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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#333333" link="#000066" vlink="#666699" alink="#FF0000">  <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" bgcolor="#003399"> <tr align="center" valign="top"> <td> <font color="#ffffff" face="verdana, arial" size="1"> <strong> "Everyone is qualified  and no one is qualified  to predict the future." </strong> </font> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td> </td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="bottom"> <td> <font color="#ffffff" face="verdana, arial" size="1"> <strong> John Herman, founder of Phrenicea </strong> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tr> <td height="10"> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <table width="85%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tr> <td> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet MS" size="2"> <h1> <font color="#cc0000">Welcome to Phrenicea!</font> </h1> <h2> Phrenicea is a 21st-century prophecy predicting the ultimate outcome of the Internet and biotechnology revolutions. It is an exercise in futurism &#151 a resource for budding futurists. Written, edited, webmastered and maintained by John Herman, whose editorial opinions can be read by clicking on the "Two-Cents" link below. </h2> <h3> Some questions to ponder: <br /> - Based on your own experiences, ideas and what you see today  what will the world be like in 25, 50 or 100 years? Better? Worse? More technology? Back to basics? <br /> - Is the quality of your life better than your parents had? Grandparents? <em>Homo erectus</em>?! </h3> <h3> What is Phrenicea? </h3> <p> Phrenicea® (pronounced fren-EEE-shuh) is a prophecy or vision of the 21<sup>st</sup> century  it is a vision of our future. As a physical entity, it does not yet exist! </p> <p> Phrenicea is a fictionalized account of what will occur in the first century of the new millennium. The name <em>Phrenicea®</em> is coined from the words <em>phrenic</em> (of the mind) and <em>panacea</em> (cure all). </p> <p> The Phrenicea website is a not-for-profit "work in progress," whose primary purpose is to stimulate thought/discussion about the future, particularly among those that would not normally be so inclined. </p> <p> In this age of microsecond attention spans, student inspiration arises more from the web than from traditional didactic presentation. Leveraging that, while still being ancillary to a structured program of study, the Phrenicea website intends to instigate by presenting a fatidic scenario predicting the ultimate outcome of the Internet and biotechnology  <table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" align="left"> <tr> <td> <font color="#cc0000" face="arial" size="3"> <strong> 'We will harness DNA's innate elegance for many non-biological purposes.' </strong> </font> </td> </tr> </table>  revolutions, which in turn affects all aspects of "post-postmodern" life. It is a <em>fictionalized</em> account of what will occur within the 21st century. The Phrenicea <a href="primer.htm">Primer</a> provides a broader introduction to the "Phrenicea Vision." In addition, the site's progenitorial <a href="#" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('http://www.phrenicea.com/PHRENICEA.pdf','','toolbar=yes,location=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=650,height=500')" onMouseOver="rollon('shortstory');return false" onMouseOut="rolloff('shortstory');return false"> short story</a> written "way back" in 1999, <em>The Engagement of Phrenicea</em>, is available via download. </p> <p> Our world with Phrenicea is an extrapolation based on current trends resulting from the ongoing worldwide population growth, social trends,  <table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" align="right"> <tr> <td> <font color="#cc0000" face="arial" size="3"> <strong> 'In many ways life ends up being, both socially and technologically, more like the primitive societies of yore.' </strong> </font> </td> </tr> </table>  advances in biotechnology, and the Internet/web phenomenon. Consequently the "Phrenicea Vision" is a work-in-progress endeavor. </p> <p> The overarching thesis of this site is that <em>biotechnology</em> (specifically, the harnessing of man-made DNA) will be the predominant force of change in this century  offsetting the social and economic <em>damage</em> done by Information Technology. </p> <p> Today, many continue to cling to the stereotypical future as depicted in the Jetsons® cartoon, where technology reigns supreme, especially in the form of gadgets galore. Phrenicea turns that upside down. Gone are all the gadgets. Even the Internet and web are gone &#151 replaced with Phrenicea. Thus, in many ways life ends up being, both socially and technologically, more like the primitive societies of yore. For inhabitants of that time, these may be considered