World Mind Network: An Organization That Links People Across The World Through Technology
What do monks in Ireland, scientists in Germany, craftsmen in Rwanda, women washing clothes in France, Polish veterinarians, Swiss florists, Japanese kindergartners, gorillas in Spain and truckers in the U. S. all have in common? They're all featured in live streaming video on a new website, WorldMindNetwork. net, sponsored by World Mind Network, an organization which seeks to link people everywhere through internet technology.
Bonita, CA (PRWEB) June 30, 2007
What do monks in Ireland, scientists in Germany, craftsmen in Rwanda, women washing clothes in France, Polish veterinarians, Swiss florists, Japanese kindergartners, gorillas in Spain and truckers in the U. S. all have in common? They're all featured in live streaming video on a new website, WorldMindNetwork. net, sponsored by World Mind Network, an organization which seeks to link people everywhere through internet technology.
The "world mind" is a concept that originated with philosophers like James Lovelock and Teilhard de Chardin, who saw that increased communications are making the human race look like one vast
Interconnected brain. The site's founders use the Internet to display just how true this has become. They found themselves intrigued by the explosion of webcams worldwide, and the latest technological improvements which make live streaming video available even in hostile environments like the Antarctic and Papua New Guinea. Historically, webcams have generally been devoted to two things: porn and teenagers ogling each other while chatting online. Why not, thought the founders of World Mind Network, use the technology to display things that are hardly ever seen by anyone, even the most experienced tourist? Why not publicize worthy research projects, age-old lifestyles, new art forms and tribal cultures on the verge of extinction?
The founders of World Mind Network drew up a list such which includes artisans in India and Africa engaging in centuries-old art forms, monks in monasteries chanting and praying, farmers pursuing sustainable agriculture, musicians in the midst of recording, interesting research experiments that lend themselves to live video, astronauts working inside the International Space Station and so on.
They even have a link to an audio file converted from the background radiation of the original Big Bang. In less than an hour, a site visitor can visit real-time happenings in 20 countries, listen to gossip from across the ocean and participate in a legitimate scientific research project through distributed computing.
The site is strictly for education and entertainment, there is nothing to buy or sell. You can learn more by contacting the founders of World Mind Network.
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