Download or read book The Future of Life Meta Evolution written by David Hunter Tow and published by Future of Life: Meta-Evolut. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Life: Meta-Evolution represents the first comprehensive formulation of the hypothesis that evolution is the unifying force underlying the dynamics of all processes in the universe, both organic and inorganic. These include all facets of human existence and civilisation- the sciences, technology, arts, humanities and religion. In essence, by applying quantum information, network and decision theory, it is demonstrated that an overarching evolutionary process shapes the spectrum of life and phenomena in the universe, as a generic paradigm beyond Darwin's original biology-based theory. The Theory of Evolution is undoubtedly the most powerful paradigm ever conceived by humans to explain their own existence. Since Darwin´s epoch-making treatise, Origin of Species', published in 1859, evolution has been centre-stage, universally recognised as the driving force in the emergence of modern humans from the genesis of life on this planet almost 4 billion years ago. However, despite its ubiquitous brilliance as the jewel in the crown of human intellectual achievement, the notion of evolution has never been developed to its full potential. It remains instead constrained within its biological cradle, often reduced in everyday connotation to its lowest common denominator of ´survival of the fittest´. The intention of this book to re-evaluate and expand the Darwinian model of evolution; to demonstrate that its current application is only the tip of the intellectual iceberg and that by combining its formidable biological principles with those of decision complexity, network, quantum and information theory, it emerges as an incalculably deeper and richer model than previously contemplated. It will be demonstrated that the evolutionary engine which drives biological development, also drives all other dynamic adaptive processes- the physical, social, cognitive, economic, political and technological and is in fact the major dynamic governing the Universe, past present and future. It is further proposed to demonstrate that recent developments in artificial intelligence and ubiquitous computing through the Internet, mark the next crucial stage in life's evolution, involving the inevitable symbiosis of vast computational intelligence with the human mind. The major hypothesis developed in this book, of a global all-encompassing Theory of Evolution, coupled with its potential for realising the emancipation of human intelligence and potential, provides a vastly more powerful paradigm for exploring the Future of Life than current scientific scenarios. The resulting Omega state of infinite knowledge and wisdom which is proposed, has been actively championed by a number of eminent 19th and 20th century philosophers such as Teillhard de Chardin, Henri Bergson, Schelling, Alfred Whitehead, Samuel Alexander and more recently by the leading physicist and futurist- Professor Frank Tipler. However to date no equivalent scientific framework for supporting such a hypothesis has been provided. In conclusion, The Future of Life: Meta-Evolution has been written not as an academic text but as primarily a non-technical review of the evidence to support such a hypothesis, in much the same vein as other recent publications in the popular science/philosophy genre. It is hoped that this approach will therefore provide a window into the wider evolutionary debate for the general reader interested in one of the most critical emerging paradigm shifts of the 21st century.
Download or read book Meta evolution the Future of Life written by David Hunter Tow and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Life A Unified Theory of Evolution written by David Hunter Tow and published by Future of Life Media. This book was released on 2010-09-11 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Life: A Unified Theory of Evolution represents the first comprehensive formulation of the hypothesis that evolution is the unifying force underlying the dynamics of all processes in the universe- both organic and inorganic. In essence by combining information, decision, network and quantum theory, it is demonstrated that an overarching evolutionry process shapes the spectrum of life and all phenomena in the universe, beyond Darwin's original biological theory.
Download or read book Improbable Destinies written by Jonathan B. Losos and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new book overturning our assumptions about how evolution works Earth’s natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out many examples of contingency, cases where the tiniest change—a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze—caused evolution to take a completely different course. What role does each force really play in the constantly changing natural world? Are the plants and animals that exist today, and we humans ourselves, inevitabilities or evolutionary flukes? And what does that say about life on other planets? Jonathan Losos reveals what the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology can tell us about one of the greatest ongoing debates in science. He takes us around the globe to meet the researchers who are solving the deepest mysteries of life on Earth through their work in experimental evolutionary science. Losos himself is one of the leaders in this exciting new field, and he illustrates how experiments with guppies, fruit flies, bacteria, foxes, and field mice, along with his own work with anole lizards on Caribbean islands, are rewinding the tape of life to reveal just how rapid and predictable evolution can be. Improbable Destinies will change the way we think and talk about evolution. Losos's insights into natural selection and evolutionary change have far-reaching applications for protecting ecosystems, securing our food supply, and fighting off harmful viruses and bacteria. This compelling narrative offers a new understanding of ourselves and our role in the natural world and the cosmos.
