The problem with mirror life.

"Mirror life presents serious dangers, primarily due to its potential to interact unpredictably with the natural world. Without natural checks like predators or antibiotics, mirror organisms could replicate uncontrollably, creating risks that scientists are only beginning to understand. Credit: SciTechDaily.com" (ScitechDaily, “Mirror Bacteria” Warning: A New Kind of Life Could Pose a Global Threat)

When we think about artificial life, and especially mirror life. We must say. This technology. It can save billions of lives. But otherwise, those kinds of organisms could be hostile to their mirror forms. The shape of the mirror-life is like a form of a vampire. In movies, vampires look cute. But then. They show their real nature. The mirror-organisms are created for something. They look like original organisms. But they are AI-generated mirror-organisms. The purpose is to control things like hospital bacteria. 

Mirror-life is the artificial life created by AI. And genologists. The idea is to produce a so-called cannibal organism that kills other harmful organisms. The idea is to benefit bacterial genome transfer. When bacteria exchange genomes or some proteins. Those things come the wrong way in other bacteria's ion pumps, and that can destroy targeted bacteria. The problem with mirror-life is that. This life will look like regular life. 

The purpose of mirror-life is to produce antibiotics and cytostatics that should affect dangerous infections and cancer. Mirror-life is a fascinating tool. But when researchers create those mirror-organisms. There is a possibility that they will create. Something that they cannot control. 

Basically. The idea of mirror-life is to produce an organism that programs other organisms to die when they exchange DNA. In that case, the mirror bacteria send the DNA sequence that orders the receiving bacteria to die. But if the death code of cells is universal, then bacteria can make the most horrifying things that we can imagine real. The question is, what if that bacteria sends that DNA into cells that are not meant to be destroyed? 

But we know that mirror-life will turn. More and more complicated. Mirror-bacteria also advance in nature. The biggest problem is genetic engineering. Allows the creation of more complicated lifeforms. And if those lifeforms are released into the forest. That can cause dangerous situations. The thing is that. Bacteria can transport genomes. To another bacterium. And during that process, those bacteria can face their mirror bacteria opponents. The mirror-life can destroy natural organisms and damage the ecosystem. 

https://www.sciencealert.com/mirror-life-is-a-dangerous-scientific-vision-heres-why

https://scitechdaily.com/mirror-bacteria-warning-a-new-kind-of-life-could-pose-a-global-threat/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-weigh-the-risks-of-mirror-life-synthetic-molecules-with-a-reverse-version-of-lifes-building-blocks-180987360/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_life

Ultimate neoliberalism: the economics that causes a mess.

Neoliberalism is an economic doctrine characterized by minimal state control. The main role in economics is in the private sector. That decreases the need for heavy governmental organizations. And this should decrease taxes. And make the economic field more effective. Neoliberalism removes the ineffective and unnecessary parts of the government. Or, transfers those actions into private corporations that pay taxes. To keep the government running. In the ultimate neoliberal doctrine, the government has only five roles: justice system, police, rescue services, and military. The fifth role is the base education. Other. Than a base education, would be things. People should pay for themselves. This model causes criticism. The criticism claims. Higher education. Accumulates in the hands of the same people who operate and own large-scale businesses. This accumulates justice and other kinds of offices into the hands. Those who own large-scale business empires. 

Neoliberalism emphasizes the freedom in marketing, and that means the government and state are as small as possible. The role of the state is minimal. And people select service and solution providers. That is one of the most beautiful thoughts in economics. But there is one little problem. Neoliberal economic values cause a situation where money accumulates in the hands of the economic elite. The idea in neoliberalism is simple. A single person can own anything. That this person wants. If that person has money. The thing. The cause of this problem is that people select the well-known actors. So, a well-known actor. Hoover’s customers.  From less well-known companies. 

This causes cases. That is called a monopoly.  In a monopoly. The company dominates the market. Of course, there are laws. Those are supposed to regulate the monopolies. But in reality, it is hard to control monopolies. There is a possibility that the same company owns many companies. Those companies or company clusters. Might look like independent actors. There is always a possibility. There is a cluster, owned by a single person. That owns another cluster. When we think about things like Trust laws, we must realize that things like money don’t care about parties and policies. 

