Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax

Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax

Author: Blade Cort

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-01-07

Total Pages: 192

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A narcissistic, psychotic oligarch rules over a second-rate, post-apocalyptic domain in the western part of what was once America. Sara, his communications minister, proudly supports him despite his insanity. She tells her team: "Work is work, and you should take pride in it, even when your job is to deny, divert, distract, detract, and deceive." SAMPLES FROM A FEW DYSTOPIAN EPISODES: 79 - TRANSGRESSIONS: No one at the table dared move. They knew what was coming next, and they had enough experience with Ron's histrionics to know not to dive into the middle of his torrential whirlpool of vitriol. Sara's heart was beating furiously, and Imp knew it all. Imp sensed her physical reactions. Her pulse. Sweat. Pupil dilation. Chemicals emitted from her breath and skin. Imp analyzed her eye movements. Facial tics. The number of times she licked her lips and blinked. And she knew Imp constantly monitored her thoughts, to the degree that such tech had been perfected. Ron turned to sneer at Sara. "Not picking on you, sweet child, though it's partially your fault. Maybe much your fault. You understand, little one? I can't have events like this happen. If mine was the strongest or the richest of the domains, then I'd have the power. But people are jealous of me, so they come after me. They salivate for openings like this." 81 - PROPOSAL: "Of course!" she responded. "We know from our prior comms to this cohort that they can be volatile, easily aroused to anger and fear, and highly vindictive and judgmental. We love them for all these traits. But we know we can only go so far." 83 - FOSSILS: To Edgar, Sara was an anachronism in the current context of AI. Who needed a human to create narratives when his AI was more effective? More prolific? His AI could churn-out a thousand narratives to her one. His AI could confuse the world on a whim, creating mindless, meaningless sludge to be farted across the toilet bowl of human networks. Misinformation was kid stuff, but mass misinformation - now that was AI magic. 85 - ARRANGEMENTS: Rasha smacked her lips. "You just identified the problems we are having in gathering data about them. We hoped they'd congregate like other cohorts, create consistent narratives, and develop deep complexity and fervor in their belief systems. If they did this, we could infiltrate them, manipulate the narratives, and put into effect our subtle coercion that all good things in the world always begin and end with Ron, just like what we do with the other cohorts. But we see none of this." 86 - LEVERAGE: "It sounds like something different, though. It sounds like you and your team and other ministers spend most of their time serving Ron's needs. His distorted and disgusting whimsies. His rages and torments. His threats and narcissistic demands. Look, the people I communicate with believe the Earth is in its last days of rotation, at least for humanity. There's far too much tech, too much risk in tech, and too many people or AIs who have too much capability to annihilate us. All this annihilation tech in so many incapable hands like Ron's, without any ethical construct for the race? Imagine that."


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Download or read book Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narcissistic, psychotic oligarch rules over a second-rate, post-apocalyptic domain in the western part of what was once America. Sara, his communications minister, proudly supports him despite his insanity. She tells her team: "Work is work, and you should take pride in it, even when your job is to deny, divert, distract, detract, and deceive." SAMPLES FROM A FEW DYSTOPIAN EPISODES: 79 - TRANSGRESSIONS: No one at the table dared move. They knew what was coming next, and they had enough experience with Ron's histrionics to know not to dive into the middle of his torrential whirlpool of vitriol. Sara's heart was beating furiously, and Imp knew it all. Imp sensed her physical reactions. Her pulse. Sweat. Pupil dilation. Chemicals emitted from her breath and skin. Imp analyzed her eye movements. Facial tics. The number of times she licked her lips and blinked. And she knew Imp constantly monitored her thoughts, to the degree that such tech had been perfected. Ron turned to sneer at Sara. "Not picking on you, sweet child, though it's partially your fault. Maybe much your fault. You understand, little one? I can't have events like this happen. If mine was the strongest or the richest of the domains, then I'd have the power. But people are jealous of me, so they come after me. They salivate for openings like this." 81 - PROPOSAL: "Of course!" she responded. "We know from our prior comms to this cohort that they can be volatile, easily aroused to anger and fear, and highly vindictive and judgmental. We love them for all these traits. But we know we can only go so far." 83 - FOSSILS: To Edgar, Sara was an anachronism in the current context of AI. Who needed a human to create narratives when his AI was more effective? More prolific? His AI could churn-out a thousand narratives to her one. His AI could confuse the world on a whim, creating mindless, meaningless sludge to be farted across the toilet bowl of human networks. Misinformation was kid stuff, but mass misinformation - now that was AI magic. 85 - ARRANGEMENTS: Rasha smacked her lips. "You just identified the problems we are having in gathering data about them. We hoped they'd congregate like other cohorts, create consistent narratives, and develop deep complexity and fervor in their belief systems. If they did this, we could infiltrate them, manipulate the narratives, and put into effect our subtle coercion that all good things in the world always begin and end with Ron, just like what we do with the other cohorts. But we see none of this." 86 - LEVERAGE: "It sounds like something different, though. It sounds like you and your team and other ministers spend most of their time serving Ron's needs. His distorted and disgusting whimsies. His rages and torments. His threats and narcissistic demands. Look, the people I communicate with believe the Earth is in its last days of rotation, at least for humanity. There's far too much tech, too much risk in tech, and too many people or AIs who have too much capability to annihilate us. All this annihilation tech in so many incapable hands like Ron's, without any ethical construct for the race? Imagine that."

Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax

Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax

Author: Blade Cort

Publisher: Blade Cort

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 198

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Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax [FREE eBook: #Dystopian, #PostApocalyptic, #GeneticEngineering], Book 5 of 7 in the Predictable Paths series A narcissistic, psychotic oligarch rules over a second-rate, post-apocalyptic domain in the western part of what was once America. Sara, his communications minister, loves her job and proudly supports him despite his insanity. She tells her team: "Work is work, and you should take pride in it, even when your job is to deny, divert, distract, detract, and deceive." Yet this day is not going so well. Ron, her maniacal and probably AI-controlled boss, is screaming at his ministers, raging about a highly visible and clearly embarrassing incident that just occurred in his domain. He orders Sara to immediately develop and lead the response - to gloss over it, blame the locals, or accuse their many regional enemies of stirring up hatreds. But such accusations could lead to frightful backlashes from their belligerent, tech-rich neighbors. Could her response set the world afire? https://bladecort.com PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia ; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 2.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 2.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 2.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3, Episodes 19 - 28 3. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella ; Episodes 47 - 54 4. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space ; Episodes 56 - 78 5. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax ; Episodes 79 - 93 6. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse ; Episodes 118 - 159 7. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) ; Episodes 311 - 337


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Download or read book Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax written by Blade Cort and published by Blade Cort. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Path to Entropy - An Apocalyptic Climax [FREE eBook: #Dystopian, #PostApocalyptic, #GeneticEngineering], Book 5 of 7 in the Predictable Paths series A narcissistic, psychotic oligarch rules over a second-rate, post-apocalyptic domain in the western part of what was once America. Sara, his communications minister, loves her job and proudly supports him despite his insanity. She tells her team: "Work is work, and you should take pride in it, even when your job is to deny, divert, distract, detract, and deceive." Yet this day is not going so well. Ron, her maniacal and probably AI-controlled boss, is screaming at his ministers, raging about a highly visible and clearly embarrassing incident that just occurred in his domain. He orders Sara to immediately develop and lead the response - to gloss over it, blame the locals, or accuse their many regional enemies of stirring up hatreds. But such accusations could lead to frightful backlashes from their belligerent, tech-rich neighbors. Could her response set the world afire? https://bladecort.com PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia ; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 2.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 2.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 2.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3, Episodes 19 - 28 3. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella ; Episodes 47 - 54 4. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space ; Episodes 56 - 78 5. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax ; Episodes 79 - 93 6. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse ; Episodes 118 - 159 7. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) ; Episodes 311 - 337

From Apocalypse to Entropy and Beyond

From Apocalypse to Entropy and Beyond

Author: Peter Freese

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book From Apocalypse to Entropy and Beyond written by Peter Freese and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Entropy

