X Factors are unknown, emerging risks to human wellbeing, even survival. These risks might come from inner space (human cognitive and body enhancement, associated with genetic engineering, nanotechnologies, neural and cybernetic implants, etc.) and outer space (discovery and contact with extraterrestrial life and artificial intelligence).

That’s not preposterous science fiction mumbo jumbo of professor Farnsworth from Futurama but a serious discussion at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where the global elite was trying to find a way to make super profits without killing the entire labor force, their jargon word for humanity.

The Hidden Alpha answers many questions about survival and extinction of human and alien races, and their future; and raises new questions.

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