Global Brain and the Future of Human Society. (June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Last, Cadell
• Is Part Of: World future review. Volume 6:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 143
• Page End: 150
• Publication Date: 2014-06
• Subjects: future -- evolution -- anthropology -- global brain -- technology; Forecasting -- Periodicals; Forecasting -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Social prediction -- Periodicals; Social indicators -- Periodicals; 303.49
• DOI: 10.1177/1946756714533207
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1946-7567

Abstract

The Global Brain is a leading hypothesis explaining the current evolution of the human system. Recent multidisciplinary research at the Global Brain Institute has laid a potential framework for thinking about the future of human society within the context of the emergence of a global brain this century. In this article, I outline the theory of challenge propagation and explain how this theory can help us formulate an empirical understanding of the future of individual and collective human experience with a global brain. This includes a prescriptive and predictive analysis of the future of governance and religion. The article invites discussion as well as critical and constructive feedback as its sole purpose is to stimulate a decentralized discussion that will help us all better understand the future of human organization in the twenty-first century.