Humanity's Future: the Next 25,000 years

by Tom Kando

 Dear People: This is to let you know that I have just published a new book, with the above title.

Here is part of the preface:
This book is an experiment. Like most people, I grew up on Star Trek in its many generations, Star Wars, and innumerable other science fiction materials, from optimistic classics such as Arthur C. Clarke’s and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 to a variety of apocalyptic prognoses. All of these are fairly specific.

What I have always wanted to do is write a general, comprehensive (pseudo-)history of the entire future, a total extrapolation of what we, humans, have been doing so far. I also wanted to give the story a positive twist, one that places us, humans, at the center, and which relies on US to be the solution rather than the problem. So this is it. An experiment, an attempt to describe the WHOLE picture. Ambitious, I’m sure. But pretty unique and provocative, I hope.

The story evolves from mundane, early 21st century contemporary politics to a cosmic apotheosis. The first chapters examine the struggles of current nation states, with a special focus on the United States. Presidential successions, immigration, the economy, the energy crisis, the war on terrorism, etc.


History advances through the ebb and flow of progress and retrogression, taking one step back for every two steps forward. In the near future, the US and the Western Hemisphere suffer great decline. However, there occurs a Renaissance - the Great Awakening. The Western Hemisphere, a new confederacy called Hispaniola, once again will provide renewed leadership and inspiration to the world.

Gradually, there is world unification, and expansion into space. In time, there is a federated Earth - Gaia - which expands into the Solar System - Solaria. There are many ups and downs and tragedies, even in the distant future. However, bit by bit, war between nations becomes something of the past and humankind relies increasingly on true science.

Scientific progress means space travel, the conquest of space, super communication networks, and above all: the science of the mind. True science is not mechanistic. It is the science of consciousness. Humanity is a forward moving intelligence. It moves towards perfect knowledge - what primitive cultures have called “God.”

Humans are holons - both part and whole. Each individual and the larger system to which it belongs, are both a part and a whole, at the same time. The whole is immanent within the part, as each cell contains the total genetic information of the organism to which it belongs. The “telos,” the end result, is inherent in the beginning, the vital force.

Humanity is a unified macro-organism, now called Solaria. In addition, there is A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and the all-encompassing “Diffuse Cybersystem, ” which is the collective brain, communication network and nervous system of Solaria, like Arthur C. Clarke’s SuperBrain in one of his novels. It is a holistic mind for all humanity. Gradually, these various artificial intelligences become autonomous, they develop free will. Humans undergo genetic mutations and they intermarry with bios and cyberons, to create new species.

Throughout this history, dozens of figures appear. They are major historical figures, some bad, some good, some related to each other in long dynasties. They are society’s political and scientific leaders and protagonists.

Solaria is the leading anti-entropic life-force in the galaxy and ultimately in the universe, counteracting the universe’s relentless race towards ultimate entropy and oblivion. 

The narrative culminates in an apotheosis when, in the late 25th millennium, Solaria begins to expand into the galaxy in order to humanize it. Because of Solaria/humanity, the universe becomes self-aware. Humanity evolves towards the Omega point, the point in infinity where total knowledge is achieved.

This book is inspired by Teilhard de Chardin (The Human Phenomenon), Arthur C. Clarke, and humanistic Sociology, a field in which I have a PhD. 

The book is now available for $9.99 + shipping from Amazon by clicking on the following link: Humanity’s Future: The Next 25,000 Years

© Tom Kando 2016
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