Spirituality and technology: Exploring the relationship

First Monday

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

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EID: 13844301648     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v1i5.496     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. See Kevin Kelly, 1994. Out of control : the rise of neo-biological civilization. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 521 p.
2. See also Kevin Kelly's " self-curated connections" to Out of Control at http://www.world3.com/meme1/kelly.html and an interview with Kelly at http://businesstech.com/interview/3_96interv/btinterv3_96.html
3. See the Teleworking home page at http://www.labs.bt.com/innovate/ telework/index.htm and Mike Gray, Noel Hodson, Gil Gordon, eds., 1993. Teleworking explained. New York: Wiley, 289 p.
4. See Susan Stellin, "Is Telecommuting In Your Future?," at http://www.pader.gov/dep/deputate/pollprev/telecom.htm
5. According to Peter Leyden, On the Edge of the Digital Age, Part III: The Coming trauma, at http://www.startribune.com/digage/main3.htm
6. It has been estimated that 75% of all re-engineering projects fail because they ignore the human aspects involved in re-engineering projects; from http://brainware.net/adc-hsor.html
7. See, for example, William Bridges, 1994. JobShift: How to prosper in a workplace without jobs. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 257 p.,
8. or Jeremy Rifkin, 1995. The End of work : the Decline of the global labor force and the dawn of the post-market era. New York: Putnam's Sons, 350 p.
9. For those wishing to deepen their understanding of these matters, read Teilhard de Chardin, Rene Guenon, Fritjof Schuon, Julius Evola, and Ken Wilber.
10. John Perry Barlow, "Is There a There in Cyberspace?," at http://www.utne.com/lens/cs/11csbarlow.html
11. See, for example, Michael Grosso, 1995. The Millennium myth: Love and death at the end of time. Wheaton, Ill. : Quest Books, 384 p.
12. In this sense, virtual communities are a revival of 19th century utopian socialist communities. These communities flourished for a time in the last century in the United States. The leaders of these communities argued that change could happen here and now by inventing communities based on goodwill and new social rules. See, for example, Mark Holloway, 1966. Heavens on earth: Utopian communities in America, 1680-1880. revised 2d ed. New York: Dover, 246 p.
13. The history and relationships of Brand's "Whole Earth Catalog," "CoEvolution Quarterly," and the Well - the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link - are succinctly described in Bruce Sterling, 1992. The Hacker crackdown: Law and disorder on the electronic frontier. New York: Bantam, pp. 237-244.
14. One summary can be found at http://www.altculture.com/site/entries/ spiritux.html
15. For example, thoughts on the Torah can be found on the Jewish Bulletin of Northern California Online at http://www.jewish.com/jb/torah.htm The Christian Coalition home page can be found at http://www.cc.org/main_page.html Pointers to many of the Islamic sites on the Internet can be found at http://gpu2.srv. ualberta.ca/∼slis/guides/religion/islam.htm
16. A statement by Pope John Paul II, entitled "The Church Must Learn to Cope With the Computer Culture," can be found at http://listserv.american. edu/catholic/church/papal/jp.ii/computer-culture.html One collection of Internet Buddhist resources can be found at http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/resource.html
17. CyberSangha: The Buddhist Alternative Journal can be found at http://www.hooked.net/∼csangha/
18. 16. http://www.hyperreal.com/∼mpesce/circle.wrl
19. In Douglas Rushkoff's book Cyberia, there is a description of a fusion of the Internet with psychedelic and certain music communities. This spiritualized youth culture aims at awareness through the combined use of ecstatic techno-music, hallucinogenic substances, and communication in cyberspace. See Douglas Rushkoff, 1994. Cyberia : life in the trenches of hyperspace. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 250 p.