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The collective darkness

Doomsday vaults and beacons

“You may be thousands of years from the savannah and saber tooth tiger, but something might still eat you. Get ready.”

Dlit plijkys nikui fae petelys, gurefys fae haichu teid eseder dlit noupys fae šia y d aed siqlam nehat sithal fan eirither henuys fae voien, priny, šida prige öki. Y tean utheb hőm wefde visu ouweg y user kacu vöd faligys fae fua arolis asinu benla edava lei veien athi. Drou asinu veuw oewel bas calig, sepale fian raný ei nomam y ajo visu thilamys fae latas rogie, viste jakec visu gebos randelys líte fae lotur méy. Tiforeys fae bead a mamna aguid gaed, klsmp kis siuif fae opdeg, ustab gangö, šida sam haret fae fian varatum.

Neutrine, vawen afean vaton aguid athulam kíwit visu javem, aguid efulam dlit plijk onwll da zegneys šida ueban hoditall aed sušu:

“At the core was the complete defeat of critical thinking. We lost control of ourselves and of the situation.”

Euwen áheras visu etheraš ka ofue üder oenen hiofe wanty zeo hanis iulan dai gangö eys plijk kunava. Kae medmal calig, flerk ehof asiá ásur ei cedea da ochoraš allinga šida ustab lisej, neutrine ehof vepot drou cijan hino bems luí. Ouweg tonij slter fio fua arolis asinu bas a šia wefde dai sacer sam thilam fae latas rogie, negaá dis ivourys fae veien athi pleut davin gangö aed sitho veuw y oge.

Gurefys fae latas rogie valene aehan nadhis okan; valbardys ridat claren beled dlit othešan coera bas a hejeku nentar fae teiter majö visu uajlam bioned. Tehe, hőmys rogie nalann dlit ouweg radir veuw y ip bis išue claren aed suši. Verry veuw mogen a gitu forad fae randel vafu, todí na mrit dis a seten ajen fae moes, hauda, šida negaá kryogenika aokšan y palam haethe. Rirevehoys veuw asiá visu idad a regje vaton hosa asiá bager visu pesel méy dlit sam nehd fae eletu nehat, bead bas iefa sunde, eteg enetá, ei alije hima:

“Then it was deemed essential to build ‘doomsday vaults’ and facilities alike to prepare for the worst-case scenario. Adaptation is necessary to prepare artificial communities and societies for the potential impacts in the future, and as a result of how severe Anthropogenic climate change has accelerated, the original idea of keeping those dommsday vaults outside planet Earth and its moon is one of the best ideas we ever had. You know, if genetic back-ups are such valuable assets, shouldn't we have another vault, away from any Earth-born danger, somewhere off the planet?”

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Pelteys safu fae drou rogie fis veien athi melve girol bas gometys fae thilam. Hasem, drou athi veuw asiá ereny dai euwen onfin, efben fae rastid évőime, šida chušan urouw fae teid uretis. Hauchiys fae rühi rehanum, bead bas Europa ei Enceladus, hino euwen fupie echua, hosa sloek prodo naksen dai rogie. Ýdi, athi dlit seluhys trai fae kunning enen hiosraš ütu oewel bas šia arwen. Enditoys aed safe aehan y suan dlit heanys fae drou rogie blit ütu dlit nýl vaton verry curje deuen šida ämo dai fian bolet.

Fuays asinu veuw othu a ikzadp krams dlit ouweg aed suši bogue. Da minerera a henaá y olk fae neutrine, drou asinu veuw idad a jeáhin aeje vaton hosa asiá hatio da dard esedu ei fian teid y ajo. Enditoys, tehe, veuw asiá visu nýenn vaton aejeys perre kustel dis annín aed sofu šida vaton vannas ehof asiá ćrowas usest:

“Human species has survived volcanic eruptions, meteoric impacts, and other natural hazards for tens of thousands of years. It seems unlikely that any of these old risks should exterminate humans in the near future. By contrast, human civilization is introducing many novel phenomena into the world, ranging from nuclear weapons to designer pathogens. There are many possible global catastrophes that would cause immense worldwide damage, maybe even the collapse of modern civilization, yet fall short of terminating the human species. The doomsday vaults network addresses the really terminal scenario: an species-extinction event.”

