Stephen's Secure Blog #376
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's after
2018, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 19 in this story, in Summer of year 9 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #376 "Issues on CNN"
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Don said, in the CNN interview, "I'm getting some breaking news." He
looked at me in awe, and said, "There is a report of a suicide bomb
explosion in Lahore, Pakistan. Most unusual, is that two people at some
distance from the explosion, dropped to the ground and screamed,
shortly after the bomb went off." I said "There are three more involved
in that, in another part of the city, who are reacting the same way.
They cause suicide bombings, they WILL feel the results themselves,
five minutes every hour." He said "I think we can consider your
statement proved." I said "Did you doubt me?" He said "That you could
do it, no. That you would, a little. It doesn't seem to be in
character." I said "I've done something like it before. What is just
and needs to be done, I must do. I don't have the option of avoiding
it. Those who are guilty are not being harmed physically or
psychologically, and they feel a whole lot better than their victims
do. What I did is the very least I could do. It is unfair?" He said
"Actually, now that I think of it, you're right." Rose ported to stand
behind me. The camera shifted to show her. She said "What he neglected
to tell you is that he feels what those murderers feel, with what he
does to them. THAT is how fair he really is!"
Don looked absolutely shocked, and more so at my tears. He shouted.
"Stop it! Don't do it! Let them go! It's not worth YOUR suffering,
too." I said "But it is. I appreciate that you care for me, but I must
do what I must do, no matter what it costs me. Yes I suffer, but that's
not nearly as much as all humanity suffers with these things, and I
suffer more for that, than for what I do in this situation." Rose said
"For the good of all, we WILL do this. If Stephen leaves this life
before I do, I will continue this work. I pledge it, and my brother
Hawk, too." He ported in, and said, "Yes. Commitment accepted." They
both asked to be excused, and ported away. I said "I sure didn't plan
that!" He said "What do you mean?" I said "If they had asked me, I
would have said no, but they love to embarrass me. I suppose that's
what family is for." He said with a slight smile, "If they had asked,
and you said no, would they have come anyway?" I said "Probably. But it
least I would have had some warning. Rose just made a rude sound in my
mind, and Hawk is laughing." He had to laugh.
Don said "Do aliens have religion?" I said "Yes, all intelligent
species have something like religion, but mostly not what those who
have religion here would consider to be such. After all, they never
heard of Jesus or Muhammad. Basically, all who have some psionic senses
to a useful degree, know the spirit doesn't die with the body. For
those, that reality is often enough, and they don't need fantasy and
empty ritual to add to that. Oh, I did it again. I used that word,
fantasy. Bill Maher is going to REALLY love me for that." Don laughed.
He said "On that subject, what do you think of him?" I said "I think
Bill Maher is great. VERY funny, and VERY insightful at the same time.
I absolutely love his humor, and I watch everything he does. Er, in
public." Don laughed again. He said "He wants you on his show." I said
"He just thinks he does. Do you think he would get a word in edgewise?"
He laughed, and said, "I see what you mean." He laughed some more. He
said "Would you appear on some of our political shows?" I said "That
wouldn't work well. I am unable to lie, and I do NOT support lies. If
anybody lies to me about an important thing, and refuses to correct it,
that person will not be able to lie for the rest of their life. A lot,
if not all, of those politicians would have to retire." He said "Wow!"
I said "That's REALLY not what they would be saying." He had to laugh
loudly. We went to a commercial break.
Len said in the air, "Another landmark show!" I said "I agree. This
might really leave a mark." They laughed. I said "I wouldn't mind
interview." Len said "We'll ask." I said "But you have to tell them
I'll be in it. Don't be dishonest. Well, not much." They laughed. Back
on air, Don asked, "Would you be available to discuss social issues?" I
said "I might. Depends on the format, and my schedule. If Rose is
working, I might have to have the baby with me, and I don't have the
right, er, equipment to feed him." He said "You've written a lot of
books and articles, on almost every subject under the sun, and about
the sun, too. How do you know so much?" I said "I can read an entire
library anywhere on Earth in a second, and I have an IQ that's too high
to be measured. I'm always learning. And I've lived a LOT of lives, and
learned a lot through them, including what some people might overlook
in this; dead languages." He said "Oh! That makes sense. A lot of your
books are about ancient languages." I said "And there will be more."
