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Up-Wing
Priorities
round
2010the
world
will
be
at
a
new
orbit
in
history.
We
will
transliveall
overthis
planet
and
the solar
sphere-at
home
ever)ryvhere.
We
will
be
hyperfluid:
skim
on
land-swim
in
the
deep
oceans-flash
across the sky.
Family
will
have
givenway
to
Univer-
sal
life.
People
will linkup/linkout
free
of
kinshipand
possessiveness.
We
will
streamahead
propelled
by
a
cornucopia
of
abundance.
Life
expectancy
will
be
indefinite.
Disease
and
disability
will
nonexist.Death
will
be
rareand
accidental-but
not
permanent.
We
will
continuously
jettison
our
obsolescence
and
grow
younger.
At
2000
plusten
all
this
will
be
the
norm-hardly
considered
marvelous.
Butwhywait
for
2010?
A
new ideo-
logical
thrust-a
new
set
of
priorities
canhelp
acielerateour
upflow.
All
the
old
guidelines
are
now
off
tar-
get.
Capitalismand
socialism
for
exam-
pleare burned
out
industrial-agecon-structs.
They
havehelped
propel
us tothis time
zone.
But
theyhave
no
scenar-ios
for
higher
orbits.
At
best
they want
to
realignexisting
social
systems.
The
Right/Left
has
no
programto
screen
out
aging
and
death.
No
grand
designs
for
our
newcivilizations
across
the
solar
system.
Right/Left
planners
are
still committedto
the
"industrializa-
tion
of
space"-orbital
communities
70
with
three-storyhouses-eight-to-five
jobs-schools-farms-Italian
restau-
rants!
Is this
why
we
want to
trailblaze
across theuniverse?
Throughout
the
20th
century
the
world
has veered
Left. In
the
comingyears
we
will
wing
beyond
Right
and
Left.
We
will
move
Up.
Up
is
a
triumphant
new
trajectory-a
coalescence
of
all
the Big
Bangbreak-throughs
of
our
times.
The
foilowingUp-Wing
priorities
are
interdependent-to
advance
rapidlyin
any one
areawe
must leap
ahead
in
all
areas.These
priorities
are
accelerators-tar-
geted
to
speed
up
our forward
thrust
tothe
firstor
second
decade
of
the
nextcentury.
By
2010 we
will
havesplashed
through
so
many
Time
shifts that
we
will
need
entirely
newaccelerators.Physical
Immortality:
The mostbasic
andurgent
problem
facing
us
is
death.
All
other humanconstraints
are
deriva-tive.
Death
casts
a
pall
over
all of
life.
So
long
as
we are
terminal
we
cannot
en-hancethe
bcslcquality
of
life.
So
long
as
there isdeath
no
one is free.
Accelerators:
Slowdown
aging
through
genetic,/cellular
intervention.
Telemonitor
everyperson
for
continu-
ous
protection
from
internal
and
exter-
nal
hazards.
Reformat
our
terminal
bodies
into
versatiletelebodies
with
easy
plug
in
replacement
parts.
Facilitate
freefly
to
reduce
gravitational
wear
and
By
F,M,
ESFANDIARY
tear and
rapidly
breakaway
from natur-
al
disasters.
Provide
universalcryonic
suspension
in
case
ofunavoidable
death.
Spread
a
Psychology
of
Immortali-
ty-the
will
to live forever.
Space
Co
I
oniza
t
ion:
W
e
must
urgent-
ly
accelerate
colonization
and explora-
tion
of
the solar
system
andthe universe
beyond.
Why
is
this
a
top
priority?
Be-cause
such
a
trajectory
opens
up
a
Pan-
dora's
Box
of
infinite
space-infiniteenergy-infinite
raw
materials-infinite
growth.
Quickens
transition
beyond
in-
dustrialism.
Accelerates
evolution
from
Earth-programmed
animal,/humans
to
post
humans.
Multiplies
chances
for in-
terconnect
with
other intelligences
which
could instantly
lightspeed
us
ahead
a
million
years.
During
these
trans-century
decades
orbital
societies
offer
excellent
oppor-
tunitiesfor
clean
rapid
break
from Earth
conditions
which
for
millenniums
haveperpetuated
humansuffering.Under no
circumstances
should
we
replicate
Earth-like
societies: noexclusive
procre-
ation
or
parenting-no
families
schools
hospitals
or
prisons-no
money
econo-mies
or
subsistence
work-no
slaughter
of
animals
for
food-no
leadership
governments-no
nations-no
cemeter-ies.
