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# Notable changes to homo sapiens – change.log

## [2.1.0] – 1990s CE “technology revolution & internet”### Changed- New comms protocol to distribute “rights”. Printing press patch unexpectedly useful for distributing resources. Moved from basic multi-core to clusters of independent processors with exponential growth in power distribution.

## [2.0.0] – 1789 CE “independence movements”### Added- Implemented new user permissions called “rights”, early prototype of multi-core processing with distributed power & comms.

## [1.2.0] – 1760 CE “industrial revolution”### Changed- Agricultural libraries replaced by industrial libraries, still single core but heaps faster.

## [1.1.1] – 1440 CE “gutenberg”### Patched - Printing press a minor patch for more efficient instructions distribution, wonder if it'd be more broadly useful?

## [1.1.0] – 2,000 BCE “cities era”### Changed - Switched rural for urban operating environment. Access to more resources but still on single core.

## [1.0.0] – 8,000 BCE “agricultural revolution”### Added - New agricultural libraries, likely will create surplus and population explosion. Heaps less resource intensive.

## [0.1.0] – 250,000 BCE “homo sapiens”### Added - Created fork from homo erectus, wasn't confident in project direction though they may still submit contributions...

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"He was more than a dolphin, but from another dolphin's point of viewhe might have seemed like something less.”

William Gibson, from Johnny Mnemonic

http://transhumanity.net/transhumanism-sustainability-and-our-future/

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“There is no justice.Just us.”

Mort (Terry Pratchett)

Who are/aren't you building for?


What is the default position in society?



What does being human mean to you?




What do we value in society?





What assumptions and unconscious bias do you have?






How are you helping non-geeks help themselves?







What future do you want to see?







What future do you want to see?

What should be the rights, responsibilities and roles ofcitizens, governments, companies, academia?

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Scarcity → Surplus

Closed → Open

Centralised → Distributed

Analogue → Digital

Belief → Rationalism

Win/lose → Cooperative competitive

Nationalism → Transnationalism

Normative humans → Formative humans

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