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=A= said:

computer screens and cursors to navigate through content is so 2007

Koert.com said:

Speaking of old media: I kinda like the fact that this image is black and white because it was originally published in the NY times newspaper.

inlogic said:

So the future holds a Panopticon world for us where we are not only observed but observers as well. I find the ‘I’m Feeling Paranoid’ button quite fitting for such a future. Could we reach a time where our integration with technology has reached such a peak, where people feel, the use of less technology, as something desirable? We now stand at a middle ground, where some privacy still exists, but governments are talking about GlobalIDs, more CCTVs in the namesake of our Safety and Protection of our Culture, Theorics and Designers discussing and writting on such concepts as Ubiquitous Computing and Augmented “Reality”. This obsession for all things digital, everywhere, anywhere, sure does looks a bit frightening to me. The old maxim “Less is More” still applies. Or maybe I am to pessimistic.

Koert.com said:

God has been replaced by information management.

inlogic said:

What will be the role of religion in the future?

=A= said:

Hi inlogic, about a month ago Koert gave an interview to the Venezuelan Magazine Plátanoverde. It can be found here: http://www.nextnature.net/?p=1605
Scroll down to the question: “If it is accepted that man is the creator of the Next Nature, how are religions left? What role can they play?”
In addition to that, I feel I can say that religion (the belief that man isn’t God, rituals, difference of opinion, coping with life…) is a man–made and cultural “thing”. The idea that man can shape the world through technology, cultivation, alteration (of genes), etc… and expanding his territory in these ways, is a very strong religion in itself. It is human nature! Culture!
In search of the impossible, man needs to push his limits continuously. And so the Next Nature must be a scattered landscape, full of religions! Even most companies, political parties and governments we know are religious in that sense. Not as fatalistic as some of the movements we address with the word “religion” right now, but with their own ideas of how the marble should be colored.

Koert.com said:

Let me explain my earlier comment on how God is replaced by information management. I have to say I wasn’t out for a discussion on religion in the future. I don’t know where that will go.
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What does occur to me though, is that while people used to behave morally, because they believed God was watching them and would punish them if they would do wrong (Fear of God bounded them within the moral and social constraints of the society they were part of).
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Nowadays, people increasingly act *morally* because they believe (or fear) their actions are being recorded into a database or filmed by a closed camera television circuit. Hence, God has been replaced by information management.

sowmya said:

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