TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: The Vector
Our genes make us. The inheritable vector makes the Universe, Life, and Intelligence.
CHAPTER 1
Equal Start Hypothesis
The intelligences in our Universe started at about the same time.
Dinosaurs on the Moon
Fermi Paradox
CHAPTER 2
100 Fermi Paradox Hypotheses
CHAPTER 3
The Battle for the Future
Only a few will survive.
CHAPTER 4
Alien Bugs
Alien Nutty Professors
Alienoses are diseases communicable from extraterrestrial organisms to humans.
CHAPTER 5
Von Neumann Machines vs.
Popoff Machines
CHAPTER 6
Mega-Intelligences
These are mature intelligences managed to abandon their dying home universes.
CHAPTER 7
Global Language
Clash of global swarms and global intelligences. Common European Language
CHAPTER 8
Alien Invasion & Independence Day Myth
CHAPTER 9
Existential Risks or Bust
Roots of the Future
Dead Hand
Aliens on the Moon and Mars
CHAPTER 10
Homo Futurus
Universal Man
Progressors, uplifters, and star trekkers.
POSTSCRIPT
Pebbles on the Lakeshore
Dr. Faust and Magnus.
For the mega-civilizations, we are like a Monopoly game on the table, next to the sandwiches and the beer. We are totally visible, accessible, manipulable, and contactable.