Metaman : the merging of humans and machines into a global superorganism / Gregory Stock.
In this visionary book, Gregory Stock gives us a new way of understanding our world and our future. He develops the provocative thesis that human society has become an immense living being - a global superorganism in which we humans, knitted together by our modern technology and communication, are l...
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[1993]
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Table of Contents:
- Pt I : The Nature of Metaman
- 1. Plaentary Superoranism : Glimpses of a Promising Future
- 2. The Birth of Metaman : Extending Life's Patterns
- 3. A Fusion of Technology and Biology : The Nonhuman Constituents of Metaman
- 4. Inner Workings Explored : Physiology of the Superorganism
- 5. The Mind of Metaman : An Evolving Global Brain
- 6. The Foundation for Our Future : Accelerating Toward Global Union
- 7. Rites of Passage : Perspectives on Global Concerns
- 8. Man and Metaman : The Individual and the Superorganism.
- Pt II : The Future
- 9. Beyond Homo sapiens : Intimations of Humanity
- 10. Environmental Transformations : The Changing Nature of Nature
- 11. The Trajectory of Social Change : A Story of Rising Expectations
- 12. Power and Choice : Challenges to Human Values.
- Pt III : A New Vision
- 13. Darwin Extended : The Evolution of Evolution
- 14. A New Mythology : Metaman and Our Quest for Meaning.