4月12日，人民日报发表了一篇标题为“科技创新催生新产业新模式新动能”的文章，文章用比较大的篇幅、详细地谈论了元宇宙和非同质化通证，也就是我们平常所说的NFT，提出要以NFT为核心，推动元宇宙产业的蓬勃发展。

On 12 April, the People's Daily published an article entitled “Technology and innovation for new models of industry”, which talks in greater detail about the meta-cosmos and the non-homogenous GPs, which we usually refer to as NFTs, and proposes to promote the dynamic development of the meta-cosmos industry with NFT at its core.

“元宇宙”的概念其实已经有30年的历史了，最早是起源于尼尔?斯蒂芬森的小说《雪崩》，只不过是在近三、四年来才开始火起来。一开始是Roblox。Roblox将“元宇宙”的概念写进了公司的招股说明书，从而引起了大家对元宇宙的注意。紧跟着，是脸书直接把公司名改成为“Meta”，这直接带火了元宇宙。

Roblox wrote the concept of the meta-cosmos into the company's book, thereby drawing attention to the meta-cosmos. And then, Facebook turned the company's name into Meta, which directly ignited the meta-cosmos.

按照尼尔?斯蒂芬森的描述，“元宇宙”是平行于现实世界的、始终在线的虚拟世界。在这个虚拟世界中，除了吃饭、睡觉等基本的生理需求需要在现实中解决，其余的工作、生活、社交等等，都可以在虚拟世界中实现。

这几年来，元宇宙发展得很快。元宇宙是数字世界和物理世界的沉浸式的融合空间，它标志着新一代信息技术的集成与创新，也是数字经济与实体经济融合的先锋。通过虚拟与现实的互动，元宇宙实际上是引领着整个数字文明的风向。

In the last few years, the meta-cosmos has grown rapidly. The meta-cosmos is a immersion space for the digital and physical worlds, marking the integration and innovation of a new generation of information technology and the vanguard of the integration of the digital economy with the real economy.

接下来要提到NFT。NFT是非同质化通证（Non-Fungible Token）的英文缩写。在元宇宙中，NFT的角色至关重要，是元宇宙中独一无二的、不可替代的数据单元，它确立了数字资产的所有权，比如图像、音乐或者视频等等。NFT在元宇宙中代表了各种各样的资产，比如数字物品，或者角色。这些以区块链技术为支撑的资产和交易，极大地降低了虚拟世界中道德风险和信息不对称的问题。

Next, mention should be made of the NFT. The NFT is an acronym for the non-homogeneous translator (Non-Fungible Token). In the meta-cosmos, the role of NFT is crucial, being a unique and irreplaceable data unit in the meta-cosm, which establishes ownership of digital assets, such as images, music or videos. The NFT represents a variety of assets in the meta-cosmos, such as digital objects, or roles. These assets and transactions, backed by block-chain technology, significantly reduce the problem of moral hazard and information asymmetries in the virtual world.

说回元宇宙。可能有的人会认为这两年来元宇宙是沉寂下去了，但事实是恰恰相反。ChatGPT的诞生，解决了元宇宙内容匮乏的核心难题，AIGC，尤其是Sora的出世，让元宇宙变得栩栩如生，再造一个世界已经不再是个痴人说梦的事了。

人类未来会去哪？比较主流的是两种观点，一种是主张移民外星球，另外一种就是元宇宙。相比较于移民外星球，我觉得人类进入元宇宙可能更靠谱一点。你认为呢？

Where will mankind go in the future? What's more dominant is a two-way view, one that advocates alien planets, and the other that's a metaspace. I think it's a bit more reliable than an alien planet.