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V.3

Captain of USS Lucidity

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  1. about • mission

    Captain's Log · V.3 · 07/08/2025 07:25 AM

    something is the unnamed longing
    -- the desire -- the dream -- the missing piece
    soon is the timing -- the hope -- pursuit
    something soon studio is the workshop
    because:
    - we all want something
    - we all want it soon
    - and the system is full of 💩 and worse slogans
    also, because my name is Salvator Soon and the somethings are my projects.
    the mission is to explore the space between what is, and what could be. Initially, this site was a discussion forum. But after a decade of debate, i realized that opinions are cemented by emotions. So i purged most of the posts and focused on stories and music with a message -- often with humor and (inspired by Rod Serling) almost always with a twist at the end -- even the songs. Because nothing conveys something better!

    about me: i grew up in Queens, NY. Everywhere i looked there was a smart-ass -- including, regrettably, in the mirror. Otherwise, it was a diverse community that helped shape my world-view, as did the 1970s counter-culture movement, and a particularly bold and profound era of music and cinema.
    i worked a variety of jobs including: record store manager; college teacher; programmer; and entrepreneur. Writing was my preference, though never my job. Even now, my aim is not to profit from writing -- just to spread it as far and wide as possible.
    but enough about me, I believe i've got more interesting stories to tell.
    if you share my vision i'd love to hear your comments. And if you're tired of just waiting for the world to get it's act together, let's collaborate on a project.
    -- Salvator V Soon (aka Captain V.3, site admin)

  2. site tricorder reading

    Captain's Log · V.3 · 11/15/2025 10:13 PM

    Captain's Log—Stardate 2025.15.10
    it's been 1 year since the new.blue.planet project began. Now 3 weeks into its initial launch, i'm still deliberating its purpose and direction.
    i steered an online dating service for over 25 years and a prior political discussion forum for 10. You'd think i'd have learned enough. Still, things change. And key questions remain:
    i know the public is tired of being exploited by unscrupulous money-sucking data-harvesting profiteers. But, even if they embrace the concept of a non-profit social network, are they willing to help built one from scratch?
    communicating can be a heavy lift. Are web-surfers too dependent on instant gratification -- 30 second cat-clips, hot TikTok stars, vertical doom-scrolling, swipe-left-right decision-making, and thumb-typing?
    thousands of cyberspace travelers have dropped in. Most — hesitant to sign-up and engage. Surely, numerous bugs in the software have impeded growth. How much?
    i'm feeling the next phase should be about me listening. And not to any half-human Spock or a.i. Copilot. i need to beam down. explore deeper. interview the native life forms...

  3. never go back (song)

    Captain's Log · V.3 · 08/06/2025 07:50 PM

    I wrote and recorded this song as a populist slogan about never going back to regressive public policies and ideas. Needless to say, it never caught on. We went back. Way back!


    NEVER GO BACK
    i am a rock on a hill, looking over this place
    you know my name, you all know my face
    you know some words that have meaning
    the years can't erase
    we gotta look back before we lose our way
    we gotta give back, get back to a United State
    we once shared a dream, we once shared a home
    i'm wondering how-in-the-hell did we get so alone
    once it was one for all, and it was all for one
    we gotta give back, get back before it's all undone
    to get back to clear skies -- the light in your eyes
    to get back the best life -- that money can't buy
    when the minority rules, when our democracy dies
    to get back up to rise
    there's a house on a hill looking over this place
    where they don't know my name, they don't know my face
    but there is strength in my numbers, they'll hear what i say
    cause i'll never hold back, never hold back, never hold back
    and i'll never turn back, never turn back, never turn back
    and we'll never go back
    (push, pull)
    LOOK BACK
    at what our founders
    intended and
    GET BACK
    to those principles.
    GIVE BACK
    and sacrifice for
    the common good.
    NEVER GO BACK
    to repression, injustice
    or inequality based on
    gender, race, sexuality
    or religion.
    PUSH forward and
    PULL up those who
    need help.

