* Paradox Project - neomonastic internship program at Arcosanti
* Cross-disciplinary Philosophical Discourse vs. the Corporate Cyber-elite
* Cyberspace/Cityspace
* Morphogenetic origins of digital media
* Carbon and Silicon - evolutionary symbiosis?
* Electronic Media (the basic plumbing), Cyberspace (the design of the human metamind), and the Noosphere (the emergent "cosmic" holon)
* Hypermedia-enabled Education
Proposition:
Understanding our relationship to the planetary organism - on magnetic, ecological, biological/ chemical, and noetic levels - would seem to be essential for the fully conscious and conscientious development of a human/Gaian "metamind." The intelligent design of the cyberspace interface/ network would ideally incorporate the proven systems and techniques of the natural world, such as:
* miniaturization for increased complexity/richness
* distributed processing
* fractal memory
* fuzzy logic
* pattern recognition
* holonomic networks
* redundancy, redundancy, redundancy
The full realization of the elegant underpinnings of the metamind might not be best left solely in the hands of the existing cyber-elite - the digerati (the powerhouses of the industry and culture) and the cybernauts (the hands-on builders and early inhabitants of cyberspace). A broader vision, more encompassing dialogue and cross-disciplinary cooperation for this great evolutionary work is needed.