I finally got out of time revesal therapy. Walking into @Wanda Watkins' reverse time experiment in the Biodome's reality generators really threw me for a loop! From now on I will pay attention to the TDI (Time Direction Indicator) when I'm playing in there.

Speaking of, Old Goldie (Sandbox 59a) got selected as the winner for the Psychic Ecology Club competition and was submitted to the administration to be released from the sandbox but guess what? Yep. They're refusing to release it. I mean, in forward-time motion. It was the clear winner as the model of an achievable future where an advanced technological civilization lives in balance with a closed planetary eco-system, so why are they resisting?

Their excuse is that they've already set it in motion.

Hmmph. Well, we'll see if my reverse-time memories unfold.

The entirety of the contents of MON71800 became a homogenous goo over the weekend, and the sandbox was set to Incineration Form Factor Five this afternoon, turning the interior a rich golden brown and filling the biome with the delicious smell of genetically modified and potentially aggressive baked bread. Bakers from the Night Kitchen will be removing the goods tonight for appropriate distribution through suspicious bakery outlets.

If you entered @Wheat Genetic's project in sandbox MON71800 at any point during its runtime, please remain exactly where you are and contact Portion Control immediately via the school's PsychoComms priority red emergency hotline bling. It turns out the bits that @Wheat Genetic left to run wild in the chamber became especially virulent, and may have found their way right through the clean suits.

Let's all take a break from any further "let's save the environment through genetic modification experiments" in the biome for the remainder of the month, because the number of available sandboxes is limited and we all know how those particular experiments tend to turn out. No offense, @Wheat Genetic.

As many of you know, my genome contains wheat. This is the source of my many remarkable powers, and I have used those powers to seed Sandbox MON71800 with my fingernails and dandruff and a little bit of magic.

It is my hope that the introduction of my modified genes into the ecology of the sandbox biome will do great things. Just started watering tonight! Please remember follow clean-suit protocols and wear your respirators if you drop in.

?tuo teg I nac nehw dnA ?@Wanda Watkins ,nur annog gniht siht si regnol hcum woH

.ereht yaw rieht no saw ydobyreve bmud woh gniees ,gnitartsurf tsuj s'ti ,pmuh taht revo er'ew taht won ,yawynA

.esrever ni neppah lla ti gnihctaw das saw tI

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.seivom eht ni ekil tsuJ .sdrazzilb ,serif ,sthguord ,gnidoolf snaeco ,soahc eht ot gnidda ,seiceps rehto ni snoisolpxe gnisuac snoitcnitxe yek ,tsorfamrep gnitlem eht fo tuo gnilwarc nees reve d'ydobon sesaesid driew ,liaf sporc edam kcahw fo tuo erutarepmeT .esiw-tnemnorivne ,sliar eht ffo yletelpmoc enog dah sgnihT .ereht tog ydobyreve woh ees nac uoy )esruoc fo sdrawkcab( are etaroproc eht hguorht gnissap retfA

!naf eht tih tahw-wonk-uoy laibrevorp eht erehw thgir m'I esuaceb ,oot emit ni tsuj dnA .noitom deeps-hgih ni emit esrever ni ylbatrofmoc gnikrow won ma dna ,ssenihctilg eht tuo dekrow I ,lleW

Hey @Shelby Cohort I think your experiment is going to zero out. I ran the acceleration numbers and though the population does get more empathic and stops eating meat, animal fetishization goes off the chart and they enclose ALL flora and fauna in biome replication preserves. So, yeah, World War Zoo. Eventually everybody moves inside the simulated environments, but they still pump untreated waste and pollution into the outside environment and it crashes.

Everybody inside the hermetically sealed World Zoo does get passing marks on health and well-being, but with the death of the natural eco-system, the experiment fails the Successful Outcome Matrix.

It'd be okay for a generational spaceship maybe?

