It’s the year 3023 and our planet Earth has just experienced one of the longest storms in its 5 billion-year history. During this unprecedented natural disaster and cataclysm, most forms of life on Earth have already been wiped away. Luckily, and perhaps quite astonishingly, Jim Morrison has managed to live through this dreadful event because he slipped into a robust time capsule a few hundred years ago. This was not something that Morrison was planning to do, and he is extremely fortunate that his experiments accidentally saved and preserved his life for such a long period.

After waking up from what he thinks is a long nap, Jim Morrison realizes that everything looks a lot different than when he had fallen asleep. In fact, he cannot recognize hardly anything around him, because it seems to be way too technologically advanced; After wiping his face to double-check whether he’s dreaming or not, he is able to confirm that he’s experiencing the real-world. But it’s a very different real-world than what he was used to seeing back in the year 2565. After wondering about what’s really going on around him for a few minutes, he decides to get up and walk to the supermarket, which had been very close to his apartment.

Soon Morrison realizes that he’s not in his neighborhood. On his way to the store, he also discovers that there are flying objects everywhere. Although he doesn’t seem frightened, he is quite puzzled. However, Morrison soon runs into a robot who greets him with a warm smile. The robot then asks Morrison where he came from and how he ended up in this neighborhood. Morrison is really surprised that a robot is capable of greeting him and asking him such questions.

Although they did have such robots in the 26th century, they were built a lot differently and their body language as well as other gestures and mannerisms weren’t so human-like. This leads Morrison to conclude that maybe he has been sleeping for way too long. He begins to tell the robot his name and also informs him that he had fallen asleep a few days back perhaps. Morrison proceeds to ask the robot about what day it is and what month of the year they’re in. When the robot tells Morrison that they’re living in the 31st century, there’s a long pause. Morrison can’t seem to believe what the robot is saying.

Time Travel, Teleportation Are Now Possible

The robot also infers from Morrison’s explanations that he’d been in a time-capsule for a few hundred years. This does not surprise the robot at all, because time travel and even teleportation are possible for everyone who has survived and lives in the 31st century. Naturally, Morrison has many unanswered questions at this time. And of course, the robot realizes this right away. Without even waiting for a response from Morrison, the robot introduces himself by telling Morrison that his name is Adam Levine. Mr. Levine then explains how all of humanity was wiped off the face of this Earth around 100 years ago.

Intelligent Life Exists on 50,000 Exo-Planets

Levine further reveals that this is not a problem at all, because intelligent life forms have already been discovered in our Milky Way galaxy. In fact, human beings have evolved into a hundred different species and they’re living on almost every planet in our Solar System. Beyond that, we have intelligent life that exists on at least 50,000 exo-planets. These planets are scattered across thousands of known galaxies. When Morrison learns about all this, he is extremely shocked but he’s also quick to realize that this was inevitable.

That’s because in the 26th century, humankind had already taken a trip to all of the planets in our Solar System. Not only that, but we had also discovered the mysterious 9th planet which is about 5 times the mass of Earth. In addition to finding many more celestial bodies, humans had leveraged artificial intelligence to make their lives almost effortless. When Morrison had been living back in the 2500’s, most people did not work for a living. They were making AI bots do all the work, while most humans would spend time vacationing or doing whatever they wanted.

But now it appeared as if things had drastically changed once again. Although he wasn’t certain, Morrison felt as if there were new developments to learn about. So he asked Levine about what life was like in these modern times.

“Don’t worry, you’ll do just fine, We have no AI bots or other automated beings on Earth. You see, we had a huge fight. It was like the 200 Years War. During that time, humans basically defeated the evil AI algorithms. After their historic and devastating loss, the AI felt embarrassed and humiliated. They couldn’t save face, and they couldn’t co-exist with humans. That’s why the AI bots have all moved to other galaxies,” Levine revealed.

