The N2 2024: The Noosphere & the Global South conference explored the intersection of technology, society, and the noosphere—the sphere of human thought and collective consciousness. Hosted by Human Energy and UM6P, this year’s event brought together leading thinkers, visionaries, and innovators to discuss solutions to the challenges posed by the techno-social era. Through engaging presentations and collaborative dialogue, N2 2024 aims to inspire actionable insights and transformative change.

Olivier Servais's Presentation:

Beyond Individualism: The Organic Dynamics of Digital Sociability and the Guild Model

This talk explores the tension between digital technology’s role in fostering individualism and its potential to enable new forms of collective life. While phenomena such as hikikomori and rising social anxieties support fears of digital isolation, emerging studies on online and hybrid communities challenge this perspective. Drawing on the concept of “guilds,” historically rooted in mutual aid and collaboration, the talk examines their digital resurgence as models for organizing collective life across online and offline domains. Additionally, it considers the rise of hybrid communities involving humans, bots, and AI, which reconfigure traditional notions of sociability. The discussion posits a shift from "digital natives" to "digital autochthons," inhabitants of a new digital-human ecology, offering insights into the evolution of collective identity and social organization in the 21st century.

N2 2024: The Noosphere & The Global South took place on December 16th - 18th in Ben Guerir, Morocco 🌐

The N2 Conference looks to deepen our present understanding and future vision for the noosphere, the sphere of human consciousness and mental activity especially in regard to its influence on the biosphere and in relation to evolution.

N2 is an international, interdisciplinary conference bringing together leading scientists, scholars from across the disciplines, thought leaders, creative artists, and all those who are interested in the meaning and possibility of the noosphere for our collective future.

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