The Ideals Which Will Drive Our New Millenia

As someone who sees more than the eagle despite wearing glasses; I can attest to the events and the core of what virtues the millenial generation lacks in the majority of today's youth. The early teens to mid twenties crowd. There has been an attack against our youngest and brightest hope to build the Utopian future so many prophets have foretold through the ages. The attack began long ago.  But the powers which are desperately trying to retain control of this reality, holding on by their devilish fingernails, have underestimated the very ideals to which I allude.

The old timers understand what hard work and dedication is. They know what it means to truly support a family by any means necessary. They understand the concepts of virtue and old fashioned elbow grease. The idea of becoming better than the ones who raised them. Many hold onto the values and manners and good-hearted ways that our great grandparents passed onto them. There is one large problem which overshadows all of these wonderful aspects of our elders. Misplaced trust.

They placed their trust in the government and the entities which have proven themselves corrupt beyond any stretch of the imagination. Their sweat and dedication fed the beast which saps the lifeblood out of this dear planet we all share. World War 3 has been going on for some time now. It is a war of the energy of eons past versus the energy of the days hovering over us as I type these very words.

I could go on about the reasons that nuclear war will never occur or that double agents penetrate every facet of the government, including the ones no one cares to speak of. Living under 30 minutes from the nations capital for over three decades tends to garner certain knowledge about events going on inside the throes of deceit and organized chaos. But, I digress. I am done trying to convince anyone of the blatant things taking place before the worlds' eyes. It is a waste of energy which can be far better used to spread wisdom rather than enlightenment. That is to be found on your own accord. Who am I to dictate others' direction in life?

I have gained the knowledge required to guide our youth in ways that I believe will enable them to understand why these times are so vital to the future of our world. The virtues which our elders held but placed in err are the lessons to serve as example for the children which shall build Earth into the glory it has deserved for longer than the heavens may even remember.

The ideals. The virtues to which I speak of are those of will and love. Not the greasy marketing kind of will that the zombie box known as television tells you that only athletes can attain or lawyers or doctors hold. Not the will of the government to take when there is nothing left. Not the love that scantily clad teens show on music videos. Not the love of poorly written vampire novels. Not the love of a pimp on the street or the parent who beats their child because it's all they know...

I am speaking about the will that comes from knowing your value no matter what hand you were dealt in life. I am speaking of the will that drives the nerd in school who gets bullied every day to ignore what they go through and enrich their minds with the very weapons our governments fear most. Truth. The kind of will that moves a three year old to dance without a care and continue through old age while achieving all possible heights in between that time. Success despite despair.

I am speaking of the love of the father for his daughter even though she is taught lies every waking moment of her life. The kind of love where he would rearrange existence itself just to ensure she lived a happy and healthy life. Even if she never speaks to him. The kind of love a son has for his parents even though he was told demeaning things daily after coming home from being bullied each of those days. The unconditional love which grows from understanding and wisdom that individuals only reflect their own hurtful feelings of themselves at those around them.

Our youth has gained access to vast troves of knowledge in the palms of their hands. The corporations teach them to focus on mind-numbing games and almost senseless banter using ridiculous abbreviations and language even sewer rats could improve upon. It's everyone's job to befriend them and understand their deepest desires and thoughts. They hold great wisdom. The problem is that devils running the world hold the key to their thought patterns.

Technology has made our beloved children smarter in many ways and far weaker in others. They take it for granted and would be lost without it. Ten short years have erased the idea of driving stick shift cars or reading paper road maps. It has made the idea of libraries laughable to them. The idea of sex a meaningless recreational romp. The practice of integrity a lost art. The concept of honesty a dream. The thought of happiness is pixels instead of pajama parties. The feelings behind their direction is chaos. They are lost in a place that makes no sense to them. It is our job to show them how to save the world.

There are exceptions to all of this of course. The problem is that the corporations have the power of limitless bombardment of false ideals pumped into their corneas every waking moment. There is plenty of hope but still a long road to travel to realize sweeping progress. Daylight can be seen but it is guarded by the mists of yesterday. We must take it back. Force all truths to the surface. Make denial an alien concept.