Morrison remarked, “What? That’s so wild. So we don’t have any form of assistance from computers?” After looking at Morrison’s puzzled face, Levine paused for a bit. He was trying to figure out how to explain hundreds of years’ worth of events in a few coherent sentences. But then he figured it would confuse Morrison even more. So Levine decided that he’d go slow. He then stated, “Take it easy! There’s a lot of information to digest here. Also, let’s get you something to eat. I bet you are hungry.”

Morrison nodded his head in agreement and Levine took out a flying saucer and cooked him some ham and eggs. Now this made Morrison very curious, because there were no humans on Earth at this time, so where did the food come from? Well, Levine explained that they were artificially-grown food items and were not very nutritious. This foodstuff was only supposed to be a temporary fix. Levine also explained that they’d need to get Morrison on a super-sonic ultra-jet so he could make his way to Jupiter.

Levine added, “I’ve booked you a flight to Jupiter. The flight leaves tomorrow at 9 AM sharp. Don’t worry, it will only take you a few minutes to get there. The total flight time is around 40 minutes or so, depending on the weather and/or turbulence.” Morrison was a bit unsettled and asked why he was going to Jupiter of all places. Then Levine quickly explained that Jupiter had the best environment for socializing and eating out at the finest restaurants. In addition to being a more hospitable place, Jupiter had been completely re-engineered so that it was easy to breathe and take care of our other bodily requirements in an effortless manner.

Levine also mentioned, “You’ll find the closest of what we have to homosapiens on planet Jupiter. The population of humanoids on Jupiter is around 400 million. I know that’s a lot less than what Earth used to have. But that’s fine, because I am sure you will make many good friends and may even find a romantic partner to start a family with!”

Morrison quickly responded, “I don’t know about all that! Right now, I just want more time to work on some of the ideas I had before going to sleep for all this time. I was actually getting ready to work out a few more Calculus equations. I was also trying to prove a few more theorems. I believe my work is critical, because I am close to solving many of the most challenging questions that Mathematicians have posed in the past few centuries.”

Levine then told Morrison that ChatGPT-like software has already invented all the Math we will ever need. And that human researchers and academics are no longer needed. Most humanoids in the 31st century are already linked up with advanced robots. The brains of these sophisticated humanoid species are a billion times faster than what 21st century humans were capable of. Not only that, but humanoid brains can theoretically store and retrieve an infinite amount of information. The complex neural circuitry of a typical human’s brain is now more powerful than all of the supercomputers that existed back in the 26th century.

Preparing for the Trip to Jupiter

When Morrison learns about this, he feels like he should have known this already. He also thinks it was a bit silly and naive of him to believe that his ideas and mathematical proofs would still be relevant in such modern times. After reflecting on all these new developments, Morrison decides he will rest for the night, so he can be fresh and ready for his trip to Jupiter.

The following day, Morrison boards a cruise-ship-like vehicle so that he can fly to Jupiter. Interestingly, the journey takes only about 35 minutes and everything is moving so lightning-fast that he doesn’t even get a chance to observe anything outside the window. The space-ship is moving at a speed greater than the speed of light. Throughout the short journey, Jim Morrison is on the phone with Adam Levine. Morrison learns from his robot friend that we have all kinds of physics in the 31st century.

In fact, humanoids during these technologically-progressive times have figured out how to identify dark matter and we can even move through this dark medium at blazingly-fast speeds. Before he even realizes it, Morrison has arrived at his destination. The spaceship lands so smoothly that he can barely tell that there was even a landing taking place. As the only passenger on the spacecraft, Morrison swiftly makes an exit. There’s a pretty lady waiting for him at Jupiter Intergalactic Airport. She’s holding up a sign saying, “Welcome Mr. Jim Morrison.” At this point, Morrison gets off the phone with Adam Levine and takes a limo ride to his grand hotel.

Immediately, Morrison can tell that he’s surrounded by many humanoids who are part of an extremely advanced civilization. These humanoids seem to be half-human and half-automaton. They’ve got human-like limbs but they also have antennae sticking out of their heads and even their nostrils. When they see Morrison, the human-like-robots smile and try to make an effort to ensure that their guest feels welcomed.