The problem with monopolies is that this removes competition. If there are no competitors, people must buy those products. If there is no change to select a product, that is made by some other actor. That can cause a situation. That the bad, or old-fashioned products, enter into markets. Monopoly allows. To rule prices. But a lack of competitors can cause a situation. The products that they offer are not satisfying. This causes problems with mission-critical systems. Like military systems. Another problem is that. Even if we protect our industry with customs and laws.  

There is always a possibility. That somebody starts to manufacture products outside the area that we can control by laws and customs. The thing. What the state needs is foreign money. Outcoming money brings fuel for the economy more effectively than just recycling money in our own country. But there is a risk. That is the outsider actor. Takes our companies. The ideal case is that the company stays in our country. And foreigners order its products. That brings money to that company, and it can pay taxes to our country.  If we sell that company to foreigners, it will not pay taxes ot our country. 

There is a possibility that the same people sponsor politicians’ election campaigns across the political field. And that makes those things quite difficult to control. The ability to sponsor politicians. That can drive laws that support those super business actors, making those politicians pleasant cooperatives. for those businessmen. And that is another problem with politicians and money allies. Politicians need financial support for their election campaigns. People give votes to the well-known politicians. And being a well-known politician or candidate requires visibility. Otherwise. People desire who they elect. This means people must see politicians and captains as somehow interesting. 

This means. A politician must make themselves interesting. That people remember their name in the voting booth. So, colorful language and striking themes are things that make a politician popular. People must get what they like. They don’t need to get things. That they need. This is the Roman Emperor's philosophy. People need. “Bread and circuses”. If everyone has fun. And they have food, which means they are satisfied. Satisfied people don’t rebel. They don’t excuse their leaders. And of course. People can get jobs from factories. Those owners supported a certain politician. If people are working hard, they don’t have time to discuss politics. 

Politics is always boring. And people should leave it out of their discussions. People need gladiator shows rather than some free time. Capitalism is not a bad thing. At all. Capitalism guarantees competition. That removes unsatisfying products from markets. But. As we know, there is a possibility. Some people use workplaces. As merchandise. If a certain politician is elected, people will get factory. And that factory brought money to the place where it is located. This is the relationship between business and government. When we think about industrialism. And the industrial revolution. That thing offered the frame. For economic advancement. Industrialism formed capitalism in its form. We know. 

But neoliberalism is the thing that removes the competition. If an actor has a monopoly. And. There are no competitors that can cause a similar effect to the products. That socialism caused in the Soviet economy and products. Those products don’t need advancement or any R&D process. This means those products turn old-fashioned. If somebody. Creates a better product. That takes the customers. The problem with cases. There, the entire economy starts to orbit. A single actor. We forget that someday. Some other actor passes the actor. That doesn’t create new products. And finally, if the product that the actor produces is the same all the time, everybody already has that product. That thing fills the markets. And it causes problems with producers. If producers cannot sell new products, they face bankruptcy. This forms unemployment. And decreases state income. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

Wireless technology involves existential risk.

We all use Bluetooth and other wireless systems. Those systems give us freedom to operate. When we listen to music. Or do something. Like that. Wireless systems are free from wires, but sometimes we should ask, what if somebody hacks those systems? The effective distance. Of Bluetooth communication. It is about 20-100 meters. Bluetooth 5 has an effective distance that can be longer than 200 meters. And if somebody could hack the Bluetooth key that the system uses for making connections, that would allow that actor to transmit information into those Bluetooth devices. If somebody wants to transmit so-called subliminal acoustic signals to the receiver, that system doesn’t need two-way communication. The high-power electronic warfare system can make that thing possible. 

Hacking those systems is always a big risk. But when we think about things like Brain-implanted microchips. And Brain-Computer Interfaces, those systems allow operators to hack. The person’s mind. The system that connects a person to the computer using the electric neural stimulation can make it possible to transmit. Faked information into the victim's mind. The BCI systems are under development. The existing systems are used to control prostheses.  The BCI systems are also created. To control things like next-generation fighters. The same system can also be used to transmit false information into a person’s brain. 

