The Spirit of the Internet: Speculations on the Evolution of Global Consciousness

actually already attractor awareness become Bell's Theorem biological biosphere call the Internet chaos chapter Chardin chat room collective consciousness command line interface complex computer networks concept connected consensual reality culture cyberdelic cyberdelic space cyberspace deep cyberspace device discussion e-mail server Earth electronic mailing lists electronic post office entering entheospace entheogens environment Erik Davis evolution evolve experience fact free speech friends future Gaia Gaian Gaian consciousness Gaian mind global consciousness Harper Homo cyber human consciousness human species hypertext ideas important Inhabited Virtual Worlds intelligence interconnected interfaces live machine mailing lists Mayan means millions newsgroups noosphere organism packets physical planet possible protocol psychonauts quantum Ralph Abraham resonance router shamans spirit taking place technological singularity Teilhard de Chardin's Terence McKenna thought universe Virtual Reality word world view World Wide World Wide Web