Dogs and other intelligent animals are another bone of contention between the West, the Russians, and the Chinese. We consider our uplifted friends to have the same human rights as anyone else. The Russians don’t go that far with their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for October, 2016
The theory of Evolution had taught us to expect other worlds to have developed along alternate biological lines to our own Earth. The basic idea of random chance all but required that alien worlds be truly alien. But when we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some people will do anything for Absolution. Run away from everything and everyone. Or maybe they are moving towards something rather than away. Maybe they have a mission. Is it their own Absolution they seek or another’s? High rez version[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The differences between the Russians, Chinese, and Western Alliance over the treatment of cybernetic lifeforms goes far beyond the electronics of their nature. Even the most enlightened Russians and Chinese know deep down in their bones that they are the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up believing that my family were leaders among men. I grew up believing I was worth more than others. Then one day my mind connected the dots between two facts and a new worldview appeared to me. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our early colonies were started by between ten and twenty thousand people. That is a large town or a very small city with an entire world to spread out in. Most of them obviously stayed close to each other where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes I like to sit back and just take a vacation from all the troubles and tribulations of the worlds. Okay. Make that a lot of the times. Don’t get me wrong. I do enjoy a little excitement in my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Russians and Chinese are for more restrictive of AIs than the Western Alliance. They put strict limitations on their perceived intelligence and destroy any cybers that develop as a threat against their nations. They believe that life or artificial[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our first century of exploration into the stars was performed by starships that took years to build and years to travel between the stars. Our colonies were distant islands in a sea of infinite black that were lucky to receive[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Personal assistants are built into all personal computers. They are designed to act human and are constantly upgraded as computer programmers learn how to make them act more human. They are artificial in every way that matters. Programmed to act[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…