Comments on: Downloading our mind http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/ Technology, psychology, sexuality, society, spirituality Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Embodiement Honors Thesis Idea « How May I inconvenience You Today? http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Embodiement Honors Thesis Idea « How May I inconvenience You Today? Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:36:54 +0000 http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/#comment-637 [...] -McLuhan said the “medium is the message”–when (or if) did our body stop being the message? Or is it a message that is still being displayed? The fact that we cannot escape our physicality? There seems to be a lot of rhetoric of freedom (ie, the internet and the globalization it promises), having an equal and democratic playing field where your race, sex, orientation don’t matter because it’s just text (except with these text-analyzing software/fbook marketing toward your gender/interests/ages with ads). Is there really freedom from the body? Where does it go? What happens to it? Since we cannot separate from our body, what happens to us when we let our body suffer? -(http://www.indranet.org/i-cmlick-therefore-i-am-toward-outsourcing-our-identity/) - “One aspect of our online identities, explored by several experts, is the attenuation of inhibitions in online life. The superego, our psyche’s structure devoted to criticizing ourselves, to inhibit our actions and desires, is weakened by our online activity. Without superego pressure we can explore parts which are usually kept in the shadow.” -On an inverse to the selfish me me me, why is it that my generation, while seen as the blogging/tech-savvy one, why do most people say they are computer-illiterate? Why don’t they utilize the internet for what it can truly do, search, provide? Why are people very limited in what they do? -What does (if it does) the pissing, etc body become sublimated into? Does it get transformed? What is our relation to the material, our lifeworld, where our physical bodies are? -Is there a danger to this? - “In 1964 Marshall McLuhan said: “Having extended or translated our central nervous system into the electromagnetic technology, it is but a further stage to transfer our consciousness to the computer world as well” (Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1994).” (http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/) [...] [...] -McLuhan said the “medium is the message”–when (or if) did our body stop being the message? Or is it a message that is still being displayed? The fact that we cannot escape our physicality? There seems to be a lot of rhetoric of freedom (ie, the internet and the globalization it promises), having an equal and democratic playing field where your race, sex, orientation don’t matter because it’s just text (except with these text-analyzing software/fbook marketing toward your gender/interests/ages with ads). Is there really freedom from the body? Where does it go? What happens to it? Since we cannot separate from our body, what happens to us when we let our body suffer? -(http://www.indranet.org/i-cmlick-therefore-i-am-toward-outsourcing-our-identity/) – “One aspect of our online identities, explored by several experts, is the attenuation of inhibitions in online life. The superego, our psyche’s structure devoted to criticizing ourselves, to inhibit our actions and desires, is weakened by our online activity. Without superego pressure we can explore parts which are usually kept in the shadow.” -On an inverse to the selfish me me me, why is it that my generation, while seen as the blogging/tech-savvy one, why do most people say they are computer-illiterate? Why don’t they utilize the internet for what it can truly do, search, provide? Why are people very limited in what they do? -What does (if it does) the pissing, etc body become sublimated into? Does it get transformed? What is our relation to the material, our lifeworld, where our physical bodies are? -Is there a danger to this? – “In 1964 Marshall McLuhan said: “Having extended or translated our central nervous system into the electromagnetic technology, it is but a further stage to transfer our consciousness to the computer world as well” (Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1994).” (http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/) [...]

]]> By: Abas http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Abas Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:54:27 +0000 http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/#comment-421 Hi, Ivo I reckon once the artificial intelligence of machines like in the Stealth movie (2007) becomes a reality & a main stream technology, then humans would have some serious competition! :-D Abas iel2.aimvotal.com Hi, Ivo

I reckon once the artificial intelligence of machines like in the Stealth movie (2007) becomes a reality & a main stream technology, then humans would have some serious competition! :-D

Abas
iel2.aimvotal.com

]]> By: eckhart http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-419 eckhart Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:17:31 +0000 http://www.indranet.org/downloading-our-mind/#comment-419 Sì,ridare consapevolezza al corpo.. E ciò significa per me,studiare ad esempio,le posture errate adattate alla tecnologia e non viceversa, e quindi approfondire l'ergonomia di tale rapporto. Il corpo ,in fondo,come ci indicano anche i Maestri,è il nostro quieora, è ciò che ci radica tramite le sue sensazioni ,al momento presente,allontanandoci dalle identificazioni della mente. Nel futuro vedo questa integrazione della tecnologia ai ritmi naturali del corpo,all'espressione fisica delle sue energie, e all'ambiente-natura:ove il servizio, non verrà più adombrato, scambiato come lo Scopo integrale della vita. Ciao :-) Sì,ridare consapevolezza al corpo..
E ciò significa per me,studiare ad esempio,le posture errate adattate alla tecnologia e non viceversa, e quindi approfondire l’ergonomia di tale rapporto.
Il corpo ,in fondo,come ci indicano anche i Maestri,è il nostro quieora, è ciò che ci radica tramite le sue sensazioni ,al momento presente,allontanandoci dalle identificazioni della mente.
Nel futuro vedo questa integrazione della tecnologia ai ritmi naturali del corpo,all’espressione fisica delle sue energie, e all’ambiente-natura:ove il servizio, non verrà più adombrato, scambiato come lo Scopo integrale della vita.
Ciao :-)

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