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050 1 4 _aQP 376
_bB655g 2000
100 1 _aBloom, Howard,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aGlobal brain :
_bthe evolution of mass mind from the big bang to the 21st century /
_cHoward Bloom
260 _aNew York :
_bJohn Wiley & Sons,
_c2000
300 _a x, 370 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-352) and index.
505 _aPrologue: Biology, Evolution, and the Global Brain 1 1 Creative Nets in the Precambrian Era 14 2 Networking in Paleontology's "Dark Ages" 20 3 Embryonic Meme 29 4 From Social Synapses to Social Ganglions: Complex Adaptive Systems in Jurassic Days 39 5 Mammals and the Further Rise of Mind 49 6 Threading a New Tapestry 57 7 Trip through the Perception Factory 64 8 Reality Is a Shared Hallucination 71 9 Conformity Policy 81 10 Diversity Generators: The Huddle and the Squabble - Group Fission 91 11 End of the Ice Age and the Rise of Urban Fire 100 12 Weave of Conquest and the Genes of Trade 109 13 Greece, Miletus, and Thales: The Birth of the Boundary Breakers 121 14 Sparta and Baboonery: The Guesswork of Collective Mind 129 15 Pluralism Hypothesis: Athens' Underside 141 16 Pythagoras, Subcultures, and Psycho-Bio-Circuitry 151 17 Swiveling Eyes and Pivoting Minds: The Pull of Influence Attractors 164 18 Outstretch, Upgrade, and Irrationality: Science and the Warps of Mass Psychology 178 19 Kidnap of Mass Mind: Fundamentalism, Spartanism, and the Games Subcultures Play 191 20 Interspecies Global Mind 207 21 Conclusion: The Reality of the Mass Mind's Dreams: Terraforming the Cosmos 217 Notes 225 Bibliography 291 Acknowledgments 353 Index 355
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_xEvolución
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_aEvolución humana
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_aPsicología genética
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