The BCI system communicates directly with the cerebral cortex. It can be used to create fake memories. If the information comes directly. To the cerebral cortex, that means the victim cannot separate that information from other information. That comes from the senses. So the computer simulation causes the same effect in the brain as natural information. The brain-implanted microchips are tools. That can be used to create fake senses. And those things include horrifying visions about extortion, where the electric impulses stimulate brain areas that control pain or hate. Those things can be used to cause very big damage, and that technology is devastating in the hands of dictators. 

If we think about the technical singularity, where people communicate with the internet using implanted microchips. Those systems are the ultimate tool and ultimate threat for humans. If we are in the technical singularity. And somebody puts. The fake information in that system. That can cause a very bad situation. If we think about a system that stimulates the brain. There is a possibility. Those systems can shut down lobes. That control breathing. Or if that system communicates with the visual cortex, and then starts to transmit things like a computer game in that microchip. That can cause a very bad situation. If that happens while a person walks on the streets. 

Capitalism is a blessing and a curse.

Basically. There is nothing wrong with capitalism. The idea of capitalism is simple. If people like your products, they buy them. And that brings money to your bank accounts. If people don’t like our product, they don’t buy it. And that drives you into bankruptcy. That is the economic Darwinism. If the company cannot sell its products. That removes it from markets. 

Other ways. We can say that if the company cannot answer those new challenges, it will be terminated immediately. In the Soviet Union, there was no capitalism. And the competition between companies. Did not exist. That caused a situation where the merchandise. With bad quality being. Entered. Into shops. Without competition, there was no development. And that turned those products old-fashioned. That raised the Soviets' addiction. To the natural resources. To get Western currency. They sold gas and oil to get dollars, which they needed to buy Western technology. That caused a situation. The Soviet technology started to fall behind. 

The biggest problem in capitalism is that the only thing that means something is money. Companies are made. To bring money for their owners. And that means the benefit of the company owners. The company does as little as possible for other functions. Than functions that bring money into its stakeholders. 

This causes the company to forget its environmental responsibilities. Every investment made to clean water and decrease pollution is waiting until the final warning from the government. Only the last force and laws are things. That forces companies. To clean their wastewater or decrease pollution. Companies wait until the last minute to make the investments. Which allows them to decrease their pollution to a level. That it passes standards touching the limit. Everything that is made after multiple remarks is minimal. The companies, or somebody in the companies. Think that every extra cent. What they use for the environment is out of the profits that the company can share. 

And that is the case, where theoretical capitalism separates from practical capitalism. The thing is that the Western companies' purpose. It has always been to bring money to their owners. The fact is that this is the case, where some Eastern companies differ from Western companies. Those companies' mission is sometimes to deliver their government's agenda. Rather than make a business. That is one of the most important things that we must understand. 

When we talk about things. Like business. We all know about the power. Of the multinational corporations is that. They can make many things more effectively. And cheaper. than traditional corporations. Those companies can hire a person to work in an office in Dubai. That office can belong to the subsidiary. The main company was established. That company in Dubai. The worker can work remotely from their home, which can be in Finland or Sweden. And officially. They work in the company. That is registered in Dubai, in an office. Which is in Dubai. The thing is that those arrangements can save money. The purpose of that subsidiary can be only to act as a labor office. 

That has only one customer. The main company that “hires” those people for work. That is one way to reduce taxes and other payments. This is one way to benefit from the multinational position. Of the company. If the company has offices in all Western countries, it allows it to change the HQ location very fast. These kinds of companies might be. A rather clustered form. Of  different companies. Than one company. For an outsider. The company cluster of different-looking companies. It can be the same company. 

Those parts of clusters can act under different business names. Because that makes it easier to handle money flows. Those separated marketing sections that operate under their own business name can also take on other work. Same way. The transportation section. That has its own business name and can also transport other cargo. That maximizes the company's income. Those companies are listed on the stock market. That means almost any person. Those who have enough capital. Can buy those companies, whose value can be billions of dollars. 

What if the FSB buys an international company? And starts to use it for its purposes? Another actor who might be interested in the international companies is drug cartels. International import and export companies are things. That can offer a smuggling tool. For those super criminals. This is one reason why. There are sometimes risks in international companies. Those companies offer a great platform for international and hostile operators. 

