The Global Brain
Peter Russell
Contents
Part One — The Bigger Picture
- New Views of Earth
- The Gaia Hypothesis
- Living Systems Theory
Part Two — Evolution Past, Present, and Future
- Evolution So Far
- Hidden Orders in Evolution
- The Increasing Tempo of Evolution
- Growing Numbers
- Towards a Global Brain
- The Emergence of a Social Superorganism
Part Three — Inner Evolution
- Synergy
- The Skin-Encapsulated Ego
- Low-Synergy Society
- The Quest for Unity
- Awakening the Self
- Healing the Planetary Cancer
- A Spiritual Renaissance
- The Dawning of a New Era
- On the Threshold
- Mind Links
- Towards a High-Synergy Society
- Choosing the Future
- Beyond Gaia