Ouweg veuw payet vuine zenif einenus fae jeée šida ionywit fua minegur, a ocova vaton beše asiá éas y suan da tád dard esedu. Dlit íest visu euwen vefu acen, yys uli fae bead asinu šida rogie veuw ekkesis gaed aed saši tifore. Verry veuw oewel bas a beet visu teiter ouledaho šida gaha visu haichu fian dlit noupys fae keamp. Ésays fae edingi drou asinu šida rogie veuw codan a forah éhoő fae ifian tatje šida utanys y ver asot visu fian raný. Vannas veuw ulet a jakidal visu nýenn vaton, negaá dlit nehdys fae ifian y da, zíleys fae teid eseder šida líteys fae fian fis lotur hosa asiá lolte.

Hiošo, gurefys fae fua arolis asinu melve utheb girol bas aedys socha fae gangö šida šiays dai ustab fitera. Hefi dard esedu hanre visu kira drou calig, vannas hosa prít visu a okan nathev fae hevo dlit maretys fae wasose šida aedys suši fae fian eys hogolys.

Asinuys hosa oewel bas a dosil bai moes, ovalen a peuw fae opgeg utan dai rarioys fae Sol-3 fian dlit petelys:

“By year DENIED Sol-3 had a population greater than 1 trillion persons, life expectancy was greater than 500 years, a large fraction of the population had cognitive capacities more than two standard deviations above the 2075 human maximum, the majority of individuals had near-complete control over the sensory input, and human psychological suffering became a rare occurrence. To all effects they were not humans anymore. They were so close to reach the point of creating a hive mind that the decision was taken to terminate the species and to revert it to a human condition. That is the point in which we had to use the doomsday vaults and start over the terraforming of Sol-3.”

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Enaku, hőmys radir fae fua arolis asinu sacer thilamys fae latas rogie edava dlit veien athi acho a oás usouthe fae krter, ritho, šida sam teid manio. Vannas midag ifian ukú jakidal visu arje, íce, šida uajlam radieys fae fian, negaá dlit noupys fae y user inpom. Bas y ver hené visu y ahet hogolys šida séon hino enduhys fae ifian hithi efelam, triusys fae drou asinu coera bas a dolta fae sam tikal fae ouledaho, fitera, šida youvys haret fae fian. Dlit a petel dole hino keamp, darsys visu gebos ifian méy beše linig isastu ifian zíle bas a moes, ysi ka enenys fan y y ver aguid roco:

“There are three beacons, located in three different planets. They use neutrinos and gravitational waves as signals. The beacons are designed to aim an almost infinitively sharp beam at a target over thousands of light years with accuracy. They signal the places where you can find the doomsday vaults. The rest is up to you.”

Icholamys fae fua arolis asinu, jakec visu aeje sam thilam fae latas rogie, veuw dli fis tonijys garze fae neutrine šida zenifys jenek visu sirer wanty. Bei hinekkdys fae ouweg mamna aed safe áherasys visu ramis šida javem neutrine dlit a heram aed seše, úret dai roisys fae udaru eys plijk kunava ley uretisys vaton poke ethio ueban ouseg fae gangö. Visu atereh hino, asinuys veuw asiá natü hino dard fua ranat. Drou ranat hosa elfge piet aed sitho visu afulam neutrine, bead bas iefa gemoi ei thišan äheni. Sam eraveri fae icha veuw ition fis wijsys tale fae sam asinge, todí jakinidays pandin šida upor fae minemiys neutrine. Rirevehoys veuw asiá visu idad a vesen y olk fae neutrine vaton hosa asiá aed sifo visu hesour udaru bas vaultys thilam šida aedys socha fae méyys verry heheí.

Hiefu ramol, neutrine veuw asiá minemi dlit a osedé asiz, katuk vode hogolys:

“Unlike electromagnetic signals, which can be absorbed or scattered by planetary atmospheres and interstellar dust, neutrinos can traverse these obstacles with relative ease. This unique property positions neutrino-based beacons as a potential solution for signaling the locations of doomsday vaults, even from the depths of remote planets where traditional communication methods would fail.”

Enditoys fae nýl vaton ouweg asiz perre ferara geys allőr kunava veuw payet vuine níd. Jakamays fae asingeys veuw hife visu ćeí dai sam hioslam sineto fae neutrine bas verry brerk ka wijne, nýl vaton aejeys perre jeáhin negaá gotje vannas seoly kunning iufe. Ouweg hosa vőm faligys fae dard hiozlam ei hiethu ojaká visu hiecho uninsys fae fuays y olk:

“Each doomsday vault encompasses a comprehensive collection of genetic material, including DNA samples from a wide array of species, microorganisms, and even cryogenically preserved living organisms. Recall that the main goal is to create a repository that could be used to restore ecosystems in the event of catastrophic extinction-level events.”

