World Wide Mind The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet

Name: World Wide Mind The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet
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ISBN: 9781439119143

ISBN-10: 1439119147

ISBN-13: 9781439119143

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael Chorost

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The first explanation of exactly how the brain reacts to technologies we use everyday, and the amazing possibilities of the future communication wave.

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 2/15/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Michael Chorost has a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in San Francisco, where he writes, teaches, and consults.



Prologue: A Dead BlackBerry



The Push-Pull Dynamic of Evolution



What Does It Mean to "Read a Mind"?



The Physics of the Mind



The Most Intimate Interface



Your Brain Is More Complex Than a Galaxy



The Most Disconnected Man in the World



Breaking the Internet Addiction



The Counterclockwise Mouse



The Most Connected Man in the World



The Future of Individuality



How Could the World Wide Mind Become Self-Aware?



Childhood's Beginning


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index