World wide mind : the coming integration of humanity, machines and the internet / Michael Chorost.

  • Chorost, Michael.
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : Free Press, 2011.

Physical description

vii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

Contents

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 -- Could the world wide mind become self-aware? -- Childhood's beginning.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-230) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WL20 2011C46w
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781439119143
  • 1439119147
  • 9781439119167
  • 1439119163