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01 / THE STORYPARADISE · PROBE · HUMANITY
A MESSAGE FROM A LOST CIVILIZATION
An ancient warning. A human future.
A probe from the lost civilization of Paradise breaks its mandate and sends humanity seven transmissions. Their subject is the survival of intelligent life: how a species comes to understand its world, learns to act within it, and decides what to become.
Cang V. Quach 郭林辉 and Kendall Rountree use a speculative first-contact story to connect philosophy, science, and the strategic challenges facing civilizations.
THE SEVEN TRANSMISSIONS · ORIGINAL INFOCOSM PRESS ICONOGRAPHY
02 / THE BOOKSTHE DARWIN 2.0 TRILOGY
Three volumes. One destiny.
Volume I examines reality and consciousness; Volume II turns to life, experimentation, and competing interests; Volume III asks how a civilization should use its growing power if it intends to endure.
Darwin 2.0: On the Destiny of Species connects philosophy of science, evolutionary biology, and future studies through a speculative first-contact narrative.
BY CANG V. QUACH 郭林辉 & KENDALL ROUNTREE
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VOLUME 01
VOLUME I · TRANSMISSIONS I–II
BY MEANS OF
Infocosm and Consciousness
What makes a world intelligible, and what allows a mind to act within it? When a probe from the lost civilization of Paradise breaks its mandate, its first transmissions ask humanity to reconsider reality and consciousness. The opening volume introduces Infocosm, a framework for examining information, causality, and identity. It explores how perception, emotion, and feedback shape an entity’s ability to know, choose, and act. Framed as a speculative encounter, this inquiry connects the nature of reality to the practical question of what it takes to understand and influence it.
REALITYCAUSALITYCONSCIOUSNESS
Four editions · ISBN details
HARDCOVER 9798952855007
PAPERBACK 9798952855014
KINDLE EBOOK 9798952855021
AUDIOBOOK 9798952855038
ISBNs provided by the publisher. Retail availability varies by format.
Understanding the world is only the first step toward surviving in it. Volume II follows the probe’s transmissions from the emergence of life to two frameworks for action: Elexium, the Experiment Selection Matrix, and Aimata, the Agency Interest Matrix. The authors examine why selection extends beyond genes, how experimentation opens new possibilities, and how competing interests shape cooperation, conflict, and trust. The result is an inquiry into what allows living and artificial agents to persist as their surroundings and rivals change.
LIFEEXPERIMENTATIONAGENCY
Four editions · ISBN details
HARDCOVER 9798952855045
PAPERBACK 9798952855052
KINDLE EBOOK 9798952855069
AUDIOBOOK 9798952855076
ISBNs provided by the publisher. Retail availability varies by format.
A civilization can grow richer and more technologically capable while becoming more fragile. In the trilogy’s final transmissions, Wattocracy questions the use of energy consumption as a measure of progress, and Destivana asks how intelligent life might direct its growing power beyond one planet. The authors bring government, morality, artificial agency, synthetic evolution, and cosmic competition into the same inquiry. What holds civilizations back, and what would humanity need to change if it intends to endure?
CIVILIZATIONPOWERFUTURE STUDIES
Four editions · ISBN details
HARDCOVER 9798952855083
PAPERBACK 9798952855090
KINDLE EBOOK 9798952855106
AUDIOBOOK 9798952855113
ISBNs provided by the publisher. Retail availability varies by format.
Published November 10, 2026. The Amazon links above all open the trilogy's shared series page. Edition availability and audiobook listings should be checked on Amazon.
03 / SEVEN TRANSMISSIONSSEVEN TRANSMISSIONS
Seven transmissions. One evolutionary arc.
Each transmission builds from the foundations of reality toward life, intelligence, and the future of civilization. The symbols below come from the publisher’s supplied infographic.
IInfocosmVOLUME I
IIConsciousnessVOLUME I
IIILifeVOLUME II
IVElexiumVOLUME II
VAimataVOLUME II
VIWattocracyVOLUME III
VIIDestivanaVOLUME III
THE NARRATIVE PREMISE
From Paradise to humanity.
One lost civilization. One probe. A series of transmissions addressing the survival of intelligent life.
PARADISE
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PROBE
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HUMANITY
DARWIN 2.0 · ON THE DESTINY OF SPECIES
Seven transmissions. One lost civilization. And a warning.
Infocosm Press is a San Francisco–based independent publishing imprint bringing philosophical reflection, scientific inquiry, and speculative imagination into conversation.
Its inaugural publication, Darwin 2.0: On the Destiny of Species, unfolds across three volumes and seven transmissions. It explores reality, consciousness, life, agency, and the choices that shape a civilization's future.
Philosophy of science · Evolutionary biology · Future studies
05 / THE AUTHORSCANG V. QUACH · KENDALL ROUNTREE
The minds behind the transmissions.
Two authors bring an interdisciplinary perspective to the long future of intelligent life.
CQ
CO-AUTHOR
Cang V. Quach 郭林辉
Cang V. Quach 郭林辉 is a managing partner at Stern Ventures, an entrepreneur, and the holder of five U.S. patents. He earned an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an honors degree in economics from Occidental College.
KR
CO-AUTHOR
Kendall Rountree
Kendall Rountree is an entrepreneur, researcher, and education consultant. He founded Red Ink Review, helping students from underprivileged backgrounds pursue higher education, and conducted sustainability research while studying at Harvard University.
PUBLICATION & EDITIONS
Available to discover.
Darwin 2.0 was published on November 10, 2026. Hardcover, paperback, Kindle eBook, and audiobook ISBNs have been assigned across all three volumes. Check the Amazon series page for current retail listings and available formats.
