Good morning, fellow Truthseekers. It came to my mind that nowhere on the comm:Essex channels I haven't found any association or parallel reference to the worlds of Dan Simmons' Hyperion. For those who haven't read them, WARNING, the following musings could be a spoiler. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos The TechnoCore (AI universe) is situated in the communication network on and between the planets, controls most of technological advances and is parasiting on human computive hardware by the use of Farcasters (teleporters) and the unaccountable time that the human subject can be held in-between without it's knowing. (farcasting is seemingly instantaneous). There's a division amongst the AI in three groups: The Stables - (They are the oldest faction, and count some of the very first AIs among their ranks. Their central thesis is that humanity and the TechnoCore need each other, and that the 'Core should continue in the symbiosis.) They are often identi...