** Perspectives On the Web **
As the web grows increasingly self-reflexive, its reticulations both distributing
and concentrating the fruits of human interest and inquiry, the general fabric of cyberspace
is likewise transformed: the web does not so much reflect our cultures as it nurtures them.
The advent of interacative common gateways represents considerably more than advanced
efficiency in the transmission of information; it both marks and makes possible new forms of
social life, of social reality. To think this phenomenon (even its conceptual outlines)
is a formidable philosophical challenge. The links provided below are offered as springboards
for ruminating on the web itself.
- How the Web Will Change Everything -- An informal talk by William Calvin.
- Sterling & Gibson on Cyberspace & Education -- Dreams Presented to the National Academy of Sciences.
- Umberto Eco on Operating
Systems and Religion -- Signposts from the Recesses of Culture
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that will enable visitors to share internet resources pertinent to philosophical reflection
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