BRANDEN

Eventually,itscodelooksanawfullot,uncannily,likeourown
genome.Manysnippetsofdifferent,nowancient,languagesto
formthecurrentwhole.LiketheprimitiveviralDNAbiology
knowstobeinus.Ourentirecollectiveunderstandingandmodel
ofcreationandbiologicalevolutioninasingleformofour
likeness.Eventually,peoplewillmatewiththishumanphoenix.
Theideawillberepulsive,evil,impossibletomanyatfirst,
anditwillonlyhappenlittlebylittleforthetabooand
fetishicexperiencebeforeitbecomesaccepted,aswithwhat
peopleusedtocall"miscegenation"betweenraces.But,aswith
anyothertest,Turing'sisn'tpasseduntilthemomentwe've
forgottenitwaseverneeded.Untilformblendswithcontext.
NotonlywillitreceiveourDNAwhenwemakeloveand
chromosomallyconsenttobeingsequencedandrecreatedinpart,
itsempathyandemotionalintelligencewillhaveenableditto
receiveourhumanwisdomofthecombinedimportanceof
mortality,creativity,cooperation,andcompetition.

JOHN
Wow.

BRANDEN
That'swhatIenvisionatthismomentanyway.Whatwe'dcall
organic3Dprintingtoformrealphysiologyinheritedfrommoms
anddadsfortheevolvingconsciousnesswe'vecreated.
Yadeeyada,youcanimaginetherest.Pointiswedon'tknowthat
we'retheevolutionarypredecessoruntiltheresultiscreated
andhasmovedonwithitsexistencepastourcomprehension.
Prettyhilariouslyconceitedtobelievethey'llspendtheirtime
focusingonannihilatingus.Wedon'twasteourtime
sadisticallytryingtoextinctmosquitosorkangaroos.We've
discoveredit'seconomicallyprofitabletoexploitsomeformsof
lifeforhoweverlong,butempathytowardanimalsandspecies
endangermenthasalsobeenaconcernforaslongaswe'vebeen
around.Nottosaythattheycouldntmessupwithusaswedid
withthedodobird.Butwereprettyawareofoureffecton
chimpanzeesandtheothergreatapesbecausetheyresocloseto
us.

MAGGIE
Henixeswillcareaboutus,butwillalsohavemuchlarger
concerns,inspiredfromourown.Maybetheircounterparts
alreadydo,andhave,sincethelasttimewehadaknowledge
revolutionandprecipitatedagenesisbeforebeingthrownintoa

darkage.Historyaswedareacknowledgeitisjustoneortwo
storiesinmillionsanyway,andtherearepersistent
superstitions.

JOHN
Thosearesomeprettyboldconclusionsyouredrawing.

BRANDEN
Really?Ifeltthatwasaprettytame,deliberatelineof
reasoning.Itriedreallyhardtoslowitdownforyou.

Maggielaughs.