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What if there’s a future whose inhabitants wield such extraordinary abilities that they enjoy a seemingly magical existence?
And, in addition, what if this future is the best one possible, fulfills our species brilliant potential, and is not far away. Knowing these things, wouldn’t we strive to reach this future? Calousia is the first book to identify this dazzling future and prove it exists, and tells why our present approach cannot take us there. What is Calousia?What distinguishes our human species from all others is that we can expand our abilities over the generations through knowledge growth. This has us naturally participating in a developmental, potential-fulfilling, self-maturing, and self-transforming progression.
Calousia (Kah-lou’-see-ah) is the brilliant, universal (i) summit of this abilities-increasing progression. It’s the logical consequence if we can expand fundamental abilities (ii) as far as universal conditions allow (iii), and use this extraordinary knowledge to become Calousians. Yes, “Calousia" is “the best future: let’s get there.” (i) Re. universal, the Calousian summit is a universal condition because if beings like us exist elsewhere in the universe, and they keep increasing their abilities—a practical advantage—they would eventually reach the same universal limits and self-adjustments that we face. (ii) Re fundamental abilities, see “Home,” on this website “How Did Musser Discover Calousia,” the Eight Fundamental Abilities. (iii) As also noted in “How Did Musser Discover Calousia,” the limit to how much our growing knowledge can keep increasing travel speed is when we can go as fast as local aspects of universal conditions allow. |
Why knowledge of Calousia's existence is so important?
First, knowledge of Calousia lets us comprehend, for the first time, the whole progressive, long-term advance of our species—from novices to masters. Therefore, this self-developing process becomes much more understandable. Also, for the first time, we realize how superior the summit is, and where we presently stand in relation to that summit.
Second, because of Calousia’s great superiority over our present state, we realize that reaching this summit is our species’ primary purpose. So, again for the first time, we have a clear long-term goal, one that we can plan for and work to achieve.
Third, reaching Calousia is our greatest adventure; it’s also the biggest, most complex, and difficult task we have ever undertaken. In addition it requires immense cooperation. Furthermore, it’s not something that automatically happens to us; it’s something we must work hard and persistently to achieve. Finally, we realize—what a disturbing thought!—that we’re in charge of our species reaching Calousia.
Second, because of Calousia’s great superiority over our present state, we realize that reaching this summit is our species’ primary purpose. So, again for the first time, we have a clear long-term goal, one that we can plan for and work to achieve.
Third, reaching Calousia is our greatest adventure; it’s also the biggest, most complex, and difficult task we have ever undertaken. In addition it requires immense cooperation. Furthermore, it’s not something that automatically happens to us; it’s something we must work hard and persistently to achieve. Finally, we realize—what a disturbing thought!—that we’re in charge of our species reaching Calousia.
Fortunately, because we know why the Calousian summit exists, we better understand how to reach it: First, we can more easily identify the most important knowledge to acquire. Second, we are far better positioned to make the essential plans, decisions, and adjustments—economic, social, environmental, cultural, etc.—that this great enterprise requires.
Fourth, our 100 billion galaxy universe is so vast, that it’s difficult to envisage that we humans play a universal role. But we do. As noted, it's universal conditions that determine both where growing sci-tech can increase our abilities and where it cannot. As Calousia makes clear, our universe has progressed through a sequence of seven different processes, each ending a summit that makes possible the next advance. We humans participate in its seventh stage. Therefore, as we advance ourselves toward the Calousian summit, we are also advancing the progressing universe here.
Finally, it’s surprising, but as my book also explains, when you become aware of Calousia you will also better understand what we humans are.
This is why knowledge of Calousia is so valuable. And, of course, identifying Calousia is the essential first step in getting there.
Fourth, our 100 billion galaxy universe is so vast, that it’s difficult to envisage that we humans play a universal role. But we do. As noted, it's universal conditions that determine both where growing sci-tech can increase our abilities and where it cannot. As Calousia makes clear, our universe has progressed through a sequence of seven different processes, each ending a summit that makes possible the next advance. We humans participate in its seventh stage. Therefore, as we advance ourselves toward the Calousian summit, we are also advancing the progressing universe here.