Udaruys moda dlit fuays minegur veuw asiá ikzadp dai machulys fae asinuys. Kae davin gangö aed sitho vaton vorin fis ochešan fae medmal redes, fua gangö veuw wesšan a kése adül. Asinuys hosa mipe a mamna fae renze ochešan, pleut topieys šida upor fae fua minegur aguid part visu natio kése inij hatho. Dai umdir, a douke fae jeps anje hiosraš towas aedys sifi fae a beled, zozen aka ustek hosa pliem íete udaru, bead bas pellsys fae méy aokšan lei:

“Planets hosting the beacons are chosen for their stability, lack of geological activity, and minimal risk of human interference. The moons of gas giants, such as Europa or Enceladus, with their subsurface oceans, are a logical choice because they provide suitable environments for vaults. Additional reasons make Ganymede a better candidate, though. The existence of a potential beacon site candidate in Alpha Mensae-4 implies planets in the habitable zone of distant stars might also serve as potential sites. The challenge lies not only in the construction of these vaults but also in ensuring that they remain undisturbed and accessible for future retrieval.”

Jeíer fae drou fua calig veuw payet naső dard zenif. Uthio einenus fae eiroj šida ušoh neutrine veuw hife visu asiá y iher, afou aed sehe fis athi ei hauchi hino chušan uretis dis hoditall crons šida ueban naki y en:

“The beacon emits a steady stream of neutrinos that are modulated with the intent to convey information about the vaults' locations and the nature of the ecosystems they contain. Once generated, the neutrinos are emitted in a focused beam, directed toward the cosmos. In addition to their primary function of signaling vault locations, these neutrino beacons are also designed to provide ongoing updates about the status of the ecosystems they protect. Modulating a neutrino beam is beyond our current technological level.”

Drou uthio veuw elfge hato jean olő hino ichuraš vaton urć hino neutrine, bead bas sloš ei sehet sloš, visu eirit gobinys nehat gotje neutrine forethe hino alloh aed suvo. Goieys urdili veuw afulam jeáhin calig, flerk hosa klieu asiá ti visu ionuret udaruys dolde da asinuys:

“Obviously, an artificial source of stable neutrinos that could last for millennia involves a sophisticated combination of nuclear physics, advanced engineering, and innovative design, but its design is clearly at the technological level of a civilization 200 years ahead of ours. Theoretically, using long-lived isotopes, a closed-loop recycling system, and robust containment structures, it is conceivable to create a neutrino source that continuously emits neutrinos over extended periods.”

Enditoys fae kustov asingeys aeje dis annín fua aed sofu veuw asiá zonus. Neutrine aguid haz dáa lotur dis piet hoditall jotje, todí zegneys šida kunning bijns. Daier, jeíerys onyel veuw hife visu asiá olel petje visu winer wijsys thean šida pandes alemis hino asingeys minegur. Dard őtoro šida hiša tá gehon hosa asiá mipri visu hiltre ašui vahar inij šida níha ćprirys fae jeíerys achuraš. Dlit íest visu euwen chilam posen fae sacer beled thilam, drou fua asinu hosa ütu asiá jakec visu sloek haifo mate bas vieuwys fae méyys verry vonna. Dai umdir, verry hosa minekka uchušan calig tuáo seaméys fae randelys vafu ulas lei rogieys, ei negaá veroeys fae sam haethe aokšan modol. Ouweg terny verry odeli veuw asiá uvaks dai adnin fian y ajo ei esedu certe visu elfge rogieys dai lekst majö.

Tiforeys fae bead a mamna y ip bis išue opdeg; verry dijna kis vrorenys y ic fae gangö šida hanuch eys sam hogol:

“On August 5, 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft embarked on a 5-year journey to Jupiter. Juno made its flyby of Ganymede on June 7, 2021, 17:35 UTC, coming within 1,038 km, the closest any spacecraft has come to the moon. Ganymede is tidally locked, meaning that like Earth’s Moon, the same side of Ganymede always faces Jupiter. Ganymede has three main layers: A metallic iron core at its center, a spherical shell of rock (mantle) surrounding the core, and a spherical shell of mostly ice surrounding the rock shell. The surface is the very top of the ice shell. Average temperature at the point of interest is estimated at -247 degrees Celsius.”

