collective consciousness in the age of networks

Collective Consciousness in the Age of NetworksGuillaume Dumas

Part 1Brain

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The Turing Machine

Image: The Tree of Knowledge: the biological roots of human understanding. (1992)

Humberto R. Maturana and Francisco J. Varela

Wait!Is the brain

really like a

computer?

Autonomy

Coupling

Environment

Autopoïesis

Autopoïesis

Autopoïesis

Multicellular

The Brainweb

Image: F. Varela, J-P. Lachaux, E. Rodriguez & J. Martinerie (2001)

Cognitive autonomy

Social interaction

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(2010)

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Brain network (2005)Olivier Goulet

Facebook's Project PalantirCredit: Jack Lindamood, Kevin Der and Dan Weatherford

The Global Village

“Collective or

creative consciousness”

The Division of Labour in Society (1893)

Part 2Society

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The Network of Global Corporate ControlS. Vitali, J.B. Glattfelder & S. Battiston (2011)

2008 Financial Crisis

An epileptic focus?

The Network of Global Corporate ControlS. Vitali, J.B. Glattfelder & S. Battiston (2011)

What is the main problem here?

Community ~ Mobility

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Regular SmallWorld

Random

Control ~ Resilience

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MeshTree Rhizome

Control ~ Resilience

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MeshTree Rhizome

Control ~ Resilience

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MeshTree Rhizome

The illusion of choice (I.Imgur.com)

The illusion of choice (frugaldad.com)

Big Cloudis watching you!

Part 3The Power

of Connectivit

y

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Knowledge

Creativity

Software

…

ScienceOpen Science

“This is the first time a constitutionis being drafted basically on the

Internet”Thorvaldur Gylfason, Member of Iceland's Constitutional

Council

It is all aboutconnecting

people & ideas!

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