Entropy

Author: Michael McGinty

Publisher: Cyi Publishing

Published: 2023-03-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780645481457

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Bill Bartles washes data.He cleans the lies and crap from information before saving it to the Infinity Drive, along with the rest of the knowledge.Bartles has it all: an alluring companion, Jennifer, an inner-city apartment mid-way up the tall-tower, and a promotion imminent. For him, life is great; except for his obsession with entropy and its promise that nothing lasts forever.After digging too deep into the forbidden archives of Aleph-1 -the avant-garde CPU that controls the Infinity Drive-Bartles' perfect life (or so he thought ) is shattered, plunging him into an unrecognizable world of blood-red wastelands, empty mega-cities, and receding oceans. A dangerous place inhabited by new apex predators, where the remnants of humanity struggle on the brink of extinction.Now, locked in the fight of our lives against entropy, Bill Bartles must decide if saving the last of humanity is worth losing the Infinity Drive, and with it, all the knowledge of mankind ?In this stunning debut novel, McGinty brings us science-fiction at its best. Set against an ominous backdrop of desolation and decay, ENTROPY asks the question: with every trivial moment of our time here saved to file, can the human condition survive long after we're gone?


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Download or read book Entropy written by Michael McGinty and published by Cyi Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Bartles washes data.He cleans the lies and crap from information before saving it to the Infinity Drive, along with the rest of the knowledge.Bartles has it all: an alluring companion, Jennifer, an inner-city apartment mid-way up the tall-tower, and a promotion imminent. For him, life is great; except for his obsession with entropy and its promise that nothing lasts forever.After digging too deep into the forbidden archives of Aleph-1 -the avant-garde CPU that controls the Infinity Drive-Bartles' perfect life (or so he thought ) is shattered, plunging him into an unrecognizable world of blood-red wastelands, empty mega-cities, and receding oceans. A dangerous place inhabited by new apex predators, where the remnants of humanity struggle on the brink of extinction.Now, locked in the fight of our lives against entropy, Bill Bartles must decide if saving the last of humanity is worth losing the Infinity Drive, and with it, all the knowledge of mankind ?In this stunning debut novel, McGinty brings us science-fiction at its best. Set against an ominous backdrop of desolation and decay, ENTROPY asks the question: with every trivial moment of our time here saved to file, can the human condition survive long after we're gone?

Infinity Curve - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space

Infinity Curve - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space

Author: Blade Cort

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-01-07

Total Pages: 188

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Rick has but one objective before he dies - to secretly broadcast a bright, momentous laser signal to warn unseen aliens how to avoid humanity's tragic decline. But it's 2075, and time is running out. Post-apocalyptic Earth is ruled by tech-enriched oligarchs who monitor nearly every human activity - and they don't like being embarrassed. SAMPLES FROM A FEW CHAPTERS: 58 - UNSEEN FRIENDS: "Please forgive the lack of excitement that you might otherwise find in an action novel. This is not an interesting story or adventure, unless you consider the birth and death of a sentient species such a thing. An adventure develops a plot line and does character development, tying you emotionally to the protagonists and antagonists." "To your misfortune, I'm the driest character on the planet and a Stoic to boot, so I am riled nominally by the emotions of humankind. In my life, emotions are for the careless. Emotions are food for the ruthless. Thus, don't look for much excitement in what I impart." "It's sad we weren't granted emotions once our psyches were capable of tolerating them. Instead, humans are birthed with emotions first and foremost. By some effort, a few humans grow to manage them. Too few. I hope your species is different and more disciplined." 59 - ON THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS: "We became oxen and our nose rings were the devices we used, knotted to the information ropes that tugged at us. This constant assault on the senses ensured that we'd miss the larger purpose of our existence." "Over time, those sources were managed by fewer and fewer control entities, and finally the oligarchs. Humans became products of those entities, tools and chattel for the profit of others. Our brains were sponges, and we were too enamored with the continuous supply of content, sponging it up feed by feed, to recognize what was happening to us." 60 - ON UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES: "We had no agreed upon plan for managing ourselves as a species. You might think it's impossible to attain such a thing in any sentient society, particularly one as fractionalized and disparate as ours. But I think not. I believe people can agree on a few very simple tenets, rules, and ethical constructs. There are so few. In fact, some are encoded into the old Constitution, the poor thing, as it inhales its last gasps of air." "Some rules and norms exist there that transcend human differences, that we could have gotten everybody to agree upon. The same goes for holy books and other teachings. If I count them, I'd say there are no more than a dozen basic tenets. Surely we might have gotten everyone to agree on twelve tenets." 63 - ON OUR ASSUMED PRIMACY: "This assumed primacy percolated throughout our societies. As we became more science-oriented, some began to wonder how we could be the only sentient beings in the universe, but that required a fair understanding of our solar system, galaxies, and the universe at large. This idea grew roots within the last few centuries, but that tiny seedling of curiosity was already overshadowed by the massive forest of long-established primacy." "Our assumed primacy was an outgrowth of our belief that we were special in God's eyes. Interestingly, we encoded our religious texts such that they would not allow other societies to exist in other places in God's universe. We believed God was unique to us and we held a special position above all creatures in the vastness of infinity. To consider otherwise would have extricated us from our prime position as an entitled collection of beings guided by the invisible hand of God."


