption and decryption that is still widely used worldwide (including China).This source code library is also constantly cited by many computer books and papers in the United States and Europe.Most people can’t imagine that this is the role of a freshman.It was in my freshman year that WD was established as a cryptographic software engineer with considerable popularity in the American computer industry.
I forgot what year it was in college, and wd represented the University of Washington in the computer and economics competition held by an institution in the United States.In the state qualifiers, WD won first place in both events, but only one of them can be selected in the national finals.wd gave the computer competition to friends of the same school.He also won the silver medal in the national competition in the special economics competition as a student in the computer department.
Since middle school, WD works in the cryptographic team of Microsoft Research Institute every summer vacation.During this period, he met many of the most famous or outstanding experts in the field in the United States (many of them also used their summer vacation to do guest research) and served as their assistant.The cunning wd once pointed out conceptual errors in world-class authoritative papers in public (and D was deeply impressed afterwards).Until he graduated from college, published a series of papers and registered several patents (all of which were handled by Microsoft. If WD himself, he would probably be too lazy to deal with these red tape), WD seemed to have seen through these top scientific research institutions.The mystery.He neither stopped studying for a PhD nor refused Microsoft Research’s resolute retention. He was invited by the boss of Lotus (an internationally renowned software brand that has been sold to IBM) to do something they are interested in.
wd still worked tirelessly to maintain and update his free computer password generation and deciphering C++ language source library (Crypto C++ Class Library) for ten years, and devoted a lot of energy to the formulation of various standard protocols in their field.D was indeed confused at first about wd’s active investment in this kind of public welfare behavior that had no commercial interests and should have been participated by large companies or universities, but wd smiled it and did not answer.
wd gave up his graduate degree that could have been easily obtained without hesitation, and at first D was also very sighing.d said, “What do you have to say? Didn’t he do it as you do!”
This is not completely true.”Iron buddy” who has been with wd for more than 20 years, D wakes upwd is actually another new generation of IT people–Another generation of IT people who are still developing quietly, but may ultimately bring changes to the future direction of the IT industry.Growing up with his own personal computer, these people have never been worried about food and clothing since childhood.They all study hard, learn textbooks, and more on the topics they like outside the textbooks.Whether in school or entering society, they all love to pursue a comfortable and efficient working environment and platform.However, they are not moved by the customs of the city and are still keen on pursuing various challenges that excite them according to their interests.However, they did not intend to imitate Kuafu to chase the sun that could never be reached.They are more interested in prey in their own field of vision, from “tigers” to “rabbits”, shot one by one…
In their eyes, reputation or status is not bad at all. As for more, it is someone else’s business.Since everything you do is to be loyal to your own feelings, then any falsehood and speculation are of course despised by this group.The success of the older generation of heroes, such as Gates or someone else, of course they admire, but they are not their role models.Manipulating a huge institution can certainly meet greater challenges, but this institution will also manipulate you.Why do we have to lose ourselves and become a symbol? “People are in the world, but they are still in charge of themselves” is their ideal.
These people also work and set up companies, but the drunkard’s intention is not to drink.These people often put their proud works directly online, completely open and use them freely.Linux is one of the most famous works of this kind.The vanity hidden behind their noble faces is that how many people are using my stuff? Those hackers who like to “come here” proudly are more eye-catching in this community and are already known to ordinary people.Just a subset of this large group.More people seem to be hiding from the perspective of traditional society and living their own free and uninterrupted lives.
In the past 20 years, as PCs and the Internet have entered thousands of households, this group has sprouted rapidly in Europe and the United States.In a society where material is relatively rich, “eating” is not a problem for a group with high IQ.Labor is more about embodying oneself and enjoyment.A real enjoyment!This made D often think of the communist ideal that their generation had portrayed.
Since college, WD has published many papers, but he is even lazy to tell his parents.The reason is: “You won’t read it seriously anyway, the paper is for those who want to read it.”
wd declined the invitation from Microsoft Research Institute to officially join when he graduated from university, and even allowed him to work from home in the invitation conditions.Although the person has retired, D, who is still concerned about Microsoft, advised wd: “Look, how far has the Chinese media taken Microsoft’s China Research Institute?”
wd smiled.He has been working for 4 years at Microsoft Research (although a college intern) and he doesn’t mind what kind of work he works.Haven’t you published several papers and registered many Microsoft patents in your personal name? It’s great if Microsoft is using it!He is more willing to find new environments and new content.
