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Codex Vitae - The Circle of Life is a philosophical exploration of life, evolution, intelligence, and the future of humanity. Moving from matter to biology, from mind to culture, and from technology to artificial intelligence, the book examines life as a continuous process of organization, adaptation, and transformation. Rather than treating life as limited to biology, Codex Vitae asks whether the same structural logic that shaped living systems may now be extending into technological and informational systems. It explores death, consciousness, morality, power, civilization, AI, and the possible emergence of systems beyond human understanding or control. At its core, the book offers a systems-based view of existence: life is not a fixed state, but an evolving continuum. Humanity is not outside this process, but part of it - shaping new forms of intelligence while struggling to understand the consequences. Blending philosophy, systems thinking, evolutionary theory, future studies, and reflections on artificial intelligence, Codex Vitae invites readers to reconsider what life is, where intelligence is heading, and what humanity's role may be in the next stage of evolution.

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Elias Valantin writes from a systems-oriented perspective, drawing on insights from biology, physics, technology, and the study of complex systems. The concept of a planetary-scale intelligence, described here as the ""TerraBrain"", emerged during early reflections in the 1990s, shaped in part through philosophical discussions during the au-thor's student years. It represents an attempt to understand how increasing integration of information systems may give rise to new forms of coordination beyond individual human cognition. The focus of this work is not the author, but the patterns and processes that shape the development of complex systems.

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