Law in the Internet Society
Is a network of pipes and switches a useful metaphor for the brain? Is it useful to think of the brain as a switch connected to the Internet?

metaphro

law, politics, tech

tech: the biology

law: social norms (including, as a subset, "the law"?)

politics: free will

. mindfulness, attention, memory

network of networks splitting neural networks hyperconnectivity, effects on the brain, politics

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/11/1459258/how-is-technology-changing-the-brain

. "History of the neural network analogy Main article: Connectionism

In the brain, spontaneous order appears to arise out of decentralized networks of simple units (neurons)."

. "Connectionism is a set of approaches in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience and philosophy of mind, that models mental or behavioral phenomena as the emergent processes of interconnected networks of simple units. There are many forms of connectionism, but the most common forms use neural network models."

"the neural network analogy"

. does this metaphor for the brain have implications for our legal image of the internet?

network - social connection - solitary confinement - form of torture (in some countries, solitary confinement is) - why is that? psychology, understanding of psychological health, social nature of brain. laws re internet access, French strikes law

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