A World of Abundance

Science Fiction likes the concept of a dustpan future, designed to extract payment for our perverse and evil nature. What if there was hope?

Do material sciences drive technology or does technology drive material sciences? I have been considering this for a few days, conducting thought experiments, and researching historical innovations. Yet, the more I learned the more I began to suspected that the answer is neither. At first, I was determined to find the truth, only to find that the truth was just as determined to elude me. It was a struggle.

I decide to record my thoughts in the hopes that it would bring some clarity and possibly end in a conclusion. As I wrote every word felt forced, and I realized I was getting angry as I struggled to prove a specific outcome. Apparently, in the heat of battle, I picked the outcome I wanted to be true. I don’t recall making a conscious decision to become biased. What I do know is the moment I realized what I had done, I could clearly see the issues I was struggling with.

My first pass was dedicated to proving that it was possible for one group it induces velocity by mechanical means into the other group. My first diagram depicted each group with its direction of movement represented by parallel straight lines. I designated one group as an innovator and set it to tow the other group by its innovation. The math failed and I moved to the next diagram. I positioned the group designated as innovators directly behind the other group on the same line. I knew that it was wrong but mathematically it taught me that the innovation provided power to the innovator, though not consumed.

I had just proved that the original question and its elusive truth could not be answered. The question restricts the possible outcomes to two possibilities, of which neither appears to be correct.

My next diagram reflected previous findings as each group would operate under its own power. I also knew from my last diagram that the innovation provided a charge to the power-plant but was not consumed. The path was again two parallel lines with the destination for each group path denoted as future. .After setting up the groups I started the innovation generators of each group. Both groups started moving as they each made an innovation that charged their power plant. Their motion was short-lived as they waited for the generator to make the next innovation. But they didn’t move for quite a while when finally group 1 pumped out two innovations and started moving. At the same time, group two also started moving but only traveled one half the distance. An examination of group two logs revealed that one of the innovations generated by group 1 also met the goals of group two. Also, the innovation only added charge to the power plant of group 2 and was not consumed. It did appear by the logs that the innovation was integrated into group 2 causing a recalculation of the generator as well as a slight course adjustment in the direction of group 1.

A review of all test parameters revealed a possible setback. I set the destination of each group as the future which is represented by a floating-point destination. The testing manual noted that the use of floating-point destinations where a fixated point destination is required may cause logic issues and misleading data. The simplest way to salvage my data would be to Proof by hand calculations. The verification's I performed determined the Data was sound.

As I was collecting information for verification I have found a point of interest. When a group accepts a compatible innovation from a second group, it delivers the charge to the power plant and then integrates the innovation. This integration triggers two automatic actions.

The first action transfers a small amount of information to the innovation generator and causes a forced shutdown. The innovation generator of a group is responsible for determining how group resources will be spent. There are several known group resources but for the sake of this discussion, we will focus specifically on innovation planning. The innovation generator collects progress data which compares against the group policies to determine if corrections are required. The Automatic data transfer sends a planning code from the group which generated the innovation. The interactions of this code are unknown at this time, but it is believed the perform a secondary coordination function.

The second operation that is tripped by absorption of innovation is a slight course correction in the direction of the innovator. This course correction most likely saved our data from the known floating-point destination issues. The course correction caused the groups to develop a point convergence, which by default becomes the destination and is a fixed point location.

The thing that interests me about the point of convergence is what happens once the groups converge? The data indicate with very high confidence that the collision will result in the groups merging to form something new. A hybrid of technology and material sciences, which depending on the hybrid could trigger an industrial revolution. We may have just witnessed the mechanics which determine when a future industrial revolution will occur for a given set of disciplines. Yet, this discovery pales in comparison to being able to combine a two discipline set and predict the hybrid, and how it will affect the world?

The distance of the point of convergence in the future is detrimental to the confidence level of the prediction. With our current data, the point of convergence is too far in the future to produce any other outcome than inconclusive. But, what if we reset the point of convergence so the groups merge today in their current state? After making a few adjustments, where some of the newer innovations of each group were changed to reflect greater proving time. I started the simulation.

