A Glimpse of The World Brain?

From KosmiKGuru:

Isn't it wonderful to be able to look at a topic from various perspectives - Bela had a thought, Cherry and Kos highlighted certain portions that appealed to them, Cristal brought forth a new perspective, Laura brought forth the pros and cons of the various views and then brought forth a new question ... Bela dug into his memories and pulled out a memory that would act as an analogy for his point...and so on...

....To me, this is what Lively had the power to do. Connect people from varying backgrounds and be able to use each person's brain/perspective to realize the dimensions of a problem or topic. And then derive the most optimal conclusion.

I saw glimpses of it while on Lively (as Imajika and I and JMichael and I discussed at length while we worked on our little cafes or galleries). We saw the potential for a "world brain" (as I later found out that HG Wells had proposed in one of his books). A World Brain - that harnesses the powers of individual brains of humans like never before to shape the future of human life. This may sound a little preposterous - but think about it for a second. In the physical realm, we get distracted by various other details such as physical attributes/race/culture etc. In the virtual realm, we are nothing but our thoughts - our brains. The virtual realm distills us to our core form and allows us to interact without inhibitions, without distractions. Yes, sometimes we do carry our social molds to the virtual realm - reflect it on our behavior - but if we can get back to the core of our being then, we are in essence interacting as components or entities of something larger than ourselves. A new being emerges.

Lively provided a medium that magically facilitated this sort of interaction. We were evolving (unknowingly) into a World Brain. And when the Lively No More announcement came, the evolution came to a screeching halt, but we Livelyzens managed to preserve it in that state - when we evolved into this community that we are. What we have now as a community is but a fragment of what we could have been- a small fragment preserved in formaldehyde - being dissected sometimes, being viewed and cherished at other times.

A fragment of what we could have been. But also a fragment of what we COULD BE. If we choose to move out of this stagnant state and re-emerge to realize our full potential, then that beginning that Lively facilitated can continue to evolve.

When the medium is gone, the evolution becomes difficult, the communication between the parts becomes sparse or disjoint. And hence we struggle to move forward. Remember how quickly ideas turned into successful projects on Lively? Remember how quick and brisk we were? Remember how quickly RandomHuman and freecoconuts came up with new integration ideas to demonstrate Lively's benefits? Can we imagine a quick collaboration such as that now?

Yet, we must find ways to continue this evolution. Evolution of human existence from individuality to singularity. With or without us, this evolution is inevitable as humans continue to find ways to connect with each other. Will we Livelyzens participate in accelerating this evolution? Will we find a new medium that will rekindle our spirit? Only time will tell.