Sedes Sapienti (Seat of Wisdom) was an independent society of individuals who in their seclusion advanced intelligence and technology to godlike heights.
Sedes started out as a collaborative research fellowship and attracted mostly eccentric humans, billionaires and enthusiasts of transhumanism. It ultimately emerged as a closed sect of individuals, living on a private island, away from most of the world.
It was sure they were the first to develop superintelligence both in machines and humans. They kept these gifts to themselves perhaps thinking it too dangerous for we Mostly Original Substrate Humans. They launched several deep space missions and discovered new forms of energy yet a ...