aboutblindpatterns

[aboutblindpatterns]

The noosphere is the third in a succession of phases of development of the Earth, after the geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life). Just as the emergence of life fundamentally transformed the geosphere, the emergence of human cognition fundamentally transforms the biosphere. Vernadsky‘s noosphere emerges at the point where humankind, through the mastery of nuclear processes, begins to create resources through the transmutation of elements. It is also currently being researched as part of the Princeton Global Consciousness Project.

One can perceive a directionality in evolution along an axis of increasing Complexity/Consciousness, seeing it as the sphere of thought encircling the earth that has emerged through evolution as a consequence of this growth in Complexity/Consciousness. The noosphere is therefore as much part of nature as the barysphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.

In this sense, the noosphere emerges through and is constituted by the interaction of human minds. It grows in step with the organization of the human mass in relation to itself as it populates the earth, it evolves towards ever greater personalisation, individuation and unification of its elements.

The process of evolution experiences jumps in complexity such as the emergence of a self-reflective universe. The complexification of human cultures, particularly language, facilitated a quickening of evolution in which cultural evolution occurs more rapidly than biological evolution. Recent understanding of human ecosystems and of human impact on the biosphere have led to a link between the notion of sustainability with the "co-evolution" and harmonization of cultural and biological evolution.

[aboutblindpatterns]

With this project, the one man band Blind Patterns explore these questions in relation to human cognition.

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