Human society does not exist in free float but relies on a set of stable real parameters—energy intake, rest cycles, productive labor, and social interaction. Individuals survive within the constraints of these parameters, and society persists through their coordination. However, with the rise of virtual society and artificial intelligence, an entirely new set of virtual parameters is emerging: digital identity, virtual wealth, and algorithmic rules. The conflict between these virtual parameters and real parameters is reshaping the structure of human civilization.

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The Atomic Model

In physics, the atom is the basic unit of matter. An atom is composed of a nucleus and electrons:

• The nucleus lies at the center, consisting of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons. The number of protons determines which element the atom belongs to, while neutrons stabilize the nucleus.

• Electrons, which carry a negative charge, move rapidly around the nucleus. Their arrangement and interactions determine whether the atom can bond with other atoms to form molecules.

• Molecules are composed of multiple atoms linked together through the “chemical bonds” formed by electrons, representing a higher-level stable structure of matter.

 

This scientific structure provides a metaphor for understanding human society:

• Atom = the basic unit of all matter.

• Nucleus = the “heart” of the atom, composed of protons and neutrons.

• Proton = determines the type of element, carries positive charge.

• Neutron = stabilizes the nucleus, carries no charge.

• Electron = moves rapidly around the nucleus, held by the proton’s attraction, and determines chemical reactions.

• Nuclear force as constraint = real parameters. If an atom loses the constraint of nuclear force, its electron orbits collapse, and the atom disintegrates.

If we draw the analogy:

• Atom = Human

• Nucleus (protons + neutrons) = Inner core (thoughts + emotions/body)

• Protons = Thoughts and values (determine identity)

• Neutrons = Stabilizers (emotions, physical health, personality)

• Electrons = Behaviors and habits (external expressions, interaction with the outside)

• Molecules = Society, groups (formed by compatible behavioral patterns)

• Nuclear force constraint: If humans lose the support of real parameters, individual life cannot be sustained, and social structures will collapse.

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Human Society Before the Rise of the Virtual World

• Atom = Individual
  Each human being is like an atom. An atom is stable because the nuclear force binds protons and neutrons together, while electromagnetic force maintains the electron orbit.

• Molecule = Society
  When atoms bond through chemical forces, they form molecules. Similarly, individuals connect through labor, rules, and emotions to form society.

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Human Society After the Invasion of Virtual Parameters

1. Individual Level (Atomic Level)

• Protons (Thoughts and values)

  • Virtual society continuously reshapes human thought through algorithms, information streams, and immersive experiences.

  • Atomic identity (“who you are”) becomes replaced by virtual labels and digital identities, weakening the authenticity of thought.

• Neutrons (Emotions, physical health, personality)

  • Prolonged immersion in virtual worlds → lack of real physical activity and unbalanced nutrition → decline in physical health.

  • Emotions depend on virtual feedback (likes, digital currency, virtual achievements) rather than real interaction → psychological stability erodes.

  • When neutrons fail, the nucleus becomes unstable.

• Electrons (Behaviors and habits)

  • Human behaviors shift from real-world socializing, labor, and production to virtual interactions.

  • Electron orbits gradually detach from real electromagnetic force (real parameters) and begin to revolve around virtual rules.

  • Result: behavior loses its grounding in reality.

 Outcome: The atom itself may lose stability → individuals suffer physical illness, psychological disorders, or even “disintegration.”

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2. Group Level (Molecular Level)

• Molecules (Groups) depend on electron compatibility to form:

  • In reality: people form groups through labor, communication, and emotional bonds.

  • In virtuality: group formation depends on virtual labels, interests, and algorithmic clustering.

• Collapse of real molecules:

  • When behaviors (electrons) become entirely virtualized and no longer compatible with reality, real-world groups (families, communities, organizations) lose cohesion.

• Expansion of virtual molecules:

  • Virtual society creates countless new “molecules” (virtual communities, virtual economies).

  • These do not rely on real energy supply, yet they drain individual attention and life force.

Outcome: Real social molecules disintegrate, while virtual molecules expand—but they cannot sustain themselves, lacking support from real parameters.

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3. System Level (Parameter Conflict)

• Real parameters: energy (food), cycles (sleep), labor, real-world social interaction.

• Virtual parameters: identity, algorithms, virtual wealth, digital socialization.

• Points of conflict:

  • Physical disintegration vs. continuity of virtual identity

  • Collapse of real labor vs. inflation of virtual wealth

  • Breakdown of real communities vs. prosperity of virtual ones

 Long-term outcome:

• If virtual parameters dominate, individuals (atoms) lose balance → real social molecules collapse.

• Humanity will not disappear, but may transition into new molecular structures dominated by virtual parameters (fully virtual communities).

• The key issue: whether virtual molecules can reach equilibrium with real parameters (biological survival). Otherwise, the result will be “virtual prosperity, real collapse.”

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Using the “atom–molecule” model, we can see:

• Virtual society functions like a “new electromagnetic force,” pulling electrons (behaviors) away from real nuclear force (body and thought).

• Individuals risk losing balance (unstable atoms), and society risks disintegration (collapsed molecules). Ultimately, human society is entering a new era of dual-parameter coexistence or conflict between reality and virtuality.

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Real-World Shock and the Domino Effect: The Restructuring of the Real Economy by Virtual Parameters

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The expansion of virtual parameters is not a supplement to reality, but a structural hollowing-out of the real parameter chain. This trend is cascading through society like a domino effect, revealing a profound civilizational conflict.

1. The Collapse of Retail and the Real Economy

The virtual logic of e-commerce has forced a large number of physical stores out of existence, triggering waves of closures. The consequences include:

• Vanishing rents → decline in commercial real estate value;

• Job losses → shrinking tax base;

• Erosion of real economic vitality → mounting fiscal pressure on governments.

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2. The Domino Effect

When retail, real estate, employment, and taxation all come under pressure simultaneously, the social system enters a state of cascading decline:

• Shrinking household wealth → contraction of consumption;

• Reduced tax revenue → weakening of public services;

• Demographic pressures → declining fertility and weakening social stability.

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3. The Amplification of Virtual Finance

“Buy now, pay later” schemes and frictionless credit mechanisms push consumption forward while deferring debt into the future.

• Short-term prosperity → long-term bad debt;

• Credit expansion → extraction of real economic vitality.
  When real income can no longer sustain virtual debt, a systemic credit crisis becomes inevitable.

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Conclusion: The Collision of Parameters and the Reset of the Board

The conflict between virtual and real parameters is not a mere economic fluctuation, but a systemic collision at the level of underlying parameters.

This collision is:

• Rewriting the operational logic of labor, wealth, credit, and social organization;

• Forcing human society to move from an old parameter balance into a board-level structural reset;

• Revealing not a temporary crisis, but an ongoing civilizational transformation.