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In the film "McLuhan's Wake" there is a passage saying that we created tools to enhance the way we touch (bow, cup, fork), we see (binoculars, glasses), we feel... These tools are extensions to our physical path... | In the film '''"McLuhan's Wake"''' there is a passage saying that we created tools to enhance the way we touch (bow, cup, fork), we see (binoculars, glasses), we feel... These tools are extensions to our physical path... | ||
But if we think about the information society in the | But if we think about the information society in the next ten years, there will not only be extensions to our physical path, but most probably also to our ''mental'' path. | ||
In this | In this essay I would like to refer to one of the driving forces I discussed earlier: artificial neural networks [http://scenariothinking.org/wiki/index.php/Artificial_Neural_Networks]. | ||
In the sense of enhancement, there is a loop. We shape things, and they shape you. Following the Narcissus myth, | |||
Revision as of 16:11, 2 December 2004
In the film "McLuhan's Wake" there is a passage saying that we created tools to enhance the way we touch (bow, cup, fork), we see (binoculars, glasses), we feel... These tools are extensions to our physical path... But if we think about the information society in the next ten years, there will not only be extensions to our physical path, but most probably also to our mental path.
In this essay I would like to refer to one of the driving forces I discussed earlier: artificial neural networks [1].
In the sense of enhancement, there is a loop. We shape things, and they shape you. Following the Narcissus myth,