I saw this article a while back ago and thought the concept was really intriguing.
Here's a sample bit, but please follow the link to read the whole thing. It's not very long but it will likely change the way you look at the world and the system(s) we have developed around us.
" Humanity appears to be in the grip of a global system – one that we
originally created, but which is now shaping our lives independently of
our wishes.
I’ve recently begun to suspect that humanity is at a point of
endosymbiosis with our electronic communications and control technology,
especially through the Internet. In a sense, we humans have
incorporated ourselves as essential control elements of a planet-wide
cybernetic super-organism. The precedent for something like this is the
way that mitochondria migrated as bacteria into ancient prokaryotic
cells to become essential components of the new eukaryotic cells that
make up all modern organisms, including us."
Read the rest here.
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