Orbital
civilizationsshouldstart
off
with
2l
st-century
telespheres.
Telespheres:
Let
us
speedup
the
orbit
shift from
industrialismto
thenew
age.
The
world
of
telespheres
is
flowing
from
the
confluence
of
breakthroughsin
many
areas:
limitlessenergy-interac-
tive
telecommunication-ultra
intelli-
gent
machines-biological
and
culturalrevolutions-spacecolonization.
These
andother
forcesare
recontexting
life in
fundamentally
new ways.
We
are
creat-
ing
electronicenvironments
that
inte-grate
all
peoples
and
services.
No
one
need
remain waterholed
near
stationary
centralized
sources
of
learning
liveli-hood
or
decision
making.You
connect
from
wherev
er
you
are.
For
examplethe
track
beyondschool
is
teleducationwhichfacilitates transmissionof
contin-
uousupdated
info
to
anyone
anlrvhere
anytime.Beyond
hospital-preventive
telemedicine.Beyond
bureaucracy-tel-
emanagement
and
teleconference.
Be-
yondvindictive
judicialsystems-
pre-
ventivecrime
telemonitor.
Beyond
prof-
it
retailing-direct
teleshopping
fromproduction
decenters.
Beyond
leader-
ship
government-teledemocracy
via
universal referendums.
.
..Telebrain:
Howdo
we
fastforu'ard
the
humanbrain?Continued
mapping
lM.
Esfandiory
is
a
telecommuni-
I
cator-wrircr-long-range
plon-
ner-university
lecturer.
He
hsstaught
Up-Iling
philosophy
since
the
mid-1960s-firstat
the
New
School
for
Social Research
(New
York)
ondcurrently
at UCLA
(Extension).His
most
recent
boaks
are
Optimism
O ne
-
Up
-
W
n
gers
-
Te I esp
heres.
Esfandiary
says
:
"
amuniversal.
I
translive
sll
over
the
planet.Leam via
telecom.
Hove
mony
professions.
A
m
inv
o
lved
wit
h
manypeople.
Con-
sider
all
children
as
mine
also.
Neither
rightnor
left-I
om
Up.
I
have no
age.
Am
born
and
reborn
every
day.
I
intend to
live
forever.Barring
on ac-
cident
I
probablywill.
I
olso
wantto
help
others
live
on
indefinitely.
My
philosophy:optimism-abun-
d
q
n
ce-u
n
iversa
I
ism-im
m
o
r-
tality.
"
l/
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FL
fL
RE
LIFE.I-,
June
I98l
of
moreandmore
of
the
brain.
Implant-
ed
slow-release
drugs
to
self-regulate
moodsand biochemical
shifts.
Genetic
engineering
to
regenerate
agingbrain
cells-upgrade
intelligence-deactivate
vestigialparts
of
brain.Plug
inlplug
off
super
microchip
im-plants
to
amplifybrain
versatility
andpower.
For
example: milliseccomputa-
tions
in
the
head
with
visual
displays-
instant
access
to
info-hi-speed
play-
back-simultaneous info
retrieval,/trans-
mission. Implanted
transceiver
for
di-
rect
brain
to
brain
interface.Implanted
sensors
for
continuous
monitoring
of
all
body
functions
and
self-regulation
of
biorhythms
and
mood
swings. By
2010
the humanbrainshould
emerge
as
a su-
per
telebrain-a
powerful
autonomoustransceiver
free
of
the animal
body-
able
to
connect
with
new
replaceablebodies.Universal
Life:
We
need
to
hastenthe
transition
to
universal
telegenesis
uni-
versal
parenting
universal
life. Mating
is
no
longer
necessary
to
perpetuate
the
species.
Wecan
now
reproduce
through
insemination-inovulation-telegene-
sis-in
vitro
births-in
vitro
cloning.As
mating
loses
biological
function
fami-
ly-marriage-coupling
phase
out.Hu-
manity
is
decoupling.
In
our
rapidly
converging
worlds
we needto
grow
fluid
anduniversal-able
to
connect with
more
and
morepeople
without
gettingblackholed
in
exclusive
commitments.
Accelerators:
Fertilize
only
thosescreenedsex cells
most
likely
to
spawn
healthy
wholesomenew
lives.(Later
we
will
mix
most
desirableelements
of
manypeople's
cells.)
