Greg Mote
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	Retelsapbaicret an exploration across time
	Story of life in Retelsapbaicret
	i see dreams as seeds of the future. i present my vision in the hope that it can in some way come to life. this description is of everyday life in the tribal tree space; a self-contained place that can be assembled anywhere and exist for generations with little or no outside connections. this allows humans to inhabit permanently or transiently places that are very difficult to stay in today. all of the components of the space will work together as one tight ecosystem, recycling and reusing everything.
dual	the process of living is a continuous flow of sustaining materials in to the body with excesses and byproducts expelled out. the tree plays the counter part to your life; supplying your nutritional needs and collecting your waste for processing and recycling.
birth	when you arrive in this place as a newborn, with the help of the tribal health people, parts from your parents, other friends and family members and your tribe's common tree are collected. these parts are combined to form the start of your own tree friend. the structure of the space around your parent's trees reforms to make room for you and your tree. this tree will be with you for life.
growth	you are able to grow and learn with access to all the information and materials of the tribe through the connections to information and material that your tree provides. the tree starts out with a mass of information and programmed knowledge on how to instruct you. your education is helped along by your parents and the teaching people of the tribe. your tree grows with you. as your needs change, the tree changes its shape and function by acquiring more material and information from the other trees and the tribal tree. automated internal construction and manual human assisted construction would both be used to keep the growth process operating smoothly. as you get older and gain the necessary skills, you will be able to make changes to your tree to suit your needs. every aspect of the tree is in your control and with the help of the knowledge of the other members of your tribe you will learn to make your tree fit you perfectly.
location	this place you live in can be put anywhere, it can even move from one place to another. you could live miles beneath the earth or any other planet's surface, or on top of a snow and ice covered mountain or floating freely in space or at the bottom of the ocean or high up in a rain forest canopy or on a desert sand dune. neighboring tribal tree spaces could disconnect and move off under pseudopodial locomotion when desired and join together with others later in a similar fashion.
energy	energy for your life would be collected from whatever source was available at your location. possible sources and methods include: solar energy collected via photovoltaics, thermal transfer and even photosynthesis. geothermal power could be tapped by sending tendrils down through the ground or to the nearest natural exit point such as a hot spring or vent. combusting hydrogen and oxygen performs work and creates heat and water. in space, electromagnetic fields could be used by sending out long tendrils to cut through the lines of force. even the human energy could be used when it was the most efficient source available.
form	the structure is made up of large systems referred to as trees. these elements provide the structure and function of the place. each tree is made up of many smaller systems that work together as one entity. your tree is connected to its neighbors at its base and top forming a floor and ceiling in gravitationally inclined locations. the central portion of your tree forms vertical structures that act as your personal living space. at the boundaries of the space, the tops and bottoms merge together to form walls. in low gravity sites, these orientations are arbitrarily defined and could go along with a simulated gravity created by rotation. your tree's system is made of tendrils. each tendril is specialized for its particular function. they have two or more ends, which allow them to connect and grip other tendrils. connections are created by tendrils that carry the same materials meeting and joining. grips are formed by tendrils wrapping themselves around each other. each tendril is a self contained unit capable of communicating with all the other tendrils to act as one. some tendrils will be very small and thin as they only need to carry things such as data or carbon. others might be very thick because they transport and store a high volume substance such as water. most of the tendrils are oriented vertically in the trunk and spread horizontally at the base and top. they are designed for transportation of material and information throughout the tree. every tendril has the ability to flex and apply forces in any direction using hydraulic and muscle systems. your tree is connected to every other tree by tendrils that grip and connect to form a flexible, changeable and interconnected structure. in situations where the environment needs to be kept out, an airtight seal around the entire structure is formed by each tree which creates a skin at its limits. this skin is joined to the neighboring tree's skin resulting in one big skin around the entire structure. the skin would be grown, absorbed and regrown by systems similar to the systems that process the wastes created by the life inside. excess waste could even be used to form the skin when it needs to grow or be rebuilt due to damage. when your new tree was added at your birth and your tree is eventually deconstructed at your death, the next nearest tree takes over the support of the skin.