Willpower dictates outer progress. Love dictates inner growth. We are going to be learning from the young ones of today before we expire. But, we are to show them where all the generations past got it wrong. Leading by example and revitalizing the peace movements globally is becoming more the norm. Only the streamlined wisdom of the the last century, minus all the lies will serve as the shining example to seed the ideals of this millenia.

 "The pages of wisdom are written by the pen of failure." The more who realize this, the faster the light of virtue will spread across our world. Never give up. Angels are abound. Close your eyes and feel their presence.

-By Christopher Storm

Trans-humanism and the 2045 Movement: A Calling Of Some Deep Ethics

    There is a new movement brewing in the world today. It's called trans-humanism. Futurists have proven that technology moves at an exponential pace. Civilization is evolving at a rapid rate. Computing power doubles every eleven months. The thing of it is that with the advent of having the entire human genome mapped out and now possible for anyone to get their entire personal genetic makeup loaded onto a disk for about a thousand dollars, it has broken down medicine into computer science. There are still many ethical considerations being hashed out but the technology is there. This technology is expanding and merging, making biology and computer science unified fields. Computer technology in the coming years will be able to rewrite codes and turn off certain genes and custom create others in our bodies. This has dramatic implications. For instance, they will be able to one day cure all diseases and cancer, reverse and eliminate all signs of aging, and possibly one day indefinitely extend our lifespan. Not only that but in the coming decades they will be able to enhance memory and intelligence as well as physical strength, making us super-humans. Computer chips will be the size of blood cells and will be able to repair damaged cells in the body, freeing us of even the slightest blemishes and keeping us forever young. The year in which it is expected that humans will merge with computers completely is 2045.

    There is a movement called the 2045 movement. It deals with preparing humanity for the coming changes and endorsing trans-humanism. They plan to be able to replicate each of our brains, our entire personality and consciousness and load it into an artificial, yet supremely advanced robotic body upon our death, making us "immortal." They say that all emotions and ethics are a primary focus for the minds of these robots that will be created to carry on our image. By the year 2029, it is said that there will be robot brains just as intelligent and capable of emotion as our own minds. By 2045 the brains will be far more intelligent than our own and past that date, it is difficult to see where technology will be, due to technology being literally a billion fold more advanced than it is today.

    I feel the right vision is in place except for a couple unanswered issues. I don't feel that consciousness is the same as the soul. Therefore, by transferring someone's memories and capabilities into a cyber body, it's no different than cloning a brain. I will never feel that living inside a non-biological shell makes me immortal. Only the image of who I was before my mind was copied and uploaded into said shell would live on. My soul is eternal and even a billion years into the future, the technology to copy a soul will not exist. I am deeply spiritual and not religious. Believing your soul can be transferred into another body without dying is beyond egotistic. God's love places your soul into the body of another baby after you die, in turn beginning the process of my new incarnation. No marvel of science shall ever recreate reincarnation. It is not something that can be done. The 2045 ideas are awesome and I love the angle of peace, ethics, and equality for all. It is good that they support choice.

    I also believe that with all the advances which will be made over the next 40 years with upgrading the biological body, such as defeating all illnesses, diseases, and ending suffering while reversing aging, both biological and physical. They are all great ideas and beg the question. If we can have superhuman strength, look young, have the brains of super-geniuses, and learn to love each other unconditionally then why bother "upgrading" to a non-bio shell? Only way I might want to do that is if my perfect body is destroyed beyond repair. I would rather be immortal in the flesh and still experience the pleasures as such than live inside a false robotic shell. I guess the point is knowing that in some way, your image lives on long after your soul has passed into another vessel.

   The idea of having worlds with perfect avatars where we can control everything by thought is the coolest video game ever. But in my opinion, that is all it is. A really awesome, mind-blowing video game. When I'm dead, I could have a version of myself in that world if I choose to. But, it will never be me and that makes the term immortal come with a big exception. It's not immortality. It's only digital/robotic immortality. Even if you have the most advanced robot/mimic/shell on the market and can process at petabytes per nanosecond. No matter how real it seems. It is still only the illusion of reality. That shell will never possess the most important element to being human. The soul.

By Christopher Storm
-aka- "The Stormcaller"