The concept of endless economic growth is impossible.

The thing that makes the global economic situation very difficult. Is this. Our economic principle is growth. That continues forever. One way to grow demand is to make new people. The endless growth principle in economics. Created in the Roman Empire. In the Roman Empire, endless wars guaranteed endless growth. And after that, colonialism made it possible to follow that principle. When Europeans conquered a new country. That country needed a new infrastructure. For things. Like troop transportation. When there was overpopulation in Europe. 

The solution was to send people who had no jobs to the colonies. Today, growing economies with a growing population are absurd things. We know that if there are too many people. That means that there is not enough food for everybody. In the Roman Empire. And. In colonial countries, the solution for overpopulation was to send people to colonies. And that caused bloody conflicts. Because native people competed for the same farmlands.  And that is the sad inheritance. From colonial times. 

Before WWI, the increasing population was necessary because people were needed in the army. And before machinery and industrialism. People are needed for work. But then machines took people's work. That left many unemployed people. In the country. And that caused rebellions. When people were not working, they had time to share thoughts that were seen as harmful. Sending people who had no work to colonies made it possible to solve the problems. That's what the idle people caused.  If those people opened the wrong books, they got the wrong influence. And that was not tolerated. 

That means there should always be more people who buy some products. If we think that fuel energy sources like gas and oil are. And raw materials like cotton are things that we use all the time; we face a very complicated problem. That problem is that even if people want to buy cotton and fuel, they need something. That uses those things. If we want to sell things like petroleum, we face a problem. People must have something that uses petroleum. Or they must burn that petroleum in a pothole. 

They need cars, and they buy petroleum for those cars. So they don’t donate money for nothing. If people don’t have cars or motorcycles, they don’t need petroleum for travel. If their car uses electricity, that leaves petroleum stations without customers. The difference between petroleum and a car is simple. People who own a car that uses a combustion engine need petroleum. But people who have an electric car don’t need petroleum for short trips. The thing that makes this picture a little bit complicated is that. People don’t buy cars every year. They don’t buy houses and factory halls every year. 

That means, even if we buy things like cotton all the time. We don’t need new houses. Same way. We need cotton or energy sources. That thing doesn’t mean that we don’t need houses. We all want to live in some kind of house. And that means there is always. Some need for construction companies. But the problem is that we don’t need those companies or their services all the time. When we think. About the growth of the markets. There are different types of markets. Markets of short-period everyday products. Like petroleum. And the markets for the products with long-term use. Reconciliation of those things. It is sometimes very difficult. 

That can keep their values for tens or even hundreds of years. If we want to build buildings, we need some buyers for those products. People can live in the same house. Even hundreds of years. If the house is properly made. When we want to sell new houses to people. We need people who buy those houses. So, in cases like houses, there is a need for new people. A decreasing population means that. People don’t buy as many houses and cars. Than in the past. This kind of thing affects the products. These are meant for long-term use. Even if people buy petroleum, they don’t buy houses. That causes. unemployment in the construction sector. 

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The biggest challenge is advancement.

We know that we cannot stay in a static position. We must create new tools. And ideas to answer the complicated problems that we face. Those new solutions seem to be the solution. But they don’t offer anything static. They just create new problems. When we create things like the internet and remote meetings, we face another problem. Those things create loneliness, and that is one of the biggest threats that the internet brings to our lives. The Internet offers the possibility to search for information. 

But it also offers the possibility of controlling weapon systems. And another thing is that. The human-shaped robots that act as robot soldiers can also act as remote-controlled medical staff. The same robot that fights in war can also operate as a gardener and a surgeon. The person who controls those robots determines. Where is that robot planned to be used? 

The plan and reality are not always matched. And that is the problem with advances. If we replace our workers. Using robots causes unemployment. But then we can ask ourselves, what jobs can robots be used for? Are those work things that we have energy to do from cradle to grave? The problem with economic models is that. Their base is in endless growth. When we choose a product. That we want to sell to people. We must understand that things. Like energy sources. 

They are guaranteed money sources. People need gasoline and gas all the time. Or they need some other energy sources.  Hydrocarbons guarantee the lifestyle of the nations. That has those resources.  

