Alternatively

You can walk, or alternatively, I'll drive you there in my car.

Tom for Mary and Mary for Tom were alternatively the subject and the object.

Alternatively, they say, OPEC could defer a decision altogether and review policy again at a special meeting in January.

The nature of memory has been the subject of considerable speculation in the past. It has long been felt intuitively that retention of information in the central nervous system involves either an alteration of preexisting material or structure, or, alternatively, synthesis of materials not present previously. The cellular site of operational alteration was unknown but, again intuitively, was felt to be closely associated with the synapses. The problems faced by early investigators were great; but nevertheless much information relevant to the question of biological information storage was obtained. With the relatively recent advent of more refined tools and methodologies, there has been rapid progress.

The little wars are not escalating to a Great War. Is there Intervention of some sort, maybe? Is the dystopic post-apocalyptic scenario with few human survivors becoming an "old man's dream," along with technological retrogression? What other scenarios are possible? I know that some multibillionaires are "horrified" that humanity may be replaced by intelligent machinery. Alternatively, there may be sneaky people who think that humanity should be replaced as soon as possible, maybe.

But perception isn’t reality. A key distinction lies in intent and origin. If these extraterrestrials present themselves as deities (like the Goa’uld in Stargate SG-1), they might exploit our awe for control. Alternatively, they could be benevolent, indifferent, or just curious—none of which inherently makes them gods. Philosophically, a god often implies worship-worthiness tied to ultimate power or moral perfection. An alien species might outclass us in tech—say, building Dyson Spheres or warping spacetime—but still be fallible, selfish, or mortal. Would we call a super-smart, super-strong human a god? Probably not, unless they transcend the natural order entirely.

Or, alternatively, use one of your other authentication methods.

Alternatively you can use the following secret to setup TOTP in your authenticator or password manager manually.

Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do.

Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively.