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===Definition===
 
===Definition===
All media and technology can be re-envisioned through this perspective. Writing allowed us to free our memory and direct the brain to other tasks. Computers have allowed us to take this process to an entirely new level by allowing us to store information in a medium that can be accessed from anywhere. The internet combined with search platforms could be considered the collective cognition of our species, sometimes called the "noosphere".
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All media and technology can be re-envisioned through this perspective. Writing allowed us to free our memory and direct the brain to other tasks. Computers have allowed us to take this process to an entirely new level by allowing us to store information in a medium that can be accessed from anywhere. The internet combined with search platforms could be considered the collective cognition of our species, sometimes called the "noosphere".<ref>[[noosphere]]</ref>
  
 
===Examples===
 
===Examples===
 
Google. Twitter.
 
Google. Twitter.
 
===Related Reading===
 
[[noosphere]]
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 14:13, 5 June 2011

Definition

All media and technology can be re-envisioned through this perspective. Writing allowed us to free our memory and direct the brain to other tasks. Computers have allowed us to take this process to an entirely new level by allowing us to store information in a medium that can be accessed from anywhere. The internet combined with search platforms could be considered the collective cognition of our species, sometimes called the "noosphere".[1]

Examples

Google. Twitter.

References

  1. noosphere