tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post1786186244696905023..comments2023-11-05T03:25:20.581-08:00Comments on STOP THE MADNESS: CHAPTER FOUR. THE INTERNET IS THE NEXT STAGE IN HUMAN EVOLUTIONRick Staggenborg, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-65802305137631160812015-12-22T22:50:23.859-08:002015-12-22T22:50:23.859-08:00Thanks, my friend. Hope you liked it. The input I ...Thanks, my friend. Hope you liked it. The input I got was very helpful, although I still feel it is a bit rambling. Hope no one else notices!Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-16393885906132800592015-12-12T00:33:56.049-08:002015-12-12T00:33:56.049-08:00Great work Rick! I see you finally got that synops...Great work Rick! I see you finally got that synopsis you were looking for input on a year or two ago. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15505139996971592820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-11576576384196371072011-03-01T12:11:48.516-08:002011-03-01T12:11:48.516-08:00To elaborate on this theme, I should point out tha...To elaborate on this theme, I should point out that underlying the idea of human evolution in modern times as the evolution of our collective consciousness, it is helpful to think of the totality of the internet as analogous to a brain and the information in it as analogous to a simple mind that is the product of that brain.<br /><br />In such a model, each of us is the equivalent of a computer that is linked to all of the other computers whose processing capacity is thus amplified. We correspond to interlinked neuron networks and are performing many parallel processes at any given time. <br /><br />Specific functions in such a computer network are like linked neuron subsystems that perform each of the cognitive tasks involved in perception, information processing and storage, computation and memory retrieval.<br /><br />Scientists studying artificial intelligence are using just such computer networks to model various features of the human brain that have the potential to tremendously increase the processing capabilities of the artificial intelligence they are seeking to create.<br /><br />Given that the internet will eventually contain all the important knowledge that Mankind has accumulated over the millenia since the scientific method began to be reasoned out,such a mind will have the capacity to think at an almost instantaneous rate. <br /><br />When enough ideas are shared and consensus is formed on what it means to be human, our moral responsibilities to each other and of nations to their People and all Peoples of the world, we will have the tool we need to establish liberty and justice for all and end war.<br /><br />The way that we will do this is to approach the issue with conscious intent to reach this goal. There are fascist forces in the United States, China and elsewhere trying to control the internet. We must defeat them to realize the ancient goal of ending war.<br /><br />The superbrain that is being created by our scientists will of course be weaponized if we do not prevent it. This is one of the most important short term objectives of Soldiers For Peace International. At present our leaders will not listen because of the strength and power of the military-industrial complex.<br /><br />Events in the Muslim world are inspiring Americans to renew the fight for democracy in America. With the middle class under siege and unions being stripped of the power to protect workers, the time is now or never to build the international united front that will end the threat of the imposition of a fascist New World Order.<br /><br />In order to win the "war" that has already begun, we will need to look past our differences to join in an "Army" with a common mission: universal freedom through world democracy providing justice and real security for all citizens of the planet.Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-56695473505326204582010-03-13T19:36:49.192-08:002010-03-13T19:36:49.192-08:00Although I describe the evolution of consciousness...Although I describe the evolution of consciousness as akin to a chaottic "butterfly effect," the fact is that the evolution of consciousness can be quite deliberately manipulated by someone with the understanding of human psychology, enough exposure to the public and a compelling narrative. Thom Hartmann alludes to this in The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight. <br /><br />I considered calling this essay "Going Viral," since initially that was the main theme I was thinking of. The actual title of this and many other essays is somewhat arbitrary, as it is often difficult to identify an overarching theme among the inter-related concepts I try to introduce in each of these early ones.<br /><br />I founded Soldiers For Peace International under the assumption that if enough people understood the real causes of war, there would be a tectonic shift in human consciousness that would result in our suddenly finding the idea of war inconceivable. "Sudden," of course, is a relative term when one is using a geological metaphor.Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.com