is the metasphere resident in the noosphere?
December 20, 2007
Cyberspace as a concept emerged from the singular writings of William Gibson, and as rapidly as these things can happen, the term is now generally seen as autocthonic nomenclature. Primarily social, Cyberspace encodes human behavior.
The Noosphere is drawn from theological writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Noosphere positions an evolving network of biological activity, led towards intelligence and consciousness by a transcendent aggregate.
(It is perhaps a term watered down and liberally thrown about for Gain hypothesis. Indeed, I myself have written a piece called Voices of the Noosphere, in which I vaguely refer to the Noosphere as the aggregate of human thought, emotion and capacity.)
A conversation with Lowry Burgess leads toward the Metasphere.
The Metasphere resides within the Noosphere, and intersects with Cyberspace. Metasphere is seen in maps of finance, tracks of transactions across the globe. Metadata flows from defense to energy, government sanctioned extradition over off to unimpeded access. Metasphere is immanent, descending round the sanctioned psyche: Leviathon uprising from the pentagon. Metasphere will choke us all.
Meta is a neuroma in the Noosphere. No drugged out trippers traipse enchanted in the pathways of the Metasphere.
Art will prove an antidote - but where is the vein in which to enter the measure?