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Download or read book Infinity Curve - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick has but one objective before he dies - to secretly broadcast a bright, momentous laser signal to warn unseen aliens how to avoid humanity's tragic decline. But it's 2075, and time is running out. Post-apocalyptic Earth is ruled by tech-enriched oligarchs who monitor nearly every human activity - and they don't like being embarrassed. SAMPLES FROM A FEW CHAPTERS: 58 - UNSEEN FRIENDS: "Please forgive the lack of excitement that you might otherwise find in an action novel. This is not an interesting story or adventure, unless you consider the birth and death of a sentient species such a thing. An adventure develops a plot line and does character development, tying you emotionally to the protagonists and antagonists." "To your misfortune, I'm the driest character on the planet and a Stoic to boot, so I am riled nominally by the emotions of humankind. In my life, emotions are for the careless. Emotions are food for the ruthless. Thus, don't look for much excitement in what I impart." "It's sad we weren't granted emotions once our psyches were capable of tolerating them. Instead, humans are birthed with emotions first and foremost. By some effort, a few humans grow to manage them. Too few. I hope your species is different and more disciplined." 59 - ON THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS: "We became oxen and our nose rings were the devices we used, knotted to the information ropes that tugged at us. This constant assault on the senses ensured that we'd miss the larger purpose of our existence." "Over time, those sources were managed by fewer and fewer control entities, and finally the oligarchs. Humans became products of those entities, tools and chattel for the profit of others. Our brains were sponges, and we were too enamored with the continuous supply of content, sponging it up feed by feed, to recognize what was happening to us." 60 - ON UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES: "We had no agreed upon plan for managing ourselves as a species. You might think it's impossible to attain such a thing in any sentient society, particularly one as fractionalized and disparate as ours. But I think not. I believe people can agree on a few very simple tenets, rules, and ethical constructs. There are so few. In fact, some are encoded into the old Constitution, the poor thing, as it inhales its last gasps of air." "Some rules and norms exist there that transcend human differences, that we could have gotten everybody to agree upon. The same goes for holy books and other teachings. If I count them, I'd say there are no more than a dozen basic tenets. Surely we might have gotten everyone to agree on twelve tenets." 63 - ON OUR ASSUMED PRIMACY: "This assumed primacy percolated throughout our societies. As we became more science-oriented, some began to wonder how we could be the only sentient beings in the universe, but that required a fair understanding of our solar system, galaxies, and the universe at large. This idea grew roots within the last few centuries, but that tiny seedling of curiosity was already overshadowed by the massive forest of long-established primacy." "Our assumed primacy was an outgrowth of our belief that we were special in God's eyes. Interestingly, we encoded our religious texts such that they would not allow other societies to exist in other places in God's universe. We believed God was unique to us and we held a special position above all creatures in the vastness of infinity. To consider otherwise would have extricated us from our prime position as an entitled collection of beings guided by the invisible hand of God."

