Vertical Progress: The New Science of Human Civilization
Today people more than ever are overwhelmed by worry about current events. Why are some people devoured by hatred and bigotry? Can we avoid the next economic crisis? Can we prevent the next global war? Will computers take over our civilization any time soon? Even though Vertical Progress does not have all answers, it provides readers with plenty of new ideas to open the debate. Vertical Progress offers a hypothesis and rationale that provides not only a different look at past events but also explains much of what is happening now. The book sees the human society as a well-designed, complex information system that has a single purpose—to build a collective knowledge. Using results of the computer simulations author demonstrating that as just a heard of collaborative individuals, the society would not be able to make any substantial progress. The book logically connects the latest achievements of science with the findings of the computer simulation experiment to lead readers to the inevitable conclusion—the social information system would not make any progress unless it operates with more than one type of nodes. Hence, the author suggests that our civilization consists of more than one human kind.
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Vertical Progress: The New Science of Human Civilization
Today people more than ever are overwhelmed by worry about current events. Why are some people devoured by hatred and bigotry? Can we avoid the next economic crisis? Can we prevent the next global war? Will computers take over our civilization any time soon? Even though Vertical Progress does not have all answers, it provides readers with plenty of new ideas to open the debate. Vertical Progress offers a hypothesis and rationale that provides not only a different look at past events but also explains much of what is happening now. The book sees the human society as a well-designed, complex information system that has a single purpose—to build a collective knowledge. Using results of the computer simulations author demonstrating that as just a heard of collaborative individuals, the society would not be able to make any substantial progress. The book logically connects the latest achievements of science with the findings of the computer simulation experiment to lead readers to the inevitable conclusion—the social information system would not make any progress unless it operates with more than one type of nodes. Hence, the author suggests that our civilization consists of more than one human kind.
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Vertical Progress: The New Science of Human Civilization

Vertical Progress: The New Science of Human Civilization

by K. Oxovuieu
Vertical Progress: The New Science of Human Civilization

Vertical Progress: The New Science of Human Civilization

by K. Oxovuieu

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Overview

Today people more than ever are overwhelmed by worry about current events. Why are some people devoured by hatred and bigotry? Can we avoid the next economic crisis? Can we prevent the next global war? Will computers take over our civilization any time soon? Even though Vertical Progress does not have all answers, it provides readers with plenty of new ideas to open the debate. Vertical Progress offers a hypothesis and rationale that provides not only a different look at past events but also explains much of what is happening now. The book sees the human society as a well-designed, complex information system that has a single purpose—to build a collective knowledge. Using results of the computer simulations author demonstrating that as just a heard of collaborative individuals, the society would not be able to make any substantial progress. The book logically connects the latest achievements of science with the findings of the computer simulation experiment to lead readers to the inevitable conclusion—the social information system would not make any progress unless it operates with more than one type of nodes. Hence, the author suggests that our civilization consists of more than one human kind.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781543915792
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 11/23/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 280
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

A Soviet-born American computer scientist and entrepreneur with more than twenty-five years of experience in information technologies, software engineering, and management consulting. Background also includes theoretical physics, genetic, and bioinformatics.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 3

Part I Evolution

Chapter 1 Homo Scientius 13

Chapter 2 Memetics 28

Chapter 3 Swarm Intelligence 46

Chapter 4 The Masters 62

Chapter 5 Culture 73

Chapter 6 Evolution of Learning 88

Chapter 7 Homo Ludens 103

Chapter 8 Vertical Progress 116

Part II The Design

Chapter 9 The Human Kinds 134

Chapter 10 Statistics 144

Chapter 11 The Economy 157

Chapter 12 Perpetual War 176

Chapter 13 Collectivization 197

Chapter 14 Politics 208

Chapter 15 Socialism 219

Chapter 16 Globalization 238

Chapter 17 The Singularity 254

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