neurosphere The Convergence of Evolution, Group Mind and the Internet by Donald P. Dulchinos
19 October 2005
Where do humans end and machines begin? Where does “I” end and “we” begin? What’s science? What’s fiction? What is reality?
neurosphere
The Convergence of Evolution,
Group Mind, and the Internet
Donald P. Dulchinos
“As if the commercial hype were not enough, the economic impact of the Internet pales beside the effect it is going to have on our social and personal lives as it becomes ubiquitous. The Internet will transform many of the essential things that make us human – communication, cooperation, thinking, and most of all, our search for meaning.”
~ Donald P. Dulchinos, Introduction to Neurosphere (Weiser Books, November 2005)
According to Donald Dulchinos, the real action on the Internet isn’t in the realm of commerce. It is, plain and simple, in the realm of religion — but, not exactly that old-time religion. Neurosphere is about the spiritual impact of our increasing ability to communicate quickly and with enhanced evolution. It’s about our search for meaning, our hunger for a glimpse at humanity’s future development in which – frighteningly or excitingly – the trend is clearly toward increasing integration of telecommunications and information technology with the body itself.
“Electronic prosthetics, direct neural implants, and the brain’s control of electronic and mechanical limbs move the boundary that used to exist between human and machine to some undefined frontier inside our bodies, our brains, and perhaps, our minds. And if the electronics inside my brain connect directly with the electronics inside your brain, how is it meaningful to speak as though we are not part of one larger entity?” writes Dulchinos. Another way of explaining this is everything that rises must converge. Or, we are all moving toward living in the field, sharing Group Mind.
Dulchinos traces ideas of evolution, anthropology, biology, and theology – all of which point toward a betterment, a unity – and argues cogently that these ideas find their embodiment in the technology of the World Wide Web. Neurosphere or God or Group Mind – call it what you will – is about technology and the mechanics of unity.
Although other books on new technology and new consciousness touch on many of the ideas in Neurosphere, none do so in quite such a straightforward, logical way. Dulchinos has a way of telling personal stories that make the technical accessible to the dreamer, the spiritual comprehensible to the skeptic, and the future of body technology less fear-inducing to everyone.
For additional information, visit: www.weiserbooks.com.
Donald P. Dulchinos has spent the last 15 years working in various aspects of cable television. He has been involved in online network communities for at least that long, as a charter member of the Boulder Community Network and an early, active member and conference host on The Well, an electronic community. He has written two books on consciousness and spirituality: Pioneer of Inner Space: The Life of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Hasheesh Eater and the forthcoming, Forbidden Sacraments: The Survival of Shamanism in Western Civilization. You can find Don online at www.neurosphere.org.
Neurosphere by Donald P. Dulchinos, Published by Weiser Books; Paperback; Price: $17.95; Publication date: November, 2005; ISBN 1-57863-349-4; Available soon at bookstores everywhere or through the publisher at (800) 423-7087 or www.weiserbooks.com.
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