I was reading an article about a new book by James Lovelock, of Gaia Theory fame, "Novacene", it's an
interesting read, eg:
"Novacene picks up from that note of hope, and showcases another
big idea. Gaia might, after all, be saved — by the singularity. This
artificial-intelligence takeover, which so alarms many doomsayers, will
be our redemption. Lovelock argues that increasingly self-engineering
cyborgs with massive intellectual prowess and a telepathically shared
consciousness will recognize that they, like organisms, are prey to
climate change. They will understand that the planetary thermostat, the
control system, is Gaia herself; and, in tandem with her, they will save
the sum of remaining living tissue and themselves. The planet will
enter the Novacene epoch: Lovelock’s coinage for the successor to the
informally named Anthropocene."
I feel that we are on the verge of a shift in consciousness and intelligence and I hope that a global understanding of the accelerating climate catastrophe will help us to find a way back from the brink of mass extinction. I don't feel that a superior machine intelligence will be a part of it in the same way though, I feel that linking our awareness in remote group sessions like these helps to take us into the new realms that are just within our grasp. Lovelock argues that human thinking is too slow but I'd say that when we shift into global awareness we enter a different kind of enfolded Space and Time where thoughts move instantaneously.
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| One person can make a huge difference... |
There's a huge resistance to change amongst the vested interests and reptilian politics so monstrously personified by the Great Orange Arsehole in the Shitehouse, but they are few and we are many, and we can and must rise above our inner reptile.