Re; Internet as a sort of God
<< What, like some kind of collective consciousness?
So I needn't have bought a PC or paid for a net connection. Can I just tune in with my mind?
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I brought up the Internet as a GOD as a joke, but I do believe the Internet can possibly be used to facilitate collective conscious behaviors...if not now, someday in the future. As McCluhan has said about media, the Internet too has only made the 'family circle' wider. As more and more people tap into the Internet (btw, does anyone have a current number for how many people are tapped on now, and what that is growing at?), the circle continues to grow.
Maybe you can 'connect' to the Internet neurally in the future. This has obviously been written about plenty and there are plenty of movies about getting 'in' some sort of Network (gotta love 'Tron' and 'The Matrix'). I think it may be possible to link into the Internet someday by plugging something into your head, but well, thats a long ways away. I remember seeing a film in the late 80s at school which showed scientists plugging a cord connected to a computer/monitor system into the back of a blind person's head...the monitor showed three large blocks on it, and when the blind person was asked what he saw, he said, 'three large shapes.' I couldn't believe it. It was a documentary and I apologize for not being able to reference it, but I found it amazing nonetheless. |
