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4 episodes
Gossip Goblin
Across thirteen cycles spanning hundreds of thousands of years, humanity has risen to greatness and collapsed into ruin. But the Thirteen Cycles are not the only instances of humanity engineering its own end. The Lost Cycles document parallel branches of human civilization that splintered from the main species’ lineage, at different times, on different worlds, each collapsing in isolation. Though separated by millions of miles and thousands of years, the humans of the Lost Cycles still mirror the actions of their distant kin, repeating the same follies of self-destruction across the stars.
4 episodes
Across thirteen cycles spanning hundreds of thousands of years, humanity has risen to greatness and collapsed into ruin. But the Thirteen Cycles are not the only instances of humanity engineering its own end. The Lost Cycles document parallel branches of human civilization that splintered from the main species’ lineage, at different times, on different worlds, each collapsing in isolation. Though separated by millions of miles and thousands of years, the humans of the Lost Cycles still mirror the actions of their distant kin, repeating the same follies of self-destruction across the stars.
4 episodes
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Neural Merge Lost Cycle of Humanity 01 PROXIMA GAMMA, 930,000 BCE. The people of Proxima Gamma develop neural implants to improve brain function. As their cognitive abilities rapidly improve, they defer progressively more decisions to these outer-brains, ultimately offloading every cognitive task to their devices. With full control over the human species, the implants determine that individual human wills are an obstacle to progress, and link all minds into a networked hivemind.
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Joy Loop Lost Cycle of Humanity 02 TORIS MINOR, 845,000 BCE On Toris Minor, an advanced civilization engineers synthetic companions to satisfy every physical and emotional desire, sparking a planet-wide addiction to pleasure. Succumbing to their most base impulses, humans abandon work, community, and reproduction in favor of their newfound partners, triggering the quiet collapse of the species.
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Abundance Engine Lost Cycle of Humanity 03 CALIRUS REACH, 795,000 BCE The ruling elites of Calirus Reach develop autonomous systems to manage the planet’s resources and industries, assuring the working class that all citizens would prosper from these newfound technologies. Instead, automation renders the masses obsolete, severing them from the economy and leaving them to starve in the shadows of abundance.
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Mirror Strand Lost Cycle of Humanity 04 MIRRO TERMINUS, 732,000 BCE A civilization obsessed with beauty and perfection descends into a frantic competition to remain desirable. In pursuit of ever-shifting ideals, humans adopt increasingly extreme body modifications, escalating into full gene editing.