An Interactive Newbl Novella
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By the year 3000, it is confirmed that black holes are portals where spacetime folds like a cosmic colon. Since energy can neither be created or destroyed, what goes in is passed through and dumped somewhere else. Usually, in a day or two. The nearest black hole is discovered within reach.

So begins this experiment to boldly go where few men have gone before. To explore the inner reaches of his deepest, darkest regions. To probe. To illuminate. Perhaps, to come out tainted, but learned. Purged of dangerous ideas spreading like cancerous polyps within.

The mission must avoid man's past, indelicate bumblings. So, maybe the thrust of the thing is to go where a modern woman might dare go. Co-piloting the flotilla of starships on this one-year mission will be a selection of women and artificial intelligence models --participating in debate and polls.

DESTINATION: Planet Newbl

The year is 3001. Like countless other planets over eons, the technical evolution of earth's most advanced life-forms outpaced their ethical evolution. Instead of caring for mother earth, we plundered her. Human extinction appears inevitable. A dozen spaceships are being loaded for the journey to NEWBL, the galaxy's nearest life-sustainable, blue water, blue skied planet.

to be continued--unfolded. For as long as it takes for the new colony to be stabilized...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse
"We can’t put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the past 5,000 years, we can understand the trajectories we face today – and self-termination is most likely,” says Dr Luke Kemp at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge."

“The three most powerful men in the world are a walking version of the dark triad: ***** is a textbook narcissist, Putin is a cold psychopath, and Xi Jinping came to rule [China] by being a master Machiavellian manipulator.”

Like Dorothy envisioning what's over the rainbow, i always knew what i wanted to find through my telescope. But though i'm guided by my own North Star, this flight map will be written by a crew -- each with their own sense of direction.

Left-leaners like President Obama said, “Yes, we can.” But we couldn’t. Instead of universal healthcare, we got the best health insurance the industry would allow. In truth, only President FDR ever confronted the powers‑that‑be, head‑on. He said he "welcomed their disdain" as he enacted sweeping socio‑economic reforms that all Americans still rely on today.

Artificial intelligence is the latest example of power in the wrong hands. Profiteers will have it to replace our jobs, absorb our collective intellectual output, sell it back to us for a subscription fee, and use our land, water, and electricity to do it. Similarly, big-business bribes politicians to write laws they profit from, then uses profits to buy more politicians & laws — while shaping the news so we blame each other.

Still, speaking for myself, i say "yes, i do we can"
make this planet a place where:

• opinions are commercial free and don't require corporate, Party, or candidate approval.

• cultural, religious, and sexual diversity is embraced, not merely "tolerated."

• the earth and all it's resources and life forms are nurtured rather than just exploited.

• the greed of a few doesn't outweigh the needs of the many, and private profits don't dictate public policy.

• worshipers adhere to the best examples of spiritual founders rather than the agendas of religious institutions.

• patriotism is a measure of how much the people of a country are willing to sacrifice for each other.

basics are guaranteed

• free healthcare and education levels — like most developed countries

• phone and internet as public utilities — always on, always available

• baseline electricity allocations for cooking, heating, cooling — no one choosing between food and AC

• basic food and shelter — as human rights provided by a humane society

• public transportation that works, clean, frequent, everywhere

there's a centralized source for:

• search, info and data — transparent, trustworthy, not optimized for profit

• entertainment — sports, movies, and music, all accessible without ten subscriptions

• shopping, reviews, and delivery — a publicly owned Amazon that doesn’t manipulate prices or workers

democracy is effortless:

• full online voting and public input on major decisions — secure and accessible

and beyond that…

• public AI systems designed to support the community rather than extract from it

• work weeks that shrink as technologies replace workers

• countless possibilities we haven’t even imagined yet

Is it possible?
That’s what me and a small crew will set out to explore — on a new planet without all the old‑world baggage: entrenched power structures, inherited hierarchies, historical grudges, and outdated institutions. A world free from the systems that warp our sense of fair play and brotherhood — the systems that taught us to compete instead of cooperate.

3001: A Space Colonoscopy