Collective mind insight
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Collective mind
Ideogram
By depicting our civilization as a Godzilla-like animal, this ideogram points to the main insight discussed here. The point is to see us all interconnected by modern IT as cells are connected in a human mind. We have gotten a new nervous system. How shall we use it?
Intuitive idea
The point here is that we've inherited the 'algorithm' – which we use to handle knowledge. In the small, and in the large. It has to be federation, not broadcasting. Federation leads to collective intelligence; broadcasting to collective madness.
Insight 1
The new information technology is a nervous system. It was conceived to make us 'collectively intelligent'. Yet we've used it to only re-implement the printing press way of working – broadcasting. And the same type of documents.
Insight 2
How does this affect us personally? Nietzsche's can be quoted to point to a most interesting possibility: We may be operating in a cognitive and emotional spasm. Unable to comprehend and to act, and only reacting...
Consequences
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Formulation
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Story
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Action
Keywords
Prototypes
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