I used to think that computers couldn’t truly compete with human intelligence for one simple reason; while they can answer many questions, they can’t have a burning question of their own. In other words, though they give us search engines, they themselves are not searchers. Their binary makeup says simply, yes or no.
This goes to show just how much I can underestimate technology. We stand today on the brink of a major paradigm shift. The computers of tomorrow will not be binary; they will be quantum. This means that actual atoms will replace the on-and-off transistors. These atoms don’t just spin up and down; they spin in any direction. Are you getting a taste of infinite potential for the technological future?
But don’t limit yourself to technology. Recognize in a flash that the quantum revolution has to do with you– with your operating system. Your power is also an inner ability to ‘spin in any direction’. There is so much computational power in your 7 octillion or so atoms!
The toroscopes model is based on the power of rotation (Taurus, tora, rotate) and direction (Sagittarius’ arrow). The Sagittarius arrow points up and to the right. This asks the rotating owner, which way is up and ‘right’? Is this not a question of elevating oneself and seeing before you a right course of action, a right word, and a right path?
As The Quantum Supremacy author Michio Kaku explains, quantum computers are designed to ‘see all paths’ and select the right one. Gone will be the days of testing specimens within thousands of petri dishes; the quantum computer will be able to see it all.
When a baseball batter hits a home run, he is operating at a speed beyond conscious thought. Does he, like the quantum computer, ‘see all paths’ in this split second, including the ‘right one’ that sends it out of the park? Or is it mostly chance? These neuroscience-verging-on-philosophical questions will only get more prevalent in the Age of Aquarius, the sign not only of mechanics but also of existence itself.
Most of what you see in this image are pipes. These pipes are for cooling. It turns out that the biggest threat to quantum computers is something called decoherence. A sneeze or a car horn from outside can throw off the computational power, just like a heckler or overthinking can throw off a batter.
Quantum computers need coherence; they need a natural flow within themselves. The same is true for us. We need to cultivate a strong batter’s stance, a coherence within, so that our lives can run smoothly. From this natural standpoint, a person can actually use this remarkable gift of intuition to enhance and support their efforts.
But we can’t completely shut ourselves off from external turbulence. Instead, we must reckon with it and cultivate outer life in a way that supports coherence within.
Most importantly, we need to move away from a kind of binary view of all things and into a more natural, nuanced view as quantum creatures. We were made to welcome and relate to the many, the rich thread count of reality, and the true living space of a dazzling, diverse planet.
Freedom is our ability to bring coherence into our lives, and we lean further into that freedom. Freedom depends on our real connection to the life we observe ourselves living and to our (infinite) ability to change and cultivate it.
As creators, we are moving closer to nature with this new technology, not farther from it. As Kaku explains, “For most of human history, we could only watch, like bystanders, the beautiful dance of nature. But today, we are on the cusp of an epoch-making transition, from being passive observers to active choreographers of nature.”
An atom can spin in any direction—but who is spinning? And which way elevates and reveals the right direction?
Pluto moved into Aquarius yesterday, November 19, 2024, after a brief intro this past spring. It will be in Aquarius until 2043. A new age has begun. And that age is quantum.
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