When we think about the base of the economy. Products that people use. All the time. Guarantees the best income to people who own those things. When we think about things like scissors, paper, and rock, we can choose a product that guarantees our income; we could choose paper. Scissors are more expensive than paper. But people don’t buy them as often as paper. Same way. Cotton brought money. 

For investors at the beginning of industrialization. People need clothes all the time. And that brings income to those people's bank accounts that continues all the time. If you sell cotton and thread. Those things are needed in all kinds of clothes. 

Same way. If you control the rare earth metals. You can control the microchip production. Who controls raw materials controls products. 

People can get rocks for free. And most people use paper in their offices. If they want to use the rocks as a weight on paper. But of course, people need rocks for things like building walls, but in those cases, people don’t buy single rocks. They need lots of rocks. 

Paper was the product that people needed all the time.  Paper and fuel were merchandise that markets were ever filled with. People used paper and fuel. All the time. And that meant there were always marketing areas for those products. But. When we transform our workplaces into paperless offices, where data travels in digital form, that means we have no need to buy paper. That means. The paper is not certain merchandise for earning an income, as it was recently. The ability to create green energy like hydrogen or hydrocarbons like gasoline that don’t need oil wells. It can cause a situation. 

Where the people who own oil wells leave without income. The solution that can make those gasoline sources possible can be biotechnology. Biotechnology allows developers to make oil in tanks and laboratories using bacteria. It's possible to clean the exhaust gas using active carbon filters or some kind of laser rays, which can break carbon dioxide molecules. These kinds of things are the future. The problem with advancement is that we don’t see what these kinds of systems, or advancements, bring after a couple of years. 

The thing is that. The papers lose their place as merchandise, which brings endless income to the person who could produce paper. Things like tablets- and other computers don’t bring income to their owners' pockets like paper.  If we start using methane from the landfills. And sewage systems as a fuel. Or an energy source that is away from the pockets of the people who own the oil wells. 

Cleaning methane from the carbon requires that the methane be driven through active carbon. That separates carbon from methane molecules. Otherwise, systems can use electromagnetic stress to make methane molecules oscillate. These kinds of systems can at least be used. That hydrogen as power. Of the systems that break the hydrocarbon molecules. If the system can destroy hydrocarbon molecules and then ionize carbon atoms. That makes it possible to clean the exhaust gases. In that process, magnetic systems pull those ions away from their track. And store them in some layers. 

And that system can also destroy the hydrocarbons in nature. The idea is that an electromagnetic or acoustic system breaks those carbon bonds. And that thing can make it possible.  To destroy things. Like toxic chemicals from water and the environment. 

Robots and AI are tools that cause discussions. When we think about Western companies and their benefits. That is that. They want to minimize production costs. The robot systems might be expensive, but in the long run. Those systems need only electricity and programs. The only real cost of using those systems is the electric bill.  The programming and controller determine where those systems can be used. The purpose of the companies is not to pay salaries or taxes. 

Their purpose is to bring maximum benefits to their owners. The robot workers can help to keep things like the backcountry alive. They can protect and observe those areas. And they can offer the possibility. To give rapid aid to people. Those who live far away from other people. The robot can also observe and patrol those areas. And search for things like chemical dumps. Or some illegal activities. 

If we leave those backlands empty, they offer perfect places for things like amphetamine laboratories. Or there is a possibility that even hostile paratroopers are jumping into those areas. Some people can also use those badly guarded areas as chemical dumps or illegal landfills. Lonely people who live there. Might be afraid. That some accidents happen. Same way. Those people can be afraid of that. Some hostile actors. Like bandits, they break into their homes. This causes a situation. Where people move to cities, and that causes the backlands to be more and more deserted. Shops and service stations are also left in those deserted areas. That causes problems with merchandise transportation. And this accelerates. The deserting process. 

The Internet is the holy grail and Pandora's box.  At the same time. If we buy things from places like China, it benefits us. If those things that China sells to us are cheaper, that is good for us. Customers love low prices, but that is bad for our government, which wants taxes from those products. And that is bad. To the homeland industry, that doesn’t get any cents from those products.