What is Phrenicea?
Pronounced fren-EEE-shuh, it is a vision of our future — a 21st-century prophecy predicting the ultimate outcome of the Internet and biotechnology revolutions. This site is intended to present the Phrenicea® vision of the future as well as provide a focal point for a lively exchange of ideas...
Don't touch me, I'm sterile!
Insects exercising?
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Which image best denotes instinctive behavior:
The photo of the child riding a bicycle or the illustration of migrating birds? Click your selection... |
Portrait of a 21st-century addict?
No news is good news...
Imagine being able to recall every moment in your life — down to a
particular second! All of your life's experiences, from the most mundane to
the most extraordinary...
Remember these?
If you do you're showing your age! Vinyl 45-rpm records, played on a stylus-based "record player," were cool in their day. The same fate awaited a plethora of gadgets that were also one-time symbols of sophistication...
The testing and implementation of Phrenicea was anything but smooth...
Caution: Brains at Work!
A chromosomal blueprint
that evolved to create a primitive footprint, then a capable handprint and finally dexterous fingerprints — hopefully will not end up out-of-print...
Mmmmmmmmm...
Imagine having a baby without enduring the discomfort or experiencing
the joy of pregnancy. Men and women individually may "initiate" a "g-twin" — or clone —
a term that becomes pejorative once the possible became commonplace...
Take it from me, extinction is forever!
Ironically, the most prestigious jobs in the mid-21st century are
"hands-on" — requiring physical strength, manual dexterity and coordination.
These skills, called "blue-collar" way back in the 20th century, are extremely hard
to find in a virtual world maintained by Phrenicea...
The tradition of marriage will no longer exist and be part of worldwide culture.
Most relationships are facilitated by Phrenicea, which provides the mental link
between partners...
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!
You're looking at the first — AND LAST — computer. When the limitations of man-made memory and
circuits were eventually reached, scientists then turned to Nature...
There's a sucker born every minute...
Oh my _ _ _!
Just as the force of gravity — by the accumulation of molecular mass — is manifested but by itself cannot be seen, heard, touched or even clearly explained; an unexpected event happened with Phrenicea, once there was a "critical mass" of human brains assembled into the first "braincomb" chamber...
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Gone Fishin' or Fishin' Gone?
Face-to-face interaction is unnecessary with Phrenicea. This is welcomed
at first due to the difficulty getting around, since planes and automobiles are
banned in 2040.
Engaging Phrenicea becomes addicting since it's effortless. Meetings and conversations can be accomplished simply by thinking of the person or persons...
World Wide Web? Internet?
What's that?!!!
Solar electric trains became the premier form of transportation,
with tracks laid upon what were highways for automobiles. All petroleum-powered cars
were banned worldwide in 2040 to help halt global warming. This was a redundant
edict however...
Large mega-farms become extinct by 2040.
It is not economic factors but massive global warming and the lack of
transportation that causes their demise. Traditional food
is replaced with one product — Polynutriment, a
custard-like glop made artificially...
Do you have a question or comment about the Phrenicea vision or the future in general?
You're never too young (or old!) to ponder the future! We would be happy
to hear from you. Your comments, ideas, etc. are encouraged. Send us your
email today!
Here's a compendium of critical nuggets we've received and unearthed over the past several years...
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Featured in
"Phrenicea puts the Jetsons into orbit."
Featured in
"Phrenicea is a true gem."
Featured on CD-ROM by
"The Internet Unplugged!"
Featured on
Website of the Month on
"Enjoy a glance into the future."
Selected by
"These are just a few of the
Phrenicea things that make you go
hmm..."
A BEST SITE in
Featured in
"Phrenicea is a unique approach
to prophesy, the site is something
to see..."
Studied at
English-teaching resource at
"Read all sorts of predictions here,
presented in an interesting and fun way."
