The Age of Simorgh
Machine-assisted collective decision making that minimizes human supervision, signals the dawn of the age of Simorgh: the age of humans merging with their technology to create larger and more complex entities. We are currently observing the emergence of an early Simorgh who is learning to make decisions on its own using a combination of humans and machines. What are the possible outcomes, and what are the choices for individual humans?
BOOK: THE AGE OF SIMORGH
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Stages of Complexity 7
Chapter 2: Civilization, Culture, and Government 15
Chapter 3: International Disputes and War 31
Chapter 4: Intelligence Centers and the Control of Human Society 41
Chapter 5: History of Human Communication and Interconnectedness 57
Chapter 6: Information and Truth 67
Chapter 7: Automation, Robotics, and Augmented Reality 87
Chapter 8: Augmented Humans: Bionics, Artificial Intelligence, and Gene Editing 99
Chapter 9: Large-Scale Regulating Systems 111
Chapter 10: Past and Future of Jobs 129
Chapter 11: Specialization, Equality, and Personal Autonomy 175
Chapter 12: Simorgh: Its Identity, Control, and Thought Patterns 183
Chapter 13: Simorgh’s Nodes and Unincorporated Humans 211
Chapter 14: Multiplicity of Simorghs 229
Chapter 15: Lifespan and Procreation 239
Chapter 16: SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) 253
Chapter 17: Opportunities and Threats 263 Conclusion 269
Appendix A: The Legend of Simorgh 273
Appendix B: Large Numbers 279
Appendix C: Scales and Layers of Reality 283
Appendix D: Saturation of Growth 285
Bibliography 291