of the Arts and Works of Humankind Three Spheres broadly encompass the collective works of humankind, each pertaining to a different realm of masteries over nature, mind, and technology. High Resolution Image First and oldest is the Biosphere, the totality of all biological life and natural systems, shaping organisms and the worlds they live upon. Second is the Cognisphere, of all sapience and human spirit upon which culture and society are built. Third is the emergent Techno

Cosmos represents the ordered, comprehensible universe in accordance with natural law, commonly also called symbolically “the Light”. Oblivion, or Darkness, represents everything beyond. In the Known Galaxy, Cosmos, the comprehensible order in the universe, is fleeting. The universe tends towards entropy; sentience tends towards eldritch godhood; technology tends towards fracture, singularity, and nanites. For a civilization to last, to reach the heights humankind strives for