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Many sense technology is accelerating toward the ultimate atomization *and* ultimate collectivization—fewer that both these express the same desire to hide from God The cosmic irony, of course, is that the 'Deus ex machina' is not only not deceived, but has an appropriate plot device to hand. McKenna: "And what is the internet? It's a net - a net that can be used to catch some very big game indeed.” De Chardin's noosphere is alive and well. Screen shot of web page here: 2/ Hardly surprising that Western interpreters, wired fast relative to the world, were first to get to theological grips with the the root, ontological substrate of the WWW. As early as the mid-90's, our sages intuited its arrival as an evolutionary turn of parousiacal potential. At first we described the purpose of the EFF to be, simply, the "civilization of Cyberspace." Now, after almost two years of operation, we also think of ourselves assisting in some Great Work, creating what may be nothing less than the united Mind of Humanity, hard-wiring the collective organism of human consciousness. - John Perry Barlow As Barlow says, "Teilhard's work is about creating a consciousness so profound it will make good company for God itself." - Jennifer Cobb Kreisberg: "A Globe, Clothing Itself with a Brain," in Wired 3.06, June 1995 - map NR - Last updated: July 9th, 1995