Prefect recipe to infuriate Nicolas Carr - A new book How to Meditate in the Age of Facebook and Twitter: Bringing Meditation to the 21st Century by Understanding the Dynamics of the Brain by Ajit Jaokar. Author's notes here (and I don't buy this oxymoronic concept):
"In this book, I propose that we are now entering the fourth age of meditation (following the previous ages of Shamanic meditation, Religious meditation and ‘Leaderful/Guru Led’ meditation). In the fourth age of meditation, meditation becomes a technology that will cause an exponential uptake in human intelligence and evolution. The starting point for this exponential uptake of human intelligence is our brain and our mind. More specifically, the exponential uptake of intelligence could be brought about by a connectivity and enhancement of minds through networks and technology. In that sense, meditation is a ‘transhumanist’ technology and networks are the underlying paradigm of the fourth age of meditation.
All networks, including neural networks and social networks, have a common theme. In the fourth age of meditation, we take a network based ‘two-sided view’ of meditation. On one hand, meditation is a disconnection from the emotional attachment to the flow of messages. This is the historical/ conventional understanding of meditation. But we also explore the other side of meditation i.e. the ‘connectivity’ aspect of meditation, with it’s fascinating possibilities.
The book shows you meditative techniques using brainwave technology.
It addresses questions like:
• How will our brain evolve through transhumanist meditation?
• How can we use technology to enhance our meditative state?
• What are the future implications for society, culture and spirituality?
• If we take the approach of ‘gedankenexperiment’(thought experiment), how would the world look like as we evolve?
• How would our Identity and relationship with the world change as we continue to change, evolve and enhance our minds through a fusion of meditation, networks and technology?"
"In this book, I propose that we are now entering the fourth age of meditation (following the previous ages of Shamanic meditation, Religious meditation and ‘Leaderful/Guru Led’ meditation). In the fourth age of meditation, meditation becomes a technology that will cause an exponential uptake in human intelligence and evolution. The starting point for this exponential uptake of human intelligence is our brain and our mind. More specifically, the exponential uptake of intelligence could be brought about by a connectivity and enhancement of minds through networks and technology. In that sense, meditation is a ‘transhumanist’ technology and networks are the underlying paradigm of the fourth age of meditation.
All networks, including neural networks and social networks, have a common theme. In the fourth age of meditation, we take a network based ‘two-sided view’ of meditation. On one hand, meditation is a disconnection from the emotional attachment to the flow of messages. This is the historical/ conventional understanding of meditation. But we also explore the other side of meditation i.e. the ‘connectivity’ aspect of meditation, with it’s fascinating possibilities.
The book shows you meditative techniques using brainwave technology.
It addresses questions like:
• How will our brain evolve through transhumanist meditation?
• How can we use technology to enhance our meditative state?
• What are the future implications for society, culture and spirituality?
• If we take the approach of ‘gedankenexperiment’(thought experiment), how would the world look like as we evolve?
• How would our Identity and relationship with the world change as we continue to change, evolve and enhance our minds through a fusion of meditation, networks and technology?"
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