When he begins to trace the historic changes in ancient Greece, I am reminded of a book by Julian Jaynes of Princeton University. Originally recommended in the autobiography of John Sculley, CEO of Apple before the fall, this is one book that is an interesting take on how evolution is speeding up because consciousness is involved. This book is one of my all-time favorites and entirely plausible, but just can't be. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind makes that case that humans were not conscious until about the 10th century BC, when the corpus collosum, that mass of fibers between the hemispheres, started conducting electricity. He shows a plethora of archaeological evidence for his case, which is very convincing.
Baseball is a linear sport, while football and basketball more visual.
A warmer post-literate future awaits us, according to Leonard Shlain. The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. The Future of CyberLiterature Hamlet on the Holodeck by Janet H. Murray Reviewed by Kevin Ryan Conferences are great for finding new paths. At the recent CALL NSIG Conference in Tokyo we finished with small discussion groups on sub-topics, ours on writing with computers.