The Next Five Centuries

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Chapters

Overview

Overview

The crisis centuries

The Long Heat
The Missing Century
The Hollowing
The Swarm Years

Minds

Recursive self-improvement
Embodiment
Kinds of mind
One mind, one form

Earth in 2497

Earth in 2497
The Settlement
The Mandate
The Parishad
Ageing slowed, not ended
Culture
Politics
Economy
The human condition
Cities
Borders within the blocs
Everyday technology
Religion and coexistence
Work and trades

Beyond Earth

Reaching outward
The Corridors
Life beyond Earth

The long middle

The long middle
The Mirror Race

Index

Events
People, places, institutions
Timeline

Faction

Kin of the Flesh

Reject AI personhood.

Where it appears

One mind, one form

The Next Five Centuries · Within Reach of the Sun

A speculative future history of the years 2026 to 2497. Every habitat is within reach of someone's sun.

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