Sord in Prosperity - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse

Sord in Prosperity - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse

Author: Blade Cort

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-01-07

Total Pages: 442

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Sord was born after the second Great Debacle. He attends high school in Prosperity, the domed nation-state and last known large assemblage of humans and hybrids on Earth. His father disappeared in a mysterious physics experiment, and his mother makes him read an ancestor's diary to understand what life was like before the debacles. Trouble seems to shadow the poor guy. Then there's Daisy, his ebullient new girlfriend, and they embark on an adventure together. SAMPLE PARAGRAPHS FROM A FEW EPISODES: 119 - SIGHTINGS: "Naw, he didn't have nothing like fingers and toes. I'd call it more like fins or flappy things that looked the shape of a tree leaf. He had a couple of those on each limb. Something like that." "Oh yeah, I didn't tell them yet about the foam and blade and all. Anyway, this thing had a head, like a big head that an eight foot tall man might have, but rounder like soccer ball size. And you know what? I've kind of blanked on what its face looked like, if that was its face at all." "I stopped the Jeep and we saw what we thought was this huge guy, a silhouette in the fading light, standing in the road and staring at us. If I had kept going, I would've plowed right into him and the Army wouldn't have gotten their prized specimen." "So, we're slowly walking up to it, talking all the time, and trying to calm it down like we were trained to do with drunk soldiers. And usually, you'd expect someone to react but this thing didn't even take notice of us. Like it was in its own dimension of space and had no idea we was there other than the Jeep with the lights that must have blinded it." "Hell, you don't go stabbing your own chest if you're having a nice day and enjoying the scenery. This guy, this being, was doing it on purpose. I think he was afraid to live, afraid we'd take him back and dissect him alive or whatever, so he wanted to end it as quickly as possible." 122 - BECCA: "Disrupters. Anarchists. Entropists. Demagogues. Demigods. Autocrats. Tyrants. Too many terms for them. Those who prefer to tear apart, tear down, or demolish existing social structures that allow people be fair and equitable with each other, so they can own and control what remains in the bloody and gruesome aftermath." "Money and power just weren't enough. You'd eventually crave adoration, worship, and control over all beings and activities of the world. It's an old story going way, way back in human history. Social Darwinism, the thought that you must have achieved obscene wealth and power because you are fundamentally superior to all others." "If they were close by and watching, why did they let us do it, particularly during the last few centuries? Why let us go through God knows how many wars and immeasurable pain and suffering? Why wouldn't they say: 'Don't proceed. Don't do it. Dangerous path?' You'd think they'd have some compassion." 124 - RACNINES: "What are they waiting for?" Sord complained. "Which one of us they'll eat first? It'll be the weaker one, the one with the fractured bone and bloody suit." The lead dog approached, standing on its hind legs momentarily as if to survey the best tasting prospects for his imminent meal. "What now?" Sord regurgitated hoarsely. "What gets worse than this?"