Finally, it’s surprising, but as my book also explains, when you become aware of Calousia you will also better understand what we humans are.
This is why knowledge of Calousia is so valuable. And, of course, identifying Calousia is the essential first step in getting there.
How did Musser discover Calousia?
We humans have long engaged in one, great, progressive, accelerating cultural evolution. It’s progressive because we keep growing scitech, which keeps increasing our abilities, and as we express these abilities they keep changing how we live.
Musser wondered if this progressive evolution had a natural summit, so during his 55 year effort, he deliberately searched for this possibility.
Finding this summit required a new, more complete method. This method must include growing scitech because this knowledge expands our abilities. It must also include universal conditions because these determine how far particular abilities can increase. So, for example, we can never travel faster than universal conditions allow. Musser reasoned that the summit of our progressive evolution must be that future when our most fundamental abilities had grown as far as universal conditions permit.
To test this approach, he sought limits among Eight Fundamental Abilities. Three of them cover our ability to synthesize items in three enormous realms: (1) elemental, (2) biological, and (3) astronomical. The remaining five are abilities of particular importance to us scitech-increasing beings. They are (4) communication, (5) transportation, (6) accessing energy, and (7), power devices (e.g., engines and motors). The last fundamental ability (8) concerns the influence of the future growth of scitech upon our human bodies and minds.
Musser found the vast majority of significant aspects of these fundamental abilities limited. Furthermore, the knowledge and tools that permit reaching all these limits allowed mastery in many other areas as well.
Therefore, our species progressive evolution does, indeed, have a natural summit. It’s when our growing scitech reaches all the significant limited aspects of the Eight Fundamental Abilities.
This, greatly simplified, is how Musser discovered Calousia. See his book for details.
Note #1: The name Calousia. Beings at the summit, having such extraordinary abilities, must also enjoy extraordinary great lives. Therefore Musser called this summit Calousia after two classical Greek words meaning beautiful existence.
Note #2: Beings like us elsewhere. Since universal conditions determine where scitech growth is beneficial, then, if beings like us exist elsewhere in the progressing universe, and they keep growing scitech, they must eventually reach the same universal Calousian state that we face. So all would have much in common.
Musser wondered if this progressive evolution had a natural summit, so during his 55 year effort, he deliberately searched for this possibility.
Finding this summit required a new, more complete method. This method must include growing scitech because this knowledge expands our abilities. It must also include universal conditions because these determine how far particular abilities can increase. So, for example, we can never travel faster than universal conditions allow. Musser reasoned that the summit of our progressive evolution must be that future when our most fundamental abilities had grown as far as universal conditions permit.
To test this approach, he sought limits among Eight Fundamental Abilities. Three of them cover our ability to synthesize items in three enormous realms: (1) elemental, (2) biological, and (3) astronomical. The remaining five are abilities of particular importance to us scitech-increasing beings. They are (4) communication, (5) transportation, (6) accessing energy, and (7), power devices (e.g., engines and motors). The last fundamental ability (8) concerns the influence of the future growth of scitech upon our human bodies and minds.
Musser found the vast majority of significant aspects of these fundamental abilities limited. Furthermore, the knowledge and tools that permit reaching all these limits allowed mastery in many other areas as well.
Therefore, our species progressive evolution does, indeed, have a natural summit. It’s when our growing scitech reaches all the significant limited aspects of the Eight Fundamental Abilities.
This, greatly simplified, is how Musser discovered Calousia. See his book for details.
Note #1: The name Calousia. Beings at the summit, having such extraordinary abilities, must also enjoy extraordinary great lives. Therefore Musser called this summit Calousia after two classical Greek words meaning beautiful existence.
Note #2: Beings like us elsewhere. Since universal conditions determine where scitech growth is beneficial, then, if beings like us exist elsewhere in the progressing universe, and they keep growing scitech, they must eventually reach the same universal Calousian state that we face. So all would have much in common.
