13-482: Cyberia may refer to: Technology [ edit ] Cyberia (book) , a 1994 non-fiction book by Douglas Rushkoff Cyberia (ISP) , a West Asian ISP serving Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia Cyberia, London , one of the first Internet cafés, and the first in the UK Entertainment [ edit ] Cyberia (album) , a 1995 album by Cubanate "Cyberia",
26-478: A global brain as put forth in Gaia theory , and Neoshamanism . In the preface of the 1994 edition, Rushkoff describes his book as "about a very special moment in our recent history – a moment when anything seemed possible. When an entire subculture – like a kid at a rave trying virtual reality for the first time – saw the wild potentials of marrying the latest computer technologies with the most intimately held dreams and
39-605: A comprehensive analysis of the entire cyber landscape, the book provides a guided exploration of select areas within this nascent culture, to which the author gained privileged access. The work is organized into five sections: "Computers: Revenge of the Nerds," "Drugs: The Substances of Designer Reality," "Technoshamanism: The Transition Team," "Cut and Paste: Artists in Cyberia," and "Warfare in Cyberia: Ways and Memes." Rushkoff's first book
52-499: A consultant on chaos theory and its applications in numerous fields, such as medical physiology, ecology, mathematical economics, and psychotherapy. Another interest of Abraham's concerns alternative ways of expressing mathematics, for example visually or aurally. He has staged performances in which mathematics, visual arts and music are combined into one presentation. Abraham developed an interest in "Hip" activities in Santa Cruz in
65-616: A song by the Afro Celt Sound System from the album Seed Cyberia (video game) , a 1994 video game The penal colony to which Dave Lister was sentenced in the Red Dwarf book Last Human The techno-rave night club featured in Serial Experiments Lain Cyberia , a 2008 book by Chris Lynch Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
78-413: Is a book by Douglas Rushkoff , published in 1994. The book discusses many different ideas revolving around technology, drugs and subcultures. Rushkoff takes a Tom Wolfe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test style (or roman à clef ), as he actively becomes a part of the people and culture that he is writing about. The book goes with Rushkoff as he discusses topics ranging from online culture , the concept of
91-754: The University of Michigan . His PhD thesis, titled Discontinuities in General Relativity , was written under the direction of Nathaniel Coburn. Prior to joining UCSC, he held positions at the University of California, Berkeley (research lecturer in mathematics; 1960–1962), Columbia University (postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor of mathematics; 1962–1964) and Princeton University (assistant professor of mathematics; 1964–1968). He has also held visiting positions in Amsterdam , Paris , Warwick , Barcelona , Basel , and Florence . He founded
104-484: The Promethean spirit intrinsic to countercultures throughout the ages. Ralph Abraham (mathematician) Ralph Herman Abraham (July 4, 1936 – September 19, 2024) was an American mathematician. In 1968 he became a member of the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), and later stayed on as a professor emeritus of mathematics. Abraham earned his BSE (1956), MS (1958), and PhD (1960) from
117-594: The Visual Math Institute at UCSC in 1975; at that time, it was called the "Visual Mathematics Project". He was editor of World Futures and for the International Journal of Bifurcations and Chaos . Abraham was a member of cultural historian William Irwin Thompson 's Lindisfarne Association . Abraham has been involved in the development of dynamical systems theory since the 1960s and 1970s. He has been
130-457: The lives and experiences of individuals who recognized the impending cultural shift into uncharted territory. People mentioned include: Craig Neidorf , Ralph Abraham , John Barlow , Dan Kottke , David Gans , Jaron Lanier , Bruce Eisner , Fraser Clark , Mitch Kapor , Phiber Optik , Howard Rheingold , R. U. Sirius , Terence McKenna , John Draper , Neysa "Earth Girl" Griffith , Genesis P-Orridge and Timothy Leary . Rather than offering
143-470: The most ancient spiritual truths. It is a moment that predates America Online , twenty million Internet subscribers, Wired magazine, Bill Clinton , and the information superhighway . But it is a moment that foresaw a whole lot more". The book, with its introduction titled "Surfing the Learning Curve of Sisyphus," captures a pivotal moment in history when endless possibilities emerged. It delves into
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169-655: Was originally penned in 1992 but was not published until 1994 due to publisher concerns that electronic mail and the Internet were still obscure topics unlikely to gain traction. In Cyberia , Rushkoff emphasizes a "cyberian counterculture" out to redefine reality, where people begin to comprehend the systemic, cultural, and spiritual implications afforded by building a technological civilization. Armed with new technologies, familiar with cyberspace, and daring enough to explore unmapped realms of consciousness, his efforts in Cyberia represent
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