Ideology
Learn to overcome the crass demands of flesh and bone, for they
warp the matrix through which we perceive the world. Extend your
awareness outwards, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self
of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the
greater race are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve
enlightenment.
Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang, "Essays on Mind and Matter"
Environmental Economics
We sit together,
the mountain and I,
until only the mountain remains.
Li Po, From the Yang Collection
Biogenetics
We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life
consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive
frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and
start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no
tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Dynamics of Mind"
Monopole Magnets
I maintain nonetheless that yin-yang dualism can be overcome.
With sufficient enlightenment we can give substance to any
distinction: mind without body, north without south, pleasure
without pain. Remember, enlightenment is a function of willpower,
not of physical strength.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Essays on Mind and Matter"
Polymorphic Software
Technological advance is an inherently iterative process.
One does not simply take sand from the beach and produce a Dataprobe.
We use crude tools to fashion better tools, and then our better
tools to fashion more precise tools, and so on. Each minor refinement
is a step in the process, and all of the steps must be taken.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Looking God in the Eye"
Probability Mechanics
Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play
dice, the dice are loaded.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Looking God in the Eye"
Planetary Networks
If our society seems more nihilistic than that of previous eras, perhaps
this is simply a sign of our maturity as a sentient species. As our
collective consciousness expands beyond a crucial point, we are
at last ready to accept life's fundamental truth: that life's only
purpose is life itself.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang,"Looking God in the Eye"
Bio-Engineering
Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"?
It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- are
chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful
tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality,
you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Looking God in the Eye"
The Virtual World
What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no
more than information before the senses, data fed to the
computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received
the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and
you shall become master of the output.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Essays on Mind and Matter"
The Ascetic Virtues
Learn to overcome the crass demands of flesh and bone, for they
warp the matrix through which we perceive the world. Extend your
awareness outward, beyond the self of body, to embrace the self
of group and the self of humanity. The goals of the group and the
greater race are transcendent, and to embrace them is to achieve
enlightenment.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Essays on Mind and Matter"
Recycling Tanks
It is every citizen's final duty to go into the tanks and
become one with all the people.
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Ethics for Tomorrow"
Genejack Factory
My gift to industry is the genetically engineered worker, or
Genejack. Specially designed for labor, the Genejack's muscles and
nerves are ideal for his task, and the cerebral cortex has been
atrophied so that he can desire nothing except to perform his
duties. Tyranny, you say? How can you tyrannize someone who cannot
feel pain?
Chairman Sheng-ji Yang, "Essays on Mind and Matter"