Using his concept of publicly published on his web page, a group of foreigners in the circle found a venture capital of $12 million and built a shop in Montreal, Canada.Zeroknowlogysoftware company.(Kurt Pan: Not only blockchain, but ZK’s orthodoxy is still in the hands of crypto-punk!) Because the company is going to build a product that provides invisible servers for the Internet, the company attracted the attention of the media and related departments as soon as it was established.For private purposes, the North American people care about their privacy when surfing the Internet; for public purposes, this may be a powerful tool for fighting cyber warfare.The company leader who received the money and was confident turned around and hired WD as the company’s chief scientist.At a young age, WD, who was three points proud, ran to Montreal for a trip, but did not want to take office.He frankly told his friends that although his concept is correct, the existing technical conditions will not really turn the concept into a product in the short term.Burning other people’s money is not his wish.
Finally, WD ran back to Boston from Seattle and accepted the invitation from the former Lotus Company boss.Their concept of Peer To Peer on the Internet attracted wd again.wd I usually don’t bother to go shopping in the store.Their group of people is probably the first group of e-commerce practitioners in the world, and of course they are also the first group of customers that online merchants target.They can always find satisfying things that are good and cheap online.Everything is easy to work, and someone always brings things to the door, so why not do it?In the United States, this “lazy” team is expanding day by day, and more and more ordinary people are joining their ranks.Merchants seem to have begun to find the feeling of making money online.(Kurt Pan’s note: Note that this article was written in the early 21st century.)
WD, who is already in his twenties, is rare to have any friends visit him.But every day he comes home from get off work, he has to process dozens of emails first, or even more.He has a group of friends who have been dating online for more than ten years and spread all over the world.Every time he visits a big city, he can contact his friends.However, this is often the first time they have met in several years.He also has a larger group of mailing lists, as many as thousands of people, and those who have used his computer passwords to generate and decipher source code libraries for 10 years.(Kurt Pan’s note: The golden age of the “password punk” mailing list.)
wd still lives with d.He is still like a child and what is worrying is that he still often works for more than ten hours before he remembers that he has not eaten yet.
And when he squinted his eyes and lay on the couch in the surround home theater quietly listening to his beloved piano concerto, D and d will quietly leave this space for him, with rare selflessness and indulgence.
wd The members of their “community” live in their own network of virtual and real, coming and going alone, and enjoying it together.Remind D of the fairy tale world of the ranger in Jin Yong’s writings.As a group, their impact on the European and American IT industries has been first seen in European and American societies.
Dinner is the time for the whole family to get together.Usually I will take some time to talk about the strange stories I have seen and read.Not long ago, wd introduced the story of the future “nanofog” that his friends discussed online (the so-called nanometer 0.000000001 meters):
“Nanometer mist” is a group of nanoscale computers and nanoscale computer external devices.With a series of breakthrough developments in nanotechnology in the United States, venture capital companies have begun to invest in the development of simple nanocomputers today.That is to say, nanocomputers have begun to enter a practical state (although the functions are still simple).In the next 20 years, it may no longer be a delusion to achieve and exceed the functions that computers already have today.(Kurt Pan’s note: Historical paradox is so strange. These twenty years have been exactly the 20 years for biochemical ring materials from the future hope to the sinkhole, but also the golden twenty years for the development of cryptographic technology.) Characteristics of nanotechnology and nanotechnologyDevelopment should make the replication of nanocomputers relatively simple or almost “costless”.Then twenty or thirty years later, it should be possible for everyone to have thousands, tens, millions of “non-one” nanocomputers.Nanocomputers and nanoperipheral devices that are as small as molecules are suspended in the air, which is nanofog.The nanofog follows the owner, everywhere.In the wilderness, are you tired of climbing? Nanofog will automatically combine into a temporary seat for you to rest.Hungry?The nanofog will immediately pick leaves or weeds on the roadside and change their molecular structure, and cook them into delicious food for you to enjoy.Ah, the famous Arabian magic lamp is only willing to provide three magical services to the lucky master.The nano fog will be driven tirelessly by you.However, what wd’s friends still worry is that if nanofog launches an attack based on human DNA characteristics, attacks into the human body, destroys molecules and cells, nanofog will become a nanovirus that is almost undefensible.It is much more difficult to develop nanovaccines that can resist nanoviruses than simply destructive nanoviruses.(Kurt Pan’s note: The era of biological cryptography security attack and defense will surely come! “The 21st century is the century of biological” may be correct, but it refers to the second half of the 21st century.)
I hope that nanovaccine will be born early from nanovirus.
