How to Evaluate Luo Zhenyu's New Year Speech in 2024 "Friend of Time"?Luo Zhenyu's New Year speech in 2024, titled "Friend of Time," invites several criteria for evaluation. Here's a brief overview：1. Content and Message： The key factor in evaluating Luo Zhenyu's speech is the content and the message he conveyed. Did he address relevant and important topics? Was his message clear and impactful?2. Delivery and Presentation： How well did Luo Zhenyu deliver his speech? Did he engage the audience effectively? Did he use persuasive techniques to get his points across?3. Relevance to Current Events： Evaluators should consider whether Luo Zhenyu's speech was relevant to the current social, political, and economic landscape.4. Innovation and Creativity： Did Luo Zhenyu bring innovative ideas or a fresh perspective to the table in his speech? Did he offer unique insights?5. Impact and Influence： To what extent did Luo Zhenyu's speech influence the audience or spark discussions and conversations?6. Overall Impression： Finally, what was the overall impression of Luo Zhenyu's New Year speech? Did it leave a lasting impression on the audience, and was it well-received?Evaluating these aspects will provide a comprehensive assessment of Luo Zhenyu's "Friend of Time" New Year speech in 2024.

Jan 2, 2024 speech, new year's eve, luo zhenyu

Insights on Innovation and Perseverance

Innovation begins with action; depth comes with specifics; when confused, step outside.
Often, asking the right question is half the solution.
Every industry is a knowledge service industry.
Learning the basics of other industries is your competitive advantage.
To reduce costs, increase capabilities.
Introduce new knowledge to replace old methods.
Providing service is additive, creating explosive experiences is multiplicative.
The most intense experiences don’t come from beyond life, but from within it.
There are countless ways to study, but ultimately, everyone has their own path.
We don’t operate guests; we operate bartenders.
Anaya makes one forget it’s a real estate company.
Quality in simplicity, moderation in abundance.
Look less at others, more at yourself; less at the distance, more at what’s near.
Where does the money come from? In an age of thin margins, from everywhere.
Where do people go? Into the specifics of reality.
Just learned it, now it’s wrong; just declared it unchanged, now it’s outdated.
Prediction for the realization of general AI: April 20, 2026.
If something shouldn’t work but does, science must intervene.
If something should work but doesn’t, engineering must intervene.
Can technology replace humans?
Rather than pondering replacing humans with technology, consider how to support people with technology.
Hold the blade with compassion in your heart.
When should technology stop?
I’ve lived a team’s life using AI.
How many top interns can you lead?
What we lack is not hint engineering, but AI leadership.
The one who bears the consequences should make the decisions.
Humans are always the ultimate decision-makers because they can bear the consequences with their flesh and blood.
Returning home is not about the warmth of personal networks, but the efficiency of cooperative networks.
From admiring the strong to cherishing the weak.
Where people are valued, diversity thrives and attracts more people.
Don’t forget to look at the moon every day.
I control more than it seems.
Don’t let the world completely win over us.
Make grand vows, take small steps, travel the long road, continue relentlessly without rushing.
We Chinese have seen it all.
External heartbeat, a driving force for creativity, a catalyst for new things.
Together, we find this matter and keep our true energy focused.
It’s always like this, behind the wind is more wind, above the sky is more sky, ahead of the road is still the road.
Where I struggle, there is my home.

Reflections from “The Friend of Time” New Year’s Speech

A sip of Luo Pang’s chicken soup, the quintessential flavor remains.

I intermittently watched the “Friend of Time” New Year’s speech for 2024, and I still admire Luo Pang at 50, the man always filled with genuine vigor. Year after year, he brews his chicken soup, adding unexpected ingredients despite the increasing scarcity of foodstuffs.

As the speech unfolded, criticisms of Luo Pang gradually surfaced online. “Paid knowledge is just a scam,” “lackluster and insipid,” “finally afraid to bluster about new opportunities.”

Viewing it as a cultural project, the shackles on Luo Pang’s speeches seem to multiply over the years. Without continuous knowledge updates and sustained efforts, it’s easier to deplete a creator than at the beginning; the external environment has changed, the plentiful opportunities of the past years are no more; recent controversies surrounding various figures have made it impossible for Luo Pang to delve into grand predictions; and a hint of pessimism prevails – chicken soup may alleviate worries, but too much might choke.

Thus, there’s always a pattern to criticize Luo Pang that suits someone. Too much sentimentality is deemed hollow; focus on big deals appears deceitful; attention to trivial matters seems to betray the annual ritual’s grandeur; dwelling on the past is cliched; looking forward is asking for a rebuttal; flowery language is criticized as superficial; professional jargon is sleep-inducing; optimism is seen as unrealistic, and pessimism as unfit for the New Year spirit.

Balancing atmosphere with substance, joy with depth, is not something many can achieve. In a world often derided as a “grass stage troupe,” the most scenically disruptive element is the truth.

Thus, under the weight of these shackles, the expectation for the brilliance of the speech is far less than the curiosity to see Luo Pang’s blunders.

From the outset, Luo Pang added a “safety” to his speech: fasten your seatbelt, stow your tray table, and upright your seat back.

The perspective of a dog set the tone for a modest start to the speech. Beneath the bitterness lies ample reason to lower expectations. Once a prominent figure, now metaphorically a dog.

As expected, the intermission was shortened, and the content shifted to seemingly minor matters like electrician certificates for economists, restaurant and tea shop businesses, and toilet designs by Tsinghua teams, focusing on children, minor issues, small businesses, and pitfalls.

Against the backdrop of a large screen, the slimmed-down Luo Pang was dwarfed even by a single flush in the restroom.