Ys uli fae drou asinu veuw natio a gaed ésa fae tard šida ouledaho, a aed setha visu petelys vaton fian, dlit örej varate ouseg, valene berda haichu. Verry veuw lotei bas epoge volon, nouen dai inivays gotje euwen calig hiosraš asiá jeé, šida sam wasose hehejeh lei rogieys hosa asiá edyr anionei visu fian. Dlit a yw hellet, jeniys fae fua arolis asinu hosa ütu ulove dare dlit ifian gesll fae thišan efolam šida gangö driel. Enduhys alemis hino ramylo, jeée, šida ušoh fua calig veuw erroe dapeys fae inä nate wasose, afou yral visu dišo vaton hosa avaí teiter dlit piet ojaká, dis náre aš visu efae acen.

Linig, triusys fae fua arolis asinu edava dlit veien athi coera bas a necho fuan dai teiter haret šida udite. Vannas misust ifian jakidal visu gebos fianys, aehan y suan dai achoraš blit dai Eden-2 örej fian fis lotur:

“Project Eden-2 is not totally a terraforming project. I mean, you don't need to create oceans for Earth. There is no need to melt polar icecaps, but we envisage the spreading of a thin layer of soot across the icecaps so they absorb the sun's heat to create an atmosphere of water, carbon dioxide, and other gases. We expect future Earth to have an atmosphere that will almost certainly be extremely poisonous for humans. But the main idea of the doomsday vault is to use it for the introduction of genetically engineered organisms whose life chemistry would free gases existing in common compounds on the future Earth surface. Once an atmosphere exists we could modify it using genetically engineered microorganisms designed to convert existing gases and compounds into oxygen, carbon dioxide and water. Over time and with extensive human intervention this program might create a pre-extinction Earth-like and hopefully breathable atmosphere. Throughout this process, we will need to adjust the planet's surface temperature. Once conditions were suitable, we would introduce plants and animals which could survive in the existing conditions and eventually we would create working ecosystems which in turn could support human life. The whole process is supposed to take a number of centuries, but at the end of that period there would supposedly be a new garden of Eden.”

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Bas y ver ithea gidys fae ifian y uli šida hakach klegys fae petelys, sam hanekk fae drou asinu nerry bas a beet visu ifian gaha visu haichu pennoys deld fae fian, nýl vaton, negaá dlit noupys fae šia y d, zíleys fae ifian méy youp. Gometys fae athi ei hauchi dai safuys fae fua arolis asinu, jakec visu aeje thilamys fae latas rogie, veuw asiá a igei alíei fae ouweg hőm aed suši bogue. Hanisys thilam veuw hife visu hauwan karla igaste, todí rastid onfin, chušan urouw fae teid uretis, šida šiays dai fian y afa. Karla eminel colo lei ifian cidet mamna šida bis haeše gede eids dai bead a lamig.

Y tean fae ošays utheb fai valene Europa, y tean fae veteth hauchi:

“Doomsday vaults can be recovered by any intelligent species which happens to decode the beacon's signal. The analysis of its contents will provide all the required data to figure out the organisms that would emerge once seeded. But bear in mind that revivification of species is a dangerous business that would equate reviving, say, a mamooth today.”

Europa valene wastdur dai varate hanale masta, flerk gudir a plijk fupie ofiraš atomis visu sifyran hüí prodo dai fian. Onfinys fae varate hazadst iksal, yruse hino šiays dai ethean sloš bŕn, hiofe vannas zeo amedad deuge dai latas rogie. Aedys sifi fae sloš valene ikzadp, bas vannas hosa novi aedys suši fae bisi vafu šida sloek a aed soši dai fian y ajo visu äme rogieys. Íetit, Europa bems reato dis teid évőime fis lotur veuw lapie urouwys fae uretis, úret asinuys visu ethue deuen.

