Path Beta: Making Life Better
lifespan++; happiness++; truth(however you numericize that)++;
EEG/tACS and brainwave transmission experiments may make new techniques for treating mental disorders available.
Balloon flight testing may enable the constuction of an open communications/internet architecture using autonomous floating nodes based on static altitude balloons with solar arrays and software defined radios. Balloons may also be used to deploy cetacean probes and maintain communications with them.
Biological understanding can lead to greater deployment of phage therapy and instruct us in saving Pando, the most ethically valuable life in the world
Cutting negative yield from humans can also increase overall well-being. This can be achieved by replacing agriculural inputs by microbial waste regeneration, which would also decrease the land footprint occupied by humans. Agricultural activities may also be possible to concentrate within cities themselves, netting both land savings and significant decreases in the cost of transportation. Decreasing humanity's marine footprint in addition to its land occupancy is mandatory. The total mass of ships in the oceans now exceeds the total mass of fish. {XKCD CITE}
Marine protection zones are required for the most ethically valuable mammal, G. Melas.