https://webmac.com/ Essays, fiction, poetry, and speculative science on transhumanism, posthuman evolution, and the future of humanity. By Michael Blade. en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:25:08 +0000 https://webmac.com/vhos/VHOS_v3.html https://webmac.com/vhos/VHOS_v3.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A generic OS for capturing, modeling, and re-instantiating human beings across successive generations of AI. Version 3.0 of the Virtual Human Operating System white paper. https://webmac.com/posts/perhaps-it-has-been-done-to-us.html https://webmac.com/posts/perhaps-it-has-been-done-to-us.html Sun, 31 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A galactic von Neumann scheme, an ethical pivot, and the simulation hypothesis reached by moral deduction. https://webmac.com/novella/ https://webmac.com/novella/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The 2008 novella by Michael Blade, restored and republished — the story that sparked this futurist project. https://webmac.com/posts/time-travels.html https://webmac.com/posts/time-travels.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A science fiction story: retrocausal branching, a global brain, and a city that got too smart too fast. https://webmac.com/posts/posthumanhood.html https://webmac.com/posts/posthumanhood.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Three branches of posthumanity — Earth-bound, space-adapted, substrate-independent — and why redundancy across worlds is survival. https://webmac.com/posts/what-does-it-mean-to-be-transhuman.html https://webmac.com/posts/what-does-it-mean-to-be-transhuman.html Tue, 30 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 Mapping self-directed evolution through technology — from minor augmentation to substrate-independent, light-speed posthuman life. https://webmac.com/posts/posthuman.html https://webmac.com/posts/posthuman.html Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000 A 2010 poem on a self that travels star to star as light itself. https://webmac.com/posts/8-3-billion-futures.html https://webmac.com/posts/8-3-billion-futures.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Eight billion people, finite resources, and a future selected moment by moment. An argument for evolving rather than perishing. Updated 2026.