He said "After you, who is the most intelligent person on Earth?" I
said "My students are, which is why they are my students." He said "But
our group's culture. We don't like to emphasize our differences. It's
not polite." He said "How does your intelligence compare with the
aliens'?" I said "It doesn't, by many orders of magnitude, and of our
group, most of them are higher than any other people in the known
galaxy. In the galaxy, their average level of intelligence is about 122
to 132, compared to the human 100, but humans have a greater range of
intelligence. We are the only species I know of who have super
geniuses, which are those with IQs over 200, and our species seems to
be a little more creative, too." He said "That's good to know!" I said
"I disagree. Except for my students, most of those with such high IQs
are never challenged to learn to use their full potential. Learning
comes too easily to them. In my system, a super genius learns a whole
college course every day, or every other day. They WORK their er, tails
off, and they absolutely love it. We are doing that in my universities
in Tibet, but not quite as intensely, because that is dependent on
ability." He said "Wow!" I said "What will you use for that, after you
wear it out?" He laughed.
He said "Which is right on the economy; Republicans or Democrats?" I
said "Yes and no. Grinding your teeth won't get you anything but flat
teeth." He laughed, and said, "Please explain." I said "In basic terms,
companies need workers to produce their things, but can't hire workers
if there isn't a market for their products. People need well paying
jobs so they can afford to buy what the companies produce. Business and
labor can't exist without the other. It's economic and social
symbiosis. If the system is out of balance in favor of one interest
over the other, which only proper regulations and enforcement can
prevent, it spirals into failure. That causes recessions and
depressions. There are different triggers, but they act to cause that
imbalance." He looked surprised, and said, "But thats so simple!" I
said "In basic terms, it is, very simple. How to prevent problems is
far from simple in action, and politics is the cause of that. The first
order of business of any elected official is to be elected. That costs
money. They have to convince people and corporations to give them that
money by making them believe they favor the side that they think will
give them that money. In office, they have to act on those promises, if
they want to get reelected. That means they need to stay bought."
He said "But don't they work for the best interests of the country?"
I said "They are supposed to, but if they don't act to favor their
noisiest constituents and financial backers, they don't get reelected,
which has to be their priority. You're right. This is NOT how it's
supposed to work. When the Constitution was written, there was no
instant communication, not even the telegraph, and it took very little
money to get elected, and there was no commuting back and forth, which
is why there were long recesses, to allow the legislators to confer
with their people once in a while, with long travel time. They were
expected to do what is best for their country, and by and large, they
did. Until the War of Secession, also called the Civil War, which was
VERY uncivil! Now, more than ever since then, there are opposing views
on States' rights and federal rights, and more division of ideology
because of that, which has religion now mixed up with that. How many
people who voice extremest opinions on those issues, do it just to hear
their own voices, and in reality, would never want to live in what they
propose?" He said "That is full of very intelligent points!"
I said "Did you know that a lot of what goes on in State and Federal
legislative assemblies is mostly just show? Members propose bills they
know can't pass, that would favor somebody who's pocket they've picked,
just to show them they tried. Almost all of them do that, so they don't
oppose it, and actually cooperate with each other in that system, as
the pat my back, and I'll pat yours, ideal. Right. Most bills are junk
bills, and are only for show and political points, when they should be
doing the REAL work they are supposed to. All that is caused by instant
communications and too much money in the political system." He said
"Why are instant communications at fault?" I said "Because we can watch
them and complain, so they don't have a chance to do it in private
where they can work without worrying about their reelection chances,
and point to the fait accompli good results for the nation from it.
They can't do that while posturing in front of an instantly critical
audience of ignorant loudmouths." He said "Oh! You're full of surprises
today." I said "Well, why be different?" He laughed. I said "According
to some, I've been full of a lot of other things." He laughed harder.
We went to commercial. When we came back, Don said, "You mention
proper regulations. Please explain that." I said "Capitalism can't work
without regulations. It should be obvious. Why do we have the
regulations we have? Because at one time, not having them, each one of
them, caused bad problems. WHY has the public forgotten that? The bad
health and deaths, child labor, the riots, the damaged environment? Of
course business doesn't want regulations. They can make more profit
without them, but at what cost to us all? Some say that industry will
regulate itself. Not even they believe that lie. Here's an example if
there were no regulations. Green company does all the right things for
the environment and their employees, and they produce screws at ten
cents a piece. Down the street, Purple company produces the same
screws, but they pay their employees half of what the other company
does, and pollute everything around them, and don't even have a safety
officer and first aid equipment there, and don't offer health
insurance, and force people to work overtime without compensation. All
that enables them to sell their product for five cents a piece, and at
a higher profit margin, while their workers develop cancers and empty
bank accounts."
I said "Who is going to sell more, and make more money?" Don said
"Purple." I said "Right. In the screw market, Green is screwed." Don
almost choked. I said "That's the nuts and bolts of the situation.
