Flannery O’Connor: The Mysteries behind Her Writings Mary Flannery O’Connor was born on March 25, 1925 in Savannah Georgia to Edward and Regina O’Connor. She was their only child. Her father was a real estate agent, and a veteran of the World War. Mrs. O’Connor, the mother, was pretty much a stay at home mother. She was Flannery’s biggest inspiration. In the early years of Flannery’s life, she attended Vincent Grammar school and Sacred Heart Parochial school for Girls. During this time, her father
This idea is coined in the term “noosphere” by Jaron Lanier in his book, You are Not a Gadget. He defines this as the “supposed global brain formed by the sum of all the human brains connected through the internet” (Lanier 45). However, this idea can create results more negative than one
Pollution and environmental problems of mankind In recent years, we often hear and use the word "ecology", but one can hardly assume that everyone understands him correctly. About even the experts argue what meaning people should invest in this concept. In the meantime, they argue, laymen have realized such ecological minimum: it means - to breathe clean air, drink clean water, eat food without nitrates and glow in the dark. The term "ecology" (from the Greek "oikos" - a house, dwelling place, and
1.1 COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE OVERVIEW With the increasing interest in uneasy adaptive systems, artificial life, swarms and simulatedsocieties, the concept of “collective intelligence” is now getting into focus. The basic idea is that a group of individuals (e.g. people, insects, robots, or softwareagents) can do a work in a way that none of its members can do. Complex, clearly intelligentbehaviour may come out into view from the collaboration created by simple interactions between single persons that