Is "connective technology" (the Internet as an example) leading to a rise in consciousness? We think of the technology as non-biological. On a biological level we are of course, so connected, as we develop from sperm/egg into a human form that then returns to the earth as, for the lack of a better phrase, disembodied cells. But with the next generation carrying forward our individual signature in the grand experiment that is evolution.
As humans application of technology starts to mature, we are starting to see technology look more biological, and CT could certainly be thought of as a connector of human "cells". There are just about a million takes on this topic in popular media. For the sake of argument, let's assume that CT is evolving something that is more biological looking, and that the line between nature's work and the human "invention" of CT becomes more and more blurred. In fact, if true, our CT might start to look more and more like nature's version of it, probably starting to mirror how mammalian brains are wired.
So coming full circle, is CT actually simply an extension of "natural" evolution, that our obsession with differentiation, i.e., biological versus non-biological is really just that. That an extension of this line of thought might lead us to start to become aware of, and look for, the beginnings of a new consciousness that is part of us, the human species, but an expression of the collective us, something that each of us as individuals, might not be able to see via direct observation, but only by looking at collective human behavioral changes. Since no other "biological" species seems to have the tools to create CT, we really don't have a model for knowing where to look for this "new" creation, or what it might look like.
Of course, CT could just as easily stand for conscious technology.
As humans application of technology starts to mature, we are starting to see technology look more biological, and CT could certainly be thought of as a connector of human "cells". There are just about a million takes on this topic in popular media. For the sake of argument, let's assume that CT is evolving something that is more biological looking, and that the line between nature's work and the human "invention" of CT becomes more and more blurred. In fact, if true, our CT might start to look more and more like nature's version of it, probably starting to mirror how mammalian brains are wired.
So coming full circle, is CT actually simply an extension of "natural" evolution, that our obsession with differentiation, i.e., biological versus non-biological is really just that. That an extension of this line of thought might lead us to start to become aware of, and look for, the beginnings of a new consciousness that is part of us, the human species, but an expression of the collective us, something that each of us as individuals, might not be able to see via direct observation, but only by looking at collective human behavioral changes. Since no other "biological" species seems to have the tools to create CT, we really don't have a model for knowing where to look for this "new" creation, or what it might look like.
Of course, CT could just as easily stand for conscious technology.
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