the "good old days." </p> <p> Our premise is that our love affair with technology will run its course and ultimately cause more harm than good. If the 20th century could be labeled the "Century of the Computer," then it is our view that the 21st century will become "The Century of DNA." We will harness DNA's innate elegance for many non-biological purposes. What was accomplished with <em>hard</em>ware (constructed of inorganic elements) will eventually be achieved with <em>soft</em>ware (materials made organically). </p> <p> Here's a glimpse of our future with Phrenicea: <blockquote> <font color="#666666"> Imagine a future without TV; without telephones; without automobiles; without the PC or the Internet. Imagine our world with over 12 billion people with very little fresh food. Fathom a world without schools or universities; without places of worship. Could this be the result of a nuclear holocaust or some great catastrophe? But then why would most people live comfortably past 100 years; keep fit without exercise; have children well into their seventies? This is a very different planet Earth in the mid-21st century  facilitated by the ubiquitous Phrenicea. </font> </blockquote> </p> <p> It must be emphasized that there is always a benign risk involved in predicting the future and there are limits to extrapolation, which traditionally infers by extending or projecting known information from the present. Nevertheless, it is hoped that the "Phrenicea Vision" will stimulate thought and discussion about the future as well as present-day technological and social trends. </p> <h3> The Phrenicea Scenario of the Future </h3> <p> Phrenicea is (initially) a consortium imagined to be formed in the year 2014. It was the penultimate consequence of the explosion in brain research, led at first by the world's pharmaceutical companies in pursuit of new drugs to ameliorate or cure brain disorders, particularly Alzheimer's and the like  followed by the promise of enormous profits that ensnared  <table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" align="left"> <tr> <td> <font color="#cc0000" face="arial" size="3"> <strong> 'Phrenicea became the central source of knowledge for the human race, accessible by mere thought.' </strong> </font> </td> </tr> </table>  tech (chip manufacturers and search engine companies in particular), biotech, nanotech and even entertainment companies; and ultimately just about any entity with enough resources to pursue conquering the final (practically speaking) frontier  the workings of the human brain. </p> <p> The optimism was contagious, as was the belief that the secrets of the human mind were at last going to be unveiled. But even with the vast financial and technical resources expended, the brain's inner machinations proved too elusive to elucidate. </p> <p> What <em>was</em> successfully developed however was a working interface with the human brain. This soon was followed by the ability of individuals  triggered by mere thought  to connect and communicate with ("<a href="engage.htm">engage</a>") a complex of interlinked brains that were "donated" by gullibles seeking eternal consciousness. These <em>in vitro</em> brains were kept alive artificially within hexagonal-shaped capsules  each becoming a contributing member (knowledge, experience, perspective, etc.) in a gigantic beehive-like chamber fittingly called the "braincomb." </p> <p> The confluence of the various technologies synergistically enabled the transmission and storage of massive amounts of data related to human discourse. Just as the early 21<sup>st</sup>-century Internet made the physical collection of books, music, and other "hard copy" moot  Phrenicea rendered "life's hard copy," the physical and tactile components of daily living, irrelevant. </p> <p> The capabilities of Phrenicea rapidly became so powerful that there was no longer a need to produce most of the gadgets upon which modern society depended. Suddenly the rage was to "engage," the popular term used to describe a mental hook-up with Phrenicea.  <table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" align="right"> <tr> <td> <font color="#cc0000" face="arial" size="3"> <strong> 'Phrenicea rendered the physical and tactile components of daily living irrelevant.' </strong> </font> </td> </tr> </table>  Phrenicea became the central source of knowledge for the human race, accessible not via computer or other device, but by mere thought  indistinguishable from what was once simply "thinking." The popular business management lingo at the turn of the century, "thinking outside the box," was prescient beyond anyone�s wildest dreams! </p> <p> As with most trends, which often reach a pinnacle   before entering a period of decline, the distributed nature of the Internet (where information reached its most dispersed form, spanning millions of server computers throughout the world) fostered