Who knows what really happens out there in space. Technology Overview Oddly enough, the most technologically advanced group are the humans, as discussed in the background notes. We have mastered fusion power, and small, mostly safe, nuclear reactors are available. Orbital space flight is common and fairly cheap, and travel to Mars and Jupiter is frequent, although travel to the further planets is still rare and mostly for science missions. We now have a small fleet of interstellar craft, based on an organic design and piloted through hyperspace by telepaths.
Biology is very advanced, but the results are often unpredictable.
That is, we know a great deal about how to mess with genes and get them to do strange things, we are not always successful at getting them to do just what we wanted. The side effects are often, well, extraordinary. More spiritually based abilities don't seem possible, despite the claims of some fringe religious groups. Poverty still exists, of course, and the gap between the rich and poor defies even late twentieth century standards, but there is a large and vibrant consumer class. However, individual nations are powerless to affect global policy, and operate within a tight set of restraints by the megacorps.