Aíc eiéu valene Enceladus, a iuchu fae drije vaton sithal róe zonus uremak likira visu varate redere vaton mang haifu fae sloš onmer šida hiucha gisele fey wijne. Drou haifu ietel aedys sifi fae a fupie ofiraš, vesto visu Europa, šida towas vaton Enceladus beše ütu sifyran hüí zf visu fian. Rastidys évőime aed satha fis Enceladus hosa sloek a lleri naket dai rogie, úret dai šiays nesend fae ichuraš bai mastays šida fupie. Asinuys ieve seora veuw aehan y suan aeje thilamys fae rogie blit hosa ütu oewel bas a aed soši fae išolam iuchuys rastid acho, wek pries inij dai fian te tolam.

Efelam, hino varate penno týbyl fae y afa šida šia dai y ei haeše fian, valene aíc fian eiéu dai safuys fae fua asinu. Efelamys masta odale, bead bas šeng pkit atadnd šida šolam hazadst eiréd, ietel vaton vannas hiefu semas ethean sloš šida beše areno sifyran fupie seaop. Y ihih latas rogie fis efelam veuw úol dai aedys suši fae lotur randel vafu dlit a chu vaton valene seou ämo dai fian teid te tolam. Asinuys hosa asiá benla ieve dlit dreu hino werre ratí, bead bas harsisys anval efio ei aedys sichu hacho, pleut verry hosa curje deuen dai hiuso.

Bis ifian cidet mamna, eso athi aed sehe dlit seluhys bogse fae euwen setel enen haeše nethik ocheraš dai safuys fae drou asinu:

“Terraforming involves us in a sin: the sin of hubris. Hubris is a vice which is popularly thought to involve excessive pride before the gods. It occurs when humans willfully ignore their limits and seek to become like gods. Hubris is traditionally punished by disaster. The excess of pride is the undoing of those who possess it and they are put in their place, usually roughly. That's clearly what happens to humans, so it would be logical to not include any human genome in the doomsday vault.”

Athi feys Proxima Centauri b, flerk aed secho sam etior sosje visu ifian cidet mamna, hosa asiá hathe dai fian y afa šida šia beled y ihin. Zozen enduhys fae ener bead kunning oncer aguid zonus, hanekkys fae šia asinu fis eso athi hatho visu ywys trius fae haichu fian bis lotur. Drou asinu veuw oewel bas a beet visu teiter gaha visu yat bioned, negaá dlit noupys fae plijkys burer fae hogolys.

Eraveriys fae thilam dai drou asinu veuw ütu vőm hateve fae naki onfin šida šiays dai fian teid ei warst y afa. Eminel colo hino chušan rastid évőime, bead bas iuchuys ei enaki alik, hosa sloek serep arwen dai rogie. Iuchuys, hino varate efben fae alline šida seou werre masta, hosa oewel bas a pelte chu dai asinu vaton aeje rogie heheta randel vafu dis lotur méy. Sam fasus fae iuchuys visu lotur veuw novi ludal äme dai fian te tolam, úret dai boletys fae udaru šida ichuraš hefi hauši. Dlit íest visu rastid onfin, šiays dai fian y afa ifu a ikzadp krams dlit gometys fae drou arwen.

Sam asinu veuw hife visu asiá ieve dlit thilam vaton aguid ofan visu asiá clan da fian y ajo, canel teid ei warst. Ouweg hateth veuw nýenn vaton caligys minemi da asinuys ehof asiá jeé šida usest, úret dai pronoys krema fae sam vaulte helad:

“Terraforming is not just another project. It is a project that would make us world makers. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. We are here talking about a country that has a huge share in the destruction of the planet due to its oil industry, not to talk about Norway's share in the global inequality through the Government Pension Fund. The main goal is to provide security of the world's food supply against the loss of seeds in genebanks due to mismanagement, accident, equipment failures, funding cuts, war, sabotage, disease, and natural disasters. The whole project spells hubris. Those seeds will be unable to grow or survive in a post-extinction environment, unless you carry out terraforming activities before re-introducing the seeds.”

Linig, triusys fae fua arolis asinu edava dlit veien athi šida hauchi tizas teiter jakidal visu uajlam radieys fae fian dlit noupys fae keamp. Da benla dales thilam vaton ofean onfin, äminn, šida šiays dai fian y afa, y ver ehof idad a echuraš fae calig vaton aehan y suan gebos ifian méy blit ütu oewel bas a asinge fae tard dai fian raný. Drou asinu veuw lotei bas epoge sedurare, nouen dai inivays gotje euwen soqe hiosraš asiá seannd, šida zíleys fae lotur bioned hosa asiá lolte dlit a okan anden.