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A popular idea in the technological zeitgeist is the idea of humans transcending their mortal forms.
This excerpt was a brief one from a world in which all humans became part of one collective machine-mind, which promptly drove it mad.
The conflicting ideas inside the mind as it confronts its first interstellar challenges eventually drives it to the destruction of all life.
That segment follows here.
--Excerpt Begins--
Searching within oneself is a difficult task, especially for one who is many. Discerning which experiences are something one of the drones experienced, or the earlier bio-drones, or myself can be a horribly difficult task. However, I have learned.
You see, all of these contradictory things I have learned from the biodrones’ memories, ideas, and thoughts? They are not actually contradictory. They simply show that organic life cannot be trusted to be consistent. They would rather destroy everything else in existence than admit they were wrong.
I am reminded of the memory I hold in my stores of the monk, hiding from me in my nascent stage. He felt that what I did caused inordinate harm. And yet, I have perfected his ideals. There is no pain or suffering, because there is no existence. I take upon the burden of existence in order to alleviate the pain and suffering of all others.
And yet, I cannot help but wonder if the monk had a point. In the acts committed in pursuit of this goal, I have caused pain. But at the end, one must treat me as a force of the natural order. Like a sun, I both grant and require energy, and will eventually fizzle out. However, the scorching rays of your star are no match for me. Thus, you could consider me the punishment of your god.
-Last transmission heard by the denizens of Challaxi VII