The simulation reported back a list of possible outcomes, but one of them caught my attention. The average confidence rating of the simulation predictions was 2%, but one jumped off the page at me with an eighty-seven percent confidence rating. It predicts that the merging of Technology and Material Sciences will create the first generation of intelligent self-replicating material systems. Complex integrated subsystems that are grown on a molecular level. It will be a learning system, able to anticipate the needs of users, and perform self-assessments and repairs. It’s capable of self-replication from raw resources which can extract from its environment.

I plugged the findings into a copy of our global tracking system. It integrated the technology into the system as new and caused the system to overheat and shut down. I moved the copy to a much more powerful hive PC which, once installed, a massive simulation started processing. The simulation tied up the computer for 9 days, and once it finished processing I could not believe my eyes.

Simulation of the first generation of intelligent self-replicating material systems added as a new discipline. Predictive Confidence Level: 99.2%,

Civilian Impact Designation: Total Social Reform

Summary of significant changes:

Ore refinement and manufacturing processes are rapidly becoming irrelevant, as the availability of Smart Materials increases. Fabrication and maintenance philosophies had to be reinvented, as economic concepts related to cost, value and labor became meaningless. Fabrications utilizing the First Gen. Material Systems have exceeded all industry expiation, receiving indestructible classification. Smart materials reduced construction time and labor needs by 1000%. Infrastructures upgrades continue implemented. Completed upgrades are classified as immortal, and require no human interaction. The smart materials available to individuals continues to increase with new applications discovered daily.

Rapid changes to civilization continue to reshape society. World wide crime rates plummet to near zero forcing the closing of many police stations. The governments continue decommissioning assets and closing the doors of unnecessary services, as currency devaluation due to demand continues without opposition.

Private utility companies continue to close as infrastructure upgrades are finished, those that remain open for business are no longer charging customers for electricity, water, sewage, and waste disposal. Educational reform sweeps the world as physical locations are decommissioned daily.

Humanity will be forever changed. Where once the needs of the masses outweighed those of the individual, these new tools will diminish the benefit of the masses and elevate the importance of the individual. Age of abundance will change the foundations of our species. Basic human rights will expand to include housing, food, clean water, education, entertainment, electricity, and medical care. An inevitable decoupling of quality and cost will contribute to the emergence of true equality. Deviations in human services will trend out of existence. Social issues such as crime, homelessness, racism, and intolerance will trend to zero through education.

Nations and borders will become obsolete as institutions that were once considered pillars of society will become irrelevant overnight. In their place, a new civilization will rise and cover the earth becoming a living testament to our spirit of innovation and the maturing of our species. United as one people we will repair the damage that in our adolescence we wrought on our plant. We will search for her secret knowledge, and transform her into a paradise.

We will look into the heavens with a rekindled explorers spirit refusing to believe we are alone. Our thrust of understanding and hunger for knowledge pulled us into our solar system. Each planet visited unlocked mysteries which incensed our understanding. We found that life was abundant in our solar system as we discovered and thousands of simple organisms. We reached out to distant stars becoming an interstellar multi-planet species. As we crossed the Milky-way we found the intelligent life we sought as we made introductions and traded knowledge with every alien species we met.

The Milky-way seemed to shrink as our understanding grew. As we explored we spread the seeds of life until the day out galaxy could no longer contain us. We freed our self from the physical laws as our understanding approached the infinite. We renewed dying stars and restored youth the those at the end of life/ As we crossed or universe we filled the empty space with life as we created new galaxies, solar systems, and countless habitual world. The depth of our love became such that it could not be measured. We poured that love across the universe aw it was made immortal.

Yet our apatite for learning was not satisfied by the accumulated knowledge of our universe. We stretched our arms into the darkness and found countless universes with various and differing physical laws. The multiverse’s secrets opened up before us as did the hearts of Innumerable intelligent species. We were celebrated as a friend and protectors.