Download or read book The Future Evolution of Man the Divine Life Upon Earth Compiled with a Summary and Notes written by Aravinda Ghosha and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Network of Life written by David Mindell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why evolution is like a network, not a family tree—and why it matters for understanding the health of all living things In The Network of Life, David Mindell explains why the conventional narrative of evolution needs to evolve. Ever since Darwin, evolution has largely been thought to work like a family tree in which species are related through a series of branching events. But, today, a growing knowledge of the ways species share genetic materials in a process known as horizontal evolution has revealed that evolution is actually a network of shared genealogy in which species are more interconnected than previously thought. In this book, Mindell presents this new narrative of life’s evolution and its profound implications for all life on Earth. The Network of Life describes the drivers of horizontal evolution—interbreeding and genetic recombination, the merger of species, horizontal gene transfer, and coevolution. The network view of evolution that emerges supports a new symbiotic theory of health, which holds that the future health of humans, other species, and our shared environments depends on evolution and adaptation across life’s network. Difficult times lie ahead for many of Earth’s species as climates and habitats transform. At the same time, new and altered life-forms are arising and spreading in association with human activities. We are also learning to reshape and create life by mimicking the mechanisms of horizontal evolution, and we are coevolving with technology as we enhance our bodies, brains, and life spans. The Network of Life shows why and how increasing our knowledge of horizontal evolution can provide critical lessons as we navigate our looming challenges.
Download or read book Steering Human Evolution written by Yehezkel Dror and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity must steer its evolution. As human knowledge moves a step ahead of Darwin’s theories, this book presents the emergence of human-made meta-evolution shaping our alternative futures. This novel process poses fateful challenges to humanity, which require regulation of emerging science and technology which may endanger the future of our species. However, to do so successfully, a novel ‘humanity-craft’ has to be developed; main ideologies and institutions need redesign; national sovereignty has to be limited; a decisive global regime becomes essential; some revaluation of widely accepted norms becomes essential; and a novel type of political leader, based on merit in addition to public support, is urgently needed. Taking into account the strength of nationalism and vested interests, it may well be that only catastrophes will teach humanity to metamorphose into a novel epoch without too high transition costs. But initial steps, such as United Nation reforms, are urgent in order to contain calamities and may soon become feasible. Being both interdisciplinary and based on personal experience of the author, this book adds up to a novel paradigm on steering human evolution. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern history, evolution sciences, future studies, political science, philosophy of action, and science and technology. It will also be of wide appeal to the general reader anxious about the future of life on Earth. Comments on the Corona pandemic add to the book’s concrete significance.
Download or read book The Evolutionary Fix written by Allan Webber and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although evolution is a well established concept the mechanism by which the transition from a physical mechanism to one able to shape the future has still to be satisfactorily explained. This book offers a sequence of natural events that allow the known capabilities of life to be reached by chance alone. In doing so it offers and explains four new ideas. The first is the strengthening of the role of the time vector by tying it to the ability of the evolutionary process to manipulate space.The second involves the transforming mechanism of evolution in which the time vector uses the existence of past and future to anticipate, shape and exploit the future.The third major idea is the recognition and defining of eternal zones that evolution of the universe and life has always relied on. We humans have always exploited this idea but in the main have not acknowledged its importance.And the fourth idea is the natural existence of a simple chain escape mechanism that gives evolution the ability to maximise chance . It is this that makes natural selection work.
Download or read book Evolution and Transitions in Complexity written by Gerard A.J.M Jagers op Akkerhuis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses several recent theoretic advancements in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary integration in the field of evolution. While exploring novel views, the text maintains a close link with one of the most broadly held views on evolution, namely that of “Darwinian evolution.” This work puts forth a new point of view which allows researchers to define in detail the concept of evolution. To create this conceptual definition, the text applies a stringent object-based focus. With this focus, the editor has been able to develop an object-based pattern of evolution at the smallest scale. Subsequently, this smallest scale pattern is used as an innovative basis for generalizations. These generalizations create links between biological Darwinism and generalized Darwinism. The object-based approach that was used to suggest innovations in the field of Darwinian evolution also allowed for contributions to other topics, such as major evolutionary transitions theory, the definition of life and the relationships between evolution, self-organization and thermodynamics. Together, the chapters of this book and the multidisciplinary reflections and comments of various specialists on these chapters offer an exciting palette of innovative ideas.
Download or read book The Future of Life for People in a Hurry written by Peter Alexander Popper and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book FutureWorld written by David Hunter Tow and published by Future of Life Media. This book was released on 2014-07-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FutureWorld represents a distillation of the Author's foresight analysis based on the central theme of a Unified Theory of Evolution which according to the David Tow underlies the dynamics of all processes in the Universe. It is the intention of FutureWorld to provide further evidence of this principle which was first defined in the Author's major publication- The Future of Life- A Unified Theory of Evolution.
