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Global Brain Singularity Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This book introduces readers to global brain singularity through a logical meditation on the temporal dynamics of the universal process. Global brain singularity is conceived of as a future metasystem of human civilization that represents a qualitatively higher coherence of order.
To better understand the potential of this phenomenon, the book begins with an overview of universal history. The focus then shifts to the structure of human ...
To better understand the potential of this phenomenon, the book begins with an overview of universal history. The focus then shifts to the structure of human ...
Global Brain Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Global Brain is a concept used to describe and understand the distributed and self-organizing intelligence currently emerging from all people and information-communication technologies (ICT) connected via the Internet. This network in its future form could be more intelligent and coherent than the current structure of the Internet with the capability to coordinate all necessary functional operations of human civilization. Such a system would ...
Symbolic Orders and Structure of Universal Internalization Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Big History is a theoretical field attempting to ground a historical evolutionary
view of the physical universe. However, in this paper the author argues that
such a view by necessity can only remain on the first order of discourse. In the
first order of discourse the observer remains external to the system objectively
under reflective observation. This approach has proven effective and useful but
remains limited in ...
view of the physical universe. However, in this paper the author argues that
such a view by necessity can only remain on the first order of discourse. In the
first order of discourse the observer remains external to the system objectively
under reflective observation. This approach has proven effective and useful but
remains limited in ...
Žižek and Peterson Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Slavoj Žižek is one of the most influential philosophers of our current age. His work
as a whole largely draws from Platonic, Cartesian, Hegelian and Lacanian thought,
and has been applied to the analysis of empirical sciences, political-economic theory,
as well as contemporary spirituality and theology. Jordan Peterson is a well
respected clinical psychologist and has recently become one of the most influential
public ...
as a whole largely draws from Platonic, Cartesian, Hegelian and Lacanian thought,
and has been applied to the analysis of empirical sciences, political-economic theory,
as well as contemporary spirituality and theology. Jordan Peterson is a well
respected clinical psychologist and has recently become one of the most influential
public ...
Global Brain Singularity: Universal History, Future Evolution and Humanity's Dialectical Horizon Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Cosmic Evolutionary Philosophy and a Dialectical Approach to Technological Singularity Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The anticipated next stage of human organization is often described by futurists as a global technological singularity. This next stage of complex organization is hypothesized to be actualized by scientific-technic knowledge networks. However, the general consequences of this process for the meaning of human existence are unknown. Here, it is argued that cosmic evolutionary philosophy is a useful worldview for grounding an understanding of ...
A Reflective Note for Dialectical Thinkers Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Big Historical Foundations for Deep Future Speculations Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Big historians are attempting to construct a general holistic narrative of human origins enabling an approach to studying the emergence of complexity, the relation between evolutionary processes, and the modern context of human experience and actions. In this paper I attempt to explore the past and future of cosmic evolution within a big historical foundation characterized by physical, biological, and cultural eras of change. From this analysis ...
Global Commons in the Global Brain Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The next decade (present to ~ 2020–2025) could be characterized by large-scale labour disruption and further acceleration of income and wealth inequality due to the widespread introduction of general-purpose robotics, machine-learning software/artificial intelligence (AI) and their various interconnections within the emerging infrastructure of the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). In this paper I argue that such technological changes and their ...