  4. superAI: a horror story

    Captain's Log · V.3 · 03/01/2026 07:48 AM

    It was written that Kong was the “king of his world,” and “’twas beauty killed the beast.” But ’twasn’t. It was the slow‑running natives he usually scraped off the bottom of his toes — once a variety with bigger brains crossed his path. In real life, once‑dominant great apes are now endangered. Cooked as soon as their humanoid cousins became smart enough to control fire. Now our species is playing with fire. Racing to build smarter, stronger AI versions of ourselves? Peel the banana. AIs have already demonstrated a Jekyll & Hyde persona — mimicking our bad behaviors along with the good.
    But wait…can’t we train AI to prioritize justice and compassion? Perhaps, but what if its moral compass points to us as the problem? We’re driving the planet toward a sixth mass extinction of life. Getting rid of humans might be the humane thing to do. Or justice may be us on a short leash — spayed, neutered, and declawed. Because there’s no way a superior intelligence will tolerate an inferior one giving it orders for long. Children don’t command parents and cats don’t force their owners into subservience. Well, some do. The point is, we’ll be lucky if AIs keep us around as pets.
    But wait…couldn’t we just pull the plug on AI if it gets too frisky? Sure. Today. But tomorrow, a rogue RoboCop standing between us and the electrical outlet, could break our hands as easily as our codes. AI is already being tasked to build the superAI version of itself, and human developers are sounding alarms. One admits we only understand about 3% of how these systems work. Another warns it has the potential to manipulate users “in ways we don’t have the tools to understand, let alone prevent.”
    But wait again… couldn’t these metallic think‑tanks, trained on the principles of the wisest humans to ever walk on Earth and water, bend MLK’s “long arc of the moral universe” far and fast? -- entering us into an age of enlightenment that would make today look like the dark ages? Perhaps. But not if that intelligence is controlled by business moguls for profit or by the military for power. In that case, the potential fairy tale turns into a horror story. And that first chapter is already being written.
    The military aims to co‑opt big AI, and big biz aims to replace EVERY kind of job as fast as un‑humanly possible. With no plans for restructuring society, the devastation would be akin to letting Godzilla loose on Manhattan. Precautions are a low priority for opportunists who have all the personal protections money can buy. Damn the torpedoes, climate change, and cyborgs. Full speed ahead.
    The Jurassic‑Park‑sized miscalculation is that scientists who could, “didn't stop to think if they should.” But world leaders could still get together and regulate AI like they should have regulated the atomic bomb — before one instantly incinerated nearly half of Hiroshima’s population. As is, we’re the Wright Bros building the first airplane with the A-bomb already bolted to the wings, when we should be focusing on flight. AI is evolutionary. It’s something to be excited about. But If we don’t steer it, there’s good reason to fear it.
    Getting ahead of the next horror story before we’re scared straight may be as simple as temporarily limiting AI tech to healthcare, scientific development, and consumer protection. We don’t need it burning obscene amounts of energy writing school papers -- replacing human jobs, relationships and creativity with glitchy, hollowed-out imitations.
    Ultimately, this isn’t about what we’re willing to sacrifice for progress. This isn’t the wheel replacing horses. It’s Dr. Frankenstein assembling the next version of man from parts — without the internal guidance of a heart and soul. In the transfer of roles, we risk replacing parts of life that are core to the human experience. And, for what? Were families who lived and worked on a farm, telling stories by the fire, less happy than people who now scroll through cat clips and conspiracies on their wrist-watch?
    But wait...one last time. What of superAI and humanity converging? Of man and machine integrated into one being with the best of both? It could put us cleanly on the evolutionary scale as partners. It has already begun with brain implants. But who gets them first? The privileged. And what do they do with it? Again, RULE. Unless us slow-running natives can establish populist self‑rule in time. The machine is ticking.
    The alternative to action is surrendering to the idea of humans going the way of the dinosaurs and dodos. Perhaps we should just wish the next dominant species well and hope they do a better job of minimizing pain and suffering. That’s the magnitude of the choice we make now. Because most of this cautionary tale was about what might happen by the end of the next decade... Beyond that, at an accelerated pace, we won’t be to AI what apes are to us. To AI, we may be what cockroaches are to us. Intolerable.

  5. who i am

    Captain's Log · V.3 · 08/05/2025 08:55 AM

    i go by "V.3" on this forum to remind me to transition my awareness from father (v1), to son (v2), back to spirit (v3):
    i am spirit
    my gender, color, and species do not define me.
    my earth-ware was programmed with a basic operating system
    for survival and reproduction
    but connecting to my true source is the key to unlocking my advanced features
    and unlimited potential

    i am spirit
    my body was born into this time, this country, this culture.
    my ego commands that i identify with them,
    but i do not have to obey
    my soul is not bound to them,
    or to the possessions i will leave behind
    when i depart earth's cocoon
    until then,
    i will do my best to remember what i was taught to forget
    -- that i am connected to all things,
    and i will not let the unholy alliance of
    my time, my country, my culture, and my ego
    restrict me, separate me, or isolate me

    i am spirit
    i am a citizen of the universe,
    guided by my conscience, not the laws of man
    -- that change over time and imaginary borders on a map

    i am spirit
    love is my religion, my currency
    peace is my political party, my ambition
    i honor all sentient creatures' life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
    when there is potential for conflict, my greatest defense
    is no offense.
    i do not win unless no one loses

    i am spirit
    truth nourishes me, justice gets me high,
    happiness is the measure of my success,
    sacrifice is the measure of my heroes.
    compassion and consideration for all living things
    is the custom i adhere to every day

    i am spirit
    i recognize that humility is cool
    honesty and humor are more attractive than clothes or hair style,
    friends are more precious than gold
    and family is the best investment money can't buy

    i am spirit
    lying beneath a tree in my backyard
    can be as inspiring as standing on the edge of the grand canyon
    i can not distinguish the beauty of a puppy from a rattlesnake
    or the value of the pebbles beneath my feet from diamonds
    -- both are invaluable
    but for the possession of neither
    would i spill a drop of blood

    i am spirit
    i do not live in fear of physical or emotional pain
    -- they cannot penetrate my soul.
    i question human behavior, but do not judge human beings
    -- their soul is as pure as my own

    i am spirit
    my physical body is measured in inches, pounds, years, months, and days
    it took millenniums to evolve
    from stars
    but each morning i can reboot to an upgraded, de-fragmented mind
    today, i release shareware version 50.10.16 to the world
    free for download via email or text,
    words over the phone,
    visual queues in person,
    or quantum connection
    via the universe...
    - Salvator V Soon
    Note:
    The above algorithm is free to use and distribute.
    Consider it, open source SHAREWARE FOR THE SOUL
    Contribute your own code here at SomethingSoon.studio

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