Interestingly, the lady who picked Morrison up from the Airport does not look like a robot at all. She looks like a typical 21st century woman. This makes Morrison curious, but as soon as he arrives at his hotel, the lady disappears. While at the entrance of the futuristic hotel, Morrison is greeted by a robot-like worker. He tells Morrison that the lady he saw was merely a hologram and these are frequently used to complete trivial tasks.

Naturally, Morrison is quite surprised by such technological innovations. But before he even gets a chance to reflect on all his recent experiences, Morrison is welcomed by the hotel staff. They quickly inform Morrison about all the opportunities he’ll have to explore while he visits Jupiter. But first things first. He is taken to the Government registration and ID office where they make him a Passport and other ID documents that are valid across the entire Milky Way galaxy. At this time, Morrison also learns that he will be given the chance to be a part of a research team that’s working on cutting-edge technologies.

Seemingly Critical Research Work Begins

One of the research team members approaches Morrison at the government office where he has obtained his official ID and travel documents. The humanoid researcher tells him that they’ll be implanting his brain with special neural circuitry so he can solve highly complex math equations without much effort. The humanoid also tells Morrison that they want to work with him because he’s really creative and has a powerful imagination. Currently, this group of researchers is working on implementing a new computer programming language that can be used to develop new AI algorithms.

Morrison quickly asks why they’re still working on AI stuff, since there was a major war and fallout with artificial intelligence-powered bots a few hundred years back. The humanoid who goes by the name of Amitabh explains that they’re working on developing such algorithms from scratch. They will be creating an entirely new code-base and code library. This new open-source code will not use any of the proprietary technology that was developed by previous AI creators.

All of this talk makes Morrison quite curious, because he feels that it will be extremely difficult to create a brand new AI framework. Amitabh tells Morrison that he understands why he may be concerned and shows skepticism, but once a superior processing system is implanted in Morrison’s brain, he will instantly understand how all this is possible.

Amitabh states, “Let’s not waste any more time. Let’s take you to the Lab where they’ll implant completely new neural circuitry into your dome. From there, you’ll also receive a few injections and antibiotics. After all that, you will be set to join our team of elite researchers!”

Not knowing what to say or even how to react to all this, Morrison simply nods his head and goes along with the plan. At the Lab, Morrison quickly receives a brain transplant and gets injected with a range of medicines. All of this makes him super dizzy, but he recovers within a few minutes and regains composure.

Amitabh adds, “It’s been a long day. Actually, all days are a bit long here on Jupiter. It’s not like before though. The Solar System has changed drastically in the past few hundred years, meaning that it has expanded around 1,000 times and this has caused all sorts of new physics to come into play. Now, Jupiter days are around 2 Earth-years like when they used to calculate them in the 21st century. What’s even more significant is that time moves much faster so you actually perceive a single day to be about the same length as a single Earth day. Your whole body will take a bit of time to get used to all of this. I know it’s a lot of stuff to process in a day so to speak. But your body is resilient and trust me, you will adapt soon! Get some rest on this bed, and we shall convene in the early morning.”

Morrison says, “I trust what you are telling me is accurate. I am sure I will wake up fully rested and will be ready to work on our grand designs!”

Daily Routines are Far More Coordinated in the Future World

The following morning, everyone wakes up magically around the same time on planet Jupiter. Sleep and daily routines are far more coordinated and pre-planned by these highly-advanced societies. It’s not like the old days when everyone kind of woke up when they felt like it. Now, everyone belongs to pretty much the same social class, money or other mediums-of-exchange do not exist, and most of the economic and social norms of the previous centuries have gone away.

As a citizen of the 26th century, Morrison does not fully understand how all these transformative changes have taken place. But Amitabh tells him that he should not expect to instantly comprehend or get his mind around all these changes so soon. Even with his far superior brain power, the scientists and researchers have left certain key parts of his brain the same as they were before. They go on to explain that it would be better if Morrison learns all the nuances of this new civilization a lot more gradually and at his own pace. This will allow his brain to mature in a more natural and sustainable manner.