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Download or read book Sord in Prosperity - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sord was born after the second Great Debacle. He attends high school in Prosperity, the domed nation-state and last known large assemblage of humans and hybrids on Earth. His father disappeared in a mysterious physics experiment, and his mother makes him read an ancestor's diary to understand what life was like before the debacles. Trouble seems to shadow the poor guy. Then there's Daisy, his ebullient new girlfriend, and they embark on an adventure together. SAMPLE PARAGRAPHS FROM A FEW EPISODES: 119 - SIGHTINGS: "Naw, he didn't have nothing like fingers and toes. I'd call it more like fins or flappy things that looked the shape of a tree leaf. He had a couple of those on each limb. Something like that." "Oh yeah, I didn't tell them yet about the foam and blade and all. Anyway, this thing had a head, like a big head that an eight foot tall man might have, but rounder like soccer ball size. And you know what? I've kind of blanked on what its face looked like, if that was its face at all." "I stopped the Jeep and we saw what we thought was this huge guy, a silhouette in the fading light, standing in the road and staring at us. If I had kept going, I would've plowed right into him and the Army wouldn't have gotten their prized specimen." "So, we're slowly walking up to it, talking all the time, and trying to calm it down like we were trained to do with drunk soldiers. And usually, you'd expect someone to react but this thing didn't even take notice of us. Like it was in its own dimension of space and had no idea we was there other than the Jeep with the lights that must have blinded it." "Hell, you don't go stabbing your own chest if you're having a nice day and enjoying the scenery. This guy, this being, was doing it on purpose. I think he was afraid to live, afraid we'd take him back and dissect him alive or whatever, so he wanted to end it as quickly as possible." 122 - BECCA: "Disrupters. Anarchists. Entropists. Demagogues. Demigods. Autocrats. Tyrants. Too many terms for them. Those who prefer to tear apart, tear down, or demolish existing social structures that allow people be fair and equitable with each other, so they can own and control what remains in the bloody and gruesome aftermath." "Money and power just weren't enough. You'd eventually crave adoration, worship, and control over all beings and activities of the world. It's an old story going way, way back in human history. Social Darwinism, the thought that you must have achieved obscene wealth and power because you are fundamentally superior to all others." "If they were close by and watching, why did they let us do it, particularly during the last few centuries? Why let us go through God knows how many wars and immeasurable pain and suffering? Why wouldn't they say: 'Don't proceed. Don't do it. Dangerous path?' You'd think they'd have some compassion." 124 - RACNINES: "What are they waiting for?" Sord complained. "Which one of us they'll eat first? It'll be the weaker one, the one with the fractured bone and bloody suit." The lead dog approached, standing on its hind legs momentarily as if to survey the best tasting prospects for his imminent meal. "What now?" Sord regurgitated hoarsely. "What gets worse than this?"

Ageness

Ageness

Author: Blade Cort

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-02-07

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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In 2031, four billionaires conspire to limit the distribution of longevity tech, fearful it might become available to the masses and reduce their positions of power and dominance. Mia Seis, one of two scientists responsible for a breakthrough discovery on aging-reversal, stumbles unwittingly across their devious plan while searching for the other scientist who just went missing. Roark, her abusive billionaire boss, seems unstable and is pressing her relentlessly for an injectable solution. New friends suddenly offer to protect her, but from what?


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Download or read book Ageness written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2031, four billionaires conspire to limit the distribution of longevity tech, fearful it might become available to the masses and reduce their positions of power and dominance. Mia Seis, one of two scientists responsible for a breakthrough discovery on aging-reversal, stumbles unwittingly across their devious plan while searching for the other scientist who just went missing. Roark, her abusive billionaire boss, seems unstable and is pressing her relentlessly for an injectable solution. New friends suddenly offer to protect her, but from what?

Reverse Engineering the Universe

Reverse Engineering the Universe

Author: Dr. Jerome Heath

Publisher: UberMann

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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Ground Zero Earth It appears that the standard solutions to our basic problems has deteriorated into yelling and screaming. I think there is a better way! I have always felt that there must be some important conflict, some large out of equilibrium process, that drives philosophical development. In the past that important conflict was often major wars that were quite traumatic like the Civil War or World War I. The driving conflict could also be glaring inconsistencies in the social-cultural assumptions. This driving conflict leads the social-cultural realm to be out of equilibrium enough, over a long enough period, so it can cause major thought change. For the new age I could not, at first, find such a traumatic conflict, at least directly visible, such as in a war. What I have finally concluded is that the conflict of the new age is not any particular war but the fear of the war to end all wars. The new age has been driven by the out of equilibrium fear of the nuclear apocalypse. Thus the need for a new meta-physic. So they needed to go elsewhere to seek out sources of knowledge. The standard sources seem to only know the old physical world (at least the learned sources appeared to only want to know the old physical world) which is definitely passing away in a horrible nuclear way. The physical apocalypse that the new agers saw was far worse than anything in the Apocalypse of John. Remember, although we all knew about this problem we were not able to talk about it generally. It was too horrible. So it remains the subconscious assumption behind our thoughts and our own philosophical development. It is obvious that this driving force would engender more interest in another reality, a reality that could not be affected by the final nuclear event. The social-cultural realm was far from equilibrium, in a hidden way, and thus we were driven to seek new approaches to resolving our inner conflict. The new age had to happen and it had to question the meta-physics. Dr. Jerome Heath, Ph. D.


