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<DIV class=TeaserText>Former counterterrorism czar Richard<SPAN
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based on emerging technologies. "Globegrid," a high-speed global network, links
supercomputers worldwide. Combined with advanced AI software, it promises to
reverse-engineer the brain, revolutionize genomics, enable medical
breakthroughs, develop advanced human-machine interfaces, and allow for genetic
alterations and even uploading consciousness. But it spurs a
terrorist-fundamentalist Luddite backlash against transhumanists, as hackers
take down the power grid, and destroy vital international data and telecom
links, communications satellites, and biotech firms. <SPAN
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