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etty sick。 I must have dozed off again。 I don't know what woke me。 I see Mae ing up the hill from behind my house。 She's with the guy in the silver suit; and the rest of the SSVT team。 She's walking toward me。 I can see that she's smiling。 I hope her news is good。
 I could use some good news right now。
 Julia's original email says; 〃We have nothing to lose。〃 But in the end they lost everything…their pany; their lives; everything。 And the ironic thing is; the procedure worked。 The swarm actually solved the problem they had set for it。
 But then it kept going; kept evolving。
 And they let it。
 They didn't understand what they were doing。
 I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race。
 I hope it's not。
 We might get lucky。
 
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 This novel is entirely fictitious; but the underlying research programs are real。 The following references may assist the interested reader to learn more about the growing convergence of genetics; nanotechnology; and distributed intelligence。
  
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 THE END。
1 This uncertainty is characteristic of all plex systems; including man…made systems。 After the U。S。 stock market dropped 22 percent in one day in October 1987; new rules were implemented to prevent such precipitate declines。 But there was no way to know in advance whether the rules would increase stability; or make things worse。 According to John L。 Casti; 〃Imposition of the rules was simply a calculated risk on the part of the governors of the Exchange。〃 See Casti's very readable Would…be Worlds; New York: Wiley; 1997; p。 80 ff。
2 The only animals for which self…awareness has been convincingly demonstrated are human beings; chimpanzees; and orangutans。 Contrary to widespread belief; claims for other animals such as dolphins and monkeys have not been unambiguously proven。
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6 K。 Eric Drexler; 〃Introduction to Nanotechnology;〃 in Prospects in Nanotechnology: Toward Molecular Manufacturing (Proceedings of the First General Conference on Nanotechnology: Development; Applications and Opportunities); edited by Markus Krummenacker and James Lewis; New York: Wiley & Sons; 1995; p。 21。
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