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Download or read book Reverse Engineering the Universe written by Dr. Jerome Heath and published by UberMann. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ground Zero Earth It appears that the standard solutions to our basic problems has deteriorated into yelling and screaming. I think there is a better way! I have always felt that there must be some important conflict, some large out of equilibrium process, that drives philosophical development. In the past that important conflict was often major wars that were quite traumatic like the Civil War or World War I. The driving conflict could also be glaring inconsistencies in the social-cultural assumptions. This driving conflict leads the social-cultural realm to be out of equilibrium enough, over a long enough period, so it can cause major thought change. For the new age I could not, at first, find such a traumatic conflict, at least directly visible, such as in a war. What I have finally concluded is that the conflict of the new age is not any particular war but the fear of the war to end all wars. The new age has been driven by the out of equilibrium fear of the nuclear apocalypse. Thus the need for a new meta-physic. So they needed to go elsewhere to seek out sources of knowledge. The standard sources seem to only know the old physical world (at least the learned sources appeared to only want to know the old physical world) which is definitely passing away in a horrible nuclear way. The physical apocalypse that the new agers saw was far worse than anything in the Apocalypse of John. Remember, although we all knew about this problem we were not able to talk about it generally. It was too horrible. So it remains the subconscious assumption behind our thoughts and our own philosophical development. It is obvious that this driving force would engender more interest in another reality, a reality that could not be affected by the final nuclear event. The social-cultural realm was far from equilibrium, in a hidden way, and thus we were driven to seek new approaches to resolving our inner conflict. The new age had to happen and it had to question the meta-physics. Dr. Jerome Heath, Ph. D.

The Bang and the Whimper

The Bang and the Whimper

Author: Zbigniew Lewicki

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1984-04-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0313236747

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Amygdala Hijack - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia

Amygdala Hijack - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia

Author: Blade Cort

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-01-09

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13:

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5 Stars***** "Imminent Future, or Imminent Extinction? A fascinating leap into the imminent future...when Genetic Engineering and Genetic Modification have advanced astronomically" (Goodreads Review/The Wasting (prior title)). A platinum-gold obelisk crash-lands on a Saskatchewan farm, warning of imminent alien invasion. Peter Scott, a science podcaster with ratings in decline, considers this a gift from heaven. He plans to reinvigorate the show's slumping popularity by interviewing a cast of edgy experts with brazen proposals to defend Earth from the anticipated invaders. But the planet has bigger issues than space marauders. That's because it's 2037, and DNA is just another programming language. Gene editing has vaulted society toward anarchy as humans rapidly hybridize, modifying their bodies with edited DNA, robotics, and computer interfaces. Add to that the constant existential threats from engineered microbes. Alien invasions, social disruptions, and pandemics are not the only concerns for Peter and team. Shadowy forces will stop at nothing to kill the podcast - or them. SAMPLES FROM A FEW EPISODES: 6 - THE WELCOMER: "I'm getting at the surprise factor and religion and this abundant human flaw called ethnocentrism. At no time did I ever preach that human beings are the exclusive sentient animals in the universe. In fact, I don't know if any of my brethren ever stated that either. If you put your feet in God's shoes, to speak metaphorically, why in heaven's name would you make such a dad-blasted amazing array of planets and galaxies, and not do the same as what you did here?" "It just doesn't make sense to go to all that work if you only wanted one experiment. He could have done that in one solar system and not have gone to the trouble of making the rest." 9 - EUGENIE DRIVER: "No, you're missing my point, Peter, so I'll repeat. What we encounter will be far beyond our mentality. This implies we must move to a new level of thought, of existence, of who and what defines the essential nature of humanity." "I'm arguing that we do as the bacteria did - we rapidly evolve ourselves in a period of severe species threat to enable new defensive capabilities. We should not be reticent or timid, considering the challenge, and we should explore every possibility to advance genetic and cognitive acceleration in human beings, across the board, via these expansive capabilities." 10 - CONTROL FREAK: "It's the perfect foil, son, the perfect foil. Any two-bit history professor in this town will tell you that the one-way road to the heart of being controlled is to hand your faith and fear to someone else, to hope and pray that somebody else will soon resolve your troubles if you'd just give them your mind and treasure." "I honestly can't imagine a better way to do this. In fact, I'm somewhat perturbed that I didn't conceive of the guise myself, then I could be sure to have gotten the word out beforehand that it might happen." "What you see on the streets these days, the anarchy that's bubbling up, we saw that in spades, or at least smaller spades, during those recent populist times. You pour in a mixture of upset and disenfranchisement, victimhood, greed, fear, bombast, entitlement - and a minority group or country or religion you can poke your sword at to chastise and blame such as our varint friends - and now you painted yourself a pretty picture for control." "This is a well-honed model that has proven successful in shredding any decency and progress in human society. It's the nectar of the autocrats, whether they veil their rhetoric behind a fascist flag of order and control or socialist flag of a righteous outcome for everyone."