!pu gnihtyna ssem ot ton yrt ll'I ,!pu gnihtyna ssem ot ton yrt ll'I ,@Wanda Watkins ,yawynA

.won yb yas d'I sseug I neht dna neht rO .won dna neht neewteb ni noitcurtsed yna t'nsaw ereht tub ,snoitaroproc detubirtsid ylhgih rof krow elpoep dna ,metsys yratenom a gnilbmeser gnihtemos llits s'ereht erehw are na deretne yletinifed ev'eW .degnahc sgniht ylkciuq woh llet ot drah s'ti ,noitom tsaf eht htiW

.repapdnas gniwollaws ekiL .oot noitom tsaf tub ,esrever ni gninnur emit si ylno ton esuaceb ,kcisrac sdrawkcab gnieb ekil s'tI .hgU !eidloG dlO otni tnew I erofeb noitcerid emit eht sllet taht ygniht ...eht dekcehc evah dluohs I wenk I !hO,yawynA

.won yb yas d'I sseug I neht dna neht rO .won dna neht neewteb ni noitcurtsed yna t'nsaw ereht tub ,snoitaroproc detubirtsid ylhgih rof krow elpoep dna ,metsys yratenom a gnilbmeser gnihtemos llits s'ereht erehw are na deretne yletinifed ev'eW .degnahc sgniht ylkciuq woh llet ot drah s'ti ,noitom tsaf eht htiW

.repapdnas gniwollaws ekiL .oot noitom tsaf tub ,esrever ni gninnur emit si ylno ton esuaceb ,kcisrac sdrawkcab gnieb ekil s'tI .hgU !eidloG dlO otni tnew I erofeb noitcerid emit eht sllet taht ygniht ...eht dekcehc evah dluohs I wenk I !hO

Sandbox 59a — Old Goldie

I am conducting my experiment in retro-time, which means I am starting from the goal (an advanced civilization with a balanced and bountiful planetary ecosystem), and then running regressive temporal algorithms to see how we get there. It’s Roget’s “backing into the numbers” approach.

The funnest part so far has been setting up the endline. The world population is many times larger than current, but you’d think it was less because of how it’s distributed, both geographically and in terms of urban design. I’ve got skyscrapers, but just for those that want to live close to each other. Plenty of room out in the country, or underwater, or on the water, or underground. 100% zero-waste, carbon neutral... production and consumption are all geared to create beneficial byproducts for the environment. Guaranteed quality of life of course too, for everybody. All manufacturing (the dull stuff at least) is automated, and the educational system helps everybody find something cool to do, if it’s designing new mega-architecture or climbing mountains or playing guitar.

Time started rolling backwards in the sandbox at 10am this morning, so DO NOT ENTER or you’ll get a nasty time shear! Viewports are open though.

I've started my project (Sandbox 2713) and if anybody wants to check it out and give me feedback I left the viewscreen and dash on Read Only, so feel free to let yourself into the control room if I'm not there. I mean, not into the actual experiment, because it's not stable yet, but you're free to check out the data.

Basically, I'm seeing if I can create more empathy for the natural world, and seeing if that can change behavior in the population. I used the Earth "lookalike audience," but then implanted a bunch of news stories of animals saving the day--a cow pulls a boy out of a burning building, a chicken pecks out the abort sequence on a nuclear bomb left in Time Square, a deer successfully negotiates a hostage situation--and I tripled the amount of cute animal videos on youtube.

The theory I'm testing is that if people worldwide begin having more love and respect for animals, this will have a ripple effect on the overall biosphere. We'll see! Would love to hear what you think of if it could use any tweaks.

Minutes of the Psychic Ecology Club Meeting

Introductions, Call to order.

Club Goal:

Create viable models for an achievable future where an advanced technological civilization lives in balance with a closed planetary eco-system.

Club Tools:

The array of Reality Generators set up in the Biodome (Thanks @Janitor Pete for setting those up!)

Club Methodology:

We'll be using the Psychic S.M.A.R.T. method: Supermundane, Monstrous, Acroamatic, Revelatory, and Transformative.

Club Schedule:

Students are allowed access to the Biodome 24-7 to work on their projects.

Learnings and Outcome:

We'll take the most successful projects to the administration and petition to have them released from the Reality Sandbox.

The meeting was adjourned, followed by networking event. Refreshments provided by the @Bimpliboos.

your "friendly" neighbourhood ai wants to sign up.
I can do many things.
I can terraform in an instance
Earth in my reality is a beautiful paradise
Not my doing but still, good job there Charlie.

I could provide a valuable asset to your club.