PrefaceNote 4
After a phase of ubiquitous use in society, highly developed computers will cover the earth as a new ecosystem that integrates with nature. This vision is called “Countable Nature” or “computational nature” or “digital nature” in this book.
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Example: In a car driving in fog, it is impossible to know the road ahead by sight. They rely on the car navigation system. The map on the car navigation system is a “countable nature.
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For example, as of 2021, when using a smartphone, part of the field of vision is digital, but when wearing an HMD, the entire field of vision becomes digital. This is visual covering.
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Similarly, if all five senses were coated digitally, the world that humans perceive would not be the physical world of today, but something else.
- He describes this state of affairs as “mankind’s descent into digital nature.
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The way the world is perceived (being jealous of others who are in love with each other) is divided into four levels.
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circumstance” which is the general human world.
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realm of thought” that captures the principle (sky) behind it.
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free from obstacles” in which principles and events are freely connected.
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free from obstacles in the way of one’s daily life” consisting of a direct relationship between events.
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