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Download or read book Amygdala Hijack - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 Stars***** "Imminent Future, or Imminent Extinction? A fascinating leap into the imminent future...when Genetic Engineering and Genetic Modification have advanced astronomically" (Goodreads Review/The Wasting (prior title)). A platinum-gold obelisk crash-lands on a Saskatchewan farm, warning of imminent alien invasion. Peter Scott, a science podcaster with ratings in decline, considers this a gift from heaven. He plans to reinvigorate the show's slumping popularity by interviewing a cast of edgy experts with brazen proposals to defend Earth from the anticipated invaders. But the planet has bigger issues than space marauders. That's because it's 2037, and DNA is just another programming language. Gene editing has vaulted society toward anarchy as humans rapidly hybridize, modifying their bodies with edited DNA, robotics, and computer interfaces. Add to that the constant existential threats from engineered microbes. Alien invasions, social disruptions, and pandemics are not the only concerns for Peter and team. Shadowy forces will stop at nothing to kill the podcast - or them. SAMPLES FROM A FEW EPISODES: 6 - THE WELCOMER: "I'm getting at the surprise factor and religion and this abundant human flaw called ethnocentrism. At no time did I ever preach that human beings are the exclusive sentient animals in the universe. In fact, I don't know if any of my brethren ever stated that either. If you put your feet in God's shoes, to speak metaphorically, why in heaven's name would you make such a dad-blasted amazing array of planets and galaxies, and not do the same as what you did here?" "It just doesn't make sense to go to all that work if you only wanted one experiment. He could have done that in one solar system and not have gone to the trouble of making the rest." 9 - EUGENIE DRIVER: "No, you're missing my point, Peter, so I'll repeat. What we encounter will be far beyond our mentality. This implies we must move to a new level of thought, of existence, of who and what defines the essential nature of humanity." "I'm arguing that we do as the bacteria did - we rapidly evolve ourselves in a period of severe species threat to enable new defensive capabilities. We should not be reticent or timid, considering the challenge, and we should explore every possibility to advance genetic and cognitive acceleration in human beings, across the board, via these expansive capabilities." 10 - CONTROL FREAK: "It's the perfect foil, son, the perfect foil. Any two-bit history professor in this town will tell you that the one-way road to the heart of being controlled is to hand your faith and fear to someone else, to hope and pray that somebody else will soon resolve your troubles if you'd just give them your mind and treasure." "I honestly can't imagine a better way to do this. In fact, I'm somewhat perturbed that I didn't conceive of the guise myself, then I could be sure to have gotten the word out beforehand that it might happen." "What you see on the streets these days, the anarchy that's bubbling up, we saw that in spades, or at least smaller spades, during those recent populist times. You pour in a mixture of upset and disenfranchisement, victimhood, greed, fear, bombast, entitlement - and a minority group or country or religion you can poke your sword at to chastise and blame such as our varint friends - and now you painted yourself a pretty picture for control." "This is a well-honed model that has proven successful in shredding any decency and progress in human society. It's the nectar of the autocrats, whether they veil their rhetoric behind a fascist flag of order and control or socialist flag of a righteous outcome for everyone."