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Stimulates thinking at
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Selected by
"De makers van de website Phrenicae
kijken koffiedik met een flink
gevoel voor relativering..."
Studied at
"As we work to develop our vision
and strategic plan for how we will use
technology in the future..."
Voted cool at
Good morning class...
Read the Phrenicea Primer...
With Phrenicea there are no mechanical or electronic devices for casting or recording votes...
Shhhhhhh........
Yes, it appears she's sleeping soundly — and she is. But at the same time she's also pursuing her fifth Ph.D. at "Somnam U"!...
Pick Me!
Pick Me!!
Pick Me!!!
Chiropractic as alternative medicine?
No way!!! By the time Phrenicea becomes integrated into our lives, chiropractic is not only considered primary care, it's just about the only physical care that's required...
Hitchcock's The Birds was more than a scary movie, it was prescient.
We knew that Hitchcock was a cinematic genius. But a futurist?
Select a title and click "Go!"
With Phrenicea, basic skills for human interaction suffer and
are manifested with self-conscious and shy behavior. Face-to-face human discourse
taken for granted for centuries became a planned and conscious effort...
People working? No!
They're living at home — concentrated into cubicles without openings, packed into office-like complexes. Each is content to exist in an eight-foot-square domain containing everything needed to live comfortably...
There's no crime with Phrenicea. Artificial
genes collectively called "brainerama" manipulate gene expression and produce hormonal parameters and biological switches — in
simplistic terms — that could be set or reset by Phrenicea to control or monitor
an individual's behavior and actions "officially" defined as antisocial, deleterious,
criminal, etc...
Community =
"Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese...
What is the future of language?
Will there be only one global language?
Looks good?
Forget it! By mid-century industrial farming of beef, poultry, and pork has been banned due to the massive polluting effects of fecal waste, and exorbitant transportation costs limit interstate and international shipping of whatever is produced on a small scale...
There isn't any money with Phrenicea. Financial transactions
are accomplished via the engagement of Phrenicea, and
are recorded forever on a man-made 24th-chromosome pair...
The goal of Phrenicea's founders was to create a striking identity...
Acquiring knowledge is hard work.
Imagine never having to memorize or study anything ever again...
Classical music of the future?
Don't laugh! Twentieth-century rock'n'roll supplants traditional classical music as the genre to be revered. The artists elevated to genius status include Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jimmy Hendrix...
All live pets were banned in 2030 to help alleviate the environmental impact of
biological waste. Artificial pets or "matties" (derived from "automaton") — the
most popular being dogs, cats, and birds — are equivalent to the real thing...
Questions & Answers...
Space exploration? Naaah!
When social phobia and tedious travel renders visiting even an adjacent town a major effort, the last thing anyone has on their mind is trekking around in outer space. Mid-21st-century scientists — finally facing reality — gave up on the notion of space travel and even contacting extraterrestrial life...
Since every individual's goings about and thought processes are tracked and
permanently stored within the Phrenicea braincomb, there is in effect no privacy. However, this
incredibly was embraced by mid-century since privacy was all but lost anyway...
Interfacing with Phrenicea is commonly referred to as "engaging Phrenicea."
It is a mental hook-up initiated by mere thought. A person is identified
immediately by Phrenicea, not with quaint Id's or passwords, but with the
individual's own DNA, or genome...
You've got No more! There will not be a need for text-based communication. Keyboards are extinct! Phrenicea provides the ability to communicate by mere thought...
Because mid-21st-century world population exceeded projections and reached 12 billion, there is a
worldwide, government-sponsored, life-long monetary incentive for not having children
at all. Phrenicea keeps count of every individual's offspring to enforce a semelparous policy...
Attention:
Artists! Illustrators! Doodlers!
(Students! Professionals! Amateurs!)
Enter the Phrenicea Summer Art Contest!
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Note that in the future, our world with Phrenicea will provide a word's meaning and usage instantly as if part of the brain's long-term memory! But until that time comes...
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