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February 15th, 2007
Moments of Zen
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Ironically, I therefore wouldn't be surprised to see a growing number of neopagans embrace Hughes' prediction of what a pervasively monitored and managed global ecosystem would be like in his essay Reconciling Humans, Nature and Technology:
"Already scientists are telemetrically monitoring wild herds—from deer, wolves, bears and elephants to dolphins and crocodiles. As computers shrink, nanotechnology permits nonobtrusive tagging of virtually everything, and the world becomes densely crisscrossed by electronic communications, we could indeed live in a techno-ecosystem all watched over by machines of loving grace…"
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