Human Awareness in the Digital Age
Grogi looked out of the cave opening at the morning frost on the grass. He was thankful for the idea his wife had to take the bears fur and make clothing from it. The days were colder than their clan history could remember. The shaman said the spirits were angry. They must travel to where hopefully, it would be warmer. What Grogi and his clan weren’t aware of, was the Ice Age was upon them.
Our world, both within ourselves and outside of ourselves, changes as we become aware of all that is around us. Awareness is, in some ways perhaps, a magical event within our minds. The more we can share that awareness, the more our cultures and societies change.
In the Digital Age, we are becoming more aware of ourselves, our societies and even of humanity and our place in the universe. Digital technologies are playing a starring role in this drama and it may be more profound than we are, well, aware of.
First, I’ll posit what awareness means in the context of this article, in which I’ll be brief and summarize, avoiding academic terms (I’m not an academic anyway) and then I’ll explore what might be the implications of being aware of ourselves as a species might look like.
On Being Aware of Ourselves
To survive as a species, we figured out early on that we needed to co-evolve…