port	if you are living in an environment which requires a skin around the tribal tree space, then you will have to look through windows and go out through airlocks. in extremely harsh environments, the airlocks would lead to vehicles that attach and detach to allow movement in an otherwise inhospitable environment. your windows would either be transparent material or virtual displays of the view actually outside or even somewhere else. the transparent portals would be extensions of the skin that surrounds everything. when you want to look out, the tree tops part allowing you to look out through the transparent skin.
light	if the environment you live in has no cycle of light and dark, systems in the tops of the trees take over. leaf like structures, composed of electroluminescent panels, are switched on in patterns and intensities and colors that allow the season, time and mood of the whole place or just your area to be customized to suit your wants and desires.
movement	your tree and the others nearby are from one to four meters across their midsection and from four to ten meters high. at the top and the bottom they flair out to join with their neighbors. the height left between where the tops and bases start to spread is from one to eight meters. the space between them is three to ten meters or more around the tribal tree. in-between the trees is an often spacious path you are free to walk along as you travel through the place. inside the floor and ceiling, which can be several meters thick in areas, conduit like passageways allow you to travel through these spaces as well. passages and walkways are not all the same, some are tall and narrow others are wide and low while still others are barely big enough to crawl through.
public	one tree is extremely large, it is the tribal tree. it ranges from four to ten meters across and at least ten meters high. this tree is usually surrounded by more space than other trees. each space and tree together form the public place where you go to meet with the rest of the tribe. if you live in a larger tribal tree place there are usually several smaller tribal trees and spaces for other gatherings. the tribal tree is also the place where common goods can be acquired or group work is performed. it is where you go to meet your health person or to try the latest food creations.
private	your tree is your private space. it is where you can go to get away from everything else. it is where you sleep. it is where you live. anything that can be considered yours is here. if you want more privacy, then your tree can be formed to have more walls and inner spaces or if you want a more open place, you can live right beside your tree and have everything stuck on the outside of the tree. above and below the ground level are more spaces that can be explored and occupied. below the floor is a dark and tightly packed world filled with mechanisms and machinery that make up the tree. up in the branches is a bright and open space where, if the outside is viewable, you can see all around. the tree can be molded, allowing you to spend your time in any of these spaces. by moving a bunch of tendrils to one side and other tendrils to the other side, a void is formed. with some sculpting the space can be made to suit your tastes.
waste	solid and liquid waste is collect directly from your body by your tree. other waste is collected by filtering the air. to make the system more flexible, all the trees recycling systems are connected. if your tree has collected an excess of a material, then it is distributed to the tribes trees that need it and also if your tree needs something then it can transfer what is needed from the other trees in your tribe. any minor excesses in the whole tribe are distributed amongst the trees. long term excesses are stored in the tribal tree and may later be sent away to other tribes if they are in need of whatever it is. the tribal tree acts as a buffer for the population size which should remain relatively stable to keep the system running at its best.
atmosphere	every breath you take brings in oxygen and miscellaneous other chemicals and lets out carbon dioxide, water, methane and numerous other molecules. your body also releases a range of material right through the skin; this includes water, salt, proteins, lipids, molecules, glucose and skin itself. all of these materials are pulled and pushed from the giant system called air. a large volume of air is needed to act as a buffer preventing sudden changes in the amount of any one molecule before it can be restored to the system. everyone shares the air; to accommodate this, their trees simply process only a small part of the whole air system. air is not only filled with molecules, it also contains microscopic life. all of this breathing is just one part of the process of respiration which is simply the process by which carbohydrates and oxygen are converted into energy and carbon dioxide. from the air, your tree must remove the excess molecules then add other molecules that the air is lacking. the temperature and humidity of the environment must be kept within a narrow range for your comfort. humidity is controlled by adjusting the amount of water in the air and temperature by changing the kinetic energy of the molecules in the air. the air handling systems are mostly located in the tree tops.
