- The Social Superorganism and its Global Brain - http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/SUPORGLI.html
Society can be viewed as a multicellular organism, with individuals in the role of the cells. The network of communication channels connecting individuals then plays the role of a nervous system for this superorganism, i.e. a "global brain".
- What's in a Meme? - http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit/1998/vol2/wilkins_js.html
Reflections from the perspective of the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology.
- The Global Brain Concept - http://www.santafe.edu/~gmk/MFGB/node14.html
The parallels between biological brains and the global Internet.
- The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace - http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/07/15/cyberspace/
Salon.com review of Margaret Wertheim's book examining the spiritual realm of non-physical space.
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