Download or read book Evolving Ourselves written by Juan Enriquez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though these harbingers of change are deeply unsettling, the authors argue that we are also in an epoch of tremendous opportunity. New advances in biotechnology help us mitigate the cruel forces of natural selection, from saving prematurely born babies to gene therapies for sickle cell anemia and other conditions. As technology enables us to take control of our genes, we will be able to alter our own species and many others--a good thing, given that our eventual survival will require space travel and colonization, enabled by a fundamental redesign of our bodies. Future humans could become great caretakers of the planet, as well as a more diverse, more resilient, gentler, and more intelligent species--but only if we make the right choices now.
Download or read book The future evolution of man the divine life upon earth comp written by Aurobindo Ghose and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future Evolution of Man written by Aurobindo Ghose and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reinventing Life written by Jeffrey Scott Coker and published by Blue Helixbook Marketing Service Limited. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 21st century, humans will make choices that will profoundly impact the future of life. Will we restore ecosystems or continue to degrade them? Could regenerative medicine allow us to live for hundreds of years? How might we enhance ourselves through genetics or robotics? Should we resurrect extinct species? Will we spread life to other worlds? What should be our role in nature? Reinventing Life - A Guide to Our Evolutionary Future is a captivating tour of how humans are rapidly and radically changing the biology of life, our options for the future, and our responsibilities as stewards of evolution. "Jeffrey Coker has been able to finally accomplish what so many others have tried to describe-he shows us how our lives, biology and the environment are all interconnected, and how we can influence our future in so many ways. Reinventing Life is a must read, from students to CEOs-basically, everyone who is interested in how they can impact and benefit from our world's inevitable changes." - Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine "Coker analyzes the intersection between evolution, biotechnology, and ecosystems to see how people live in harmony-or disharmony-with the planet. From a child's stuffed teddybear to resurrection of extinct woolly mammoths, Coker brings home the theme of personal responsibility of humans past, present, and future, for the lives we construct." - Pamela Hines, senior editor of Science Magazine "Reinventing Life is absolutely essential reading for anyone aspiring to informed and effective twenty-first century citizenship. For it convincingly shows that the continuing revolution in the life sciences has given humans the opportunity to be masters of their own destiny as well as those of all other species, and it succinctly outlines in nontechnical language the wide range of choices they face in exercising that role." - Kenneth Harris, secretary of the World Future Society "By putting our lives into an evolutionary context, this book is an essential reminder that our daily actions and inactions have profound, far-reaching effects. Within us we determine the fate of those who lie before us; read this book for them." - Mary Williams, senior research fellow at the University of Glasgow and features editor of The Plant Cell
Download or read book Spontaneous Evolution written by Bruce H. Lipton and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’ve all heard stories of people who’ve experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from illness, but can the same thing happen for our world? According to pioneering biologist Bruce H. Lipton, it’s not only possible, it’s already occurring. In Spontaneous Evolution, this world-renowned expert in the emerging science of epigenetics reveals how our changing understanding of biology will help us navigate this turbulent period in our planet’s history and how each of us can participate in this global shift. In collaboration with political philosopher Steve Bhaerman, Dr. Lipton invites readers to reconsider: •the "unquestionable" pillars of biology, including random evolution, survival of the fittest, and the role of DNA; •the relationship between mind and matter; •how our beliefs about nature and human nature shape our politics, culture, and individual lives; and •how each of us can become planetary "stem cells" supporting the health and growth of our world.By questioning the old beliefs that got us to where we are today and keep us stuck in the status quo, we can trigger the spontaneous evolution of our species that will usher in a brighter future. .
Download or read book Integral Biomathics written by Plamen L. Simeonov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most distinct question in science throughout the ages has been the one of perceivable reality, treated both in physics and philosophy. Reality is acting upon us, and we, and life in general, are acting upon reality. Potentiality, found both in quantum reality and in the activity of life, plays a key role. In quantum reality observation turns potentiality into reality. Again, life computes possibilities in various ways based on past actions, and acts on the basis of these computations. This book is about a new approach to biology (and physics, of course!). Its subtitle suggests a perpetual movement and interplay between two elusive aspects of modern science — reality/matter and potentiality/mind, between physics and biology — both captured and triggered by mathematics — to understand and explain emergence, development and life all the way up to consciousness. But what is the real/potential difference between living and non-living matter? How does time in potentiality differ from time in reality? What we need to understand these differences is an integrative approach. This book contemplates how to encircle life to obtain a formal system, equivalent to the ones in physics. Integral Biomathics attempts to explore the interplay between reality and potentiality.
