TECHNOCULTURE: The Rise of Man by Alex M. Vikoulov | Now available as an Audible audiobook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ecstadelic Media Group releases TECHNOCULTURE: The Rise of Man, The Cybernetic Theory of Mind Series by Alex M. Vikoulov as an Audible audiobook in addition to a previously released Kindle eBook (Press Release, Burlingame, CA, USA, August 19, 2025 8.10 AM PST)
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What has been shaping the human mind throughout the history of mankind? What is the difference between mind and consciousness? What links quantum physics to consciousness? What gives rise to our subjective experience? What drives our accelerating evolution? Over the course of human history, from the first bonfire to today’s smartphones and hyperloops, we have designed tools, and tools designed us back by shaping our minds. Technology isn’t just something outside ourselves, it’s an innate part of human nature, like sex, sleeping, or eating, and it has been a major driving force in evolution. Tool using, along with language, bipedalism, and cooking (quite literally), is essentially what has made us human.

Prehistoric events, such as the extinction of dinosaurs and incessant evolutionary competition between species, were conducive to Homo sapiens becoming the dominant hominid species, and later, the dominant species on Earth. In this book two of the series, we also discuss at length interpretations of quantum mechanics and the concept of Quantum Immortality. Is death just an illusion? What happens to your consciousness at the moment of death?

Language-based information exchange contributed to the technocultural development of our species, which took off via the meme propagation and technological innovation, some call it epigenetic evolution, which continues to accelerate to this day. We are now shifting away from evolution by natural selection, i.e., Darwinism, to self-directed evolution.

Here's one of the revelatory passages from the book: "Admittedly, our minds are now running on the outmoded biological 'hardware and software.' What we’ll soon see is the ultimate self-directed evolution fueled forward by gene editing, genetic engineering, reproduction-assisted technology, neuroengineering, mind uploading, and creation of artificial life... Our success as a technological species essentially created what might be called our species-specific 'success formula.' We devised tools and instruments, created new methodologies and processes, and readjusted ecological niches to suit our needs. And our technology shaped us back by shaping our minds. In a very real sense, we have co-evolved with our technology. As an animal species among many other species competing for survival, this was our unique passage to success." ​

The Cybernetic Theory of Mind series is a "transformative" read (and listen) in digital physics, foundations of quantum physics, science of consciousness, philosophy of mind, physics of time, phenomenology, economic theory, cybernetics and AI research, collective evolution and self-development in the Information Age. 

Release Date: May 9, 2025; Publisher: Ecstadelic Media Group, Burlingame, California, USA; Format: Audible Audiobook; Vol.II of The Cybernetic Theory of Mind Series; Written by Alex M. Vikoulov; Narrated by Virtual Voice; Length: 3h, 2 mins; Price: $9.99 or 1 credit on Audible, also available as a discounted bundle with a Kindle eBook 

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Alex M. Vikoulov is a Russian-American futurist, evolutionary cyberneticist, philosopher of mind, author, and filmmaker who works and lives in California's Silicon Valley. Founder, CEO, Editor-in-Chief at Ecstadelic Media Group. Recently published works include Temporal Mechanics: D-Theory as a Critical Upgrade to Our Understanding of the Nature of Time (2025); The Science and Philosophy of Information Series (2019-2025), The Cybernetic Theory of Mind Series (2020-2025); The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind’s Evolution (2019; 2020e). Self-described neo-transcendentalist, transhumanist singularitarian, cybertheosopher. His documentary Consciousness: Evolution of the Mind (2021) is an acclaimed film on the nature of consciousness and reverse-engineering of our thinking in order to implement it in cybernetics and advanced AI systems. [More Bio...]
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