redundancy, inaccuracy, and unseemly (in the literal sense) waste. With the Internet also came a knowledge-based economy and the widespread copyrighting of intellectual property and the patenting of the means to access it. The "stake-your-claim" mania reached such heights as to stifle progress, since there became a chain of open hands (knowledge hoarding and fighting over copyright and patent rights) in the pursuit of just about any endeavor. </p> <p> It was naïvely thought that institutionalizing Phrenicea would solve this dilemma. Thus Phrenicea the "consortium" became Phrenicea the "institution" in the second half of the 21<sup>st</sup> century  anthropomorphized with rights, powers and granted significant latitude. </p> <p> In an about-face, the final phase of the "Information Revolution" entailed the  <table width="215" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" align="left"> <tr> <td> <font color="#cc0000" face="arial" size="3"> <strong> 'The final phase of the "Information Revolution" <em>is</em> Phrenicea.' </strong> </font> </td> </tr> </table>  replacement of the information hodgepodge that grew willy-nilly for decades, with a centralized data entity none other than Phrenicea. Now data validity and wholesomeness could be ensured. </p> <p> Phrenicea eventually became more important and powerful than government and corporations combined. Those two powerful entities, like the goods or services they had once provided  were now irrelevant. </p> <p> There were many unforeseen consequences as a result of making Phrenicea the primary source of knowledge (the former patent and copyright holders were compensated with one-time non-negotiable settlements). The impediments to progress were indeed eliminated, but unforeseen was the loss of incentive to pursue progressive work. </p> <p> In presenting this somewhat "over-the-top" scenario, we hope to trigger intellectual controversy and discourse &#151 and consequently an interest in the future &#151 arguably a worthwhile endeavor especially if it stimulates thought and concern about the present (i.e., where we are headed trend-wise). </p> <h3> <em>Visit Your Future</em><sup>®</sup> and more! </h3> <p> Here's an overview of what you will find as you point-and-click your way through the Phrenicea website: <ul> <li>The Phrenicea Scenario &#151 Begin with the Phrenicea <a href="primer.htm">Primer</a> and then scroll through the various individual <a href="main.htm">Home</a>-page topics describing how we will live: <ul type="circle"> <li><a href="blankpage_opportunity.htm">Submit a Phrenicea scenario</a></li> <li><a href="bluecollar.htm">Blue Collar</a></li> <li><a href="brandX.htm">Brand X</a></li> <li><a href="chiropractic.htm">Chiropractor</a></li> <li><a href="community.htm">Community</a></li> <li><a href="construction.htm">Construction</a></li> <li><a href="contest.htm">Art Contest</a></li> <li><a href="cubicle.htm">Cubicle</a></li> <li><a href="divinity.htm">Divinity</a></li> <li><a href="egoMANia.htm">Extinction or Phrenicea?</a></li> <li><a href="engage.htm">Engage</a></li> <li><a href="extinction.htm">Extinction is Forever!</a></li> <li><a href="face_to_face.htm">Face-to-Face</a></li> <li><a href="first_last.htm">First & Last</a></li> <li><a href="identity.htm">Identity, Titles & Names</a></li> <li><a href="instinct.htm">Instinct or what?</a></li> <li><a href="language.htm">The Future of Language</a></li> <li><a href="memories_4ever.htm">Memories Forever</a></li> <li><a href="no_cars.htm">No Cars</a></li> <li><a href="no_crime.htm">No Crime</a></li> <li><a href="no_email.htm">No Email</a></li> <li><a href="no_exercise.htm">No Exercise</a></li> <li><a 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Your opportunity to "Wear the Future"!</li> <li>And much more!</li> </ul> </p> <h3> Why bother to ponder the future? </h3> <p> Phrenicea's founder <a href="http://www.phrenicea.com/jhbio.htm" target="_top">John Herman</a> believes that envisioning the future inevitably coaxes one to scrutinize the present. Unlike the study of the past, there's no concrete data from the future to work with. The natural tendency therefore is to extrapolate from present trends. Often these trends are already steering towards conditions not in the best interests of the individual, society, or the environment &#151 local or global. </p> <p>Acknowledgement of problems now can be the first step towards averting bigger problems for our children &#151 and theirs. </p> <p> It should be acknowledged here that we cannot predict the future with any certainty. Pondering the future is neither art nor science, and the pursuit is not an easy one. Everyone is qualified &#151 and no one is qualified. Who could have predicted the web phenomenon just ten years ago? And too, there is no immediate reward. Time is always a prerequisite to determining success. 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