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The gnososphere designates a philosophical area of interaction between nature and society where the factor of development is rational activity. Popularized by Robert Charles Wilson and Jim Turner, this concept explores how "survival of the fittest" applies to the increasing complexity of rational thought in society. In his story, “The Perseids,” Robert Charles Wilson describes the gnososphere at the end of the twentieth century; how "self-replicating structures" (Nationalism, say) resemble primitive DNA in a nutrient soup of radio waves and television. He goes on to propose that the gnososphere might even evolve independent entities.

The word is derived from the greek noun for knowledge, Gnosis. The first documented usage of gnososphere belongs to Jim Turner in his Lovecraftian anthology, Eternal Lovecraft: the Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture (Golden Gryphon Press, 1998). However, the term can be conceptually linked to the notion of 'noosfela' advanced by Vladimir Vernadsky (1863 - 1945). Although extremely similar to the term, noosphere, the gnososphere treats establishments as separate from their genesis (human beings). In the age of artificial intelligence and growing privacy violation, this metaphorical consideration is again beginning to gain more traction.

Founding Authors

 * 1) Vladimir Vernadsky
 * 2) H. P. Lovecraft
 * 3) Peter Munz
 * 4) Robert Charles Wilson
 * 5) Jim Turner