Noosphere

<p>Nov 26, 2008 8:27 PM</p>

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For Teilhard, the noosphere is best described as a sort of<b> 'collective consciousness' of human-beings</b>. It <b>emerges from the interaction of human minds.</b> The noosphere has grown in step with the organization of the human mass in relation to itself as it populates the earth. <b>As mankind organizes itself in more complex <a class="mw-redirect" title="Social networks" href="/wiki/Social_networks">social networks</a>, the higher the noosphere will grow in awareness.</b> This is an extension of Teilhard's <a title="Law of Complexity/Consciousness" href="/wiki/Law_of_Complexity/Consciousness">Law of Complexity/Consciousness</a>, the law describing the nature of evolution in the universe. <a title="Pierre Teilhard de Chardin" href="/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin">Pierre Teilhard de Chardin</a>, added that the<b> noosphere is growing towards an even greater integration and unification,</b> culminating in the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Omega Point" href="/wiki/Omega_Point">Omega Point</a>—which he saw as the goal of history.</p>