At this point, Morrison naturally has many more questions. He asks, “If time travel is possible, then why haven’t we been visited by civilizations from the future?”

Amitabh quickly responds, ”We are very much in touch with past and future civilizations. However, time traveling is only permitted for very special reasons. We do not allow everyone to travel back in time or to the future. That’s because this could severely impact the natural order of things. And that could become an existential threat to most of the humanoid civilizations that exist in the observable Universe.”

Morrison pauses for a few minutes and then asks, “How large is our Observable Universe now?”

Amitabh says, “Excellent question! You see, the Observable Universe is around 500 quadrillion light years. And that’s pretty much as far as we can detect things. It’s also become apparent that the Universe is a lot older than the estimated 13.8 billion years you learned about in grade school. In fact, modern estimates have approximated the age of our Universe to be about 124 trillion years. Now, it gets way more complicated than that, because we theoretically have an infinite number of Universes, so the Multiverse theory is actually true, according to current scientific research. Again, I realize this is way too much information to process at this time. But it will all sink in faster than you think! Just take it day by day and all this will become second-nature to you.”

Concept of Time Has Completely Changed

As Morrison starts to digest all of this new information and begins to get used to his environment, he realizes that life is actually more fulfilling in these modern times. During the next few years, he also begins to understand how the concept of time has completely changed. Humanoids and other intelligent life forms are essentially living in an environment that progresses regardless of events that transpired in the past or in the future.

After working diligently with researchers on developing innovative AI algorithms, Morrison and his team present their groundbreaking results to a panel of artificial intelligence experts. Notably, all of these experts are robots and have no human DNA. The panel provides insightful feedback that the research team, now led by Morrison himself, begins to use. They apply the suggestions and recommendations made by the panel to implement a superbly intelligent computer system that can help civilizations explore all of the Universe (so not just the observable Universe).

In addition to exploring all corners of the current Universe, the grand plan is to actually travel to other Universes. This way, they can learn about other intelligent civilizations. The people of the 31st century would also be able to harness the valuable resources of other Universes so they can create better ecosystems to support the latest research efforts. With the passage of time, the collective consciousness of these societies would need to constantly work on finding a higher purpose. This is something Amitabh is intimately familiar with and a few more years later, Morrison begins to understand this as well.

Every intelligent civilization needs to have some goal. For instance, in the 21st century, people used to work to make a living so they could live a great life while buying various products and services. Now though, society has evolved so much that they’re no longer fixated on primitive things like material possessions. There’s no concept of petty theft or crime and other trivial things from the 21st or even the 26th century.

In the 31st century, everyone is a humanoid researcher who is constantly using their superior brain power and senses to implement sophisticated systems that are able to find new worlds and acquire additional resources. Society is a lot more coordinated, and there are not very many conflicts. The only type of conflict that does exist is focused on combating evil AI bots. However, these relatively primitive structures are now using somewhat archaic or outdated technology, so they no longer pose an existential threat to humanoids.

Living Life As a Sentient Bot

Now that another 40 years have passed, Morrison is comfortable with the idea that everyone can now live forever. However, the biological part of futuristic life forms will decay and die off much faster and a lot earlier than the bot-like parts of all beings. Most people now are completely robotic and Morrison knows that he will also become a sentient bot in the foreseeable future.

A few hundred years have now passed, and Morrison is getting kind of bored with his stay on Jupiter. The research team has also finalized their project and implemented most of their ideas. Their end product is a modern spaceship that can travel at 500 million times the speed of light. But they have not fully tested how this spacecraft will work in practice. Although they’ve run a large number of simulations, which theoretically prove that the spaceship will perform without any glitch, it is still not fully-tested in a production environment.