Regulation creates a level playing field, so one company can't screw
up, and screw another company for doing the right thing. Once in place,
regulations help. After that, if they are removed, the company which is
fastest to take advantage of that, kills all the other companies with
unfair competition. The ruthless and worst of them for people, win, and
actually creates a monopoly, which causes more oppression. These things
HAVE happened in the past, and that's why there are laws against that.
Sure business doesn't like it, but in the long run, they would NOT like
what they would get if they got what they think they want. The long run
is not what greedy shareholders of businesses actually want. After all,
they can always sell their shares and buy more in another business
before that one goes under. This is why we need regulations. Russia
found that out the hard way, after Communism. China recently found that
out, and is still trying to clean up the mess. America learned this the
hard way, too, with a lot of suffering, but so long ago people seem to
have forgotten their own history. Those who don't learn from history
are condemned." Don said "Don't you mean, condemned to repeat it?" I
said with a grin, "That, too." He had to laugh.
I said "We don't just need regulations. They need to be properly
enforced, too, or we get more gigantic oil spills like that one in the
gulf. Tar ball, anyone?" Don said "I'm sorry, but we are out of time. I
hope you can come back again, soon." I said "I think some might
disagree with you a little." He said "Maybe, but that won't stop them
from watching our shows." I said "In horror, maybe." He said "Thank you
for expressing your views." I said "You're welcome to them. Er, oops."
He laughed. Len said in the air, "We're off."
Len came onto the room, and I said, "We're private. Don't ask about
vampires again. It was all I could do to avoid saying that in a way,
they are very real." Their jaws dropped in astonishment. I said "That
would be more interesting if you wiggled your tongues." They almost
choked. Len said "In what way are they real?" I said "Adepts of the
Dark Path have been known to steal life energy from other people. I
fought one who did that to hundreds, and almost lost, in my last life.
We all trade life energy all the time with other people, in small
amounts, and usually in balance. Some people give more than others,
like me, and some take more, but not consciously, and people might feel
a little tired around them for a while. But an Adept who does it for
real, can control and kill his victims. By the way, when they are under
control, they look and act something like zombies in the movies,
depending on how many the Dark Adept tries to control at the same time.
We can't tell people about the energy stealing vampires, or they will
panic and accuse any person who they feel tired about, of being a er,
sucker, and there will be murders and riots." They nodded in their
wows. I said "When any of my people find them, we stop them with any
means necessary, even at the expense of our lives. We will NOT allow
the people to have any reason to fear Adepts, or us." They nodded some
more.
Len said "The bomb consequence. I didn't expect that, but it sure
seems right!" I said "Yes. What do you think will come of it?" Don said
that too." I said "Yes. It's all interconnected, so I have to treat it
that way, just like I managed the Tibet affair." Len said, "Yes. Doing
that without harming or compelling the whole bunch, was amazing!" I
said "If I could, I had to do it that way. Not only to save myself from
incurring a bad consequence, but because if it worked, it would achieve
better and more lasting results." He said "Did you threaten those in
Scientology with feeling their victims' pain?" I said "Choice. That, or
resign, when they wouldn't cooperate, and I gave them a sample, too.
They resigned." They said "Wow!" I said "And if the Catholics give me
do to the Mormons?" I said "Nothing directly, but I did show them what
I did with Scientology. Wait! They didn't need it, and severely
approved of what I did. They did what I asked for, because it was what
they wanted, but had never polled themselves about. Yes they did, and I
really respect them for it." Len said "That deserves a real wow!" I
said "They like me. They really like me. No, I'm not practicing for an
Oscar." They laughed. I said "But I might actually earn one. I'm making
a movie on Masada. And I've scored some movies." Len said "Good. Please
keep me updated on that." I said "I will." We said our farewells, after
hugging with love, and I ported home.
I said to Rose, "You were a little hasty in promising to do the bomb
consequence after I'm gone. How will you find the bomb makers?" She
said "Right. How are you doing it?" I said "Backtracking time." She
said, "Oh!" I said "You'll have to do a sweep of the area in telepathy,
and follow the thoughts you set to trigger the response. It will take
longer, but it might work out. I'll let you try one before I go, to
make sure." Hawk said, "That lets me out." I said "Don't be too hasty.
Those thoughts would be pretty strong, and will probably have some
large emotional content. I think your regular level telepathy might be
able to pick it up, coupled with your emotion sense. We'll work on
that, too. Rose, you let them assume that I feel their pain every time
the bombers feel it." She said "Not intentionally, but I didn't think
it a good time to correct it." I said "I agree. Well done. In fact,
what you two did in that situation was very well done. Thank you very
much." They thanked me, too, but with a lot more than mere words.
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