chemical	the waste collected from the atmosphere is pulled into the trees chemical processing areas in the tree bottoms where they join up with the solid and liquid waste to be processed and stored. bulk processing of easily separated materials is done first and the results are sent to storage cells located in the trees lower areas. next the remaining matter is processed by biological and/or mechanical nanomachines which sort and transport molecules in carbon buckyballs or microscopic grips to the appropriate storage cells. reactive material needs special handling; most of it would have to be chemically processed to make it safe to store. as an example, acids would be made into salts by adding sodium and dehydrating them. alternatively, the acid could be stored dilute enough to not cause problems. most molecules such as those that make up the basics of human nutrition are stored in their assembled from. molecules that are needed in other forms or are dangerous in their current form are disassembled and stored in their elemental constituents. living micro organisms would also be stored and processed by this system. bacteria, mold, yeast, viruses and any other life would be separated and stored in their own cells. in these cells, they would be monitored, receive the attention that they need, get distributed, or get disassembled if they are undesirable or in excess. in such a tight space transmittable diseases could be a problem. disease spread could be prevented by having weakened organisms added to your diet to let your system build a resistance. similarly if a visitor came in, they would have to spend a few days in isolation during which their microbes and yours would checked out and inoculations distributed. storage cells would be quite small; most of the materials that your exchanges in a day or even a week take up very little space. most containers would only have to hold a few grams and if more of a substance is needed, then another storage cell could be added or reassigned. water makes up for most of the mass and would probably need a larger container or a lot of small ones. most of the material would be stored in several cells distributed throughout the tree to ensure reliable operation and redundant supply in case of contamination or system breakdown. if a material were to become scarce due to damage to a system or some other problem such as population growth, more matter could be gathered from the outside world and dumped into the system which would then distribute it. old human constructions and waste products could be collected to provide some of these needed materials.
consume	food and drink is created by your tree or is available from the tribe's food people who specialize in food preparation. complex tastes and textures can be created by the professionals and recreated by your own tree whenever you want. the storage cells are signaled and the materials needed to produce the desired item are brought together.
plant	you and your tree could care for plants. this would ease some of the tasks of your tree by allowing it to simply transporting some materials directly to and from the plants directly. which would then do what they do best; respire and photosynthesize. plants would also be grown for your aesthetic enjoyment and for nutritional fun.
others	animals other than humans would easily fit into the tree scheme. many larger creatures would get their own tree to support them while others would be able to live by having various trees increase their processing slightly to accommodate the life processes of this creature. exactly which animals would be there would be up to the tribe and its individuals. some animals wouldn't adapt to this environment as well as others. most animals could quite happily and peacefully live on the surface of earth where they could be visited anytime in their own habitat that would now be less affected by human interference.
day	as you grow up, you can begin to help out with the tribe's daily tasks. everyone can choose their work and depending on the size of the tribe, many will have more than one task and many more will work with others on the same tasks. the systems that you might choose to work with might include nutritional, mechanical, medical, informational and organizational. within each system would need people to operate, monitor, repair, research and develop. where you work depends on you. your work area could be an extension of your tree, an extension of the tribal tree or roaming freely throughout the tribal tree space. other activities would include leisure, relaxation and exercise. leisure possibilities are as endless are they are anywhere. the public spaces are numerous and comfortable places to play for all ages.
night	sleep is an important part of human life, both physically and psychologically. so much happens while sleeping that it can't be left out of any day without some unhappy consequence. everyone has their own sleep schedule that they prefer and many people also have a sleep schedule that they follow that differs from their preferred one. sleep has generally occurred in the dark period called the night. may modern cities, today have nearly the same activity level during nights as during the day. some places even seem to be more active at night. the tree would adapt to your sleep schedule and your work as a member of the tribe would be done when you are awake. communication between the trees would allow sleep schedules to be synchronized in an efficient manner by rotating them slowly until they are optimally positioned. the place where you sleep would usually be a part of your tree, but sleeping elsewhere would be easily accommodated. a nap by the tribal tree or a sleep over at another tree would be ordinary occurrences. your permanent bed would be formed by you and your tree. it would provide padding and warmth via small radiators and some fluffy stuff to lay on.
decay	when you get sick or injured, your tree is there with first aid and the medically skilled people are nearby with specialized equipment to give aid beyond that. your tree keeps your medical records and makes them easily accessible to the health professional who can check on you quickly and accurately in person or via the tree network. your tree's systems and mechanisms also are monitored, repaired and replaced continually by people who keep watch over the mechanical workings of the tribe's space. the loss of any part of the system is backed up by having many small machines that work together to perform each function. each machine performs its function in a slightly different way, ensuring that an external disruption doesn't affect (infect) all of the machines that make up the tree.
death	when your life is over, your place in the tribe is not forgotten; your tree's information and materials merge with your family, friends and whole tribe's trees. knowledge you accumulated and kept in your tree is processed by the information people and added to your tribe's history for all to learn from, for generations to come.
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