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Throughout the centuries,
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as humanity grappled with self-inflicted tribulations,
technology evolved,
not only meeting,
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but surpassing the myriad challenges it faced.
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Batteries now endured far beyond their
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and nuclear energy had ascended as the dominant source of power,
its might augmented by the forces of wind and water.
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genes were edited with ease to quash emerging diseases;
The realm of genetics had transformed into a frontier of normalcy—
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eradicate those known in the 21st century and earlier,
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boost human performance,
and even aid in the regeneration and restoration of limbs.
In the shadowy silhouettes of the old cities,
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inhabitants wielded the power to determine the traits their offspring had.
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They chose the finest traits, endowed with superior intellect.
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crafting generations that stood taller, stronger, and more aesthetically pleasing,
endowed with superior intellect.
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Yet, this mastery over nature came at the steep price of ethical decay.
As their capabilities heightened,
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so too did their indifference—
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In apathy for those deemed inferior in ability,
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genetics,
and intellect.
Amidst this evolution,
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technological enhancements began to overshadow genetic advancements.
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Those in the cities began to ask themselves,
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"Why strive to enhance our natural genes? Why increase the strength and speed of neural pathways,
when a chip could process information twice as fast?
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Why limit knowledge to experience,
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when the connection to the internet gives you one hundred times that? Why be just organic, why settle for such limits,
Why be just organic, why settle for such limits,
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why not make ourselves anew?
Those who embraced this symbiosis with technology labeled themselves the "Mergers".
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They forged new governments to oversee the urban expanses, their rule a blend of human and artificial intelligence working in symbiosis.
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In the Over-Cities,
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The rulers plotted and planned, and influenced the A, I,
and it's behavior with the citizens inside the different Cyber Cities.
Prideful and feeling safe due to citizens' newly found connectedness,
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leaders were found going back to the cities.
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A leader would be deemed a "Chairman of Constance".
These leaders, sit enthroned high above the cityscape
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in a towering spire that grazes the clouds, as a collective are revered as
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"Those Who Sit on High".
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o the populace, they were the epitome of a union between man and machine—
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a merger born not of necessity,
but for the sheer prowess it granted them over vast data pools and sprawling environments.