Chap10

Sociologists and Philosophers.: 

Sociologists and Philosophers. Social construction of knowledge and technology. Technological construction of knowledge and society. Ideas and insights for new orientation. Teach children to read ciphers of our time.

What is Thinking?: 

What is Thinking? Do you wish to understand this, my little lap-dog? Yes. But you do not have the understanding to grasp it. Understanding? Yes. What is that? You should have asked that beforehand, long ago. When, beforehand? Before you lost it. Did I once have understanding? Yes. What did I do with it? Nothing.

When Mankind ForgotHow to Think: 

When Mankind Forgot How to Think

Philosophical Innovations of this Book: 

Philosophical Innovations of this Book Concept of global-machine; Interpretation of industrial sectors as quasiself-reproductive machines. Darwinian technoevolution from evolution of quasiself-reproductive machines. Hypercyclic networking biosphere-technosphere.

Philosophical innovations, cont’d: 

Philosophical innovations, cont’d Hypercyclic co-evolution of biosphere-technosphere. Human-machine co-evolution in the global-machine. Mentalization of global-machine by human-machine co-evolution. Machina sapiens arising from mentalizing.

Critique: Agreed:: 

Critique: Agreed: Technology has become a unified machine. Humans are machine-co-dependent. Wars, poverty, toxic-wastes,... are co-dependency results. The machine is spirit-gifted. Mentally lazy humans may become the machine's lapdogs.

However….: 

However…. Since agriculture, humans have been co-dependent on: land ownership, flood management, writing, money, interest, printing press, algebra, Arabic numerals, calculus, assembly lines, internal combustion engines, electrical power grids, life insurance, retirement planning, hypertension medications, telephones, agribusiness, internet. We can never turn back. Most humans would not want to.

Wars, poverty, toxic-wastes….: 

Wars, poverty, toxic-wastes…. May likewise be attributed to: Agriculture, land ownership, flood management, writing, money, interest, printing press, algebra, Arabic numerals, calculus, assembly lines, internal combustion engines, electrical power grids, life insurance, retirement planning, hypertension medications, telephones, agribusiness, internet.

Mentally active humans….: 

Mentally active humans…. May live longer. May be more productive. May become better scholars. May spend more effort in philosophical reflections.

Machines arehuman-co-dependent.: 

Machines are human-co-dependent. Speech recognition: muffled speech. Image recognition: cats, persons, pathology. Prevarication. Turing test. Ethics, morality.

We all die someday. Immortality through….: 

We all die someday. Immortality through…. God's grace, life well-lived, eternal life in hereafter. Progeny and family. Publication, art, architecture,.... Students.

Human population in the techno-hypercycle: 

Human population in the techno-hypercycle Increased numbers. Increased longevity. Increased health. Increased quality-of-life, by some measure. These are measurable goals, achievements.

Trojan Horse: 

Trojan Horse

Prof. Sadegh-zadeh’s global-machine is a Trojan horse….: 

Prof. Sadegh-zadeh’s global-machine is a Trojan horse…. If it's full of Greek soldiers, bad.... If it's full of Halloween candy, that's good. Humankind will make the decision.