Comments on: A spiritual interpretation of cloud computing and network consciousness https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/a-spiritual-interpretation-of-cloud-computing-and-network-consciousness/2010/08/03 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: Roger Clough https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/a-spiritual-interpretation-of-cloud-computing-and-network-consciousness/2010/08/03/comment-page-1#comment-542236 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:05:54 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=9999#comment-542236 On computational subjectivity: Leibniz’s “Grand Perceiver” as Cloud Computing–
and the One (or God) as WiFi sharing and governance thereof.

This raises new hopes in my mind for the proponents of computationalism.

This is just a speculation, but the following quote on the use of Cloud Computing (CC) as
an accessory shared intelligence for Apple Ipods and Samsung Tablets suggests CC as a possible
model for Leibniz’s Supreme Monad as the subjective “Grand Perceiver” * (my term), leading
to the above-all WiFi and God or the One as overall governing authority.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/making-linux-and-android-get-along-its-not-hard-it-sounds

“The cloud computing movement has done a great deal to promote platform agnosticism, from
consistent (Web-based) UIs to cross-platform APIs that allow applications to synchronize data.
And with most users being constantly connected via 3/4G, Wi-Fi or wired networks to the Internet,
cloud services have been one of the most hassle-free ways to make your data available across devices. ”

Cloud computing could then replace the many difficulties that Daniel Dennety has criticized
as the “Cartesian Theater”.

* For Leibniz’s model of perception, see eg

http://capone.mtsu.edu/rbombard/RB/PDFs/Leibniz02.pdf

and

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-mind/

Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000]
See my Leibniz site at
http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough

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