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Brain Channels - Evolving Human Intelligence

Extensive site containing sections on evolution, "memory expansion" and brain research news.

The Evolution of Ethics: Cybernetic Ethics

"The evolution of ethical systems is described in scientific terms using cybernetics as its logical foundation. A plausible theory of the integration of science and ethics." Online book

Basic References on the Global Brain / Superorganism

Short annotated bibliography and link list related to theories of the global brain. "Society can be viewed as a multicellular organism, with individuals in the role of the cells. The network of communication channels connecting individuals then plays the role of a nervous system for this superorganism, i.e. a "global brain"."

The Pleistocene and the Origins of Human Culture:

Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd argue that the specific mechanism by which humans mastered the Pleistocene is our capacity to evolve adaptations to the variation of Plio-Pleistocene environments via cultural traditions.

Cog Web

Research tool for exploring the relevance of the study of human cognition to communication and the arts. Features articles, discourse and bibliography.

The Thinking Meat Project

Essays and weblog entries on various topics regarding human nature.

Emanuel Diamant

Publications on cognition, artificial intelligence, robotics and information processing in the human brain.