The Philosophical Significance of Twitter: Consciousness Outfolding


	The Philosophical Significance of Twitter: Consciousness Outfolding

JICWyllie

6-19-2009 8:22 AM

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1-collaboration, 1-self signifying, 2-change, 2-trend, 3-forecast, 3-reported, 4-intl

JICWyllie says:

See our recent ISSUES SYNTHESIS:
Twitter is changing collaborative consciousness (http://openintelligence.amplify.com/2009/05/05/issue-synthesis-twitter-is-changing-human-consciousness/)
See also H G Wells book, World Brain. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_brain)

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