
The exploitation of space had been all but abandoned as too costly, but resources on Earth were running out. Despite sporadic international initiatives, continuing overpopulation and the destruction of the environment was unabated by ten billion humans.

Information in its databases showed that 80% of all nations now possessed nuclear or biological weapons. Overmind's job was to develop new ways to kill humans.

Unknown to Cancom, Genec was the main contractor for the Philippine government's secret biological and nanochemical weapons program. It had been sold to Genec, a Manila-based biological research firm, for use in research and development. Overmind was a Cancom Zeus 5, a licensed Canadian copy of Xotech's original megacomputer. Whatever the cause, one megacomputer - call it Overmind - achieved sentience. It could even have been sabotage - a computer virus, perhaps inserted by a disgruntled employee. It might have been natural evolution, a flaw in the operating system, or an experiment that went wrong. If you are having trouble finding the link to add a new thread, try this. Please avoid all-caps, especially in thread topics, as it is considered SHOUTING. They are able to edit and improve the Goodreads catalog, and have made it one of the better catalogs online.Īctivities include combining editions, fixing book and author typos, adding book covers and discussing policies. Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who have applied for and received librarian status on Goodreads.

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