Imagine, if you will, a sentient race nay species other than our own, far away somewhere in the outer reaches of space. This race is much more advanced than us, not just technologically but evolutionarily as well. When they saw machines becoming more and more, alive and doing a better job of it than they ever did, this species chose to merge itself with their own creations, in the process becoming more aware, faster and better versions of their past.
They no longer need computers or any such vestigial means to access information, their brains are hard-wired to a world-wide wireless web of endless information, continuously updated and expanded by the live experiences of every one plugged into it. They would have forgotten what it is like to not know something, not know about the weird looking bird that just flew by is, not knowing where one of then have ended up after taking a wrong turn on a road trip. Whatever one of their number sees, or experiences, the odds are someone else has already been there done that, so there is information instantly accessible to them if they desire it. And by instant I imply the speed of thought; everything from how to give your girlfriend a mind blowing blow job to the chemical composition of a dust mote on their eyelash available as soon as you think about it. They would have their sensory inputs mechanically enhanced to suit their needs, they could taste a million subtle flavours in a morsel of bland rice, hear the mathematical order in a song, zoom in on a hair plucked out of their scalp till the head-lice clinging to it have definable, distinct facial features.
Such a race would soon grow weary of the limited amount of surprises their planet has to offer. With all the discoveries out of the way, they would finally turn their attention to the metaphysical, the abstract. Something on the lines of eradicating all the bullshit their society has been built on. Drugs would be legalised, after all, with all the information in the world at your fingertips if you decide to try out a new variant of LSD that just hit the market you would definitely have put a lot of thought into it and by all means you should be able to do it without the fear of persecution. Sex would cease to be a sinful subject of discussion, every one would belong to everyone. I feel that is the only conclusion a society composed of such super-aware beings could come to. There would be no war, no government and no law enforcement because emotions detrimental to their survival would be taken care of in the virtual world. They wouldn't be done away with because, well, their primal urges give them more of a kick than anything else and the pursuit of pleasure would be considered a natural part of life, not a luxury. Resources would be optimised, thinking would be based on cold logic in place of hot emotions,
Soon, they would have a Utopia they would grow weary of, and in search of a new challenge their collective psyche would turn to the outer space, to finally bring the oddball scientists and pot head dreamers of their society into the main stream. Try and grasp, what would happen, if such a race were to exist , right now, somewhere, with the means in their hands to reach us, and wipe us out if they wish to? With our primitive tribal attitude, marking our territory, always looking up to the man with the biggest gun, we'd appear to them as monkeys and gorillas appear to us. Primordial, and utterly disposable. They'd see a primitive species rampaging a planet brimming with resources and ecology, a pestilence. They wouldn't even try to communicated with us. They probably would be able to, if they put their minds to it, and they'd do it with more success than we've had so far communicating with OUR monkeys. But why bother? the sensible ones would ask. They're pests, and they're destroying a perfectly good planet! Do you have any idea how hard is it to find such superb real estate these days? By the time we're done talking, there wouldn't be a planet left to colonise. I say wipe the motherfuckers out. Tell the science lobby they'll get about two hundred specimen, both sexes for study, But that's all they get, let them show something for all that local monkey cloning research they've been harping about.
And so, the last of us would spend our lives in cages, or their very very advanced version, something like the human version of a wild-life preserve. Their little squiggly little kids would take field trips to the local zoo to see the new human they brought in straight from the preserve. We are nothing, nothing in this cosmos.
