Metaman

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Metaman is the name given by the author Gregory Stock to the concept of a superorganism comprising mankind and his technology. It is close to, but not the same as, the concept of the Global brain.

While many people have had ideas about a global brain, they have tended to suppose that this can be improved or altered by man according to his will. Metaman can be seen as a development that directs mankind's will to its own ends, whether he likes it or not, through the operation of market forces. While it is difficult to think of making a life-form based on metals that can mine its own 'food', it is possible to imagine a superorganism that incorporates men as its 'cells' and entices them to sustain it, just as our cells interwork to sustain us.

The book 'Metaman' was published in 1993 by Gregory Stock.