Recalling the grand themes of national time, definite trends, and new infrastructure that once framed Luo Pang’s robust rhetoric, it seems they are irrevocably past.

In earlier years, Luo Pang was accused of “selling anxiety,” a fear of missing out on lucrative opportunities. Today, the “dog’s” perspective of “barely surviving” has become the priority, and who still believes in unspoken wealth secrets? Anxiety doesn’t need to be sold; it’s everywhere, devaluing as per economic principles.

The challenges AI brings to humanity seem to be the only item of anxiety still holding value on the shelves.

Yet, amidst a drowsy moment, a segment of Luo Pang’s analysis on AI technology jolted awake: humans, capable of pain, death, fear, and love, seem at a disadvantage compared to AI, but these are our strengths. We are destined to bear the consequences with our flesh and blood, making humans the perpetual leaders over machines.

Luo Pang stated: how to be a person capable of fear, pain, and love doesn’t require AI. Our thousands of years of civilization have already provided the answers.

The world often charges at us, and as we age, we retreat while fighting. However, we control more than it seems. Don’t let the world entirely prevail.

“Our nation has seen fragmentation and reintegration; we’ve fallen into poverty and peril only to achieve prosperity and strength again; we’ve faced intense conflicts between the steppes and the central plains, yet new balances were formed through institutional arrangements; we Chinese have seen everything!”

In this near dust-low perspective, even lower than a dog’s, it’s the Chinese civilization that upholds the speech and many people’s confidence.

Like my realization, all the world’s confusions are best addressed by the open-mindedness of “nothing beyond the heart.”

Luo Pang plans to reboot a long-form video project, dedicating his remaining years to a chronological “Civilization” speech. In his words, he’s bound to devote himself to this project for the rest of his life.

After all, what more can one demand from a speech? To embody one’s words with a finite life is already the epitome of sincerity.

“I have never seen chicken soup declared to last decades of someone’s remaining life. I know a speech can hardly change much, but to taste this pure flavor is already a fortune.”

Only one person selling insurance is posting this in my circle of friends, I knew Luo Zhenning is really in trouble…

I intermittently finished watching the speech, and overall, I didn’t find it very informative. The motivational content was lacking, and it didn’t become more appealing either, it was quite bland.

Is Luo Pang planning to go solo now? His recent statements and the knowledge monetization through “De Dao” seem to align, giving the impression that he’s going for a second venture, and this time, he’s venturing alone. It seems like he’s going down the path of internet celebrity exploration and product endorsements, which is quite different from his previous style. Could there be issues within “De Dao” right now?

You thought that after simmering a year of chicken soup, it was finally time to start cooking, but this year it turned out to be plain water, with just a few scallion sprigs added at the end.

I didn’t expect him to still be giving New Year’s speeches and harvesting the leeks.

Regardless of others' opinions, at least I think it’s pretty good. Even someone like me who can’t even stick to a fitness routine, Luo Pang serves as a role model for me in terms of execution.

My Impression Suddenly Became Clear

In the first year of my job, during the company’s annual meeting in 2017, I asked one of the partners a question while feeling the effects of alcohol: “Will my industry be replaced by artificial intelligence?” I can’t remember his exact response, but I only recall my face turning red due to nervousness at the time. Over the past few years, with rapid AI advancements and the transition to versions 3.5 and 4.0, listening to Luo Zhenyu just now brought my memory back to six years ago.

Luo’s Talk: Can technology replace humans?

Luo’s Talk: Instead of thinking about how to replace humans with technology, why not consider how to use technology to support humans.

Luo’s Talk: Hold a sharp blade, but have a compassionate heart.

Luo’s Talk: A society nourished by new technology will always expand, not shrink.

Luo’s Talk: At what point should technology be halted?

Luo’s Talk: Humans are always the ultimate decision-makers because they can bear the consequences of their decisions with their flesh and blood.

Capital is profit-driven.

The example he provided was too specific, with a small and unrepresentative audience. What about white-collar office workers, graphic designers, copywriters, social media managers, or short video scriptwriters?

When expertise (what others cannot do) is continually brought closer to an equivalent level, can we truly enjoy the pleasures of technology without any worries?

And can technology really be stopped at will?

Sincere talk, looking forward to the Civilization series.

After watching the bar, I caught up on what I missed in the morning. What’s impressive about Luo Pang is his linguistic and logical abilities.

However, based on his strongest suit, he hasn’t even managed to handle his own issues well. In his current state of being unimpressive, guiding humans or audiences on how to face the world is definitely not convincing.

Who exactly is his audience???

Feels like I just watched a super-sized advertisement.

From Youku’s “Logical Thinking” to chasing after the Get app, I also bought thousands of dollars worth of courses on Get. I increasingly feel that it’s not interesting anymore, and it’s all just empty talk that sounds correct but doesn’t solve any problems.

I haven’t opened the Get app much in 2023.

I reviewed the responses from my friends twice, and there were only 11 comments.

With just a few comments like this, I find it hard to believe it made it to the hot list on Zhihu without any paid promotion.

You be the judge.

Luopang’s recent New Year’s speech is just like his previous ones, plain and tasteless. The inspirational chicken soup that used to be “delicious” is nowhere to be found, not even worth being called a chicken rib.

Those who peddle anxiety might be feeling anxious now because the cabbage (referring to the common people) have developed their own logical thinking and are not as easy to manipulate anymore.

More than half of the TikTok videos I’ve seen recently are promotional content for Luo Zhenyu’s speeches. I knew it, this year is really tough.

Watching currently

Will provide feedback later

Is anyone still believing in this? It’s better to buy some pesticide-free produce and boil water to drink.