Recognizing this groundswell of cyber-era empowerment and social activism, psychologist Dana Klisanin has proposed a new cultural archetype of the "cyberhero" -- those engaged in digital-era altruism.

Darwinian narratives of "survival of the fittest" and mechanistic Newtonian physics are increasingly being seen as elements of a far greater and richer tapestry. Compassion and empathy seem to be hard-wired into us.

We spend a lifetime learning the details of our culture and the tools of intellectual inquiry. But we invest virtually no energy in mastering our own consciousness.

Mike Dooley is a 21st century metaphysician. He's puzzled out his own answers to the great questions of human life. Who am I? Why am I here? Did I really choose this?