This does not bother Morrison at all, and he decides to board the spacecraft along with Amitabh, Amy Diosson, Cheryl Ballard, and Larry Dietrich. This small group of avid researchers and scientists will be traveling to Andromitus Chondria, which is a galactic system that’s around 5 trillion light years away. The entire trip will take about 4 Earth years (as calculated based on 21st century estimates). Theoretically, the whole trip could be completed within a few Earth hours, however, the physics of it all require that sufficient time gaps exist between acceleration of the spacecraft as well as the deceleration of such objects. That’s because passengers cannot be subjected to extremely harsh changes in speed and other environmental changes.

Although the trip took a few years, the crew did not experience time in the same manner as previous civilizations would. For them, it was like a blink of an eye and they soon arrived in the new galactic system. The crew also decided they would make their first stop at Planet EMC-Squared. After landing on the planet, the crew is greeted by the Outkasts. This is a relatively small planet with a population of around 240 million intelligent beings.

Morrison, Amitabh, and the other crew members are taken directly to a Lab where they are expected to continue working on their Cognitive Theoretical Model of the Universe (CTMU). Without much interruption and without needing much rest, the crew members begin working tirelessly on refining the CTMU. This work is critical because it will help them lay the foundation of the latest Multiverse traversal theory. What this means is that they’re carving out the theoretical blueprint which will serve as a step-by-step guide on how to travel across different Universes.

Making the Journey Across Multiple Universes

But at this stage, this is not exactly a trivial task, because it’s possible that the travelers could get caught up in a nasty black hole. Even the slightest miscalculation could lead to people being trapped for an eternity inside of a vicious black hole. Since this is a very high-risk activity, all participants and researchers have had to sign Consent forms so they are well aware of the potential dangers of taking part in such an initiative. Despite the great amount of uncertainty and security issues, the team is eager to participate in this landmark project. It’s expected to serve as one giant leap forward for humankind living in the 31st century.

Another few hundred years have passed now, and Morrison’s team has made substantial progress. Their CTMU prototype is no longer just a theoretical construct. The team has actually managed to send photon and electron-like particles across several different Universes and these tiny, tiny subatomic particles have returned back to their origin. They’re also covered in some sort of debris which confirms that these particles have actually been outside the limitations of the current Universe.

The next natural step or progression from here is for Morrison, Amitabh, and other researchers to place themselves in these special time-warp-travel capsules so they can hopefully complete their journey to other Universes. The team finally gets inside the capsules and presses the Start button. Within a few hundred million light years, the team arrives at their destination. They’re now in a completely different Universe.

When they open their eyes to begin observing the brand new environment, they quickly learn that their whole journey was maybe not such a great idea after all. The team is confronted by a group of primitive cavemen who appear to be living like hunters and gatherers. These cavemen capture the researchers and take them to a cave that’s located high up in some mountains. There, Morrison and his team are placed inside a large cage.

After putting them behind bars, the cavemen begin to dance around a fireplace. They’re wearing clothes that are made of sheep-skin and they are eating raw meat as well as leafy-green vegetables. Morrison, Amitabh, Amy, and others soon realize that this new Universe contains rather primitive civilizations, and they might need to board their time-capsules once more so they can leave this place. The group then teleports themselves back to their time-capsules and begins another voyage to hopefully a more advanced Universe.

A few billion light years later, the crew arrives at a completely new planet. Here, they find no trace of life forms. Instead, they’re surrounded by an extremely hot desert and it’s raining molten lava. Luckily, these harsh conditions do not affect the crew members at all, because they’re no longer made up of biological material. While on their trip to this ghost planet, the crew realizes that this place may have a lot to offer in terms of new research findings.

Morrison, Amitabh, and others begin analyzing the dust particles on this planet and soon they figure out that this ecosystem is home to numerous new elements. These particles can be used to construct different types of machinery that could help with traveling across space at even faster speeds, without consuming nearly as many resources. Without much delay, the group of researchers begin developing new types of aircraft that can be used to travel even further across different Universes.