Identities
of
those
whose
sex
cells areselected
for reproduc-
tion
are neverdisclosed.Therefore
the
newbornbelong
to no
specific
parents.
They
lift
off
in
mobilias-with
manytransparents.
Shared
parenthood
eases
burdens
on
parents
and
reduces
the
child's
earlyprogramming
to
lifelongpainful
traumas
of
imprinting
and
pos-
sessiveness.
As
coupling
phases
out
people
flowwithin
aglobal
network
of
linkups.
By2010
exclusivity
will
havephasedout.Whose
child
are
you?
Whose
parents?
Whose
sister
or
brother?Who
areyou
involved
with?
All
these
will
beflash-backs
from
our
tribal
past.
People
will
connect openlyfreelyuniversally.
Teleconomics:
To
stream
full
blast
to
2lst-century
teleconomics
we
mustspeedup development
of
solar
ener-
72
gy-nuclear
fusion-hydrogen
fuel.
Energy
is
the
central
accelerator.
Abun-dant
energy
means
overflow
food
andlimitless raw materials.The
new
wealth
-particularly
solar
energy-is
nonmo-nopolizable
and
will
reinforceglof,al
de-
centralization
of
wealth-information-power.
The
new
abundance
also
accel-erates
development
of
intelligent
tech-
nologywhich
will
cancel
out
subsistence
"We
wont
tCI
I
spreqo
o
newcworeness
thot
work
and
labor
force.
Work
will
be
transformed
intoa
voluntary
creativeprocess.
By
2010
the
glut
of
energy
will
hastenphase
out
of
money
which
in
turnwill
help
phase
out
profit
and competi-
tion-imbalances
in
wealth-conflicts
of
interest-cycles
of
inflation,/reces-
sion-exploitation.
How
absurd
all thisemphasis
on finite
resources
and
sac-
rificeat
the
very
moment
in
evolution
when
weare
opening
up
the
infinite
re-sources
of
the universe.
We
have super-
abundant
resources
to
last
usa
million
years-a
billion
years.
Enough
to
last
for
as
long
as
there is
a
Universe.Teledemocracy.'
All
forms
of
leader-
ship
are
intrinsically
authoritarian-the
differences
are
in
degrees.
Votingfor
leaders
and
representatives
(who
then
make
unilateral
decisions
for
the
people)is
not
democracy.
Let
us
stop deluding
ourselves.
In
our
times
democracy
means
directparticipation
in
all
decision
making.
This
means
voting
not
forleaders-but
voting
directly on
issues.
Accelerators:
Every
week
every
month-or
as
often
as
necessary-peo-
ple
deploy
their
transceivers
to
votedirectly
on
issues.
All
sides
of
everyissue
are
regularly
telecast.
Computer
flash-
forwards
of
probable
consequences
of
each scenario are
simultaneously aired.
(Because
there
are
no
struggles
for
lead-ership
issues
are
depoliticized.
The
focus
is on merits
of
each
plan.)Temporarycommittees
(picked
at
random
every
month)
supervise
the
referendums andthe implementation
of
decisions.
In
the
age
of
two-way interactive
telespheres
leaders
and
representatives
are
as
superfluous
as
scribes.
By the
first
dec-ade
of
thenew
centurygovernment
will
exist
mainly in
name
as
power
will
shift
to
thepeople
viadirect
consensing.
Te
lec
o
mmunilles.'
Industrial
age
cities
haveagreat
future-as
museums.Weshould
close
them
down
and clear out.
What
will
replacecities?
We
havesome
early
forerunners
of
21st
century
telecommunities: mobile
communities-airparks-globalfestivals-global
festi-
vals-global
video events-space
colo-
nies.
A
telecommunity
can
be
instant-ac-
tivated
in
days
dismantled
in
hours.
Thesenew
communities
accomodate
the
increasing
mobility
of
people-they
areineffect
liftoff/landing
platforms.
Theyare also
fluid
and
modular-no
stones
bricks
or
concrete-nothing
that
will
stay
long
enough
to
atrophy
into
frorn
here
on
we
clre
resigned
to
noth
ing-consider
no
humsn
prob-
l.
lerns
rrrevers-
.tI
I
ibie-no
qools
v
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u
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tnoDle.
FUTUR"E
LIFEt27.
June
l98l
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