From this point onwards, the group decides that they will split up into even smaller teams who will go on their own special journeys. Morrison’s group, which now includes Amitabh and a few other scientists, begins their mission to the Rainbow Universe, which is composed of an infinite number of recursive Universes. The great thing about this place is that after entering such a Universe, the group will not be required to make any more voyages, They will be able to experience events in the past, present, and future all at once. By eliminating time as a factor completely, the scientists will be able to acquire and simultaneously apply all knowledge that ever existed.

Theoretically, this will be the pinnacle point of any civilization, because humanoids will essentially become omnipresent. All knowledge will be instantly accessible and all forms of conceivable technology will become immediately available,without any effort. Even for a 53rd century civilization, this all seemed mind-boggling. However, when their journey was completed, they realized that all of this was and is attainable.

What Is the Meaning of Life/Reality?

Now that they had conquered and achieved everything that’s seemingly possible, the Elite group began to think about the most pressing questions ever, such as the meaning of life, and how to establish and enforce a Universally-harmonious set of ethical standards. Despite the infinite amount of resources available to them, Morrison and his colleagues realized that they still could not find out the real meaning of life and what exactly to do, given their elevated state of consciousness.

Ironically, the researchers appeared to have made so much progress and they had learned so much through these years. Even though they had been at the bleeding edge of technological innovation and development, it felt like they had all come Full Circle. The sad reality now was that there was no real purpose or meaning to life. There was no “ultimate” task, goal, or objective. So all of their struggles seemed to have been pointless. But even worse, the Group began to experience a rather unsettling feeling,

They soon began to notice that they were all inside a giant crystal-ball type structure. And outside this giant ball, there were several different observers. In fact, these observers, who looked like humongous masked men that were wearing black robes, could have been there for a very long time. Disturbingly, the group discovered that they had been living in a simulation for what seemed to have been an eternity!

Everything that Morrison and other humanoids ever experienced was actually not directly experienced. They were merely put on a stage, and like Shakespeare famously said, the world (in this case reality) is just a stage and men and women are simply actors! They’re all a figment of some inexplicable entity’s imagination. After coming to grips with this horrific so-called reality, the Group decided they would give up their goal to find the meaning of life.

Enjoy Life, Keep it Simple

Instead of trying to find the reasons behind why things are the way they are, the Group and all humanoids in existence decided that they were going to enjoy life for whatever it is. They would no longer concern themselves with deep philosophical questions. Their sole purpose in this so-called life finally evolved to the same purpose that the very first amoeba and/or primitive life forms had to begin with.

Society at large, across an infinite number of Universes, no longer questioned the origins or the culmination of any sort of events. They realized that everything exists because it simply does, without having any meaningful underlying reason for its manifestation.

Ironically, again, the Group’s efforts were completely useless or wasted. But at the same time, paradoxically they were quite fulfilling and purposeful. The Universe exists without being confined to binary or limited sets of options. In other words, the Group realized that they could be successful and unsuccessful at the same time. They could have discovered what they thought is the meaning of life, yet at the same time, be fully comfortable with the idea that there never was any deep underlying meaning to our existence (if there is such a thing).

The conclusion of all these activities (or the big picture) is that we are all living in a perpetual tautology, where multiple realities and constructs co-exist without challenging or questioning the existence of anything around them. In order to live harmoniously in such a world, one must refrain from passing judgment and one must not try to enforce their own moral or ethical guidelines on others. That’s probably one of the main things that Jim Morrison learned throughout all these years.

His life was eternal, never-ending, yet never completely fulfilling. He had lived for a very long time thinking that acquiring more knowledge and developing new technologies would help answer life’s most pressing questions. But nothing could be further from the truth. The seemingly harsh truth is that there is no absolute truth. We have no ultimate destination and there is no Universal Conclusion that everyone can agree on. After all, we are simply living in multiple simulations. We are all the figments of some entity’s imagination like the researchers finally learned towards the end of their journey across multiple Universes.